{"id":2324,"date":"2011-01-09T05:05:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T10:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2011-01-09T06:11:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T11:11:08","slug":"talkcast-66-the-call-of-the-alaskan-marian-and-other-geek-oddities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=2324","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 66 – The call of the Alaskan Marian and other Geek Oddities."},"content":{"rendered":"

2010 Year In Review Part II<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Because there were so many unanswered questions in Part 1)<\/p>\n

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Graphic by Marian Call<\/p><\/div>\n

Worst Comic\/Graphic Novel:<\/strong>
\nDome: Models, Inc.<\/a>
\nJava: Chaos War: Thor<\/a>
\nDru: Titans: Villains for Hire<\/a>
\nDead Redhead: End of Ex Machina\/Restart of Wonder Woman<\/a>
\nIllustrator X:\u00a0 Too many to count<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Surprise Of the Year:<\/span><\/strong>
\nDome: Clare Kramer<\/a>\/Mercedes McNabb<\/a> Interview
\nKriana: Our Interview with Stanton Friedman<\/a>
\nJava: New Doctor Who<\/a>
\nDru: Doug Jones!<\/a>
\nDead Redhead: Music – Alice Cooper<\/a> still kicks ass
\nZombrarian: \u201cThis is Adam West<\/a>….\u201d
\nIllustrator X: \u00a0Outpouring of support for our Jeanne Robinson<\/a> Charity Events<\/p>\n

Worst Disappointment:<\/span><\/strong>
\nKriana: True Blood <\/a>brings in the Fairies; SyFy shows WWE<\/a>
\nJava: SGU canceled\/Sanctuary coming back\/SyFy films<\/a>
\nZombrarian: Spiderman Musical<\/a>, over and over and over again
\nDome: NO DAMN FLYING CARS<\/a>
\nDru: Not grabbing James Marsters<\/a>\/ Torchwood<\/a> on hold
\nDead Redhead: cost to get to talk to and photograph James Marsters<\/a>
\nIllustrator X:\u00a0 No moonbases<\/a> or standard spaceflights in 2010 as promised by the works of Arthur C. Clarke<\/a><\/p>\n

Best <\/span><\/strong>Hard Science:<\/strong><\/span>
\nDome \u00a0– The reveal of the false study linking Autism and childhood inoculation<\/a>
\nKriana: None. Meh. Bah Humbug. Science Journalism SUCKS<\/a>.
\nJava: South Pole Neutrino Detector<\/a>\/Fortress of Solitude
\nDru: Cure for AIDs<\/a>
\nDead Redhead: Upsurge in Crypto-Zoology<\/a> this year\/work on the Invisibility Cloak<\/p>\n

Worst Science, or lack thereof:<\/span><\/strong>
\nKriana: Arsenic based life<\/a>
\nJava: Arsenic based life
\nDru: New Zealand UFO files<\/a>
\nDead Redhead: Wiki-leaks on UFOs<\/a>
\nDome: New Zealand UFO Files<\/p>\n

Our interview tonight is with Sci-Fi Songstress Marian Call<\/a>. You can listen to\/buy her music here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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