Episode 67 - FIGHT!

Wow, everyone gets a little feisty and starts picking each other apart. But it's all in good fun, kind of. This week Cyrus has a few too many and rips on Shia LaBeouf being an idiot, free online games and MySpace being sold for $35 million. Put your dukes up and prepare to laugh your ass off.

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Show Notes

New Releases

• This Week:
  • Movies - Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Larry Crowne
  • DVDs - Beastly, Sucker Punch, Lord of the Rings Blu-ray, The Warrior’s Way
  • Games - Super Street Fighter IV Arcade, Sniper Ghost Warrior, Dynasty Warriors; Gundam 3, Call of Juarez: The Cartel
• Next Week:
  • Movies - Horrible Bosses, The Zookeeper
  • DVDs - 13 Assassins, Hobo with a Shotgun
  • Games - Earth Defense Force: Insect Armegeddon

Summer Movie Game

News

• Movies - MoviePass: Netflix for Theaters?
  • $50 for unlimited movies in theaters: night, matinee, 3D, IMAX, etc.
  • Only in San Fransisco for now; also offering 4 movies for $30
  • http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2011/06/moviepass-a-netflix-for-theaters.html
• Movies - Tom Hanks says Toy Story 4 in the works
  • Hanks told BBC Pixar is working on part 4
  • Just released Cars 2; working on Monsters Inc. 2
  • http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/6/27/toy-story-4-is-in-development-according-to-tom-hanks.html
• Movies - Green Lantern 2 confirmed despite bad returns
  • Fell 66% in box office; only $18 mil this weekend
  • Has made $89, cost over $200 mil to make
  • http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/6/26/green-lantern-sequel-still-in-the-works-despite-disappointin.html
• Movies - Harrison Ford calls Shia LaBeouf a “fucking idiot”
  • LaBeouf said Indiana Jones 4 was not good; he dropped the ball
  • Ford says you should always back your moviehttp://geektyrant.com/news/2011/6/29/harrison-ford-calls-shia-labeouf-a-fuing-idiot-for-trashing.html
• Comics - Protest march scheduled for Comic Con
  • A march is scheduled for July 23 to protest the new DC Comics Reboot
  • DC has decided to reboot all of their comics to #1 in the coming months
  • http://www.ugo.com/the-goods/nerd-hordes-to-march-on-comic-con-in-protest-of-dc-comics-reboot
• Web - MySpace sold for $35 mil
  • Sold for $35 to ad network, Specific Media
  • News Corp. purchased MySpace in 2005 for $580 mil
  • http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=myspace-sold-for-35-million-2011-06-30
• Web - George Hotz hired by Facebook
  • Hotz aka Geohotz settled with Sony after hacking & publishing info on PS3
  • Also known for hacking iPhone; not sure what his role in Facebook is
  • http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/6/28/facebook-hires-sony-playstation-hacker-george-hotz.html
• Games - World of Warcraft / Team Fortress 2 join City of Heroes in free play
  • World of Warcraft free trial now unlimited until Lv 20
  • Team Fortress 2 went free last week; pay for upgrades
  • City of Heroes is also now free to play with purchased upgrades
  • http://www.gamepolitics.com/2011/06/29/world-warcraft-trial-now-unlimited
• Games - Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D is unreplayable
  • Game will have save files that can not be deleted
  • People buying it used will have to play on the old game save
• Games - Supreme Court says games are protected by First Amendment
  • CA. law banning sale of Mature games to minors unconstitutional
  • Goes against free speech; no different from movies, TV, books, etc.

Pre-show

• Bully vs Casey: Street Fighter Edition
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5hWiaLodrs&feature=share
• The Wolverine starts filming in Oct.
  • http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/6/30/the-wolverine-to-start-filming-in-october.html
• Thor 2 set for Summer 2013, no Branagh
  • http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/6/30/thor-2-set-for-2013-with-chris-hemsworth-but-not-branagh.htmlPlugs

Plugs  

• BigKevsView - http://www.bigkevsview.com/
• TheAtomicGeeks - http://www.theatomicgeeks.com
• Geekscape - http://www.geekscape.net

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