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Contents of Episode 183, brought to you by Free Comic Book Day and Heroes Landing:

• Highlights of FCBD 2011 at Heroes Landing (up until broadcast time)
• Movie Review: “Thor“, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgaard, Idris Elba, Jaimie Alexander, with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
• Interview: Victor Gischler, author of Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse (See all Action & Adventure Genre Fiction), Vampire a Go-Go (See all Contemporary Literature), and The Deputy (See all Mystery Books), current writer on “X-Men“

And while you’re listening, please head over to our Facebook page to check out more photos from Free Comic Book Day 2011 if you haven’t already. Enjoy!

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Contents of Episode 182, brought to you by Free Comic Book Day at Heroes Landing and the AAA Network:

2011 Summer Geek Movie Preview!
May:
Thor (5/6)
Priest (5/13)
Honorable Mention: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (5/20), Kung Fu Panda 2 (5/26)

June:
X-Men: First Class* (6/3)
Green Lantern (6/17)
Honorable Mention: Super 8 (6/10), Cars 2 (6/24)

July:
Captain America: The First Avenger (7/22)
Cowboys and Aliens (7/29)
Honorable Mention: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2 (7/15), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (7/1)

August:
Honorable Mention: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (8/5), Conan the Barbarian (8/19), Fright Night (8/19)

*The sound clips in the podcast version of this episode from “X-Men: First Class” come from the second released trailer for the film, which debuted online AFTER this episode was originally recorded. To watch that trailer, click HERE.

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Contents of Episode 178, brought to you by Slacker and the Man, Heroes Landing, and The AAA Network:

• Superman film casting news: Kevin Costner cast as Jonathan Kent; Side topic: Naming non-baseball-related Kevin Costner films that do not suck.
• Trip down Memory Lane: What comic book story arc got you hooked on comics?
• Guest review: The Man reviews “Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil“

Here’s the trailer for Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil … best we can do unless you live in Russia …

Enjoy!

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Contents of Episode 176, brought to you by the Propeller Anime Club and Anime Night at The Geek Easy!

• Meet Kent Ward, Director of the Propeller Anime Club, creator of Kent Ward’s Land of Awesome, and expert on ‘Manime”;
• The Twelve Laws of True Man! Origins, misconceptions, and edifications – includes Felix’s first-ever on-air headbutt;
• Today’s blockbuster movie stars: do they evoke the spirit of “true man”?

And here’s the video recording of the episode (w/ raw audio). Watch this to see “the headbutt”!

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Contents of Episode 175, brought to you by Heroes Landing, the Orlando Ghostbusters, and the Ghostbusters: Infestation party, Saturday, March 12th from 3-7pm: (CORRECTION: During the podcast I erroneously announced the DAY of the event as Wednesday, rather than Saturday. Apologies!)

• Thoughts on the iPad 2: does having a camera (two cameras, actually) make all the difference?
• Philip K. Dick stories in film: from “The Adjustment Bureau” to “Total Recall“, we look at how these stories have fared when brought to the big screen and ask, “Which is your favorite?”
• DC Comics‘ upcoming “War of the Green Lanterns”, and our odds-on favorite to be the Green Lantern of Earth who doesn’t survive this latest cosmic saga from writer Geoff Johns.

And here’s the video recording of the episode (w/ raw audio). Enjoy!

Originally posted at PrimeTimeGeek.com.

Contents of Episode 174, brought to you by Heroes Landing, the Orlando Ghostbusters, and the Ghostbusters: Infestation party, Saturday, March 12th from 3-7pm: (CORRECTION: During the podcast, I erroneously announced the DAY of the event as Wednesday, rather than Saturday. Apologies!)

• Diane Lane cast as Martha Kent in new Superman movie; Elizabeth Hurley, Cary Elwes join cast of new Wonder Woman TV series;
• Miami Comic-Con convention report by Comic Book Alex of Ghost Shadow Studio;
• “Smallville Smackdown”: Thoughts on Allison Mack’s final (?) episodes and Episode 16, “Scion”.

And here’s the info on the Infestation party – hope to see you there!

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Contents of Episode 171, with special guest co-host “The Man”:

• Getting caught up with Slacker and the Man in 2011;
• The X-Men: First Class trailer – did we perhaps fear for the film’s quality too soon?;
• The Man’s Marvel and DC Comics must-reads; plus, excitement over this summer’s upcoming crossover events, Marvel’s “Fear Itself” and DC’s “Flashpoint“?

And in case you haven’t yet seen the X-Men: First Class trailer, here it is:

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Contents of Episode 170, featuring special guest co-host “The Man”:

• Super Bowl XLV’s most memorable commercials;
• Movie Trailers seen during Super Bowl XLV: raised or diminished excitement for release?;
• And what you’ve all been waiting for: The Debate over Captain America: The First Avenger. LET MORTAL KOMBAT BEGIN!

And just in case you have not seen the trailers we discuss in this episode, here are a few of them:

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Cowboys and Aliens

Captain America: The First Avenger

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Contents of Episode 169, brought to you by The Talk Nerdy Show:

• Ryan and Caitlin from The Talk Nerdy Show bring us up to date on what’s been happening on their show since Ryan’s last visit to PTG;
• In honor of Jason Statham’s latest big screen actioner, The Mechanic, opening in theaters last Friday, we present our favorite Jason Statham movies, our favorite BAD Jason Statham movies, and answer the question: “Is Jason Statham the 21st Century Steven Seagal?”
• TV Talk – Ryan and Caitlin review “The Cape” on NBC; plus, why “Archer” on FX is made of awesome.

And for you videophiles out there, here’s the recording from Sunday night’s webcast (with raw audio). Enjoy!

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Contents of Episode 168, brought to you by The Talk Nerdy Show:

• Actor Henry Cavill cast as Superman/Clark Kent for the upcoming Christopher Nolan-produced, Zack Snyder-directed Superman film, coming in 2012
• The death(?) of Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in Fantastic Four #587: how long will it stick?
• Comics reviews: Avengers #9, written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by John Romita, Jr.; Atomic Robo: The Deadly Art of Science #1, written by Brian Clevinger, art by Scott Wegener.

And for you videophiles out there, here’s the recording from Sunday night’s webcast (with raw audio). Enjoy!