We return to the treasure trove of science and technology news, and as always there are some great goodies. This week we discover Uber’s flying cars, NASA’s space chainmail, scientific proof that humans are the best at throwing, the slight madness of James Cracknell, strange things on Tinder, fruit juice […]
Month: May 2017
Why Modern Hollywood Hates Plot Twists
[WARNING: this article contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, all three Iron Man films, most of the Christopher Nolan Batman films, and, y’know, everything else.] Sitting down to watch Park Chan-Wook’s The Handmaiden recently, I experienced a pleasure I’d almost forgotten about; […]
Cinema Eclectica 110 – Herbie’s Bananarama
Keyframe 75 – Postman Smurf and Gargamel’s Cat
S14E11 – Calvin & Hobbes Save Japan
PX13 – Sword Art’s Wild Resident
Literary Loitering 63 – Extremely Political Cream
This week we’ve got empty plinths, book burnings, accidental forest fires, National Index Day, white supremacists and big boy trucks. We also have a quiz about famous last words from authors and philosophers because we’re not pretentious in the slightest … Our featured book is Gotham: Dawn of Darkness by […]
Cinema Eclectica 109 – Moon-Faced Super Mario
4-Panel 84 – The Force is With You And All Your Past Partners
S14E10 – Super Fun Colonel Sanders Ultimate Maximum Fight Hour
This week’s episode may just have the most outtakes in podcast history – and all of the were necessary. Elsewhere within the hallowed halls of The Geek Show we find space travel, virtual reality weddings, the Japanese exploits of Colonel Sanders, internet research techniques and true immortality – which leads […]