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1. Re: The Day the Earth Stood Still

   Looking forward to this one, along with Forbidden Planet, a classic of 50’s movie scifi. A film with a message with an alien that wasn’t a metaphor for communist invasion.

   Comment by Vanamonde — November 15, 2006 #

2. The Omega Man should be fun, but I hope you ninjas save the deep discussion of the plot and the source material for a show devoted to I Am Legend, the original novel from Richard Matheson.

   Comment by Jesse Willis — November 15, 2006 #

3. Alas, Jesse, we did not. I did mention the book, but I haven’t read it in at least 15 years, and I don’t think Dave or Joe has ever read it (at least, not as of the time we were discussing the film).

   Maybe we should do a special show where we do a followup discussion of “I Am Legend”, especially since the movie is being remade, starring Will Smith.

   Comment by Summer — November 15, 2006 #

4. “Curse you Bonzai! I’ll see you in hell!”

   Oh man, I love that movie. Don’t suppose you could bump up the production schedule?

   Comment by Brian — November 15, 2006 #

5. Glad to see The day the Earth Stood Still in the schedule, as Vanamonde said, I hope Forbidden Planet is not far behind.

   Whilst looking ahead is there any chance of some Asimov discussion in the near future. A discussion of the Foundation Saga from original trilogy to the the final trilogy by Brin, Bear and Benford would be interesting - though would require a significant amount of reading.

   Alternatively, thinking of your time, what about one of his standalone novels such as The Gods Themselves or The End of Eternity?

   Comment by John — November 16, 2006 #

6. Oh yes… PLEASE do Forbidden Planet.

   And how about The Forbin Project?

   Philip

   Comment by Philip from Australia — November 18, 2006 #

7. Wow… Colossus: The Forbin Project. There’s a blast from the past I haven’t thought of in ages…

   Plus, there’s that new anniversary edition of Forbidden Planet…

   Comment by Summer — November 19, 2006 #

8. Gateway - I first read it as a teen, and didn’t like it. Read it as an adult, and understood it all too well.

   A Fire Upon the Deep - great contemporary space opera.

   And Buckaroo Banzai - am I the only one who thinks that movie has not aged well?

   Looking forward to all this kick-assiness!!!

   Comment by tim — November 27, 2006 #

9. Hey, how about a small suggestion about the show format. I’m not complaining or anything will listen anyway but well here goes…. How about a show in Two Act’s…. first Act you give a general outline about the subject kinda like a hook. Sometimes.. well ok most times I don’t have the time or inclination to be proactive about upcoming content (That and it’ taken me 3 months to replace my Ipod, so I’ve been catching up). So when I do get caught up I’m not current with my reading/viewing assignment (school flashback). Then in the subsequent Act(s) y’all can get the hatchet out and dissect like you usually do (and expertly done IMHO).

   In dividing these I can then determine whether to actually invest in it. Pause the cast, do the right thing, then finish the cast.

   Well just a suggestion. Thnx for the podcast!

   Comment by Big Mack — November 30, 2006 #

10. A quick “note” I’m suggesting basically a dust-cover segment… Maybe even at the ending of the preceeding podcast. You folks usually do a pretty good job of prefacing about an upcomming event, but most the time not enough to even bait the hook with live bait, so I have to fall back on the TNT fishing methods… Well just a little something to think about.

    Comment by Big Mack — November 30, 2006 #

11. We’re actually playing around with dividing up the discussion… first we talk about the content of the topic, go into plot points, details, etc, then after a break, we go into the breakdown of the topic.

    Just one of the things we’re playing around with in terms of format.

    Comment by Summer — November 30, 2006 #

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