This is Serious Business

This is Serious Business #53: Old Sports

by: Jeff in: This is Serious Business on: May 16, 2013

An iron 3 panel takes on IdrA’s release from EG, trailers for Ender’s Game and the World’s End, the Great Gatsby, and script analysis services in Hollywood.

Featuring: Jeff, Rob, Christin

Table of Contents:

Intro’s – Start – 5:00

Trailer time!Ender’s Game – 5:00 – 13:10
The World’s End – 13:10 – 17:30

IdrA’s release from EG – 17:30 – 23:20

The Great Gatsby post-viewing breakdown – 23:20 – 38:00

“Big Data” in Hollywood – 38:00 – 52:00

Geek of the Week & Wrap – 52:00 -  End

Audio Credits:

This episode contains audio excerpts from the Ender’s Game Trailer, The World’s End trailer, the Hot Fuzz Trailer, an excerpt from 30 Rock, and Jay Z’s 99 Problems.

Bonus material can be found on the Tumblr.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:20 — 84.3MB)

This is Serious Business #52: Iron Mania

by: Jeff in: This is Serious Business on: May 9, 2013

The G1 panel breaks down Iron Man 3. Feelings are had.

Featuring: Christin, Jeff, Rob, Jon

Table of Contents:

Intros: START – 6:35

I RON MAN THE THIRD: 6:35 – 52:00

Fantasy Summer Box Office Update: 52:00 – 54:40

Geek of the week and wrap: 54:40 – END

Audio Credits:

Break Audio includes excerpts from Eiffel 65′s I’m Blue and Black Sabbath’s Iron Man.

Bonus material can be found on the Tumblr.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:05:58 — 90.6MB)

This is Serious Business #51: The Great Debate

by: Jeff in: This is Serious Business on: May 2, 2013

The panel talks “the future”, which X-Men movies suck and rock, and what makes for a good comic book movie.

Featuring: Laurie, Jeff, Rob, Jon

Table of Contents:

Intros: Start – 4:30

It’s 2013, where the hell is my _____?: 4:30 – 16:00

The Great X-Men movie debate: 16:00 – 44:00

What makes for a good comic book movie? Is it different from other adaptations, etc? 44:00 – 1:00:00

Geek of the week & Wrap: 1:00:00 – End

Audio Credits:

Break audio includes an excerpt from Back to the Future and the theme to FOX’s 90′s X-Men cartoon.

Bonus material can be found on the Tumblr.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08:30 — 94.2MB)

This is Serious Business #50: Blockbusting

by: Jeff in: This is Serious Business on: April 25, 2013

The panel tackles the cancellation of Futurama and the many upcoming Summer Blockbusters.

Featuring: Jon, Rob, Michelle, Christin (and later Jeff and Marcus)

Table of Contents:

Coming soon…

Audio Credits:

Break one audio is the theme to Futurama, break two audio is from the Thor trailer. Also featuring the Catching Fire trailer.

Bonus material can be found on the Tumblr.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:21:35 — 112.1MB)

This is Serious Business #49: Everyone’s a Critic

by: Jeff in: This is Serious Business on: April 11, 2013

After some unfortunate technical difficulties, the gang dives into nerd news, then discusses the merits of film criticism.

Featuring: Jeff, Laurie, Rob, Marcus

Table of Contents:

Introductions: Start – 1:05

Guess that Starcraft Term! 1:05 – 8:30

Nerd News: 8:30 – 17:30
- WCS changes and IPL Buyout
- Consumerist poll names EA worst US company
- Evil Dead tops box office
- LucasArts shutdown- Roger Ebert passes away

Discussion: Movie Criticism: 17:30 – 34:00

Geek of the week & Wrap: 34:00 – End

Audio Credits:

This episode contains audio segments from CNN’s piece on Roger Ebert’s Legacy and the opening to Siskel and Ebert At the Movies.

Bonus material can be found on the Tumblr.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:36 — 64.1MB)

This is Serious Business #48: Don’t Spoil it!

by: Jeff in: This is Serious Business on: April 4, 2013

The panel recommends some good books, delves into the return of Doctor Who and Game of Thrones, and discusses Spoiler etiquette.

Featuring: Christin, Jon, Jeff, Michelle

Table of Contents:

Introductions: Start – 6:45

Book Recommendations: 7:00 – 19:00

TV Time: 15:45 – 35:45
Doctor Who (Spoilers) – 15:45 – 28:20
Game of Thrones (TV Spoilers) – 28:20 – 35:15

Discussion Time! Spoiler Etiquette (contains some BBC Sherlock Spoilers): 35:45 – 51:30

Geek of the Week & Wrap: 51:30 – End

Audio Credits:

This episode contains brief clips of The Doctor Who theme (2010-2012) and the Spoiler Alert! Portlandia Sketch.

Bonus material can be found on the Tumblr.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:10 — 72.3MB)

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