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Podcast #093 - Remakes Fail hard
- Archimedes Labs gets their Kickstart! Thanks to all who contributed! Google TV (labeled as "Smart TV") coming to several TV brands Toshiba to ship glasses-free 3D 4K TV to U.S. in Q1 2012 Vizio adds new 3D HDTVs to their line-up... ...as well as a new 21:9 aspect ratio HDTV Sharp is releasing a 3D DLP projector... ...as well as an 80-inch Quattrom 3D TV Panasonic pushes out even more plasma TVs Amazon will start selling UltraViolet movies Warner continues to be jerks towards Netflix, RedBox, Blockbuster, and their customers Netflix arrives in the UK ... and Lovefilm drops their prices in retaliation Verizon FiOS TV app now available for LG smart TVs Comcast releases XFINITY TV app for iOS devices while ticking off Android users Star Trek: The Next Generation comes to Blu-ray ... sort of.Roku to release the new Streaming Stick for some TVs Limited edition Angry Birds Roxu 2 XS now available for less than the regular version Panel of experts gets it wrong about 3D at CES ... and I explain why Behind-the-scenes photos for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie Remakes failed hard at the box office in 2011 Lionsgate criticized for not being "responsible" for hiring non-union musicians Steven Speilberg regrets changes to E.T. and claims that Indy Blu-rays will be unaltered 300 prequel to be named 300: The Battle of Artemisium New Line finds a director for a Police Academy remake Star Wars live-action TV series currently called Star Wars: Underworld The Ultimate James Bond Blu-ray set to celebrate 50th anniversary Production has started on Star Trek sequel J.J. Abrams talks about Star Trek 2 Producer Jon Landau says that Avatar sequel is at least four years away The Expendables 2 cast gets a shot of Chinese estrogen Five new posters for the Star Wars: Episode 1 3D re-release Williams-Sonoma offers some (affordable) Star Wars kitchen goodies
Podcast #092 - I Have Returned
- Warner Bros. stops shipping Harry Potter DVDs and Blu-ray discs to stores Send your good-condition, used DVDs to the troops Trade up some of your DVDs to Blu-ray with Warner Bros. (limited) DVD2BLU Schwarzenegger is back with yet another movie, renamed to Black Sunday Alan Taylor takes the post as the director of Thor 2 J.J. Abrams lets out some teases about the "amazing" Star Trek sequel Your help is needed to fund independent, sci-fi comedy Point of Interest The Hobbit will (unsurprisingly) premiere in New Zealand)Empire Magazine reunites the four Lord of the Rings hobbits The Hobbit gets its first official trailerNetflix launches in the UK in early 2012 Bond 23 is now officially called Skyfall Vizio tells customers that their TVs are unrepairable The Amazing Spider-Man already has a sequel release date!New official images released for The Amazing Spider-Man Ridley Scott vows to work only in 3D Steven Spielberg gives his thoughts on 3D Louis CK earns over $1 million in 12 days with his DRM-free, $5 video How geek girl Felicia Day made it big on her own Use network cable and some adapters to extend your HDMI connection to 30 meters The National Film Registry adds Bambi , Forrest Gump , Silence of the Lambs , and others to its list Stallone shows an incredible physique for being 65-years-old (Steroids? What steroids?)
Podcast #091 - Highly Caffeinated
- Panasonic blames Hollywood for poor 3D TV sales Netflix app updated to support 24 Android devices Netflix coming to Latin America (is Europe next?) Unfortunately, Netflix is raising their prices by up to 60% Amazon adds CBS TV shows including Star Trek to its Prime Instant Video lineup hhgregg brings its stores into 14 Chicago locations Disney releases Pirates as Blu-ray (or combo) a month ahead of DVD-only release Blu-ray playback comes to OS X Columbia House starts a new Blu-ray Disc Club BBC releases a very cool Planet Earth Special Edition set 50th anniversary Breakfast At Tiffany's Blu-ray to be released on 20 September 50th anniversary West Side Story to be released on 15 November Bruce Campbell confirms that an Evil Dead remake is in the works Adam West to make a cameo appearance in The Dark Knight Rises Behind the scenes to gather sound for Transformers: The Dark of the Moon New Line drops rights to Escape frtom New York remake Hugh Jackman expecting The Wolverine to shoot in October for 2012 release Yes, an Angry Birds movie is in the works Kevin Smith offers Red State on VOD with an incentive to see it in theaters MoviePass in on hold while it finds theaters to participate Man Of Steel pushed back to June 2013Indie film premieres on BitTorrent before it gets a theatrical release Very cool Amazing Spider-Man teaser trailer is released Major US ISPs agree to "six strikes" copyright enforcement plan Neil Burger at the helm for Uncharted movie; no word on Nathan Fillian Rockstar creates a movie studio; Grand Theft Auto expected to be the first release Space Invaders to become a movie13 new stills from Captain America Peter Jackson releases Hobbit production video #2... ...and production video #3 Idiot whiners criticize Michael Bay for reusing movie scenes from The Island in Transformers Middle Earth represented in LEGO Circuit City's DIVX (not DivX) patents are up for sale. Anyone need a failed, obsolete disc format? Sony Vegas Pro 10
Podcast #090 - This Really Stinks
- Obituary: Peter Falk of Columbo and The Princess Bride fame dies at 83 Visio bringing new entry-level and 21:9 passive 3D TVs to market Westinghouse getting into the 3D TV market ... yeah, seriously. LG claims that 80% of people love passive 3D Hulu Plus comes to some Android phones Hulu nabs Miramax titles Viacom sues Cablevision for letting people watch their content Netflix inks a deal for Asian cimema streams Redbox is now renting 360, PS3, and Wii games Ben Hur 50th Anniversary Blu-ray arrives on Sept. 27New Transformers Footloose trailer blows up the screen -- WTF?He-Man movie is still in the worksTop Hollywood talent using crowdsourcing to get the help of non-Hollywood talent Green Lantern to be a trilogy...... or maybe not WarGames to be rebootedMoviePass hoping to bring Netflix-style all-you-can-watch to movie theaters Jurassic Park Blu-ray street date announcedSee the last Harry Potter trailer ever! Iconic scene to take place in The Dark Knight Rises ? Michael Bay asks projectionists to show Transformers 3 properly, and they respond in kind Men in Black 3 supposedly hit with numerous production issuesJohn Cusak to star as Edgar Allen Poe in The Raven Samsung and UCSD give proof-of-concept to odor-generating TV (not kidding!)Spy Kids 4 to bring Smell-O-Vision back
Podcast #089 - Tennessee Lawmakers Are Clueless
- Best Buy offers The One Ring as a pre-order bonus Mitsubishi offers new 75, 82, and 92 inch DLP and LaserVuew 3D TVs CinemaNow available on Playstation 3 Microsoft starts to integrate IPTV on Xbox 360 Sony introduces a PlayStation-brand 3D monitor and glasses bundle for $499 Jeffrey Katzenberg finds the decline in 3D to be "heartbreaking" Nightmare Before Christmas coming on 3D Blu-ray and ... 3D download???Beauty and the Beast on 3D Blu-ray in OctoberJurassic Park Blu-ray is in the worksPlanet Earth: Special Edition Blu-ray coming to the USJaws Blu-ray in the works with no digital corrections! Panasonic offers free Avatar Ultimate Pack on Viera series TVs for Father's Day Warner to release new Looney Tunes shorts with the voice of Mel Blanc Cool trailer for Cowboys & Aliens Ugh... Dumb & Dumber and Bruce Almighty sequels are being planned Superman could be split in twoPeter Jackson confirms that Orlando Bloom is returning at Legolas for The Hobbit Terminator reboot takes after the Star Trek rebootPretty cool trailer for upcoming Pixar Disney Planes DVD release Another Green Lantern featurette Richard Donner talks about casting Christopher Reeve and the Salkinds for Superman Shia LaBeouf confirms that Indy 5 is still a possibility Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to get rebootedAnother Tron sequel is in the works Daredevil to get rebootedSadly, Asteroids gets a director WTF! Seriously? Sony gets a screenwriter for Risk -- yes, the board game! WARNING! If you're a documentary filmmaker, you just might owe the IRS a boatload of money! Sharing your Netflix password will get you in jail in Tennessee John Williams makes a surprise appearance at Hollywood Bowl Star Wars: In Concert Texas theatre turns a complaint about anti-texting into a public service announcement Iron Man fan builds his own Mark I suit
Podcast #088 - RAPTURE ... or not
- Sony releases details to make reparations for the PSN shutdown Sony TVs experience a problem with 1080p signals on BBC HD Netflix gets Miramax titles for streaming Netflix takes up the most North American Internet traffic Netflix comes to (some) Android phones... ...and movies rentals through Android Market comes to (some) phones Dish Network tells NCR to drop the "Blockbuster" logo on their kiosks Google TV getting Android 3.1 and the Android Market this summer Time Warner exec thinks it's a "very big idea" to allow cloud storage of DVDs Samsung and RealD claim to have a new technology to make 3D movies brighter Titanic to be released in 3D on April 6, 2012Analyst says that it's the beginning of the end for 3D... ...but box office numbers outside the US say otherwise Idiotic Sony DRM forces some theater chains to show 2D movies with 3D projector lenses 40th anniversary reunion interview for Willy Wonka cast Star Trek 2 might be delayed until late 2012Ubisoft created Ubisoft Motion Pictures to bring their games to movies Seth MacFarlane to redo The Flinstones Total Recall remake get Kate Beckinsale, Jessical Biel, and Bill NighyThe Lion King comes to Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on October 14The Big Lebowski gets a Limited Edition Blu-ray on August 16A new Green Lantern trailer is actually pretty cool A very disturbing Peter Pan movie is in the works The Amazing Spider-Man eschews CGI for stunts and uses real stunt men!The Amityville Legacy is announcedThor 2 is already being planned, and we know who the villains might beStephen Fry joins the cast of The Hobbit Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his movie comeback on hold Sony picks up a very dark retelling of The Little Mermaid Best Buy's Trade & Save Blu-ray upgrade program The official Cars 2 trailer ... in LEGO Behind the scenes of Kung Fu Panda 2 production New movie-based theme park rides now and in the future
Podcast #087 - Sucks To Be Sony
- PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment get hacked and taken offline Avatar still locked to Panasonic, but now available with Blu-ray player or home theater systemWorld 3D TV sales jump (not that it really means anything)US TV ownership falls for the first time in 20 years Hulu Plus now available on Xbox Live HBO Go now available on Android and iOS devices AT&T starts their bandwidth caps to punish those who watch streaming media Two studios refuse to rent through YouTube because of (you guessed it) piracy Doctor Who released simultaneously in US and UK, and unsurprisingly gets huge ratingsIncorrect Blu-ray aspect ratio delays John Carpenter movie release in UK Redbox to rent video games in majority of kiosks Captain America 2 will be a "fish out of water" storyHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 trailerWarner considering remaking the Harry Potter series in 3D? Star Wars Blu-ray trilogy details are releasedZorro franchise gets a reboot; meets up with Mad Max Brendan Fraser cast for new William Tell movie Trailer for upcoming movie Immortals looks promising Kate Beckinsale offered a role in upcoming Total Recall reboot? Antja Traue cast as Faora in Superman reboot The Avengers script gets stolen; halts production for rewrite of scenesDetails for Bryan Singer's unpitched Star Trek: Federation released Arnold Schwarzenegger to reprise Terminator role Lord of the Rings Extended Edition coming to theaters across the country18-minute interview with Kenneth Branagh about creating Thor Not surprisingly, Ubisoft launches its own TV and movie studio Ender's Game to jump from books to moviesPirates 5 is on the way, but Johnny Depp says that it's time for a breakName the 91 movies on this New York City map The house from Home Alone can be yours for a cool $2.4m
Podcast #086 - Not Entirely Stable
- Review: Nixeus Fusion HD media streamer/server DirectTV starts their $30 premium on-demand movie service... ...but theater chains are not happy about it. HBO brings its original programming to iPhone, iPad, and Android devices Samsung gives two free 3D glasses for each TV and slashes the price on 3D glasses Monsoon Vulkano Flow place-shifts your TV content to just about any device A universal remote control that also let you play Angry Birds ??? Sharp suspends production at its two biggest LCD factories Netflix to start streaming allStar Trek live-action series this year Mass Effect to become an anime movieCaptain America sequel in the works, time period undecidedBill and Ted 3 coming togetherThe Hobbit is being filmed in 48 frames per secondPeter Jackson confirms that Ian Holm will play an older Bilbo in The Hobbit Peter Jackson posts the first video from the Hobbit set Is Paramount still trying to pressure J.J. Abrams to make Star Trek sequel in 3D? Sony and MGM make deal to release the next Bond film Dragonriders of Pern to become a live-action featureMichael Shannon selected for role of General Zod in Superman reboot Top Gun returning to AMC theatres for two days onlyWarner short-list for Akira roles are all non-Asian UK getting theatrical release of 4K-restored Taxi Driver The Governator is back into movies again The Dark Knight Rises will be filmed in PittsburghWhen Harry Met Sally 2 Star Wars music played on an Electone
Podcast #085 - No April Fools Here
- New Vizio passive 3DTVs might break the $500 barrier Samsung says that glasses-free 3D TV will be difficult to achieve in the next 10 years XpanD 3D and Panasonic team up for a new 3D active-shutter standard Starz forces a 90-day delay for Netflix releases of original series Showtime will pull all of its content from Netflix Netflix and Paramount reach a multi-year exclusive deal ... in Canada Could Netflix be going global? It surely looks that way. Spotify is coming to the U.S. Superman anthology hits Blu-ray this summerAlien Anthology on Blu-ray with illuminating statue (use "ALIENEGG" for an additional $20 off)James Cameron wants Hollywood to use 48 or 60 frames per second instead of 24 There's already a sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man in the works! Amy Adams cast as Lois Lane in Superman reboot Paramount (finally) stops its 4-year attempt to turn Dune into a franchise Are you ready to pay $1,000 for a limited edition Scarface ? Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and 6 will be stand-alone storiesX-Men 4 and 5 are in the planning stagesMonsters, Inc. sequel (prequel?) to be called Monster University Tribeca Film Institute to offer grants for socially-focused movies that are made for a broader audience More games-to-movies nonsense as Universal starts work on Candyland 1990 Captain America will get a director's cut?! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 poster revealedNew Warner Bros. president says that Justice League is green-lit and Batman reboot coming GTA IV Hard Charger: Wide Open machinima Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund My new web site: The Berger Bits
Podcast #084 - Kate Beckinsale, Cigarettes, and Idiots
- Update on Japanese consumer electronics facilities Several Japanese video games get delayed or cancelled ESPN 3D coming to Verizon FiOS Mitsubishi to focus on large screen TVs, 73-inches and larger Apple to address HDMI flickering between Apple TV and older TVs Logitech Revue/Google TV gets a software update Paramount is working with BitTorrent (!!!!) to release an Australian indie film Netflix now owns its own original programming Is Microsoft positioning itself to be an IPTV provider? Netflix and original 3D content are on their way for the Nintendo 3DS "Tens of thousands" of Playstation 3s are seized because of patent disputes CEA (finally) tries to get a standard formalized for active-shutter 3D glasses Someone actually commissioned a study about the lack of digital movie purchases AT&T will implement data caps on all DSL and U-Verse customers The Hobbit finally begins filming in New ZealandThe Lord of the Rings Extended Edition hits Blu-ray on June 28Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun getting 25th anniversary Blu-ray releases in MayNew Daredevil movie is on the way The Dark Knight Rises gets a third villainC. Thomas Howell confirms that The Lizard will be in The Amazing Spider-Man New image and official synopsis for Captain America 25 new images have been released for Thor On-the-set featurette for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides New Mel Gibson movie The Beaver gets a rousing applause at SXSW Darren Aronofsky leaves Wolverine Cloverfield 2 is in the worksAnti-cigarette do-gooders have nothing better to do than criticize movies with cigarettes in them The Superman reboot will have no connection with any previous Superman movies Kate Beckinsale to don her latex outfit again for Underworld 4: New Dawn Bad Santa 2 is in the worksResident Evil 5 gets a release dateDo we now have the official titles for the two Hobbit movies? The Phantom Menace to hit theatres in 3D in February 2012The new enemy for the Red Dawn remake is ... North Korea??? Tomb Raider movie (and video game) series to get a rebootIs Ubisoft considering turning the Rainbow Six and Assassin's Creed series into movie franchises? Simon Pegg and Nick Frost make their own Star Wars ... sort of
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