Episode 38-April Fools
April 18, 2012 | Filed Under Episodes | 2 CommentsTOPIC: First words and roundtable chat
Guest: Jalil Sadool, Senior Animator at Dreamworks
As is par for the course, it’s been a while since our last episode and when we finally got together to record on April Fool’s Day, our original guest had to drop out at the last minute because his house was under siege by bears. Luckily, we’ve been wanting to talk shop with Jalil for quite some time now and he came to the rescue at the last minute. Not from the bears. We don’t help people with their wild animal problems if they snub us for the podcast. Bad luck too, since Mike’s wife is a taxidermist and probably knows a thing or two about making bears dead. But one must have principles.
We talked about how much creative control fans should have, RPGs, Kickstarter with it’s potential ups and downs, talk comic books, gush about Journey and Mike tells us why he loves mocap so much that he wants to marry it.
Show Notes:
Hey guys, Great episode. On the Tim and Eric front: The only time I’ve wachetd the show was when it first came out and a friend of mine made me watch the entire first season back to back when we were hanging out to drink and I HATED it. I am at least semi glad to hear from you guys, and many others, that if you wachetd them back to back you would end up a little irritated by the style and format. I can’t add much to your lists because I don’t play video games and my taste in comics are pretty mainstream but I wanted to throw out one of my favorite TV shows that I don’t know of too many people that watch. It’s called Misfits and it’s a British show which I think is one of the most interesting takes on super heroes/super powers. The story is a bout a group of juvenile delinquents that during a freak storm get super powers. The thing that hooked me on the series was that it didn’t go exactly where you’d expect it. They get powers but they don’t embrace them and see it as a way to make a positive change. They still are the same dickish, stupid, people they were before the powers. Great show. Other great British shows (i’m a UK TV freak) are Shameless, The Inbetweeners, and anything Charlie Brooker has done. I don’t think you can buy most of theses so you may have to go a less then legal way to see them but they are all great.
Comment by Mistica — 05/21/2012 #
I think what Kickstarter is counting on is that if you’re going to give any amount of money to a cause, then you should have the wherewithal to do your own due diligence. And if you get burned once, I bet you won’t get burned again (unless you have a background in casino gambling or betting on horse races).
There’s probably something in the legal mumbo jumbo that people creating Kickstarters have to sign that holds them liable if the project doesn’t pan out or the money is used improperly. If anything, I’m pretty sure Kickstarter is protected.
Comment by Deborah — 07/23/2012 #