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S.T.R.A.T.U.S. Episode 41: And Then Everyone Gets Nuked

Ryan — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:32:13 +0000

Tune in this week to hear about Sir Michael’s traumatic Final Fantasy VII childhood, X-Play and game ratings, DLC Quest, Japan’s weird fascination with blood types, Aliens and Predators, Resident Evil, the useless tradition that is the Super Bowl, Game of Thrones, and the Legend of Korra finale.

S.T.R.A.T.U.S. Episode 40: Nemeesis

Ryan — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 05:11:12 +0000

Join us this week to finish our retrospective of the last two Star Trek: The Next Generation films. These films are of course Star Trek: Insurrection and Nemesis. We also talk a little bit about the upcoming Force Awakens, Community, Game of Thrones, and House of Cards.

S.T.R.A.T.U.S. Episode 38: Tongue Hook

Ryan — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:12:51 +0000

Good news everyone! Today is a red letter day. This episode marks the day we finally started recording the way we should have been recording from the beginning. Both Michael and I have our own microphones. Both microphones are nice and not cheap ones I got from Best Buy. We’re using Blue Yeti mics which I highly recommend. Both mics are on stands making it so it doesn’t pick up every single thump of our hands on the table. It finally sounds good. And it only took seven years to figure this out. That’s a new record for me.

Join us this week for another retrospective on Star Trek the Next Generation. Other topics discussed include Salt Lake Comic Con, Skyrim mods, and Game of Thrones. Heavy spoiler alert for Star Trek and Game of Thrones.

S.T.R.A.T.U.S. Episode 33: Light Beam Sandwich

Ryan — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 06:01:08 +0000

Join us this week for crystal clear audio! This episode was made with a combo of the Blue Yeti Microphone and Levelator. Levelator is an awesome program that will level out the volume for your audio files. It’s great for us since I speak at 20+ decibels and Michael speaks at -1000.

Hit play and have us regale you of the perils of editing this show, Michael’s stoned cats, How I Met Your Mother’s awesome ending, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Guardian’s of the Galaxy (yes we know that movie came out months ago), Game of Thrones, and Lord of the Rings.

This obscure little Nintendo game came out recently where you fight each other. It might get really popular someday. Aaaany who it’s got some great remixes. Like this one!

God I love Mega Man.

Review: Doctor Who – Cold War

Sharp-O — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:15:14 +0000

Welcome back to Sharp-O catches up on Doctor Who aka No, YOU’RE a TARDIS! Today, we look at the return of an old enemy, some fantastic storytelling and the best Russian accents this side of the East End of London. Cor blimey, guv’nor! Slip on your snuggiest long johns and let’s take a dip into the Cold War!
Cold War more than makes up for the bore fest that was The Rings of Akhaten. It’s got great storytelling, great atmosphere, a stellar cast and the return of an enemy not seen in thirty years… The Soviets! DUN DUN DUUUUUUN! Mark Gatiss is our scribe this week and you can tell because this episode doesn’t suck a fat sack of kolbasas. The Doctor and Clara land on a Soviet sub in the middle of the Cold War, not only do they have to deal with this already tense situation but they also have to contend with Grand Marshal Skaldak, a hero amongst Ice Warriors.

Fear and Loathing in Soviet Russia

Obviously this episode draws heavily from the Big Three of awesome alien movies; John Carpenter’s The Thing, Alien and Predator. The atmosphere on the tight, cramped sub is thick with tension with the world in the balance as the Doctor plays mediator between the Russians and the Martians, which is a sentence I never thought I’d write. Something I found very surprising in this episode was that the sub is a model, which one this episode soooo many points.

Where’s a Stark when you need ’em, eh?

The cast, as stated before, is stellar with Game of Thrones stars Liam Cunnigham and Tobias Menzies and Captain Zhukov and Lt. Stephashin, respectively. They’re also joined by the brilliant David Warner, he of Tron, Time Bandits and Quest of The Delta Knight fame (That last one will get the MST3K fans hyped) but in the only real let down of the episode, none of them sport Russian accents. None of the Russian characters sport a funny accent and that’s a damn shame. Some of the dialogue that includes Russian words sound silly in London accents. Nicholas Briggs provides the voice for Skaldak and gives him a lot of pent up rage and sorrow which is brought out in his CGI face. We found out a lot more about the Ice Warrior culture in this episode, which I don’t think has been touched on before really, nor have we seen what they look like under the armour.

“And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!”

Something I neglected to bring up in the last episode but I’ll bring up here since there seems to be some allusions cast in this episode too toward who or what Clara is. In Rings of Akhaten, Clara tries to enter the TARDIS on her own but is refused entry. Yes, the door was just locked but Clara concludes that the TARDIS does not like her, which is similar to what happened when Captain Jack returned and the TARDIS tried to throw him off the exterior as it bolted into the timestream. It might be nothing but it might something, much like an allusion to a past idea in this episode when Clara sings to calm her nerves. What song? Hungry like the Wolf!
Now, again, this could mean absolutely nothing but given Clara’s anomalous nature in time and the lyrics “I’m lost and I’m found, and I’m hungry like the wolf” could be seen as very telling, especially given the return of Ten and Rose in the 50th Anniversary.

Cold War gets a very high score from me, it’s damn near flawless! The Russian accents aside, this episode is entertaining, gripping and extremely watchable. The next episode sees the return of the writer of Rings of Akhaten, Neil Cross, so let’s see if Hide can hide from my scorn.

Poole’s Polls – April 2012

Aaron — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:39:14 +0000

We here at DOOM Towers love to hear from our visitors. Partially because we have low self esteem and need to be told we’re pretty, and partially because you obviously have good taste so we can trust your opinion.

As a result, I have been tasked to ask you guys every month a question of utmost importance. A question that only you can answer. Some may call it a poll but I call it DECIDING THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE.

Or something like that.

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Congratulations to last month’s winner… Fluttershy, with a resounding lead on all her competition.

As your reward, you may live.

This month see a lot of good shows return to American Television and I thought I’d direct this question to our American DOOMsters (and also our legally acquiring friends all over the world).

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