Where's Jabari when you need him? Unfortunately, not on this week's show. And that's too bad because we've got two stories we talk about with which his input would've been priceless. Those are a bit later in the show. First, Dennis gives us an impromptu review of OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN. Did it fall flat with him? You'll have to tune-in to find out.
Exciting news from Netflix... ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT has been expanded to 15 episodes and the premier date has been set for March 26th. There's even some new characters making their debut played by some interesting characters themselves. I can't wait!
We grieve over the news that Disney has decided to close LucasArts. They fired 150 people working there and this week, to Mike's dismay, they've also wiped out their hand-drawn animation department. The few animators left are either taking a pay cut or are being bought out of their remaining contract. As for LucasArts, the mouse house says they want to turn it into a distribution and licensing brand for video games rather than one that develops them. The closing means the cancellation of two STAR WARS games that were in the works. Another dagger in Mike's heart is the cancellation of a Henry Selick stop-motion feature film that had just started shooting. It's untitled and Selick has been given the option to take it to another studio. This will likely delay it's October release date though if it even gets picked up by someplace else.
Jabari story number one: Many shows ago we introduced you to a gentleman who cooks with semen. You may remember his cookbook, "Natural Harvest: A Collection of Semen-based Recipes." Well, that fellow, whose name is Paul "Fotie" Photenhauer, has written another book about making drinks with man milk. Kinda gives a whole new meaning to the word cocktails doesn't it? "Semenology: The Semen Bartender's Handbook" asks the question, why is it taboo to consume semen outside of the bedroom? It also brings up the question, are there really semen bartenders? How does one get into such a niche profession? Just like we did with the recipe book, we debate whether or not we'd want/could/should drink booze with boner butter in it. Where do you stand on this? Let us know.
Jabari story number two: Thou shalt not steal. That's one of several commandments the Catholic Church pushes. But it appears that doesn't necessarily apply to digital downloads. Like 75% of the rest of the connected world, there are some in the church that visit the Bureau of Acquisitions for a little Hollywood entertainment. TorrentFreak, after hearing about preists in Ireland watching illegal copies of Oscar screeners every week, decided to do a little snooping on Vatican City's IP activity and made a rather startling discovery. For the most part, the country of nearly 800 doesn't really download much. A couple TV shows, some old movies, a song or two... but there was something else in their torrent cue, BDSM videos including Russian slave porn and even some of the transexual variety. There's no evidence that it was priests doing the downloading. A lot of non-holy folks have access to computers within the Vatican. Speculation online is that it could be some bored Swiss Guard officers. We're all human, but these downloads seem a little hypocritical on a number of levels. We discuss them on today's show.
And in the final moments of the netcast we bring you Breaking News from Target.com. Their whimsical names for dress colors has gotten them in a little hot water. Well actually, warm water, about 70 degrees Fahrenheit, around 20 feet deep to be exact. That's the ideal conditions for the sea cow, or Manatee as it's more properly known. A plus-sized dress on the retailer's website was labeled as "Manatee Gray" while the standard size was called "Dark Heather." Whether this was a little joke between the staffers in the web department, ill-worded information provided by the dress manufacturer or an honest mistake... it's funny as shit! We ask the question, are people being too sensitive about it? You're more than welcome to 'weigh' in on this.
All in all this is a pretty good show. Makin' up for last week's less than stellar recording. You can't go wrong with stories about spooge and porn. Especially when they involve eating it and the Vatican City respectively. Gotta go, RS77_Episode 02 is almost done downloading!
