Episode 7 – Dystopian Futures

Come with us on a tour of dark futures.

SHOW NOTES:

Guest: Sarah Bodah

Drink of the Show: “Toasted Almond”

Recipe:

• 1 1/2 oz amaretto
• 1 oz Kahlúa
• 2 oz light cream
  

Shake with ice, strain into cocktail glass.

Top 5 List: Top 5 Dystopian Futures

We choose our top dark futures.  See below for more details (spoilers!).

Television

What we’ve been watching: Justified, Bramwell, Dr. Who, Game of Thrones, Outer Limits

Also Mentioned: Nip/Tuck, The Wire, Lie to Me, Chicago Code, For I Have Touched the Sky, Book of Mormon Musical, Pricilla Queen of the Desert)

News:

• NBC/Comcast merger FCC hire
• Fox cancellations (Chicago Code)

Movies

Trailers:

• Real Steel
• Horrible Bosses

Also mentioned: THX1138, Shoot Em Up, Fish Called Wanda

Internet

• Microsoft Buys Skype
• Google Driverless cars
• Google Chromebook
• Soon illegal to look at a child?

Video Games

News:

• Minecraft
• Portal 2 Map editor
• How to make a non-sequel at Capcom

What we’ve been playing: Mass Effect DLC, Words with Friends, Plants vs. Zombies

Intermission Music:

• “Wily’s Mosh Pit” by Steve Pordon

End Music:

• “Exile Vilify” by The National

Top 5 Links – Spoilers! 🙂

• Fahrenheit 451
• The Running Man
• Transmetropolitan
• The Clonus Horror
• Wall-E
• Idiocracy
• Demolition Man
• Brazil

Also mentioned: Gattica,Total Recall, Blade Runner, Robocop, Terminator, (Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny), 12 Monkeys,Children of Men, Deathrace 2000, Logan’s Run, The Matrix, Screamers, District 9, 28 Days Later, A Boy and His Dog, Titan AE, Clockwork Orange, Oryx & Crake, V for Vendetta, 1984, Planet of the Apes, Fantastic Planet, Zardoz, Max Headroom, The Road, The Walking Dead.  PHEW!