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Nerd Lunch Episode 7: Does it live up to the hype?

Posted in books, comic books, movies, podcast, TV shows with tags books, comic books, movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcasts, TV shows on October 18, 2011 by Paxton

Welcome your faces to Episode 7 of the Nerd Lunch Podcast. This week we are joined by Robert from the blog To The Escape Hatch. Our topic is “Does It Live Up to the Hype?”

We each took a TV show or movie that has been recommended/hyped up to us over the years that we never got around to watching and…we watched it. Some of the things we watch include Braveheart, Mad Men and The Wire. Do they live up to the hype? Listen to the podcast to find out.

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Nerd Lunch Episode 6: Star Trek Generations and Star Trek First Contact

Posted in movies, podcast, Star Trek with tags movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcasts, Star Trek on October 13, 2011 by Paxton

….aaaaaaaaand we are BACK! Episode 6 of the Nerd Lunch podcast has the group discussing the first two Star Trek Next Generation movies; Star Trek Generations and Star Trek First Contact.

We are literally all over the place with our discussion but it’s clear one of us doesn’t like First Contact and none of us really liked Generations. Come see why…

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Nerd Lunch Episode 5: Give that Guy Some Work!

Posted in movies, podcast with tags blogging, movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast on October 4, 2011 by Paxton

Well, Episode 5 of the Nerd Lunch Podcast is up! This week we are joined by a good friend of this blog, Rondal Scott from Strange Kids Club.

The topic this week? We discuss some of our favorite actors who haven’t been getting enough work lately. We discuss who they are, what we know them from, and what role we think would be a good one for their return.

Hope you come prepared with IMDB in hand because I guarantee you will need it when listening to this episode.

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Avengers are assembling…

Posted in Dr Pepper, movies, soda with tags Dr Pepper, Marvel Comics, movies, pop culture, soda, sodapalooza, The Avengers on September 13, 2011 by Paxton

Behold, The Avengers in can form.

L to R: Black Widow (Diet Dr Pepper), Capt America (7up), Iron Man (Dr Pepper Cherry) and Thor (Dr Pepper).

I’m only missing Nick Fury who was found exclusively on a Dr Pepper Cherry can. But, damn, he was super hard to find. I never got him. Also there was, unfortunately, no aluminum support for Norton’s Incredible Hulk. However, there was a Mt Dew promotion featuring Ang Lee’s Hulk, but I tend to try and forget that movie ever existed. And since Hawkeye just barely showed up in Thor, then he isn’t represented yet either.

I wonder if The Avengers movie will have all new soda cans with everyone on them.

CT over at Nerd Lunch wrote a good Countdown to Avengers article with a look at the buildup throughout all the recent Marvel movies. Check it out.

As an added bonus, here’s the Red Skull can from Cherry 7up. How great looking is this can?

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18 Slot machines based on movies and TV shows

Posted in casinos, movies, slot machines, technology, TV shows, video games with tags casinos, movies, pop culture, slot machines, technology, TV shows, video games on September 8, 2011 by Paxton

I mentioned last week that I was going to Vegas with my wife to renew our vows with Elvis. While there, we spent some time in a few casinos. I’m not a big gambler but I love walking casino floors and checking out the other gamblers and the various themed slot machines.

Casinos are awesome. It’s like walking into an arcade back in the 80s. Lots of lights and noise. People hunched over lighted consoles hoping to get high scores. I love going to casinos. Like I said, I’m not a huge gambler, but I love looking at slot machines. They are the modern equivalent of upright arcade games. I’ve talked about my love for slot machines before and their taking the torch of the arcade machine.

Anyway, here are 18 slot machines I found that are based on movies or TV shows. You can click any of these images to see them bigger.

The Hangover – I’ll start with this one because it’s the most obvious. Expect to see images of tigers and babies on the reels. “Tootle-loo, mutha-f**kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

Alien – As you can see, there are two versions of the Ridley Scott Alien slot machine. One slot machine has the picture of the egg from the theatrical one-sheet and the other has a picture of the alien xenomorph and includes a special Alien Hunt bonus.

Alien vs Predator – You got an alien slot machine, you also get an Alien vs Predator. Unfortunately, there isn’t a standalone Predator machine.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail – One of my favorite movies of all time. This slot was great because it had a ton of quotes from the movie, as well as clips and a special bonus round where you fought the black knight. There were even “hot spots” on the screen you could touch to generate a random quote or sound from the movie.

Star Wars Droid Hunt – This slot machine was pretty awesome. Lots of images and sounds from the original trilogy. Back in the late 90s, there was another Star Wars slot machine called Death Star Escape. It was cool because there was a bonus round that activated a model Death Star built into the housing that started spinning. Funny, I’ve never found a Star Wars slot machine based on the prequel movies.