Tv Ate My Dinner

What happens when a remake becomes more like a sequel (or sometimes the other way around)?  The new Star Trek leads the boys to examine this concept by looking at other requels past like Terminator 2, Escape from LA, and the new Friday the 13th.  Plus we talk Wolverine, Highlander and the faltering merits of samurai swords in science fiction.

Don't get your hopes up, this isn't our final episode... The boys talk about the dubious ends of scifi series like the new Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek:  The Next Generation, Quantum Leap, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Greatest American Hero.  In so doing they ask the question:  Do scifi finale's always suck?

The Beatles, AC/DC, The Eagles, Elvis, CCR... They all at some point had songs with so-called subliminal messages, which apparently can turn you into a servant of Satan just by hearing them.  Is there any truth to this, or is it a lot of nonsense and coincidence run amok?

Kirk, Spock and McCoy are back with a sexy new Uhura, Rachel Nichols as an Orion slave girl and even Leonard Nimoy.  Is this the Star Trek we've been waiting for? 

From Killer Klowns to Frailty, the boys go over great moments from dubious classics like Sleepaway Camp and Stephen King's Pet Semetary (remember Zelda?) with their friend Mudoogul Mudslinger.

The Exorcist, Jaws, the Howling, American Werewolf in London, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Killer Klowns from Outer Space... We're covering it all in this one.  Plus the boys discuss the Nightmare on Elm Street remake with our good friend Mudoogul Mudslinger, the horror of 2 girls 1 cup, and the impending doom of the swine flu!

Time travel, repeating days, Jack the Ripper, Nostradamus... The boys cover another set of scifi cliches that it's probably time to retire. 

Atlantis, King Arthur, sexy vampires and techno music Karate fights...  What are the cliches that could be retired forever in scifi movies?  The boys discuss this and the inappropriate introduction of computer-generated atomic man-junk in Watchmen.  All this and the return of boobies!  And Lynn gives her review of Tyrannosaurus Wrecks.

CHUD, leprechaun, Nightbreed and the Shadmock... Yes sir, there have been plenty of monsters that never hit the Rock Star status of Frankenstein and Freddy Krueger.  For every zombie there's a Rumpelstilskin, for every Michael Meyers there's a Horace Pinker.  Finally someone pays tribute to the heroes of classics like Basket Case and Deadly Friend.  Second stringers, put on your monkey suits and get ready to receive your honors...

Here it is, world... Darwinism vs. intelligent design, people riding dinosaurs, zombie strippers, the presidential doomsday plane, gun shows and taser phones, man junk, boobs and full frontal nudity... We've done big shows before, but this one is about as pointless and erratic as they come.  We're not afaid to tackle the big issues. Plus, check out "How It Should Have Ended" and enjoy the Die Hard song by Guyz Nite!

The boys talk Heroes, Battlestar Galactica and the new Friday the 13th, but mostly this one's all about the friends of the show.  Listener mail and audience feedback is the backbone of this one, folks...

The Mayan Long Count Calendar is nearing the end of its 13th (and possibly final) baktun - is that the end of humanity or will the Galactic Alignment mean a whole new era in human existence?  And what does Nostradamus have to do with this?  The boys discuss all things 2012, from the Masons to the Reptilian Annunaki aliens of the doom planet Nibiru to Global Warming and interstellar storms.  Plus we talk about UFO Hunters and their obsession with Area 51. This is the big one, people.  Get ready...

The boys go off on all things irrelevant, from the Oscars and the XBox to the Blu Ray and the recent remake of "The Last House on the Left".  There is an obligatory examination of Christian Bale's onset rant and for the most part a ranting review of reality television.

Bloodsucking Freaks and other odd bits of discussion, including the new GI Joe movie, the Transformers sequel, the new Friday the 13th, the long-awaited Watchmen movie, Incredibad, Flight of the Conchords, the MTV effect and why pop culture may be eating itself.  In short, another episode without a topic...

Wizards, warriors, and women in corsets!  The boys use the new documentary Darkon as a springboard to wax nostalgic for their dice rolling days.  Break out the Funyons and Mountain Dew; it's time to talk Dungeons & Dragons!

Three guys walk into a bar... Yes, it's about jokes this week:  From Seinfeld to 30Rock, the boys discuss comedians like Steve Martin and the infamous aristocrats joke.  What makes bad jokes funny and why are ducks always hanging out in bars?  All this and so much more...

Jim Henson, Meet the Feebles, Ded Bob... From socks to foam rubber, we try to cover it all in this one.  If you're not a muppet believer at the start of this show, we'll make you one by the end.

Sure, you know how to make it through an armageddon scenario, but once the space dust has settled and the fallout has receded, how will you survive the dystopian nightmare of the post-apocalyptic world?  From Waterworld to the Road Warrior, Sean and Brooks discuss how to Mad Max your way through mohawk weirdoes and cannibal warlords.

Plague, asteroids, zombies, dinosaurs, robots, aliens, nuclear war, global warming, the Ozone layer, the Highlander... The end of the world can take many forms, friends.  The trick is to keep your head and know your doomsday scenarios.  The boys talk about how to keep your cool and use your head (right down to what parts of the brain work best for each given situation).  We're back with a vengeance, people.  This is the one to listen to.

In the long-awaited Season Premiere of TV Ate My Dinner's Third Season (yeah, that's right - the Real Doll episode didn't kill the show), the boys talk about their dreams.  Not the "I want to grow up to make a chocolote castle" kind of dreams, no, but more like "whoa, last night I dreamed I a had a chocolate castle" kind of dreams.  Plus old ladies, sleep paralysis, cannibal babies and snake people dreams.  That's right:  We're prophets destined to save the world with the awesome teachings of our subconscious.  Buckle up, world:  TVAMD Season 3 is just getting started...