Power Rangers, Ghostbusters, Fine Bros, and Transformers

My name is Steve Megatron, and I am the geekiest

man alive. To the outside world, I'm an ordinary

rental manager, but secretly, with the help of

my friends at GCRN Studios, I review media and

find other altered geeks like me. I hunted the

information of my past, but in doing so, I opened

up a whole new world of possibilities, and I

am the only one geeky enough to unleash them.

I am the Altered Geek. You are tuned in to Steve

Megatron on Altered Geek Unlimited Hello and

welcome to Altered Geek Unleashed I'm your host

Steve Megatron Phillips and joining me this week

is Mike and the Birdman What's up? What's up,

and we're missing the Man formerly known as aqua

yes, we are missing Aquaman missing in action

although um He did send me a text message earlier

saying hey guys. Don't know if I can make it

I'm stuck in Arby's again now for those of you

that don't know what we're talking about several

years ago Go listen to M wire episode 75 Where

we talk about Star Wars? Yeah? Let's just say

Blanchard is a menace to public restrooms everywhere.

And if you think that's gross, oh wait, it gets

worse But that's all we're gonna say about that.

Go listen to it. So now Blanchard is gonna have

two weeks worth of Hate against you. I think

it's fine. Okay. Now I really want to address

this so in the comments for the last geek Unleashed

or whatever. He's like I got blackmail audio

on you dot. I'm like, okay Blanchard I have worn

a dress in front of a crowd of several thousand

people. You can't embarrass me. Good luck. Men

mightier than you have tried. Like, I've embarrassed

myself in national media. I'm the pony guy from

comic book men. There's nothing more you can

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I had to do a script breakdown for the movie

Juno in my screenwriting class which I wanted

to stab my eyes out. I hate that movie. My wife

went through a phase where she liked it and we

actually bought it and I still I still can't

stand that stupid movie. There's a really interesting

thing you should check out, because I think it'll

make you hate it more, but it'll justify it.

I don't need much to get a thing on it. Probably

about a year ago? And it was sort of like, was

this movie as good as we remember? And he makes

a bunch of really, really good points about the

movie. Like, I enjoyed the movie once in a while

because... Blair likes it, but after I watched

the Nostalgia Critic thing I'm like, hey, wait

a second. Hey, he's kind of right there. So you

get a chance. You should check out that Yeah,

I I probably will at some point but yeah, I Not

only that but like I kind of have put it halfway

put it together like in the span of 45 minutes

because I really didn't want to do it and I hate

the movie so It made me want to I don't know

choke the teacher for doing it So why did the

teacher pick that particular movie? Well, I only

thing I can think is he's got like a Jason Bateman

kick right now, okay or only reason I say that

is because He had for the previous assignment

He had us do Arrested Development Yeah, I love

that show. Well, I'm kind of indifferent on it.

Like, it doesn't really matter to me, but I don't

really want to get invested in a show that's

already pretty much over. There is a season five

coming. Eh. It was interesting, but it wasn't

enough for me to care. Yeah. Grand scheme of

things. So I just I was kind of like, eh, whatever.

So he had us do that too. And I... I did that

fairly easy, but so he has do this in class assignment

We had to watch the movie in class just like

we had to watch the rest of development in class

So I was kind of wanting to not be there and

that really wasn't an option because he's like

you have to do a comparison between script and

movie and I says I really don't want to watch

this movie again and so like I started giving

him crap because not only was he 10 minutes late

to class, but Instead of showing us a clip from

the movie, he decided, we're going to watch the

entire movie. And I had it figured out within

the first 10 minutes of watching the movie, the

differences, there's a lot of dialogue changes

between script and film. And he was trying to

relay that no matter what you write, the director

still has the choice of changing it. You know

what would have been a smarter movie to actually

do that with? What one? Ghostbusters. Surprisingly,

because almost all of Bill Murray's dialogue

was ad -libbed. or the first Iron Man because

Don Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. A lot of that

is just him making it up on the spot. See, I

would have preferred that, honestly, because

like I... Well, like last semester, and I told

him, I asked him, because I was being a smart

ass with him the whole time, I said... So are

you want to Jason Bateman kick I said cuz we've

done arrested development and now Juneau and

he's in both and he says oh, yeah That's right.

And then I says, you know kind of like I was

on a Robert Downey jr. Kick last semester I said

because the first assignment we had to compare

two films by the same cinematographer and I did

Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 3 which both have

Robert Downey jr. In it and Then for the final

Project I did get Sherlock Holmes game of shadows,

which also had Robert Downey jr. In it. So I

was doing it to be like As a big joke the entire

semester just like he shows you for a rest of

development the first two Yeah, he has script

breakdown for him. I just I mean it was alright

and I get the premise I just I don't I don't

care. I The only thing that would be enticing

for me about it is so hard to impress have I

ever told you Well, like, the only thing going

for either one of those to me was Juno. The only

thing going for it was J .K. Simmons and Jason

Bateman because it's hard not to enjoy them in

anything they're in. What's the girl's name?

I can't think of her name. Ellen Page. Ellen

Page. She's really good. No, she's really good.

Don't get me wrong. I just, I hate the entire

movie itself. I don't have a problem with the

actors or anything. I just hate the movie. Yeah,

I'm not a huge fan of Diablo Cody's work. I mean,

there are some things of hers I really, really,

really do like. But I think Juno's a lot better

when people are allowed to go off -script. Like,

as long as it... But the one thing about Juno,

and once again, the Nostalgia Critic makes this...

It makes more sense. It never sounds natural.

It's almost like a dramatized version of the

Gilmore Girls. very dramatic, very pop -cultury

kind of reference super quick delivery. Well,

and then the band that was chosen for the thing,

my teacher was like, it is the worst band in

the world. And then he plays his clips of it

on YouTube afterward. And I'm like, I just want

to leave. Actually, you know what? If you want,

now, have you ever studied Die Hard? And I know

that's going to sound weird. But if you look

at the Die Hard script and the Die Hard movie,

It is a movie that is perfectly broken down and

they show they showed that at my film school

Like hey guys check this out like oh, it's die

-hard. It's it's you know, whatever but no, it's

the perfect movie formulaic, but it works and

it's entertaining So anyway Myself over the last

week, I've been really sick My wife came home

with this flu and it's really flared up in the

last couple of days for like, kind of both of

us. So if you know what a neti pod is, that is

probably just, it's nose tease, the best way

to describe it. You shove this teapot up your

nose and let your imagination run wild with that

one. It is the oddest experience I've ever felt

in my life. That was fun. And I randomly started

playing through Fallout 4 again. One of the things

you can do in that game is you can name your

characters really strange things. Like Mr. Bond

or Mr. Boobies. I'm not even kidding. There are

characters in the game that will call you Mr.

Boobies. So since I'm just kind of horsing around

with this one, this is just me seeing what's

on the other side of the fence, so to speak,

so I can actually choose my destiny. I chose

to call myself Mr. F -Face. Um, and it's funny

because - Oh, fitting. My robot companion, Codsworth,

he's like, Mr. F -Face, how are you doing today?

Mr. F -Face, jolly good, you kicked his ass.

And it's just amazing. But you can also have

him call you Mr. Stark, Mr. Django, um, Mr. Furiosa,

so if you wanna, like, call yourself, like, you

- you couldn't call yourself - This will be my

one f -bomb for the episode. Mr. Fuckface Rockatansky,

you could pull that off. So if you wanted to

be like Mad Max, you could in theory do that.

But yeah, I'm just kind of wandering through

the game right now because there's gonna be a

big patch coming out probably tonight if not

in the next couple days. It's gonna fix a lot

of the really fun kind of glitches in it because

you know, it's a Bethesda game, so glitch city.

It makes me incredibly sad, Steve, because I

use a lot of exploits just to get myself a lot

of money and resources, because really, I don't

want to have to grind so I can just have fun.

And I already know how the story ends. So like

I said, literally, this is just me horsing around.

And I'm really sad just because I won't have

that advantage anymore. But I think I've set

myself up where I am the king of Boston. more

or less now. Nothing and nobody can touch me.

And that's mostly what I've been doing. I've

played a lot of Fallout 4. I did play LEGO's

Marvel's Avengers, which since Steve, you're

a huge comic book guy. For you and your kids,

you should probably check this game out. It's

really good. If a 360 copy happens to fall in

my lap, it will happen to fall on yours. But

yeah, that's pretty much what I've been doing

the last week. So it's just a lot of gaming.

Yeah, I've been playing, like I said, off air.

I've been playing Battlefield 4 on my 360 as

well as on my PC. It's just it's been it's been

one of those games that I've kind of had a hard

time not playing. Especially since I've gotten

used to playing the online multiplayer like the

other night. I played with my brother on the

game Most of our clan wasn't online. It was just

my brother and one other guy from the clan and

It was me and the other guy against my brother

because it's you almost need three guys to go

against him because it's He's really good So

we played a couple maps and we were doing pretty

decent one map Had to flank him a lot, but he

because it was close quarters a lot. He was able

to take us out with a bow and arrow pretty frequently

and then The other game because it was more It

was it was a larger map it was harder for him

to take us down and then we just kept popping

him all throughout the map so It was more even

that game, but he still destroyed us So, I think

we'll jump into some of the Ultra Geek News Network,

as I'm dubbing it now, stuff that kind of popped

up over the last week. You're a Power Rangers

fan, aren't you? I am, and I'm very happy with

this casting because it is so ridiculous, but

of course. It's fitting because of something

that she's played before. And of course, we're

talking about Elizabeth Banks playing Rita Raposa

because she's played basically somebody like

that in the Hunger Games in the beginning anyway.

And it's very fitting that she's going to be

playing this character. And it's the only thing

giving me like any kind of kind of positive response

to this movie so far. I think the reason I'm

a big fan of the casting for her specifically

is because of her role in Pitch Perfect. Because

she can be this ridiculously over -the -top person

and I think she's remarkably funny as well So

I think they hit that casting pretty much right

on the button now Have they announced any any

other villains or is just gonna be Rita? I Don't

know yet. I think I think they're kind of playing

to see what they're gonna do. It's not really

a reboot It's kind of a continuation slash reboot.

So I don't know what exactly that's supposed

to mean, but So yeah, good Lord, cast it up on

25 years of Power Ranger history. Oh, I know.

Um, I'm wondering who Zordon's gonna be. Honestly.

I'm trying to think who I would cast as Zordon.

Hmm. Laurence Fishburne, but Morpheus era. Laurence

Fishburne. If we can somehow go back in time

to 1999. I got it. Patrick Stewart. See, I don't

see Patrick Stewart as a Zordon. So much not

just because he's a big bald guy. You want something

with the right authoritarian voice? I'm sure

I I don't know that's Morgan Freeman I'm sure

you know I'm also going through my head who I'd

want as Goldar You know who I would cast but

only because I really like him in Guardians of

the Galaxy Dave Batista as Goldar or someone

like a wrestler. It has to be a wrestler playing

Goldar. You need someone big, imposing, but also

has a bit of a presence too. And not John Cena.

Which I feel like... Sorry, Steve. I don't think

they'll use the same guy for the voice as they

will the body. Oh my God, they better bring back

the original voice if he's still alive. Oh, that

would be awesome. I would also love it if just

for fun... They gave Brian Cranston an uncredited

voice role because that was one of his first

jobs was on a Power Rangers episode. Well, he

was the line of the villains Yeah, so I really

hope he'll come back you like hey Brian Here's

like 50 bucks and lunch. Please do these lines.

I think that'd be so much fun Make my monster

grow and then Walter White would stand up That

would be hilarious So yeah, I'm looking forward

to that the I don't know if you've seen the new

Ghostbusters photo revealing Chris Hemsworth

as like the Janine type character So he's kind

of like Janine slash really buff looking Louis

Tully in a way I'm okay with this Although I

found out something disturbing Steve never read

the comment section on anything Ghostbusters

Why oh my god people are butthurt I Don't even

care. I mean, I I like the originals, but I don't

like them enough to care. Well, it's weird cuz

this The person, the director, Paul Feig, put

something out on Twitter, and he's like, oh,

what was it? It went something along the lines

of X movie didn't have a trailer for five months

before the movie came out, X movie didn't have

this, Ghostbusters doesn't have a trailer, boycott

again. I'm thinking, you know what? You're not

wrong with that. Like, he says we'll have a trailer

by the end of the month. I think it's a really

big missed opportunity to not have one ready

for Super Bowl. I really do. But maybe they'll

put it in front of Batman versus Superman. Or

something before. I'm trying to think what's

big that opens before that. Outside of Deadpool.

And I doubt we'll see it in the next week. Even

though that would be great. That would be great.

In fact, I actually have friends of mine who

went to a Deadpool screening tonight. Didn't

get the invite though kind of upset, but what

are you gonna do, but then I couldn't be here

That's right Steve I gave up the Merc with a

mouth for you I that's all right. I would have

gave up them gave up this show for the Merc with

the mouth. So see I'm dedicated to my craft If

they would have offered it to me I would have

left I wouldn't want seen it but I'm hoping I'll

get into the Batman versus Superman one. I got

some pretty good friends over at Warner Brothers,

so I'm crossing my fingers here. I would love

that. That would be awesome. What else you got?

So did you hear the explosion with YouTube this

week? Oh boy, I watched that happen in real time

because the guy, one of the people who got flagged

ate that Eric is actually a friend of mine. He

works a lot with the the Game Chasers out of

Texas and the Fine Brothers. My god, if they'd

shut their mouth for another month, they would

have got away with it. It's ridiculous. So for

those of you that don't know, the Fine Brothers

basically tried to copyright and trademark, though

the two are not interchangeable. That's important

to remember. Basically, it was React world there

was elders react teams react kids react blah

blah blah So they wanted to create their own

managed content network a really good way to

think about this is think about how um There's

American Idol in the voice you look at that format.

You know how you see different versions in different

countries Oh, yeah, that's what they wanted to

do, but with their idea But because it's on the

internet People see it as no, no, no, that's

bad and I could totally see that and I think

that's totally right. Um But it blew up in their

face like a nuke Which I think is funny like

like they had 14 millions of they had like 14

million subscribers and then you could see the

count go down in real time to just It got into

13 million something but they were losing like

a hundred subs a minute At one point it was saying

just to watch this happen And then everybody

had their own thing, like, um, Mega64 did something

on it, Machinima, um, I think some of the other

pretty big kind of YouTubers, I think, um, did.

And it was just not the fact that they had to

keep posting updates about this, the Fine Brothers.

And they all sounded very condescending up until

their final apology. Like, okay, guys, we're

not going to do it anymore. We're really, really,

really sorry. This is gonna change the direction

of their career for years to come this is gonna

be the sort of thing that Gets reference with

anybody does business with them now They're a

tainted brand for at least the next six six to

eight months. Oh Yeah, and that's it is it's

kind of sad for the fact that I enjoy their videos

When they're they react thing, but you can't

exactly trademark or a copyright that when they're

trying to come when everybody does it That's

all the internet is though is in YouTube is all

reaction videos. How are you gonna try and capitalize

on that when everybody does them? Oh, yeah, and

you know and their idea is exactly super original

because oh, I don't know if this has been going

on since the 1940s There were television shows

based around hell. Do you remember when Bill

Cosby did this? No, but the thing is news That's

exactly what it was And then the Fine Brothers

had the balls. Call out Ellen. Ellen DeGeneres.

She's like, hey, Ellen stole our idea, didn't

give us any thanks, bombard her Twitter and Facebook.

Man, who in the hell is advising you? Like, seriously,

their PR agent? I hope they took him or her back

into the back of the building and beat them with

a steel pipe. Well, I think that they got too...

too big for their britches, and they think that

they were just God's gift to the internet, which

nobody is, honestly. Everybody on the internet

is replaceable, and that's what they don't seem

to get. Is that just as easily as you can grow

your fandom. You could disappear. Oh yeah, you

could disappear easily. There's been points,

and I'm not saying I have a huge following, because

I don't. But like on this podcast for instance

when some of the shows started getting kind of

lax and kind of you know half -assed I just I

the the listeners and everything else dropped

on it like drastically I'm starting to get the

numbers back now, but For a time there, I it

was kind of like why am I doing this? Because

like I I kind of fell off the the rock there

in half the time like the show either sounded

phoned in or I just kind of forgot what the heck

I was actually doing when I did it. So it and

that goes with anybody like anybody online does

this it's oh, yeah, like when I left Channel

awesome and back out of the glasses I lost a

good chunk of fans with that and I've still got

a pretty significant following this because I've

never stopped but the thing is about the fine

brothers their air get about it and That's what

truly screwed them up. There were also were a

number of attorneys that work in internet law

and stuff like that. I think the big one is called

Attorneys React. And I think the guy's name is

Ryan Morrison. He sums it up really, really,

really well. And at the time, those had kept

quiet for another 30 days. There's a point when

you file for the trademark or copyright, I can't

remember which, where people, the public can

appeal it. But because they made this big announcement

video, now they're totally pooched. Now they've

withdrawn their... what they had filed. Thank

Christ for that. And they're not the only big

company to have done this recently either. Sony

tried to trademark Let's Play. Oh, like last

month or in December or something like that.

And it blew up in their face too. Nintendo tried

to do something as well. So I don't know. It's

like the internet, it's this huge wide open space.

It's still very much the Wild West. there's a

lot of money to be made but it's so gray in terms

of how it's interpreted legally how the public

perceives you and like you said you can be you

can be replaced at any minute like hell do you

remember sites like friggin um e -bombs world

and all that stuff oh e -bombs world albino black

sheep yeah yeah or like dig you know like it's

not stupid videos disappear overnight Do I think

the Fine Brothers are going anywhere? Sadly not,

but you know what? Maybe they'll learn. Give

it a lesson for now. Yeah, for now. Give it time.

We will be talking about something equally as

insipid in probably about eight months. From

them, you think? I don't think from them. I think

you'll see it from another popular YouTuber because

I know another person who's starting to realize

how powerful they really are. PewDiePie. PewDiePie

has, like, millions upon millions of subscribers.

He's the most popular YouTuber ever. And he's

gonna be starting his own quote -unquote network,

where he and other YouTubers have more creative

freedom, so they can break away from, like, Maker

Studios, which is owned by Disney, and, like,

Fullscreen and all those guys. Because he now

has the millions of dollars to drop them. without

a second thought. And I think you'll see something

stupid happen. Mind you, PewDiePie, aka Felix,

he listens to his fans, and he does listen to

which way the wind's blowing, so I don't see

him making a catastrophically stupid decision,

but it wouldn't surprise me if there's a couple

of big stumbles along the way. But that's just

me speculating. See, I don't listen to them or

even care about them like they're even on my

radar really but Yeah, most the ones I'm familiar

with I Think are very kind of I don't know more

down to earth and kind of know their their fandoms

and kind of Like I would almost argue like because

I watch like the warp zone or I watch like screen

junkies who's You know, they're monetizing their

stuff, but they're doing it with their all their

own original content. It's you know, it's not

even They're not trying to like copyright or

trademark names of stuff per se and then You

know, I listen to like epic rap battles and you

know stuff like that so I mean it's and they

all seem to be pretty genuine and kind of you

know more interested in their fans than necessarily

I mean obviously they're all interested in money

because who isn't that's trying to do media or

something that they love but you know you can

just tell kind of by by how people are in their

videos So I think moving on from that Blanchard

brought this up and I didn't hear about it Which

was surprising because normally I see this kind

of stuff right away Mattel and Hasbro are talking

about a merger Well, who that would leave in

terms of big brands like if Hasbro and Mattel

merge you would have playmates toys And who which

is just turtles, you know, it's just turtles

and there's a few other brands under them, but

not too many You'd have the high -end collector

stuff like NECA and McFarlane their knees you'd

have You'd have um who makes well no Mattel makes

DC Comics stuff. Yeah, so Yeah, they'd all be

under one banner specific And then I think you

get you know, you get you're like You'd have

hot wheels and which is just cars but I Don't

know. I mean, I I think you're pretty much dealing

that I think though because those are the top

two Yeah, like I don't see this as a terrible

thing. However, though certain companies have

pros and cons like I like Mattel's figures, because

when they do something right, they do them really,

really, really well. Like, their DC direct stuff

is really well done. Or their DC figures in general.

Like, they did the movie Masters for Batman a

couple years ago. They were really, really well

done. Because I have a little Michael Caine that

lives in my house. I don't have the Joseph Gordon

-Levitt, though, though. I'm still looking for

that figure. Hasbro has Transformers, My Little

Pony, Star Wars, and Mattel has Barbie, and I

think Monster High as well. So you have these

juggernaut brands. They could accomplish so much,

but I wonder what else they could do. Can you

imagine the possibility of crossovers there?

You could have Monster High and Equestria Girls

come together now. You could have... Like, My

Little Pony would literally show up in trance

- Oh no, wait, that makes no sense. But you could

have Barbie in My Little Pony. You could have

a Barbie -themed Transformer, which is actually

kind of a neat idea when you really think about

it. You could have G .I. Joe with Barbie. Yeah,

I mean, it would be so cool. Ultimately, I would

like Barbie's Corvette as a repaint of tracks.

I would totally be okay with that. A transforming

Barbie car. Or, man, you - Or for like a gag,

I'd love for them to do Barbie's safe house.

It's like a G .I. Joe repaid like camo or something.

That could be a lot of fun. What would be funnier?

And I've been known to do this before. If, if,

if, because this has been a possibility before,

too. That. Because I believe it says two decades

ago. Almost to the day Mattel withdrew a 5 .2

billion offer for Hasbro Looking like Mattel

was gonna buy Hasbro But They It says Hasbro

approached Mattel with the idea of merging their

companies together, so I don't know what why

that would even be Because I could see Mattel

or I could see Hasbro wanting some of the IPs

from them Like but I just wonder what name what

name they're gonna stick with I think they'd

probably Truthfully, they'd probably keep the

brands together Like in their heads bro Mattel.

Yeah, like yeah, you you probably get that or

they keep the brands that are known to be Associated

with Mattel with Mattel. No, I meant that but

like who would be the parent company if they?

Without a doubt because they got Disney backing

Yeah, that's true and This is my prediction though

if that actually goes through Disney will buy

a pass, bro Oh god. Yeah, they'd be stupid not

to because they would what they would do is wait

until this goes through and then they'd be like

All right, yoink mine. Yeah, exactly because

they'd have so many IPs under one Well, not only

would Disney own the rights to like, you know,

your Marvel your Star Wars and all that stuff

of in in making Just the films Then you have

Marvel Comics. Then you have the toys. So they

would just be one big powerhouse all on their

own. Wasn't there a rumor a couple weeks ago

that supposedly if certain DC movies don't do

well, DC Comics could be done? That was kind

of a rumor. I don't think that's gonna happen.

Just imagine if this merger goes through, they

have all the toy rights. I think eventually Disney's

gonna end up owning DC Comics too, but... I wouldn't

see that as a bad thing. Because you think about

it, Disney knows how to market. Well, not only

that... Well, and I think Marvel's kind of got,

especially with them reacquiring Star Wars, I

think that they've kind of got the right, I don't

know, direction, I would say. Because DC just

doesn't know what the hell they're doing anymore.

In any regard unless it's television or animated.

Yeah So I'm excited to see where this could go

Yeah, I am too. I'm definitely excited to see

it. I just I don't know where it's gonna go I

Don't know if you saw this this is something

that I'm sure you have transformer fan and all

masterpiece optimus primal No, I have not seen

this actually it's weird. I only pay attention

to the movie news. I know a terrible fan. Um

You pay attention to the movie news. I ignore

it Well, it's funny because I kind of I want

to collect transformers, but every time I do

I I end up having to sell them So i'm thinking

i'm just gonna save myself the heartache But

come on steve. Give it to me straight man. Tell

me about masterpiece optimus primal. Does it

look cool? Oh, it looks spectacular. How much

is it? There's there's new images popping out

all the time of the figure. And if you have the

30th anniversary Rhinox or 30th anniversary Rattrap,

which are show accurate, I should add, Primal

is show accurate. To a T, every detail is exactly

like the animation model. He's got both the wrist

-mounted... Is that real fur? No, no, no, no,

no, no. That's a custom job. This one is accurate

to the show model. And he's got pop -out faceplates.

That'll be really cool. I'm thinking it's going

to pop out kind of like how Masterpiece Ironhide

does. You press the little thing on the top of

the head, where the arch thing is that's in the

center of the head, and it'll... pop the face

piece out, but you can change his, he's got like

an open mouth reaction, he's got the faceplate

that goes over and covers his mouth and then

they got the one with him like with a straight

smile or a straight mouth and then a smile. So

it does that and his beast mode also has changing

faceplates. The details with the hydraulics with

the legs are exact. The heads more or less just

flip while within the chest. like the beast head

and the other piece. Trying to pull up the next

image. It has full detail, like he has both swords,

he has both those wrist -mounted cannons, and

he's got the shoulder -mounted cannons too. Pretty

freaking spectacular. I cannot wait until they

they release like because they aren't in color

They're just they're gray model like completely

but it's so show accurate. I'm gonna have to

own it I would assume so It looks infinitely

better than the original toys that I sold off

years ago because they didn't look show accurate

and I just I didn't ever inform anymore. I always

thought those ones weren't terrible, though.

They weren't terrible, but they weren't great

either. I think in terms of the kind of Beast

Wars toys, I remember Megatron was really good.

The original one, even the Transmetal one was

like kind of fun, too. The original Optimus Primal,

Cheetor looked pretty good. Rhinox looked like

crap if I remember right. It did. Cheetor, Skorp...

Scorponok, Waspinator, or Buzzsaw. The spiders

looked like crap. I did think Blackarachnia was

terrible, but she was just a repaint more or

less, which really kind of... Yeah, she was crap,

but they came out with a Legends version, which

is based off the Transformers animated figure,

and they remolded parts of it and repainted it,

and it looked just like Blackarachnia from the

animated series. One of the things I did love

about those figures, though, ball joints. Oh,

yeah. Wonderful invention. yeah they they were

spectacular like the newer stuff they're like

these weird rivet click rivet hinges on them

now that are cheap plastic like they're gonna

snap if you transform them enough times because

like I have the generations Megatron which is

the tank G1 Megatron which just to get them to

look right you have to get an upgrade kit so

it's on top of that but his rivet joints in them

are Like sheer crap, and they don't have like

enough They don't well they don't have enough

like not only tension But wait they did feel

like if you you pop the arms and the legs just

enough you're gonna break them and I don't think

it'll happen right away, but like the older the

toy gets The more susceptible it's going to be

become because like some of my toys the older

they get Like I haven't transformed some of these

in years Like I've just left them in one mode

and then I went to transform them and just about

snapped parts of them because they were so stiff

Because the plastic just doesn't want to because

the way it was designed I came so close to breaking

it was the the alternators line and it was all

traders Grimlock I have never had a set of stiffer

legs on a transformer. I was pretty sure I was

going to snap them. And I hate it when toys are

that that brittle that and it has something to

do with the hardness of the plastic too. Because

if it's too hard, it sounds weird, but it's weak

enough that it will snap. I don't know. I really

think the best transformers for your money. Truthfully,

it's the the masterpiece ones, but Not exactly

play -friendly. Yeah, I didn't like the Alternators

line all that much. The thing that I'm excited

for is... I'm really excited for this figure.

I cannot wait for it to come out. I really can't

wait for it to come out because I'm gonna have

to buy it. I hope that the Beast Wars Megatron

is next. Well, and this is the funny thing this

would be the first masterpiece I'm genuinely

interested in since The very first masterpiece

came out because I have the very first masterpiece

MP01 Optimus Prime Who still to this day dwarfs

the size of every other masterpiece figure? I

Wish I still had my masterpiece prime. The only

other ones I really wanted is I really wanted

prowl And I think there was a really nice look

in Starscream, but they had one that was based

on a comics version called Sunstorm or something

like that. I really liked it too. Someday. I

wouldn't mind owning the Starscream or like say

Galvatron or like a Scourge if they eventually

came out with one. I'm really wanting like Beast

Wars and Beast Machines figures. I want like

a Beast Machines Megatron. where he's got the

cloak but he turns into the dragon because they

never made one that was like the one that came

out with was like a deluxe and it was really

really cheap looking and kind of shoddy in design

and the Beast Wars one see because if they design

one for the dragon Megatron of Beast Wars all

they would need is an upgrade kit for a masterpiece

Beast Machines one because There's just simply

like the wings you could just make them so they

clasp together and then there's the drop down

part with the robo arms and the the metal grate

that goes over Megatron's head and then you'd

be set like But yeah, I I've been dreaming big

about that for like almost a decade now So anyways,

I I'm really excited for this primal and I'm

hoping that they come up with a Megatron to go

with it because that would just It would make

the pair just that much more Memorable for me.

I would love and then I guess we should probably

kind of move on I would love to get a masterpiece

air razor if that ever becomes a possibility

Loved her character design and I don't is there

a masterpiece RC? I Don't know because I would

like that one, too Especially if it was based

upon the dream waves artwork where she's got

like the dual pistols See, I like dream wave

art better than I do the IDW hands and shoulders

above Totally agree with you. I like the I like

some of the IDW art, but the Dreamway stuff That

is my g1 transformers. Oh Sorry excited yeah,

I well with it being 20 years of Beast Wars I'm

kind of surprised that they haven't had more

of the original figures kind of come back No,

it wasn't that they didn't sell well, they only

came out with a few of them Cuz like I have the

30th anniversary ones that came out Well, I'm

missing Brinex still but I have the rest of them

and They're spectacular So I guess we could talk

gaming before we take a quick break This makes

me so sad if this is the story I think you're

going to read the one about Open damn it open

That must be one of the articles that didn't

want to load right No bad here, I'll pull it

up anyway So it says EA reveals Mass Effect Andromeda,

Titanfall 2, and new Battlefield release windows.

Mass Effect Andromeda, which by the way looks

sweet by the promo image. It says that they're

anticipating between October 2016 and March 2017.

My guess is it'll be delayed to as close to the

end of the financial quarter as possible. I think

it'll be first quarter 2017 and that bums me

in But in their defense, I'd much rather have

a much more polished and complete Version than

opposed to something that'll be rushed out and

patched constantly So I'm okay with waiting an

extra couple of months plus it gives me money

to save up for the collector's edition I really

hope they outdo themselves because Mass Effect

3's collector edition was okay. You could go

above and beyond that, so I guess we'll have

to wait and see. Titanfall 2 excites me, because

that will not be an Xbox One exclusive. So I'm

really hoping they respawn Entertainment, the

company that's made of former Infinity Ward people,

listened and actually gave us a half -decent

campaign mode this time, because Titanfall was

one of my favorite games for the Xbox One when

it first came out, and I played that game like

ridiculous amounts, like I was like a generation

10 pilot, which is basically that's like a prestige.

And it was so much fun. Me and my buddy Jamie,

the host of the prototype on Twig, we would demolish

people in that game. And it was the first time

I felt competent in an FPS. So that's why Titanfall

holds such a place in my heart. So I'm hoping

Titanfall 2 is just as successful. They're promising

though it should be a new Battlefield game later

on this year, probably for Christmas, because

of course there is. So considering the last one,

Battlefield Hardline, I liked it, but it just

it got so goofy halfway through the storyline

when you're no longer a cop, yet you can still

arrest people. Figure that one out. So I don't

know, considering how badly they bought I've

watched Battlefield 4 on the next -gen system

so much so that I had to delay their DLC plans

for it. I'm surprised that game still has a very

active server life. What, Battlefield 4? Yeah,

I'm really surprised. Oh, I've been playing it

and it's always packed. But then again, if it's

on PC you can mod the shit out of it, so that's

probably why. I love the game. And with Battlefield,

Star Wars... finally getting its DLC outlined

and announced for the net until 2017. Good luck.

I don't know. I'm starting to lose a little bit

of faith in EA. But hey, if you give me a good

Titanfall, you give me a good Mass Effect. And

if Mirror's Edge 2 doesn't suck, maybe we can

be pals. Yeah. Yes, yes you did um So yeah with

that we'll take a quick break and come back Welcome

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.com. And now, back to the show. It's gonna have

Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill return as Batman

and Joker. Have they cast Superman yet? Like,

did Tim Daly come back? No, they're not having

anybody else come back that is from the original.

That's tragic. Which is bonkers. So, yeah, that

kind of makes me sad. But that kind of shows

you where they want to put the money for that

show. They really want it to be Batman and play

off of that popularity. Well, it's gonna have

Batman Superman and Wonder Woman as the main

three And it's gonna be it's very cartoony looking

like better than teen it's like if you mix the

Teen Titans with The old Justice League you kind

of get that kind of vibe from it But it's gonna

have Kevin Conroy reprise as Batman which is

awesome be the first time he's been on an animated

series as Batman like not animated movie or game

but series since the Justice League cartoons

it says this will make his 25th year with the

character which is awesome if only he had Bruce

Wayne's money for retirement Then his counterpart

obviously is Mark Hamill as the Joker will make

his return for Justice League action James Woods

will be Lex Luthor Dedric Bader the voice of

Batman on Batman brave and bold as booster gold

and many more thus far unannounced voice actors

I really wish they gave Lex Luthor to Clancy

Brown again. I wish they would have to but James

Wood's not a bad choice. I really liked him as

Owl Man. I think that was in Justice League Crisis

on Two Earths. So, I'm okay with this, actually.

That's not terrible. Yeah, you can play the dick

pretty well in that. So it's gonna be a different

format from the previous Justice League shows

with 11 -minute episodes similar to their...

comedy series Teen Titans Go, since the creative

team is full of DC animation alumni. Sam Register

from Teen Titans Go, which doesn't inspire. He's

executive producing. Butch Lukic, which is from

Justice League and Batman Beyond. Alan Burnett

from Batman the Animated Series. Jim Krieg from

Green Lantern the Animated Series, also producing.

But it's Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman. Leading

the DC heroes. I don't like the idea of 11 minute

episodes. I'd much rather have the full 22 minutes

dedicated to one story Yeah, that's kind of my

Yeah, they're supposed to be younger characters

too. They're gonna have Flash, Xam, Constantine,

Blue Beetle Darkseid I would love if they got

Matt Ryan to come do Constantine's voice because

he's a good voice actor I mean he did Edward

Kenway in Assassin's Creed 4 So, and he is Constantine,

so I hope somehow they can just back up a suitcase

full of money to him or something, but that would

be my casting. Speaking of crossovers, I think

this is really funny. Supergirl and Flash are

gonna have a crossover episode where Flash joins

in Supergirl in late March. That's exciting,

and that opens up so many possibilities. That

means the networks are willing to cooperate.

Well, and the guy that does that Hollywood hype

or whatever that guy, I can't remember his actual

name, but he posted, this means that Superman

exists in the Flash Arrow universe. Yes, it does.

It opens up so many possibilities. Now, but then

again, will they play it off as a multiverse

story? See, that's what I'm wondering, because

Flash can jump through time and everything. What

would be funnier is if that's Earth 2. Well,

there was talk, too, where they were talking

about maybe Tom Welling putting on the tights

one more time to play Superman in a Smallville

version of The Flash. Yeah, they've tossed it

around, but I don't know if he'll actually do

it. I know he doesn't actually want to wear the

suit, but he might if it's just a one -off. That's

the nice part about The Flash. They can go anywhere

and change anything. But I think that that's

awesome the other thing that kind of made me

think last week with I don't know if you caught

up on flashing or arrow or not, but this is like

last week's episode not this week's but uh They

gave Felicity a new nickname The arrow called

her firewall And she's like, what's that? He

says your code name and and he says Oracle was

already taken. That's interesting. And I was

like, and I think that it was meant to like kind

of fly by a little bit, but at the same time,

it was meant to make you think. That would be

fascinating if somehow they could introduce a

version of Batman. And they've already mentioned

like Bloodhaven, which is Nightwing's. And so

like and they've dropped hints at Green Lantern,

you know, from the Ferris air. So, I mean, there's

been little hints all over about these other

things that they could touch on at some point.

See, Warner Brothers would be stupid not to allow

them to have the freedom to explore these places

if they have a really good story to back it.

Yeah, see, that I can understand. Like, if they

had a good story going, then, yeah, by all means,

you know, go for it. But if they don't have a

good story, then, you know... Like I said, I

would get why they'd be apprehensive. Well, yeah,

because you don't want to blow a Superman story

on Arrow saves Cat out of a tree, or you don't

want to blow a Batman story on just a one -off

episode. That's your season finale, season opener,

your mid -season, or a game changer episode where

somebody dies, somebody's introduced, or something

that changes the status quo. They can't just

be next week Batman shows up because he buys

a shawarma or something like it has to make sense

So this is a really interesting possibility for

the CW and CBS to be working together Because

that means Because we know Constantine exists

in their universe because now he's crossed over

officially now super girls crossed over Hopefully

the flash shows up on or Supergirl shows up on

the flash at some point So there's so many possibilities

where things could go and I hope they I hope

they don't drop the ball especially with legends

of tomorrow Now they have the possibility of

time travel. They could bring in alternate dimensions.

You could get stuff like Superboy Prime and And

because that's not Superman. That's Superboy.

That's completely different He's a loony tune

and crazy, but you could do stuff like that So,

you know what man this this could be really really

really cool and that might be the thing to get

me to start watching week to week again I would

love that I Would I would honestly love that

but uh now Marvel has to up its game Which means

I better see you know, a reference to Matt Murdoch

on Agents of S .H .I .E .L .D. or I better see

something vice versa. I would love to see Luke

Cage show up on S .H .I .E .L .D. even if it

was just for a five minute cameo. On to your

core Marvel. Good luck. One of the nice things

I'm looking forward to that I... Was reading

about is the the green arrow is gonna be in Legends

of Tomorrow But it's gonna be a future him missing

an arm and like scruffy face and oh, that's the

Dark Knight version Yeah, that's gonna be really

really sick It's gonna suck though if they don't

show Batman At least if they hint Adam I'd be

okay with that True I Guess I could get behind

that if they did that route But yeah, I I I'm

super stoked for everything that DC's got going

on right now with that stuff So yeah, uh, oh

yeah, we'll do this one before we go to the comments

but uh Superman got a new superpower and what

can Superman now do? You know how he could see

radio waves before okay. Yeah, okay He can now

hear what's on the radio waves because in order

to get his powers back he threw himself on a

giant pile of kryptonite And absorbed into him

and his eyes are now green and because of that

he gained this new superpower But he has all

of his powers back Which I guess this happened

what's that I said I wish you could see my face

I guess 20 years ago that the same thing happened

like he Threw himself on a batch of kryptonite

to jump start his powers which in Supergirl all

she had to do is like see What's his face fall

down an elevator shaft Then again, I guess it's

not as stupid as it like a couple years ago in

the comics Superman could see auras and he was

super smart as he could just absorb books So

they mean like the flash did on arrow last week

Kind of makes sense. But he can only retain it

in his short -term memory for 30 minutes and

then he has to reread the book. Yeah, see, I'm

willing to do that because at least it's a MacGuffin

they can use like once in a blue moon. But with

Superman, I don't know. Now I'm backpedaling.

You know what? Superman needs to get interesting

and real quick because this is stupid. Yeah,

I'm kind of I'm kind of in agreement. I don't

know what they plan on doing But it's it's just

not working anymore And it's not a huge fan of

Superman, but only the pre new 52 stuff And now

they're screwing that up. So well another another

they're soft rebooting and canceling some lines

and there's resetting the status quo for most

of them God, I just want to walk into DC's office.

Okay, which one of you buttholes is responsible?

Come here. Knee him right in the crotch and go

smarten up because the next time it won't be

a knee. Frustrated, but I'm good now. Going to

the listener comments. Ostron Prime says, questions

of the week. I think the number one thing I look

for in a podcast are funny or relatable hosts.

I've listened to a lot of podcasts about films,

TV series, etc. I've never seen the subject material,

even if he's never seen it. It's fun of returning

each week to hear what they have to say. Yeah,

we'll be covering our reasoning for that next

week because we're missing a guy. May that bathroom

be ever, ever so sorry it never met him. The

the site, but for those that hadn't read it,

it's not gonna be a continuous thing. I do not

care for sports at all Blanchard knows more about

it than me. That's sports fans will tear you

apart if you're not ridiculously accurate Well,

it isn't even that because like we do that with

superheroes. So like we're literally about the

same as like a sports commentator Yeah, but these

guys will fight you in the street What says that

a geek wouldn't fight you in the street wearing

cosplay? Fair enough fair enough So anyways Yeah,

so he says please don't take it the wrong way

talking about other topics or other new Batman

vs Superman news is good And then looking at

comments. It was enjoyed by a lot of listeners,

which yes it was So glad you enjoyed it. Yeah,

it was a one -off. I don't plan on having continuous

sports coverage There will be other segments

in the show. We do have some fun stuff planned

in the future You should almost only do sports

stuff when there's a big thing like Super Bowl

makes sense. What is that like Sunday? You like

if there's like a big event happening that matters

like maybe like the finals for a season. You

should definitely invite That's a sports girl

back on it. I think that'd be really great good

actually Yeah Brad Lincoln says, I like the idea

of you guys doing different segments. I do have

to say the Mike and sports gal pal section was

abrupt this episode. I like for a second I switched

to a different podcast by accident and warning

your heads up. Yeah, I threw that in there because

we were kind of talking about Mike and making

fun of him and then it was kind of, that was

the only place I could think to put it instead

of actually moving into the end of the show.

Typically won't happen. I I just didn't know

where to put him because he'd already recorded

it and we kind of we got talking and we just

didn't really know which way we were going so

conversation conversation traveled and we We

rode the boat So yeah, and then as far as the

commercials I've talked with the provider of

I was on a webinar today, so that was interesting

learning about the The advertising how it works

and why a shampoo commercial shows up for people

and not for others I was like because nobody

was speaking up and I was saying something about

it and I was like yeah any particular reason

we're hearing about shampoo on a geek podcast

that has to do with TV and cartoons and comics

and movies they're like oh it might sometimes

they're tailored to what you know the cookies

type stuff are on the computer or they're you

know i i was like yeah but i wish there was a

way to choose the category of commercials so

i hope that gets fixed but i i can choose where

they go that's why i'm trying to leave breaks

so uh yeah that about runs up the uh the stuff

so do you have anything that uh you want to Ask

the listeners or ask the listeners. Um, I Guess

what do you guys want to hear from us? I mean,

I've got tons of stories both of my Professional

background and just being a nerd in general I

don't know basically what what do you enjoy about

the show? Do you like it when we rag on Mike

because it's I find it hilarious But I also don't

want to be like a complete dickweed either But

that's sort of my thing Would you guys be interested

in running GeekCast slash Twig gaming nights?

Like, I own a next generation console, but I

also own a 360. Would love to get together with

people and do maybe Smash Brothers or Call of

Duty or whatever you guys want to do. I think

that'd be a lot of fun. Because I know you guys

cover gaming content, but not as in -depth as,

say, I cover it. So I'd be open to doing something

with GCR and Twig. throw down some joysticks

because Street Fighter is coming out soon. What

do you think, guys, at Birdman Twig on Xbox and

at Birdman Dodd on PSN? And I think it's Birdman

Dodd on Nintendo as well. So get a hold of me,

man. I want to throw down some games. I think

on Xbox, I think I'm BW Megatron, but Beast Wars

Megatron or something to that ROM. I can't remember.

I'm pretty sure that's what it is. And then if

you're playing on origin on battlefield for I'm

Steve Megatron or Steve dash Megatron or something

like that It's I think it's Steve Megatron. I'm

on the You're gonna laugh at this but my guess

what my clan is called that I'm in I Don't know

fart Classy Steve. It's a fast -action response

team. It's not my clan. It's the one I joined

So everybody's like, it's another fart on the

server. I thought of one acronym. It's completely

homophobic. I'm sorry, but I think it's a really

funny one. This was something Activision did

about like almost a decade ago for Call of Duty

and they had friends against grenade spam. What

does that say? Uh -huh. Friends. Against grenade

spam. Oh, wow. I'm sorry, that's funny, but it's

also wrong, but clever. It's kind of like when

South Park and those guys did Team America World

Police and they had Film Actors Guild. So, same

thing, but... I don't know. I just thought that

was terrible. I'm sorry, that's my inner 13 -year

-old boy showing, but... That's also wrong. Can

we please get out of this hole that I'm digging

myself in? That's what he said. Yeah, whoa. Oh

That's horrid So yeah before we dig a ditch and

lie in it So what do you have going on next week?

I promise you you could punch me in the face

if I don't get this done by Saturday We are gonna

have the second episode of the season for boss

role I was going to record it, but I just haven't

been feeling it the last couple days. We also

decided to ditch the January topic show because

we just couldn't get everything rolling. But

instead, we're going to have our Deadpool topic

show ready for the week of release for Deadpool.

So we're going to do that. So that should be

a lot of fun. I'm actually going to... A fan.

Last summer, so I think it was my, uh, Tam, I

think his name was, sent me a huge box of graphic

novels and one of them was The Essential Deadpool.

So I'll be going through that in the next week.

Um, so that'll be the Twig topic show. Um, still

recording episodes of Terrible Wars. We just

started our second volume of Embers of the Jedi.

The campaign is tentatively called Cry of Fate,

which, uh, I think you guys will like that. Let's

just say, hashtag never safe from space bears

um what else we got going on uh rad is coming

back this month street fighter five i'm just

waiting to see whether madcast is gonna send

me one of the te's for it which is the tournament

edition fight sticks and what else do i got going

on um i'm also gonna have call of duty back on

my playstation so i'd love to get out there and

use that as maybe one of my other accounts because

the dlc comes out or is out right now for that.

So I'd love to play some of that. I'd also love

to get a team together for zombies because I

don't have anybody on Xbox who plays. So other

than that, that's what I've got going on. Yeah,

I don't have that much going on other than doing

the show. And then I'm still, oh, I'm going to

be doing, people are going to laugh at me for

this. I'm doing that superhero thing again, but

I'm doing the alumni. teacher assistant thing

on it again. I really enjoy doing it so like

I'm one of like 20 that are because they cut

down the pool of TAs this time and I happen to

respond quickly enough so I get the artwork at

the end of it for helping out but like I enjoy

helping other people plus it gives me ideas too

so but yeah it's uh It's it's it's fun. So that's

that's what I'm gonna be starting soon. So Yeah,

and if anybody's interested in doing like the

gaming thing like Mike brought up or doing Any

other stuff just let us know in the comments

Absolutely. I would also love to hear what people

think about some of the TV shows that me and

Steve have differing opinions on Like I would

love to hear what people think of a show like

say Arrested development. Why do why do you like

it? Or why do you hate it or why do you like

superhero TV? Or why do you hate that in? Particular

sort of thing. I also have this other idea Steve.

How like how you guys have like Maybe this could

be a once -a -month thing for alter geek. I think

this actually be kind of fun You know how people

have book clubs? Yeah a TV show club. Your goal

each month is just to watch a pilot episode of

a show you have no interest in. Just to try something

new. Expand your horizons. I would try that.

Yeah, because I think that would get you exposed

to things, get me exposed to stuff. And Blanchard,

if he ever gets out of the Arby's bathroom, get

him exposed to more things as well. Because I

think that helps us grow as geeks and nerds and

shows we're not narrow, closed -minded people.

So what do you, the people in the audience, think

of that idea? Sounds good. And do these pants

make my ass look fat? So how can the listeners

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And if you yell my name, I'll probably just come

around. I'm like Johnny Wishbone. And you can

get ahold of me on Twitter at SCP21. That's probably

the best place to get ahold of me or on the website,

GeekCastRadio .com. So until next time, get altered

geek geeky with the Altered Geeks. Nooooooo!