Educational Methods, DC Universe, and Uplifting Media

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geek Hello and welcome to altered geek I'm your

host Steve Megatron Phillips on this episode

of the podcast. I'll be covering a plethora of

topics Ranging from just things that I'm geeking

out to right now that are kind of keeping me

uplifted and interested in things so One of the

things I'm gonna be kind of covering is kind

of things that that well like for one I talked

Star Trek the next generation Captain Picard

new show on the latest future imperfect which

will release on Tuesday and We kind of myself

and Birdman kind of went through our thoughts

on what the series will do how it will go and

So there's a lot of discussion on that front

and in our thoughts on the Kelvin universe with

Chris Pine Not coming back as Kirk. So there's

that The other thing I kind of I kind of noticed

is My wife and I were talking about education

for the kids and the fact that The different

learning styles that there are and like my my

wife was an all -a student I was a a student

if I felt like it if I didn't and didn't have

the motivation Where I felt it was beneath me

I didn't do it In school and I kind of changed

that tune when I get into college because college

I didn't have to try as much on college Very

similar to high school like they tell you that

college is like infinitely hard But if you're

good at things or figuring things out, then it's

not that big of a deal But I also think that

because I was 10 years older when I went to college

as opposed to When I was getting out of high

school and going into college I think that your

mental capacity changes, so you're able to handle

things differently So I was I was talking to

my wife and And by the way, I did get A's and

B's like in college. It was just It was a totally

different situation But anyways, so it's talking

to my wife and she was taught telling me how

she can't seem to remember things like she Was

it all a student but at the same time? She crammed

the information she needed and it was kind of

on this short -term memory and then it purged

so she doesn't remember a lot of the stuff from

schooling and I I remember things that interested

me so like a lot of the math I didn't really

grasp and I really don't do well with math anyway

I mean I can do the the general stuff that you

would need in every day like if you're working

in a store doing inventory doing that kind of

stuff But like it's just the advanced stuff You

know I know I know what I need to do as far as

when I'm cutting something for for woodworking

for my house or For doing my jobs, but like it

the advanced stuff. I just I never picked up

on Her but she's she's teaching and she's homeschooling

our children. And so We're getting this new Element

where she's getting to relearn a lot of things

that she'd forgotten or just can't simply remember

and we were talking about an article that she

wrote For her senior exit project, which they

didn't have those when I was graduating That

was something that they invented for the next

school year in the following year And so she

had to do, as a part of her senior project for

the exit of being a senior, she had to write

a paper. And it was something that she felt strongly

about. And she wrote about how media was going

to become a giant wasteland. And it was kind

of interesting because she wrote it in 2006.

And I was digging through a hard drive because

I back everything up. For an obscene amount of

time like I have On these drives and so I was

telling her about this and she's like I honestly

don't remember writing that and I I was like,

yeah, I remember I read it recently and so it

like came back into my memory, but Yeah, it's

amazing this amount of stuff you forget when

you get older and in what matters from school

and what doesn't what goes into your daily function

and what doesn't So we were talking about different

educational concepts because she's teaching him

alphabet word association with the alphabet with

the sounds and numbers and You know addition

So in subtraction, so some of that stuff's coming

to play and he's mind you we're homeschooling

and he's in kindergarten So it's it's kind of

a different Object lesson, so it's kind of it's

it's really interesting, but it's fun at the

same time Seeing him excited about school and

that my wife is getting to kind of relearn some

of it along the way and get excited because she

really liked school. And. So I was telling her

because I guess she wants him to start learning

the states and the capitals soon or or at least

getting familiar with some of it. And then she's

like, and then I don't even know about the countries.

And I was sitting here going, you know, I know

a voice actor that sang about this stuff. I says.

Granted there's some songs that are kind of questionable

in Animaniacs and yes, I'm talking about Rob

Paulson singing the nations of the world which

was updated again in 2017 by Randy Rogel and

Rob Paulson and resung with the the new countries

instead of the ones that don't exist anymore

since the 90s So we went through and I was telling

her I says Honestly, I said if you want him to

learn the countries of the world I said He needs

to listen to that clip like it. It's clean It's

strictly, you know learning it and it's in a

song form So like United States Canada, Mexico,

Panama handy Jamaica Peru like that's all I can

remember of it like Beyond that because it starts

getting more advanced and faster and I I haven't

listened to it recently so I'm sure I could pick

it up again, but then there's the States in the

capitals which is It is Blanchard's interviewed

him too on the podcast. Can't remember his name,

but he plays Wacko. He's part of a rock sugar

band and the lead singer. So anyways, he does

the States and the Capitals. And I was telling

my wife, you know, that's another option that

he can listen to and kind of get the grasp of

the concept there. And like the space one, you

know, and he says, you forgot about your anus.

I wouldn't play that for him just because of

that alone. Because I don't want it really being

dirty when he's trying to be educated. Like,

yeah, it should be fun, but at the same time,

like, there's some stuff that's questionable

in Animaniacs if you catch it and you're an adult.

Like, I didn't catch a lot of that when I was

a kid. Granted, I thought Uranus was hilarious

because I knew, you know, the reference. But

the kids don't, and so I'm trying to kind of...

Not that I'm trying to shield them from things

or kind of bubble -lize them. but I'd like them

to to have a strong foundation to where like

yeah they'll think it's a little funny but it

won't be like that big of a deal like immature

laughing at it like I did when I was a kid so

because there's certain words that even still

today like I'll just laugh because it just sounds

funny to me it because of when I was a kid I

was one of those kids that sat around with the

other kids in class and we would look at the

dictionary and find words that we thought looked

funny and then we'd start laughing about it hysterically.

And so it's very immature, but it was that time

when Beavis and Butt -Head was on TV and everything

else. But yeah, so we were going over the whole

schooling concept and I remembered that because

I'd seen earlier in the day something about Rob

Paulson and the nations of the world. Pop up

in Twitter, and I was like you know this would

be a great learning experience for the kid when

he gets a little bit older so So I thought that

that was kind of an interesting Topic there,

and then the other thing I'm going to talk about

is the DC universe scanner 51 says that it's

supposed to come out He let us know September

15th. I have not had a chance yet to watch the

Kevin Smith special for the universe Feature

I know that they're gonna have like 2 ,500 curated

comics Among other like HD remasters. We've got

Batman the animated series getting remastered

With with crisper Imaging on everything So it

just looks it looks infinitely better than the

the DVDs Do so I'm I'm looking forward to it,

but I don't think I'll be picking it up I would

love to get it like special edition and same

thing with like any of the Batman Beyond content

But I don't really want to dump money on on The

stuff I've already purchased once I get it. It's

HD in its higher quality But the same token.

I don't want to spend any more money on it so

I mean if it's on the DC universe and I end up

signing up for that which isn't relatively expensive

and I'll go that route and kind of check it out

I know that a lot of the series are gonna drop

when the the service starts, but Titans will

start like a month later I'm not real sure how

I want to Go about like none of those series

really have me captivated to where I want to

see them I'm interested on on some of them like

the Doom Patrol like I could care less about

swamp thing the Harley show I could care less

about And in like the The Titans show I want

to like it and it has nothing to do with casting

or anything else, but I'm just kind of sick of

DC's dark nature of content that they keep wanting

to pedal You know like F Batman like okay, you

know I get it like he's supposed to be mad like

Dick Grayson supposed to be mad at Batman at

this point and like separated from him, but Kind

of like you know Robin did when he was like never

again and Batman limited series, and then it

became Nightwing But I don't really want I don't

really want to pick up any news shows for one

and in two like I don't want to pick up anything

That's like dark and depressing. There's enough

of that in the world enough of that on social

media. I really don't want to sit and watch it

So I'm kind of staying away from a lot of that

stuff anymore like CW I'm watching the shows

that are on there, but once those start going

away I'm not gonna watch any more of those like

I've signed off supernatural like it's it's gotten

so dark and then it's just kind of a run -on

series which You know, we kind of talked about

on, you know the previous altered geek and I

just I don't really care to pick up any more

new shows like last man standing I'm gonna pick

up because it's a revival of the show that was

already on It's just basically like it skipped

a season so I'll watch that but As far as like,

you know Big Bang Theory's ending so, you know,

I won't be replacing it with anything else I

already said young Sheldon didn't even appeal

to me So there's a lot of a lot of stuff going

on and I just I at this point don't want to pick

up any new shows Unless it's something that's

like absolutely something I want to see like

any of the Star Trek content that's coming for

CBS All Access has me a hundred percent interested

even if I'm I'm Apprehensive to want to subscribe

or to do the service. I would pay for it Being

I would have year -round Star Trek content and

the Captain Picard show is like the main draw

for me Discovery would be kind of secondary to

it Because I do enjoy what they've what I've

seen of season 2 so far As far as like the the

trailer and and some of the the information but

the same token like I don't want to I don't want

to go that route with A lot of new shows anymore.

So it's kind of I'm just not really picking up

new shows at this point So I'm watching some

movies selectively here or there. I'm watching

more documentaries. I think I'm trying to like

Clean the the visual palette as it were to more

uplifting and happier toned content That's not

Because I mean I said you know if you're on the

social media at all during the day like it's

just There's somebody constantly complaining

or a barrage of people I've had to either start

muting people or I've had to start unfollowing

people just because I don't want to see it like

I Get it people are mad at the politics. I get

it people are mad at the president I get it people

are mad at you know this situation in that situation

which if we all put all that garbage aside and

we started acting like freaking beings equals

like they do in Star Trek, all this crap would

go away. If they'd stop talking about it and

bringing up all of these issues, it'd just physically

coexist like kids do. Like, elementary school

children don't piss and moan and battle as much

as grown adults do in today's age. It's ridiculous.

We're adults. Like, you would think that there

would be some kind of civil, you know... Way

of speaking look at you know, the next generation

look at you know, a lot of the Star Trek. Yes

There's arguments, but majority of them they

get along like it's not you know, there's there's

that diplomatic miss, you know, you know, you

put aside your personal feelings and Work towards

the greater good instead of you know, so you

kind of get what I'm saying in this it's I think

it's just a downer and I think it's just it's

tiring to go into the dark television shows or

dark films all the time and i think that's why

marvel does so decent is because yeah it's it's

paint by numbers with the films but they're all

they're all more uplifting and more uh brightly

colored than a lot of that stuff so you get more

of the the enthusiasm the happiness with it instead

of like just feeling like you've just watched

you know your best friend get murdered like it's

not It's it's it's just it's depressing. So I

really don't feel like picking up any more content

like that So we'll see what it what it does when

DC Universe comes out what you know, I'll try

it if they have a trial or something and see

how it goes like I really don't want to sign

up for a year to get three months free because

I don't know if I want to pay for a whole year

and and really Like I said, there's a lot that

I could do without so it doesn't bother me to

Go without certain shows or remasters So what

do you guys think on some of these topics on

the education or on on the DC universe or dark

programming in general? Just let me know in the

comments Let me know on Twitter at alter geek

or at SCP 21 get in the conversation with me

there This is gonna be a little bit of a shorter

episode. I really wasn't planning on recording

one for for this edition of or this day But I

decided kind of last minute I wanted to do one

and kind of talk about a couple of things that

were on my mind instead of necessarily jumping

into like newsy or articles in that regard. So

there'll be something fun planned. I know myself

and Dodd are going to be doing another one of

the creative films on Tuesday. So look forward

to that. And so until next time, get altered,

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