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Benheck.com Podcast
By Benjammin J. HeckendornTechnology
Benheck.com Podcast episodes
- Benheck.com Podcast Episode 107
A new month, a new podcast! Topics include:
- Jones saw Justice League SPOILER WARNING!
- We also discuss Suicide Squad.
- Do movie critics have a “Marvel Bias”?
- Why aren’t people going to Justice League despite loving Wonder Woman?
- How obvious are the reshoots?
- Disney wants to buy Fox – we discuss!
- Why do they want Fox?
- Disney no longer has sub-brands that make R-rated adult fare.
- Why Fox’s risk-taking is underappreciated.
- Ben tries to explain Die Hard 5 (The One in Russia) to Jones.
- Ben interrogates Jones about Tom Cruise Mummy Movie + Mission Impossible: Mustache Protocol
- More gaming discussion! Jones hates Porgs!
Enjoy, and have a happy holiday season!
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1 hr 40 min - Benheck.com Episode Podcast 106
This month’s single topic is Blade Runner 2049. Some call it a masterpiece, but what did we think? Special guest star Max Olmsted!
MAJOR SPOILER WARNING – we spoil everything about this movie.
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1 hr 11 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 105
Welcome to fall! This month’s topics include:
- Amazon package delivery and Cabs Vs Uber.
- Jones needs a new computer! Ben and Parker offer advice.
- New Tomb Raider movie – is it going to be any good?
- What made Indiana Jones good vs modern “adventure” films AKA the death of straightforward, simple plots.
- Ben discusses Cuphead.
- Parker brings up Duke Nukem Forever as he does on every podcast.
- Discussing Ghost Squad 2 – our 2017 Halloween YouTube Special.
- Our movie predictions always come true – we discuss!
- In the movie Blade Runner, examples of why Deckard was terrible at his job of being a Blade Runner.
- I try to convince Jones to watch Black Mirror.
- Dead Space memories.
Enjoy!
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1 hr 17 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 104
We’re back after a two month hiatus! It was a busy summer. This month’s topics include:
- Star Wars Burnout – Does releasing a movie every year make it no longer special?
- What is going on over at Warner Bros. with the DC movie universe? Also Ben has finally seen Suicide Squad, the movie in which nothing happens – we discuss!
- Jones finally watched Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
- Castlevania the Very Short Netflix Series!
- What are the Best TV Shows Ever?
- Ben plays his first Call of Duty game in 8 years – Infinite Warfare! Jones explains Overwatch to Ben.
- Discussing the imbalance of Battlefield 1.
- Box office inflation, and why TV/streaming is beating theaters. Why the death of arcades should serve as a warning.
Enjoy!
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1 hr 13 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 103
This month’s topics include:
- SNES Mini / Conspiracy Theories on NES Mini
- Summer 2017 Box Office Bloodbath + Wonder Woman talk.
- Is VR a Fad? What about AR? Is either the future? Maybe 4K is the future?
- Terminator 3 Appreciation Day.
Enjoy!
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1 hr 14 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 102
This month’s topics include:
- Off-Topic Beginning!
- But first, Ben and Jones discuss the DC Extended Universe! And what they expect to see from Wonder Woman.
- Ben complains about Rogue One yet again. Does the rebel who rebels for the rebellion actually rebel at any point in the film?
- Our ideas for Admiral Ackbar Begins: And Origin Story. Plus does Rule 34 apply to his race?
- Core Wars! AMD vs Intel, and ATI vs NVIDIA!
- Jones has used the same CPU since 2010 – how?
- Are PC upgrades slowing down? Whatever happened to Moore’s Law?
- Whatever happened to Tiger Direct?
- Are desktop computers a dying species? Thin clients taking over?
- Overwatch!
- Jones and Parker discuss Overwatch and Ben falls asleep.
- Ben and Jones discuss HDR and 4K Blu-Rays.
- And of course more movie talk…
- Discussing Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
- Jones finally sees Logan!
- Is Summer 2017 going to be a major movie box office bust?
- Split / Unbreakable 2: The Breakening
Enjoy!
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1 hr 44 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 101 (Or 5 in binary)
Joining us once again is Parker Dillmann from Macrofab!
Topics include:
- DICE’s Battlefront 2 and Star Wars in general
- Why Ben and Jones didn’t care for Battlefront (2015), and why Parker likes it.
- Movie release schedules – is Spring the new Summer?
- Parker once again tells us that he liked Duke Nukem Forever.
- Is DLC splitting the community and killing games off too soon? And it is a side effect of games being to cheap?
- Jones plays the Nintendo Switch!
- He forgot to taste the cartridge!
- Parker calls “Breath of the Wild” the worst 3D Zelda ever?
- We all talk about portable game systems for a while.
- Why did Nintendo kill off the NES Classic so early? Don’t they like money?
- Marvel: The Taco Bell of Filmmaking?
- Why is this sort of bland corporate profit-making better than McDonald’s or Wal-Mart?
- Is Disney not going to bother with original content like Pirates of the Caribbean in the future?
- Jones complains about aliens in Star Wars.
- Abandoned movie sets such as The Fugitive’s Train Wreck.
- Why movies love CGI and don’t use many practical effects.
- The Governments / Armies / First Order in The Force Awakens Don’t Make Any Sense.
- We spend the last 15 minutes of the podcast complaining about this
1 hr 16 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 100!
We finally made it to 100 episodes, and have a super-sized episode to celebrate!
Joining us once again is Parker Dillmann from Macrofab!
Topics include:
- Are R-rated movies coming back?
- John Wick and Logan do well, while PG-13 Ghost in the Shell flops.
- Are people finally tired of PG-13?
- The lack of finality in modern movies, and why this is emotionally bad.
- How does the Galactic Senate work in Star Wars? Were the Gungans properly represented?
- Nintendo Switch Impressions Now That It’s Out
- Right analog stick is awful – why?
- Load times are worse on cartridge than SD card – huh?
- Parker gives his impressions of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
- The first Zelda game with DLC?
- Difficult games – old school fun or a waste of time in a busy world?
- Open World Gaming – What Is it?
- Jones and Parker discuss World and Warcraft and Ben falls asleep.
- PS4 Pro / 4K gaming
- Is it worth it?
- Jones gets an OLED TV!
- Console Gaming is becoming more like PC gaming – our thoughts!
- Why Ben and Jones won’t play old games.
- Parker and Jones discuss why they didn’t buy Mass Effect Andromeda.
- Movie Talk!
- Ben complains about theater projection.
- Is the theater becoming an exclusive event experience instead of cheap entertainment?
- What movies should Disney make live-action remakes of next? (They’ll do them all, but in what order?”
- Is anyone going to care about Avatar 2 when it eventually comes out?
Enjoy!
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1 hr 42 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 99
Almost to 100! It only took us 11 years… Joining us once again is Parker Dillmann from Macrofab!
Topics include:
- Bill Paxton Tribute
- His early days. Parker likes him because he’s a Texan.
- Greatest hits! Our best Bill Paxton impressions!
- Some of his lesser-known movies, like Traveller and Next of Kin, includes how to spell Traveller.
- Ben keeps talking about Indian Summer for some reason, and calls Paxton “a progenitor of an archetype”.
- Battlefield 1 – Best Battlefield since Bad Company 2?
- Real locations, instead of tunnels and gas factories. Cities feel like actual places, not just corridors.
- Meaningful destruction and more squad focus.
- Fewer overpowered vehicles, more infantry action.
- Satisfying guns in all classes, but game takes about 20 hours of play to become fun. Don’t give up!
- Ben’s Never Played Mass Effect – Jones / Parker react!
- Can they convince him to give it a try?
- How Jones/Parker feel about the original trilogy.
- Choice Matters, plus great story and characters.
- Andromeda? Is it Road House in space?
- Nintendo Switch Week!
- Is it just a Zelda adapter?
- Can Nintendo survive another generation without 3rd party?
- What if Microsoft bought Nintendo?
Enjoy!
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1 hr 26 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 98
We decided to see what would happen if we had NO TOPICS WHATSOEVER! Joining us once again is Parker Dillmann from Macrofab!
And here’s what happened:
- What exactly were the Cider House Rules?
- Worst Videogame Movies?
- Super Mario Bros.
- Street Fighter The Movie
- Is Mario’s hat… ALIVE???
- Didn’t Zelda have a living hat once too?
- Did Link and Zelda ever get it on? Will they in “Breath of the Wild”? Is Link in the friend zone?
- Is being a Jedi an STD?
- ROAD HOUSE!
- Why the hell does Ben think Back to the Future should be remade?
- A teen from 2017 in 1985 would be FAR more out of place than a teen from 1985 in 1955.
- “Time Boy”
- Logan’s Run would also be a good movie to remake because the theme has become more relevant with time.
- Ben also wants a Rocketeer remake, but who could replace Jennifer Connelly?
- Ben Affleck no longer directing “The Batman” – but WHY?
- Which of our friends could or could not fight each other based off our mother’s names.
- A long tangent about Diane Lane Amy Adams Shared Universe
- We try out www.oracleofbacon.org
- The Nintendo Switch, which has nothing to do with Diane Lane (unless she pre-ordered one)
- Arms: The Sequel to Lips.
- Cargo pants VS Parachute pants.
- Does Charlie Sheen have enough money to beat AIDS?
- Ben’s idea for a TV show called “Death Race”.
- New podcasting software Zencastr
- All new websites have “E’s” missing.
- What are “Gray Jedis”?
- Why do Stormtroopers even wear armor?
- Captain Phasma sucks!
- Will they digitally bring back Carrie Fisher?
Enjoy!
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About Benheck.com Podcast
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Console hacker Benjamin J Heckendorn and his friend Jason Jones give their down-to-Earth takes on various technology and videogaming topics. Podcasts are released every 2 weeks and usually cover 3…
topics per 1 hour episode. They also occasionally answer listener email and sometimes take their show "on the road"