Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date December 13, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/12/binary-system-podcast-156-wtnv-139-the-birthday-of-lee-marvin/

This week it's time to grab a plate of imaginary corn with some theoretical butter and celebrate the birthday of Lee Marvin! (At least, that's what they're doing over in Night Vale. We still don't understand why it's always Lee's 30th birthday but we do like the corn.)

And for the first time in months we're actually ahead of the game in our recordings, so we probably won't need to take a week off for the holidays! But since we recorded this almost two weeks ago, you'll get to hear us talk about such "breaking news" as the cancellation of Daredevil, the new Go-Bots series at IDW, and the fallout from Tumblr removing all adult content from the platform. It was breaking news when we recorded it anyway.

This week's outro music is a clip from Bollywood Blades by Professor Kliq. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Professor_Kliq/netBloc_Vol_34_The_Whitewash/03_-_Professor_Kliq_-_Bollywood_Blades

Here's that thread from Andrew Ellard talking about the weird pacing in the Daredevil "Neti Pot" episode. https://twitter.com/ellardent/status/1068443844558102529

Original broadcast date December 6, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/12/binary-system-podcast-155-get-out-and-the-haunting-of-hill-house/

It only took a year and a half (well, close to two years), but Kathryn finally took Elizabeth's suggestion and watched the 2017 movie "Get Out." First impressions: very weird movie. The discussion about just how weird it was includes mentions of cultural appropriation, inadvertent racism, indigenous people having to perform their religious ceremonies for tourists, how nice it is to see Bradley Whitford in another role, and how delighted we were with Lil Rel Howery stealing every scene he was in.

Then (because we can't stay on one topic to save our lives) we talked about the fifth and sixth episodes of "The Haunting of Hill House". We can't say enough good things about this show, and it's probably not overstating it to say that the last forty seconds of episode five is some of the best TV ever created.

This week's outro music is "Sikiliza Kwa Wahenga" from the Get Out soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_EBKLTvNtg

Original broadcast date November 29, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-154-the-idw-transformers-finale-wrap-up/

SPOILER ALERT. Last week IDW released Optimus Prime #25, the very last issue of all the current Transformers series, after this the entire universe reboots. Seeing as how this podcast could easily be the All Transformers All The Time Network (if it weren't for breaks to talk about Night Vale, vampires, and Marvel movies) we had to devote a whole episode to the finale. Spoilers ahead, for Optimus #25, Unicron #6, and basically the last six years of Transformers comics.

This week's outro music is a clip from Departures by Portrayal. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Portrayal/To_the_Black_Sea_1020/Departures

We mentioned The Starhorse on the podcast, an artist who's done a lot of amazing Transformer fan art and toy photos. She stopped posting in 2015 (we hope she's okay) but you can find her work on tumblr http://the-starhorse.tumblr.com/ and deviantart. https://www.deviantart.com/the-starhorse

Original broadcast date November 22, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-153-wtnv-138-harvest-time/

Okay, try to guess what all these things have in common: nights getting longer (and whether that's good or bad), mayonnaise, eating contests, studying (or not) for the PSAT, how annoying autoplay is on Youtube, the change of venue for DesignerCon, that time Kathryn was in the Barnes and Noble parking lot with Hannah and thought the car was rolling forward, and the correct order of C.S. Lewis's Narnia books.

Give up? They're all the topics we talked about during a Welcome To Night Vale recap that had nothing to do with Night Vale.

And of course we also reviewed the latest Night Vale episode. Autumn in the desert, mysterious statue in the town hall, Community Calendar, yadda yadda yadda. Hey YouTube, we turned off the autoplay fifty times now, cut it out!

This week's outro music is a clip from Crystals by Professor Kliq. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Professor_Kliq/Free_Music_Contest_Sampler_2010_Sinn_1289/Crystals

Here's the link to the DesignerCon 2018 photo gallery we talked about. https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/photo-gallery-designercon-2018/

Heh, here's the "Avocados Be Like" gif we were looking for. https://tenor.com/view/avocados-ripe-gif-10426919

Correction the first: Kathryn said Episode 3 of the second season of Limetown was dropping on Monday. That was actually episode 2.5; Episode 3 drops next week.

Original broadcast date November 15, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-152-nc-comicon-limetown-hill-house-and-more-randomness/

With no Night Vale episode to recap this week, we just jumped on every random topic that wandered into our airspace, first saying a few words about the passing of Stan Lee (thank you for so many things we love, Stan) then geeking out about NC Comicon, Chuck Palahniuk, Limetown, The Haunting of Hill House, Wallander and the announcement of a Loki TV show starring Mr. Hiddleston (eeeee!) and then we had an unintentional return to the Binary System Crapfest, where we complained about The Walking Dead, the third season of Daredevil, the first season of The Punisher, and how ridiculous an author's vocabulary can get when they don't want to use the word "boobs."

This week's outro music is a clip from Sea by Portrayal. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Portrayal/SolecismSea/Sea_1116

We mentioned the West Coast Walking Dead Live Tweet, you can join in by following us on Twitter. https://twitter.com/BinarySystemPod

Original broadcast date November 8, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-151-wtnv-137-the-mudstone-abyss-part-3/

It's the third (and final?) part of the Mudstone Abyss arc, people are speaking gibberish, there's protests and riots and radio hosts being burned in effigy and, most disturbing of all....Kevin is being...nice?

After the recap there's also information on our latest TV obsessions; hat tip to Hannah for recommending The Haunting of Hill House, and Kathryn thinks the resolution to the Phoenix Stone storyline on The Vampire Diaries comes out of freakin' nowhere.

This week's outro music is a clip from Rock Stone II by Yan Terrien. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yan_Terrien/2018052032512943/05_RockStoneII

Original broadcast date November 1, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-150-the-bsp-mixtape/

The title of this episode was almost "One hundred fifty episodes: still no plan" but we already used that fifty episodes ago. And we do have a plan, even if we thought it up an hour before the recording. Still counts!

This week we're talking about music: the soundtracks that bring back all kinds of geeky nostalgia, or just inspire those kind of daydreams where you're on a badass rescue mission armed with only your wits and a pair of mechanical wings. (Or maybe you have real wings in this one. DRAGON wings....sorry, where we we?)

We each pick three of our favorite songs or soundtracks, and then follow random paths that lead from Marvel movies and giant robots to Elfquest, Westworld, and possibly dragons.

Thank you for listening in, whether you've heard 150 or just the one, we're glad you're here!

Correction: we talked about that Paul Van Dyk song we finally tracked down, but completely forgot to say the name. It's Step Right On.

Correction the second: we mentioned how Hannah and her friends choreographed a dance to that song. Then we said they sat around a campfire and someone had a recording of the song and they all did it around the fire. WE MEANT THEY DID THE DANCE. Get your heads out of the gutters.

Correction the third: Kathryn said there were three major games being played in Los Angeles the weekend Elizabeth went up there. She was almost right. It was five. (The Dodgers, Rams, Clippers, Kings, and Galaxy. And apparently two guys made it to all of them.) http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sports-bonanza-20181028-story.html

Correction the fourth: No, Hannah hasn't seen Serenity. If you haven't either, spoilers are from 19:09 to 24:55

Correction the fifth: for the Westworld soundtrack http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sports-bonanza-20181028-story.html Ramin Djawadi has done remixes of The Rolling Stones, Radiohead, The Cure, Soundgarden, The Animals, Amy Winehouse, and Nine Inch Nails, but not, as far as we know, Nickleback. Why Elizabeth thought anyone would remix a Nickleback song for a sci-fi soundtrack, we may never know. She sure doesn't.

Correction the sixth (for crying out loud...): Regarding How to Train Your Dragon 3, we don't know why Kathryn talked about Hiccup doing a lyrebird dance for the Light Fury, when it was obviously Toothless that was doing the dance. Having Hiccup do it would be pretty damn funny though.

This week's outro music is a clip from Beachclub by Michett. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Michett/~/Beachclub

Original broadcast date October 25, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-149-wtnv-136-mud-stone-abyss-part-2/

Uh oh, the work on Desert Bluff's Mud Stone Abyss is falling behind schedule. And the construction that has gotten done seems to be releasing mysterious hazy figures, causing accidents around the town, and now language has stopped working and no one can talk in anything but gibberish.

But more importantly, Charles and Kevin have now gone on several dates and they're having a wonderful time.

After the recap we also talk about the new season of Daredevil (two episodes in and it seems pretty solid), the cancellation of Iron Fist and Luke Cage, and our plans for next week's 150th episode: we have no plan! AS USUAL.

This week's outro music is a clip from Sphynx by Kariatida. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kariatida/none_given_1407/Sphynx

Original broadcast date October 18, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-148-as-above-so-below-the-cell-and-other-horror-movies-we-like/

It took us a long time before we'd watch horror movies, a LONG time. By the time we graduated high school we'd seen most of Poltergeist (a friend warned us about the face-falling-off scene) and one Freddy Krueger movie (The Dream Warriors, still our favorite, oh shut up.)

So even we think it's weird that we have a collection of horror movies we actually like, though a lot of them aren't considered "successful" or "good" or even "scary." Listen in as we break down what we loved about 2014's As Above, So Below, and 2000's The Cell, and the rest of Kathryn's imdb list of horror movies. (With frequent tangents into Twin Peaks, Fantastic Planet, and our shameless addiction to imdb trivia and jump scares.)

This week's outro music is a clip from Scratch Massive's Nuit de mes reves, featured on the As Above So Below soundtrack. https://youtu.be/6Hufzuj5weo

We talked about the artist who inspired some of the disturbing images in The Cell but we never mentioned his name, it's Odd Nerdrum. (And he's Swedish, not Flemish.) http://nerdrum.com/paintings/

And the sculpture that inspired the horse-sliced-apart scene in The Cell (and also Hannibal's display of one of his victims) is Damien Hirst's "Some Comfort Gained from the Acceptance of the Inherent Lies in Everything." http://www.damienhirst.com/some-comfort-gained-from-the-a

Original broadcast date October 11, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-147-wtnv-135-mud-stone-abyss-part-1/

This week we start with a recap of the latest episode of Night Vale (featuring the return of Desert Bluffs! And Kevin! And teeth! AND SMILING.) and then we discuss the total lack of Transformers comic book news coming out of NYCC, the newest Anne Rice book, the Walking Dead, and where you can watch the newest episodes of Doctor Who, for free! Legally!

This week's outro music is a clip from Fencepost RMX by OKAM. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/OKAM/Alpha_-_The_Confliction/09_okam_-_fencepost_rmx