Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date October 4, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-146-wtnv-134-fall-football-preview/

This episode starts out with a recap of Football Season in Night Vale (we'd watch more football if it had more trees and ghosts) and then turns into an episode of All Transformers All The Time: in one week we got to see the pinnacle of all Transformers movies (the 1986 one of course) on the big screen for the first time in 30 years, AND we played a small part in IDW author James Roberts having to officially deny rumors that the latest issue of Lost Light was an homage to the Breakfast Club. No really.

For anyone wanting to get straight to the Transformers news, skip to 14:40.

Correction: Arrgh, we're bad fans. HORRIBLE fans. We talk in the podcast about how you don't hear ALL the songs in the 1986 movie on the soundtrack. The original release of the soundtrack, sure. But the 20th Anniversary edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3PJJOylp_s has everything. It's AMAZING, and it's been out FOR YEARS.

This week's outro music is a clip from the 1986 Transformers theme by Lion. https://smile.amazon.com/Transformers-Movie-Various/dp/B00138F48Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538627776&sr=8-1&keywords=transformers+the+movie+soundtrack&dpID=61uVYBdXbWL&preST=_SX342_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Original broadcast date September 27, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-145-wtnv-133-are-you-sure/

The Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up continues: this week we recap exactly one episode of Welcome To Night Vale. (It would've been two but we had to cut the listening short because...hang on, didn't we do this the last time we recapped a Welcome To Night Vale Episode? Are you sure?)

There's also some complaints about noisy clocks and clicky chairs, a rant about the decline of print media, some fangirling about the Bumblebee trailer, a little appreciation for the World of Tomorrow sequel, and admiration for the photoshop skills of people who put fake smiles on Benedict Cumberbatch.

This week's outro music is a clip from Breathe by Axl & Arth. https://www.jamendo.com/track/1342479/breathe

You can find the dudes of Marvel with Photoshopped smiles here. https://twitter.com/GeeksOfColor/status/1042606232631095296

The article about Zukerberg pushing to get folks addicted to social media (it talks about a lot more than that, but that's an interesting point) is here. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/17/can-mark-zuckerberg-fix-facebook-before-it-breaks-democracy

You can find the World of Tomorrow sequel here. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/worldoftomorrow2

The newest Bumblebee trailer is here. https://youtu.be/lcwmDAYt22k

Original broadcast date August 2, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-138-catching-up-except-not-really/

You know, when other podcasts say they're going to catch up on all the movies and TV they've been missing lately, they usually mean "movies and TV within the past year." Not THIS podcast. Listen in as we fangirl about Pacific Rim (the first one), Better Call Saul (the first episode) and then go off into tangents about House M.D., S-Town (spoiler warnings for S-Town), Big Bang Theory, and some lighthearted bagging on Will Smith's Bright.

(Lots of technical oddities in this week's episode, apparently Elizabeth has forgotten how to speak directly into the microphone. Also someone kept doing something that made getting a clean recording difficult. And by "something" we mean moving the microphone when she promised she wouldn't and by "someone" we mean Kathryn.)

This week's outro music is a clip from Ramin Djawadi's Pacific Rim theme. We just found out he also wrote the score for Iron Man because of COURSE he did.

The YouTube video dissecting the movie Bright is by Lindsay Ellis, and can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLOxQxMnEz8

Correction the first: When Kathryn mentioned Ellen McLain is the voice of GLaDOS in the Portal movie, she meant the Portal video game. (...though if they ever make a movie Ellen McLain has to do the voice of course.)

Correction the second: When Elizabeth said there's a scene in Pacific Rim with Oscar Isaac and ice cream sprinkles..she MEANT John Boyega and she keeps DOING THAT.

Original broadcast date September 20, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-144-alice-isnt-dead-series-finale/

This is it, the final episode of Alice Isn't Dead ever. EVER. And the creators gave it an ending that wasn't what we were expecting, but..is it a "happy" ending? Weeelll.....

After that it's the post-Hurricane-Florence wrap up (spoilers: Kathryn and Nathan's area of Raleigh was safe, but you can find a great list of certified charities here https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/ if you'd like to help with the relief efforts elsewhere) and finish up with The Originals, Transformers Earth Wars, The Ritual, and Batman: White Knight.

This week's outro music is a clip from Work at Night by Professor Kliq. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Professor_Kliq/Movements_EP/03_-_Work_At_Night

We had a computer fan turn on during the last few seconds of the podcast, and we won't say who's it was, except that it wasn't the person who's always got the sirens in the background, so everything balances out.

Correction: we weren't very clear about this regarding the Batman White Knight book, but the free issue that came out was a preview for the graphic novel release, not a teaser for the series. The series ran from October of 2017 to May 2018. Elizabeth is reading it now because reading comic books a year after they're released is just how we roll.

That Weather Channel animation we talked about, and how it was made, and its connection to Fortnite, is here. https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/

Original broadcast date September 13, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-143-wtnv-132-bedtime-story/

The Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up continues: this week we recap exactly one episode of Welcome To Night Vale. (It would've been two but we had to cut the listening short because Kathryn was struck by lightning. Except not her, the house. Well, maybe the house didn't actually get hit but it definitely hit right outside. It sure sounded like it anyway. Look, do you want Kathryn to get electrocuted?)

After the recap we talked about Iron Fist season two, specifically about whether or not we're going to watch it which, you know, isn't a given. Then we talk about the hurricane that's due to make landfall at about the same time this episode drops, so if you're reading this and you're anywhere near the evacuation zone, stay safe!

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

Original broadcast date September 6, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-142-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapters-8-and-9-plus-saga-issue-54/

We're behind on all our podcasts so the Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up has begun! (Otherwise known as "How We Live Our Lives At All Times We Don't Know Why You Were Expecting Anything Different.")

First up we recap Alice Isn't Dead Chapter 3 parts 8 and 9 (leaving 10 for next week because we think we might get our hearts broke) and then jump straight over to Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga #54 (where we DID get our hearts broke.)

This week's outro music is a clip from Lost Souls by Portrayal. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Portrayal/Lost_Souls/Portrayal_-_Lost_Souls

The Saga cover of Petrichor we were talking about is here. https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/saga-39

Original broadcast date August 24, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-140-black-mirror-san-junipero/

Coming to you a day late because of cross country trips and flash floods (no really) this week features the return of special guest Hannah Wallace! https://twitter.com/hannahwallace Listen in as we recap one of our all-time favorite Black Mirror episodes, "San Junipero," and geek out over an 80s love story disguised as a near-future, virtual reality paradise. (Or is it the other way around?)

This week's outro music is a clip from Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth," which from now on will always remind us of San Junipero. https://youtu.be/NOGEyBeoBGM

Hannah got photos of that mountain stream pre- and post-flash-flood, you can check them out here. https://twitter.com/HannahWallace/status/1031678565392306176

Correction: Kathryn, resident Hugo Award expert, said San Junipero won the 2017 Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. Our apologies to The Expanse, who actually won it that year for "Leviathan Wakes."

Original broadcast date August 9, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-139-wtnv-131-brought-to-you-by-kelloggs/

Welcome to Night Vale returns this week with a beautifully bizarre episode, full of imaginary corn and mythology based on breakfast cereal. After the recap we also talk about Better Call Saul, The Originals, and a plan for Binary System Podcast T-shirts. (Bearing in mind that we never have a plan for anything, ever, so the T-shirts could be as imaginary as the corn.)

This week's outro music is a clip from Free like a bird http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hicham_Chahidi/~/Free_like_a_bird by Hicham Chahidi.

That Liquid Television "Grinning Evil Death" episode can be found here. https://youtu.be/u18Lm1BGvnU

You can listen to Danny Schmidt's "This Too Shall Pass" on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/album/4UIutMBjLf6x4jzSxtZhfy (He’s got "Standard Deviation" there too, which is very cool, but we really liked This Too Shall Pass.)

Correction: (....kinda?...) shaving with peanut butter is apparently a thing. https://www.google.com/search?q=shaving+with+peanut+butter&rlz=1C5MACD_enUS636US636&oq=shaving+with+peanut+butter&aqs=chrome.0.0l4.4377j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Not that WE'RE going to do it, that's a waste of peanut butter!

Original broadcast date July 26, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/07/binary-system-podcast-137-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapter-7-plus-san-diego-comic-con/

First off we recap the latest episode of Alice Isn’t Dead and talk about how ignoring awful things won’t make them go away BUT ON A MUCH LIGHTER NOTE we also do a full breakdown of San Diego Comic-Con 2018: what was good (the weather) what was great (blocking the road to traffic out front to give the crowds more room) and what was awesome (The Doctor Who trailer! The Good Omens teaser! Neil Fricking deGrasse Tyson!!)

This week's outro music is a clip from Calm the Fuck Down by Broke For Free. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Slam_Funk/Broke_For_Free_-_Slam_Funk_-_02_Calm_The_Fuck_Down

The Godzilla trailer is here. https://youtu.be/wVDtmouV9kM

The new 13th Doctor trailer is here. https://youtu.be/FEc-OQ_oqDk

The Aquaman trailer is here. https://youtu.be/Bz-TzGR9tP0

The Good Omens featurette is here. https://youtu.be/zgSZzkFM-Yc

Neil deGrasse Tyson playing Jenga is here. https://youtu.be/u60UAlbsn4s

Original broadcast date July 19, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/07/binary-system-podcast-136-now-with-even-less-planning/

San Diego Comic-Con is happening today! As you're reading this! And while we'd like to say we spent so much of Sunday getting everything ready for the convention that we didn't have time for a regular podcast...the truth is we forgot that there's no new Alice Isn't Dead or Welcome To Night Vale to recap this week.

SO, we're going to talk a lot about the Transformers storylines that we can't quite keep up with because we apparently haven't done enough flippin' homework (James Roberts, we love you, but can you tone it down a tad?) and then veer into an unscheduled detour to Star Wars of all things.

This week's outro music is a clip from Distant Thunder, Sunday Morning (Again) by springtide. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/springtide/Sounds_strange_weird_but_unmistakably_romantic/Remix_Distant_thunder_9