In this episode about how to make a good remake, we're looking at westernized anime Voltron in two incarnations: Defender of the Universe (1984) and Legendary Defender (2016). We also poke fun at the sillier parts of Voltron and talk about good remakes of past, present, and (we hope) future.

Dept. of Corrections: Kerberos is an actual moon of Pluto that was descovered in 2011. Kurt was unaware of it's name. 

Links for this episode:Voltron Defender of the Universe Intro

Voltron Legendary Defender Intro 

World Events Productions' Wiki page

Thundercats (1985) Intro Note: Thundercats (2011) has only a title card and no intro, so a link is not provided here.

Patton Oswald expalins My Little Pony

TMNT (2006) Intro

Ducktales (2017) Trailer

Lasertime's Disney Afternoon episode

MC Frontalot - "I'll Form the Head"

The battle for animation supremacy rages on. In the meantime we're looking at RWBY and Soul Eater to see how culture defines the heroes, villains, gender norms, teamwork, and badass weapons therein, and what--if anything--this tells us about eastern and western cultures. We also look at how to give souls to inanimate objects, the origins of all evil, and whether it's safe to use pure evil as a power source.

Media for this episode:

Rwby Volume 1

Soul Eater Episodes 1-7

World of Remnant: The Four Maidens 

Extra Credits: The Myth of the Gun

Rwby Vol. 4 Ch 8: A Much Needed Talk - Creation myth for Grimm and humanity @ 4:35 - 8:15 

World of Remnant Series - short videos that explain some parts of Rwby’s world in a deeper light. 

Links for this episode:

Seinfeld - “The Junior Mints”

Buzzfeed - “How The Comics Code Killed the Golden Age of Comics”

Thundercats Outtakes

Deptartment of Corections:Blake’s “Wrong Fact” (trademark pending) of the episode was indeed about the definition of “akatsuki”: in English “akatsuki” directly translates to “dawn” or “daybreak”; what Blake was likely thinking of was that, if written phonetically using different kanji, “aka[i]” means “red” and “ “tsuki” means “moon”.

Not to be outdone, Kurt combined the technobabble terms "dynotherms" and "mega-thrusters" into dynothrusters. Whoops.

Coming soon (as soon as you download it)--a podcast which is sick of misleading trailers will try to figure out the secrets to spotting bad movies with good trailers and debate whether movies would be better if we ignored trailers altogether. We also give a quick history survey, and talk about how these movie ads have changed over time.

Plus stick around for a trailer of the I'm the Host movie, coming summer of twenty-neverteen.

Links for this episode (trailers, in descending chronological order):

Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)

The Maltese Falcon (1941) 

Casablanca (1942)

Psycho (1960)

Dr. Strangelove (1964) 

The Shining (1980) 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 

The Abyss (1989) 

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 

Godzilla (1998) 

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Hancock (2008) 

9 (2009) 

Watchmen (2009) 

Inception (2010) [teaser] 

Jack and Jill (2011) 

Suicide Squad (2016) 

In A World trailer 

(not trailers)

Freakazoid knows how to handle creeps 

Every Frame A Painting - “The Marvel Symphonic Universe” 

Nerdwriter - “Batman v Superman: The Fundamental Flaw”

As a follow up to Blake's copyright episode, we look at the first volumes of RWBY and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for ways the public domain can be used by creators to make original works. We also dig into some of the weird issues around the public domain and copyright, such as... Why a letter from 1755 is still not in the public domain, how a president's letters to his mistress are now fair game for smutty fiction, how an affidavit of a liar is a brilliant move, just how prevalent remixed public domain works are, and why the public should stand up to get the mouse out of the house.

Editor's Note: We had some microphone problems in this episode, so this recording may sound rough. Sorry. I've tried to clean it up as best as I can. Just know that if this is your first episode they usually sound better than this. Thanks. 

Companion episode: Copywrong: the Twin Blakes

The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society

Eddie Izzard - "Hannibal on Skis"

Vicious promo

The Guardian - "Deadmau5 and Walt Disney settle mouse ears legal dispute"

Art Law Journal - "How Mickey Mouse Keeps Changing Copyright Law"

The Cut - "You’re Not Old Enough to Read This Steamy Erotica Written by an American President" 

Baron Von Munchausen's preface/affidavit

Myths & Legends podcast: Thor episodes

TV Tropes - "Captain Ersatz"

As a follow up to Blake's copyright episode, we look at the first volumes of RWBY and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for ways the public domain can be used by creators to make original works. We also dig into some of the weird issues around the public domain and copyright, such as... Why a letter from 1755 is still not in the public domain, how a president's letters to his mistress are now fair game for smutty fiction, how an affidavit of a liar is a brilliant move, just how prevalent remixed public domain works are, and why the public should stand up to get the mouse out of the house.

Editor's Note: We had some microphone problems in this episode, so this recording may sound rough. Sorry. I've tried to clean it up as best as I can. Just know that if this is your first episode they usually sound better than this. Thanks. 

Companion episode: Copywrong: the Twin Blakes

The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society

Eddie Izzard - "Hannibal on Skis"

Vicious promo

The Guardian - "Deadmau5 and Walt Disney settle mouse ears legal dispute"

Art Law Journal - "How Mickey Mouse Keeps Changing Copyright Law"

The Cut - "You’re Not Old Enough to Read This Steamy Erotica Written by an American President" 

Baron Von Munchausen's preface/affidavit

Myths & Legends podcast: Thor episodes

TV Tropes - "Captain Ersatz"

It's going to be the future soon, so Ally's taking us on a detailed tour of vat-grown proteins and lab-created organs coming soon to a grocers/hospital near you! We also talk briefly about the media this week--Repo! the Genetic Opera and The Island--although we don't spend much time on these so you're probably safe to listen without watching these unless you're big worried about small spoilers.

This week's episode links will be found on the following pdf. Since Ally's notes were so long and comprehensive, this was taken from our shared Google doc. It also may give some insight into how we make our episodes? Free behind-the-scenes features below!

https://imthehost.podbean.com/mf/web/b28ptu/_028_-_Ally_-_Petri_Dish_-_Google_Docs_1_.pdf

It's going to be the future soon, so Ally's taking us on a detailed tour of vat-grown proteins and lab-created organs coming soon to a grocers/hospital near you! We also talk briefly about the media this week--Repo! the Genetic Opera and The Island--although we don't spend much time on these so you're probably safe to listen without watching these unless you're big worried about small spoilers.

This week's episode links will be found on the following pdf. Since Ally's notes were so long and comprehensive, this was taken from our shared Google doc. It also may give some insight into how we make our episodes? Free behind-the-scenes features below!

https://imthehost.podbean.com/mf/web/b28ptu/_028_-_Ally_-_Petri_Dish_-_Google_Docs_1_.pdf

Blake, the living thinking entity that was created in the sea of information, drops in to talk about the Ghost in the Shell of past, present and future. Along the way, we share data streams about sentience, philosophical differences between individualistic and collectivist societies, and the utility of analog in a digital world. 

Wikipedia: World of Ghost in the Shell

Wikipedia: Ship of Theseus

NBC4: “Spying Secrets: Is Facebook eavesdropping on your phone conversations?” - 

AlJazeera: “Apple, Samsung vow to fix flaws after CIA hack report”

The Guardian: “Invasion of the troll armies: from Russian Trump supporters to Turkish state stooges” 

Discover Magazine: “Researchers Uncover Twitter Bot Army That’s 350,000 Strong”

New York Times (opinion): “Want to Keep the President at Bay? Two Consultants Have an Inside Track”

Birth. Movies. Death.: "A Strange, Heated Interview With The Head Of Indian Censorship"

YouTube: “Ghost In The Shell: Identity in Space” by The Nerdwriter

YouTube: Ghost in the Shell (2017) International Trailer

Jay Garcia’s Etsy - IntelliGent Unlimited

Blake, the living thinking entity that was created in the sea of information, drops in to talk about the Ghost in the Shell of past, present and future. Along the way, we share data streams about sentience, philosophical differences between individualistic and collectivist societies, and the utility of analog in a digital world. 

Wikipedia: World of Ghost in the Shell

Wikipedia: Ship of Theseus

NBC4: “Spying Secrets: Is Facebook eavesdropping on your phone conversations?” - 

AlJazeera: “Apple, Samsung vow to fix flaws after CIA hack report”

The Guardian: “Invasion of the troll armies: from Russian Trump supporters to Turkish state stooges” 

Discover Magazine: “Researchers Uncover Twitter Bot Army That’s 350,000 Strong”

New York Times (opinion): “Want to Keep the President at Bay? Two Consultants Have an Inside Track”

Birth. Movies. Death.: "A Strange, Heated Interview With The Head Of Indian Censorship"

YouTube: “Ghost In The Shell: Identity in Space” by The Nerdwriter

YouTube: Ghost in the Shell (2017) International Trailer

Jay Garcia’s Etsy - IntelliGent Unlimited

Sam from Rocket Punch Radio joins us for our first anniversary episode to discuss natsukashii, with the movies Empire Records and Almost Famous. We discuss our own moments in media that make us nostalgic, generation differences, and if rock and roll can save the world.

Link for this episode:

Everything2: "Natsukashii"

YouTube: Almost Famous trailer

YouTube: Empire Records trailer

YouTube: SLC Punk trailer

YouTube: Midnight in Paris trailer

YouTube: The Artist trailer

YouTube: Grindhouse trailer

YouTube: La La Land trailer

YouTube: Red vs. Blue Season 1, Episode 3 - “Head Noob in Charge”

YouTube: Yes - Going for the One (full album)

YouTube: Don McClean - American Pie

YouTube: Billy Joel - Piano Man

Rocket Punch Radio: Ep.13 Alien, or a Classic I’ve Never Seen