Jelly and Bean

Nintendo all but throws in the towel, and looks to make sweeping changes to survive; new trailers for Captain America: the Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 arrive along with the Superbowl; the X-Men producer eyes Channing Tatum for a Gambit solo film; and we discuss recent casting news for Batman vs. Superman including Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.

Meanwhile, Jelly suggests using a hair straightener to tie Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in to the MCU in a deeper way, and Bean cries enlightened tears when Jelly explains the improvements to the Captain America trailer with explosions.

• Nintendo President Iwata Firm That Nintendo Won't Go Third Party (GameInformer.com)
• Nintendo In Discussions To License Its Characters (GameInformer.com)
• Nintendo Considering Merger Or Acquisition (GameInformer.com)
• Nintendo: It's Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This. (TechCrunch)
• Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Trailer 2 (YouTube)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (IMDb)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Enemies Unite Sizzle (YouTube)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (IMDb)
• X-Men Producer Is "Dying" to Do a Gambit Movie With Channing Tatum (/Film)
• Jesse Eisenberg is your new Lex Luthor in 'Batman vs. Superman' (The Verge)
• Gal Gadot cast as Wonder Woman in 'Batman vs. Superman' (The Verge)

Marvel announces some information about the future of a character on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; rumours surface that Pixar might end up doing an animated Star Wars movie; the second Maleficent trailer is released; the BBC reveals Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who costume; and iiNet submits a paper about the issues with the way the NBN is being approached.

Meanwhile, Bean provides his thoughts on Frozen, and the boys discuss the impending end of the show.

• Deathlok Comes to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (/Film)
• Report: Pixar Will Make A Star Wars Movie (Kotaku Australia)
• First Disney/Marvel Animated Movie is...'Big Hero 6'? (Screen Rant)
• Maleficent Official Trailer #2 (YouTube)
• Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who Costume Revealed in First Look Picture (BBC)
• iiNet's Submission to Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network

ABC promises a strong finish for this season of Agents of Shield; the script for Star Wars: Episode VII is finished, and here come the casting rumours; Batman vs. Superman is pushed back by a year to 2016; a new issue comes to light where Chrome extensions are purchased from the original developer and turned into a source for malware; and Pixar presents a new technology for creating stylised CG animation.

Meanwhile, Branden suggests a casting option for Mon Mothma in Star Wars: Episode VII, and Jelly drops an astonishing, series-changing bombshell at the very end of the episode.

• ABC Exec Admits to 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Problems, Promises Strong Season 1 Finish (Screen Rant)
• 'Star Wars' Script Complete (/Film)
• 'Batman vs. Superman' Delayed to 2016 (/Film)
• Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates (Ars Technica)
• Google Removes Spamming Chrome Extensions (Gizmodo Australia)
• Pixar Makes Painterly CG (Cartoon Brew)

Season 3 of Sherlock comes and goes, and we’re left wondering when we’ll get more; EA announces that they’re going to add an offline mode to Simcity; an interview reveals that Nintendo doesn’t research it’s competitor’s products at all; Google buys Nest for $3.2 billion; Michael Douglas surprises everyone by joining the cast of Ant Man; and rumors surface that Johnny Depp might be playing Marvel’s Dr. Strange.

Meanwhile, Bean makes a prediction about Google’s next acquisition and Jelly questions everything he knows about the origins of the main villain of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

• 'Sherlock' Creators Already Have Seasons 4 & 5 Plotted Out (Screen Rant)
• SimCity belatedly getting a dedicated offline mode (Ars Technica)
• It's Hard To Make A Game When Nintendo Doesn't Use Xbox Live (Kotaku Australia)
• Nest's CEO Tony Fadell explains why he teamed up with Google: it's about infrastructure (GigaOm)
• Why is everyone disappointed by Google buying Nest? (The Verge)
• Why Nest is really Google's new smart home division (Ars Technica)
• Michael Douglas is Hank Pym in 'Ant-Man' (/Film)
• Rumor: Johnny Depp in the Mix for Marvel's 'Doctor Strange' (/Film)

Lightning reviews for this season’s holiday movies: Enders Game, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Frozen; Disney shifts the rights for Star Wars comics to Marvel; a Snapchat vulnerability is revealed, and it would appear they’ve known about it for months; and Facebook starts using your private messages as support for things you link to.

Meanwhile, Jelly boasts about his new years resolution skills and the boys say “ilk” a lot. What is that about?

• Disney Hands Star Wars Comics Duties To Marvel (GameInformer)
• Greyhats expose 4.5 million Snapchat phone numbers (Ars Technica)
• Facebook sued for allegedly making private messages into public 'Likes' (Ars Technica)

This summer, engage your ears as you listen to the second Jelly and Bean holiday special, discussing movies to look forward to (and some to be kinda apathetic about) in 2014. From Need for Speed to Muppets: Most Wanted, the boys cover what’s known about a selection on movies coming up in 2014, and give an advanced rating based on what they know.

Meanwhile, Jelly uncovers the secret plot details for a Breaking Bad movie, and Bean adds a fourth member to his list of actors that should be in every movie.

• Need for Speed (IMDb)
• Need For Speed Trailer (YouTube)
• The Lego Movie (IMDb)
• The LEGO® Movie Trailer (YouTube)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (IMDb)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer (YouTube)
• Noah (IMDb)
• Noah Trailer (YouTube)
• Episode 51: Added So Much to the Viewing Experience
• Maleficent (IMDb)
• Maleficent Trailer (YouTube)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (IMDb)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (IMDb)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier Trailer (YouTube)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (IMDb)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Trailer (YouTube)
• New 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Images Tease Future Sinister Six Appearance (Screen Rant)
• Muppets Most Wanted (IMDb)
• Muppets Most Wanted Trailer (YouTube)

The boys discuss the original trilogy of Star Wars, including its place in pop culture and science fiction history, its influence on the generation that grew up with it, and the special effects and how they’ve changed the films over the years. Plus, Machete order and how the prequels could’ve been improved with some more interesting writing techniques.

Meanwhile, the boys insult both Star Wars and Star Trek fans, and choose their favourite film in the trilogy. Also, Jelly continues to insist that he doesn’t like Star Wars. SACRILEGE!

• Fanboys (IMDb)
• Introducing Machete Order (nomachetejuggling)
• Star Wars: Machete Order
• What if "Star Wars: Episode I" was good? (YouTube)
• What if "Star Wars: Episode II" were good? (YouTube)
• Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition (originaltrilogy.com)

Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary with the special episode, The Day of the Doctor, and the dramatisation of the show’s beginnings in An Adventure in Space and Time; Google applies for a patent to generate tweets on your behalf, further cementing their place as creepiest company ever; and the Xbox One hits stores worldwide, garnering over a million sales.

Meanwhile, the boys have an idea for a spinoff for the Doctor Who universe, and Bean once again projects his love of My Little Pony. Also, Jelly explains his very strange use of capitalisation.

• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (Wikipedia)
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (BBC One)
• The Day of the Doctor is Record Breaking (Doctor Who TV)
• Day of the Doctor takes $10m at the box office in three days (The Guardian)
• An Adventure in Space and Time (IMDb)
• Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Collection (iTunes)
• Tired of social media? Why not have Google tweet for you (Ars Technica)
• Xbox One Becomes Microsoft's Biggest Console Launch (GameInformer.com)
• Microsoft Addresses Reported Xbox One Hardware Problems (GameInformer.com)