One of the most hilarious episodes of television ever, and of course…. Christina Hendricks. It's Joss's turn in the writer’s chair again as he tackles the first out-and-out comedy episode of Firefly, featuring the witty dialogue he's famous for, along with the most famous curves on television, those of the delightful Hendricks. This was before she was famous, of course, but no less talented, as she plays the mysterious Saffron, a wife Mal managed to pick up in payment for his debts, with innocence, charm and dangerous sexuality, often at the same time.

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For a movie that was both praised and criticized at it’s time of release in 2006 for being what seemed (on the surface) and anti-Bush retelling of Alan Moore’s classic Reagan-era graphic novel, V FOR VENDETTA actually comes off today prophetically anti-Trump instead. Add in Natalie Portman’s spectacular post-Prequel rebirth and the much more human and less pretentious reading of philosophical themes from THE MATRIX in regards to control vs chaos and the triumph of the human spirit and you have a movie that holds up amazingly well both cinematically and thematically. Join Simi Climo and I as we revisit this classic, produced and written by The Wachowskis as a film that many argue achieved what the Matrix sequels did not.

Commentary starts at 17:30 - we have a longer opening discussion than usual before we start.

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Take a drive with us on the memory highway of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. While the discussion is framed around JediGeekGirl’s own topsy turvy experience of loving them but for a long time being shamed for that love, we also delve into the bigger picture issue of the true division(s) among “fans”: Inclusive vs exclusionary, dialogical vs argumentative, and of course love vs hate. This a deep and sometimes intense conversation, but we couldn’t think of a more perfect topic to (officially) launch the Star Wars LoreCast. (And many thanks to BizzleCast senior contributor BrittGirl (@britt_snippets) for the AMAZING LoreCast artwork!)

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After dealing with Inara's outsider status in the previous episode, it's now the turn of the three new passengers, Simon, River and Book. Joss Whedon himself has mused on the idea that all his shows centre on the creation of family, and this comes into full effect in Safe. The episode starts with a dirty deal gone wrong, resulting in Shepherd Book fighting for his life and River and Simon snatched by some of the planet's inhabitants. When River reads the mind of a mute child, however, she is dubbed a witch and tied to a stake to be burned.

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The first three episodes of Firefly centered on the underbelly of the show’s universe, and Shindig moves us away from that world and into the glamorous lifestyle of the Alliance-run planets. The class distinction the show has been hinting at from the start is shown here in action, with the basic brutality of Mal's world clashing with the pretense and privilege of Inara's. And it's Inara's show from the beginning, as we follow her on business to the social event of the season, before Mal gets in trouble for a misguided attempt at defending her honor. He must fight his competitor to the death in order to leave with his crew, fighting for Inara's place on Serenity in the process.

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Matt and I tend to disagree on this episode — I love the humor and the way it sets up the film, “Serenity” — but I actually saw the film first and so it hits me in a way it doesn’t Matt. The series is clearly still finding its footing, but there is excellent world building and one of the most expertly and hilariously edited interrogation scenes of all time, despite the weirdness and out-of-placeness of the Reaver plot. Nevertheless, we see Summer Glau as River Tam really start to develop and become hypnotic as a character and an actor here, and thus it remains essential Firefly viewing

(I mean, we only have 14, so….)

(sad face…)

(very sad face…)

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So Joss Whedon and the entire FIREFLY crew made a fantastic, epic, memorable double-episode pilot…. but Fox, as usual, decided to shoot themselves in the foot and slap everyone else in the face and force Whedon to make another, new, shorter, far inferior pilot, called THE TRAIN JOB. While still a typically fun and funny “Firefly” episode, Whedon is clearly being forced to force the issue, and as a result, it doesn’t work great as either a new pilot or a unique adventure. Nevertheless, there are many memorable Whedonesque moments as always, and Matt and push through some awkward pacing and technical issues (at the time, fixed now) as we look forward to the true start of the series in Episode 3 (says me) or Episode 4 (says Matt). Shiny!

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Brilliantly performed on audiobook by nerd legend Wil Wheaton, MASTERS OF DOOM was both the first audiobook to which I fully listened through AND the beginning of my rebooted fascination with computer and gaming history. This book delivers all the goods, while Papa Bizzle regales us with stories of Lil’ Bizzle and his computer obsession.

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to produce the most notoriously successful game franchises in history— Doom and Quake— until the games they made tore them apart. This is a story of friendship and betrayal, commerce and artistry—a powerful and compassionate account of what it's like to be young, driven, and wildly creative.

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Ahsoka, Darth Maul, Obi-Wan Kenobi…. The combination of an epic final season of STAR WARS REBELS full of surprises and a massive, jaw-dropping reveal at the end of SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY brings these three fan favorite characters back into play for future appearances in a way we never could have foreseen. This is one of the nerdiest, most-canon heavy BizzleCast episodes of all time, making it off course one of the greatest. Come jump down the rabbit hole with us and dare to dream about your biggest and best Star Wars fantasies.

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