The Time Travelling Robots in Space

The ethics of robotic brothels, this week’s announcement of asteroid mining and we spoil a Fringe episode.

On this episode we talk about…

*  A time travel themed art gallery show in LA.

http://iam8bit.com/the-gallery/time-travel/

http://youtu.be/enspdfQwsFE

* Some initial impressions of Men In Black 3 from early screenings.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57421837-10391698/men-in-black-3-preview-offers-glimpse-into-films-time-travel-plot/

* Battle bots coming to U.S. police forces.

http://io9.com/5900582/hundreds-of-warbots-will-join-cops-ranks?tag=robots

* Researches belief that brothels will offer robot prostitutes by 2050.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/20/researchers-predict-brothels-will-offer-robot-prostitutes-by-2050/

*  The space-based shows that Syfy presented at their upfront this week.

http://io9.com/5905013/how-syfy-will-bring-science-fiction-back-to-television

* Asteroid mining becoming a reality.

http://www.planetaryresources.com/mission/

http://www.planetaryresources.com/2012/04/planetary-resources-press-conference-webcast-archive/ http://youtu.be/7fYYPN0BdBw http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/25/asteroid-mining-venture-aims-to-add-trillions-to-global-gdp/#ixzz1t4dN7Ivg

Plus, our recommendations…  The Fringe episode Letters of Transitand the movie Real Steal. 

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Why Chinese time travel shows are hot, robot prison guards are real and let the asteroid mining begin! 

On this episode we talk about…

*  The popularity of Chinese time travel dramas.

http://www.aoehome.com/about-china/learn-chinese/Qing-time-travel-TV-dramas-3521

* Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s love for Looper and it’s director.

http://io9.com/5903319/joseph-gordon+levitt-reveals-why-his-time+travel-epic-looper-really-will-be-the-most-awesome-thing-ever/

* David, the android from Prometheus, starring in the movie’s latest viral video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOOJl5lWNfM&feature=player_embedded

* The government’s possible use of miniature insect robots for protest surveillance.

http://www.dailytech.com/Mini+Insect+Robocops+Engineers+Government+Work+on+RC+Insects/article9222.htm

*  Robot prison guards that are being tested in South Korea.

http://mashable.com/2012/04/18/robotic-prison-guards-tested/

* 53 reasons why we need a new Star Trek TV series.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kris-lopresto/star-trek-tv-series_b_1435318.html

* Billionaires using their money to fund asteroid mining.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57416120-76/is-asteroid-mining-in-our-near-future/

* And a story we were too scared to talk about.

http://dvice.com/archives/2011/10/we-now-know-why.php

Plus, our recommendations…  The Quantum Leap pilot episode Genesis and the book 1984.

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Syfy's Rewind gets more cast, a robot with muscles and Vegas could have had a life sized Enterprise. 

On this episode we talk about…

*  The first trailer for the time travel mob movie Looper.

http://youtu.be/5kGFyVKmqA0

* The recent cast additions to Syfy’s Rewind.

http://www.craveonline.com/tv/articles/186539-syfys-time-travel-drama-rewind-signs-four

* Jim Henson’s recently unearthed 1963 short film Robot.

http://www.slashfilm.com/jim-henson-robot/

* DARPA’s contest to come up with a bipedal robot.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/darpa-humanoid-robots/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru

*  A robot with muscles, joints and tendons.

http://mashable.com/2012/04/06/eccerobot-robot-with-human-skeleton/?utm_source=iphoneapp

* The scrapped plan to build a life sized starship Enterprise in Las Vegas.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/fascinating-las-vegas-was-nearly-home-to-a-full-size-starship-enterprise-replica/

* And  intelligent space dinosaurs!

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0412/Intelligent-space-dinosaurs-How-worried-should-we-be

Plus, our recommendations…  Stargate SG-1 pilot episode Children of the Gods and the short-lived TV cult classic Firefly.

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Time traveling tips, a robot theme park and nukes in space!!! 

On this episode we talk about…

*  Doctor Who possibly getting a female time lord.

http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/311988

* The newly released trailer for Safety Not Guaranteed.

http://youtu.be/82y3OQoPqp0

* The Huffington Posts Time Traveling Tips.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-hornshaw/time-travel-book_b_1383467.html#s818555&title=Time_machines

* An robot theme park in China.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/04/chinese-artist-transformers-theme-park/#ixzz1rBeOzJKl

*  A new fire fighting robot that the navy is developing.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-04/video-navys-firefighting-robots-first-shoulder-shoulder-trial-fire

* The script that CBS won’t let a Star Trek web series produce.

http://trekmovie.com/2012/03/28/cbs-asks-phase-ii-not-to-film-spinrads-lost-star-trek-script-will-film-new-gerrold-script-instead/

* The new trailer for the movie Lockout starring Guy Pearce.

http://scifimafia.com/2012/04/two-new-clips-from-the-sci-fi-action-movie-lockout-starring-guy-pearce/

* Nukes in space.

http://www.tested.com/news/articles/43718-neil-degrasse-tyson-on-why-nukes-arent-the-best-way-to-deflect-killer-asteriods/

Plus, our recommendations… The radio theater podcast story The BaGua Etuis and the movie The Hunger Games.

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Zooey Deschanel goes time traveling, a hand-shaking robot and Paul recommends Mass Effect 3. 

On this episode we talk about…

* An actual store that specializes in time travel related things. http://dailytrojan.com/2012/03/25/quirky-finds-flourish-at-time-travel-mart/

* Zooey Deschanel being cast in the movie About Time. http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/zooey-deschanel-might-time-travel-for-love-actually-director-richard-curtis-about-time.php

* New Robocop actor Joel Kinnaman discussing what’s going to be different about the re-boot. http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/03/26/robocop-joel-kinnaman/

* A creepy hand-shaking robot from Japan. http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/27/osaka-university-robot-hand/

* An amazing new way to deliver food called The Tacocopter. http://www.forbes.com/sites/larahoffmans/2012/03/28/give-me-tacocopter-or-give-me-death/

* A space themed amusement park that was once attempted to be built. http://laughingsquid.com/space-city-usa-a-never-completed-space-theme-park-in-alabama/

* The International Space Station nearly being hit by debris. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-201203271114usnewsusnwr201203260326spacejunkmar27,0,1498144.story

Plus, our recommendations… Star Trek: TOS episode The Cage and the video game Mass Effect 3.

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Scott Wolf cast in Joey Dakota, a real Real Steal robot and Syfy passes on BSG: Blood and Chrome.

On this episode we talk about…

*  The time traveling cult movie Sound Of My Voice.

http://youtu.be/W20Fl5m5FdM

* Party of Five’s Scott Wolf joining the cast of Joey Dakota.

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Scott-Wolf-Joins-CW-Time-Travel-Pilot-Joey-Dakota-40472.html

* The Robocop re-boot getting a release date.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/dead-or-alive-youre-coming-with-me-robocop-reboot-arrives-on-august-9-2013

* A real Real Steel robot.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/251785/real_steel_comes_to_life_with_this_motioncontrolled_boxing_robot.html

* Syfy passing on Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome as regular on-air series.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-cancelled-syfy/

* Scientists play Armageddon computer simulation.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57397217/nuclear-bomb-could-save-earth-from-asteroid/

Plus, our recommendations… The Star Trek: Voyager episode Shattered and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy film.

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The Chinese being killed by time travel, robots perform Bond theme and the Mass Effect 3 release.

On this episode we talk about…

* Terra Nova being canceled by Fox.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/05/terra-nova-cancelled/

* The claims that time travel killed two Chinese girls.

http://jezebel.com/5891281/did-time+travel-tv-really-kill-two-chinese-schoolgirls

* Two new sci-fi TV series’ being developed for BBC America.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/28/bbc-america-to-develop-two-new-series-with-uk-indie-clerkenwell-films/122259/

* Robots performing the James Bond theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

* Robotic Cheetahs setting the land speed record.

http://youtu.be/d2D71CveQwo

* A lost original series Star Trek episode being produced by web series.

http://www.themarysue.com/lost-star-trek-script-to-be-filmed/

*  Mass Effect 3 being released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect_3

*  Famed Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie passes away.

http://www.ralphmcquarrie.com/

Plus, our recommendations…The Matrix Reloaded and James Cameron’sAvatar 

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Cumberbatch could be the new Master, a robot fighting Zoro and a real "water world" discovered.

On this episode we talk about…

* The rumor that Benedict Cumberbatch may be cast as The Master for Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary episode.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/02/27/master-sherlock-benedict-cumberbatch-in-doctor-who/

* Sons of Anarchy bringing new show to Syfy.

http://www.craveonline.com/tv/articles/183355-sons-of-anarchy-screenwriter-brings-time-travel-drama-to-syfy

* MGM casting lead in their RoboCop remake.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/the-killings-joel-kinnaman-gets-robocop-offer/

* A robot fighting Zoro movie set in the future.

http://www.infamouskidd.com/fox-has-found-a-new-masked-man-for-zorro-reborn/

* The viral website launched for The Europa Report.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/new-viral-site-for-jupiter-sci-fi-europa-report-quietly-launched/

* A real “water world” discovered.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/21/super-earth-exoplanet-likely-to-be-a-waterworld/

*  Playboy Magazine’s plan to build a club in space.

http://asia.cnet.com/crave/playboys-next-fantasy-a-mens-club-in-space-62213656.htm

Plus, our recommendations…Prophets of Science Fiction, Space Cowboys, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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Things to know about time travel, NASA's Robonaut gets turned on and Space: 1999 gets re-imagined.

On this episode we talk about…

* Jason O’Mara’s Twitter campaign to save Terra Nova.

http://blastr.com/2012/02/fans-hope-plastic-dinosau.php

* 5 things you should know about time travel.

http://warren.patch.com/articles/five-things-to-know-about-groundhog-day-and-time-travel-physics

* NASA’s Robonaut getting switched on.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/nasa-switches-on-robot-astronaut

* Michael Bay’s Transformers 4 status .

http://sciencefiction.com/2012/02/14/michael-bay-confirmed-for-transformers-4-coming-summer-of-2014/

* Space: 1999 getting the re-imagined treatment.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/space-2099-television-remake-288601

* The Swiss wanting to clean up space.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/swiss-craft-janitor-satellites-grab-space-junk-15626116#.TzwtIbEgeGk

Plus, our recommendations…The Abyss andThe Matirx

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A time travel check list, Short Circuit is getting re-made, and the Canadians go to space, sorta.

On this episode we talk about…

* Back To The Future maybe being turned into a Broadway musical.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/will-back-to-the-future-find-its-way-to-broadway-stage/

* A list of things to remember before you start time traveling.

http://www.neonbubble.com/article/time-travel-tips

* The re-make of Short Circuit gets a script writer.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/matt-lieberman-writes-new-short-circuit-fordimension/

* Cancer removing robots inspired by crabs.

http://good-report.com/951/crab-dinner-inspires-cancer-removing-robot

* Star Trek may be coming back to television sooner than we think.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/02/03/star-trek-tv-show-could-draw-on-bryan-pool-messrs-fuller-singer-talking-about-collaborating/

* Canadian teens send Lego man into space for $400.

http://good-report.com/627/toronto-teens-send-lego-man-into-space-for-400

Plus, our recommendations… Ready Player One and Appleseed

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