Sherlock Holmes | J@N | 202

Sherlock Holmes | J@N | 202

The guys are back in full force this week with a run down of TV news you’re going to want to hear, a top 10 Sci-Fi movie list count-down, and a FULL review of the BBC Sherlock series!

Plus the guys share their thoughts on the state of retro gaming, and why old-school games might be a better entertainment than most current game releases!

Show Feeds:


Show Notes:

TV:

Stargate’ TV films ‘scrapped for finance reasons’ – TV News – Digital Spy
What the Creators of Torchwood: Miracle Day Promise You’ll See
Hasselhoff turns porn star for “Sons of Anarchy”
Fall Dates for Chuck, Playboy Club, Parks
Netflix recently added X-men, X-men Evolution and Spider-Man (both 60s and 90s versions) to Instant watch

BOOKS:
George RR Martin’s “A Dance With Dragons” releases next Tuesday (Fifth book in “Game of Thrones” series)

MOVIES:
Blade Runner beats Star Wars to top sci-fi film poll
Marvel is making short films about their C-list superheroes
A couple superVILLAIN movies that could rival the Avengers’ team-up
New trailer for Mamoa’s Conan
Thor 2 in 2013… withough Branagh

Google+:
FaceBook like accurate ads, but everywhere.

GAMES:
Star Trek: New Video Game Has Ties to New Movie
GOG.com is awesome, older games are better.

WTF:
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Goes Digital, Searchable, and Free
Critical question: Should I start my kids on the original Star Trek series, or should I start them on TNG and let them go back to see the original when they get older? : scifi

MOVING PICTURE HAPPY FUN MUTUAL TIME:

Sherlock – a modern adaptation

  • Created by : Steven Moffat & Mark Gatiss [both Dr Who writers]
    • Both Moffat & Gatiss are big Sherlock Holmes fans
  • Spoke to The Sherlock Holmes Society of London
  • Matt Smith was the first person to unsuccessfully audition for the role of Watson but was too “barmy”, and the producers required someone “straighter” for Watson. Shortly after, Moffat cast Smith as the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who.
  • Series 2 confirmed : based on the stories “A Scandal in Bohemia”, The Hound of the Baskervilles and “The Final Problem”


Downlaod & Comment:

  • Anonymous

    Why can’t i seek to a point that hasn’t loaded? This is really pissing me off!

  • Jimjim

    Great show. GOG.com is the sh*t! I’ve been doing the exact same thing lately. The old school games are much better than a lot of the new stuff. I’ve been hoping that the smaller screen and simple graphics of smartphones and tablets takes game developers back to concentrating on story and gameplay and fun, and less on sugar coating. It could happen…

  • Brozan

    How can you talk about classic video games without mention of Ultima VII !!! :)  

  • GameGeekSTL

    Just wanted to clarify something about the new Star Trek game:

    It is full game disc release with a PlayStation-only prequel game that will be a downloadable game.  Xbox will only be able to receive the disc release.

  • Kayla

    should so do the Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars mini series

  • Mike_H

    A point of interest, the UK airings of Sherlock don’t have the pop ups to tell you what’s going on.

  • http://twitter.com/Dalton928Jr Dalton Roberts JR

    I am not a nerd but this was good.  Great job