Brian takes Patrick and Stephen through the perilous caverns of WhatTheCast. We unlock a tomb of questionable casting choices for the upcoming Neuromancer movie, dodge the seemingly falling career of The Rock, meet the volunteer staff of Dragon*Con in a tavern and discuss the legacy of Gary Gygax.
As a bonus, we have a trailer for one of the Hasbro movies we discussed in Episode 30 and a new poll on whatthecast.com about Serenity on Blu-Ray Disc.
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Episode 31: Roll for Initiative [36:38m]:
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Brian, Crispy, Patrick & Stephen tackle today’s topics from a nerd-centric point of view … did the TIm Minear curse get HD-DVD canceled? Why are fewer people watching the Oscars? Why would anyone want to make a movie based on Monopoly? Does Iron Man make everything better? Why do four Dragon*Con staffers care about a bankrupt convention?
You’ve got WhatTheQuestions, we’ve got WhatTheCast …
Promos for Zombie Channel, The Babylon Podcast & The Geologic Podcast

Episode 30: Did Serenity Kill HD-DVD? [34:49m]:
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Months back Stephen, Crispy & I went to a Jonathan Coulton concert in Atlanta. Footage Crispy & I shot at the concert is used in a Yahoo! People of the Web video profiling Mr. Coulton’s music, plus clips from Dragon*ConTV’s music video for Re Your Brains.
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One year man … one year. Brian, Crispy, Patrick & Stephen celebrate one of WhatTheCast by doing what they’ve been doing all this time … being smartasses about a variety of topics.
We give away prizes (trust us, they’re in the mail soon). We talk about the end of the writer’s strike, Doctor Who, Rockstar Curling, the house of the future, The Huckabee Factor and Joss Whedon being a bitter man with too much experience getting screwed by studios.
But it all starts with an interrupting cow … Continue reading ‘Episode 29: WhatTheFestival’

Episode 29: WhatTheFestival [45:51m]:
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From the mind of Stephen Granade: LOLCARDS. Just in time for V-Day.
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Ok, there’s not really any Scientology in this episode … but Robert Downey, Jr. was in Weird Science and we do mention the Cruise Cult a few times … so there.
Brian, Patrick & Crispy discuss alternate British history, the return of The Greatest American Hero, the Super Bowl Iron Man trailer and Brian’s odd remembrance of how the world looked before Led Zeppelin killed the dinosaurs.
Yeah, it doesn’t make much sense … but it’s funny. Plus Crispy and Patrick make fun of Brian when he’s not paying attention.
Promos for The ADD Cast and The Zombie Channel

Episode 28: Weird Scientology [33:07m]:
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In this episode, all four cast members take on the new Captain America, the Church of Sci… um, cult thingy that Tom Cruise is in, anonymous hackers and anything else that comes to our minds.
You’ve got comments … we’ve got e-mails. feedback@whatthecast.com
Promos for Mike’s Hot Dish & I Should Be Writing. 1-31-07 … never forget.

Episode 27: Castron vs Tom Cruise [27:39m]:
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Brian’s comparison of the Asus EeePC & OLPC is up at siliconchef.com. GEEK FIGHT!
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Don’t forget about our one year anniversary coming up the week of Feb 12th. Enter our WhatTheFestival drawing: send your snail mail address to wtf@whatthecast.com and you might win fabulous interesting free prizes.
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Brian and Crispy travel to Alabama and visit Stephen at his house. This episode is recorded in Stephen’s kitchen, so it will sound a little different from the “normal” podcast.
Our topics include Crispy’s impressions of Cloverfield, motion sickness in movies, Star Trek teasers, cloning animals for food, knock-knock jokes and guessing which famous people are in the Church of Scientology.
Promos for We’re Both Right and Dragonpage: Cover to Cover. Brief guest appearances by Eli, Misty and Geof.

Episode 26: Live From Stephen's Kitchen [37:30m]:
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