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Episode 58: Kegel the Elf!

'Twas the week before Christmas...and all of the happy Geek Salad elves have gathered to bid adieu to 2011 and welcome the holiday season with Episode 58: Kegel the Elf, where Andy, Mike, Jim, Adam, and Mike C. discuss what's on their wish list for Santa. Enjoy spirited discussions about the fate of Michael Bay, the Oozinator, and too-too long conversations about Guns n' Roses and Star Wars!

Then hang out for a new Trailer Park where the Geeks discuss the new "Three Stooges" trailer.

Happy Holidays and a Joyous New Year from Geek Salad!

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Trailer Park for Episode 57

Kristin Stewart's reign of terror remains uninterrupted!

Sorry it's late! The lost MST3K Short!

ROWSDOWER!!!

Oh Canada....I was almost done forgiving you for Nickleback!

Episode 56: Electric Boogaloo

Be prepared to experience the ups and downs of sequels, prequels, and remakes in Geek Salad episode 56: Electric Boogaloo. Join Andy, Mike, Jim, and Adam as they discuss the good and the bad of movie follow-ups from the Matrix sequels to the Thing prequel, and even a mention of the shot-for-shot Psycho remake. Then join them as they discuss their wishlists of sequels and prequels that have yet to happen (and probably will never happen). Stick around after that as they discuss SNL on Netflix for Stupid, Stupid, cringe at the antics of Jim's dad in "American Reunion" for Trailer Park, and find wonder in Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Jack the Ripper in Salad Shills.

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Episode 54: Walt Disney - Bippity Boppity Balls

Leave your childhood traumas at the door as you listen to Geek Salad episode 54: Walt Disney - Bippity Boppity Balls. Join Andy and Mike along with regular guests Jim and Adam, along with a live studio audience, as they discuss the dark side the Disney. Yes, your hosts push aside the happy, shiny veneer and dare to reveal the dark, disturbing, and just plain wrong moments of Disney films. Then stick around for a Disney-themed "Stupid, Stupid", Salad Shills cover everything from delicious Italian pastries to the season premieres of a number of quality shows, and Trailer Park brings to us the pure glory that is "The Avengers"!

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Episode 53: Mr. Peabody Never Had a Flux Capacitor

Set your Flux Capacitor for 1.21 Gigawatts or hop into your TARDIS and prepare to journey back in time with Mike and Andy for Episode 53 of Geek Salad...and this time, they're bringing special guests Jim and Adam (the Superfan) with them as they debate the merits of time travel with such offerings as "Time Bandits," "Quantum Leap," "Dr. Who," Star Trek," and "Back to the Future," among others!

Then stick around for a Stupid Stupid where Andy gets back on the soapbox to bemoan the reaction to the new photo of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. Trailer Park includes a spirited "chat" about "Real Steel!" And the Star Wars Blu-Rays and the breakup of R.E.M. are discussed in the Shills!

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Folks...here is Catwoman. Get Over It!!!

Please have faith in Christopher Nolan...for the love of all that is holy!!!!!!

Trailer Park: Rocky Balboa, The Cyborg Years

From the soundtrack: "11 00 111101011" ("You're the Best"; Binary Mix)

An Open Letter to My Fellow Star Wars Fans: We Need to Get Over It!

An Open Letter to My Fellow Star Wars Fans: We Need to Get Over It!

Dear SW Fans,

The last few weeks leading up to the release of the Star Wars Saga on Blu-Ray have been a bit on the tumultuous side. Much of this anger has been aimed at the announcement of "fixes" to scenes in the original trilogy that have been deemed either unnecessary, or just plain stupid. The center of the controversy is a ten second addition to the scene in "Return of the Jedi," towards the end where Vader, watching Emperor Palpatine fry Luke Skywalker with his evil Sith lightning, changes his mind about being a Sith and quietly says "No," followed by his picking up The Emperor and dumping him down the bottomless shaft (there really should be more safety rails in that throne room!) and screaming "Noooooooo!" Stupid? Maybe. Unnecessary? Absolutely! Cause for a boycott of the Blu-Rays? Are you kidding?

The main argument that I have heard has been that it reminds the audience that Vader, intergalactic badass, is still the whiny bitch who hated sand, tried spinning his ship because it seemed like a good idea, and got his girlfriend damp in the nethers after describing his slaughter of the Sand People. I'm sorry, but if you've just watched a full six hours of the same guy pulling Rebel's balls out through their spine and choking his leadership team "just 'cuz," are you really going to equate him with Hayden Christiansen (this is presuming you're watching them in IV-III order, which should go without saying!)?

Folks, we need to get over the changes that are inevitably going to be made every time these movies get released on the next level of electronic media. Lucas has stated since the 1997 release of the Special Editions that he was never happy with the way that the movies turned out, blaming constraints in the SFX technology that was available at the time. And I don't really remember anybody complaining about the MASSIVE amount of tinkering that went on there. Ok, apart from Greedo shooting first....that was just plain stupid!

A good deal of the stuff from the '07 Editions were actually pretty cool. Better perspective of the fighters, cleaner picture and sound, the dramatically better looking Cloud City (and for the record, not one person has mentioned anything about "Empire" remaining unscathed....just sayin'!), spruced up effects, etc. And the stuff that we didn't like, or out and out hated, we just dealt with. To this day, I still despise the change to the Max Rebo Band scene at Jabba's palace, including the constant breaking of the fourth wall, but I deal with it. It hasn't hampered my enjoyment of the original trilogy on the whole.

Part of my amazement about this controversy is that the brunt of the changes have been made to "Return of the Jedi," the movie that has widely been considered the worst in the original trilogy due to it's reliance on slapstick and warrior teddy bears. When did we suddenly care that this movie was getting the lion's share of the edits? I'll add that the coolest scene in the movie, when the Millennium Falcon flies through the hundreds of TIE Fighters during the Battle of Endor (to the day the most complex special effect filmed by traditional means) was sprinkled with a few more TIE Fighters and the shot doesn't appear to be ruined.

Much of the rancor aimed at the changes overall is that George Lucas is pissing all over our cherished childhood memories. That adding all this extra stuff is going to turn the viewing experience into an evening burying our heads in our hands. My childhood memories about Star Wars have all been about the excitement of journeying to far off planets, being chased by enemy fighters, rescuing the princess, and having one shot to save the day. At last check, all of that is still in the movie. So was being forced into retreat by giant walkers, being chased through an asteroid field and feeling exhilarated watching Luke and Vader duel for the first (and second) time. So what if R2 hides behind a few more rocks while Obi-Wan uses an actual, y'know, scary cry to frighten off the Sand People? So what if the door on Jabba's palace is twice it's original 1983 size? So what if the Ewoks can blink their eyes (for the record, that terrifies the living fuck out of me!)? And so what if we can audibly hear Vader have a change of heart and become the redeemed man that Lucas said the objective of the first trilogy was about?

At the end of the day, I'll be into the Blu-Rays for the extra documentaries, the deleted scenes, the vastly improved picture and sound quality, and the all 13 or so hours of the movies. A mere 15 seconds off added nonsense isn't going to affect my enjoyment of that...

....and neither should it affect yours.

Andy

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