Episode 6 – The week of Trailers
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I’m Ramon Mejia…….I’m Edgar Acosta
This Week we talk about the latest Star Wars trailer, the Florida teen hacking Felony, the latest addition to the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman V. Superman trailer, Ant-man trailer and more.
In Discussions we’ll talk about the Netflix original series Daredevil, Our review of the Samsung Gear VR.
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Geek News
Latest Star Wars: The Force Awakened trailer released
· Hear Luke’s speech to Leia from Return of the Jedi in which he reveals that Darth Vader is his father and that he must face him, possibly to never return. “The force is strong in my family,” says Mark Hamill’s voice from three decades ago. “My father has it. I have it. My sister has it.”
· Here’s where there’s a new addition to the dialogue.
· “And you have the power, too.”
· is the scorched visage of Darth Vader’s helmet
· See more of the new characters: Ridley’s Rey is seen reaching out her hand to a fallen and distressed Finn, played by John Boyega. She also gets her hands on a familiar looking weapon—a lightsaber.
· The Millennium Falcon also takes flight
· We get to see Chewbacca and Han Solo again. Harrison Ford cracks his crooked smile and says, “Chewie … We’re home.”
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs
Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer launches after leak
· CNET reported today that Warner Bros. released the official trailer a week earlier than planned after version leaked yesterday.
· In the trailer the narration describes a world that is reeling from the events in the last Superman movie. Some people see Sup as a savior others view him as a potential tyrant.
· Batman, Ben Affleck, is older and shows up briefly in a mechanized bat suit.
· http://www.cnet.com/news/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-trailer-leaks-early/
More Avengers: Age of Ultron clips
· Age of Ultron comes out in just a couple weeks on May 1st
o Fight scene between Hulk and Tony Stark’s Hulkbuster armor
o Party Scene where the other Avenger members try to lift Thor’s Hammer
· http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/its-hulk-vs-hulkbuster-in-new-avengers-age-of-ultron-clip
New Ant-Man Trailer revealed after and also a trailer for the trailer
· In the trailer we see con-man Scott Lang ( Paul Rudd) must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) , plan and pull off a heist that will save the world from Yellow-Jacket.
· Opens in July
· http://marvel.com/news/movies/24432/watch_the_new_trailer_for_marvels_ant-man
Olivia Munn Joins ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Cast as Psylocke
· Variety reported that Olivia Munn (Attack of the Show, Newsroom) will be joining the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse as the character Psylock.
· Psylocke is a mutant related to Captain Britain that has some psychic, telekinetic powers, and is a pretty bad ass fighter.
· http://variety.com/2015/film/news/x-men-apocalypse-olivia-munn-psylocke-cast-1201471471/
How to Train Your Dragon series to premiere on Netflix in June
· http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/13/how-to-train-your-dragon-netflix
Katee Sackhoff to Create and Star in New Dystopian Series, RAIN
Hearthstone now available on phones
· Previously only available on computers or tablets. Blizzard announced on April 14th that they are finally making their free to play game available on both iOS and android phones.
Amazon offers extra $80 when you trade in select xbox360 or ps3 for ps4
· The average xbox360 got you about $100 trade in value +an extra $80 from amazon. You’re on your way to a new PS4
· Check out the link in our show notes on our website geekbytespodcast.com to see how much you can get for your console
Florida teen charged with a felony after changing background image on teacher’s computer
· a 14-year-old named Domanik Green who got charged with a felony after changing his teacher's desktop wallpaper to a photo of two men kissing. Town Sheriff Chris Nocco called it an offense against a computer system, and unauthorized access, since the crime involved logging into an administrator account without permission. This is a felony in Florida.
· Reports state that the school initially disciplined the kid internally but then sought to bring charges against him.
From the Audience-News stories submitted by the audience
Netflix adds audio support for deaf users
· The MarySue originally reported on the complaints from deaf Netflix subscribers that the content was not accessible for the hearing impaired.
· One day later Netflix announced they were adding English Audio Descriptions, starting with their original content Daredevil and expanding to their other content.
· http://www.themarysue.com/netflix-daredevil-audio-description-yay/
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Discussion
Daredevil
Gear VR review
Recommendations
· izombie-Veronica Mars + White Trash Zombie,
o starring Rose McIver-Once Upon a Time, Masters of Sex, Power Rangers R.P.M.)
o Hulu
· Weird Loners- Four relationship-phobic people are unexpectedly thrust into one another's lives and form an unlikely bond in a townhouse in Queens, NY.
o On Hulu
o Becki Newton (How I met your Mother [stripper gf], Love bites, Ugly Betty)
o Zachary Knighton (Parenthood, Happy Endings, Flash Forward, The Prince and Me)
o Nate Torrence ( She’s out of my League, Get Smart, My Best Friend’s Girl, Super Fun Night)
o Meera Rohit Kumbhani ( Weird Loners)
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Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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