Hey All You Zombies

Once a week film critic Richard Crouse and tech expert Kris Abel use Google+ Hangout and YouTube to exchange cool ideas and play light-hearted games inspired by movies, science, and video game culture. Follow @RealKrisAbel !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Follow @RichardCrouse !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");

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Hey All You Zombies!! Episode 52 This week Kris shows off his animated Grumpy Cat shirt, Richard discusses the outrage over Ben Affleck's Batman casting, and we trade quadruple takes thanks to Patrick Stewart's masterclass on YouTube. Links from the show: Patrick Stewart's Quadruple Take Masterclass

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Hey All You Zombies!! Episode 51 Back from the D23 con in Anaheim, we discuss the recent creative explosion happening over at Walt Disney that includes fresh new movies, wild animation techniques, apps, and explorative video game worlds. And we talk about the campaign to save drive-in theatres, the disappointing movie "Jobs", and mark the passing of Elmore Leonard. Links from the show: D23 Con Jobs Elmore Leonard Project Drive-In

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Hey All You Zombies Episode #50 We are back from summer break with so much to talk about. Richard shows off the creepy, little doll sent to him AFTER his review of The Conjuring, we compare notes on Shark Week's outcry-inducing fakery, welcome the new Dr. Who, test out Johnny Depp & Gore Verbinski's theory about Lone Ranger's failure, and try to choose between eating lab-grown beef or insects in our burgers. Here's the links from our show: Music Boxes In Horror Movies Ed and Lorainne Warren in the movies Cultured Beef Cooking Insects With Nordic Food Labs Unbelievable Science iPhone/iPad app with Bee LT Sandwhich Recipe

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We pull out the survival bag this week for World War Z, both the movie and the book, and for Paula Deen's cooking which is surprisingly not the reason behind her troubles with the Food Network. Plus, Richard gets ready for the new David Bowie exhibit coming to the AGO, a condition for which there is no cure. Links from the show: David Bowie, The Next Day World War Z Max Brooks World War Z: The Complete Edition All-Star Cast Audiobook Paul Deen Dropped

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Hey All You Zombies!! Episode 48 - Zombies, Superman, & The NSA As World War Z approaches, Richard puts together a collection of little-known zombie movies and we discuss our new lack of privacy with agencies like the NSA listening in, Microsoft's new mad used game rules for the Xbox One, and the many actors who have played Superman over the years. Links from the show: Fido Trailer Astro Zombies by The Misfits: Astro Zombies Trailer American Zombie Trailer George Reeves: Mysteries and Scandals Superman vs Atom Man Superman The Movie Trailer Adventures of Superman (Bud Collyer)

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Hey All You Zombies #47 After Earth, Red Wedding, Dr. Who Richard Crouse's birthday vacation in New York means that we skipped a week, but also that he has some cool stores to share about close-up magic, Alan Cumming's MacBeth, and rare record shops for this week. We also ponder the After Earth's monstrous failure in theatres, Game of Throne's RedWedding shocker, and the potential for Dr. Who to be played by a woman. Links from the show: Tour of Spectral Motion including unseen Lady in the Water creatures Steve Cohen + Chamber Magic Macbeth with Alan Cummings Bette Midler in I'll Eat Uou Last Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Less Than Zero - Promotional Video

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What do you mean, Flash Badger approaching? It's here! The final mix and music video of Mr Weebl and Brian May's protest anthem for Team Badger. As we mentioned in this week's show, the Queen guitarist teamed up with the badger-meme creator to send out a call for help in their fight for critical thinking in response to the UK's proposed badger cull. Making a special appearance is Brian Blessed reprising his role as Prince Vultan. Regardless whether any of this makes sense to you, I think it's an awesome piece of internet culture. Go Team Badger! Go Badger Boys!

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Hey All You Zombies!! Episode 46 - Space Oddities, Spock Songs, & Badgers Too many fun things to discuss this week. There's Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield's poignant version of Space Oddity, the one-and-only Mr. Spock (but wait there's two now), the odd attacks aimed at Angelina Jolie's mastectomy, and Queen guitarist Brian May's creative Badger campaign. Let us know what you think! Links from the show: Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity Leonard Nimoy's I Walk The Line Leonard Nimoy's The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins Star Trek The Animated Series Star Trek Into Darkness Tim Curry - I Do The Rock Brian May's Badgers Weebl's Original Badger Meme New Badger Badger Song (rough edit) Badger Flash Mob The Badger Boys Music Video Team Badger Website With Judi Dench, Brian Blessed, & Meatloaf Bovine Tuberculosis Fact Sheet From Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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Hey All You Zombies!! Ep 45 As we post this, Cody Wilson's 3D Printed Pistol file has been downloaded more than 100,000 times. This week we touch upon what is surely a complex and unpredictable news. We also enjoy the way Ray Harryhausen has been remembered this week, offer impressions of Iron Man 3, and wonder about The Great Gatsby, Downton Abbey, and Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Links from the show: Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen on King Kong Iron man 3 The Great Gatsby 2013 The Great Gatsby 1974 The Great Gatsby 1949

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Hey All You Zombies!! Episode 44

We have a fantastic show for you this week. Richard will take you through Night of the Living Dead Live, the Romero-sanctioned stage play based on the classic film, Kris endorses The Nightjar, an audio-only game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and we discuss the way fan collectors have changed and the strange condition of Face Blindness and how it relates to face recognition techniques used recently in Boston.

We didn't mention on the podcast, but Oliver Reed died fourteen years ago yesterday: "If somebody punches me on the nose, I will punch them back; if somebody buys me a drink, I will buy them one back."

http://youtu.be/ZVhKP0DfE6U

Links for the show:

Night of the Living Dead Live

Papa Sangre & The Nightjar on iTunes

The Nightjar Trailer

May The Fourth

Mindscapes: The Woman Who Can't Recognize Her Face

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It's Record Store Day! Just a reminder that today's the day to hit your local independent vinyl shoppe to celebrate Record Store Day. There will be a number of cool special edition vinyls and picture discs to grab, Last year Richard picked up this awesome David Bowie picture disc which he talks about it in our first episode. David Bowie has another slick disc for this year's event, so you can bet Richard will be hunting around the stores for that one too.

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Hey All You Zombies!! Episode 43

We start off with some bad behaviour this week as Richard tackles the zeal news reporters have in giving bad information during tragic events, Kris compares his relationship to cheating as a gamer to Richard's as someone who doesn't play games, and finally we salute the new Rush postal stamp and enjoy the mystery of an old film about super insects.

Links from the show:

Reveen

John King

Rush Tom Sawyer

Rush Closer to the Heart

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An Acrobatic Fly (BFI)

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If you haven't seen this yet, you're in for a treat. In Fangoria's new YouTube show Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian gets a privileged tour of Rick Baker's Display Room. It's everything you could hope to see from the man behind countless legendary effects in An American Werewolf In London, Star Wars, Men In Black, and well, the list goes on and on. The bonus? Some fantastic commentary by Bob Burns.

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Hey All You Zombies!! Episode 42 - Peter Reveen, Walking Dead, Jurassic Park 4

Richard's childhood hero, magician and psychological illusionist Peter Reveen, is the focus of our chat this week along with Jurassic Park 4's feather-riffling controversy, more on Richard's meeting with The Walking Dead's Glen Mazzara, and Kris tells a story about "an island inhabited by creatures that like to steal gadgets".

Links from the show:

Reveen.com

Reveen on Global Edmonton

Reveen's magic show in Calgary

New Scientist On Jurassic Park 4 Upset

Richard's Jurassic Park 3D Review Brian Cox on Christmas Island

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Glen Mazzara, Executive Producer & Showrunner for this past season's The Walking Dead is a guest this week on Richard's Entertainment Extra radio show on Newstalk 1010 (airing this Saturday at 4:30pm).

Have a listen and find out how Glen Mazzara went from being a hospital administrator to showrunner of one of the best shows on TV. Hear is thoughts about screenwriting, Roger Ebert, and his reaction to Norman "Daryl" Reedus becoming a sex symbol.

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Hey All You Zombies!! Episode 41# - Walking Dead, Monkey Toes, & Pliers

It's been our most popular topic and so we're devoting an entire episode to the Season 3 finale of The Walking Dead. It's been a whirl of redneck redemption, psychopathic nuttiness, and a taut moment involving monkey toes and pliers. Too bad we're going to have to wait until the Fall to see it continue.

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The Ontario Specialty Company Is Now Open Online! Our favourite shoppe for retro goods, wind-up toys, and novelties is back open for business as a web store. This is the place Richard introduced and we explored in episodes two and three. Make sure to check out the video they have of some of their classic wind-ups and then expect to lose a few hours going through their many categories including their international toys, inflatables, magic tricks, sunglasses, and more. The web is full of Geek stores, but rarely ones in Canada where shipping is reasonable. Let's hope they do well enough to expand.