The New York Geekcast » Andrew http://www.nygeekcast.com We do dorkdom Big Apple style. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Balance to universe returned – Billy Mitchell’s DK record beaten again. http://www.nygeekcast.com/2010/03/balance-to-universe-returned-billy-mitchells-dk-record-beaten-again/ http://www.nygeekcast.com/2010/03/balance-to-universe-returned-billy-mitchells-dk-record-beaten-again/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:03:49 +0000 Andrew http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=1390

“Hi. My name is Hank Chien. By day I am a plastic surgeon, by night I deflate the massive egos of douche…err…hot sauce salesmen with mullets.” *

Press release

Interview

Scoreboard

*may not be an actual Hank Chien quote

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LINK

from goviolet.com

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YouTube – FuncoLand Training Video (Part 1), Part 2

]]> http://www.nygeekcast.com/2010/01/creepy-funcoland-training-video-is-creepy/feed/ 1 The inexplicable, unexpected brilliance of a 70-minute movie review http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/12/the-inexplicable-unexpected-brilliance-of-a-70-minute-movie-review/ http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/12/the-inexplicable-unexpected-brilliance-of-a-70-minute-movie-review/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:46:28 +0000 Andrew http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=1303 Earlier today I ran across this link to a seven-part video review of  The Phantom Menace and immediately dismissed it due to it’s length. But later on my boredom got the best of me and I thought that I’d give it try. Little did I know that I would end up eagerly clicking on each subsequent video until I had reached the end.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7

If you can stand the silly, mumbling voice  of the narrator (Makes it even funnier in my opinion) you’re in for a treat.

In addition to being a merciless expansion and deconstruction of every aspect of the film, it explores how far it’s story structures deviate from the successful formulas present in the original trilogy. The witty humor, visual gags and recurring jokes about the reviewer actually being a murderer caused some embarrassing laugh-out-loud moments for me at work. The behind-the-scenes clips with Lucas that I bet most people have not seen added a lot as well.

My favorite aspect of this though is how he uses every opportunity to have a more general discussion about the basics of plot and character development. The analysis of the difference between the openings of Episode I and IV being the highlight in my mind.

If all seven are out of the question, don’t miss the first two. The character description challenge at the end of part 1 is great.

OK I wrote way to much about a stupid YouTube thing…

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Get ready to fight Sheep Man!

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Official Site

]]> http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/12/1286/feed/ 2 Ode to (video game) Minions http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/11/ode-to-video-game-minions/ http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/11/ode-to-video-game-minions/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:09:48 +0000 Andrew http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=1273 A funny, nostalgic little Comic+song from Brawl In The Family. I love the Super Metroid reference(s).

#200: Ode to Minions

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