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Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) stars in this short action film shot entirely on a cell phone! That’s right. This was filmed on a Nokia N8 Smartphone, which is capable of capture 720p HD video!!!

We’re taking this week off to celebrate Mike’s birthday. You regular listeners will know that Mike is a huge Star Wars fan. So I plucked this image of a R2-D2 cake from the web just for him. This was our other cake option. Being such a fan of Vader and friends, Mike will appreciate this bit of news on his birthday. Lucasfilm Ltd. has announced the official release date for the Blu-ray versions of all 6 Star Wars films. You can pick up the commemorative box set of the entire saga in Fall of 2011. It hasn’t been stated whether they’ll be the original theatrical releases or the updated special edition versions. Fan demand for a DVD version of the originals forced Lucas to release them on DVD after only offering the special editions at first.
Another area that Mike is interested in is old-school animation (i.e. drawing frame by frame, hand painting the cells, etc.). So here’s some animation-related stories for you Mike that involve no traditional animation at all! First up, a company called Hannover House has partnered with another company, Red Bear Entertainment, to produce “Terminator 3000″. It’s going to be a 3D animated feature film based on the characters and story of the original Terminator film. Unfortunately, shortly after their announcement, the company received a cease and desist order from the new owners of the Terminator franchise, Carolco. But the CEO of Hannover, Eric Parkinson, who produced the first film claims he has animation rights and those weren’t included in the sale to Carolco. If this pissing contest ends and the film gets produced they’re budgeting $70 million for it and plan to shoot for a PG-13 rating. So it’ll probably be less violent than what we’ve seen with the live-action films.

Although Mike is a pen and paper animator, he does still enjoy the computer-generated works of Pixar. And so does a large portion of the world. Pixar was pleased to announce this week that Toy Story 3 has become the highest grossing animated film of all time. Buzz, Woody and their pals have stuffed the toy box at Disney with $920 million since the film opened in June. It’s also only Disney’s second animated feature to cross the $400 million mark domestically. Right now, as it continues to rake in the cash it’s Disney’s fourth biggest film ever. Mike’s recent reaction on the show to the live-action/CG Yogi Bear movie coming this Christmas was so good it seemed only natural to bring this up as well. Warner Brothers has announced that a live action/CG Bugs Bunny movie is on the way. Because, “Space Jam” and “Looney Tunes: Back in Action” were soooo great. A real tribute to those iconic characters. Did you get my sarcasm there? This new reason for Tex Avery, Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc to role in their graves is getting penned by the guy who wrote “Elf,” David Berenbaum. He also adapted “The Spiderwick Chronicles” for the big screen. This movie sounds terrible already and we know nothing about it. No good can come from cartoon to live-action/CG adaptations. We have yet to see one that was enjoyable…. Happy Birthday Mike!!!

Before I sign off, I want to take a moment to point out the new Facebook ‘Like’ box to the left. If you pop into our website and like what you see or hear and haven’t already, take a second to hit that ‘Like’ button. It gets the word out about the show and helps us build an audience. Your friends trust your judgement don’t they? If you like us they will too right? RIGHT?!?!?!

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Today’s show launches into the cosmos of Internet audio with E-Mails from our loyal listeners. One of them, a “random guy” named Marshall… no relation to our fan down under also named Marshall, sent us a link to a blog from the UK featuring a list of some of the funniest porno-parody film titles of all time. You can see the complete list in the Show Links.
He then asks us to come up with a few of these titles ourselves. It’s a tough one. But we’re able to spew a few. And we want you to have the same chance! Goto the We Ask You Online Poll and send us your favorite porn parody. Maybe it’s a real porno flick, or maybe it’s one you made up off the top of your head. We want to see ‘em.
And speaking of the “We Ask You Online Poll,” last week we wanted to know what you’d do if you were a billionaire for just 5-hours. Several of you went the standard route buying expensive cars, jets and other toys. And many of you said you’d squander it all on whores and drugs. Well incase you’re drawing a blank on what you’d spend your imaginary billions on, we have a few suggestions. The world’s most expensive TV, motorcycle and cell phone are just a few things we can all add to our “never gonna happen” lists.
Joe Pesci is returning to film after being a no-show for 12 years. Can you believe his last major role was Lethal Weapon 4? Where have you been Joe? Hurry back. We would’ve seen Mr. Pesci 2 years ago when he finished his latest film if it wasn’t for the stupid economy. He and Helen Mirren are starring together in a film about the founding of Nevada’s first legal brothel. It comes out in June.
And the wait is over! We finally get to hear the exciting conclusion to Dirty the Pooh and the Hundred-Acre Shitpile. We don’t want to spoil it for you, so all we’ll say is this one is like no other! Definitely near the top of our favorites list.
And lastly we do a round of Best Worst Most Least. As always, these questions are meant to capture an untold story from the fellas. Something we haven’t heard from them before. And boy do we hit the jack pot this time! From a tale about Dennis’ old teacher with split personalities to a comparison of what Charlie’s colon looks like, there’s definitely some new and/or too much information here.

The Soap Box
Buy your own copy of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

SHOW LINKS:
Nightmare On Elm Street Remake
Robin Hood Remake
Greatest Porn Parodies Ever Made
The World Famous Mustang Ranch
DirtyPotter.com

New Releases for Tuesday, April 27th:
It’s Complicated
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Dune [Blu-ray]
Ghost Hunters (Season 5, Part 2)
I Love Lucy: The Movie and Other Great Rarities
The Descent: Part 2
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero (Season 2)
Tales From the Darkside (Season 3)
Tromeo and Juliet [Blu-ray]
Transylmania

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It’s that time of year… time for the Who Asked You? Christmas Special. Not as special as previous years though… then again, we are in a recession. So suck it!
As the universal time continuum dictates, there must always be problems and headaches that pop up at the holidays. And this year is no exception. The guys discuss the fact that there is something at the quantum level of existence that requires bad things to always happen at Christmas. Maybe money is tight, which this year it is for everyone, or maybe your tree caught fire or in this case maybe the driver side door on your car no longer closes and the dealership is going full steam with their scamming and run-arounds. But we do get a little Christmas cheer going with new releases on DVD which make great gifts by the way. And that gets us into talking about a couple of holiday season movies we’ve screened.
First up is a brief review of Ninja Assassin. It’s brief because there’s not much to be said about a crappy movie. Dennis, Charlie and Mike say this gem. And apparently most of the movie consists of Rain, a Korean actor and singer running around with his shirt off and only a fraction of actual ninja fighting.
Then there’s Avatar, which Chase and Dennis went and saw in 3D IMAX. Don’t listen to the reviews from some. The story in this movie is not bland. It’s really engrossing and you feel for the aliens. It’s one movie where you’re actually rooting for them, not us. James Cameron has really outdone himself on this one. We definitely recommend seeing it. And see it in 3D for sure. It makes the experience that much more fun.
In this week’s Show Links you’ll find a bunch of random links to what we think are some of the best and worst items of 2009. This was tough. But we try and do a recap every year on the Christmas show of stuff we liked and hated. Obviously there was more to hate in 2009 than like. But we have our picks. And we tell you all about them on the show.
From all of us at Who Asked You?, have a good holiday. Don’t fret if you can’t buy your kids PS3′s and tons of toys this year. Be wise, save your dough and put away the plastic. There will be other Christmases. Kids should learn what a recession is and how to handle it. Now excuse me. I bought this soap box at Wal-Mart and I’m going to return it now.

SHOW LINKS:
Ed Bozarth Chevrolet in Las Vegas – Terrible service department… just like the rest of them.
Ninja Assassin – Don’t waste your money.
Avatar – SEE THIS MOVIE… IN 3D!!!
IMAX – Avoid the fake-ass one at Aliante Station in North Las Vegas.
Brendan Theaters at the Palms – Douchey and overpriced!
The Hangover – Awesome, watch it!
Inglorious Basterds – Also awesome, watch it!
Moon – Awesome as well!
Dexter – Great season!
The Big Bang Theory – Funny as hell!
It’s Always Sunny In Philidelphia – Watch the entire season if possible!
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Dragon Age: Origins – Have gay sex with an elf.
Lupe Fiasco
Weezer
John Mayer
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Legos
Hot Wheels
Ninja Turtles
Talk Boy

New Releases for Tuesday, December 22nd:
District 9 (Two-Disc Edition)
(500) Days of Summer
Family Guy Presents: Something Something Something Dark Side
All About Steve
Kyle XY (Third And Final Season)
The Secret Life Of The American Teenager (Season 3)
Extract
Taxi (The Final Season)
Spice and Wolf (Season 1)
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Staten Island
Call of The Wild – 3D
Maid-Droid
Torso
The Philadelphia Experiment

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This is another milestone for Who Asked You?. For the first time ever we’ve got a guest host joining us via Skype! Yes it’s quite the technological triumph for us. Something that other padcasters have been doing for years we’re just now getting around to! And our special guest host is Evan Pederson from FancyPantsGangsters.com.
And on this week’s show we barely get through any of our stories. That’s not terribly different than a normal show. But since Evan is joining us we feel less guilty about not getting to anything we had planned. Oh well… sometimes the off topic shows are better. If you’re listening to get the usual new release list, you’ll probably want to fast forward about thirty minutes into the show. Told you we were off topic this week.
First up we get a little history on FancyPantsGangsters.com and exactly what it is Evan and his posse do. And from there we get into a brief review of Where The Wild Things Are. We all saw it, including Evan so we discuss for a moment. Then we move onto a few announcements, the first of which is who has been cast as the hero mercenaries in the Predator movie reboot. One of the actors who is playing in Predators also played in the last Spider-Man movie. I think it’s safe to say he won’t be showing up in Spider-Man 4, which starts shooting next March by the way. We talk a little about this too and what Sam Raimi is planning for his next Spidey outing.
Saw VI is barely out and they’re already working on the seventh… which will be in 3D! That’s not really helping their overplayed repetitive cause though. And Evan tells us they’re signed on for up to nine of these turds!
After all of the above we get to a listener E-Mail asking us about the new Legion movie from Sony Pictures. Chase dug up a little info on the film and everyone was sorry he did.
And of all the classic fighting games to turn into a movie someone had to go and do it to The King of Fighters. And like Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li, this film will most certainly be disappointing to say the least. The characters look visually awful and the story strays from that of the game to the point of pure annoyance! But, that’s Hollywood, they’ve always done that and will continue to. But judging from how terrible the promotional photos for this movie look, we’re not really sure if this movie is even being made in Hollywood, but rather, in someone’s basement with a couple of flood lights they got at The Home Depot.
Later in the show we talk about the new 120 GB version of the Playstation 3 Slim. Despite the console’s slimmer size and larger hard drive, it still just doesn’t feel right coughing up the amount of money Sony wants for it. With that being said, at least there aren’t three red lights to worry about with the PS3. And the release of this console is apparently coinciding with the release of Final Fantasy XIII, which was coming out next spring, but there will reportedly be a bundle of the game with the 120 GB PS3 Slim come Christmas of this year.
This show ends with discussion of the new Susan Storm statue from the Rockin’ Jelly Bean in Japan. This expertly crafted rendition of the Invisible Woman could quite frankly be spank material. Naturally, we go in depth on our revue of her view. Be sure to check out her panty line for yourself in the Show Links.

SHOW LINKS:
Where The Wild Things Are Movie Site
FancyPantsGangsters.com – Where you can hear Evan Pederson and his crew!
Legion Official Movie Site
Lego Reqium For A Dream – From HijiNKS Ensue
The Price Is Right
Sony Playstation Slim
Final Fantasy XIII
Pre-Order your Susan Storm statue

New Releases for Tuesday, October 20th:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The L Word (Final Season)
Hawaii Five-O (Season 7)
Numbers (Season 5)
Cheri
Peanuts: 1970′s Collection (Volume 1)
Waterworld [Blu-ray]
Route 66 (Season 3, Volume 2)
Blood: The Last Vampire
Fawlty Towers (Complete Collection Remastered)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Complete Series)
Black Adder Remastered (The Ultimate Edition)
Vega$ (Season 1, Volume 1)
Blood+: Part Two
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Those Aren’t Pillows Edition)