Record Date: July 26, 2012, 02:12 PM

Witney Seibold and Alex Ewing rise with me to the couch as we discuss Christopher Nolan's conclusion to his Batman trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises".

00:23:52 - SPOILERS BEGIN HERE!

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

Hans Zimmer, Junkie XL, Ryeland Allison and James Newton Howard.

Record Date: May 7, 2012, 09:42 PM

Alex Ewing, Annie Stephenson and Adam Sanders assemble with me to the couch as we discuss the box office juggernaut from Writer/Director, Joss Whedon, "The Avengers"!

00:22:43 - SPOILERS BEGIN HERE!

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

Soundgarden, VAST, A Perfect Circle, AC/DC, Metallica, Monster Magnet, Course Of Empire, Lacuna Coil, Korn, Static X, Black Sabbath, The Eagles Of Death Metal, Fear Factory, Kidneythieves, White Zombie and Alan Silvestri.

Record Date: April 18, 2012, 10:27 PM

Stephanie Smith and Shannon Clarke help me reanimate and resurrect Couch Surfing, so that we can review the Horror deconstruction film from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, "The Cabin In The Woods"!

00:30:37 - SPOILERS BEGIN HERE!

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Say Hi To Your Mom, Eels, The Naked & Famous, The National, Christian Henson & Dot Allison, John Carpenter, David Julyan, Bernard Herrmann, Christophe Beck, Tangerine Dream, Joseph LoDuca, Christopher Young, Danny Elfman, James Horner, Ennio Morricone, Philip Glass, Marco Beltrami, John Debney, Bruce Broughton and Charles Bernstein.

NOTE: This episode contains an important announcement about the future of Couch Surfing.

Kim Butler, the Queen Bee of Podcasting (trademark pending) drops in to geek out about Xena, Scott Pilgrim and to recommend some literature. Yeah, as if anyone reads anymore... The rest of the show notes are as follows:

00:02:30 - Kim starts things off by talking about this new show she's watching, you may have heard about it, Xena: Warrior Princess.
00:07:56 - The Lesbian element that became an influence on that series and some of its characters gets discussed.
00:12:49 - John can't say enough great things about Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, but he will certainly try. He also enjoyed Monsters Vs. Aliens, which results in talk of the differences between Pixar and Dreamworks Animation studios.
00:22:56 - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is a movie that existed for all of two seconds at the box office. John managed to see it. Both the film and the books are discussed, including the important balance between style and substance.
00:41:41 - Michelle from Indiana writes in with her thoughts on the big tobacco debate from Episode 35: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire.
00:51:19 - A new listener named Neil sends some praise, but is also looking for an alternative to iTunes reviews, brought on by a disdain for Apple Products.
00:57:53 - Film maker, Teague Chrystie sends in appreciation for John's support of Down In Front, via Whedonesque. This provides even more fuel to the fire. It's a wonderful cycle of praise that never ends, except when it does.
01:06:13 - Kim closes out the show by promoting the myriad of podcasts she's involved in. You may want to write these down.

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

Jason Schwartzman & Metric, Massive Attack, Alison Krauss, Aberdeen, Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris, The Bluetones, Broken Social Scene, Plumtree, Blood Red Shoes, Beck, The Platters, The Dandy Warhols, Lightning Love, Edward Shearmur, Huey Lewis & The News, Nine Inch Nails, Nathan Johnson and Nigel Godrich & Michael Cera & Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

The conclusion to this massive, three-part episode is finally here! Scott Carelli chats about the Murmur Podcast and Watchmen on Blu-ray.

00:01:55 - John and Scott sing the praises of iFanboy, but express concern and disappointment for Murmur.com.
00:08:36 - In addition to a subjective drop in quality content, Murmur's technical issues with the site itself are also discussed.
00:19:51 - Do Blu-ray discs really make your wallet cry? We say, "not so much".
00:22:00 - John finally saw Watchmen. Specifically, the Director's Cut on Blu-ray.
00:24:49 - John and Scott defend the casting of Malin Akerman as Laurie Jupiter.
00:30:58 - John drools over Watchmen's technical achievements.
00:36:10 - A sex scene in a film that's actually important to the story and characters! Also, Watchmen's soundtrack is mentioned.
00:39:39 - John closes out the show by reading the first new iTunes review for the podcast in over a year. The best part? It's a five-star write up.

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

Danny DeVito, Jed Whedon & The Willing, Garbage, Zero 7, Neil Patrick Harris & Matthew Morrison, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Heavens, Tyler Bates, Tears For Fears, Brian Eno, Tall Tree 6ft Man and I Monster.

Scott Carelli returns for part 2 of this expansive, trilogy of insanity to talk Inception, Christopher Nolan and Blackout.

00:01:28 - John shares his long journey of getting to see Inception on an IMAX screen. This leads to mini-reviews of Christopher Nolan's previous work.

00:14:36 - We debate the pacing and emotional impact of Inception.

00:17:31 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets some high praise for his work and John plays Casting Agent. Scott also theorizes why Leonardo DiCaprio was cast as the lead.

00:20:24 - Scott brings up a potential plot hole and continuity error, meaning SPOILERS here for Inception. The ending is also heavily discussed, of course. NOTE: Scott's issue with the film here will be fixed in a future episode.

00:32:13 - We talk a bit about Scott Pilgrim, both the books and the upcoming film. So far, John is not a fan of the source material but is seriously looking forward to the movie.

00:35:59 - John briefly geeks out about his love of film scores and soundtracks, with a big shout-out to The Inferno Music Vault.

00:39:15 - Is Michael Bay a better film maker than Christopher Nolan? How is this even a question?

00:42:12 - The new film, Devil reminds John of a 2007 film, Blackout. He made Scott watch Blackout. Scott proceeds to cry tears of blood for the remainder of this episode.

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

Leonardo DiCaprio & Ellen Page, Zack Hemsey, Hans Zimmer, Dreadzone, Tangerine Dream, Echobelly, Astral Projection, Metric, Paul Hertzog, Danzig, INXS, Better Than Ezra and James L. Venable.

Scott Carelli stops by to partake in a chat about Possession, Mystery Team and My Bloody Valentine 3D. This episode is so massive, it had to be broken up into three sections!

00:02:57 - Now that John has left Milk Carton TV, he and Scott briefly discuss a new podcast they're involved in, "Movie Night with Geekshow". This leads to talk of really bad films and the possible value in trying to review them as such.
00:08:42 - John gives his thoughts on the supernatural drama Possession, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace. The film's rocky distribution history is also discussed, as well as comparisons between the theatrical poster and the DVD box art.
00:21:17 - We go absolutely silly over Mystery Team, the first feature film from Derrick Comedy.
00:42:20 - Unfortunately, John also watched the remake of My Bloody Valentine. The greatness of Tom Atkins and Jensen Ackles aside, most of what gets discussed here is the film's distracting, TV-like picture quality. Scott also brings up the merits of 3D with genre films like this.
00:48:25 - The works of Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier are discussed, closing out the episode as John argues in favor of the original Halloween III: Season Of The Witch.

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

The Mystery Team, Childish Bambino (Donald Glover), Michael Jackson, Andreas Alfredsson & Christian Sandquist & The Stiff Twins, Stars, Dario Marianelli, Jamin Winans, The Ting Tings, Kasabian, Kate Nash, Angels & Airwaves, A Perfect Circle, John Carpenter & Alan Howarth and Donovan.

Scott Carelli returns to talk comics, get political and answer listener mail.

00:01:57 - We discuss the idea of smoking in bars, and those who would prefer shipping smokers off to a leper colony, and then setting the colony on fire.

00:14:29 - Common sense does not prevail, causing John to lose a friend in the Geek Community. Scott relates to the situation with a story about the polarizing power of writer, J. Michael Straczynski.

00:19:34 - Can you recognize something as bad and still like it, or vice versa? When does that become too personal?

00:31:25 - John makes a joking reference to Gore Verbinski's American remake of The Ring. This results in discussion about the works of Ehren Kruger and the development of Scream 4.

00:34:32 - We cover the good, the bad and the ugly that is three seasons of AMC's, Breaking Bad. We also show some love for Rian Johnson.

00:45:28 - Catching up on listener mail, our good friend Marshal talks the Ginger Snaps trilogy, Slither and The Descent.

00:55:43 - Longtime fan Brian sends in his first letter, discussing The Dark Knight's snub from the Oscars, as well as some less than glowing opinions on the works of Joss Whedon. We share our favorite seasons and episodes of Angel, and talk about Joss making The Avengers.

01:11:57 - Hayden asks about John's potential participation in the returning audio series, Geek By Night. Consulting the magic 8-ball, (SPOILER ALERT!) "Don't count on it".

01:15:53 - Jason closes out the emails and the show by thanking us for previously mentioning Spaced on Hulu.

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

David Klein & Scott Schiaffo, The Dandy Warhols, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Solomon Burke & The Blind Boys Of Alabama, BoDeans, The House Of Love, Stockton, The Submarines, SoHo, TV On The Radio, Portishead, Star Ghost Dog, She Wants Revenge, Lush, Heavens, Say Hi To Your Mom, David Bowie and Faithless.

Part 2 of this episode finds John and Scott taking a walk down Elm Street, getting Spaced and jumping sharks with Buffy.

Just before he heads to the Summit City Comic Convention, Scott Carelli stops by to talk about Iron Man 2, among other topics of geeky interest. Mostly though, at least in this first half, it's about Iron Man 2. There will be SPOILERS in this discussion. You've been warned.