Mag-neato!

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Mag-neato!
Number 47
Broadcast Date October 18, 2011
Episode Length 1:06:28
Hosts Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood, Glenn Rubenstein

UltraViolet digital locker opens for business, Interview with Doctor Who set designer, Rome Sweet Rome, and more.

Contents

Opening Video

Quantum Levitation

The Big Story

UltraViolet 'digital locker' opens for business. Lets you buy once, play anywhere... eventually.

Another Big Story

Tom interviewed Edward Thomas, Production Designer for Doctor Who, at Comic-Con.

Squarespace

After your 14-day free trial, use offer code: framerate10 at Squarespace.com for 20% off 6 months of service.

Film Falm

  • Cameron Diaz and "Bad Teacher" come early to Apple and Amazon.
  • Warner Brothers wins bid for a script on Alan Turing, Leonardo DiCaprio looking to star as Turing.
  • Warner Brothers also nab Rome, Sweet Rome (started on Reddit).
  • Dan Trachtenberg hired to direct feature sci-fi heist film Crime of the Century.
  • Bryan Singer says death of Excalibur has allowed him to focus on Battlestar Galactica.

Tube Tops

  • Roku announces $50 LT model, will add HBO Go streaming to all of its boxes this month.
  • Netflix has locked in a full slate with the CW.
  • iPlayer founder launches Zeebox.
  • Skype founders gunning for Netflix with Vdio.
  • Nielsen study says 40% of people who watch television do so at the same time as playing with their iPhone or iPad.

Netflix

Go to Netflix.com/twit for your free 30 day trial.

What We're Watching

Tom

  • still watching Ringer, surprised he hasn't quit yet
  • caught up on premiere of Sanctuary, rather impressed
  • thinks Fringe is killing it
  • stopped watching Terra Nova and Person of Interest

Brian

  • looking forward to watching How It's Made
  • watched a lot of children programming
  • watched Walking Dead

Glenn

  • really enjoying Community
  • watching Misfits, excited for new season
  • liking Luther

Interferon

  • Pioneer One: science fiction TV series crowd funded through Kickstarter and distributed through BitTorrent.

Feedback

  • Zap A. makes a cool video feedback discussing impracticalities of attending movie theaters in Sweden from US seasonal release patterns.

Great Quotes

  • "I just want to say you put the neato in Magneto." - Tom
  • "Let's say you want to know how aluminum foil is made, you just open up a little How It's Made, you put it up in the corner right there and you're learnin', you're learnin' while you're learnin'." - Brian

Fun Facts

YouTube

Links


Preceded by:
"Death To Qwikster"
Mag-neato!
Followed by:
"Winter Movie Draft 2011"