Episode #2 features:
Popcorn Junkie: X-Men: First Class
Dust Jacket: Rendezvous with Rama
From the Racks: Flashpoint #1
War Room: DC Universe reboot
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Archive for June, 2011
**Please imagine the classic Kool and the Gang song ‘Celebration’ playing in the background as you read this (we can’t afford the rights to actually play the song!)**
Nerd Culture Podcast was featured on the front page the iTunes Podcasts ‘New & Noteworthy’ section!
That’s right, thanks to 11 of our awesome listeners taking the time to give us a star rating we caught the attention of the good folk at Apple and pushed us up the rankings.
We also made it to 4th on the iPhone app version of the iTunes store!
All of us at NCP really want to thank everyone for listening and visiting the site, and taking the time to rate and review us. We really appreciate it, and it is great to know that what we’re doing is being appreciated.
Keep the feedback coming (feedback@nerdculturepodcast.com) we really love hearing from you and we’ll even read it out on the podcast!
P.S. A special thanks to Andrew from Hoyts, who was very helpful, and the nicest customer service person I have dealt with in a long time. The NCP crew choose Hoyts to view their films and people like Andrew are definitely part of the reason why.
We cover the DCU reboot in our episode #3 podcast (coming soon!) so I thought I’d do a final post as a little treat.
The Downfall Hitler Bunker meme never ceases to amaze me with how easy it is to adapt it to almost any possible scenario. So here is one about the DC reboot. Enjoy!
Welcome to the second installment of Dust Jacket, Nerd Culture Podcast’s fortnightly review of the greatest Sci-Fi novels of all time. I’m joined by Luke Walker, NCP regular and world’s harshest critic.
This week, we’re turning our eye to Arthur C. Clarke’s 1956 classic The City and the Stars.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Diaspar is the final refuge of mankind, a sprawling cityscape protecting its inhabitants from the ravaged earth that lies beyond its protective dome. In this seemingly Utopian world, there is no poverty, no disease, no strife. The city is run by an artificial intelligence known as the Central Computer, allowing the citizens of Diaspar dedicate their long lives to art and creativity.
The Diasparans are essentially immortal. They live for thousands of years, never aging or dying. When they grow tired of life, their consciousness is absorbed into a vast memory bank, where it is stored for centuries, until it is reborn in fully grown bodies created by matter replicators.
Despite this seeming utopia, Diaspar is culturally stagnant. The city has remained the same for countless millennia.
Our protagonist is Alvin, an anomaly in this seemingly perfect world. He lives in a culture that can easily tend to his every need, yet remains discontent. He feels trapped within his utopian society and longs to explore the world beyond Diaspar.
Escaping the confines of the city, he begins to unlock the mysteries of his world and discover the secret billion year history of humanity. Along the way, he discovers new cities, ventures into space, and meets whole new life forms.
Well there is no denying that DC’s decision to reboot their entire universe has gotten the comic communities buzzing. And, as expected from the master marketers they are, new information keeps flowing out.
New titles. New creative teams. New continuity. Check it out below (Warning, image intensive)
