Do Not Resuscitate

Week in Review - Zane Recommends:Sexcastle, Kyle Sparks, 2015 Ben Recommends:I Am Error, Nathan Altice, 2015 Gotham (2014), S1E01, Review -The Fox TV pilot follows the events immediately after the death of Bruce Wayne's parents. Supergirl (2015), S1E01, Review - The CBS TV PIlot introduces us to Kara Danvers, Superman's cousin and the new hero of National City. The John Henry Problem - How can 20th century superheroes fight 21st century problems? Zane offers some suggestions. Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993), S2E18, Tempus Fugitive, Review - Over 20 years after their debut, how does this incarnation of Superman fare in the post Man of Steel era? Superhero Lightning Round -The best and worst of all types of superheroes in three minutes or less. Nightman (1997). S2E06, Review -Jazz Batman helps an inept panther battle Jack the Ripper in the modern age. It's daggers vs lasers and somehow dagger is holding its own. Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Anam

Week in Review - Zane Recommends:John Hodgman's Jar Jar Head George Lucas Biography -A short history of George Lucas, his rise, influences, and what the episode is about. Flash Gordon (1936) Review -One of Lucas’s famous influences. When he couldn’t get the rights to Flash Gordon, he created Star Wars instead. Star Wars: A New Perspective - Compared to its predecessors, Star Wars was a gritty and mature step forward. But in retrospect maybe it was darker and more diabolical than we realized as kids. The Hidden Fortress Review -Director: Akira Kurosowa, 1958 Indiana Jones: The Lost Adventures - There were many drafts of Indiana Jones adventures that never saw the light of day before we finally got The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. We talk about a few of the scripts that almost were, then talk about the ones we'd write if we were running the show. Flash Gordon (1980)-Director: Mike Hodges, 1980We’ve seen some of Lucas’s influences, now how did he in turn influence the Flash Gordon movie that came out after Sta

Week in Review -  Zane Recommends: The Prettiots Witchy   Ben Recommends: Katamari Damacy Commodore: A Company on the Edge Halt and Catch Fire   Dracula Untold: Origin of the Modern Vampire -  1816 is called The Year Without Summer. It was a dark time for many reasons, and in that darkness lie the origins of the modern vampire.    Essential Dracula - Ben opines for for the vampires that influenced him growing up.   Van Helsing Review -  Director: Stephen Sommers, 2004 Abraham Van Helsing an immortal amensiac working for a secret Catholic spy agency travels to Transelvannia to destroy Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstien's monster. It's the story Bram Stoker always meant to tell.   Priest Review - Director: Scott Stewart, 2011 A sci-fi, western, apocalypse, martial arts, cyberpunk, action horror vampire film based loosely on a South Korean comic of the same name. Surely that's a recipe for success. Right? Right??   Homework Assignment - No monster can match the vampire's popularity in popular culture, least

Week in Review - Zane Recommends: Kill Six Billion Demons Shia LaBeouf Live, Rob Cantor Good Day, Tally Hall   Ben Recommends: The Wii-U On Stranger Tides   From Loom to Machine of Doom - Find out how Napoleon's need for cheap silk led to the rise of modern machine. A brief history of the robot.   Robot Roadshow - We rate classic robots on a 1-5 star scale in a winner take all competition.   Automata Review - Director: Gabe Ibáñez, 2014 During a routine investigation involving robot manipulation, an insurance agent (Antonio Banderas) at a robotics company makes a discovery that has profound consequences for the human race.   Homework Assignment - Ben and Zane pitch ideas for new Dr. Who episodes that would move the series in a direction they'd find tolerable.   R.O.T.O.R. Review - Director: Cullen Blaine, 1987 Dr. Coldyron (Richard Gesswein), a pioneer of tactical robotics, is ordered by Cmdr. Buglar (Michael Hunter) to create a robot that can fight crime. Unbeknownst to Coldyron, Buglar is working with a

Letters to St. Nick -  Santa stops by to answer letters from children.   Ghost of Christmas Special Past -  He-Man & She-Ra: Christmas Special, 1985   DNR Holiday Gift Guide Part I - Real items available on Amazon or from around the web.   Ghost of Christmas Special Present -  The Time of the Doctor, 2013, Steven Moffat (Writer)   Homework Assignment - Create an outline for a Dr. Who episode.   DNR Holiday Gift Guide Part II   Ghost of Christmas Special Future - Star Wars Holiday Special, 1978   Naughty or Nice - Santa looks back on the year and decides which list Zane and Ben belong on.   New Years Resolutions   Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com   Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Ice King Christmas Ninja Party, Jonathan Mann Snow on Snow (The Bleak Midwinter), Rue Royale   http://archive.org/ Ding Dong Merrily of High, Celtic Woman Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple   http://incompetech.com/ Up On a Housetop, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Jingle Bells, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Deck the Halls

Shocktober, Campfire Tales -  We each recommend and a tale that people can enjoy around the campfire this Shocktober.   Matt’s Pick; Phantasm, 1979, Don Coscarelli   Ben’s Pick: The Drawing of the Dark, (1979, written by Tim Powers)   Zane’s Pick; American Movie, 1999, Chris Smith   Bonus - We each monologue our own 70’s horror or paranormal themed show.   Rocktober, Phantom of the Paradise-  In honor or Rocktober we revisit the lost rock opera by Brian de Palma. Does this deserve cult status? Is it a Rocky Horror Picture Show that never was? Is it worthy of Rocktober? Phantom of the Paradise, Brian de Palma, 1974   Bonus Round - Things to rock out to during Rocktober.   Ben’s Pick: Tanooki Suit, Lordvessel (2013), Euclid   Zane’s Picks: Sharpling and Wurster, Gas Station Dogs (Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams’ll Come Through), New Hope for the Ape Eared (2006) Ninja Sex Party, Dragonslayer   Matt’s Pick: Star One, Arjen Anthony Lucassen   Schlocktober -  Matt and Ben face off in a quiz about schlock monster movies.    C

Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargames Campaigns Playable with Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figurines -  Ben discusses his childhood memories of D&D.    The Land of Imaginaton -  Ben graciously agrees to oversee a campaign specifically for Zane, to induct him into the ranks of tabletop gamers.    Too Nerdy for Nerds -  A pop-quiz about some of the lesser known alternative RPGs that owe their existence to D&D.   Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com   Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Jan Morgenstern, Sintel: Original Film Score “Finding Scales / Chicken Run” (by Jan Morgenstern) Snow Fight” (by Jan Morgenstern) “Expedition” (by Jan Morgenstern) “Dragon Blood Tree” (by Jan Morgenstern) “Cave Fight / Lament” (by Jan Morgenstern) The King is Dead” (by Nutmeg) http://freesound.org/ Setuniman, ancient 0N_38mi http://archive.org/ Ooshima Michiru, Kibou, Full Metal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 3 http://incompetech.com/ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Oppressive Gloom, Kevi

Primetime Heroes- What makes a superhero? Their powers? Their fashion? Or $200 million and a boatload of CGI? At the height of movie superheroes can their TV cousins ever compete? We walk backwards in time, almost 70 years to see how TV caped crusaders have changed, and look for a formula for success. The Cape, 2011, Tom Wheeler Arrow, 2012, The CW The Greatest American Hero, 1981, Stephen J. Cannell Misfits, 2009, Howard Overman Batman, the Electrical Brain, 1943 Alter Egos - We reveal our own secret identities.   Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com   Music From:  http://freemusicarchive.org/ http://archive.org/   Batman, Caspian SawczakBatman The Time To Run, Dexter Britain  

Clone Wars -  We watch two of the Star War’s knock offs created in the wake of Lucas’s success.   Spacehunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Lamont Johnson, 1983  The Ice Pirates, Stewart Raffill, 1984   Star Wars Impressions - Zane mimics the Star Wars universe with uncanny accuracy.   Award Ceremony -  After discussing our last two movies, it’s time to dole out the awards and close up our cultivating cinema movie marathon.    Movies We Watched: Miami Connection Karate Robo Zaborgar Barbarella Heathers Reanimator Troll 2 TiMER Donnie Darko Dead Man Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Ice Pirates Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Spacehunter : Adventures In The Forbidden Zone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack By Elmer Bernstein (1983) Kitten, Podington Bear 80’s interlude,  Fanas Gems & Gingko (Tremor Hand/Ring Of Gold RMX), Meanwhileproject.ltd  

Desolation of Tolkien - Ben and Matthew talk about how insufferable the second Hobbit movie is. Zane kicks back in smug self-satisfaction. Listener Letters - From you, the listeners! Mirror Mirror -  We watch an episode or two of the lauded British series, styled as a modern version of the Twilight Zone, Black Mirror.  I Can’t Watch, But I Can’t Look Away -  We discuss a book, game, movie, or moment in time that scarred as when we were younger, that we were afraid to go back to for years, then we revisit it. Matthew’s Pick: Quatermass and the Pit, 1967, Roy Ward Baker (Director), Nigel Kneale (Writer) Zane’s Pick: Twilight Zone - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, 1963, Richard Donner (Director), Richard Matheson (Writer) Ben’s Pick: Gremlins, 1984 Joe Dante (director), Chris Columbus (writer)  Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Helix Nebula, Anamanaguchi 8bitDetective, Bass Assassin Spooky Loop, 8bit Betty Gentle Chase, Podington Bear The Very Thin Line, Uke Stanza

Origin Stories - How it all started, or if you prefer, where it all went wrong. Zane and Ben recount their respective nerdhood rising, and the inevitable clash between them that could only end in overpowering sexual chemistry. I Have Never -  A round of swordfighting “I have never”. Memories -  Swordfighting wishes, caviar dreams, some of our favorite memories of battles gone by. Homework Assignment, Public Shame - High school is a black hole. Even when your visits are in memory only, you can't leave without shaming yourself, somewhere, somehow. So that's exactly what we do. Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com

What Dreams May Dumb -  We open our minds to the realm of dream and discover what our subconscious is crying out in the dead of night. Cultivating Cinema, Head Case -  Two mind bending movies enter as contenders for the alternate round of cultivating cinema. Dead Man, 1995, Jim Jarmusch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004, Michel Gondry Honorable Mentions - A moment to remember books, shows, games, or random moments where the surreal trespasses into the otherwise ordinary. Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Helix Nebula, Anamanaguchi  

Christmas Comes But Twice a Year -Not one, but two Christmas quizzes. Only one person will prove that they know the true meaning of Christmas. Shadows of Things that May Be, Only  - At the end of all things, only the New Year remains. We make some New Year’s resolutions. Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ http://freesound.org/ http://archive.org/ Rudolf's Trumpet, People Like Us https://archive.org/details/WeWishYouAMerryChristmas_257 Auld Lang Syne, Li Cheong https://archive.org/details/JingleBellsJingleBells_0

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - We watch an episode or two of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, with one caveat. We have to watch it and do nothing else, we can not look away. Best Worst TV - TV shows that we watched dozens, mayhaps hundreds of hours of, even though we knew it was bad. These were the best of the worst of TV. Zane’s Pick: The new Dr. Who Ben’s Pick: Ghost Adventures The Worst Travesty - We pick a TV show cancelled before its time, or a book that was criminally ignored, a movie that never got the release it deserved. This was something so good that go treated so bad, it’s the worst kind of travesty. Zane’s Pick: Pushing Daisies, 2007, Brian Fuller Ben’s Pick: Scott Pilgrim vs the World, 2010, Edgar Wright The Worst, Lightning Round -A rapid fire series of questions about things that are the worst. Homework Assignment, When Life Gives You Lemons -We find ways to improve some of the worst things out there. For Ben it’s the Lone Ranger, for Zane it’s a book about garbage. Fuck off. I

Podcast Duel - To resolve our last cultivating cinema marathon dispute - should Donnie Darko advance or be thrown out - we hold a friendly competition to break the tie. Home on the Range - When we talk about frontiers today, they’re a more civilized kind - Scientific, technological, even neurological, but there was a time when frontier meant “I hope I don’t have to drink my own pee again today and eat any more of the people in my wagon train.” A less than civilized frontier. We share one pick for a story, movie, or game about these frontiers. Zane’s Pick: Once Upon a Time in the West, 1968, Sergio Leone Ben’s Pick: The Quest for Fire, 1981, Jean-Jacques Annaud Just Over The Horizon - Today’s 3D printing home market is a new kind of Wild West, where the lawlessness abounds and most of the territory to be mapped is still undiscovered. Many people feel that on the other side of this frontier is a revolution. We looked at some of the 3D marketplaces available to see if that’s true. Homework Assignment, The

Days of Future Past -  Favorite movies that predicted a future that is now firmly in our past.  Ben’s Pick: Escape from New York, 1981, John Carpenter Zane’s Pick: Timecop, 1994, Peter Hyams The Once and Future King -  We can’t leave past future societies without stopping by Delta City. How many more times can Robocop ride the streets before it’s time for him to hand in his badge? We listen to the final duty logs of Robocop before his slide into obsolescence. Cultivating Cinema: What the Future Holds - Our cult movie marathon has almost reached the end of its countdown. How perfect that both of these movies are also counting down towards momentuous occasions. However when the clock strikes zero, will we be left with a happy ending, or calamity? Donnie Darko, 2001, Richard Kelly   TiMER, 2009, Jac Schaeffer   Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ http://archive.org/ http://freesound.org/ 8bitDetective, Bass Assassin

Halloween’s Horrible History - Everybody knows that Halloween these days is about dressing up as a slutty nurse, watching painfully bad monochromatic monster movies on TV, and hydrocephalic children getting rocks in their candy bag. But we’re going to set the Wayback Machine for the origins of Halloween and play a little quiz game where we learn about everybody’s favorite holiday. Shopping for Creepy Pasta -  Perhaps no mode of information distribution has benefitted the spooky atmosphere of Halloween more than the internet. Where once we had chain letters, campfire stories, and unsettling old men peering at us suspiciously from behind age-yellowed drapes, now we have creepypasta, Youtube ghost videos and unsettling men of all ages at peering at us from their webcams. We’ll each pick a favorite or most disturbing bit of creepypasta from the trove of self-proclaimed memes in which the internet is swimming and then discuss some runners up. Zane’s Pick: Jeff the Killer The Flannan Isles Lighthouse The Wanderin

How could we talk about writing fantasy for an hour and not share some of our own works in progress? We each read an excerpt and leave it to the listener to decide our punishment. 

Shop Talk - The prodigal Colville returns. We talk to novelist Matt Colville about writing fantasy, his process, and his opinions on the genre. Matthew's first book Priest, is available on Amazon. Follow the Rules -  We each recommend a book that does a good job of fantasy world building, particularly when it comes to magic, its origins, and its systems. Zane's Pick: Mistborn, 2006, Brandon Sanderson Ben's PIck: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, 1977 - 2013, Stephen R. Donaldson Matthew's Pick: Mordant's Need, 1986 - 1987, Stephen R. Donaldson Homework Assignment, Magic Act - We reveal a set of magical laws or rules that we’ve invented during the past week. Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com Facebook.com/DNRCast

Influential Anime - We discuss the history of anime, our personal history with anime, and some of the works then and now that are still shining examples of the best the medium can offer. Main Segment, Anime or Ani-meh? - A decade after we hung up our novelty size swords for good, we return to anime to review Gurren Lagann (2007), and Afro Samurai (2007), and look to see if the former future of animation is still at the forefront of its fantastic field. Contact us at DNRcast@gmail.com Music From: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Helix Nebula, Anamanaguchi