DoG Ep 07: William Shatner at MCC 2012

00:00 Episode ID

Days of Geek, Episode 7: Captain Kirk on stage from Montreal Comic Con 2012. Plus Geek Holidays and “The Man Trap”.

00:11 Music

“Split In Synapse”, courtesy of Kevin McCleod at incompetch.com.

00:21 Intro

Intro quote is from Star Trek, The Original Series because the celebrity Q&A is none other than Captain Kirk, seen at Montreal Comic Con 2012.

02:14 Q&A

Yes, I said Captain Kirk. My son and I spent one day at Montreal Comic Con 2012, and it was the day William Shatner was on stage in the afternoon, then joined by Patrick Stewart in the evening, but that will be for next episode.

1:07:53 News

Apologizing for not bringing the Christopher Lloyd Q&A from Fan Expo 2012 this episode. It was the plan, but the audio isn’t salvageable. Between recording on my phone from the middle of the audience and the truly awful sound system in use, I couldn’t retrieve enough of Mr. Lloyd’s voice to make it worth listening to. Perhaps someone with better audio skills than mine might do better, but I’m told the initial recording has too much base and too much system noise in it, so probably not.

We’re planning to go to Ottawa Comicon this year, and he’s been announced as a guest there. I intend to catch him again for hopefully a full Q&A session (FanExpo doesn’t always do well at scheduling, so he was on stage for less than 40 minutes), and plan for better audio then.

There’s also a little blurb here about some format adjustments. Bi-weekly, less scripting, slightly longer episodes. Now I just need to figure out how to change the description in iTunes.

And a note about how apparently half of all podcasts don’t make it past episode 7. So as long as I release the next episode, I’m in the top half. The next benchmark is supposed to be 22 episodes. A long way in the future, I think.

1:10:27 Geek Stuff

Which for this episode is a quick run down of some of my favourite geek holidays or celebrations. For Reference:

January 27: Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

February 12: Darwin Day (break out the Chuck Darwin memes)

March 14: Pi Day (3.14)

April 12: Yuri’s Night (anniversary of 1^st Human Space Flight)

May 25: Towel Day

June 12: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

July 20: Moon Day (1969)

July 29: Don’t Be A Dick Day

August 6: World Wide Web Day (1991 – First html browser)

September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day

October 15: http://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/hagfish-day/. Celebrating that beauty isn’t everything.

November 9: Carl Sagan Day (his birthday—he’d be 80 this year)

December 5: Day of the Ninja

By no means all, but I don’t want to talk for hours about all the little observances and acknowledgements we might manage.

1:15:27 Anime Corner

New-ish segment where I’m going to offer up an anime series or movie for your possible enjoyment. A fair bit of anime gets watched in our house, and I’m going to peel out the good stuff, or at least the stuff I really like. Series will typically be shorter, complete works. This week:

Otome Yōkai Zakuro (Maiden Spirit Zakuro)

Synopsis: set in an alternate Japan during westernization, the early Meiji period, I guess, we follow the adventures of the small staff of the Ministry of Spirit Affairs. Spirits in the Japanese sense, so supernatural creatures rather than ghosts, mainly 3 young Lieutenants and the half spirit girls assigned to work with them. The Ministry is tasked with solving problems that occur between humans and spirits. Of course, the primary protagonists have problems of their own. Zakuro, the title character, is not thrilled by westernization and doesn’t like humans who embrace it, and her partner Agemaki has spirit-phobia due to an incident in his childhood.

13 episodes of fantastic fun, adventure, and romance. Aired in 2010 in Japan and on Crunchyroll. Based on the manga series, ongoing in Comic Birds and collected in volumes of 6 or 7 chapters each. Volume 9 releasing in March 2014.

1:17:53 Star Trek TOS Re-Watch

Episode: “The Man Trap”

I play the original TV teaser and offer a brief (but maybe not brief enough) synopsis, give some briefer thoughts and comments the story, characters, and theme.

Scoring:

Casualities (R/G/B): 0/1/2 + 1 Rad Suit (which I’m going to count as Red)

He’s dead, Jim: 2

Best Line: Fortunately, my ancestors spawned in another ocean than yours did. (Spock)

Overlooked Character/Actor: Crewman Green played by

Recommendation: A fun episode, if you like monster hunts, but not even close to one of my favourites.

1:25:05 Outro

In which I offer contact info:

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Or you can leave a comment on this episode at daysofgeek.com/7 which is also where you can find the show notes

Next episode 14 days from today, even if it ends civilization as we know it, and it might. Thanks for listening, and be well, everyone.

Closing music—George Street Shuffle, courtesy of Kevin McCleod at incompetch.com

Some sounds provided by the Free Sound Project.

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