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This week's episode picks up right where last week's left us hanging - in the elevator. There were a lot of feelz in this one, and I gotta say - I hate just being left hanging when I know something isn't as simple as it seems. There was a lot more work done on the relationship between Liv and Lowell, and I was just starting to feel like maybe it had a chance - and then BAM. Maybe not.<br />
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The whole vibe for the episode this week was depressing, but in a good way. That touched me. I mean, the usual energy between her and Clive was there. It was a little weird between Liv and Ravi, but it was downright sad between her and Lowell. Major makes a mistake that nearly costs him his life, and still might - but he's closer to the truth than he realizes. The problem is, I don't think he can handle the truth! Meanwhile, Ravi is so far not a zombie after being bitten by the zombie rat - yet. <br />
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There wasn't a whole lot of focus put on the actual crime this week - a dead soldier, and a murderous computer geek. There was a lot of focus on Liv's new sniper skills. Passengers on the good ship Livwell are probably wondering what now, especially since something rather permanent seems to have happened with a fan favorite. But I've learned that things aren't always what they seem with this show, so I'm holding out for the hero to come riding back in on his steed later on - perhaps in season two.<br />
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Is Lowell gone for good? Will he rise again from the dead? Hit the jump for the recap, and tell us what you think in the comments!<br />
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As Blaine enters the elevator, Liv exits with her hood pulled up. She walks quickly out of the building. Blaine looks over his shoulder at her through the elevator's glass wall, as if he recognizes her. She pauses and looks back as the elevator goes up, and realizes that Lowell is living on the brains of dead teenagers.<br />
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She walks quickly towards the parking lot and sees Julien and another man arguing over the spot that Julien has parked in - something about a no-loading zone, and getting towed. Julien notices and recognizes Liv, but continues arguing with the guy. As Liv hurries on past Julien's car she sees six yellow soft-sided coolers stacked neatly in the back seat.<br />
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In his office in the morgue, Ravi is documenting his state of health twelve hours after being bitten by the zombie rat. So far there's been no change. Liv walks in an hour early for her shift, in a state of agitation. "You ok, he asked rhetorically?" says Ravi. "Blaine murders teenagers and delivers their brains to zombies," she tells him. "Good lord!" "And my boyfriend is on his meal plan," she says.<br />
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Liv tells him that she ate some of Lowell's left over breakfast that morning. "It was Jerome, that kid who came in here a few weeks ago with Major! I watched Blaine murder him." Ravi reminds her that the police found his remains at the Sheppard's house. "I saw what I saw. And as I was leaving Lowell's place, Blaine was heading up with a new delivery. I should've done something!" she says.<br />
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"What could you have possibly done?" asks Ravi. "I'm a zombie!" exclaims Liv. "He's a zombie and a cold-blooded killer. We need a plan." "All those missing persons are part of his zombie 'Meals-on-Wheels' program," Liv adds. Ravi wonders, "if Jerome didn't die out at the Sheppard's cabin..." "Then how did the police find his remains out there?" Liv finishes the question. "Something's rotten in Denmark," says Ravi. "Denmark in this case being the Seattle police department."<br />
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Liv resolves to find Blaine. Ravi reminds her that she knows one person who can reach him, but she doesn't want to go through Lowell to find Blaine. "I wouldn't even be able to look at him. He has to know where those brains come from, she says. "Do you have another option?" Ravi asks.<br />
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As Ravi prepares to start an autopsy, Liv tells him that Major was right all along about the Candyman and those missing kids, and that she made him promise to back off. "I convinced him he was getting carried away." "Well, if it makes you feel better, I don't think he listened to you. He remains single-minded in his quest." Liv asks him to look in on Major for her. "I'm worried about him." He tells her that Major's hardly left his room lately. "Who knows what's going on in there."<br />
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In his room, Major is watching a gun safety video on YouTube, practicing loading a gun. Ravi calls from outside the door. Major quickly hides the gun and ammo in a drawer, and invites him in. Casting a concerned look as he enters, he holds up two game system controllers. "Oh, it has been too long, my friend," says Ravi. "There are souls that need reaping, dungeons that need looting, wenches that need to feel the weathered hands of a... what the hell?" he says as he notices a web page about the human brain on Major's laptop.<br />
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"This body building blog says that there's this amino acid that skyrockets the release of human growth hormones," Major explains. "Now, you can get it from the extract of the roots of this African plant I seriously can't even pronounce, but the pure source is human pituitary glands." "Aren't you big enough?" Ravi asks sardonically.<br />
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Major tells him that he was just looking for a reason that Julien had a brain in his ice chest. "This makes about as much sense as anything else." "I suppose it does," Ravi replies with a scrunched up face. "Now - who wants to slay some dark creatures of the night and make the world a safer place for all of mankind?" Reaching for a controller, Major says "it is my quest, and I will not shrink before it."<br />
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Lowell is heading home from the music studio. He gets in the elevator, and Liv rushes in after him. "Hey!" he says cheerfully. "We need to talk," she tells him urgently.<br />
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Out on a paintball course, a group of guys under fire are getting tactical directives from their team leader for an assault on the opposition. As they take their positions, two of the guys come up on someone leaning up against a blockade. One guy tags him with a hit to the leg, but the man down doesn't move. "Yo - you gotta clear the field, man!" yells the guy who tagged him. As the two shooters approach, they find that the man down is dead - bleeding from the neck. They freak out and run off screaming.<br />
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In Lowell's apartment, Liv confronts Lowell. "Where can I find Blaine?" she demands. "Wait - I don't understand what you're saying. The brains I eat, they come from funeral homes," he tells her. "I saw Blaine deliver that cooler to you this morning," she says, emphatically pointing at the yellow cooler. "That's where he says he gets his brains," Lowell insists.<br />
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"Well, he's a liar! And you told me you got your own brains, so you're both liars!" accuses Liv. She demands again to know where she can find Blaine. Lowell urges her to calm down. "What makes you think he's killing people?" he asks her calmly. Liv tells him that she had a bite of his brains and eggs, and she had a vision. "I saw Blaine slaughter the boy whose brain we ate," Liv says angrily. "I met him! He seemed like a good kid!"<br />
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She asks how he can claim not to know that Blaine is killing people. "You're a zombie! You have visions! You ever stopped to wonder why all the people you eat are so young? Why they all came to such tragic and violent ends?" Lowell says that they weren't all young. "I don't go looking for triggers, I don't investigate murders. It's not like I saw Blaine kill anyone!" he says defensively.<br />
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"When you need another delivery, how do you get in touch with Blaine?" Liv demands yet again. "When Blaine made me a zombie, he told me he'd get me the brains I needed to live. I was starving!" Lowell argues. "I didn't have a choice!" "There's always a choice!' says Liv vehemently. "And right now, you could choose to tell me how to locate Blaine," responds Liv.<br />
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"So that's the only reason you're here... to get that information. You can't slow down for a moment and talk about us," he says. "Us?! There is no us!" exclaims Liv. "There's me, and this guy I don't recognize, who eats the brains of murdered homeless kids. You're damn right I only came for that number!"<br />
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"Say you caught him - then what?" asks Lowell. "I'll figure it out," she says. "No. No, not good enough," he says. "What does it matter to you now anyway?" she asks. "Well... for a start, I'm in love with you," he tells her. Liv looks like someone kicked her puppy for a moment. She gets a texts from Ravi. "Well, that's gonna be a problem," she says to Lowell as she leaves. Lowell looks like someone just kicked <i>his</i> puppy.<br />
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Blaine walks into the back room of the Meat Cute. Julien and Blaine's new flunkie are preparing coolers for delivery. Seeing Blaine, Julien whistles. "Hot date, boss?" "Better... Sex, I can get any time that I want. This, though... Ticket to the EMP to hear Kurt Cobain's unreleased demos before anyone else in the world? Priceless. Nirvana was the soundtrack of my youth. My childhood ended April 5th, 1994..." He tells them where he was when he heard that Kurt Cobain had killed himself.<br />
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"Lawrence Kaiser called a little while ago," says Julien. "Dibs!" shouts the other flunkie. "No, Julien will handle the delivery." The flunkie is disappointed. "You do not purge your bowels in the powder room of a man with a helicopter landing pad in his back yard."<br />
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Julien tells Blaine that Kaiser wasn't looking for product. "He wants to have lunch Thursday... at his club." Blaine looks interested in the news. "He wants to talk about a business opportunity. Says he'll send a car for you." "Well, alright then! Everything's coming up Blaine," he says to himself. "Guy's got his own club?" the flunkie asks, sulking. Blaine looks at him as if he's a brick.<br />
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Liv meets Ravi at the crime scene. "Bad, huh?" he asks her, seeing the look on her face. "He wouldn't tell me anything," she says. "I really don't want to talk about it." She asks how Major is. He tells her that Major is still convinced that the Candyman's harvesting brains - which, I guess is technically true," he says. He tells her Major's theory is that it's a cutting-edge body building supplement. "So - slight silver lining is, he's not thinking zombie," he says with a thumbs-up.<br />
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Clive is looking at the crime scene. He tells Liv and Ravi that the vic's name is Everett Adams, aged 28. A former sniper with the Army Rangers, he worked at the paintball facility as an instructor. He tells them that CSI says there's no gunshot residue on him, so the shot that killed him must have been taken from a distance, as he points to the hill behind them.<br />
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Clive notices that Liv is preoccupied. Concerned, he asks if she's ok. "Fine," she answers. He shrugs and continues. "The paintballers were part of a Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. No one heard the gunshot. Unis haven't turned up anything that shoots real bullets," he tells them. "No shell casings turned up in the killer's perch either," says a Crime Scene Tech. "Excuse me - did you say 'perch?'" asks Ravi. The investigator says that the bullet passed through the victim's neck and lodged in a log. They used a laser pointer to establish the trajectory. Clive looks up. "So the killer was up in that tree."<br />
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There's a kid sitting over on one of the blocks. Clive tells them that he's the victim's assigned Little Brother, Harris Jenkins. "I'll get to work here, you two go do your thing," Ravi says to Liv and Clive. They walk over to the boy, who's idly pulling shots off with the paintball gun.<br />
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Clive introduces Liv and himself to the boy. "We'd like to ask you a few questions." The boy doesn't look at them. He just keeps firing. "Were you aware of anyone who would want to do this to Everett?" asks Clive. "His wife," says the boy calmly. "Ex-wife, I mean," he adds sadly. "She dumped him while he was getting shot at in Afghanistan, then she and her new husband tried to take away his kid," he explains. "Everett wouldn't let them."<br />
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Clive tells Liv he's going to bring in the ex-wife and her new husband. "You wanna come along?" She says she's going to meet the body back at the morgue and grab a bite to eat. "Give me a couple of hours?" He agrees, and they leave the crime scene.<br />
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She tells us what she's thinking in a voice-over.<i> I could kid myself and say that I planned to eat Everett's brain as a way of supporting the truth - but the truth is, I can't handle another vision of Jerome.</i><br />
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At the precinct, Liv is waiting in the interrogation room for Clive. He comes in with Everett's ex-wife Penny, and introduces Liv. She gets up quickly, and stands at attention. "Sorry for your loss, ma'am.. please have a seat." Clive gives her a confused look, and proceeds. "Mrs. Taylor, we understand that you and Everett were engaged in a serious custody battle." She tells them that she and Everett were fighting over their daughter Anna. Her new husband Shawn was offered a promotion that came with a transfer to Silicon Valley.<br />
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When they interviewed Shawn, he told them that the job came with a massive pay raise. "We would be able to enroll Anna in a world-class private school. But I had to turn it down." Clive asks when he met Penny. He seems uncomfortable with the question.<br />
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Penny confirms that she left Everett for Shawn while Everett was deployed in Afghanistan. "War changed him," she says. "He was suffering from PTSD, but resisted treatment." "But he left the service," Liv points out. "He couldn't take seeing another man raise his daughter," Penny replies. "Suddenly, Anna was the center of his life." Clive asks how Shawn dealt with Everett preventing him from accepting this promotion.<br />
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"I can't lie," says Shawn. "It stung. But I understood the man. I wouldn't let anyone take Anna away from me either. Might've been nice if he had shown the same enthusiasm for parenting when he and Penny were together," he says caustically. Clive asks him where he was during the time of the murder. Shawn says he was stuck in a meeting all afternoon. "A dozen colleagues can vouch for me."<br />
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Clive asks Penny the same thing. Penny answers hesitantly, as if she has to think about it. She says that she took Anna to the park. He asks if anyone can back her up. "Penny knows where we were. She's at home with my sister."<br />
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They go to talk to Anna. "You're freaky looking," the girl says to Liv. "Why are you so white?" Penny admonishes her. "It's ok," says Liv. "I work in a basement, Anna - so I don't see much sun. All I need to know is what you did after school today." Anna begins to look uncomfortable. "I was with mommy." "What did you do with Mommy?" asks Liv. Anna gets upset. "I don't wanna do this," she says. "Tell the nice lady where we were," Penny says. "Stop! Please!" Anna yells. That triggers a vision for Liv.<br />
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Through Everett's eyes, she sees him assaulting Shawn while Anna screams "Stop, Daddy! Stop!" Looking towards Penny in the kitchen, she is holding a knife screaming at him to get out of the house.<br />
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Clive and Liv exchange a glance, and Anna says she doesn't want to do this any more. Penny tells her, "It's ok baby... you did great." To Liv and Clive, she says "I think we're through here."<br />
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As they leave the house, Liv tells Clive about her vision. Clive wonders why they wouldn't have reported that to the police. "Something like that - Everett being violent would have made their custody case." He says that Anna didn't provide her mother with the most solid alibi. "I'll see if anyone can place Penny near the crime scene."<br />
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That night, Liv has trouble sleeping. She has a nightmare of a memory from Everett. A woman screams while being held upside down, then dropped from a building over a walkway. <i>What's more relaxing than a trip down traumatic memory lane?</i><br />
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She goes for a midnight run. <i>Exercise is an effective treatment for PTSD. But what it really beats is laying around, wallowing over the end of my posthumous love life. But now, I'm overwhelmed with desire - called to the battlefield, and powerless to stop it.</i><br />
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The next morning, she's at the paintball facility, just in time for the free-for-all game. She gets her weapon and gears up. On the course, she takes out three targets easily. Then she finds a shell casing from a real bullet near the crime scene. The yellow tape is still on the field, but it looks like it's been played through. As she's looking up at the tree that the investigator had pointed out, another gamer tries to get the drop on her but she turns and takes him out with a "HOOO-AAH!" before running on.<br />
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Back at the morgue, Liv draws a rough sketch map of the crime scene while Ravi processes Everett's body. She tells him that Everett's body was found fifty yards from the tree. She found the casing twenty feet closer to the body than where the CST said Everett was shot from. "From this distance, the shooter would have had to be fifteen feet tall." she points out. "Well, then he should be easy to find," Ravi says. "Or she," says Liv.<br />
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"Side note - that trophy you won from your 'Last Man Standing' competition is ill-gotten gains," Ravi comments. I'm guessing you were the only participant digesting the brains of a highly decorated soldier." "If I'm stuck with this PTSD, I should at least get a trophy out of it."<br />
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"You're remembering traumas... Do you remember any of your own?" Ravi asks. "After the boat party, when you woke up in a body bag - how did you know you were a zombie?" "The craving brains didn't immediately speak to werewolf," she says. "So you were immediately craving brains?" Ravi asks for confirmation. "Yeah," she says. "Immediately. I identified myself as a doctor, and refused medical treatment. As I was leaving, I found a corpse on the shore. The skull was already cracked open. Some other zombie had likely gotten the frontal lobe but there was some temporal lobe just hanging there, like fruit on a tree. My first zombie meal."<br />
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Liv gets a call from Lowell. She rejects the call petulantly. Ravi asks her what she would have done to feed herself if she didn't have a job that gave her access to brains. "I wouldn't have brains of dead homeless teens delivered to my house like pizza," she answers. "Lowell didn't know," he points out. "He didn't want to know," she retorts. "You believe in his position you would have? What a luxury to not have to know for sure," he says with a note of reproach.<br />
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Clive walks in. "Dr. C - mind if I take your assistant on a field trip?" "I'd sign a permission slip, but my hands are covered in viscera," Ravi jokes. "Sgt. Adams was under the care of a shrink at the VA hospital. She advised the patients to keep a journal. Let's go find that journal," Clive says.<br />
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Major walks into a gym. Finding the trainer, he says "A buddy of mine works out here, and the dude is just... That's where I want to get." The trainer tells him, "It's your lucky day - I have some time." Major tells him "I'm looking for cutting edge, out of the box... I'll do whatever it takes, 'no-matter-how-crazy-it-sounds' type stuff." "I think I'm just the trainer for you," the guy says with a smile.<br />
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He gets Major started working with ropes, and tells him that supplements are only part of the puzzle. "I need to know you're ready to do the work. Without the work, the creotine and nitric oxide aren't gonna do it." Major tells him he was thinking something more hard core. "What? Arnold's? Trends?"<br />
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"I saw this blog that said if you eat brains, the amino acid in the pituitary glands make your growth hormones go off the chart!" Major tells the guy.<br />
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"You mean... brains... from people?" asks the trainer with a look of distaste. "That's what I read," says Major. "And you're up for that?" "Like I said, I'll do anything," says Major. "You'll eat... human brains to get bigger muscles?!" the trainer asks incredulously. "I'm open to that as an option," Major confirms. "Good to know," says the trainer, confused - and maybe a little grossed out.<br />
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At Everett's place, Clive finds the journal. All that's written in it is One is less than many. "I think I got that in a fortune cookie once," Clive says. Liv explains that it's a sniper mantra. "That's how he kept a clear conscience. By killing one person, he could save a lot more lives." "Do you know many snipers?" asks Clive, wondering how she knows this. "Just one," Liv answers as she reaches under the bed. She pulls out Everett's sniper rifle kit, and that triggers a vision.<br />
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She sees Harris handling the rifle, and hears Everett ask him what he's doing, in an angry tone. "Is that a good thousand-yard stare, or a bad thousand-yard stare?" asks Clive. "It's not good," says Liv with a worried look.<br />
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At the precinct, Clive is interviewing Harris. Clive shows them drawings that the guidance counselor at the school gave him - drawings that the boy did of dead soldiers. "Your school records indicate that you've had a rough year," Liv says. The kid buries his face in his arms on the table. "At the time Everett was shot, your paintball team had just split up. Is there anyone who can account for you just before the body was discovered?" asks Clive. The kid doesn't respond. "Make no mistake, Harris - we're gonna catch whoever did this." Harris looks up. "Not if I do first," he says menacingly.<br />
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In the hall, Liv and Clive are discussing the interview. "He's a messd up kid. But losing your mom, brother, and male role model in the span of a year will do that to you," rationalizes Liv. "Think he pulled the trigger?" asks Clive. "All those drawings - he did those before Everett ever asked to be his Big Brother. His grades and attendance were actually on the upswing," Liv points out. An officer comes over with a file for Clive, saying that he got a hit on the search Clive had him run. Clive looks at the file, then asks if Liv has time to pay Penny and Shawn's neighbor a visit.<br />
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From the neighbor's front porch across the street, Liv looks at the Taylor's house. "Penny took a big step up the social ladder when she married Shawn," she remarks. The neighbor answers the door. "You folks miss the sign?" he asks, pointing to a 'No Soliciting' placard. Clive introduces himself and Liv. "Did you file a noise complaint on your neighbors?" "It's about time someone followed up on that!" says the neighbor.<br />
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He tells them that the noise was only the half of it. "Ever since I filed that complaint, it's like my place is possessed!" He describes lights going on in the middle of the night, sprinklers going off on the wrong days and him having to pay the fines. "I guess that's what I get for taking them to small claims court over my broken mailbox and ruined lawn... you know, him working with all that high-tech wizard dweeb stuff..." Then he tells them that one day he saw Everett fishtail the car across his lawn, and Penny chasing him out of the house with a butcher knife. "He backed outta there, and hit the gas like a bat outta hell while Penny was screaming that she's gonna kill him!"<br />
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At home, Liv is cleaning her boots when there's a knock on the door. She answers it, and finds Lowell looking utterly despondent. She tells him he needs to go. She says she knows that he's upset, but she wants him to leave. He hands her a brown paper bag. "For you." She opens the bag, and pulls out a fresh brain in a Zip-lock bag.<br />
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"That's Michael Kenny. He was interred yesterday at Everclear Memorial," he tells her softly. "You dug up a grave?" she asks. "I'm sorry - I'm sure that was awful." "It was ok, compared to watching the funeral." She steps back, silently inviting him in.<br />
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He says that the deceased was an English teacher, and that all his kids were there. They read his favorite Shakespeare sonnet. "His poor wife was in total hell on earth..." He says that he thought about all the brains he'd eaten. Liv... we eat people... we eat people," he says, feeling remorseful. He tells her that he wanted her to know that he gets it. "I was a coward - I didn't want to know... I didn't - I should have tried to - " Liv reaches out to touch him, but he steps back. "Blaine killed those kids, and I ate those brains, and... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." "I know," whispers Liv as she kisses him tenderly.<br />
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At the gym, the trainer is telling one of the guys working out about Major coming in. "So I'm thinkin' he wants me to hook him up with some juice, right? But check it - the guy tells me tells me he wants to get some human brains!" From a nearby workout bench, Julien sits up and asks for Major's info.<br />
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At Liv's, she is cuddling in bed with Lowell. "I thought Blaine scratched me 'cause he was into my music. Kept asking when we were gonna jam." "You never know, says Liv. "He could be Zombie McCartney to your zombie Lennon." "All I know is another year on his meal plan and my trust fund would be zombie tapped." Liv asks how it works. "Well, in my case it involved a father with the good fortune to inherit a coal mine."<br />
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"Not your trust fund - Blaine's service," Liv says. He picks up his phone, and shows her an image of a menu. "It changes every few weeks," he tells her. Liv reads some of the dishes out loud. "Cerebellum sashimi?! For god's sake, cerebellum is people!" Lowell shrugs. "Doesn't matter what it's called, how it's prepared..." he says. "This menu is homeless teenagers who Blaine kills, in cold blood, for profit!" she exclaims. Sitting up in bed, she has a thought. "Blaine has to die," she announces. "I'm going to kill him."<br />
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Lowell calls Blaine, and arranges for him to come over the next night - "to jam." He asks Liv if she's sure she's up for it. "I'm running on elite soldier brains. You're the one who has to stand next to the guy," she replies. He remarks that he couldn't be more terrified but knowing that she'll be watching helps.<br />
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"I'm always better with an audience. I probably shouldn't say this to the woman I'm in love with - but I'm a weenie. I'm the kind of guitar player who avoids doing any activity that may hurt his fingers. I'm not the man who jumps in the line of fire," Lowell says. "But... that's the kind of man you deserve, so... I'll do my best." "You're not a weenie. You jump out of planes," she tells him. "Remember that when you're looking through the scope of that rifle at the puddle of urine forming at my feet."<br />
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At the Meat Cute, Blaine is telling Julien and the flunkie about his experience with the Nirvana demos. "It showed his musical progression from Fecal Matter to Nirvana!" They look at him in confusion. "Fecal Matter was his first band, you guys." The flunkie is mildly amused. "Fecal Matter... that's like... poo, right?" Blaine looks at him like he's a brick.<br />
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"What's with the get-up?" asks Julien. "My lunch with Kaiser's today. And it's not a 'get-up.' I am a sartorial chameleon. Indie rock scene, country club... I fit in everywhere." He gets a text on his phone. "There's the zombie power broker now!" He asks Julien to take care of the gym rat problem. "Lowell Tracey's invited me to preview the new Pockadile album." "Who?" asks Julien. "You need to listen to somethin' other than Bob Seeger, my man, Blaine tells him as he leaves.<br />
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Blaine gets into the limo, and Kaiser is waiting for him. Blaine is surprised. "Mr. Kaiser - I didn't think I'd be sharing the ride to lunch with you!" "You're not," Kaiser says. "Here's where things stand. I'm tired of your brains. These visions from runaways and junkies are worse than depressing - they're boring..." He says that he sees a business opportunity for both of them.<br />
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He proceeds to tell Blaine that he had a dream to be an astronaut. But he couldn't qualify for the space program because of Low Distance Vision Acuity. He didn't give up, though. He worked hard, made his fortune, and bought himself a ticket on the first commercial flight into space.<br />
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"You know what happened then?" he asks. "You. Two days after I passed my zero-gravity training, you and that disgusting fingernail of yours ruined my life! I can't exactly pass a physical as a zombie, now, can I' but I will know what it's like to be out there among the stars - and you're going to help me." "How am I going to do that?" asks Blaine. "You're gonna get me the brain of Alan York!"<br />
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"Alan York - one of the first men to walk on the moon!?" Blaine asks in disbelief. "I wanna eat his brain," says Kaiser. "I think he's still using it," replies Blaine. "Like that's ever stopped you before," snarks Kaiser. "Somehow I suspect it'll be slower than the average teenage junkie." "How the hell am I getting to Alan York?" Blaine demands to know. "I think all I'm tasked with here is pointing out what I want, and then writing you a check. So - why don't you just tell me... what amount am I writing on it?" Kaiser asks, opening his checkbook.<br />
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In the morgue, Ravi is sniffing a container with a brain in it. Gagging, he starts to put it back into the fridge. "What are you doing?" asks Liv from behind him. "When did you get in?" he says, quickly shutting the fridge. "Everett's brain came with stealth mode," Liv comments. Ravi tells her that he has some happy news. "Zombie-ism doesn't appear to be able to jump across species," he says. "When was that even a question?!" Liv asks. "When the zombie rat bit me," Ravi says offhandedly.<br />
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She gives him a horrified look. "You had enough on your plate, I didn't want to worry you," says. "Next time, worry me!" she scolds. "I got your six, Ravi!" "Roger that, soldier," he says with a cheesy grin. Clive comes in, asking if they have time to look at a couple of YouTube videos. "Of failed twerking tutorials, yes!" says Ravi. "But no more lip-syncing to 'Frozen'," adds Liv.<br />
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Clive tells them that after the Taylor's neighbor accused Shawn of messing with the systems in his house, he did some digging on Shawn's company Remote-o-con. Among their clients - UFreightEze. Watch this," he says as he pulls up a video. It's an advertisement for same-day delivery service using drones. Liv asks how this relates to the case. "Remote-o-con is supplying the drone guidance systems, are you pickin' up what I'm layin' down?" he says, frustrated that she didn't catch on right away.<br />
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Ravi says, "Surely you can't be suggesting -" "Oh yeah, I am," cuts in Clive angrily. "Check this video out - you can find 'em all over the internet." He shows them a video of a drone armed with a hand gun, firing on a bottle of liquid. The bottle explodes violently. "I'm officially never going outside again," quips Ravi. Clive explains that this is why Liv found the shell casing where she did. "The drone was fifteen feet off the ground, halfway along what the CSI guys told us was the trajectory." "That yuppie sack of crap sat in his corporate meeting, and murdered Everett from his tablet!" Liv exclaims.<br />
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Shawn is on a phone conversation in his car, talking about when he will be starting his new job - the promotion that he turned down. "We're so pleased your circumstances have changed," says the voice on the other end of the line. As Shawn pulls up to the house, he sees a police vehicle in his driveway. I'm gonna have to call you back."<br />
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In the house, Clive and a team of investigators are going over Shawn's laptop. He tells Shawn that the computer forensic experts have a question about a 3-D printer schematic for a .38 caliber handgun mounted on a UFrightEze drone they found on his laptop. "We have a search warrant, by the way."<br />
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Penny is stoically watching them. "Penny gave us your passwords - said you had nothing to hide," says Clive. "What the hell did you do, Shawn? He was Anna's father!" she says to Shawn. He shakes his head, then turns and runs. Liv catches him in the hall, and puts him up against the family pictures on the wall. "Nerd... this'll be easier on you if you don't move!" Liv says, rolling her eyes. Clive arrests him for the murder of Sgt. Everett Adams.<br />
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Liv breaks into Everett's room, and steals his sniper rifle. She takes a vantage point on a building that looks across to Lowell's apartment. As she puts the rifle together like a pro, she narrates her choice...<br />
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<i>There are monsters in this world. People who do unspeakable things. When I graduated med school, I took an oath to consecrate my life to the service of humanity. To respect and value the lives of all persons. Now that I'm half dead, I can see that some life is like a virus - one that can't be allowed to spread.</i><br />
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Major comes home to a darkened house. He goes to turn on the lights, but nothing happens. He walks through the living room to the dining room, and finds a sledgehammer on the table. As he turns away from it, Julien nails him with a punch to the gut. He lays Major's hand on the table, holding it down. "You are gonna tell me who you told about brains... and this will all be over," he says as he threatens Major with the hammer.<br />
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Major doesn't answer. Julien threatens him again. "I don't know anything," Major says as he clutches his key between his fingers. "I guess it's all aboard the pain train," Julien says gleefully. "First stop - Hand Francisco!" Before Julien can do anything, Major jams his key deep into Julien's leg, throwing him off balance. Major runs upstairs and clumsily starts loading his gun, managing to get three bullets in. Julien breaks through the door and throws the hammer. Major ducks, and the hammer smashes the mirror. He fires a shot at Julien, hitting him twice in the chest. Julien goes down, eyes closed.<br />
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Slowly, Major approaches him, then turns to puke. Julien is now in zombie mode. He reaches out and grabs Major by the ankle, and Major fires again. He keeps firing, even though the clip is empty. When Julien doesn't move, Major runs.<br />
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Blaine and Lowell are walking out onto the deck. "Cheers again for the prime cuts," Lowell says. "I figured an occasion like this called for something special." Raising a glass, Blaine offers a toast. "To old clients, and new friends." On the roof of the next building, Liv is trying to get a bead on Blaine but a pole space heater blocks the shot. Lowell sucks down his drink. "Boy, you sure can put it away, can't you?" Blaine comments.<br />
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Looking around, Lowell realizes the problem. "Everything ok, amigo?" asks Blaine. "Just getting a bit toasty is all... I'm just gonna move this," he says as he moves the space heater, giving Liv a clear shot at Blaine's head. "Do it... Do it!" she wills herself.<br />
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Blaine is telling Lowell that he really should check out the Cobain exhibit. "I'd be up for going again, if you want." As he puts the Corpus Collosum that Blaine brought on the grill, Lowell says "you know, I purchased the Kurt Cobain Jaguar from a collector with my first advance money. Fancy a go?" Blaine says he would literally never forgive himself if he said no. Lowell goes to get it. On the sly, he texts Liv. "What's going on?"</div>
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At Major's house, he lets Clive in. The house is still dark. "Where is he?" Clive asks. Major starts to apologize. "I didn't know who else to call," he says. Clive tells Major to pull it together. "You shot an armed intruder. It's gonna get hairy, but you didn't do anything wrong." "I killed a man," Major says. "Show me." Major gets a camp lantern, and they go upstairs to his bedroom.<br />
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Julien is gone. Major starts losing it. "He was right here - I shot him! He collapsed right here!" he says, pointing to the floor. Clive looks around. There's no blood. "When people get shot multiple times in the chest, they tend to bleed." "He threw a frickin' sledgehammer at me! Look!" Major points to the busted mirror. Clive says he has no way of knowing if that mark on the wall was or wasn't there before tonight. Major insists that it wasn't. He tells Clive, "that guy was dead! I got him three times! Maybe he got out the window... " Picking up a shell casing from the floor, Clive says "Major, I gotta ask. Have you been taking any medications?" "No." "Have you <i>stopped</i> taking any?"<br />
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Back at Lowell's, Blaine is on the phone when Lowell comes out. He cuts the call short. "Behold!" says Lowell, bringing out a guitar. Blaine excitedly takes the guitar and Lowell checks his texts. Liv has texted him - "I can't do it." Blaine's phone rings. Lowell sees Julien on the caller ID, and that triggers a vision for him - the same one that Liv had of Blaine killing Jerome. He gasps and shivers.<br />
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"I've seen that look before," Blaine says. "Where'd that trip take you?" "Looked like Bonaroo," Lowell answers, chuckling. Blaine laughs as he takes the call from Julien, who's calling in to report what happened at Major's place. Lowell turns, and faces where Liv is. He puts his hand to his heart, mouths the words "I love you," and Liv knows what he's going to do. "No..." she whispers.<br />
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Blaine gets off the phone. "Hey man, sorry - I gotta go. Work emergency. If you wanna go to the exhibit, just - "Lowell grabs the grill fork, and stabs at Blaine's head. Blaine turns and blocks, and the fork tines go through his arm. "You're a lousy host," he says as he raises a gun and aims it at Lowell. He fires, and Liv screams. She ducks quickly below the wall as Blaine looks around.<br />
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Asa Butterfield, who burst onto the scene a few years ago with a starring role in Ender's Game, has reportedly been cast as the Spider-man for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel had been reported to be looking for a much younger actor this go around, and Butterfield certainly fits. It will be interesting to see an actor who actually <i>looks</i> high school aged facing off with Steve Rogers and Tony Start, and will definitely add a dynamic the original story, with its thirty year old Peter Parker, did not have.<br />
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The only question now is how seriously audiences will take this new Spider-man. Hit the jump to see the Instagram post from the usually-reliable Umberto Gonzalez reporting this rumor.<br />
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Excitement has been building for the newest spinoff in the Arrow/Flash universe ever since it was first announced. And now that the team-up show, Legends of Tomorrow, has gotten a mid-season premiere set, DC and the CW are starting to tease us even more. Above, you can see the first full photo of the cast, which reveals some interesting details. And today, we got our first confirmation on what villain the team would be facing. Hit the jump for all the details.</div>
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Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-34840957008204610392015-05-13T16:00:00.000-07:002015-05-13T16:00:04.952-07:00The Nintendo World Championships are Returning!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nintendo of America announced their plans for this year's E3, and it's a lot of the usual. They're letting us play their newly announced games (this year it's Mario Maker) at Best Buy the week of the convention, they'll be holding a digital event to announce lots of good things, the Treehouse will be live on the floor the whole time...oh, and they're bringing back the Nintendo World Championships.<br />
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Anyone who saw the movie <i>The Wizard</i> as a kid knows about the Nintendo World Championships. In the film, it was an epic, stadium sized video game event where kids of all ages battled it out to see who was the absolute best in the world at Nintendo. But not as many people know the Championships were a real thing. For one year, in 1990, Nintendo actually held the event at a fan-convention called Power Fest. Anyone lucky enough to compete in the event and win got their hands on a Nintendo World Championships Cartridge, one of the rarest video game cartridges in the entire world, which regularly commands thousands of dollars on eBay.<br />
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Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-66787316531680853602015-05-13T14:56:00.001-07:002015-05-13T15:01:27.889-07:00First Trailer for Supergirl is So CW, but So Great<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First of all, I know, this is a CBS show (you can see it in the logo!) But it bears all the hallmarks of the typical CW teen-aimed superhero drama - the sort of thing Arrow struggled to overcome and Flash survived because of. But man, that did not for a <i>moment</i> keep a big goofy grin off of my face. The trailer (which you can see below the jump, but be warned, it basically spoils the <i>entire</i> pilot for you) is full of fun and fantasy and looks like the same kind of formula that made the Flash work really well. Brooding when necessary, but fun in spades and full of memorable characters. I'm really, really interested to see where this show goes now.<br />
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Before Generation X, or the New X-men, or the All New X-men, there was the original team of kickass teenage mutants. Called simply "The New Mutants," this team was the first group of second generation X-men, and they blazed a trail through the 80s that ultimately ended in them becoming the first X-force. Now, Variety <a href="http://variety.com/2015/film/news/x-men-spinoff-fault-in-our-stars-director-1201495091/">is reporting</a> that Fox has decided to launch the New Mutants to the big screen, with Josh Boone at the helm. Haven't heard of Boone? The biggest film he's known for is teen drama The Fault in Our Stars...which is actually a pretty good pedigree for something like the New Mutants, who were always known for their teenage drama.<br />
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We'll give you more news as we know more.Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-3536033075929219732015-05-13T13:00:00.000-07:002015-05-13T13:00:04.765-07:00Diego Luna, from Elysium, Cast in Rogue One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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According to the fine people at <a href="http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-rogue-one-diego-luna-cast-1201494752/">Variety</a>, yet another lead in Rogue One has been cast, and it's Diego Luna from Elysium, Milk, The Terminal, and Y Tu Mama Tambien. While no other details have been offered on how Luna might be playing, it's really great to see another diverse cast member joining our favorite galaxy far, far away.<br />
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I set out to take part in my first Wizard World Comic Con (and my
first ever comic con!) on Thursday, May 7th, the kickoff day for the
show. Accompanying me was my lovely partner-in-crime, Lisa. Traffic was
light from New York to Philadelphia, so Lisa and I arrived fairly
quickly, in about two hours. After checking in at the hotel, I started
off walking the convention show floor as soon as possible. There weren't
a ton of people on the first day, which didn't surprise me much because
it was a weekday. Tons of merchandise stands with everything your nerdy
heart could ever desire, as long as your nerdy heart wanted Funko Pop
figurines. Seriously, they were everywhere. The convention exclusive
Funko figurines I noticed were Stan Lee, and the Winchester brothers
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sold by dozens of different artists. One in particular, Shad Nowicki,
caught my eye. His paintings were REALLY good, and he took the time to
create the canvas he paints on out of actual comic book pages or
newspaper clippings, which are still visible through the art. It made
for a really nice effect. I spoke with him for a while, and as a thank
you for my time, he handed me a piece of art of Spider-Man drawn on an
actual page of a 1960's-era Spider-Man comic book. Coolest thing ever!
He also tossed me a tee from his booth. All of that, just for talking.
His paintings were a little out of my price range, which I felt guilty
about for the entire weekend. I wanted to own one of his works really
badly. In particular, he had a painting of Doc Brown from Back to the
Future which was just amazing. I totally suggest buying his art, for no
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getting to know the layout of the convention floor, silently judging
the quality of people's costumes, and hunting down a good cheesesteak,
which I found at Steve's Prince of Steaks, not far from the convention
center. The best costume I saw on day one was a Wonder Woman, pretty
spot on. It definitely wasn't a store-bought costume. I should note that
neither Lisa or I had the courage to do costumes of our own, although
we did agonize over that decision a lot in the days leading up to the
trip. I will DEFINITELY be doing a costume or two for my next con,
though. More on that later.</div>
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was a little more lively. More people in costumes, and more events
going on. I stopped by a Doctor Who panel which was headed up by the
people who run DTForum, and while they weren't going over anything new
for Doctor Who's upcoming Series 9, they did give out some really sweet
prizes for trivia, such as autographed Titan Comics based on the
different Doctors. Lisa knew pretty much every answer, but didn't shout
loud enough to nab a prize. After that, I realized I didn't have
anything for David Tennant to sign when I was to meet him the following
day. So, I went back to the show floor and walked over to an artist
named Javier Avila. I asked if he could draw Tennant as the Tenth Doctor
for me, to have David sign it. He was backed up on commissions already,
but agreed to do a pencil drawing and have it ready by the time I
needed it. Very cool guy. He requested that I come back and see him
afterwards to let him know how David liked it. More on that later,
though. Avila was very cool, and some of his art blew me away. Had I
come into the convention with more spending money, I would have taken
home some of his inked and colored pieces. I did end up picking up a few
pieces of art from an artist named Robert Kraus (or RAK). They were
cartoony versions of all sorts of pop culture characters. I grabbed one
of Batman and his rogue's gallery for a friend, a Wonder Woman, one with
characters from the Rocky movies for another friend, and finally, one
with classic wrestlers for another friend. The Ric Flair on that one?
Awesome. He signed each piece of art, as well.</div>
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As far as cosplay goes, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507368" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span>
had more to offer. Lots of people in costumes, and this is where I
realized that tons of people were cosplaying as Harley Quinn and Black
Widow. Like, a lot. Too many. They were everywhere. Mallets and black
leather all over the place. I was surprised that I had made it two days
at this point without seeing a Deadpool cosplay yet. That would change <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507369" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>. By far, the best costume I saw <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507370" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Friday</span></span>
was a man dressed as Arsenal from Arrow. No exaggeration, it's like
this guy walked onto the set of the show and stole the costume. It was
that good. He even had the red bow. He was hanging around by the signing
area where Michael Rooker and Lou Ferrigno were signing autographs and
taking photos. If you're reading this, good job buddy. That was a really
cool costume. Another dude had a really impressive, hand-made, Captain
America Age of Ultron costume, with a shattered shield. He looked the
part, too. Another great costume.</div>
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I headed back
to the hotel, grabbed another cheesesteak, because I made it a rule to
eat at least one cheesesteak per day while I was in Philly, and took a
break before heading back in for Dolph Ziggler's Q&A session.</div>
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Before I go on, though, something happened <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507371" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Friday</span></span>
afternoon that cast a bit of a shadow on the trip. A woman was crossing
the street outside of the convention center, distrated by her iPad, and
was struck and killed by a tour bus. I'm not sure if the woman was
visiting Wizard World or not, but that was a bit depressing. A big crowd
of people were gathered outside, some witnesses to the accident,
speaking to the media. Messed up. Take it as a reminder to always pay
attention when crossing through traffic, no matter your age.</div>
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Back
inside, we headed to Dolph Ziggler's Q&A session. The turnout was
impressive, we had to stand in the back. Dolph was really cool to all
the young fans and really funny, as expected. He spoke about his standup
comedy dates and who he'd like to face at WrestleMania 32. He chose
Shawn Michaels, even after stating that Shawn Michaels circa 1997 versus
him now would be his dream match. Gotta agree there, that'd be
something special. One fan got up to ask a question, and started with,
"I'm gonna ask something I know everyone here wants to know..." and he
responded by saying, "It's not my kid, man." That got a lot of laughs.
He made a point to state that working for WWE has good days and bad, but
he would always want to be a part of WWE for his entire career when
asked if we'd ever see him in TNA in the future.</div>
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I got up at around <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507372" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:45am</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507373" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>, to go wait in line for David Tennant and Billie Piper's Q&A session, which was starting at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507374" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10:30am</span></span>. There were already about 30 people on line when I got there at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507375" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7:30am</span></span>,
but I'm glad I went early. As the morning went on, the line got crazy!
Hundreds of people, some in Doctor Who costumes of their own making, and
lots of Tenth Doctor cosplays. Lisa and I were sitting on line with a
guy who brought his daughter and her friend along, and they mostly
talked about how dreamy David Tennant is and how nervous they were to
ask him a question. In between the small meltdowns, they watched Doctor
Who episodes on a laptop. Cool people! Finally, they let us into the
Q&A area, and I was shocked at how big it was. Shocked, but also
REALLY glad I got there as early as I did, because we ended up in the
center of the fourth row. Great seats!</div>
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The
Q&A itself was awesome. Billie and David seemed as comfortable as
ever with each other, joking and laughing and giving lots of love to
their fans. The two young ladies that were on line with us nailed it
when they asked their questions, getting great crowd reactions. Wizard
World live streamed the Q&A on YouTube, so I'm sure there's a
recorded version you can find somewhere to watch it (and see my bald
head moving about in the crowd). As time winded down, the Q&A was
set to end, but David and Billie insisted on continuing a little longer
to allow a few young fans in Doctor costumes to ask their questions.
Very cool of them to do so.</div>
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I was hoping for a
little break after the Q&A was over, but we got rushed right over to
the area on the show floor where they'd be taking photos with fans. I'm
going to be honest, and this applies to the entire weekend as a whole,
there wasn't a lot of organization in telling people where things were
located, so we scrambled a bit to find the line. Once we did, though, it
moved pretty quick! I was only on line for the photo for about 40
minutes, with hundreds of fans waiting. Lisa took her photo with Bille
and David solo, and then I came in for my photo with her, all four of
us. I was wearing a t-shirt with David Tennant and Matt Smith wearing
suits and pointing their sonic screwdrivers out, sort of like Pulp
Fiction (I believe it was a TeeFury.com shirt). Billie and David both
commented that they thought the shirt was cool. Made my day.</div>
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Photos came out great, and we finally had some freedom to move around before the autograph signing at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507376" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">2:45pm</span></span>.
Admittedly, I was a little disappointed that I couldn't take part in
more things Wizard World offered due to my commitment to the David
Tennant and Billie Piper stuff. I would have really loved to meet
Stephen Amell and Adrian Paul, but they were both were doing their
signings at the same times we needed to be elsewhere for the Doctor Who
stuff throughout the day. By the time I could grab a spot to take a
photo with Stephen Amell, it had sold out. No surprise there, that guy
is awesome.</div>
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I headed back to Javier to pick up
the art I commissioned, and it came out just as good as I thought it
would. We left the convention center to grab a bite, then went back to
get in line for the autograph signing. Now, here's something I wanted to
whine about a little. We purchased VIP packages for the Doctor Who
stuff, but apparently they sold about 2,000 of these packages which I
feel is too many. It didn't feel very VIP to still be waiting on long
lines for things all day. We were also promised access to the show floor
30 minutes prior to general admission, which I don't recall ever
happening. Either way, getting into the show floor 30 minutes early is
only a benefit if you're there to spend a ton of money on merch, because
none of the guests were there as soon as they opened, and even then,
the lines at merch booths were non-existent even on the busiest day of
the convention.</div>
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Rant over. I want to explain
the really cool things we had for DT and BP to sign. Months back, for
Lisa's birthday, I commissioned an artist to hand-paint a pair of
Converse All-Star sneakers (the trademark footwear of the Tenth Doctor,
for the uninitiated). One shoe had the Sonic Screwdriver and a pair of
3D glasses, with the quote, "Oh, yes!" on the inside of the shoe. The
other one had the TARDIS, with the quote "Bigger on the Inside" on the
inside of the shoe. Both David Tennant and Billie Piper were sort of
amazed at them, and asked where we got them. I later contacted the
artist and told her about their reaction, which made her year. Cool
feeling.</div>
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I myself, had my art from Javier, and
both of them asked if I had drawn it myself, looking pretty impressed as
they scanned over it. So, I was able to take that back to Javier and
tell him how much they liked it. He snapped a photo of the signed art,
and shook my hand. Another cool feeling. I spent the next few hours
circling the floor, debating on buying a canvas painting of the Final
Fantasy VII cast that was being sold at one of the booths. Ultimately, I
didn't (I don't have a lot of space in my apartment to hang paintings).
We heard about an after-party taking place at a bar down the street
from the convention center, so we decided to head back to the hotel, get
some sleep, and head over there. I wish I had stayed a little longer,
because when I got back to the room and loaded up the live stream of the
event, the cosplay competition was underway and I was missing it.
Bummer.</div>
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While I WAS there, though, I saw tons of really great costumes <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507377" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>.
One woman was cosplaying as Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII. Her
costume was perfect, down to the hairstyle, holster and folding
gunblade. She was about three people ahead of me on the line for David
Tennant. This is also where the army of Deadpool cosplays came in, as
expected. That guy who cosplayed as Arsenal? I didn't see him again, but
he should have stuck around, because there was a group doing the Arrow
cast, and their costumes were just as awesome as his. Black Canary,
Arrow, and even a Flash based on his design from his CW TV show.
Fantastic stuff. There were a few Spider-Man cosplayers running around,
but none of their costumes were particularly awesome, except one. He had
the Future Foundation Spidey costume! My favorite, though, was a guy
doing Absorbing Man. I liked it not only for the choice of character,
but for how awesomely he pulled it off. Half his arm and chest were
painted as stone, and it looked really cool. We also got a look at
someone in a River Song costume from her appearance in the Impossible
Astronaut episode of Doctor Who. It matched up perfectly. The award for
most awesome character choice goes to a guy who was cosplaying as
USAgent. In a post-Age of Ultron world, it was nice to see someone NOT
cosplaying Steve Rogers.</div>
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Anyway, the
after-party was held at a place called the Field House. Some people
showed up in their costumes, but most were done with their cosplaying
and came to unwind. There was a live band called Critical Hit, who
played versions of songs from Mega Man II, The Legend of Zelda: A Link
to the Past, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and others. They were
really good, and their violin player (yep, they had a violin player) was
outstanding. Lisa and I sat down with a few people who were visiting
from out of town, although I don't remember where they were from,
exactly. They told us that they spent about 45 minutes with Hayley
Atwell (Agent Carter) and went on about how friendly and complimentary
she was (I caught a look at her as I was walking around, and I gotta
say, she's even better looking in person, like Billie Piper). They were
really friendly and cool, that's all that matters. Everyone was really
friendly and cool. That was my favorite part of the whole experience. By
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1252507378" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>,
I felt weird NOT being in a costume with everyone else. That's why I'm
definitely doing something the next time I hit one of these conventions
up. Any suggestions for a costume for a 160-pound bald guy?</div>
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it was time for us to check out early. We had to get back home to New
York, so we didn't have time to take a final walk around the convention,
unfortunately. I wrote this up as soon as I walked in the door a few
minutes ago, so after I close this out, it's time to start shopponig for
a frame to hang this awesome David Tennant art in! Allons-y!</div>
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USEFUL LINKS/SOURCES/CREDITS</div>
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Shad Nowicki: <a href="http://shadart.biz/" target="_blank">http://shadart.biz/</a></div>
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Shad Nowicki Wizard World Page: <a href="http://www.wizardworld.com/shadniwoski.html" target="_blank">http://www.wizardworld.com/<wbr></wbr>shadniwoski.html</a></div>
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Javier Avila on DeviantArt: <a href="http://hanzozuken.deviantart.com/gallery/" target="_blank">http://hanzozuken.deviantart.<wbr></wbr>com/gallery/</a></div>
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Javier Avila Wizard World Page: <a href="http://www.wizardworld.com/javieravila.html" target="_blank">http://www.wizardworld.com/<wbr></wbr>javieravila.html</a></div>
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Robert Kraus: <a href="http://www.rakgraphics.com/" target="_blank">http://www.rakgraphics.com/</a></div>
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Robert Kraus Wizard World Page: <a href="http://www.wizardworld.com/robertkraus.html" target="_blank">http://www.wizardworld.com/<wbr></wbr>robertkraus.html</a></div>
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Field House Philly: <a href="http://www.fieldhousephilly.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fieldhousephilly.<wbr></wbr>com/</a></div>
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Critical Hit Band: <a href="http://criticalhitband.com/" target="_blank">http://criticalhitband.com/</a></div>
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NikiCreations (where I got the Converse shoes made): <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/NikisCreationsByCoco" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/shop/<wbr></wbr>NikisCreationsByCoco</a></div>
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News Story about the woman being hit by the tour bus :( : <a href="http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Duck-Boat-Hits-Kills-Walker-in-Center-City-303123071.html" target="_blank">Witnesses: Woman Run Over By Duck Boat Was Distracted</a></div>
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They're back! They're back! The Muppets are back on TV! Everybody flail!<br />
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Ok, now that we've gotten that out of the way, here's the deal: As we <a href="http://aceofgeeks.blogspot.com/2015/04/abc-considering-return-of-muppet-show.html">previously reported,</a> the Muppets are going to be making a return to prime time TV this fall with a more "adult" oriented series. This does not, thankfully, mean they're going full Avenue Q. Based on the trailer below, what it <i>does</i> mean is that the Muppets will be making a Parks and Req/The Office style comedy about the behind the scenes drama that goes into <i>making</i> The Muppet Show. This could be fantastic. It could be really awkward. Thankfully, the trailer is on point, capturing all the characters in a way that doesn't feel at all out of place. Check it out after the jump, and let us know what you think!<br />
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We finally have it! The unveiling of the new Assassin's Creed game... SYNDICATE!<br />
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We have Victorian England, a pair of siblings, crime syndicates, and even VEHICLES! For a long time it was said we wouldn't get vehicles due to "how it would behave with the Animus", but here now we have carriages and trains. They completely change the landscape of how we move and hide within the game. We can use the environment, and the environment is more heavily affected by what we do.<br />
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So, my long avoidance of purchasing a new gen console comes to an end as I absolutely don't want to miss the opportunity to play this gorgeous game. (Let's just hope these amazing characters keep their faces!)<br />
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You'll just have to see this beauty for yourself!Ellie Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01269868467543834255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-34001567884185128652015-05-12T08:46:00.001-07:002015-05-12T08:46:29.918-07:00Thor's Identity Revealed - Massive Spoilers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For months and months now, the identity of the new Thor has been a complete mystery. Comics fans have thrown out theory after theory, and after the jump we can finally confirm who she is, thanks to a leaked comic panel from this month. So who is it? There have been some great theories - Sue Storm, Lady Sif, Black Widow, and all of those are great...<br />
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...but Jane is better.<br />
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But wait - <i>killing her</i>? Marvel, no! This story is so good! Don't put an end cap on it just yet!Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-21929205580155884312015-05-11T10:00:00.000-07:002015-05-11T10:00:04.135-07:00Cosplay Shenanigans: Building and Being Admiral Trench <br />
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When I got passes for Star Wars Celebration, I was a bit apprehensive about cosplaying at all.<br />
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I remember this story Kevin Smith told about the time when some kid went up to him and asked to take a picture. He later found out that the kid thought (or joked) that he thought that he was the X-Wing Pilot Porkins.<br />
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"What have I gotten myself into?!" I asked myself. I know the modern cosplay community is very accepting and tolerant. Hell, there's even a lot of "Cosplay is not consent" placards at Star War Celebration (though people do tend to forget it is a reminder about ALL harassment, not just creepy advances). I heard that story, and I hear about these Star Wars cosplayer groups being very "Accurate-minded," some even inspect and accept or deny club memberships based on such factors.<br />
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I was very worried, so part of this costume's decision process was
because I wanted to find a character with a figure close to my ....size,
and I <i>refused</i> to give in and simply be a Porkins. I was marathoning
Clone Wars, and the episode "Cat and Mouse" was on, and there was
Admiral Trench! He was just just an awesome character, who was so unphased by going up
against a Jedi, and was chilling. It also helped that because of either his species, or other
factors, this guy has a pretty thick figure, though that is really just a
peripheral factor. The fact that he's a LARGE WOOLY TARANTULA took the
cake for me. <br />
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When I finally wore it, however, it was nice, and it was great to have a lot of people enjoy the costume I made. It was also interesting to see a great number of these interactions occur when seeing my costume:<br />
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Kid/Teen Fan: "IT'S HIM!!!" <br />
Older Fan:: "Who's that guy?"<br />
Kid/Teen Fan: "ADMIRAL TRENCH!"<br />
Older Fan: "Who?"<br />
Kid/Teen Fan: "From The Clone Wars!"<br />
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It was an interesting way to see the Star Wars generational gap, and it's very good to see that Star Wars is good and alive in new generations. Not that only younger fans were the only ones who recognized my costume, there were a good number of older fans who did a well, but I would say around two thirds of the times, it would be a younger Star Wars fan, and it was very invigorating.<br />
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On the other hand... (Or dare I say it...) <i>on the Dark Side</i> of things.... While I did not experience the type of elitism I expected (as I mentioned a few paragraphs ago), I felt a disturbance in The Force a few times. I counted around, perhaps around five or so.... unpleasant conversations some fans had with me, based on either my costume or my choice of character. <br />
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One, in particular, came from a very arrogant self-proclaimed superfan, who went up to me and went, "So [looks me up and down, and also points up and down as well], what is this" I can already tell it's a very arrogant tone, and he continued, "because I know Star Wars backwards and forwards and I don't know this [and he continues to point up and down]" <br />
"Admiral Trench" I responded<br />
"Who? Is it a made-up character? Because I only recognize characters in cannon" the so-called superfan responded, oh-so ignorantly.<br />
"From the Clone Wars." I added<br />
"Well, <i>that's not</i> cannon"<br />
"And I thought you knew Star Wars 'backwards and forwards' as you said." and I walked away.<br />
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Another few conversations were similar to that, mostly of people who question my choice to pick a Clone Wars character as my cosplay. I was expecting elitism, but not THAT kind of elitism, though it did come far and few in between and each time a kid's eyes lit up in joy or terror to see Admiral Trench, or an older fan went "OH DUDDDDE! HE DETECTED ANAKIN'S STEALTH SHIP!" Perhaps it's worth it. <br />
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Being some sort of creature/monster, I suppose, has been a
proverbial cosplay refuge for me, as I don't have to necessarily handle
or deal with outward issues image and looks. I've been a Rhinoceros.... <i>twice</i> as two versions of of my Rocksteady costume. I've been a Space Elephant when I was <a href="http://aceofgeeks.blogspot.com/2014/08/cosplay-shennanigans-creating-brother.html">Brother Warth</a>. I've also been Clayface. Hmmm, does that make being uncomfortable in a large creature suit preferable to showing my face? The thought has crossed my mind as well.<br />
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What really intrigued me, however, was the way I would go about making the arms. I mean, he has <i>six arms</i>. The closest thing I made before was my Thanatos (from Persona 3) cosplay when I made a rig to be able to spread open all eight wings. There was ONE large difference between Thanatos' wings and Trench's
arms: Thanatos' wings only go up and down, and it goes down by itself if
I let go of the strings. Gravity just pulls down the wings back to
its "resting" position. Admiral Trench's arms, I imagine, would have
to move in different ways, and possibly not just up and down. They also
have elbows and wrists in addition to just shoulder joints (the wings
only had something analogous to a shoulder joint). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was horrible to wear at crowds in cons, and that's with the wings UN-deployed!</td></tr>
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I was starting to think of different options, and I had to think about my worst case/ if I ran out of time option, and it was this: to have arms that are just "there." After all, I have seen pretty impressive cosplays with still arms and all the arms did look good. If I made arms that were essentially just still, I could dedicate its construction to it being still. I actually had two options with it - I could make it as reinforced and as strong as it could be, or it can be flexible, so when it gets bumped by random people in a crowd, it will just spring back.<br />
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The ideal option was a moving set of arms, but unlike my wings, these arms will not just go up and down, and therefore will not "reset" through gravity after I finish pulling at it with a nylon thread. I needed something with maybe a spring-loaded joint. I was thinking, I would set the arm on one end of the spring, and the other other end would be connected to my arm, so the arm, or arms would move when my arm would move, and when my arm would relax, the arms would spring back into place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Shoulder" construct with each "front" arm connector facing th side and each "back" arm connector facing the back. It arches around the collar piece, and it is connected with pvc cement, and tied tot eh football collar via zip ties.</td></tr>
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My initial trip to Hope Depot for PVC pipes and pipe fittings for the rig did not produce any spring-loaded joints or hinges. I even thought about using regular door hinges on the pipes and angling them so instead of "springing back" into place, they'd fall back down through gravity. However, the answer [somewhat] came during the trip to the pipe and pipe fitting section of the trip. I found vinyl tubing. These rubbery, flexible, but resilient tubes are springy and durable enough to act as my joints! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four artificial arms. The forearms have the "T" fittings with a hook on top for the nylon thread to tie onto. </td></tr>
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So I made my PVC rig around an old football collar that I cannibalized from my first <a href="http://aceofgeeks.blogspot.com/2014/08/cosplay-shennanigans-creating-brother.html">Brother Warth </a>cosplay (which I cannibalized from my second <a href="http://aceofgeeks.blogspot.com/2014/06/rocksteadys-journey-inside-cosplayers.html">Rocksteady cosplay</a>). I also made individual arms, each with individual vinyl tube shoulders and elbows. There are also room for wrists, which are connected from the hands.<br />
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I drilled holes on each front "forearm" and installed metal hooks for the nylon thread to attach to. The nylon looped through a larger tube on what would be my collar bone and it comes out somewhere inside my coat, so it can be attached to my real-life wrist or arm to be pulled. This way, when my real arm is down, it will pull the puppeteer ed arm up, making the movement of arms more noticeable since it is not a 1:1 movement. The back "forearm" is a simpler attachment, being just lashed onto my real forearm by a short nylon thread, and yes, the back arm would follow my real arm in a 1:1 movement, when my arm moved, it will follow it. <br />
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I also wanted my spider arms to match my regular arms in size, so I measured my arms and forearms, and constructed my spider arms at roughly the size of my real-life arms. It's when I realize how heavy and large my arms are, especially when there are 4 extra ones! <br />
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The harder, and ailbeit, less stellar part of this costume are the hands. For one, they are not articulated. They are just still pieces of spandex-wrapped EVA foam. The best I could do is put a vinyl tube for the wrists, so they can loosely move around, and set each hand and fingers in a variety of realistic position like a saluting, pointing, or hand-shaking position. Since I made the costume in segments, and therefore a bit modular, I can always go back in the future and make "better" hands. For the mean time, these hands are made the same way I made Clayface's and Brother Warth's faces: EVA foam wrapped with spandex. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hands are sized after my own hands, so they would conceivably look like my own if I'm wearing gloves... and i can shake my own hands.</td></tr>
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Then, comes wrapping the furry fabric around the EVA arms. Even though I originally planned and tested to use a fabric adhesive to attach the fabric to the EVA, I found out, it was much easier to use certain types of pins to basically nail or staple the fabric onto the EVA foam because the EVA is basically a giant pin cushion. The fabric held on much better than the adhesive as well. <br />
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The mask was a bit easy. It's actually a mix of some household products. The dome is a cheap bowl I got from 99 cents. The smaller eyes are from Wal-Mart, sold in the crafts department as craft jewelry in a giant pack. The mesh is from a safety face guard I painted. The mandibles are more EVA. The eye domes are vending machine prize thingies with my favorite material, retro-reflective vinyl inside, so they glow with flash photography. Then, there's more of the fur, and this time, I use the adhesive since there is less EVA foam to pin these things onto. <br />
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I also found out that the costume took two people's seat in a car or a bench, of anywhere else, so it's a bit difficult to travel. He is a bit hollow inside, so perhaps, I can stuff a backpack or a sleeping bag inside the chest cavity. When I wore him, all the faux fur made the costume extremely warm, but the mesh face made the air circulate through the costume pretty well. It was also because of that mesh face that I was able to clearly see throughout the whole day. The whole thing was easy to remove for going to the bathroom purposes. I had to last min lash the headpiece onto the collar of the costume, which made it a lot more convenient, since everything was just one piece.<br />
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Besides the random threat of heat exhaustion, which the easily removable and the mesh front of the costume mitigated, it was a great costume to wear. The naysayers and the random elitists I faced were downers, but I also faced a lot more fun people who made donning this costume a lot of fun.<br />
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<i>John Garcia is an English Teacher and Cosplayer in the Los Angeles Area.</i><br />
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iZombie fans rejoice! If you haven't heard by now, the series has been picked up for a second season! It's not known yet when it will premiere or how many episodes were ordered. The first season had a mid-season debut and 10 episodes were ordered for it, so let's all cross our fingers and hope we get a full 23 episodes out of it - or at the very least, a half season of 13 episodes. Now that the good news has been announced, let's get on with the rest of the good stuff!<br />
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Last week Liv turned into Zombiemom after eating the brain of a pregnant girl, and she gained an appreciation for her own mother. She and Lowell got to know each other better. We saw lieutenant Suzuki in action as Zombiecop, and Major got more than he bargained for when he found the Candyman. Ravi conducted a clinical study on some rats with Utopium and MaxRager drinks, with an interesting - if gross - outcome. And one of the rats gets lost again.<br />
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This week, things heated up for Liv and Lowell. Major got beat up and released from jail, and Ravi saw Payton in a different light. A radio host was murdered live on the air. Liv found the lost rat, and Ravi believes for a moment that he's created a monster. I need to say how much I am loving the prop and make-up department on this production! Major's bashed up face... the delivery boy's flayed open head on Jackie's counter from episode 6... the dead rats... They can come decorate my house and do my make-up for Halloween - or anything - whenever they want!<br />
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Another of the things I am loving about this series is the continuity. While the general theme of the show is "crime of the week," there's more going on than that. It looks like Lieutenant Suzuki's story is about to expand and mingle with the storyline between Major and Blaine - did I mention there's a twist this week? Oh - and there's a really huge <i>OMG</i>, too.</div>
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There's been a lot of speculation about whether or not Suzuki is in Blaine's pocket or not, and this week we find out what team he bats for. And it looks like next week's episode will be a rev-up for the season finale, judging by the way this week's episode wound up at the end. My guess (and fervent hope) is that the last episode of the season will go off with one hell of a bang!</div>
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So far, the Livwell ship is still afloat. But is it me, or does Lowell seem really insightful about what's going on with Liv? I mean, he comes to the exact, correct conclusions about her behavior every damn time - even before she does. And I'm not so sure yet that bringing Ravi and Payton together is a good thing.<br />
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I really wanted to kick Liv's ass for how she treated Ravi about the whole issue, and I think I fell in love with Rahul Kohli's performances even more. That particular scene was an emotional moment that was very well played. I felt Ravi's pain. Hopefully all this shipping doesn't take the focus off the whole premise of the show - crime solving and zombie research with our new Scoobie Gang.<br />
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What do you think - too much shipping going on? Should they just stick to the storytelling, crime scene action, and brain eating? Hit the jump for the recap, and tell us what you think in the comments below!<br />
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Liv is in bed, a look of sheer ecstasy on her face. She's clearly enjoying herself, but her good time momentarily becomes painful. "oh..no.. no - ai - ow - I forgot the safe word! What's the safe word? Kelly Clarkson... ping-pong... oh, there... that's better... that's the ticket!" Lowell is giving her a foot massage. In a voice-over Liv muses, "I'd forgotten what it was like to be touched. This foot rub dessert is tasty!" Liv's phone rings. "Do you need to get that... very early phone call?" asks Lowell. Liv checks the caller ID - it's Major. She rejects the call.<br />
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Driving in to work, Liv listens to talk radio. The host is taking calls about dysfunctional relationships, and dishing out advice to a caller with a cheating husband. In a voice-over, Liv tells us how she has to spend every day of life ("or whatever we zombies choose to call the daily grind") being bombarded by reminders of the things they can no longer enjoy. Cheeseburgers... rosy complexion... progeny. "Sex, on the other hand, is back on the menu for this zombie."<br />
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Liv is engrossed in listening to the talk show. The caller on the talk show is telling the host, Sasha Arcani, that she caught her husband with another woman. Sasha advises the caller that she needs to cut the man loose. "Oh no. I'm keepin' my man. It's that slut he's hookin' up with I'm gonna murder." Liv is now fully entrenched in the drama of the talk show, and doesn't notice that the traffic light has changed to green until someone honks their horn behind her.<br />
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Ravi is at the precinct, in the waiting room of the intake area. He reads a newspaper that has a front page headline about the bodies of the missing teens being found. Looking up, he notices that the intake clerk is taking a personal phone call. He goes up to the window, and interrupts her.<br />
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"Do you have any information as to when my friend will be released?" "Oh, yeah. I'm just keeping it to myself because I really enjoy these chats we have every fifteen minutes. Maybe don't be friends with criminals?" she snarks as she resumes her call. Ravi returns to his seat, and picks up a kids' magazine and does some of the puzzles.<br />
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Payton walks in, and goes straight up to the window. She puts her DA badge up against the window, and tells the intake clerk to get Major released immediately. "Do you know what's missing from this?" she asks as she holds up the intake form from Major's file. "No - save your eyes," she says as the intake clerk starts to put on her glasses. <br />
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"The time stamp is missing - which means he's being held in violation of Habeas corpus statutes." "I could stamp it now," says the clerk. "Are you offering to commit forgery?" asks Payton. "No..." the clerk responds sheepishly. "Get him out. Now!"<br />
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Peyton notices Ravi with the kids' magazines. "I read it for the articles," he says. The intake clerk makes a call. She tells Payton that Major will be released - "fifteen minutes, tops." "Make it five," says Payton. Peyton sits, and waits. A few moments later, Major is released. He is escorted to the waiting room by two officers. His face is a mess - cuts, scrapes and bruises.<br />
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"What did they do to you?!" asks Payton, concerned. Major tells her that it was some lesson he was supposed to learn. Ravi comes over with paper towels and starts dabbing at Major's face. "Maybe you should keep me on retainer," he tells Major. "Excuse me, you are...?" Payton asks defensively. Major introduces them. He tells them that he tried to call Liv. Payton and Ravi both tell him that wouldn't be a good idea. "We'd have two messes to clean up!" exclaims Ravi.<br />
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Payton asks who he was fighting with this time. "Sons of Anarchy..." he says. "A little bit of advice - don't go to jail the day after you're quoted on the front page of the paper saying the police are indifferent about the disappearance of the underclass." "If you want to sue the city, I can put you in touch with someone," Payton tells him. "That would be a waste of my time," he says . "The only witnesses were the guards and guys whipping my ass..."<br />
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He tells Payton and Ravi that all he wants to do is find out what happened to Eddie and Jerome. Ravi gently tells him about the Emily Sparrow case - "she was kidnapped by space alien worshipping, sister-wife collecting crazy people" and they found the remains of some of the the missing kids from the skate park at their compound. Eddie and Jerome were among the remains found.<br />
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Ravi shows Major the front page of the paper with the story. Major admits that he knew in his gut that they were gone, but he just didn't want to believe it. "I know who killed Jerome and Eddie, and it wasn't these two. I've seen things... if I told you, you wouldn't believe me. Everything the police tells you in this town is a lie."<br />
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At work, Liv continues to listen to the talk show, streaming it on a computer in the morgue. Sasha makes a statement that she encourages self-empowerment but she would never suggest murder. The caller sounds triumphant as she asks for the listener's input - she describes a car, and gives out most of the license plate number. "No... No no no!" says Sasha as the caller gets cut off. She asks the caller to call back so they can talk about the problem some more.<br />
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Ravi comes in to the morgue, and apologizes for being late. "A friend had some legal issues," he says as Liv shushes him. "A caller just threatened to murder her husband's mistress, on the air! Sasha, the host, is trying to get her to call back in!" Ravi starts to say how he doesn't understand how Liv could possibly be into that kind of drama. "Zip it!" she says as she continues listening to the talk show.<br />
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The broadcast then goes horribly wrong. Over the air, there is static and electronic audio feedback. "What just happened?" asks Ravi. "I don't know," Liv says. As they continue to listen, they hear people screaming and calling for an ambulance over the broadcast, and then the station goes off the air. Liv and Ravi both look horrified. "I stand corrected... this is compelling radio!" says Ravi.<br />
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At the radio station, Liv and Ravi are looking over the crime scene. Sasha lays dead at the sound board. "The electricity entered her body through her hands," notes Ravi. "The current then pulsed through her chest cavity -" "Causing instant cardiac arrest," adds Liv as she gets a closer look at the body. "Electrocution is an extremely rare cause of death," Ravi says.<br />
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"It wasn't an accident," Clive announces as he enters the studio. "According to the fire inspector, someone intentionally spliced the victim's microphone into the station's generator. The moment she touched it after the break, <i>bam</i>!" he explains. "The first thing we need to do is find Cheated On in Chattanooga."<br />
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"The caller who threatened to murder her husband's mistress on today's show," Liv says. Clive gives Liv a weird look. "Uh... First time listener," she says with a shrug. Clive points out that the license plate that the caller gave out on air was registered to the victim. "Shocking," says Ravi with a grin. As Liv and Clive stare at him, he asks, "too soon?"<br />
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Liv and Clive are interviewing the show's producer, Jane. Clive asks if Sasha recognized her own license plate when she heard it on the air. "Yeah, she was terrified. She sent me downstairs to grab security," says Jane. "As the show's producer, you screen the calls and decide which ones go on the air?" Jane nods. "It's a local show, but was Cheated On in Chattanooga calling from Tennessee?" Clive asks. Jane says that the show is streamed nationally, but she could tell from the caller ID that Cheated On's calls all came from a Seattle area code.<br />
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Liv asks if the woman was a frequent caller. "Ten, twelve times in the past few weeks... She was high drama - a woman on the verge. She gave great radio," Jane answers. "We'll need those calls," Clive says. Jane calls in Kaylee (an intern), and tells her to get the audio files from the past two weeks for them.<br />
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Jane explains that the more recent files will be harder to get, but they'll have a lot to listen to in the mean time. She also says that they don't archive the show segments by caller, so if they want just those segments someone will have to go through thirty hours of audio files. Liv cheerfully volunteers to do that. "Who couldn't use a few hours of straight talk?"<br />
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Jane smiles sadly. "That was definitely Sasha's forte. She was fearless! I just... I can't believe she's gone. We made so many hours of radio together..." she says as she starts to tear up. "Excuse me, I think I'm going to need a minute..." "Of course," says Clive as Jane leaves. Liv watches her go, but something about the producer sets her Spidey-sense tingling.<br />
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Walking with the intern, Clive asks if Sasha and Jane were close. Kaylee explained that they've been close since college - "Sasha was the Psych major with the big personality, Jane was the RTF major with the radio skills." Clive asks if Sasha was seeing anyone romantically. "Specifically? No... I mean, she talked about her sex life all the time on the air, but her lovers always got code names. 'The All-Niter', 'Sir Cries-A-Lot'..."<br />
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"So there were a lot of lovers?" asks Liv. "From what <i>she</i> said, yeah," says Kaylee, rolling her eyes. "I don't know any names or anything, but everyone around here knows that she had a thing for guys who were already in relationships." Kaylee asks if they think one of her lovers did this. "We'll look into every possibility," says Clive as Kaylee directs them into the electrical room.<br />
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At the morgue, Liv is listening to one of the audio files of the Great. Morning. Sex. broadcasts on her smartphone while she prepares her lunch - dead talk show host brain salad. "Yes, manscaping is a thing! You can't expect a girl to go hackin' through the bush like Indiana Jones looking for the Lost Temple!" says Sasha through Liv's headphones. Looking up, she notices Ravi watching her.<br />
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"Did you need me for something?" she asks as she pulls out one of her ear buds. "No," says Ravi. But as Liv starts to put her ear bud back in her ear, he tells her he had some business at the courthouse that morning. "I met your roommate - Payton." "Oh?" says Liv. "Bit of a spitfire, isn't she?" says Ravi. "Do you know if she's seeing anyone?" "Oh, probably," Liv says with a smile.<br />
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Seeing Ravi's sardonic expression, Liv gets it. "Oh... you're asking because you might want to ask her out?" Ravi sighs. "For a minute there, I thought I might have to draw you a diagram!" "I'll check," Liv says. "But she's generally not lacking for male companionship." "I think we had a moment," says Ravi hopefully. Turning toward the refrigerator, she has a look of 'nope nope' on her face. Changing the subject, she says in a stiff voice that the early shift was displeased to find that the storage cabinet was padlocked.<br />
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"They'll get over it," Ravi says in a dismissive tone. "This is where we're curing Zombie-ism!" As he unlocks the padlock, he says "I'm mid-experiment. Our guinea rats are behind this door, rolling hard on Utopium and MaxRager. Right now, they're probably waving tiny glow sticks in the air!" As Liv takes a bite of her salad, Ravi opens the door. Going in, he says over his shoulder "I think somebody needs an escort to the chill-out room!"<br />
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Liv continues eating. A moment later, Ravi calls urgently from the storage room. "Liv!" She goes in, and they find that one rat is missing and the rest of them are dead - with their brains missing. "The Lannisters send their regards," says Liv. (<i>Characters in the 'Game of Thrones' series, for those who don't get the reference.</i>) Looking around at the cages, she asks "where's the fifth rat?" Ravi is worried. "I don't know, but I can't stress enough the importance of finding him!"<br />
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Liv hears squeaking, and she finds the missing rat sitting on the floor, it's tiny face smeared with blood. "Holy crap, Ravi - it's white and murderous! You did it! You made a zombie rat!" It starts to run at them, and Ravi jumps up onto a table. "Ooh! Where ya goin', little buddy?" Liv says as she scoops the rat up.<br />
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"Uh... I believe he was on his way to murder me and eat my brains," exclaims Ravi from the table. "Why isn't he tearing into you?" Liv coos over the rat. "It's a zombie thing, you wouldn't understand." To the rat, she says "Zombie brains are nasty! You wouldn't want those... no, you wouldn't..." "Uh... that rat you're doting on like a purse chihuahua could end civilization as we know it!" says Ravi. Liv giggles like a child playing with a puppy for the first time.<br />
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Back in the main room, Liv is finishing her meal while Ravi tells her about his findings. "The human genome is full of so-called junk DNA, right? Veritable sleeper cells of evolution, waiting to be called into action by a change in environment or circumstance," he explains.<br />
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"Enter the chemical cocktail of tainted Utopium and MaxRager! The cocktail wakes up dormant genes, which then transforms an ordinary human - or rat - into a zombie at the cellular level." "So you'll use antibodies from zombie rats to synthesize a gene-based therapy cure?" Liv asks. "That's the plan," he says.<br />
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As they look at the rat in the glass enclosure, Ravi muses. "Do you think this is how Oppenheimer felt staring down at the A-bomb?" "Like a drama queen? Or are you talking about his need for self-aggrandizement?" quips Liv. "Aww..." whines Ravi. "Oh, come on... Gentle ribbing!" she says. "Dr. Oppenheimer, you love me!"<br />
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Clive walks in. "Chattanooga's phone was a burner - totally untraceable," he says. "New development - check this out!" he says as he shows Liv an image on his cellphone. "Dear god! How about a heads up, or NSFW warning!?" she says, looking at the image. "Is that a... blow-up sex doll?!" she asks, incredulous. "Ooh - I wanna see!" says Ravi. "With Sasha Arconi's face pasted over the doll's," adds Clive. "There are a bunch of them," says Ravi as he scrolls through the images on the phone.<br />
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Clive tells them that Sasha was in a blood feud with the host of a rival drive-time sports talk show called <i>The Morning Hurl</i>. "The host, Chuck Burd, asked all his listeners - 'upchuckers,' they're called - to commit unspeakable acts upon a Sasha Arconi blow-up doll and post them online." "Delightful," says Liv sarcastically. "Sasha gave as good as she got," Clive says. "She was promoting a round-table interview next week with several of Chuck's past lovers." "Sounds like we should have a chat with Chuck," says Live. "Exactly my though," agrees Clive.<br />
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They get to the office building where the radio station is located. Clive reads the poster out loud. "Great. Morning. Sex. Isn't it enough for you ladies that you're having it? Why spoil it by talking about it?" "See, I find it fascinating that we never talk about your love life," says Liv. "Really? 'Cause I find it non-negotiable. Boundaries, Liv!" he replies.<br />
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"Stressing your boundaries - one of several signs of the classic distancer," says Liv with an air of authority. "Pair that with avoiding discussions of deep feelings..." "I'm going in now," says Clive as he walks away from her. "Pulling away when things get real," she pushes. "Look, it's nice that you want to get to know me..." "Sending mixed signals!" she points out.<br />
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"What's gotten into you?" Clive asks. "You listen to Sasha's show for one day, and now you think you're her?" Liv sighs and nods. "Something like that," she says, not able to explain about the brain thing. "I'm not the 'let's get real' type anyway," he tells her. "Ask Devore in Vice - she'll tell you." "Idealizing your past partner," Liv says nodding. "You are so text-book!" Clive turns and walks away from her, heading into the building. "Seriously - you can stop talking right now, because I know everything there is to know about you!" she says as she follows him.<br />
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They approach the studio where Chuck Burd is broadcasting. On the air, he is talking about a cheating spouse. "I'm not saying he should have done what he did. All I'm sayin' is that any guy who's been married for more than five minutes knew exactly how he felt. Ladies - Listen to this: Your mouths were not made for speaking!" Looking up, he sees Liv through the booth window.<br />
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"Upchuckers! Show of hands - who's screwed an albino chick? Anyone? Anyone? I think what they lack in pigment, they make up for in <i>naaasty</i>... am I right? We got a chick in the studio right now, beggin' for someone to bang a little color back into her cheeks! Ain't that right, sweetheart?" Clive and Liv both look disgusted. Clive puts his badge up against the window.<br />
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Outside the booth, they talk to Chuck. He tells them that the feud with Sasha was all for show. "The more PMS-y she acted, the more fired up my listeners got. That broad was ratings gold!" Chuck says with a laugh. Liv gives her analysis of Chuck's personality. "So... your relationship with your mother - I'm going with 'complicated.' Extreme narcissism with a tendency towards sexual deviance," she says as she looks around at the blow-up dolls surrounding them. "Mommy issues," she points out. "All I'm saying is, the inexplicable crying when you're cupping the carrot? There's a reason for that."<br />
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Clive interrupts her before she goes too far. "Mr. Burd - the show Sasha was supposed to be doing about you? A lot of men would feel threatened by their ex-lovers comparing notes on the radio." Chuck shrugs. "Yeah... unless all of your notes are just... " He kisses his fingers. "I was just worried she wouldn't be able to fit them all in the studio!" Liv is offended. "If I'm gonna puke in your trash bin, do I need to go through the basketball hoop?" she asks.<br />
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"What do I care?" Looking a Clive, he adds "You and I both know how women get when you... kick 'em loose." "You kick a lot of women loose?" asks Clive. "Not anymore. I'm a happily married man now," Chuck says as he grabs his tablet. He shows them a picture of his wife Oksana, and that triggers a vision for Liv.<br />
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Through Sasha's eyes, Liv sees Oksana confronting Sasha. "Stay away from my husband, whore!" she says with a heavy foreign accent. Then she throws a drink in Sasha's face. Liv gasps, and Clive gives her a concerned glance while Chuck goes on about his wife. "She's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but she is a former gymnast... power tumbler," he says, making the statement into an innuendo. "When your wife found out you were sleeping with Sasha, was she mad enough to kill her?" asks Liv. Chuck looks at her, wondering how she knew he had slept with Sasha. She looks back at him with a "know-it-all" smirk.<br />
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Chuck admits the affair. "Sasha and I bumped uglies a couple of times... I'm not the first guy to have a little hate bang on the side." "No, but you have an angry wife and a dead lover," Liv says. "You think Oksana is this Chattanooga chick!?" Chuck says, laughing in disbelief. "She's a mail-order bride! She knows maybe fifty words of English! The woman can barely order a cup of coffee, let alone fake a southern accent..." <br />
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At home, Major is looking at pictures of human brains on the Internet. "Hello?" calls Karin as she walks in. She finds him in the kitchen with his laptop. "You missed our lunch date," she says, walking up behind him. He starts to apologize, and she goes around to face him. "Oh, my god..." she says when she sees his face. She asks him what happened, and he tells her. She looks at the laptop. "Why are you looking at pictures of brains? You know what - nevermind. This is so not what I signed up for..."<br />
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He tries to explain, but she cuts him off. "You keep getting into fights! You just got arrested! You're in a running battle with someone known as the Candyman... what the hell?! You were the dream combination...super hot, funny.. now you look like some whackjob who doesn't shower enough!" Major tries to interrupt. "If you'd just give me a second to explain -" "You should get some help," she says regretfully as she leaves. Ravi nearly bumps into her as she passes him in the hall. "I take it game night's off," he says.<br />
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Leaning against a crate at a warehouse, Blaine waits. As Suzuki walks up, Blaine starts clapping slowly. "Enter the hero! Why so glum, chum?" he asks in a Joker-esque fashion. "I can't do this anymore," Suzuki tells Blaine. "Moving those kids' bodies... It's too much!" "What, emotionally? Or physically? Because those bodies shouldn't have weighed very much - how heavy are bones?" he responds, being an asshole. "Dammit, you listen to me! You're not even trying to be careful anymore. The bodies are piling up, and you just... expect me to make them disappear!"<br />
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"What part of me having you by the short and curlies don't you understand? I'm literally your meal ticket," he tells Suzuki. "I understand that, but you nee-" Blaine interrupts him. "What're you gonna do, hm? You gonna mosey on down to the holding cell, pop open a couple of craniums a week and hope no one gets wise? You need to stop acting like you have options, and just do what I tell you to do!"<br />
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At home, Liv is listening to more of Sasha's sound files. "The guy is a bully, and you're just laying back and taking it! Act like his bitch, don't expect to be treated like his girlfriend. Don't make me play it..." In a voice over, Liv tells us that before this brain, her advice-giving M.O. was gentle... sympathetic. "Now I feel compelled to fix people - to take them apart, whether they want it or not." Sasha's caller is making excuses for her man. "He's meditating now... He's becoming a vegetarian!" "You asked for it! Tell her, Ms. Lynch!" Sasha says. <i>"Bitch, get a clue!"</i> goes the Jane Lynch sound-byte. That triggers a vision for Liv.<br />
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Sasha hits the button on the sound card to play the Jane Lynch file. She grabs cupcakes and throws them violently at the booth window. The show producer Jane is on the other side of it. "I'm sorry! I was gonna tell you!" "I don't want apologies! I want loyalty," demands Sasha.<br />
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Clive brings Jane in for questioning. "Any time you mix friendship and work, things can get complicated. But Sasha and I were fine," she says with a smile. "So you didn't mind when she yelled at you and threw things? You were cool with that?" asks Clive. "Oh... you heard about the cupcakes,' she says with a chuckle. "Yeah, Sasha could go a little psycho, but that time I had it coming," she says with a rueful smile.<br />
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"Why's that?" asks Liv. Jane explains that Sasha found out she was sending tapes to other stations. "We started as co-hosts, and then Sasha became this big star and I became just her producer... which was fine, for a while, but -" "But you would have rather been behind the mic," says Clive. "Anybody in radio who tells you differently is lying," Jane says.<br />
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Clive asks her if she got any offers. "No... It takes a certain kind of charisma to get people to tune in and listen." Liv seems to sense something is off about Jane. "Sasha had it. Judging by my lack of offers, well... I guess we'll never know." "Sasha was pretty angry when she found out you wanted to leave," Liv points out. "Only at first, but she got over it, and started fighting for a raise for me - to entice me to stay." She tells them that they got those last 'Cheated' files from archives, if they still wanted them. Clive acknowledges it.<br />
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When Liv gets back to the lab, Ravi shows her a metal glove. "Oyster shucking gloves. Watch..." He picks up a scalpel, and stabs at the table between his fingers, increasing the speed with each pass. As the scalpel comes into contact with the glove, Ravi cries out and drops it. "Ravi!" Liv yells, afraid that he's hurt himself. "Voila!" he says with a big grin. "Chainmaille for the hands!" "Enjoy hell!" she retorts.<br />
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"Have you heard from Major today?" she asks. "I missed a call from him yesterday, and I haven't heard back." Ravi hedges. "Oh... he's.. he's fine. He's got some stuff going on... romantically. There was a breakup, in that Karin dumped him." Liv is shocked. "Major doesn't <i>get </i>dumped. There are only two reasons to dump Major - being a zombie, and literal death. Wait- you don't think Karin - " "Is now a zombie? Seems unlikely. Speaking of roommate... Have you spoken with Payton yet?"<br />
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"Wow," Liv says sardonically. "All roads lead to Rome with you lately, huh?" She proceeds to try and distract him from the subject of Payton by using her newly learned psychobabble skills, and makes a lot of comments about his past with his parents. "Are you shrinking me?" he asks. "I'm just pointing out obvious behavior that could... potentially lead to you being hurt."<br />
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He gives her an irritated look. "OK - I guess I'm shrinking you! But you really need to learn from the past and not try to relive it," she says as she starts to put in her ear buds. "I can't help it, I'm filled to the brim with insight!" "Oh, <i>that's</i> what you're full of!" Ravi says sarcastically. "Just find out if she's dating anyone, OK?" he begs. "I live to enable," she says.<br />
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Liv goes to see Major. She knocks, but there's no immediate answer. "Major? I can see your mopey shadow! Let me in. Someone needs to tell you that self-sabotaging is not the answer! You're allowed to be happy!" Major opens the door. "Oh, Major!" Liv is shocked when she sees his beat-up face. "Who did this to you?" "I can't talk about Fight Club.... crap..." he says with a sigh as he lets her in. She demands to know what happened. "Would you believe shark attack?"<br />
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She asks if he went to the skate park again. "Rough night in jail," he says casually. "Turns out the police take umbrage when you accuse them of negligence." "You were in jail?!" she asks. "Why didn't you -" Major gives her a sad look, and she realizes she messed up. "You <i>did</i> try to call me, and I didn't answer," she says apologetically.<br />
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He says he's glad she's here now. "You made the police blotter," she says as she picks up a newspaper and sees his mugshot. Major says that one of the Helton Shelter kids brought it in to group. "My bosses weren't nearly as impressed with my street cred as this kid was." Major was fired. Liv expresses her regret at that.<br />
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Major tells her that he needs to talk to her about something, because he thinks she's the only one who might listen to him. "Those people in the woods didn't kill Jerome and Eddie." He tells Liv about Julien Dupont - the Candyman. Liv points out that they found the remains at the house. Major insists that it wasn't them. "This Dupont guy was wearing Jerome's shoes - he practically admitted to killing him!"<br />
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Major starts to get agitated. "The police are covering this up - I don't know why - " "The DNA was verified," Liv reminds him. "Just listen, please," Major begs. "I saw something in the Candyman's car. I know it's gonna sound crazy, but I know what I saw." He tells her about the brain in the cooler. "A human brain. I'm sure of it." Liv gets fearfully worried.<br />
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She tries to rationalize for Major's sake. "If the guy worked for a butcher shop like he told the police, then it seems logical that the brains came from an animal." "I've been looking at pictures of human and cow brains for hours - I know that sounds crazy. But a cow's brain is baseball sized, and that's not what this was! I <i>need</i> someone to believe me. I'd feel so much better if that someone was you."<br />
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"I know how close you and Jerome were. I think that holding on to this case is your way of holding on to Jerome," Liv says. " Major sighs. "You're right," he says. "I don't want you to be, but you are." "I know it's not easy to let go," she sympathizes. "I've gotta get my act together. This - this isn't who I am!" he says emphatically. "If I'm gonna get into a fight with a biker gang, it should be because I knocked over a row of their hogs outside a dive bar!"<br />
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"Just promise me you'll back off from this Julien guy," she says. He promises. "You're a good friend, Liv," he tells her as she leaves. Inside the house, Major puts in his ear buds and resumes his search for uses of the human brain.<br />
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As she walks down a hall, in a voice-over she says "every time he calls me his friend, I ache. I miss the 'girl-' modifier." She muses that she and Major were perfect for each other because they were besties from the start - underneath all the love and desire to rip each other's clothes off, he was the one person she wanted to share every detail of her life with. "Without that, it's not really even a relationship, is it? Is it just sex? Is that who you are? Is it just zombie bootie calls?"<br />
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She knocks on a door. Lowell opens it, with a towel draped over his shoulders. "Sorry - I instinctively take my shirt off every time someone knocks on the door," he says and goes in for a kiss. Liv pulls away. "What are we doing?" she asks him in a concerned tone as she walks in to his apartment. He says he just dyed his roots. "I don't know what you're up to but it seems to involve spiraling."<br />
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"We're not friends! Shouldn't friendship be the foundation of a relationship?" Lowell says he thinks it should be the foundation of year two of a relationship. "But right now, what I really want to do is spend epic amounts of time with you... naked..." Liv is exasperated. "Would we even <i>be</i> together if we weren't zombies?!" "Probably not," Lowell answers calmly. "The music scene was my world... you really are a doctor... I suppose if I OD'd I would have met you... but here we are... Zombies... together. What does it matter?"<br />
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"It matters," insists Liv forcefully. "It doesn't," disagrees Lowell, still calm. "We have nothing in common except the fact that we're half dead. That is <i>not </i>the basis of a healthy relationship!" Liv argues. "I have a feeling that the woman who's brain you ate never had a healthy relationship in her life." "How do you know it was a woman?!" Liv then realizes that her behavior kind of gave that fact away.<br />
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"She's exhuasting!" Liv exclaims. "I thought that being a relationship and sex expert would be fun, but - " Lowell interrupts her. "Sorry - a <i>what </i>expert?" Liv smiles. They head into the bedroom. They fall into bed and make out, and one thing starts leading to another. Liv looks up at the ceiling, and the fan triggers a vision - Sasha in bed with one of her boy toys. A young hottie named Sam. Liv says "Sam" out loud. "Either you're pretending, or... a vision," says Lowell. "A clue," Liv says. "Oh... then... where were we?"<br />
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When Liv gets home she tries to sneak past Payton, who's at the table. She hears Liv come in. "So... who's the guy?" Liv is caught. She smiles, and sits down with Payton at the table. "Lowell Tracey." "Oh! Pretty musician. Not your usual type, but you're not the usual Liv, are you?" "You're lookin' at the new normal, sister!"Liv says with a grin as she takes the cup of coffee from Payton.<br />
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"Well, if you're happy then I'm happy for you... Even though I think you belong with someone else," says Payton gently. Momentarily annoyed with the implication, Liv steers the topic of conversation to Payton's love life. "Enough about me - who have you been sailing with, and how big is his boat?" she asks. Payton snickers. "Wow.. a size joke... from you? Really? Gosh... you've changed," she says. "Actually, the harbor is empty right now." Payton tells Liv about the three guys that have been pestering her for dates, but she says she would rather kick ass in court than see any of them.<br />
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Later, in the morgue, Liv is listening to more sound files of Sasha's show. "Give a guy some direction!" Sasha is saying. "If you're too shy to tell him where you want him to put it, you can't complain if it goes where you don't want it to go!" Liv notices Ravi staring at her, and she quickly pulls her ear buds out. "What's up?" "We've been in here an hour and forty-one minutes! Do I really have to ask again?" Ravi whines. "Is she or is she not dating someone?"<br />
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"A tech wunderkind, a professional soccer player, and a future court justice," Liv lies. "So she's still looking," Ravi says with an understanding nod. "Straight talk? I don't think you and Payton work," she tells him. "Sure, you like a challenge, and Payton is certainly that. But she dates guys you would find in the 'Most Eligible Bachelors on the Planet' catalog... if such a thing existed." "Ah. And you don't think I'd be featured in the pages of House Quarterly," he says.<br />
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"Ravi, she's a lawyer who looks like a Victoria's Secret model." "Liv - I'm a tall doctor with fantastic hair and a British accent, but to hear you tell it she's out of my league! I don't even need to be this attractive - just icing! Besides... Payton and I - we had a moment!" Liv tries to convince Ravi that he's not Payton's type. Frustrated and hurt by Liv's lack of tact, Ravi withdraws. "I'm a grown man who knows a moment when he experiences one. And my 'distant' parents? I'm fairly certain that they think I put the moon in the sky. This brain you're on - she's a bit of an ass," he tells her. "Thanks for the straight talk," he says bitterly as he walks away.<br />
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Liv tells us in a voice - over that the one good thing about being forced to listen to hours of a relationship show is that it cuts down on the awkward silence after you've just done possible irreparable damage to a relationship of your own. She cleans up an autopsy table while Ravi works on something else. They avoid eye contact while Liv keeps sneaking looks over her shoulder at him. She hears a commercial in the saved broadcast, and she recognizes the voice-over artist doing the commercial. She pulls out her ear buds and tells Ravi she's going to go see Clive.<br />
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Upstairs, Clive is hanging up the phone as Liv approaches. "Chuck's mail-order gymnast has an alibi," he tells her. "A dozen witnesses saw her at a booty boot camp. You look like you got something..." Liv hands Clive one of her ear buds and plays the commercial for him. "This is from last week's show," she tells him. He recognizes the voice too - as Cheated On in Chattanooga. "They should be able to tell us who recorded it at the radio station!"<br />
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They go back to the radio station and talk to Jane. They play the commercial for her, and she recognizes the voice as the caller. They ask her who recorded the promo. Jane tells her that the intern, Kaylee, recorded it as a temp file - something to pitch to the customer. Jane says that the customer liked Kaylee's southern accent so much that they left it in. Clive asks where Kaylee is. Jane tells him that she assumes Kaylee is at home, since it's her day off.<br />
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"So you were driving around on an uncompleted errand, during which time nobody saw you," says Liv. "That gives you plenty of time to call in as Cheated On in Chattanooga." "What? What makes you think it was me?" A guy on a bike comes up. "Hey babe - everything OK?" he asks Kaylee. Live recognizes him from her vision. "Play it again, Sam," she says. Liv tells Kaylee that they have her voice on the commercial. The voice lab matched her voice to the recording. "We also have an eyewitness to the affair between Sasha and this man."<br />
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At the precinct, Liv and Clive are interrogating Kaylee. "Sam and I were going through a rough time last year. He got drunk at a work party, and Sasha seduced him," she explains. "Cheated On in Chattanooga seemed like a good way to mess with her head - get even, without ruining my career. That's all it was!" "You didn't think anyone would recognize the same fake accent you used in the ads?" asks Clive. "I'm from South Carolina," she says. "That fake accent? That's my real voice, y'all," she says, falling back into her natural southern accent. "And no, I didn't think anybody was gonna remember an ad for a bakery that ran exactly once before the bakery folded a year ago."<br />
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Liv tells her that the ad aired last week. "We've got it on tape." "For a business that doesn't exist!? I highly doubt that." Clive pulls out his smartphone to see if the bakery did actually close down while Liv continues to ask questions. "So while your boss and your husband were having these trysts, you said nothing? Why didn't you confront her?" "If I had said anything, she would have blackballed me like she did to Jane!" "Sasha blackballed Jane?" Liv asks. "When Sasha found out Jane was sending out tapes, Sasha ran her down to every station manager in every top hundred market in the country."<br />
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Clive tells Liv that Kaylee was right about the bakery being closed down. "According to Yelp, they shut their doors last year." Liv realizes something. "The only way that recording gets on the air is if Jane plants it there. She <i>wanted</i> us to put it together." "Sasha ruined Jane's career. Jane wanted to kill her. Kaylee's death threat gave her the perfect opportunity," agrees Clive. He asks where Jane is now. Kaylee tells him that she's at the station, doing Sasha's memorial broadcast. "She's finally getting her big break," says Liv. They head to the radio station with two other officers.<br />
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Jane has locked herself in the sound booth, and is doing the broadcast. The vibe is very mellow, like an NPR broadcast. <i>(The first thing that came to mind for me was the SNL skit "Schweddy Balls." Good times.)</i> Jane is saying some very nice things about the late Sasha Arconi. She opens the phone lines, and the calls she gets are people complaining. "You suck!" says the first caller. The second caller makes snoring noises and hangs up. <br />
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When Liv, Clive, and the other officers get to the studio, Jane sees them through the window. "Looks like my tenure here won't be quite as long as I hoped," she tells her listeners. Clive gets the station engineer to unlock the door. Before they can get in, Jane has an on-air rant about how Sasha didn't really care about the listeners, and how she would laugh at the callers.<br />
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She goes on about how Sasha ruined her dream. "She destroyed my chances with every station manager on the West coast! I was her biggest fan, and she killed my dreams. Well... I hope there's radio in hell. And I hope you're listening, Sasha, because you can go - " "Jane Bowman - you're under arrest for the murder of Sasha Arconi." Liv asks her if she has any last words for Sasha's fans.<br />
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At home, Liv yells to Payton that she's going to Lowell's. "Alright, I won't wait up," answers Payton. As Liv grabs a bottle of water from the fridge, Payton's phone rings. She sees that it's her work number, and knows it's Ravi calling. She contemplates ignoring it and leaving quickly, but Payton asks if the call is for her. Liv answers the phone. "Payton's phone!" Ravi hears Liv's voice, and is confused. "Liv?" Um.. Is.. I'd like to speak to Payton," he says. "Hang on a sec, I'll get her."<br />
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Coming out of the bathroom, Payton asks who the caller is. Liv hands her the phone. "It's Ravi," she says. "Who?" asks Payton. "My boss from the morgue!" Payton shrugs, still confused. Liv shows her a picture of Ravi from her phone. "Oh! Yeah, yeah... British guy!" Payton takes the call, and Liv heads for the door.<br />
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Liv's voice-over: <i>It's bad enough that I spent the last few days dispensing the advice of a hypocrite. If I don't get out of here in the next three seconds, I'm gonna witness a train wreck. Let this be a lesson - stay out of people's business. Keep your advice to yourself!</i><br />
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Before she can get out of the apartment, Payton stops her with a question. "So... um... Your boss just... uh..." "You should say yes," Liv says encouragingly. "That wouldn't be weird for you?" asks Payton. "Do it," replies Liv with a smile. Payton accepts Ravi's date....<br />
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Liv's voice-over: <i>OK, so my pledge to keep my advice to myself didn't last long. Maybe I'm too reticent on the advice front. What would I say? </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Ravi - don't ever listen to me again. You are too selfless.. too wrapped up in saving me.<br />Chill out! Slow and steady wins the race. I wouldn't want you to burn out.<br />Because without you... I'm nothing.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />Major - don't lose sight of who you are. You were sweetness, and light.<br />That's who I fell in love with... who the next girl will fall in love with.<br />Don't pile tragedy on tragedy.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>And what advice would you give yourself, Liv? Would you even take it?<br />You don't need to know why you feel good...<br />just enjoy the ride.</i></span></td></tr>
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Raven Knightehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852773096154984316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-90537646911942951562015-05-08T09:49:00.000-07:002015-05-08T09:49:13.348-07:00Episode 149: End of an Era<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />One more episode until the 150th Episode ever of the Ace of Geeks Podcast, and a lot of things are going to change when that drops. But first! With a nostalgic theme song backing us, we discuss the new trailer for J. Michael Straczynski and the Wachowski's Netflix Series Sense 8, how much the geek world is suddenly turning on Age of Ultron, Joss Whedon leaving Twitter, the upcoming stacked cast of Civil War, and whether Iron Man is the worst Avenger!<br />
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Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-40215456266646105662015-05-07T22:09:00.004-07:002015-05-07T22:09:46.048-07:00Agent Carter Returning for Second Season<div>
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Hayley Atwell will be back on our screens once more for a second season of Agent Carter! ABC has reportedly ordered another eight hours of the Captain America spin off, equal to the first season. We do not know how many episodes there will be or when they will hit the small screen as of yet. With another season of Agents of Shield also on the works and Daredevil season two set to hit Netflix next year, we may be in store for a renaissance of Marvel television. </div>
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As we are avid fans of the ass-kicking, patriarch out-thinking Agent Carter, the Ace of Geeks will bring you any new details as we hear of them. </div>
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Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-60207797433496924012015-05-07T10:00:00.000-07:002015-05-07T10:02:03.788-07:00Civil War has Ant-Man, is Basically Avengers 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://marvel.com/news/movies/24586/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_captain_america_civil_war">Marvel</a> put out a press release today announcing the full cast of Captain America: Civil War...and it is a <i>lot</i> of people. There's a full team of Avengers, plus all of Cap's supporting cast, plus Ant-Man, plus Black Panther, plus Sharon Carter and whoever Martin Freeman is playing. I haven't seen a movie this stuffed that wasn't called "The Avengers" before. And since the storyline of this film involves the Avengers and the consequences of their actions, I'm left to wonder how this is a Captain America movie at all. The good news is, it's Marvel. They haven't made a misstep yet. We'll see, when the film comes out on May 6th. View the full press release after the jump.<br />
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Marvel Studios has
commenced principal photography at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, Georgia
on “Captain America: Civil War,” the third installment of its Super Hero
franchise. The production will shoot on location in Atlanta, Georgia,
which serves as the base for the film’s production, as well as locations
in Germany, Puerto Rico and Iceland.<br />
Set for release in the United States on May
6, 2016, “Captain America: Civil War” is directed by Anthony and Joe
Russo (Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Community”) from
a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (“Captain
America: The Winter Solider,” Marvel’s “Captain America: The First
Avenger”). The film returns Chris Evans (“Captain America: The Winter
Soldier,” Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron”) as the iconic Super Hero
character Steve Rogers/Captain America along with Robert Downey Jr.
(“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Marvel’s “Iron Man 3”) as Tony Stark/Iron
Man, Scarlett Johansson (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America:
The Winter Soldier”) as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sebastian Stan
(“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Captain America: The First
Avenger”) as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie (“Avengers: Age
of Ultron,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) as Sam
Wilson/Falcon, Paul Bettany (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Iron Man 3”) as
The Vision, Jeremy Renner (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Marvel’s “The
Avengers”) as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle (“Avengers: Age of
Ultron,” “Iron Man 3”) as Jim Rhodes/War Machine and Elizabeth Olsen
(“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Godzilla”) as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.<br />
After his debut in Marvel’s “Ant-Man” on July
17, 2015, Paul Rudd (“Ant-Man,” ”Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”)
will make his first appearance alongside the Avengers as Scott
Lang/Ant-Man in “Captain America: Civil War.”<br />
The film also includes outstanding additional
cast, including Chadwick Boseman (“42,” “Get on Up”) as T’Challa/Black
Panther, Emily VanCamp (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,”
“Revenge”) as Sharon Carter/Agent 13, Daniel Brühl (“Inglourious
Basterds,” “Bourne Ultimatum”), Frank Grillo (“Captain America: The
Winter Soldier,” “Warrior”) as Brock Rumlow/Crossbones, William Hurt (“A
History of Violence,” Marvel’s “The Incredible Hulk”) as General
Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross and Martin Freeman (“The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey,” “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”). <br />
“Captain America: Civil War” picks up where
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team
of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After
another international incident involving the Avengers results in
collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of
accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the
services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while
they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.<br />
Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” is
produced by Marvel Studios’ president, Kevin Feige, with Louis
D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Patricia Whitcher, Nate Moore
and Stan Lee serving as executive producers.<br />
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo’s creative
team also includes director of photography Trent Opaloch (“Captain
America: The Winter Soldier,” “Elysium”), production designer Owen
Paterson (“Godzilla,” “Matrix”), and three time Oscar®-nominated costume
designer Judianna Makovsky (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,”
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”).<br />
Based on the Marvel comic character first published in 1941, “Captain America: Civil War ”<i> </i>continues
the lineage of epic big-screen adventures chronicled in “Iron Man,”
“The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” “Captain America: The First
Avenger,” “Marvel's The Avengers,” “Iron Man 3,” “Thor: The Dark
World,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Guardians of the
Galaxy,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and the upcoming release schedule,
which includes Marvel’s “Ant-Man” on July 17, 2015, Marvel’s “Doctor
Strange,” on November 4, 2016, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy 2,” on
May 5, 2017, and Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok,” on November 3, 2017.<br />
Marvel Studios most recently continued its
unprecedented success with the release of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” on
May 1, 2015. The film recorded the second biggest opening weekend of all
time with a $191.3 million box office. It has also been the #1 release
in every country where it has been released.</div>
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More on Marvel.com: <a href="http://marvel.com/news/movies/24586/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_captain_america_civil_war#ixzz3ZTNwpQV6" style="color: #003399;">http://marvel.com/news/movies/24586/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_captain_america_civil_war#ixzz3ZTNwpQV6</a></div>
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Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-30844435484652895472015-05-07T08:55:00.001-07:002015-05-07T08:55:16.986-07:00Joss Whedon is Not Confirmed to Direct Anything, Especially Star Wars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Folks, please, take things on the internet with a grain of salt. I know we're all excited about the upcoming Star Wars trilogy, and a <i>lot</i> of people want Joss Whedon in the director's chair, but the honest trust is easy to obtain if you spend two seconds reading the article you're all sharing around.<br />
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One of the worst, most clickbaity "news" sites this week decided to take some random speculation from a random podcast (and as the host of a random podcast, I feel particularly qualified to speak on this), and wrote an article entitled "Joss Whedon confirmed for Star Wars." This is, of course, untrue. If Joss had signed up for Star Wars, it would be shouted from the rooftops on StarWars.com, Variety, Entertainment Weekly - you know, <i>reputable </i>news sites, not a place that literally has a "number of shares" counter ticking up on the right.<br />
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Since we're wildly speculating, I'd much rather see Disney and Lucasfilm continue their current trend of hiring up and coming young directors with a specific vision to direct Star Wars, like Rian Johnson and Josh Trank. Joss would be a fun choice, but he's already made a billion dollar movie with a sequel on the way and he's stated repeatedly that it nearly killed him, twice. When he says he wants to go "work on his own projects," I'd bet dollars to donuts he's talking about something more akin to <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i> than jumping into a galaxy far, far away.Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-71020682827239245042015-05-06T09:34:00.001-07:002015-05-06T09:34:14.606-07:00The Void Wants to Create A Virtual Reality Battlefield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Announced today, <a href="http://www.thevoid.com/">The Void</a> is looking to put laser tag out of business. The company is getting us closer than ever before to a Holodeck, by combining virtual reality devices (of their own design, but similar to the Oculus Rift), with real spaces designed for you to interact. When you press a panel in a sci-fi shooter, there will actually be something there for you to press. When you hide around a corner from the horrifying monster in a survival horror game, the corner will be there. As will the spider webs you have to push through to escape.<br />
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It's an absolutely ambitious idea, and there's certainly a market for it. When I was watching the trailer (see below), I got goosebumps at the idea of <i>finally</i> getting to get together with my friends and fight a dragon, and feel like I was really there. It sounds utterly amazing.<br />
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Of course, grains of salt must abound. There's a lot of tech and partner info on their official site, but no actual people or credits involved. This could be an incredible experience, or it could be the second coming of Disney Quest. We'll have to wait, cross our fingers and see. Check out the trailer:<br />
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Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-53957869894167002822015-05-05T11:00:00.001-07:002015-05-05T11:18:57.662-07:00Why I'm Prepared to Hate the Suicide Squad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I happen to love villains. They get the best costumes, the best cars, the best digs, and even the best songs. (Be honest, "Be Prepared" and "Poor Unfortunate souls" are your jam if you are feeling evil) It's good to be bad. I should love everything about the new Suicide Squad movie, but I just don't. Let's see if we can figure out why, together.<br />
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The Suicide Squad, or Task Force X, is a team of anti-heroes sent on missions by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Waller">Amanda Waller</a> (an equally-bad-questionably-moral person by herself). They are put into impossible situations because, if they die, no one cares.. While I'm not familiar at all with the comics themselves, I am very familiar with one of the members from the movie, a certain Ms. Harley Quinn.<br />
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Harley Quinn has always been one of my favorite comic book characters, because she was one of my favorite characters on my favorite after school show Batman: The Animated Series. I don't know why I really liked her, I just loved how she interacted with Bats and Mr. J. She was just fun and a great foil for the Joker. She made the Joker slightly more human just by being around Any time Harley got hurt, Joker got real and vice versa. As a cosplayer, I love a good Harley cosplay. (I totally thought of her outfit from the Arkham:Asylum game series before they did.) Harley and Joker are totally iconic instantly recognizable characters.<br />
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That is NOT Harley. That is, well, I just don't know what that is. And Harley isn't the only one getting one nasty make-over. <a href="http://aceofgeeks.blogspot.com/2015/04/holy-suicide-squad-batfans-we-have.html">Jared Leto's Joker looks like a green haired meth head</a> (that was probably the idea): </div>
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and WHO WAS THE DESIGNER THAT DECIDED TO PUT A BLACK MAN IN A WHITE FULL FACE MASK???? I mean come on.</div>
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I tottally get that DC has rebooted their universe and has changed a lot of the looks of the characters. Harley in the new 52 is now red and blue and is most definitely wearing hotpants. But Deadshot's mask is silver, not pearly white. Also, is the female swamp creature in the back of the group photo supposed to be Enchantress? Damn girl, clean yo' self up, jail has not been kind to you. At least they made Captain Boomerang look like he has swag. </div>
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Comic book to live adaptations can be tricky when it comes to costuming. And I get that some character designs look great on the page and are a bitch to reproduce on screen. But it is possible. Look at Arrow and Flash. These shows have managed to reproduce crazy concepts and make them awesome without losing the integrity of the character. They even managed to make Captain Cold not look completely ridiculous.</div>
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The multiple choices <i>and</i> the creativity given to you to interpret the materials and pieces of the outfits is exciting. You literally have hundreds or thousands of pieces of canonical source material to draw from. When a hero dons their custom look for the first time, or gets a wardrobe change, it is a big freaking deal. Witness Matt Murdock in Daredevil. Give the villains their due. Make a big deal about their look, and for God's sake Oliver Scholl (production designer) and Kate Hawley (costume designer) get out of the 90s and pay some attention to who these characters are and what they represent.</div>
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<i>Mae Linh Fatum is a costume designer and cosplayer who loves to re-imagine classic designs and make the her own. When she isn't ranting about Harley's lack of pants she can be found knitting, or playing video games, or both.</i></div>
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Mike and Mae Linhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13130008657694550909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-71942707954332073672015-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:002015-05-05T10:01:38.614-07:00Disney Infinity 3.0: Star Wars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In what was probably the worst kept secret of all time, Disney Infinity has <i>finally</i> announced that their 3.0 edition will be Star Wars. Now, feel free to join me in looking at that beautiful picture up above and jumping for joy. Hit the jump for all the details and a kickass trailer!<br />
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The incredible news was revealed this morning in <a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/05/05/june-cover-revealed-disney-infinity-3-0.aspx">Game Informer</a>, who will be focusing their June issue on the brand new launch. The opening pack for Star Wars will be Clone Wars themed, as Ahsoka and Anakin try and stop a new droid army - with possible assists from Yoda, Obi-wan, and Darth Maul. Luke and Leia will come packed with an adventure that takes place during the original trilogy, and can get help from figures of Han, Chewie, and Darth Vader. (Never mind why Maul and Vader would help - we don't ask those sorts of questions in Infinity.)<br />
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Not to be outdone, the Disney side of 3.0 includes Mulan, five characters from Pixar's new film, Inside Out, Olaf from Frozen, and Flynn and Quorra from Tron. And finally, Marvel was announced to get slate of new characters including Hulkbuster Iron Man and Ultron.<br />
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There's a slight mention in the article of the Star Wars characters "crossing over into other sets." Whether this means something similar to Nova's ability to be unlocked in the Guardians playset, or whether it means Disney is <i>finally</i> going to allow characters from different universes to play together, remains to be seen. We'll cross our fingers and hope.<br />
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Perhaps the biggest news of all is that the folks at Avalanche Software have reached out to some top notch developers to help them out with this iteration. Ninja Theory, of <i>Devil May Cry</i> fame, will be tuning the combat, while Sumo Digital of <i>Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing</i>, will be doing some much-needed fine tuning to the driving aspects.<br />
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Disney Infinity 3.0 releases this fall.Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-77027052081437406402015-05-04T15:40:00.005-07:002015-05-04T15:40:51.145-07:00Machinima Announces Lineup of New Shows, Including Robocop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Machinima had a huge press conference today, announcing a vast lineup of new shows for their channel. The channel, which began as a humble Youtube channel but became the digital arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, has had massive success in the past with their Mortal Kombat Legacy web series, and is now the ninth largest video destination in the US.<br />
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They've got some huge names - Bruce Timm, Bob Orci - and some really interesting ideas coming up, including a Robocop TV series based on the original film continuity, and a reality show giving contestants the chance to create a short Starman film. See the full slate after the jump:<br />
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<li><strong><em>Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles</em></strong> from <a class="auto-link" href="http://variety411.com/us/los-angeles/producers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="producer">producer</a> and animator Bruce Timm (“Batman: The Animated Series,” “Superman: The Animated Series”), which turns the<a data-tag="dc-comics" href="http://variety.com/t/dc-comics/" id="auto-tag_dc-comics">DC Comics</a> universe
upside-down: Superman is not the son of Jor-El but is the the son of
General Zod; Wonder Woman is not from peaceful Themyscira, but rather
the warring nation of Ares; and Batman is more vampire-bat than man;</li>
<li><strong><em>RoboCop</em>:</strong> “Dead or alive, you’re coming
with me.” OCP’s Security Concepts Division’s RoboCop program is back in
an all-new, short-form limited web series, based on
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1987 classic action film. RoboCop returns to Delta
City where viewers ride along with the now standard-issue RoboCop
officers as they respond to calls from dispatch. Tapping into current
themes of the surveillance state, the series is shot from the first
person point of view of the RoboCop officers’ heads up display, along
with security cameras, dash-cams, and drones.</li>
<li>A currently untitled reality competition from Machinima, Blue Ribbon
Content and DC Entertainment pitting eight contestants in elimination
challenges to develop a live-action short video based on their own
interpretations of characters from DC Comics’ Starman comic book series.
Well-known guest judges and celebrity special guests will join
bestselling writer and DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff
Johns and a panel of esteemed judges to oversee the entire competition;</li>
<li><strong><em>#4Hero</em>:</strong> A modern adaptation of DC Comics’
cult-favorite “Dial H For Hero,” live-action, VFX-heavy action-comedy
series is about a young woman named Nellie Tribble who is quietly
desperate to make her mark on the world, but wholly unprepared to do so;</li>
<li><strong><em>Clive Barker’s Creepy Pasta</em>:</strong> Barker steps
away from the creatures of his own imagination and enters the world of
Internet horror fan fiction, affectionately known as Creepy Pasta.
Starting with viral urban legends (e.g. Jeff the Killer, Slender Man and
Ben Drowned), Clive Barker’s Creepy Pasta is an original series of
live-action, blood-curdling short films. These new tales will be curated
and adapted by Barker from submissions obtained through the creepypasta
community, and produced by Machinima to scare you to your core.</li>
<li><strong><em>Happy Wheels</em>:</strong> “Choose your inadequately
prepared racer, and ignore severe consequences in your desperate search
for victory!” Machinima will bring audiences an all-new original
animated series based on Jim Bonacci’s hit online game Happy Wheels and
produced by BMP Digital, the digital division of Bunim/Murray
Productions (‘The Real World’, ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’). This
must-see 10-episode short form series, which will feature fan-favorites
such as Wheelchair Guy, Irresponsible Dad and Lawnmower Man, will expand
upon the game that has more than 8 million players a month and showcase
its notorious dark humor and penchant for blood and gore. Additionally,
with over 3.1 billion video views amassed, BMP Digital is looking to
leverage the voiceover talents of YouTube influencers such as Toby
Turner (15.2M YouTube Subscribers, Cartoon Network’s The High Fructose
Adventures of Annoying Orange) and others who have made this game so
iconic.</li>
<li><strong><em>Jerome ASF’s The Baka Chronicles</em>:</strong> Adding
to the gaming fervor, Machinima’s iconic Minecrafter Jerome ASF (3.6M
YouTube Subscribers), will be teaming with N00b Adventure creator Jim
Schwerfeger for an all-new series – The Baka Chronicles. Featuring
Jerome ASF’s most beloved character, Baka, the series follows two
unlikely server admins who problem-solve the hilarious antics of
griefers, trolls, and kids who wreak havoc across their favorite
multiplayer Minecraft server. Little do our heroes realize this job is a
massive headache.</li>
<li><strong><em>High School 51</em>:</strong> Created and produced by
Roberto Orci (Transformers, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Star Trek, Sleepy
Hollow, Lost, Fringe) and Legion of Creatives, and starring Orlando
Jones (Sleepy Hollow, Tainted Love, Drumline, MADtv), High School 51 is
as out of this world as the name implies. Hidden away in the heart of
Area 51, Dream Lake High School is filled with mind-blowing technology,
top-secret government programs and a student body that is cool, quirky,
attractive, and…well, alien. No one from the outside has ever been
allowed into the school and no human has ever attended…until now. For
16-year old Alex Valencia, the first and only human ever to attend Dream
Lake, high school is going to be tough. Fitting in will be one thing
but his biggest challenge just might be saving the human race.</li>
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So what do you guys think? Is this going to make Machinima into a Netflix-style household name? Will you be watching? <br />
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h/t to <a href="http://aggressivecomix.com/2015/05/machinimas-new-series/">Aggressive Comix</a><br />
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Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-17386294227339806292015-05-04T14:00:00.000-07:002015-05-04T15:21:36.877-07:00A Star Wars Playlist for your May the 4th.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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May the Forth be with you, everybody. And while you're slaving away at your desk, dreaming of flying a starship through the heavens or battling an evil Sith Lord with blazing swords or even about kissing your sister full on the mouth, you're gonna need some background tunes. That's what we're here for - time to assail your senses with our favorite Star Wars tunes, some you've heard before, some of which were released <i>today</i>. Go pay some artists for their work, make a playlist, and rock out with your Ysalamiri out.<br />
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<b>NUMBER ONE - HAN SHOT FIRST, by Kessel Run</b><br />
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Friends of the podcast, Kessel Run - who you'll hear more from both on the podcast and on this very list - are producing a weekly series of one-shot acoustic songs. We first heard this one at their epic concert in San Francisco, but I'm glad I've got a youtube link to listen to until they let me pay them for it.<br />
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This is an oldy from the bowels of the internet, but it's a fantastic remix, using the rhythm of the dialogue from the films to make the song sound like it was <i>always</i> meant to be a song. Utterly fantastic way to get your head bopping today.<br />
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Blue Milk Run is formed from three of the members of Lemon Demon, who's "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny" you remember playing incessantly in high school. This new band is entirely Star Wars themed, and put out a full album of Star Wars music today. All four songs are awesome, but our favorite is "I Am Your Father," which tells the end-of-Empire confrontation from Luke's point of view.<br />
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<b>NUMBER FOUR - JOHNNY REBEL by Kessel Run</b><br />
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I told you they'd pop back up on this list. Here's another Star Wars track by the boys at Kessel Run, this time a rock take on a 50s army recruitment song. The Stormtroopers are marching off to war, to wipe that rebel scum off the face of the earth and make the galaxy a better place. Like a Marvel movie, stay for the end.<br />
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Time to take you all the way back to the mid nineties, when nerd rock wasn't even a thing, for <b> </b>Supernova's classic from the <i>Clerks</i> soundtrack. This song is so nineties it hurts, but the wookie impressions really sell it.<br />
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Two of our favorite nerd bands teaming up to turn an old (and controversial) Christmas song into a classic Star Wars riff? That'll do nicely, thanks. Everything the Doubleclicks do is adorable, and Kyle Steven's nerd rock sensibilities play really well with theirs. It might not be the right time of year, but enjoy anyway!<br />
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<b>NUMBER SEVEN - STAR WARS GANGSTA RAP by Jason Brannon, Chris Crawford, and Thomas Lee</b><br />
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You knew this one had to round out the list. It's hard to believe it's fifteen years old already! This hilarious send up of the entire Star Wars trilogy, with raps by Brannon and Crawford, and animation by Lee, was one of the biggest hits of the Newgrounds era of the internet, and it's easy to see why. Here we present the original, non-special edition version for all of you purists out there.<br />
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<b>UPDATE: NUMBER EIGHT - FETT'S VETTE - by MC Chris</b><br />
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One of my staff grabbed me by the throat with the Force and told me that he found my lack of MC Chris disturbing. So now we have some! This song is hilarious, although it's definitely more NSFW than the others. Feels very 80s hip hop, which I like.<br />
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<b> </b>Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785568050570180849.post-20137360981891369852015-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:002015-05-04T12:00:01.055-07:00The Muppets do Acapella, Because the Universe is a Wonderful Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Youtube Space LA, an awesome production workshop that they opened a few years ago to be used by their partners and top creators, has been invaded by the Muppets, and thank god it has. After their two excellent movies in the last few years, and the rumors that they <a href="http://aceofgeeks.blogspot.com/2015/04/abc-considering-return-of-muppet-show.html">may finally get their TV show back</a>, we're realizing that there really is no such thing as too much of the Muppets. Acapella cover-artist Mike Tompkins got to teach the Muppets acapella, so they could perform a cover of "Cool Kids" with him, and, well, it's just amazing. Take a look.<br />
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Thank you, universe, for the glory of this day.Mike and Jarys from Ace of Geekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443721371684684334noreply@blogger.com0