It’s September, and that means all of the shows that we love and those we have yet to fall in love with are coming back. Some of the greats like “Breaking Bad” and “Doctor Who” are just wrapping up, but not before the return of “Fringe” last Friday.
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For the vast majority of New York City’s inhabitants, Sept. 24, 2011 was a typical Saturday in early autumn. The morning air was muggy, and although the overcast sky seemed pregnant with the possibility of rain, people thronged the streets north of Chinatown on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, browsing at the local fishmongers’ displays, watching their children play soccer in the park, or simply out enjoying a stroll while the weather was tolerable. However, for nearly 300 fans of the cartoon series “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,” this congested but charming urban neighborhood was the place to be, a gleaming Jerusalem at the end of a pilgrimage that had drawn some of them from as far away as California. This was the location of BroNY Con, a much-anticipated gathering of Bronies hosted by Purple Tinker and her New York City area Meetup group. For the pony fans streaming out of the subway station at Grand Street, that Saturday promised an experience like no other: a chance to geek out with fellow Bronies, shop for custom-made fan art, and meet the show’s supervising director, Jayson Thiessen, who had flown in from Vancouver to host a screening and a Q&A. In the words of Rainbow Dash, it was going to be SO AWESOME!
(More gushing about ponies after the break)
I’d love to be able to interview Alan Tudyk. Many people only know him as Wash from “Firefly,” but he’s a pretty accomplished actor. He actually did the voice of Sonny from “I, Robot,” and Ed and I had the opportunity to see him as Lancelot on Broadway when we saw “Spamalot.” He was also Steve the Pirate in “Dodgball.”
But until the day comes that I get to interview Tudyk myself, I’ll have to settle with reading interviews that other people have done with him, like this recent one from SFX.
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Last week, “Ultimate Comics X-Men #1” hit shelves. Which means that all of the titles from the relaunch of Marvel’s Ultimate universe are out. Since I talked about the relaunch on the podcast, I decided that I should let you guys know what I think about the titles one by one.
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This week’s episode covers the very best of the very worst, those films that are just so egregiously bad that they are somehow perverse achievements of genius. We talk about five of our favorite stinkers, the kind of movies that made the careers of Joel Hodsgon and Mike Nelson, and give you the rundown about what’s so awe-inspiringly awful about them. After the break, Meyer, Ryan and Erik put their hairy arms on the line in The Nerd Mom Adhesive Bandage Challenge, a contest to see whose mother knows more about nerdy trivia. Join The Rag-NERD-rok crew and their special guest, Will Wohlsen, as they plumb the depths of crap cinema for the most perfect fecal gems around, but be forewarned: these movies are not for the faint of heart.
(Show notes after the break.)