Nerds Amalgamated
Nerds Amalgamated
That's Not Canon Productions
Powerpuff Girls The Diablo Cut, XBOX Series vs DRM & Crazy Ants vs Red Crabs
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Jun 5, 2021 at 1:30 pm.
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Despite the universe conspiring to prevent us releasing this week, we've finally got this episode done. Things will be a bit hectic for a few weeks while we sort out moving, but we'll be back to our usual schedule soon.
The Powerpuff Girls, created from sugar, spice and everything nice, were nearly rebooted into a weird dark alternative universe where the Powerpuff girls gain some additional bitterness and relationship issues. It's pretty bad, and the leaked script has gotten the entire concept dumped for a rewrite.
The Xbox Series (Dumb name) has joined the PS4 as another example of restrictive DRM that will inevitably lead to more ewaste and cultural loss. Yep. Professor's mad again. Console developers lock games to their specific hardware then make sure that you can only play it as long as they'll let you.
Invasive crazy ants are killing all the famous Christmas Island crabs. Scientists are fighting back with micro wasps. Kinda the opposite of what we all thought science would do in 50s B movies.
This week DJ watched the new DOTA anime (apparently it's really good) and Professor watched Edge of Tomorrow (also really good).
Live Action Powerpuff Girls...a Colossal Diaster
- https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/powerpuff-girls-pilot-reworked-the-100-prequel-1234981201/
DRM vs Xbox Series
- https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/xbox-one-series-x-drm-problem/
Crazy Ants vs Red Crabs
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-25/scientists-work-to-curb-crazy-ants-on-christmas-island/100161132
Nerdful things
DJ
- Dota: Dragon's Blood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dota:_Dragon%27s_Blood
Rating: :4/5
Professor
- Edge of Tomorrow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Tomorro
Rating: 4/5
Other topics discussed
Diablo Cody (American writer and producer. She gained recognition for her candid blog and subsequent memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (2005). Cody received critical acclaim for her screenwriting debut film, Juno (2007), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Cody
BoJack Horseman (American adult animated tragicomedy sitcom created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman
Hancock (a 2008 American superhero film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_(film)
Sara Bellum (a character in the Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls.)
- https://powerpuffgirls.fandom.com/wiki/Sara_Bellum_(1998_TV_series)
Dove Cameron (an American actress and singer, who played a dual role as the eponymous characters in the Disney Channel comedy series Liv and Maddie, for which she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_Cameron
Macaulay Culkin (an American actor. Regarded as one of the most successful child actors of the 1990s, he was placed on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars".)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaulay_Culkin
Home Alone (a 1990 American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It was originally set to be distributed by Warner Bros., but transferred to 20th Century Fox when Hughes exceeded Warner Bros. $10 million budget.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Alone
Mojo Jojo (the main antagonist in the Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls. He is the series' supervillain also the main archenemy of the Powerpuff Girls. He also serves as the main antagonist of The Powerpuff Girls Movie.)
- https://powerpuffgirls.fandom.com/wiki/Mojo_Jojo_(1998_TV_series)
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