Welcome to The Watercooler. Originally born out of the insanity of The O Show podcast comment spamming, it is now a place for all to hang out and enjoy all sorts of entertaining randomness, as well as being the home for Movie Sign.
If you would like to become a guest poster, PM TimeChaser.
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Bit of a musical diversion for you guys. If you like song remixes that are just as good as (or in some cases better than) the originals, check these out.
This group has covered numerous bands, including Three Doors Down, Nickelback, Van Halen, All American Rejects*, Linkin Park, and Maroon 5, and they are incredibly skilled at what they do.
If you like what you hear, check 'em out.
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* - we have this album and it is so much better than the original.
What is Movie Sign?
Every Sunday night, we nestle down in Chat and watch an episode of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K for short) while spamming up the Chat box. Don't worry - we use episodes available on streaming sites so that we can all watch simultaneously.
What's MST3K?
A comedy show that ran from 1988-1999, it's like watching a movie with running commentary. Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson, along with 'bots Tom Servo and Crow, are forced to watch terrible films as part of a mad scientist's bid for world domination. To keep their (and our) sanity, they talk back to the movies and riff on them. A more detailed explanation can be found up at the SoL.
Next Episode
How exactly does one go about explaining this movie? Well, due to copyright issues, the title was later changed to She Was a Hippie Vampire, does that help? There's women in swimsuits and lots and lots of talky scenes, and the female crew is supposedly fighting a mad scientist who wants to do something or another.
But there's always the short, and this is a dark gem of a moral story called Cheating. Young Johnny learns of the dark world that comes about when he cheats on an algebra test. Can he ever find redemption, or is his soul doomed forever?
Host Segment Highlights
It's time for blackjack baby! But apparently, Crow doesn't get it, and he really doesn't understand the point of the short when Mike assigns the crew to write essays about cheating. The gold 'bot finds himself caught in a struggle between procrastination and responsibility as he must win back the crew and prove he is, indeed, a good robot. Okay, I'm dramatizing this to the nth degree, but it should be entertaining, right?
Whether a seasoned vet or new meat, we invite you all to come on down! Movie starts at 8pm EST/5pm PST, room opens at the :30 beforehand.
The password for the room is hitme. Be ready to go and find the whole video here.
Movie Sign goes into November with...
11/1 - Episode 105 - The Corpse Vanishes (w/short "Commando Cody and the Radar Men From the Moon" Ep. 3)
11/8 - Episode 607 - Bloodlust (w/short "Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm")
11/15 - Episode 407 - The Killer Shrews (w/short "Junior Rodeo Daredevils")
11/22 - Episode 701 - Night of the Bloodbeast (Turkey Day Edition) - Rewind #1
11/29 - Episode 309 - The Amazing Colossal Man
And stay tuned for voting for December Movie Sign Rewind!
Next Meeting: October 24, 2009, at 10:00 PM Eastern (7:00 PM Pacific)
Next Episodes: Genshiken 2 ep11-12 / Kare Kano ep22-24
Chat Password: showerscene
About the Anime Club
The Anime Club is a weekly room in theOtaku's community chat where we meet to have fun laughing, crying, heckling, and spazzing together while watching a few episodes of anime. Rather than watching mainstream shows, however, we pick out good, yet lesser-known anime as an opportunity for people to enjoy new shows. Streaming links are usually provided for those without a copy of the anime.
Current Anime
Genshiken 2 is the 12 episode continuation of the first season. Sasahara Kanji is now the chairman of Genshiken and the show follows his struggles in organizing the group to produce a doujinshi manga for Comic Fest. Meanwhile, the others have problems of their own. Graduation is fast approaching for the seniors and finding a job is no small task.
Click to watch the opening.
Kare Kano (aka His and Her Circumstances) is a 26 episode romantic comedy about Miyazawa Yukino (Enomoto Atsuko), a vain high school girl who acts like miss perfect to garner praise and attention, and Arima Souichirou (Suzuki Chihiro), her classmate who really is mister perfect. Through rivalry, manipulation, and curiosity the two grow closer and experience the drama of high school romance together.
Click to watch the opening.
Schedule
Date..............Genshiken 2...........Kare Kano
Sept 26...........ep01-03................ep12-13
Oct 03............ep04-05................ep14-16
Oct 10............ep06-08................ep17-18
Oct 17............ep09-10................ep19-21
Oct 24............ep11-12................ep22-24
Oct 31............Kujian ep1-3..........ep25-26
TC, and all other Porc Tree fans: one of their songs, Time Flies, is the free Music Video of the week. Free. Proc Tree. Music. People. It's free. Go open up your iTunes and get it!
