Episode #129 - "Valyrian Steel In My Pants" - Show Notes

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Alternate Titles: "Who's Gonna Pay The Hooker?" or "Westeros Bullet Train Europass" or "A Girl Has Hyperspeed"

• Tonight's Beverages: Labatt Ice (Dirk), Ottopilot (Otto)
• Introductory whatnot and FaceSpace deals for our new Likers.
• Dirk mashed up the Quicksilver scene from X-Men: Apocalypse with Rush's "Tom Sawyer" and we discuss the result. Unfortunately, we can't post it anywhere. :(
• Report on last weekend's performance of Satori Circus' Funy As Hell and his upcoming appearance in The Wizard of Odd.
• Referenced: The Labyrinth parody song:
  
• The shocking death of Anton Yelchin. Kat Dennings' tribute.
• RIP: P-Funk and Talking Heads keyboardist Bernie Worrell. 
• Fact Check: Dirk was correct that director Alan Pakula was killed by a pipe in 1998.
• The final Star Trek Beyond trailer featuring the new Rihanna tune:
  
• Otto's tales from the Derby City Comic Con including a tease of something big coming from legendary Iron Man artist Bob Leyton.
• Fact Check: Dirk was thinking of Ashley Scott, who was on Dark Angel, Birds of Prey and currently UnReal.
  
• Rogue One photos and much more at EW.
• The backstory on that viral photo of J.K. Simmons working out and looking JACKED. 
• The new Ghostbusters theme song sucks. We love you too much to link it here.
• Brownies are a hate crime now.
• Captain America: Civil War home video release dates announced. 
• Dirk reviews Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition. Here's a good piece describing what's different from the theatrical cut.
• Referenced: The CinemaWins YouTube channel. 
• Dirk takes a Google Opinion Rewards survey.
• First Music Break: The Pretenders, "Night In My Veins"
• Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of a Lost In Space reboot due in 2018.
• The latest comings and goings on Netflix.
• The new Poison Ivy, Maggie Geha, for S3 of Gotham has been cast. She probably won't look like this:
  
• Jamie Chung added to Gotham as well, also not gonna look like this:
  
• Evelyn Sharp (Madison McLaughlin) coming back to Arrow as Artemis.
  
• Grant Gustin confirms The Flash S3 will be the "Flashpoint" story arc. 
• Original Wonder Woman Lynda Carter cast as the President on Supergirl. 
• Fact Check: The filmmaker that Dirk couldn't remember was Richard Kelly.
• Dirk (and Hermione) review Cameron Crowe's disastrous Roadies pilot.
• Referenced: The navel-gazing EW analysis of Star Trek: First Contact. 
• Penny Dreadful ended its run, surprising fans. Thoughts on its conclusion. 
• Dirk reviews Orphan Black S4 and the Person of Interest finale. 
• Second Music Break: The Pretenders, "Thumbelina"
• The full conversation between Stephen King and George RRRRRRRRRRR Martin - the referenced bit starts at 50:24:
  
• Extensive discussion of the final two episodes of Season 6 of Game of Thrones. 
• The official Game of Thrones YouTube channel with many informative videos. 
• Referenced: Miguel Sapochnik, the director of these episodes, talks about shooting "The Battle of the Bastards."
• The realism of the characters travels mapped. 
• This:
  
• How writing is the overlooked factor in the success and failure of so many movies and TV shows.
• Android N is called Nougat and is version 7.0.
• The Reddit threesome thread. 
• The origin of Michael Caine's name. 
• Happy 100th Birthday to Olivia de Havilland.  

Unused Alternate Titles: "Still Missing My Hodor" or "Meathead Jai Courtney To Get A Pump On" or "Five Days Without Shaving" or "Big Long Taliban Beard" or "CIA Agent Jimmy Olson" or "Lex's Daddy Issues" or "Overwrought Mark Ruffalo" or "The Power To Make Girls Hot & Older" or "Mickska Goddess" or "Hot Tub Infomercials" or "Wineboarding"