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Torture Cinema Poll #3 Results

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We’d like to thank Eoghann Irving for launching a small, but not inconsiderable, campaign for our next Torture Cinema movie selection.  Without him, we’d likely be watching something like Jumper, which is only moderately bad as a movie.  In fact, after all the awful movies we’ve been forced to watch in the last year, we might have actually come to like Jumper.  Maybe. But such niceties are not in the cards, it seems.  Instead of Jumper, we get to watch this: Thanks, Eoghann.  Really.  You’ve just given us the much-needed rationale for committing homicide…

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SFFTV: The 9 Lives (Episode 5) of Teen Wolf (Episode 7)

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A week late and a few dollars short, here is the review for last week’s episodes of Teen Wolf and The 9 Lives of Chloe King.  Both were a pretty big improvement over the previous week, but  Teen Wolf still suffers from weak acting out of its main character, and 9 Lives still suffers from including were-cats. Spoilers Ahead!

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SFFTV: Falling Skies — Another Monumental Disappointment

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I’m done with TNT’s Falling Skies. This is the second science fiction TV show they’ve produced that I’ve given up on and I’m starting to see a trend. The first was The Walking Dead, which suffered from many of the same issues that make Falling Skies such a weak piece of science fiction. Namely, the moronic use of the generic/subgeneric conventions (for The Walking Dead, post-apocalyptic zombie survival; for Falling Skies, post-alien-invasion post-apocalypse survival). But if failing to use the clichés of the genre effectively weren’t bad enough, perhaps the series’ blatant political agenda and its wishy washy handling of normally interesting and relevant subjects (to Americans) kills the show for good. Falling Skies, essentially, is about how conservative America—in the current conception of that ideal—can save mankind

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SFFTV: The 9 Lives (episodes 3 & 4) of Teen Wolf (episodes 5 & 6)

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You’ll have to excuse me, I’m having a skeptical day.  Both episodes of both of these shows are getting a little obvious.  It makes me wonder if ABC Family and MTV are under the assumption that all its viewers are ignoramuses (ok, yah, I probably should have realized this sooner.. I mean… look at their other programming).  This is a distinct possibility, but it’s a bit condescending.  I generally don’t like being brow beaten by clever story lines, because it means that they’re not all that clever to start with, but then again, maybe it’s because these are fantasy shows designed for people who don’t like fantasy.  I’ll have to consider this possibility before I watch next week. Spoilers Ahead!

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 56 — Story South Million Writers Award

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.3–StorySouthMillionWritersAward/Sandf–Episode4.3–StorySouthMillionWritersAward.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThis week is all about short stories!  The Story South Million Writers Award (an award for online short fiction) is inches away from being announced.  Episode 4.3 is our take on the top ten selections!  Don’t forget to vote before the 6th! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 56 — Download (MP3) Discussion (0:00 – 33:22) Story South Million Writers Award (entries and voting) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

Viking Amoeba

A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from Philippa Ballantine

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I’m waiting for the day when a microbiologist stumbles upon this blog and tells me I’m being clever with these Viking Amoeba.  After all, I do an extraordinary amount of research on these things. In any case, here’s the new recruit: The Shield — Palustria Apteryxe Strength 6; Intelligence 3 Special Ability: Encase (divert all damage dealt to one ofyour amoeba to Palustria; reduce that damage by half) (Geist by Philippa Ballantine)

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