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Team Trek: Climb Long and Prosper will attempt to “Master the Met,” ascending Saint Louis’s tallest building, on March 6, 2010.

We will be attempting this competitive stair climb of 42 flights of stairs (that’s 1,018 stairs!) in full Starfleet uniforms, representing our fellow Sci Fi Geeks everywhere. Our team must raise $300 to participate before March 6th! The entire amount goes to a great cause – the American Lung Association.

If you make a donation in any amount (even just $5!): We will add your name, the name of your podcast, business, or organization to a giant poster we will be carrying with us right up until we cross the start line!

So give to a good cause, get your podcast’s or organization’s name out there, and help us Master The Met!!

Thanks for your support!!

Which you can do here.

* Adam (Luke) is on hiatus, and Eric joins us instead

* A Beginner’s Guide to Anime

Show Outline (what we worked from):
Episode 76: THAC0 – To Hit Anime Comprehension Zero

Pimp Way of the Game

Banter

What do you like/dislike about anime?
Misconceptions about anime
Sub vs. Dub

A nugget of genre discussion
Possibly? best to steer clear of shounen, shoujo, josei, seinen, etc.
-But still inform people that there is a LOT of anime out there of all different types
Possibly? better to stick with shit like sci-fi/mech, fantasy, comedy, dramedy, romance, blah blah blah

Good anime for the uninitiated
-> Trigun

Paul’s List of series
Fantasy: Full Metal Alchemist, Escaflowne, Last Exile, Mushishi (mystery), Kamichu! (slice of life)
Sci fi: Fantastic Children, Cowboy Bebop, GITS: Stand Alone Complex
Comedy: Azumanga Daioh? (I’ve shown this to newbies who have dug it, but I’m not sure if it’s a good general recommendation)
Drama/Romance: Haibane Renmei (fantasy), Honey & Clover (comedy), Nodame Cantabile (comedy), Beck (music, comedy, coming of age)
Other: Hidamari Sketch (cute girls going to art school), Windy Tales (slice of life), Michiko e Hatchin (blaxploitation), Samurai Champloo (historic/action)

Eric says, can’t forget Mecha if we’re talking about Anime 101. Probably best just to buck up and go with the original Mobile Suit Gundam, and then maybe Macross Plus.
Under no circumstances inflict Evangelion on a innocent mind.
Paul’s response: I’ve known more people to be driven away by mech, but it’s a distinct and popular area, so go for it.

Movies
Whisper of the Heart
Porco Rosso
My Neighbor Totoro
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Popular anime that is not recommended for anime newbies
FLCL
Serial Experiments: Lain
Long shit like Naruto and Bleach
Inuyasha seems to turn a lot of people off of anime

Tentacle Porn – Why do bad things happen to Japanese schoolgirls?
Because they deserve it, oh, god, they’re gonna get what’s coming to them, uuunnnnnggghhh

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* Melcrest’s Master the Met page can be here.

*BSG: The Plan sucks

*Ron Swanson is the man

*Matt lives a year behind in TMBG releases

*Discussing breaking up with your gaming group as inspired by this post.

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* We’re all Adam

* Blood Bowl Leage

* Luke is old, the Miner’s Daughter and Curling a Grumpy with the Dusty Muffin

* Fable 2 and Chaoseater

* Double Meat Podcast

* Pillars of the Earth audiobook

* Matt Kills It: Pitching Established Settings

*Rat Tails and Trad Gaming

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* Chris and David join us for the cast

* Cliches we *like* in media

* Chris and David mention everything under the sun. Hopefully, they’ll get together some highlight links:

Boobs
Romantic Comedies
Battlestar Galactica
The Wire
Mad Men
Weeds
A-Team
Prophecies
The Lightning Thief
The Spiderwick Chronicles and Young-Adult Films
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Rufies
The Dresden Files
Harry Potter
Audiobooks, including the two former and the two latter.
Fables
Star Wars
Batman, The Animated Series
The Guyver
Metal Gear
Preposterous Plots
Deus Ex
Evangelion
Warren Ellis
Transmetropolitan
Grant Morrison
All-Star Superman
Clever Reinvisioning of Things
Sherlock Holmes
Back to Battlestar
Katie Sackhoff
BBC’s Merlin and Robin Hood
V (“Jaunty Adventure”?)
Pacing
Resistance Movements
Disaster Movies
White Man Guilt Movies
Avatar
Michelle Rodriguez
Jim Cameron Casts
Alien 4
Firefly
and The Connection Between Them,
Joss Whedon
Dollhouse
Redemption
Back to Battlestar AGAIN!
Gaeta
New Dr. Who
Protestant Dick-Waivery
The Doctor
Rose
Bad Choices
Babylon 5
Londo Milari
The Watchability of Season 1
Mitchell and Webb Look

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