Full Show Notes One of the best parts of Fan Expo is the unexpected. At this years, one of those unexpected moments was when we had a chance to talk with the April Mullen and Tim Doiron, makers of the film Rock Paper Scissors: The Way Of The Tosser, an indie film that just got picked up for a distribution deal and is available on DVD right now.
Full Show Notes The whole rgbFilter gang had a blast at Fan Expo 2009, and in the midst of putting together our interviews, we've cut together this montage of bloopers, gaffes and random silliness. We still have more interviews to come over the next week or so, so stay tuned!
Full Show Notes Alex sits down with Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z to talk about the WWZ movie, comics, Max’s previous “schticks” and much more, including his upcoming work on a G.I. Joe mini series. Finally, in the vein of “Hulk vs. Thing” and “Ninjas vs. Pirate” debates, Max lets us know where he stands regarding the “slow vs. fast zombies” debate...
Full Show Notes After recording an interview with nerdgirlpinups dotcom founder Nicole Rodrigues, Ryan and Doug decide to kick around the studio and talk a bit about Atom processers, District 9 and the latest CRTC ruling in favour of Bell.
Full Show Notes After wrapping up shooting of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Edgar Wright’s mini film fest had one last night at the Bloor Cinema, with Pilgrim director of photography Bill Pope as the guest of honour. On tap were two movies that Pope worked on, Army of Darkness and Team America: World Police, and between the screenings Ryan got a chance to talk with Pope on a wide range of subjects.
Full Show Notes It’s an extra large dose of rgb this episode, as we discuss Google’s new OS, as well as a number of new developments from the company that will ‘do no evil’. We also talk about the new high speed initiatives from the major telecoms, Microsoft’s new branding strategies, and much more.
Full Show Notes We were at the 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, held on May 9th and 10th. We got the chance to talk to a lot of the artists at the show. This is the second video we’ve put out, and we’ll have more over the next few weeks. This episode is with Cecil Castellucci, writer of the graphic novels The Plain Janes and Janes in Love illustrated by Jim Rugg, which was the launch title for DC Comics Minx line of graphic novels for young adults. We also talk to Vancouver based American-Israe...
Full Show Notes Saving a parallel Swap Universe from jackbooted copyright thugs and bad Hollywood event movies! One ripped disc at a time. Reviewed in this episode: Transformers 2, Valkyrie, and the Daredevil: Director's Cut.. A crossover crisis mashing rgbFIlter with the Laroquod Experiment. NO COPYRIGHTS WERE INFRINGED IN THE CAPTURE OF THIS VIDEO. But to the extent possible under law, I waive all of my own copyright and related or neighbouring rights to this work, and grant them immediately t...
Full Show Notes We attended the 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, held on May 9th and 10th, and we got a chance to talk to a lot of the artists at the show - we will be posting more videos over the next few weeks. This episode is with the members of Sketchkrieg and Tom Scioli (a huge Jack Kirby fan), co-creator of the Image comic series Godland with writer Joe Casey, artist of the Freedom Force comic (based on the classic PC game by the creators of Bioshock), and his own The Myth of 8-Opus....
Full Show Notes If you were planning on upgrading to a new smart phone this summer, we recommend that you give a listen to the mobile section of this episode to get an overview of what's new or soon to be released. We also take a look at Sam Raimi's "Drag Me To Hell", "inFAMOUS" for the PS3 and "Punch Out" for the Wii, and more! This episode marks some upgrades and changes to the production end of the show, so you'll see and especially hear a marked increase in quality (so we hope). We'll also b...
Full Show Notes It’s a big show this time around as we review Terminator Salvation, Star Trek and Wolverine as well as talk about some of the other upcoming summer releases. In gaming, we look at Plants vs Zombies and 1 vs 100 on Xbox, and discuss the preview of Bioshock 2. There’s also a lot of comic news, including TCAF 2009 (the Toronto Comic Arts Festival), and a rundown of some great new web comics by Paul, via Warren Ellis’ call out for submissions to the White Chapel forums....
Full Show Notes We’re back, and talking about everything from the benefits of jailbreaking the iPhone, to the latest update of Left 4 Dead, and many things in between. Want to see what a jailbroken iPhone can do? Watch the Cydia section to see video footage recorded with Cycorder on the rgbFilter set!
Full Show Notes Alex caught up with Edgar Wright, director of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, when he was at the Bloor Cinema during the Wright Stuff event, a series of films curated for the Bloor by Edgar Wright. The Wright Stuff wraps up Sunday April 12th.
Full Show Notes After a longer than expected holiday hibernation, the latest episode of rgbFilter is here! In this show, we take a look at the Palm Pre, and the Windows 7 beta (quite favourably in both cases). Beyond that, we look at responsibility in blogging, give our takes on the beginning of the end of Battlestar Galactica, and contemplate the substance of the universe.
Full Show Notes In this episode it's all post-apocalyptic goodness as we discuss the books World War Z and The Road (and the movies coming out based on them), and we get into gory details about the game Fallout 3, which is available for the PC, as well as the Xbox 360 and PS3. Plus, there's an apology from Dave, another installment of MegaHurtz, and much more.
Full Show Notes It’s a big show, and the return of the old set! We get into a discussion about the increasingly walled garden nature of gaming, talk about the growth of the smart phone market, our takes on True Blood and the US version of Life On Mars, and wonder if hiring the original writers for Heroes can save the world (well it’s world anyways). In cool sites, we have a couple of great recommendations for public domain and royalty free video for all you video editors out there, and mention s...
Full Show Notes Neal Stephenson sits down with Mark Askwith as part of the long running TINARS series, and talks about his latest novel Anathem, some of the concepts in it, his writing process and much more. We were there to cover it. In the very near future Alex will also be putting up an exclusive interview, as well as a review of Anathem. Special thanks go out to the folks at TINARS/pages, Simon Evans of hardcorenerdity.com and Melissa Nowakowski of Harper Collins, and of course, Neal Stephen...
Full Show Notes In this week’s episode: Braaiiiiinnnssssss! To kick off this Halloween spooktacular, we introduce the short story of an urban zombie, and we’ve totally made over the set, all in honour of the coolest holiday of them all. We also have far ranging talks ranging from The Force Unleashed, to the new Macbooks and the Bell-Telus joint that will bring the carriers into the GSM world, and a whole bunch more, including some extra footage from the Toronto Zombie Walk. If you’re squeamish a...
Full Show Notes Episode 10 is in the can, and jam packed with tech goodness, including Google’s Android phone, the controversy around Apple’s App Store bannings, Microsoft’s ad campaign launches for real. We’re all blown away by initial HD video footage from the Canon EOS 5D MKII. Rock Band 2 is here, and we have our review of it, and we have a few things to say about a couple of the returning shows of the new fall season. We’ve extended the Giveaway to Monday October 6th, so make sure you sign ...
Full Show Notes It’s our return to a regular recording schedule after Fan Expo, and we’ve got all the details on the Swag Bag Giveaway. Before I launch into that though, this week we welcome back an old friend and wrap up Fan Expo (even though we still have extensive interviews in upcoming weeks). We also get our tech on as we talk a bit about Google’s new browser Chrome, the CDMA version of the HTC Diamond phone, review the awesome game Braid and the equally awesome documentary Frag. Speaking o...
Full Show Notes Outside the entrance to Fan Expo there was a table, a couple of guys in waistcoats and their crew. They were The Conventioneers, a show found on bitetv.ca that covers conventions of all sorts. A while ago, the irreverent commentators were banned from getting inside. Alex and Ryan ask them why. **Please excuse the audio issues. Our mic was acting up **
Full Show Notes As Ryan mentioned before, sat down with Kevin Eastman, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles during Fan Expo. They about leaving Mirage, starting Tundra Press, running Heavy Metal magazine and his disappointment with the second Heavy Metal movie after losing creative control. He also talks about the third movie, which will be an anthology like the first, with animation done by blur.com. David Fincher is executive producer and plans on directing a segment. During the intervie...
Full Show Notes Alex has a conversation with John Meadows, instructor at Vancouver Film School and writer for Lost: The Video Game, for Ubisoft amongst other things. They touch on challenges writing for the video game medium vs. film, working with an existing property, and the different storytelling sensibilities of North America vs. Europe and Japan, and Ubisoft as a French company producing games in Montreal..
Full Show Notes Alex talks with Aaron Douglas, who plays Chief on Battlestar Galactica. It starts off as a mutual Ricky Gervais / Stephen Merchant / Karl Pilkington fan chat (Aaron want to work with them, hint hint), then turns to discussions about the announced BSG TV movie being directed by Edward James Olmos and his roles in The Bridge and Blood: A Butcher's Tale and what it's like to work on a fully green screened set.
Full Show Notes Ryan talks to Rick Green about the hilarious history of Hoverboy, and Doug pops in to find the truth behind the fate of the Prisoners Of Gravity chair. - The chair ended up in our garage after the series ended and I just knew that someday it would be worth something as a collector’s item, but, you know, raccoons pooed all over it and it went in the garbage eventually…
Full Show Notes Ryan and Dave spent part of the day Saturday hanging in the Media Room area, and managed to have some brief chats with Wes Craven, Kate Mulgrew, Buzz Aldrin and Henry Winkler, in no particular order. Buzz describing getting the shot of the earth rise is a particular highlight, in the science fact department.NOTE: The end credit in this video is wrong. It’s Ryan on the mic, and Dave (mostly) shooting. He vanished before the Kate Mulgrew interview, so Kate’s assistant Holly deserve...
Full Show Notes Dave sits down with legendary director Tobe Hooper, who clears up his inspiration for Texas Chainsaw Massacre (hint: it’s NOT Ed Gein). “It occured to me if I start one up, you know that the people would part like the waters… that’s the true story.” Put that line in the context of Christmas shopping, and you’ll get the point. Beyond that, he also discusses his influences, why torture porn has seen such a rise in popularity, and has a tip for budding film makers....
Full Show Notes Alex sat down with Brian Bolland, legendary comic artist behind Batman: The Killing Joke, Judge Dredd and Animal Man. They discuss the recolouring of The Killing Joke for the recently released ‘Remastered‘ edition, Mr. Bolland’s process, including drawing on a Wacom tablet, as well as the British comics invasion and more. We also managed to score a signed copy of the ‘Remastered’ Killing Joke that we will be giving away in a contest. Check back for more details soon....
Full Show Notes Alex talks with Rocco and Shawn from Mega64.com, in what is the funniest interview of the show (so far?). Everything from outside projects and bodily mutilation via Blendtec blenders is discussed. NSFW, but only if you work someplace where they take NSFW seriously.
Full Show Notes Ryan chats with Mike Pasley, director of the pro gamer documentary "Frag". He also hints that we have some Frag Swag to give away in an upcoming show.
