5 Reasons to be Excited for Pacific Rim

On this episode of Geek World Radio on YouTube AnnaMay and Dave talk about the top 5 reasons why you should be excited for the movie Pacific Rim!

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Geek World Loves Androids!

With the release of the new Prometheus viral video, Happy Birthday David, we started thinking there might be a robot love connection between the recently unveiled lifelike androids David (8G) and Quantic Dreams Kara (3G)!


The newest Prometheus viral video Happy Birthday David starring Michael Fassbender as a loveably thoughtful android named David (hey ladies he can do anything that could possibly be asked of him!)


Kara knows 300 languages, and at least one of them is love!

Luckily (and sadly) Robots in the real world are still pretty scary:


We're pretty sure this is the real David, a disturbing talking robot named Jules. He's doesn't smolder like Michael Fassbender, but he does have a british accent and has a bonafide Fassbender-esque creepiness when he tells the baby he will find him someday when he's older (pretty sure the baby's name is John Conner)

But back to romance- Humans and Androids can love each other also:


This is a classic Star Trek TNG scene. It's really funny and all, until you realize that the brilliant Dr. Noonien "Fully Functional" Soong might have been a little creepier than we all originally imagined. Also I know she wasn't exactly herself, but does Tasha Yar really need to bring up her planet's Rape Gangs on every possible occasion?


And lets not forget everyones favorite cybernetic playa, Gigolo Joe! At 1:15 he tells a little boy android the kind of superfly andro-pimp he really is!

This Week's Show - Robots and New TV Shows

On this week's show we'll review the soon to be released DVD of Hugh Jackman's Rocky/Over the Top meets Rock Em Sock Em Robots boxing movie Real Steel, and discuss some of our favorite robots, androids, and cyborgs.

We'll also take time to discuss some new and returning TV shows including the Season 2 premieres of SyFy's Face Off and Being Human and their new Canadian import Lost Girl.  Also we'll investigate Fox's new JJ Abrams island/time travel/mystery show starring Jorge Garcia, Lost Alcatraz. All this and we'll discuss the new show from the creator of Bones The Finder, and we'll train our Liger to protect our tots from the animated TV show Napoleon Dynamite. All this and much more so be sure to tune in!

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Watch Out Tony Stark! The Japanese are the Real Iron Men!!!!

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Japan has been building killer robots for years (Astro Boy, Mobile Suit Gundam, The Prius), but now they've invented Iron Man type Power-Assisted Suits!

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The metal-and-plastic outfit boasts eight electric motors that amplify the strength of the wearer's arms and legs, as well as sensors that can detect movements and respond to commands through a voice-recognition system.

The suits can reduce the user’s physical effort by 62 per cent on average.

Fifteen years in the making, the “robosuit” is due to hit the Japanese market in 2012 when it will initially retail for about one million yen (£8,100), a price tag its makers hope to halve if the device is mass-produced.

Honestly I'm most worried for Godzilla. It seems like now it's only a matter of time before MechaGodzilla is unleashed!!!