Powetcast Episode 13: Cinema and The King Are Dead

The King (of Pop) is dead; long live the king. Some feel that Michael Bay’s career should suffer the same fate, given poor critical reviews of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. And yet it’s breaking or tying box office records left and right. Who is correct? Find out on this week’s Powetcast

(How do you feel about the slew of celebrity demises in the last two weeks? Or do you just want to weigh in on the latest summer blockbuster? Leave a comment below!)

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Show notes after the jump!

The Panel
Sean “drove to South Carolina” Corse
Crazy “GIVE ME YOUR FACE!” Jaco
“Wants a Starscream Plushie” Sindra
aDam “Admiral Zed” Gardner
Zac “Public Enemy” Shipley

News

*RIP
**Ed McMahon
**Farrah Fawcett
**MICHAEL FUCKING JACKSON
**Oh, and Billy Mays

*Transformers: RotF
**$112 million opening weekend
**$200 million since Wednesday
**…and a 20% on Rottentomatoes.com.

Roundtable

*Transformers, and the importance of a director
**How can two films (Star Trek and RotF) have the same writers, but their critical reception is light-years apart?
**http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/bonus_robs_transformers_2_faqs.php

Cool Beans

*TV
**Batman Beyond DVDs

*Games
**Wii Punch Out
**Fallout 3
**Ghostbusers
**Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Pimpin’

*Keep Playing: Rewind – DemonSword (last week) June 24
*Powet Toys: ROTF Wheelie (this week) July 1st
*Powet ABCs (this saturday) July 4th