Powetcast Episode 16: Super Asteroid Bros.

With Comic-Con behind us, we look forward to the many cinematic adventures born of geekdom. But World of Warcraft? Prince of Persia? Halo? Asteroids? REALLY??

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(What video game are you dying to see made as a movie? Would you rather die than see some other game made into a movie? Post your thoughts in the comments below!)

Show notes after the jump!

Powet Panel
Sean “The Orange” Corse
Crazy “No one actually calls me Crazy on this podcast” Jaco
Zac “DC” Shipley
“Sexy” aDam Gardner

News
*RIP John Hughes: 1950-2009
http://powet.tv/forum/index.php?topic=3974.0
*Futurama voice cast signs on for new season
(Did I say “Fox” last time? I meant “Comedy Central”. I guess they just don’t have the budget of a real network…)
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41898
*IronMan SDCC clip online!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEDr3r3vHRI

Roundtable

Video game / tabletop gaming movies: (Is Hollywood running out of ideas?)

*Prince of Persia film (by Disney) looks decidedly unterrible
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/21/prince-of-persia-film-posters-look-decidedly-unterrible
*World of Warcraft movie
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/aicn-sam-raimi-set-to-direct-world-of-warcraft-movie
*Lorenzo di Bonaventura explains the premise of Asteroids… sort of
(“But… but what if those two brothers WERE ASTEROIDS?!?”)
http://movies.ign.com/articles/100/1006589p1.html
*Halo movie back from the dead: Spielberg may produce.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/08/09/steven-spielberg-hot-for-halo-fall-of-reach-script-from-gi-joe-writer-stuart-beattie

Cool Beans

Movies
*OMG! GI JOE DIDN’T SUCK!
*Watchmen DVD(s) & director’s cut

TV
*Torchwood: Children of Earth (aDam/Sean)

Games
*Red Faction Guerilla
*Penny Arcade: The Rainslick Precipice of Darkness (Ep. 1-2)
*Worms Armageddon

Comics
War of Kings has wrapped up. Bring on Realm of Kings (crazy)

Pimpin’
*PowetToys: RotF Voyager Starscream (last week)
*GI Joe movie review (this week)
*Keep Playing Rewind (next week)
*Powet Alphabet (G , H)