The Science of Maskology

The second Samantha Maybe special in which attentions turn to the philosophy of the mask. Why do characters wear masks, what inspires them to do so, what are there primary uses? These questions and more are addressed in this month’s episode.

V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Batman, Superman, & Martian Manhunter belong to DC

Kill Bill belongs to Miramax films, A Band Apart, and Super Cool ManChu

Donnie Darko belongs to Pandora Cinema, Flower Films Production, Adam Fields Productions, & Gaylord Films

Deadpool, X-Men, Captain America, the Avengers, Iron Man, & Thor belong to Marvel

Doctor Who belongs to the BBC

Supernatural belongs to the CW

Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television, & 20th Century Fox Television

Music used in this episode includes:

One Minute to Win it – Wreck it Ralph
Requiem – Watchmen Original Motion Picture Score
Just Follow My Lead (The Waltz) – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Juggernaut – Skyworld
Edward Blake: The Comedian – Watchmen Original Motion Picture Score
Uneternal Sleep – Silent Hill 3 Soundtrack
The Son of Flynn – Tron Soundtrack
Shoot To Thrill – AC/DC
Nero Sighted – Star Trek Soundtrack
Liquid Spear Waltz – Donnie Darko Soundtrack
Zero – Doctor Who: Series 5
Hells Bells – AC/DC
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme Song – Nerf Herder
Boss Theme – Mega Man 2
Threshold(8bit) – Scott Pilgrim VS. the World Soundtrack
Jumping Ship – Wreck it Ralph
Performance Issues – The Avengers
X-Men – Powerglove
Batman – Powerglove
TARDIS – Doctor Who: Series 5

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Supernatural Review Episode 808: Hunteri Heroici

Samantha Maybe watches episode 8 of season 8 of the CW’s Supernatural. There are nerdy references and cartoony nonsense everywhere.

Supernatural belongs to the CW.

Music in this episode includes: Heffalumps & Woozles – Powerglove

Tetris – Powerglove

TARDIS – Doctor Who: Series 5

 

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Philosophy At Odd Hours – What constitutes a Sci-Fi movie? Part 1

                   Philosophy At Odd Hours              

(where SamanthaMaybe and AlanahSees talk about all the things)

Sam and Alanah at VidCon 2012

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Comic Review Show!: Buffy 8 X 4&5

Samantha Maybe FINALLY finishes volume 1 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 8.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics belong to Dark Horse

Music Used in this episode includes:
Power Rangers Theme – Powerglove
Vanquish the Horrible Night – Powerglove
We Flood Empty Lakes – Yndi Halda
TARDIS – Doctor Who: Series 5

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Sam Talks of the Dead: Chapter 5

With the stability of the entire group and Rick Grimes himself falling under scrutiny, what else could possibly go wrong in the next chapter of the The Walking Dead? Will Michonne go crazy and kill everyone? Will Carol and Tyrese reconcile their differences? How on earth does Lori have enough food to sustain her pregnancy? Maybe we’ll get some answers in this chapter.

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Comic Review Show!: Saga Volume 1

Samantha Maybe makes a decision between two relatively new sci-fi series, after a bit of an accident with a worm hole…

Mind the Gap and Saga both belong to Image

Music used in this episode includes:

Intermission – The Protomen, Necromancer – Play For Japan, River’s Perception/Saffron – Firefly, Book’s Hair/Ready for Battle – Firefly, Mal Fights Niska/Back Home – Firefly, Leaving/Caper/Spaceball-Firefly, Inara’s Suite – Firefly, Wild Arms Theme, TARDIS – Doctor Who:Series 5

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Sam Talks of the Dead: Chapter 4

We reach an interesting point in the intersection of television and comic at this point. The TV series, as any one familiar with both forms of media will tell you, is moving at a much faster pace than the comic does. In addition it’s moving at a much faster pace than the TV has in the past. What does this mean for the future of the show? In my opinion nothing but good things can come of this. I think the writers realized how good the upcoming material was a decided to do crazy things like consolidate entire chapter into one single TV episode. Has it been working? Yes I believe it has been working quite well, and I’m really interested to see how far they get in comic land by the end of this season. The speed of season 3 does mean that I have more TV comparisons to make so lets get to it!

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Sam Talks of the Dead: Chapter 3

Hey it’s time for Chapter 3 of The Walking Dead!!! Wooo! I was genuinely excited to read this chapter, as it is the first one that goes on past the TV show…and now that i’ve read it…i’m even more excited to watch the new episodes. I was worried that I would feel that reading the comics completely ruined the show for me, as I’ve spoken with other readers who aren’t pleased with the way the show is going. However I feel that both the TV show and the comics are a delightful look at the logistics of post-zombieapocalyptic survival and that similarly to Fight Club they compliment each other well. The dramatic elements of a TV show are somewhat different than those utilized in a comic book, and so the big differences in storytelling are, I feel, overall justified for a TV audience. Anyway, back to the comic!

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Sam talks of the Dead: Chapter 1

As you may know from watching my recent comic reviews, I’ve recently started reading several different comic book series. One of them is The Walking Dead. I’ve got 96 issues in 2 compendiums and I feel that this experience is epic enough to warrant written reviews by chapter. Now you may be thinking, “But Sam, your videos are funny and you get drunk all the time won’t you please make us Walking Dead videos instead???”. Well, no…no I won’t. I’ve already taken on all of Buffy to review in video form, and taking on 9 years of this series just sounds like too much. Maybe I’ll do one or two if the chapters are particularly entertaining. In this first installment you get my thoughts on the first chapter! Yay? And of course this post, along with the next one will be rife with comparisons to the TV show. If you are not up to date with the TV show there are some SPOILERS AHEAD!!!! Without further ado…

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Supernatural Review Episode 807: A Little Slice of Kevin

Samantha Maybe watches the next episode of Supernatural. There are tears, laughter, and a puppy.

Supernatural belongs to the CW

Music used in this episode includes:

Death to all Hipsters – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Original Soundtrack)

Machines Do it Better So You Don’t Have To – Aesthetically Speaking

Back in Time – Huey Lewis & The News

TARDIS – Doctor Who: Series 5

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Comic Review Show!: Doctor Who #2

A comic review of Diggle & Buckingham’s Doctor Who issue #2 by Samantha Maybe.

The Doctor Who Comics belong to IDW

Music used in this episode includes:
The Sad man With a Box – Doctor Who: Series 5
TARDIS – Doctor Who: Series 5
Eleven – Chameleon Circuit
I Am The Doctor – Doctor Who: Series 5
The Mad Man With a Box – Doctor Who: Series 5

And also my awesome theme song by AlanahC

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When That Ruled The World 3 – Growing Up in a World of Comic Books (11/09/2012)

Jimmy TR, Chris NNTV, Thomas Fyrehart, Samantha Maybe, and SkeleTroy Blockbuster discuss their various memories and opinions about growing up in a culture deeply influenced by Comic Books.

Supernatural Review Episode 806: Southern Comfort

From my brothers room once again, It’s episode 6 of Supernatural, Southern Comfort.

Supernatural belongs to the CW

Music used in this video includes:

Doctor Wily’s Theme – Powerglove

Evil Walks – AC/DC

TARDIS – Doctor Who: Series 5

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Reviewers Of The Lost Art 1: Getting Started With A New Show (11/09/2012)

Jimmy TR, NNTV, Thomas Fyrehart, & Samantha Maybe discuss the trials and tribulations of starting your own web series. In a fitting twist of fate, the video from the call was completely useless, and over half the audio was garbled beyond recognition.  So, the next day, we pushed forward to bring you this new show, albeit audio only.

We present to you our testament to being an online entertainment producer: When life hands you lemons, make a podcast.

When That Ruled The World – 2 – Growing Up With Star Wars (11/05/2012)

Growing Up With Star Wars

Jimmy TR, Samantha Maybe, Thomas Fyrehart, and SkeleTroy Blockbuster discuss, compare, and contrast their memories of growing up with Star Wars, the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, LucasArts games, the future of Lucasfilm, and, yes… Ewan MacGregor’s naughty bits.

Theme song – “Happy Ever After” by The Senseless – used with kind permission.

Comic Review Show!: Alan Moore & Before Watchmen

Samantha Maybe discusses why she remembers the 5th of November. Thanks to AlanahC for my super awesome theme song!!!

V for Vendetta belongs to DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures
The Saga of the Swamp Thing belongs to DC comics
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen belongs to DC comics & Top Shelf/Knockabout comics
Watchmen & Before Watchmen belong to DC Comics

Music used in this episode includes:
Sound of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel
Only Two Names Remain – Tyler Bates
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
The Times Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
Pruit Igoe & Prophecies – Philip Glass Ensemble
Doctor Who Theme (Ten) – Doctor Who: Series 5
TARDIS – Doctor Who: Series 5

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TV Review: Supernatural 805

Broadcasting live (not live) from my brother’s room! It’s time for episode 5 of Supernatural, Blood Brothers.

Supernatural belongs to the CW Music used in this video includes: Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution – AC/DC If you Want Blood (You’ve Got it) – AC/DC TARDIS – Doctor Who: Series 5

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