This time Danny and Prest talk about Transformers, Terminator 4, Krod Mandoon and more.

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Is it cold in here?...oh hang on a sec... no...no my mistake, that shiver would be the fan boy chill that has continued to run up my spine all day. Why do I have a chill? I hear you ask, well that would be due to the fact that last night I was privileged enough to get an exclusive showing of the finale for Jonathan Chiovitti’s fan saga Batman: Reign of Fate. If you have not seen the previous five episodes, then I urge you to do so right now at http://www.loosenoose.ca/.

Being a long term Batman fan, I am always sceptical when someone comes along with a film based on the Caped Crusader, whether that be professional or fan made (Joel Schumacher or Pitof anyone?), but straight from the first chapter, Chiovitti demonstrates that he has a knowledge and a passion for the world of Gotham far greater than that of the average film maker.

Ultimately Reign of Fate covers the detective side of Batman’s nature, taking him back to his roots. There are still very strong elements of the crime fighting Batman, but Chiovitti’s incarnation clearly demonstrates that the Guardian of Gotham has enough brain to match his brawn. The series contains homage throughout including references to the 1960s Batman, but it is the tone of the animated series that shines out clearest of all. In my opinion this is due to the excellent casting choices made, particularly with the characters of Batman (Shaughnessy Redden) and Commissioner Gordon (Ron Fountain) who share many of the vocal qualities of Kevin Conroy and Bob Hastings. For me, it was these qualities that made me believe this was an accurate portrayal of Gotham, simply because these are the voices I hear in my head whenever I open up a comic.

The film soon sets up a sort of “Who-dunnit?” as it drops breadcrumbs for Batman and the audience to follow. And although the mastermind of the plot remains anonymous until the very end, Chiovitti is more than willing to offer his acting talents as iconic Bat rogue, The Penguin. He brings a wonderful amalgamation of Burgess Meredith’s squawking squire and Danny Devito’s twisted, tortured animal rescue bird to the part, maintaining the perfect balance of charm and vulgarity.

The flip side to Cobblepot’s disfigured form would be the stunning Sarah (Mercedes Leggett) who at first is introduced merely as a love interest for Batman’s alter ego Bruce Wayne, but within minutes rids the viewer of any preconceptions. The cast of characters is topped off by councelman Hamilton Hill (Robert Ouellette) who is really the icing on the cake. Hill has always been one of those characters I’ve personally wanted to see be transformed from art into flesh for a very long time. What can be said of all Reign of Fate’s characters is that no book can be judged by it’s cover.

A few words must also be said about the Batsuit, which was not simply bought from some god forsaken fancy dress store, but created by David Pea specifically for the series. The suit is a very intricate one, and what’s great is that Chiovitti uses shadows in a very affective manner to reveal it’s details one segment at a time over the course of the story.

In conclusion, I have a lot of admiration for what Chiovitti has been able to achieve, turning in not only a great Batman story, but also one heck of a visual feast, that I cannot find much fault with. My only real criticism is that Warner Bros. is not taking much note of the fan film community. Chiovitti is proof that fans can make great motion pictures based on the character they love; and it is out of this love, this desperation to do the source material justice that gives them the upper hand on a lot of what Hollywood is churning out.

Episode 6 of Batman: Reign of Fate in now online@ http://www.loosenoose.ca/

This week Danny and Prest talk Red Dwarf, Star Trek, Fanboys, Plymouth Star Wars Day and Bristol Comic Expo.

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The first episode os Caster's Kitchen vodcast. In this weeks vodcast we discuss House of the Dead: Overkill, Heroes volume 4 and Twilight (the novel)....

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From Looney labs Designed by Andy Looney
 
Now Fluxx is a game of ever changing rules. A cult classic and a lot of modern CCG’s could take a leaf out of it’s book of how a set of simple rules can make a game fun.
 
Magic: The Gathering please take note.
 
But late 2008 gave us a new classic. Monty Python Fluxx.
 
The premise remains the same, but with a twist of the one of the best ever British Comedies to cross the pond.
It captures the essence of the series and the film ‘Holy Grail’ delightfully with such cards as ‘My brain hurts!’, the ‘Nude organist’ (with devilish grin) and unladen swallow (which counts as African or European).
 
The play works well and participation cards like ‘What is your quote’? which allows up to three cards to be drawn dependant how many lines of dialogue between at least 2 characters and ‘I just want to sing’! Which requires player to sing a few bars of songs and extra benefits if it a previous unsung song. Which prompted my memory to songs like ‘Christmas in heaven’ and Every sperm is sacred’ from ‘Meaning of life’.
 
This is game where fans of the show are in for a real treat, and non-fans can learn a few things from their Pythonesque peers J
Looney labs have done a excellent job with this and should be proud.
 
Within three games of this one of my friends the next day at work had said about buying it to play over the festive season with his family.
 
If that isn’t proof, I don’t know what is.

We're back. This week Dan and Prest take a look at the latest news, and chat about some of the stuff we have missed since being away.

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By J.K Rowling Published by Bloomsbury
 
So J.K wrote another Potter book? Well not quite…
 
Throughout the tales of young Harry one story teller was mentioned, his name: Beedle.
 
No, not the trader form Zelda: the windwaker.
 
He’s the bard of the world of Potter whom wrote the stories/Legends of the wizarding world.
 
This tome (the word book seems wrong) contains five stories. Each of which a child’s tale much like our ‘little red riding hood’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty’. (Even then they had far darker origins than we’d imagine).
 
If I was to put forward a bold statement, I would have to say that this set of tales is better than some of later Rowling offerings.
 
At the end of each story lies a commentary by the late, fictional (and gay) Albus Dumbledore. His personal insight into the origin of each tale is really compelling as for a moment you forget that it’s a fictional character you are dealing with. Her writing style rides through these books nicely J
 
Of the five stories I have 2 favourites; ‘The fountain of fair fortune’ A tale of four figures intending to win the prize to find out that they don’t need it after all. Also the famous ’Tale of three Brothers’ (as mentioned through books 6 and 7. The tale involves three brothers who beat Death and he rewards them accordingly, but only the youngest requests wisely. (See book 7 for more details of how this turns out in present day Potter).
 
This book is a worthy successor to the Potter books and should be on every fans shelf. From a photo of friend of mine in America I see they have a variant book style compared to our small pastel blue volume (and by the look it, similar to a lot of products when the first film came out). It also comes with a selection of Rowling own ink sketches to illustrate, and these are rather good, putting me in mind of (Almost Sir) Terry Pratchett pictures in ’The Carpet people’.
 
Also monies earned from books sales go to the ’Children’s high level group’ which is a darn good thing she’s doing. It’s nice to see the successful are donating to those who need it
 
Personally my money is still on J.K will crack and write a prequel…

After a couple of technical mishaps the crew are back, packing Miss Stone. We discuss the foibles of Mr Barrowman, Charles Dickens and fast food in the future.

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This week Dan and Prest take a look at the latest news, the news Ghostbusters game trailer and a little bit at the Clone Wars.

Sorry it's been so long since the last show.

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Check out the new trailer for the Ghostbusters video game. Looks really good.