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Crossover Crisis: Swap Thing!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:51:55 GMT

Full Show Notes Saving a parallel Swap Universe from jackbooted copyright thugs and bad Hollywood event movies! One ripped disc at a time. Reviewed in this episode: Transformers 2, Valkyrie, and the Daredevil: Director's Cut.. A crossover crisis mashing rgbFIlter with the Laroquod Experiment. NO COPYRIGHTS WERE INFRINGED IN THE CAPTURE OF THIS VIDEO. But to the extent possible under law, I waive all of my own copyright and related or neighbouring rights to this work, and grant them immediately to the Public Domain, via the Creative Commons.

rgbFilter TCAF SketchKrieg and Tom Scioli

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:24:07 GMT

Full Show Notes We attended the 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, held on May 9th and 10th, and we got a chance to talk to a lot of the artists at the show - we will be posting more videos over the next few weeks. This episode is with the members of Sketchkrieg and Tom Scioli (a huge Jack Kirby fan), co-creator of the Image comic series Godland with writer Joe Casey, artist of the Freedom Force comic (based on the classic PC game by the creators of Bioshock), and his own The Myth of 8-Opus.

rgbFilter 017 - Movie Madness

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:24:07 GMT

Full Show Notes If you were planning on upgrading to a new smart phone this summer, we recommend that you give a listen to the mobile section of this episode to get an overview of what's new or soon to be released. We also take a look at Sam Raimi's "Drag Me To Hell", "inFAMOUS" for the PS3 and "Punch Out" for the Wii, and more! This episode marks some upgrades and changes to the production end of the show, so you'll see and especially hear a marked increase in quality (so we hope). We'll also be adding a WMV feed at a full 720x408 resolution.

rgbFilter 016 - Movie Madness

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:24:07 GMT

Full Show Notes It’s a big show this time around as we review Terminator Salvation, Star Trek and Wolverine as well as talk about some of the other upcoming summer releases. In gaming, we look at Plants vs Zombies and 1 vs 100 on Xbox, and discuss the preview of Bioshock 2. There’s also a lot of comic news, including TCAF 2009 (the Toronto Comic Arts Festival), and a rundown of some great new web comics by Paul, via Warren Ellis’ call out for submissions to the White Chapel forums.

rgbFilter 015 - s02e01

Sun, 17 May 2009 11:22:07 GMT

Full Show Notes We’re back, and talking about everything from the benefits of jailbreaking the iPhone, to the latest update of Left 4 Dead, and many things in between. Want to see what a jailbroken iPhone can do? Watch the Cydia section to see video footage recorded with Cycorder on the rgbFilter set!

rgbFilter - Edgar Wright

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:23:47 GMT

Full Show Notes Alex caught up with Edgar Wright, director of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, when he was at the Bloor Cinema during the Wright Stuff event, a series of films curated for the Bloor by Edgar Wright. The Wright Stuff wraps up Sunday April 12th.

rgbFilter 014 - Van Winkled

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:24:07 GMT

Full Show Notes After a longer than expected holiday hibernation, the latest episode of rgbFilter is here! In this show, we take a look at the Palm Pre, and the Windows 7 beta (quite favourably in both cases). Beyond that, we look at responsibility in blogging, give our takes on the beginning of the end of Battlestar Galactica, and contemplate the substance of the universe.

rgbFilter 013 - Fallout

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:26:37 GMT

Full Show Notes In this episode it's all post-apocalyptic goodness as we discuss the books World War Z and The Road (and the movies coming out based on them), and we get into gory details about the game Fallout 3, which is available for the PC, as well as the Xbox 360 and PS3. Plus, there's an apology from Dave, another installment of MegaHurtz, and much more.

rgbFilter 012 - Walled Gardeners

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:32:16 GMT

Full Show Notes It’s a big show, and the return of the old set! We get into a discussion about the increasingly walled garden nature of gaming, talk about the growth of the smart phone market, our takes on True Blood and the US version of Life On Mars, and wonder if hiring the original writers for Heroes can save the world (well it’s world anyways). In cool sites, we have a couple of great recommendations for public domain and royalty free video for all you video editors out there, and mention some of the upcoming bonus shows and interviews we have on tap over the next month or so. All that and another installment of MegaHurtz round out the show.

rgbFilter - Neal Stephenson - Anathem

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:01:56 GMT

Full Show Notes Neal Stephenson sits down with Mark Askwith as part of the long running TINARS series, and talks about his latest novel Anathem, some of the concepts in it, his writing process and much more. We were there to cover it. In the very near future Alex will also be putting up an exclusive interview, as well as a review of Anathem. Special thanks go out to the folks at TINARS/pages, Simon Evans of hardcorenerdity.com and Melissa Nowakowski of Harper Collins, and of course, Neal Stephenson. If you’re squeamish about blood, don’t watch this one alone.

rgb Filter 011 - ZOMBIES!

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:01:56 GMT

Full Show Notes In this week’s episode: Braaiiiiinnnssssss! To kick off this Halloween spooktacular, we introduce the short story of an urban zombie, and we’ve totally made over the set, all in honour of the coolest holiday of them all. We also have far ranging talks ranging from The Force Unleashed, to the new Macbooks and the Bell-Telus joint that will bring the carriers into the GSM world, and a whole bunch more, including some extra footage from the Toronto Zombie Walk. If you’re squeamish about blood, don’t watch this one alone.

rgb Filter 010 - Do The Android

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:11:56 GMT

Full Show Notes Episode 10 is in the can, and jam packed with tech goodness, including Google’s Android phone, the controversy around Apple’s App Store bannings, Microsoft’s ad campaign launches for real. We’re all blown away by initial HD video footage from the Canon EOS 5D MKII. Rock Band 2 is here, and we have our review of it, and we have a few things to say about a couple of the returning shows of the new fall season. We’ve extended the Giveaway to Monday October 6th, so make sure you sign up. All that, along with Crispin Glover and the Suicide Girls, make for a busy show.

rgb Filter 009 - Fan Expo Wrap

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:24:09 GMT

Full Show Notes It’s our return to a regular recording schedule after Fan Expo, and we’ve got all the details on the Swag Bag Giveaway. Before I launch into that though, this week we welcome back an old friend and wrap up Fan Expo (even though we still have extensive interviews in upcoming weeks). We also get our tech on as we talk a bit about Google’s new browser Chrome, the CDMA version of the HTC Diamond phone, review the awesome game Braid and the equally awesome documentary Frag. Speaking of Frag, on to the Giveaway! Prizes include the following… 1 Batman - The Killing Joke Remastered, and signed - Brian Bolland 1 Bodycount signed - Kevin Eastman 1 Evil Dead Musical pack - XL What the F*#K Was That t-shir - 1 Evil Dead Musical novelty axe 1 Hoverboy prize pack - Hoverboy #1 signed - Hoverboy DVD signed 1 x Aliens Predator Pack - Birth of the Hybrid diorama - Cpl. Hicks figure. 2 x United Free Worlds Pack - United Free Worlds #1 - United Free Worlds t-shirts XL Each of the above packs include a copy of the pro-gaming documentary Frag. In addition, we have 2 additional copies of the film, for a grand total of 10 Swag Bags. What do you have to do to get in on this? Here’s the details. Register at rgbfilter.com/register, then send us an email at show@rgbfilter.com with ‘giveaway’ in the subject, and include your user name somewhere as well. The deadline for entries is Monday Sept. 29th 2008 at midnight Eastern, and winners will be announced in the following episode.

rgb Filter - FanExpo M - The Conventioneers

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:57:26 GMT

Full Show Notes Outside the entrance to Fan Expo there was a table, a couple of guys in waistcoats and their crew. They were The Conventioneers, a show found on bitetv.ca that covers conventions of all sorts. A while ago, the irreverent commentators were banned from getting inside. Alex and Ryan ask them why. **Please excuse the audio issues. Our mic was acting up **

rgb Filter - FanExpo L - Kevin Eastman Interview

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:34:46 GMT

Full Show Notes As Ryan mentioned before, sat down with Kevin Eastman, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles during Fan Expo. They about leaving Mirage, starting Tundra Press, running Heavy Metal magazine and his disappointment with the second Heavy Metal movie after losing creative control. He also talks about the third movie, which will be an anthology like the first, with animation done by blur.com. David Fincher is executive producer and plans on directing a segment. During the interview, Eastman also mentions directors Zack Snyder, Guillermo Del Toro and Gore Verbinski all want to direct segments as well.

rgb Filter - FanExpo K - John Meadows Interview

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:02:55 GMT

Full Show Notes Alex has a conversation with John Meadows, instructor at Vancouver Film School and writer for Lost: The Video Game, for Ubisoft amongst other things. They touch on challenges writing for the video game medium vs. film, working with an existing property, and the different storytelling sensibilities of North America vs. Europe and Japan, and Ubisoft as a French company producing games in Montreal..

rgb Filter - FanExpo J - Aaron Douglas Interview

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:57:19 GMT

Full Show Notes Alex talks with Aaron Douglas, who plays Chief on Battlestar Galactica. It starts off as a mutual Ricky Gervais / Stephen Merchant / Karl Pilkington fan chat (Aaron want to work with them, hint hint), then turns to discussions about the announced BSG TV movie being directed by Edward James Olmos and his roles in The Bridge and Blood: A Butcher's Tale and what it's like to work on a fully green screened set.

rgb Filter - FanExpo I - Rick Green Interview

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:41:02 GMT

Full Show Notes Ryan talks to Rick Green about the hilarious history of Hoverboy, and Doug pops in to find the truth behind the fate of the Prisoners Of Gravity chair. - The chair ended up in our garage after the series ended and I just knew that someday it would be worth something as a collector’s item, but, you know, raccoons pooed all over it and it went in the garbage eventually…

rgb Filter - FanExpo H - 4 Intervies In 8 Minutes

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:17:47 GMT

Full Show Notes Ryan and Dave spent part of the day Saturday hanging in the Media Room area, and managed to have some brief chats with Wes Craven, Kate Mulgrew, Buzz Aldrin and Henry Winkler, in no particular order. Buzz describing getting the shot of the earth rise is a particular highlight, in the science fact department.NOTE: The end credit in this video is wrong. It’s Ryan on the mic, and Dave (mostly) shooting. He vanished before the Kate Mulgrew interview, so Kate’s assistant Holly deserves a thumbs up for taking over camera duties.

rgb Filter - FanExpo G - Tobe Hooper Interview

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:26:42 GMT

Full Show Notes Dave sits down with legendary director Tobe Hooper, who clears up his inspiration for Texas Chainsaw Massacre (hint: it’s NOT Ed Gein). “It occured to me if I start one up, you know that the people would part like the waters… that’s the true story.” Put that line in the context of Christmas shopping, and you’ll get the point. Beyond that, he also discusses his influences, why torture porn has seen such a rise in popularity, and has a tip for budding film makers.

rgb Filter - FanExpo F - Brian Bolland Interview

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:43:17 GMT

Full Show Notes Alex sat down with Brian Bolland, legendary comic artist behind Batman: The Killing Joke, Judge Dredd and Animal Man. They discuss the recolouring of The Killing Joke for the recently released ‘Remastered‘ edition, Mr. Bolland’s process, including drawing on a Wacom tablet, as well as the British comics invasion and more. We also managed to score a signed copy of the ‘Remastered’ Killing Joke that we will be giving away in a contest. Check back for more details soon.

rgb Filter - FanExpo E - Mega 64 Interview

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:43:17 GMT

Full Show Notes Alex talks with Rocco and Shawn from Mega64.com, in what is the funniest interview of the show (so far?). Everything from outside projects and bodily mutilation via Blendtec blenders is discussed. NSFW, but only if you work someplace where they take NSFW seriously.

rgb Filter - FanExpo D - Frag Movie

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:50:03 GMT

Full Show Notes Ryan chats with Mike Pasley, director of the pro gamer documentary "Frag". He also hints that we have some Frag Swag to give away in an upcoming show.

rgb Filter - FanExpo C - Random Fandom 1

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:45:03 GMT

Full Show Notes What happens when fans of Team Fortress 2 dressed in opposing teams meet on the convention floor?

rgb Filter - FanExpo B - United Free Worlds

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:35:03 GMT

Full Show Notes Ryan interviews Lawrence Longo and Jeff Wood of fantasyprone.com which publishes the comic United Free Press.

rgb Filter - FanExpo A - Darkness

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:35:03 GMT

Full Show Notes A quick bit with a Heroes promo before Fan Expo starts.

rgb Filter - Pure Pwnage Premiere Coverage

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:35:03 GMT

Full Show Notes It'a all pwnage all the time, as Dave goes to the Pure Pwnage premiere of Season 2, episodes 17 and 18, and talks to the fans, as well as snags an interview with Jarett Cale who plays Jeremy (AKA teh_pwnerer). Our Fan Expo coverage starts up August 22nd.

rgb Filter 008 - Apocafantastic

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:55:03 GMT

Full Show Notes Episode 8 is in the can, and when you crack it open, here's what you'll find inside. The Craft Economy's novel take on fighting bill C-61. The imminent release of HTC Diamond in North America, via Telus. A dangerous time waster in the form of FireNES, which allows you to play classic Nintendo games in the Firefox browser. The just as imminent release of the new Nvidia drivers that will support PhysX, even allowing a second video card to handle the physics calculations. The promised extra coverage of the Apocalipstix release party, including the bands Dame and Terror Lake. Plus an unexpected tangent about the sudden growth in animated comics, from the US exclusive Watchmen, to Dead Space and Invincible. We all lose so many Geek Points this episode, we didn't even track them.

rgb Filter Interview - Apocalipstix

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:55:03 GMT

Full Show Notes This past Wednesday, we at rgbFilter went to the Toronto launch party for the new comic The Apocalipstix by writer Ray Fawkes and artist Cameron Stewart. Ray and Cameron were kind enough to give Alex some time to talk to them about the comic, and other projects they have coming up. It was a great night, presented by Chris from The Beguiling. After an intro and book signing session, the party continued with a couple of great bands, Dame and Terror Lake. There will definitely be more coverage of the night in the next regular episode of rgb Filter.

rgb Filter 007 - The Dork Knights

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:35:00 GMT

Full Show Notes

First up is The Canadian Wireless Spectrum Sale.

Esquire Goes E-Paper for it’s 75th anniversary.

Use TiVO to buy directly from Amazon. Make Oprah happy.

The Mojave Experiment Goes Live, with no help from Crispin Glover.

You can watch Hulu.com from outside the US? Really? Yes.

The Great Dark Knight Dork Debate -complete with disappearing bottle trick, and all the typical IMDb behaviour any long time IMDber should be well aware of.

n gaming, we talk about Games For Windows Live going free with Xbox 360 cross-platform gaming goodness, and a quick look at the preview of Too Human, complete with disappearing thumbs trick.

Yep. It’s one of those shows.

rgb Filter 006 - Knobs on Your Monitor

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:54:00 GMT

Full Show Notes Fight C-61 via YouTube

Apple vs. Psystar

Hellboy 2 review

In gaming, we give quick reviews of Bourne Conspiracy and Dark Sector.

More details released about the Red Scarlet camera.

Possibly the coolest monitor accessory ever.

E3 gaming news

All this and more in rgb Filter Episode 006.

rgb Filter 005 - iPhoning It In

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:25:00 GMT

Full Show Notes

Ryan gets an official “Welcome To The Show”.

iPhone Launch Coverage

Bell and Telus to charge 15 cents for every incoming SMS. Industry Minister Jim Prentice responds.

In gaming, we give quick reviews of Bourne Conspiracy and Dark Sector.

Maxy Max Payne teaser trailer released, and looks good, and stop calling Mark Wahlberg Marky.

Watchmen Video Journal 3 and 4 now online.

We take a look at awesome new multimedia search site viewzi.com, and talk about the Belkin Go Station.

All this and more in rgb Filter Episode 005.

rgb Filter 004 - Ryanitis

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:20:00 GMT

Full Show Notes In this show, Ryan joins us as a brand new co-host. We also talk Canadian smartphone data rate updates, and the announcement of Opera Mobile 9.5 beta coming July 15th. http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/2008/07/07/leave-no-platform-behind ATI’s new cards force NVidia to lower prices, while Nvida announces the availability of it’s new CUDA SDK, allowing programmers to use the power of GPUs for non-graphics purposes. Xandros buys Linspire - is it a bid to keep their EEE PC install base up? We recommend: http://www.veoh.com http://www.piclens.com http://www.compfight.com Movie Review: Wanted (along with the comic book) On location: We talk with Eric Brazier of semisolidmedia.com about the the monthly Rock Band Jam Night he’s organized, and hosted by Rockie Raccoons.

rgb Filter 003 - Hyper Bowl

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:02:00 GMT

Full Show Notes

Sadly, a legend has passed in Stan Winston, after a long bout with cancer. Besides being responsible for some of the most memorable movie creatures of all time, he also talked a lot about the process, and never hid behind the veil of magic when it came to his work.

Just take a look at his work listed on IMDb to see how much of an impact he made. Stan Winston

The Spore Creature Creator demo is released. Spore Trial

AMD's new RV770 interactive demo discussed. AMD RV770

Canadian Internet News Update Update

Canadian iPhone Pricing leaked

Mad Catz announces official Rock Band instruments... some are wicked cool. Rock Band Instruments

Part one of Paul, Dave and Alex's discussion about Battlestar Galactica Season 4. Warning, there WILL be spoilers for the first four episodes. Govern yourself accordingly.

Check out the site, and join in the conversation at the forums

rgb Filter 002 - Alex Hearts Apple

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:58:00 GMT

rgb Filter 002 - Alex Hearts Apple : In this weeks episode, we talk about Modo 302, Brad Bird\'s comments on writing for animation, review Bell\\\'s online video store, touch on self publishing comics using Kablam.com and yes, the iPhone. Full Show Notes

rgb Filter 001 - Wii Did It

show@rgbfilter.com (rgb Filter) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:38:00 GMT

rgb Filter 001 - Wii Did It : The first episode of rgb Filter, talking about Daz 3D, Big Buck Bunny made with the open source Blender 3D, Nvidia's GTX 280 graphics card, the private screening of Killing Schroedinger's Cats, and more! Full Show Notes

rgb Filter 000 - A Test In Time

show@rgbfilter.com (rgb Filter) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:38:00 GMT

rgb Filter 000 - A Test In Time : Episode Zero of rgb Filter, where we discuss X-Files, the Watchmen video journals, GTA IV and more. Full Show Notes