Podcasts about Hardware Wars

Unexpected things happen all the time in our typical days. We need to keep an eye out for the ones that will make us smile or laugh. I also talk about the parody film Hardware Wars (1978), which I was reminded of when I recently saw the trailer for the sequel to Spaceballs.

We begin a new segment on Podcast Stardust discussing some of the best parodies of Star Wars. This episode features the 1978 short film Hardware Wars.   You can find Hardware Wars on YouTube here.   In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: What “Laugh It Up, Fuzzball” is about and why we started this new segment, The history of Hardware Wars, The format of this parody as a mock movie trailer, The success of Hardware Wars, Paul Fress, the narrator, The cast of Hardware Wars, Many of the props of this mock trailer, Our favorite moments and jokes, and The influence Hardware Wars had going forward. Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news, reviews, and discussion wherever you get your podcasts. And please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts.   Find Jay and her cosplay adventures on J.Snips Cosplay on Instagram.   Join us for real time discussion on the RetroZap Discord Server here: RetroZap Discord.   Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube. T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, masks, and posters are available on TeePublic. Find all episodes on RetroZap.com.

We begin a new segment on Podcast Stardust discussing some of the best parodies of Star Wars. This episode features the 1978 short film Hardware Wars.

In this episode Megan and Lesley go on a long ADHD laden journey discussing the personal and cultural significnace of Star Wars (1977) following the death of James Earl Jones on Sept. 9, 2024. They also play with their lightsabers. And Lesley makes her Force Face. Be sure to keep Megan away from the droids. Oh yeah, and first they give you an update on the state of the Facebook group. Forgot that bit. If you wanna skip that start about 20 mins and 20 secs in. Did you have betamax or VHS? What about an 80s computer? Did you ever watch Hardware Wars? Inquiring minds want to know! Five MInutes of Fame is at 59 minutes 57 seconds. James Earl Jones Star Wars: A New Hope Battlestar Galactica TV Show 1978 Hardware Wars 1978 Star Trek The Motion Picture Indiana Jones Star Trek the Original Series Conan the Barbarian 1982 Flash Gordon 1980 Clash of the Titans 1981 Excalibur 1981 ​​​​​​​Dune 1984 Hero's Journey Joseph Campbell 1-888-GEN-XPOD to share your 5 MInutes of Fame stories with us! Love us? Hate us? Let us know!  Want to continue the conversation?  Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of This Shit Tell us your own 5 Minutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our  MERCH!!! JOIN US in  L.Y.L.A.S a GenX Women's Social Club L.Y.L.A.S is our paid membership platform where you can have the juicy, real-life conversations GenX women LOVE to have! Meet new women from all over the globe while supporting this podcast and the work we do in the Facebook group. 

This Week: Kevin takes a quick look at the box office before answering a listener email during which he proudly proves that Elon Musk is a blithering idiot. Next, he looks at new trailers for The Watchers and The Bikeriders. Later, he reviews Dune (1984), Dune 2021, Dune Part Two, Hardware Wars and Super Fuzz. […]

This Week: Kevin takes a quick look at the box office before answering a listener email during which he proudly proves that Elon Musk is a blithering idiot. Next, he looks at new trailers for The Watchers and The Bikeriders. Later, he reviews Dune (1984), Dune 2021, Dune Part Two, Hardware Wars and Super Fuzz. […]

How would you rank the following from Best to....not so much the Best? Spaceballs. Hardware Wars. Robot Chicken Star Wars. And the Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy. Listen in for our takes on these classics. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

EPISODE 59 - Ralph and James are discussing the first Star Wars fan film from 1978. Hardware Wars! Join them as they discuss this classic spoof from Ernie Fosselius and narrated by Paul Frees!

Norah's been watching Cuphead on Netflix and Ben has been playing a number of toon-centric games, so it seems to be fitting that the word is flyswatter.  Not really… it's cartoon!  The hosts reminisce about the theater and television cartoons of their youth before moving on to video games.  Cartoon oriented video games mentioned include: the Kingdom Hearths franchise, Mane 6's “Them's Fightin' Herds,” and Cuphead. 00:01:00 - This week's word is one vowel drop away from being a carton  00:02:44 - Bell and Howell was a motion picture machinery company based in Wheeling, IL 00:04:30 - Norah runs off again, Ben misquotes Porky Pig, and Cuphead 00:07:55 - Gin tries to poop, complaining about movie trailers, and possible trailer alternatives 00:12:20 - Movie ratings, the funny papers, Walt Kelly's Pogo Possum, and Mad TV 00:16:56 - Terry Gilliams's shorts, the placement of screens, and political cartoons 00:20:07 - The definition segment is delayed by Ben's National Lampoon's Vacation reference  00:24:53 - The Family Circus was never funny, and the “make Peanuts funny” game 00:26:06 - The first animated cartoons from the 1900s 00:30:10 - Remembering the flying toaster screensaver, Hardware Wars, and Fantasia 00:34:21 - Disney makes back it's budget and other facts about the 1969 release of Fantasia  00:39:01 - Ben summarizes the concept behind the Kingdom Hearts franchise for Norah 00:41:51 - Library, Blockbuster, or GameStop?  00:44:07 - Norah starts the great “all games have cartoons in them” debate  00:47:01 - The ungulates fighting game inspired by My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic  00:51:30 - A “band of bronies” receives Hasbro's cease and desist notification 00:54:23 - MLP FIM creator Lauren Faust helps Mane6 with character designs and story 00:59:34 - The arcade feel of Cuphead, the Moldenhauer brothers, and the Netflix series  01:06:01 - What's next for Studio MDHR, Sophomore jinxes, and the boss battle world record 01:08:20 - Norah's crowd funded potato salad story  01:10:22 - Ben talks about donating to charities with Humble Bundle 01:13:00 - “Don't eat all of your money and cartoons!” 

Acclaimed Pitmaster Tim Scheer joins Dane Neal of WGN Radio after recent victories at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas and just before the Grand Championship WIN at Memphis in May. Tim shares the success of his hot and fast cooking style and the Gateway Drum Smokers he designed and patented. Hear as Tim […]

Acclaimed Pitmaster Tim Scheer joins Dane Neal of WGN Radio after recent victories at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas and just before the Grand Championship WIN at Memphis in May. Tim shares the success of his hot and fast cooking style and the Gateway Drum Smokers he designed and patented. Hear as Tim […]

We discuss the parody movie trailers HARDWARE WARS (1978), CLOSET CASES OF THE NERD KIND (1980), and PORKLIPS NOW (1980), and then go off on a tangent about jokes from the 1700s.

Foamy & the Gang talk about the New Scream movie, horror films, soundtracks, people being hired as "Sensitivity Overseers" & odd short parodies by Ernie Fosselius! Thank You Joe & John for the tips! :) New album out here: Music : https://foamythesquirrel.bandcamp.com/ "Pinups" & Art Prints on DBH! Design By Humans Shop: http://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/illwillpress/new/ illwillpress.com All the Links, 1 spot: https://wlo.link/@illwillpress J.i.M. on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/jimathers Dawn on Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/dawnoftimebc Help Out if ya can (I'm literally a 1 person here) : PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jimathers PayPal : https://www.paypal.me/illwillpress or SUPPORT FOR FREE on Twitch through Amazon Prime/Twitch Prime: https://twitch.amazon.com/prime (Follow the instructions and sub at: https://www.twitch.tv/jimathers --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jimathers/support

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Steffan recalls the great parody "Hardware Wars" on this May The 4th (be with you) - more listener cult calls, and CBS Reporter Adrienne Bard joins the show with details about the horrific train accident in Mexico City See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This week on Star Wars Ranked: Favorite Star Wars! From the minds of Ken Napzok (comedian, host of The Napzok Files), Joseph Scrimshaw (comedian, writer, host of the Obsessed podcast), and Jennifer Landa (actress, YouTuber, crafter, contributor on StarWars.com) comes the ForceCenter Podcast Feed. Here you will find a series of shows exploring, discussing, and celebrating everything about Star Wars. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Listen on TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, and more! Follow ForceCenter! Watch on YouTube! Support us on Patreon ForceCenter merch! All from ForceCenter: https://linktr.ee/ForceCenter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/forcecenter/message

On this April Fool’s Day, Gary and Tim are dipping their toes into some Star Wars parodies! They kick things off with the first ever Star Wars parody, Hardware Wars, before going into the more delightfully lighthearted Phineas and Ferb: … Continue reading →

This week on Talkin' Tauntauns we're discussing Star Wars parodies, including the very parody inspired by a galaxy far, far away - Hardware Wars. You may recognize some of the other TV shows and films we deep dive: Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Phineas and Ferb, and Fanboys. In revisiting some of this material for the first time in many years we discover that some parodies are better left alone, while others can still make us laugh.Don't forget about our special giveaway to celebrate our 50th episode! Email us at TalkinTauntauns@aiptcomics.com or DM @TalkinTauntauns on Twitter with your favorite Star Wars character to enter to win. Entries need to be in by the end of day March 6. The crew of Talkin’ Tauntauns is the AIPT Star Wars dream team: Event Coordinator JJ Travers, Producer Jim Lehane, and Contributor Connor Christiansen. Join us as we discuss the latest news in Star Wars, as well as our thoughts on the books, comics, TV series, and movies from a galaxy far, far away. Find us on Twitter for more Star Wars conversation:Talkin’ TauntaunsJJJimConnorBe on the show and email us at TalkinTauntauns@AIPTComics.com. You can find Talkin’ Tauntauns on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Simplecast, Pandora, iHeartRadio, or right on AIPT. As always, if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a review, subscribe to the show, and tell your friends!Looking for more Star Wars out of AIPT and the Talkin’ Tauntauns crew? Sign up for our Patreon and unlock access to our Discord community and Star Wars book club.

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It's Star Wars summer school as we take a look at the incredible Star Wars Educational film strip that was sent to schools in 1978! Before George Lucas donated all of the Disney sale money to educational charities, there was this powerful representation of The Force in classrooms around America. Join us as we examine the film strip that tells a 20 minute version of Star Wars! Be amazed as we go over the quiz sheets that accompanied the strip! Be shocked as we reveal the connection to HARDWARE WARS! It's a laugh filled episode where you might just learn a little bit along the way too! Go with your feelings, celebrate the love and listen today! WATCH THE FILMSTRIP VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/MFt6BoAlteo SANDCRAWLER PODCAST : https://www.thesandcrawler.net SUBSCRIBE TO KARA DJ'S STAR WARS ZINE, INTO A LARGER WORLD: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13zU5AMdNGgMqNHQhDUJobbvqRhdQi45nEa55dnH9rkw/viewform?edit_requested=true FOLLOW KARA ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sacredsomethingbykara/ WATCH HARDWARE WARS : https://youtu.be/WYOSZwe8Ibk JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! Weekly CLONE WARS SEASON 7 review episodes! Exclusive Mandalorian review episodes! Commentaries! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints NEW Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go & SHOUT IT OUT KLAUD! Get the logo in BESKAR STEEL! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 visit the Blast Points website for comics, recipes, search for back episodes and much much more! www.blastpointspodcast.com if you dug the show please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! honestly! talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! also like Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/ we are also on Instagram! Wow! your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at contact@blastpointspodcast.com send us show ideas, feedback, voice messages or whatever! May the Force be with you, always.

Happy Star Wars Week! In this episode, Adam explores perhaps the very first fan-made Star Wars tribute film, Hardware Wars. Learn the story of how a bunch of San Francisco based musicians literally turned flying toasters, egg beaters, a vacuum cleaner, and a Cookie Monster puppet into a million bucks. - If you're able, please support our work for as little as $1 a month on Patreon! - SOURCES: SF Weekly: The Origin of Hardware Wars "Hardware Wars" on YouTube Star Wars Fan Awards - Also from No Midnight Media: Rona-Coaster of Love (Theme Park Pulse: The Game) Zone Defense & Drive-By Kisses (Unpacked)    

Episode IV Heute gibt es Star Wars PUR. Wir trotzen der Krise und tauchen ein in eine weit, weit entfernte Galaxie. Es geht um unser erstes mal (mit Star Wars), um die Filme und um Spiele. Diesmal, als besonderer Service, mit ein paar Link-Tips. Hardware Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccfbw2RJ3ow Die wahre Fortsetzung der Skywalker Saga: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn-Trilogie

Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest Podcast) & Steele Saunders (Steele Wars Podcast) discuss the history of Star Wars while browsing the Star Wars Year By Year book. On this episode we cover the first half of 1978 including Mad magazine taking aim, Hardware Wars, Kenner action figures and some questionable Luke & Leia interaction in Splinter Of The Minds Eye.Plus a cake controversy and Hawes' feud with Tom Cruise.PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOKSTEELE WARS LIVE One Month After The Rise Of Skywalker Saturday 25th January 4pm TICKETSSubmit voice mail comments & questions to Blueharvestpodcast@gmail.comBuy the Star Wars Year By Year book See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest Podcast) & Steele Saunders (Steele Wars Podcast) discuss the history of Star Wars while browsing the Star Wars Year By Year book.  On this episode we cover the first half of 1978 including Mad magazine taking aim, Hardware Wars, Kenner action figures and some questionable Luke & Leia interaction in Splinter Of The Minds Eye. Plus a cake controversy and Hawes' feud with Tom Cruise. PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK  STEELE WARS LIVE One Month After The Rise Of Skywalker  Saturday 25th January 4pm  TICKETS Submit voice mail comments & questions to Blueharvestpodcast@gmail.com  Buy the Star Wars Year By Year book 

With Anil and Stev3 away, we have Dayo Williams  and Aaron Lutsch both members of the Outer Rim Garrison of the 501st Legion.   We look back at 2 well known milestones in Star Wars fan films: Hardware Wars (1978) and Troops (1997). How do they hold up over time? What makes these movies so memorable? What other movies have stood out in the fan film genre?

In this episode, we rapidly rampage reviews through the Kirby series! Plus, News of the Weird, and a successful Star Wars spoof which predates Spaceballs!

Season 03 Episode 04"Welcome to my underground lair" ~Wayne CampbellThis week on the Cosmic Disasters Show...It's the ANIME episode! The lads from Urban Ironworks join us in the Circle to try their might playing Masters of the Nerdyverse, Smooth Bob hosts. The SIlverstrike stops by to work on upgrades to his crime fighting gear…while we record, we quickly derail into Star Wars chitchat, Hardware Wars specifically, and then finally…kind of…get back on track.We also announced our first ever giveaway and drop a few details on how you can win. Stay tuned for more info!Inner Circle StuffWe get deep in the Leftovers segment as we discuss 80’s cartoons and anime. We've also got a beginners guide to anime where TommyD drops some knowledge and butchers ALL of the Japanese pronunciation. ALL OF IT! (the Biracial Unicorns will not be pleased). All of that and much much more this week on your Cosmic Disasters Show!Featuring: General Knowledge, Mr. Devoe, Smooth Bob, Rub-ecca, Daddy Louie, and TommyD. If you like the podcast and would like to help it grow, consider becoming a member of our Inner Circle. As a member you'll get some swell perks and benefits such as early access, premium uncensored episodes (they've got more length and girth than the standard episodes), and our full catalogue of shows!Plus you can rejoice in the knowledge that you helped to spread this auditory disease across the planet. So if you have a taste for world domination, or if you're just a troll who likes f***ing with people, head on over to our Patreon page and join the Inner Circle today!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/circleofnerds)

00:01 Introduction; 00:05 The d-word; 00:30 Brave Little Belgium; 00:50 Brave Little Toaster and Hardware Wars, both of which are real movies; 01:40 Sunlight for shooting; 02:05 Videos and presentation; 04:40 Advertising; 07:00 A little bit cold; 07:25 Tom's 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera; 08:20 Tom's uncle buys the car; 10:10 Tom's maternal grandfather outran imaginary Nazis and/or tornados; 11:15 Tom's paternal grandfather actually fought in WWII and Korea; 11:35 Tom's father avoids going into the military; 12:20 Tom's other uncle joins the coast guard; 13:10 No stairs; 14:30 Teetotaler; 15:00 Table Battles: Gettysburg; 15:55 Wilcow.

LIST-A-RAMA-A-GO-GO: "Stranded at the indoor drive-in" (1983-1989). With the summer heat crashing their weather channel apps, Bob and Tim are taking solace in the cinema of their youth. And what unfolds out of focus isn't some escapist screenings meant to wait out the 80s. These are the big screen projections that inititated their life-long exploration of pop culture. So, turn down those lights (where applicable) and thrill to this full hour like it was Krull.00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - an effin’ spoiler for the episode00:00:58 THE GREAT INDOORS - seeing summer movies in the 1980s00:05:21 BOTH OF THEIR NUMBER FIVES - animated antics of a shared universe00:12:49 PARENTAL GUIDANCE REJECTED - a pattern begins00:17:11 BOB’S NUMBER FOUR - is not “Fletch”00:22:25 TIM’S NUMBER FOUR - cartooning it up00:28:56 TIM’S NUMBER THREE - is Bob’s Number One00:35:01 BOB’S NUMBER THREE - is Tim’s Number One00:40:27 BOB’S NUMBER TWO - and his eldest bikes alone00:46:31 TIM’S NUMBER TWO - tv titans go to the movies00:53:43 A BIGGER SCREEN TREATMENT - and viewing it through Kid Goggles01:00:02 CLOSINGS - contacts, plugs and no catch-phrase01:02:42 SPECIAL FEATURES - a shapely tootSPOILER ALERT: In a sequential order that (sort of) spoils any anticipated surprise to what is on Bob and Tim's respective TOP FIVE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS OF THE 1980S THAT WE SAW AT THE MOVIE THEATER WHEN THEY CAME OUT (phew) ... here are some trailers.Try and guess the culprit with the strangely extended ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER FOR WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT.Have no idea what the movie will probably be about with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TEASER TO BACK TO THE FUTURE.Wonder where the Annie Potts shout-out went with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO GHOSTBUSTERS 2.Compose your own score to coincide with the final 28 seconds of this ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO BATMAN.Listen to the narrator of HARDWARE WARS tell you there is another Star Wars movie with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO RETURN OF THE JEDI.Whip it .. .ah ... good (?) with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.Try and imagine what the audience for Stallone's COBRA made of this when they were screened the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE.And ... as a bonus ... here's the video for Stan Bush's THE TOUCH that took two people to direct.The use of audio and video clips linked from YOUTUBE are for educational purposes and without the expressed permission of their legal holding companies. All rights remain with with their original distributor.This episode of 20TH CENTURY POP! was recorded by CAST, an online audio platform that lets you create and record a multi-guest podcast straight from your web-browser. It was then mastered by AUPHONIC, a web-based post-production service that makes it sound like Bob and Tim are worth listening to. Check out both sights for trial and subscription information.MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE: “Super Poupi ” (opening theme) and "Poupi Great Adventures: The Arcade Game" (closing theme) performed by Komiku from the 2018 album POUPI'S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES available at Freemusicarchives.org. Cleared for public domain use through Creative Commons under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. Subscribe to 20TH CENTURY POP! on APPLE PODCASTS, STITCHER and ANDROID or stream it at www.20popcast.com.Like, share and reminisce with 20TH CENTURY POP! on FACEBOOK.Follow whats not 20th Century Fox with 20TH CENTURY POP! @20popcast on TWITTER.And crop a sqaure snapshot with 20TH CENTURY POP!@20popcast on INSTAGRAM.Contact the show with any questions, suggestions or possible topics at 20popcast@gmail.com, #20popcast on Twitter and the POP TALK section of www.20popcast.com.Follow ROBERT CANNING @rhcanning on TWITTER. Read his web-comic at EXAGGERATEDLIFE.wordpress.com and his music blog at superultramegamix.wordpress.com. Follow TIM BLEVINS @subcultist on TWITTER and as @subcultist on INSTAGRAM. 20TH CENTURY POP! will return next week to try and fit the wrong sized Sarah Jessica Parker into a decidedly non Sarah Jessica Parker-sized hole.

It's the one before our big 100th Space Javelin episode, cadets, and the command deck is all abuzz with a supply shuttle's worth of new gear to play with! The Galaxy Note 9 and the Google Pixel 3 Plus both lose out to the nearly year-old iPhone X, Samsung puts out a smart speaker, Magic Leap stumbles, the Dell XPS 15 and Huawei Matebook challenge the 2018 MacBook Pro, and we have a double-length Engineering Report segment as well! But wait, there's more! Not all the news was centered around hardware this week -- TSMC got hit with a virus, Apple got hit with a court date in India, Google ruined co-captain Charles' day by going with "Pie" instead of "Pez" (yawn!), Qualcomm plays a $800 million "Get Out of Jail Free" card, Consumer Reports likes Apple Pay Cash, Verizon extends users' Apple Music trial, Apple gains more support for its Health Records initiative, more audio makers get on board with AirPlay 2, Movies Anywhere gains Microsoft, and NC teachers are getting new iPads. All this, and we're not done yet! Mike and Charles dicker over the "best Mac ever made," Palm is being resurrected from the dead, a passel of AppleInsider articles get some praise, while a raft of new eGPUs get the once over. Also inspected are the Lenovo Smart Display, the Elevation dark Qi charger, the Sonnet Echo 11 TB3 dock, and more! We're pushing the warp engines to their limit, cadets, and this episode may contain more than the human brain can safely hold! Standby for supercompressed knowledge, and try not to lose ... your mind!

Episode 7: Before the .mp3, 8-track, and LP record, people listened to their favorite music on etched wax cylinders. What happened to them, and why don't we use them today? Find out on Hidden History's 7th Episode about the life and death of early music technology.

A short parody of the movie Star Wars. https://youtu.be/FNGfcykPVaY

A short parody of the movie Star Wars. https://youtu.be/FNGfcykPVaY

This week Jason and Gabe talk all about HARDWARE WARS! YES, the amazing 1978 short film Star Wars parody from Ernie Fosselius that made them who they are today. How did it ever get made? Where is the cast nowadays? How was Hardware Wars only the beginning of Ernie's involvement in the galaxy far far away? All these burning questions & more are answered in this laugh filled, action packed episode! Join them as they even do a full commentary for the 13 minute long classic!! Wow! AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH - before all that, they talk about the BOMBSHELL of news that was the announcement that Rian Johnson is working on an all new Star Wars trilogy! When could it be set? What's going on in it? Will we survive this massive chunk of Star Wars info? And what about a live action Star Wars TV show?!! Whew! It's a lot of stuff in one hour so head into a bar with Augie Ben-Doggie and celebrate the love with Blast Points!! Blast Points t-shirts are now available! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 visit the Blast Points website! www.blastpointspodcast.com reviews! comics! recipes, articles and tons more! if you dug the show please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, i will read it on a future episode! honestly! talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! also like Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! we are also on Instagram! Wow! your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at contact@blastpointspodcast.com send us show ideas, feedback, voice messages or whatever! May the Force be with you, always.

In this episode, Hunter and Tyson lament the passing of Carrie Fisher and celebrate the wonder that is "Hardware Wars". Some MST3K talk leads to several tangents eventually getting to some very obvious parallels to "Back to the Future II". "The Nerd Blitz with Doom and Fitz" podcast receives a shoutout as well.... There's more than is listed here, trust me. I just didn't want to give EVERYTHING away here. :) - Tyson

Bryan and Corey get silly this week as they look at the Mel Brooks’ film “Spaceballs”. The guys look at this film and compare it to the “Star Wars” version. They also look at the first “Star Wars” spoof “Hardware... Read moreSci Fi Watcher 121: Spaceballs / Hardware Wars

Wherein we discuss the Metal Gear saga, extreme emulation problems, Kickstarting the best video game magazine, video game documentaries, Hannibal, other terrible TV shows, Starcrash, Hardware Wars, every Star Wars movie at the same time, and Nintendo's recent slew of big announcements. Starring Ryan Scott, Adam Fitch, Ryan Higgins, and Olivia Jane.

Today's interview takes us to the fine state of Indiana, where director/producer/writer Mark Racop and the MagicHouse Productions team is based.A full production house with a studio facility, MagicHouse Productions is readying an exciting new science fiction movie, Starship II. The film features an extraordinary amount of special effects elements, and returns many fan favorites from the first Starship film (titled Rock N Roll Starship).For the indie film world, Mark Racop and MagicHouse Productions represents an intelligent approach to developing films and a production company. Mark has spearheaded a methodical path that has built a solid foundation for current and future projects, one that draws upon previous projects and has established an in-house production infrastructure. This approach enables growth in each progressive project, something demonstrated strongly in Starship II with its arsenal of special effects and increased production value.The buzz has been building for Starship II at conventions across the country, and is well on the way to becoming a growing indie movie franchise. Working with an array of talented individuals in Indiana such as Jeff Ello (the mastermind behind the CGI) and Chuck Budreau (sound and music wizard who is also with Indy Film News, a networking and resource site for Indiana Filmmakers), Mark has worked to establish the nucleus of an outstanding independent movie team.Mark Racop is a filmmaker to watch, and MagicHouse Productions is definitely on the indie movie map. Watch out for Starship II in the very near future, and hop on board a great new indie movie series!-by Stephen Zimmer, for Indie Movie Masters, September 6, 2009 SZ: What is your background in terms of filmmaking/production? MR: The filmmaking bug bit me at an early age. My father John remembers that I was interested in making movies even at the age of two, always asking, "How do they DO that?" Dad could only answer, "Trick photography." So while other children were reading short stories, I was busy reading–check that–studying Stephen Whitfield’s "The Making of Star Trek." My filmmaking life was changed permanently when "Star Wars: A New Hope" was released when I was twelve-years-old. I knew from the first scene of that movie that I HAD to make movies. I voraciously read everything I could about movie making. As a huge1966 Batman fan, it was no surprise to my friends that I decided to make Batman the focus of my movies while learning my craft. I collected a rag tag group of misfits from Logansport High School–and I'm quick to add myself to the list of rag tag misfits–to make my first movie in 1980, a 60 minute short film. We didn’t have a clue what we were doing when we started, but we figured things out pretty quickly. Shot on Super 8 movie film, and edited by hand with a Kmart splicer, it truly was a labor of love. It lacked big time, but as a first film, it was rather ambitious–there were several fight scenes, and the movie was made at many locations throughout Logansport, including the vault of the First National Bank. Logansport Mayor Jone Wilson even played a cameo in the film. The movie was rough, but well-received, and won some awards in high school. Bolstered by the completion of my first effort, the following summer I made a second Batman film, a 30 minute short. The titles, fight scenes, and editing were much more sophisticated, and I was learning from my mistakes. Mayor Jone Wilson again made herself available for a cameo. And again, I received some awards. There was little doubt that I would be going to college, and there was even less doubt that filmmaking would be the major. Majoring in telecommunications with a film emphasis at Ball State, I worked on several short films for classes, and networked with students that shared my passion for filmmaking. It didn’t take long for students to figure out that I was very serious about making movies. I was the only one that owned my own equipment. Even though I was ahead of my class, I still had a lot to learn. Before diving into professional filmmaking I knew I needed to learn more about lighting, sound, editing, and overall pacing. My third and final Batman film was entered in the David Letterman Scholarship Contest at Ball State, and won a $3,500 award. Logansport Mayor John Davis played a cameo this time. This film was certainly different than my previous two. Acting, sound effects, and lighting improved tremendously. I built sets for the first time, which provided for better camera angles. And the ultimate prop was added–the Batmobile. Built by five seventeen-year-olds, we transformed a 1974 Monte Carlo into the world-famous Batmobile and used it in my very first car chase. The David Letterman Scholarship award opened a lot of doors. It gave me credibility to deal with people in Hollywood as well as local investors. Without the scholarship, I don't think I would have made it on the set of my "big break," a terrible action/terrorist movie called "Terror Squad," made in Kokomo, Indiana, in1986. The final film was horrible, but I learned so much from being on a professional set. As the head production assistant, I learned the ins and outs of just every single department. I helped the camera and grip departments lug equipment, helped stuntmen with prepping cars for stunts, built a storefront for an explosion, landed product placement for clothing for the movie’s star, Chuck Connors, and I ferried film from the airport to the editor. I learned about special effects makeup, safety requirements for explosions and bullet hits, and how the same shots can be accomplished with different camera techniques–and how to choose the best one. I was invited to Hollywood by some of the crew from "Terror Squad," so my friend Jeff Johnson and I departed in a 1976 Dodge Colt with stars in our eyes. 41 hours later, we arrived in the usually sunny state to find that we had somehow brought snow with us. Yep, that’s right--for the first time in ten years, Los Angeles experienced snow! I spent time on several movie sets and at camera stores, and talked with professionals in the business to learn what it really takes to make it in the business. I also learned that I didn’t want to live in LA. It just wasn’t right for me. SZ: When was MagicHouse Productions formed, and what was your mission with the company when it began? MR: I formed MagicHouse Productions in 1987 and raised money to shoot my first professional movie, the ultra-low budget spoof, "Rock N Roll Starship." The up-front budget was $5,000, and the final cost of the film was $25,000. Dark Star and Hardware Wars were major inspirations as we put the movie together. The movie featured cheesy sets, cheesy dialogue, and cheesy acting–but it was all part of the plan. SZ: As independent production companies often need to pay the bills while developing a feature film project, what kind of production work do you engage in outside of your film endeavors? MR: I shoot documentaries, commercials, promotional videos, music videos, and even legal depositions to keep the lights on. SZ: Give us a little history leading up to the production of Starship II, in terms of when the first film was produced, the response to it, and when you made a decision to do a sequel (and when you began pre-production on it). MR: "Rock n Roll Starship" has played well to science fiction audiences across the Mid-west. I am truly amazed at our fan following. While we never received national distribution, we have self-distributed over 1,500 copies on tape and DVD, from Georgia to Minneapolis.I am my toughest critic, and I am really tough on the film, but it is nice to see a crowd of 400 people rolling in the aisles with laughter. It helps remind me that it was worth all of the hard work. While we were shooting Starship 1, we joked about the possibility of a sequel, and the ideas that could be incorporated into it. While everyone else went to sleep, I was writing down hundreds of tiny notes on scrap paper, napkins, placemats--anything I could get my hands on. People everywhere demanded the sequel. The beautiful Leslie Culton is one of our biggest fans. It was really weird. She met us at a con, quoting dialogue from Starship! And then all of the planets aligned to allow us to make the sequel. I lost my job as a manager of a movie theater--and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Chuck Budreau and I took those hundreds of scrap notes and used them as an outline to create the script for "Starship II." We finished the first draft in three weeks, and did a script readthrough at the 1998 Inconjunction science fiction convention. Actors that had moved to New York and Ohio moved back to Indiana. At a chance meeting in a movie theater in Lafayette, watching the end credits of "Phantom Menace," I found our special effects team. SZ: For those that may not have seen the first Starship film, catch us up to speed on events pertaining to the beginning of the story in Starship II, as well as a little about the plot of the new movie. MR: Because "Starship II" involves time travel, it is both a sequel and a prequel--making it a sprequel. Bob, Doug, and Jorge are well-known throughout the galaxy as the ones that blew up the Ramses Colony. In a freak accident, they accidentally go back in time to right before the blew up the colony. They now have the opportunity to stop themselves from blowing up the colony, and clearing their names...but you know how changing things in the past in a time travel has a way of screwing things up in the future, right? Bob, Doug, and Jorge discover that they have to go back in time to stop themselves from stopping themselves, or the entire universe will be taken over by robots! SZ: What cast members returned from the first film for the 2nd? Who are some of the key new additions? MR: Rob Hinkle, Michael Allen Williams, and Logan Michaels reprise their original roles of Bob, Doug, and Jorge. Christopher Tracy returns for a cameo as the evil golden android Zake, and Robert Hubbard reprises his role as Leiutenant Ed. Scream queen Leslie Culton joins the cast as the female lead, Captain Jane Wey, and we were fortunate enough to land John Astin (Gomez from The Addams Family, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 2) as Professor Peabody. Babylon 5 alumni Jason Carter and the late Richard Biggs play Commander Deckins and Sergeant Franklin. And to finish off the cast, we hired Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica) to play cloned news reporters John Alpha and John Beta.SZ: Highlight a few key members of your production group involved withStarship II. MR: Three people made a significant difference from the first film to the second--Jeff Ello, director of photography and also the post production special effects supervisor; Greg Fauvergue, set designer and builder; and key grip Eric Ridge, who provided camera booms, dolly track, and other great toys for me to play with.Jeff ElloGreg FauvergueEric RidgeSZ: What lessons did you learn out of the process of the first film that you have applied to help improve the process of making the 2nd? MR: I am always learning from my successes and failures, and I knew that we had to overcome the shortcomings from the first film. We shot the first movie on film, and the cost was astronomical for negative and developing and transferring to video. The sets were built from white beaded styrofoam. We built the lights from foamcore and hung them from the rafters with twine. Even minor setups sometimes took an hour. We did the special effects on the Amiga Videotoaster. The sequel had to have better sets. It had to have exteriors, and it had to have a much larger cast. We shot on miniDV with Canon XL1s and GL1s. We had professional lighting. The sets were made from plywood. Camera setups took minutes instead of hours. "Starship 2" was a radical step up from the original film, featuring a much more sophisticated script, great sets, great special effects, and most importantly, some great actors from Hollywood. The up-front budget for Starship II was $50,000, and the final budget is coming in around $100,000. SZ: How has having a studio facility helped the process in Starship II? What has it enabled that would have otherwise been too surmounting to attempt otherwise? MR: We bought the 8,300 square foot building a few years after we wrapped Starship II, but the studio has changed our filmmaking forever. We have shot five movies, two shorts, and several commercials at our facilities. It has allowed us to build sets and leave them standing much longer than borrowed warehouses. I hate to shoot in interior locations any more because the studio is so much more controllable. From electrical to makeup to office space and our kitchenette, everything is right here.SZ: Your team is tackling an extraordinary amount of effect shots for a film, whether independent or not. Tell us about the number of FX shots estimated in Starship II and some of the challenges you have faced in this area of the production. MR: Ugh! Yes, Starship II has an exceptional number of effects, that's for sure! At last count, there are over 800 visual effects shots. I made the mistake of allowing the FX guys on set. They got me so excited that we added 100 visual effect shots that weren't in the script! Raising the money to make the movie was a snap. Finding competent special effects artists that can generate usable material to assist Jeff Ello has been nearly impossible. With the exception of Staffon Norling and Ian Strandberg, he has had to scrap or completely redo almost every single effect that was delivered to him.SZ: Do you have an estimate as to when Starship II will be finished? MR: Jeff Ello has passed the most difficult portions of the effects work, so we expect completion "around the end of the year." In the meantime, I have worked on five more movies, and one that I co-produced, A Time For the Heart, was premiered at the Imax theater in Indianapolis this past spring to a sell out crowd. I am also in preproduction on three more films, so there is never a dull moment around here.SZ: When finished, what kind of path are you looking to take Starship II on?(festival circuits? Distribution goals? Etc.) MR: A successful film producer in Hollywood happens to be the cousin of my primary investor, and we expect that he will be able to point us in the right direction when he sees the completed movie. We are planning a limited theatrical run, and hoping for Sci Fi Channel or Lions Gate to pick us up. Festivals and science fiction conventions are definitely part of the future for Starship II, I'm sure.SZ: Are there plans already for a Starship III? MR: Absolutely! Starship II ends with a cliffhanger, so we are compelled to make a Starship III to wrap up the mystery. The script is halfway completed. And Jeff Ello has said that he didn't spend the past several years of his life making special effects for just one movie. With 90% of the effects work already done, the next movie will go much faster in post this time!SZ: Give us some links for folks to use to find out more and connect with MagicHouse Productions and Starship II online. MR: You can find Starship II online at: www.starship2.com, and MagicHouse Productions at www.magich.com. (Starship II Trailer)