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April 11, 2017 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Harassment, Monica Valentinelli, Odyssey Con

Guest of Honor Monica Valentinelli Withdraws From Odyssey Con as ‘Known Harasser’ Is on Event’s Staff

Author and tabletop game developer Monica Valentinelli was originally scheduled to be a guest of honor at Odyssey Con in

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April 10, 2017 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Daniel Silverman, Sci-Fi Photo Guys

Reminder: Convention Photographer ‘Sci-Fi Photo Guys’ Is Operated By Convicted Sex Offender Daniel Silverman

“Sci-Fi Photo Guys” is a company that does green screen photography and photo manipulation for cosplayers and photo ops at

Convention News The Mega-Blog

April 5, 2017 Trae Dorn AnachroCon, Cindy MacLeod, Con Scene, Conventions, Sarah Avraham, William MacLeod

What the Heck is Even Happening With AnachroCon Right Now?

The Atlanta, GA based convention AnachroCon might be more aptly named “AnarchoCon” these days. Earlier this week the convention’s Chair

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April 4, 2017 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Lebanon MEGA Con, Will Peden

One Month After Cancellation, Multiple Parties Still Waiting For Refunds From Lebanon MEGA Con

This last weekend would have been the second annual Lebanon MEGA Con, if the Missouri based convention hadn’t announced its

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March 31, 2017 Trae Dorn Angry Goat Productions, Con Scene, Conventions, Cosplay Unplugged Los Angeles, LA Moonfest, Outlander Live, Ray Jelley, William Kircher

Angry Goat Productions Relaunches (Overpriced) Sailor Moon Event, Being Sued By Hobbit Cast Member

Update (5/9): And it looks like Angry Goat Productions has canceled these events. The original article remains below. One of

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March 29, 2017 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, MegaCon Orlando, Mike Tyson

Anyone Else Weirded Out By MegaCon Orlando Having A Convicted Rapist On Their Guest List?

Yesterday MegaCon Orlando added a new person to their guest list, retired boxer Mike Tyson. Besides his boxing fame, Tyson

Convention News The Mega-Blog

March 20, 2017 Trae Dorn Anomaly Con, Con Scene, Conventions

Denver Based Steampunk Convention Anomaly Con Calls it Quits

After seven successful events, Denver, CO based steampunk convention Anomaly Con has called it quits. Organizer Kronda Siebert made a

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March 17, 2017 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, New York Comic Con

New York Comic Con Won’t Offer 3-Day and 4-Day Passes This Year

The organizers of New York Comic Con have now announced that their 2017 convention, scheduled for October 5th-8th, will not

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March 16, 2017 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Hall of Heroes Comic Con

Hall of Heroes Comic Con Exceeds Expectations, Temporarily Shut Down By Fire Marshals

You’ve probably never been to Elkhart, IN. Heck, I live just two hours away, and I’ve never been there. The

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Strum your sitar and prepare to launch all Eagles as Miles and Charlie once more become the Space Scamps as they make a second trip to the moon for three more episodes of Gerry Anderson’s ‘Event Horizon meets Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace’ show Space 1999. Miles is now worried he has created a monster by showing Charlie this show, and in doing so they get to talk about psychedelic trippiness and Kano’s obsession with Computer in ‘Black Sun,’ Christopher Lee (although he’s totally phoning it in) and the dispatch of a weaselly middle manager in ‘Earthbound,’ and then with ‘The Troubled Spirit’ Halloween comes a little early and it’s probably more spooky than whatever we’ll end up doing for our Halloween episode…

EPISODES DISCUSSED:
00:11:32 Black Sun
00:34:20 Earthbound
00:58:40 The Troubled Spirit

Talking Points Include: More Space 1999, Death Stranding, a trip to Scotland, the science is impossible, Moon Base Alpha’s limited resources, British Pessimism vs. American Gung-Ho, Gene Roddenberry would never, Hard SF has a tendency to go full magic weirdness, Bohemian Rhapsody deserves it’s rep, Christopher Lee is phoning it in, Simmons is the David Brent in Space, cowardly heroes, our brave explorers enjoying shouting MMMMUUUUUUUUTAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNT like in ‘Mission of the Darians,’ Charlie repeats a Johnny Byrne joke from the last episode, awesome sitar music this is the most Halloween episode we’ve done for the show, a wicked burn from Charlie’s old teacher Mr. Jafferji, is Moonbase Alpha a liminal space? M. Night Shyamalan films and surprisingly… some Star Trek.

[ Additional Show Notes ]

Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog.

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