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So, the wife and I are celebrating our anniversary this weekend and we'll be out seeing Inception.  Since we don't see a lot of movies on opening weekend (or even in the year they're released, sadly) I figured it might be the perfect time to have the first MacGaffer Group Skype Telecon.

The people that have expressed interest in being in it, at my count, are:

MacGaffer
xhonzi
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bkev
VFP
and probably
Frink (though I don't recall you ever actually saying "I'm interested!")

The problem might actually be that Inception is a movie you don't want to talk about.  Let me rephrase that- It's probably a movie you don't want to talk about to people that haven't seen it yet.  So, do you do an episode where only people who have seen the movie will want to watch it?

What other topics should we cover?  I'm afraid I'm totally unequiped to cover Anime or Power Rangers, I don't see new movies in theatres very oftern, and I'm always at least 6 months behind on video games.

Also, as far as format, I listen to a lot of Podcasts and 4 man teams seem to provide the best balance.  I've never done a conference call in Skype, but I believe you can do it- though the lag might increase with each participant... So I think we should try 4 people.

Thoughts?  Requests?

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

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xhonzi said:

Frink (though I don't recall you ever actually saying "I'm interested!")

I don't think I did.  I'd be interested down the road, but not for this movie of which I won't have seen yet.

Also, my wife will tease me forever, but I suppose I'll have to live with that.

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Inception is on my list of movies I have to see, however I'm out of town this weekend and won't be seeing it just then. However, we'll probably see it next weekend, maybe we could try doing it then?

I'm not sure about how to record Skype. I signed up for http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ since it sounded the most like what we wanted it for. I'm not sure how it works, but we could read up on it. Its like a call in show, one of us could be recording it on his PC and the others could call in with their cells.

This should be something we really plan out, as getting all of us together probably won't be able to happen very often, so we need to try to get it right the first time.

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This blogtalkradio may be easier than I thought. The host calls a phone number, everyone else calls another number, all the calls stream live (the host can run a switchboard to mute callers) on the website, saves old episodes to the website, and it can upload the finished recording to iTunes. It's pretty sweet.

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... I've never heard of this Inception you speak of.  O_o

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Oh, and also, I just got Skype, but I'll damned if I know how to use it, much less record it. =P

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/

It's basically Memento, Matrix, Blade Runner, and a few other movies I've never seen put together. It's one of those movies you're supposed to spend longer talking about than actually having watched the movie. Sounds right up our over-analyzing alley.

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xhonzi said:

VFP

Anyone heard from VFP lately?  It's been at least a month since his show was mysteriously interrupted and he hasn't been heard from since.

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Voice-only would probably be best to start off with, but my ORIGINLA VISION (TM) for this is to have video as well.

I've never done it, but I think you can record audio+video multiways with Skype.

And shame on you Gaffer, you've been spending all of your time thinking about MMPR instead of eagerly anticipating Inception.

Inception should be billed as "From the Writer/Director of the Prestige" since I think Inception will have more in common with that movie than his Batman work.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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Yeah... never saw Prestige either.  =P

And, yes, I have been spending all my time thinking about MMPR.  I'm very singularly-focused.  It's a curse of mine.  I swear, all this Power Rangers stuff is about to make my head explode.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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You should really go see Prestige right now.  (This seems familiar... did I say this in the 'recently seen' thread too?)  I mean right now.  If you're in class or something, just stand up and leave and go see the Prestige.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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Wait, this McGruber group is going to be talking movies?  Maybe I'm not interested after all.

Thinkin hurtz.

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Frink, I assume you would be there to derail the conversation whereever possible.  So, I wouldn't presume that you had seen or thought about the movie in question.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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Oh, cool.  I'll bring my vuvuzela.

Not for Inception, however.  I want to see that at some point without you eggheads spoiling it for me.

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Okay, I've seen Inception, so when do we do this thing?

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TV's Frink said:


Okay, I've seen Inception, so when do we do this thing?
Holy crap, man, I had completely forgotten about this thread. I got the email and was like "What on earth have I subscribed to?"

I knew there was a thread I wanted to post this in, but couldn't remember which one. Mrs. O'Five and I did a commentary on Inception for Commentary Track Stars:

http://maxhegel.podbean.com/2013/04/07/inception-commentary/

I forgot that it was you guys that convinced me to go see it, and I apologize for not giving you a shoutout.

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Wow, times have changed. Now Google Hangouts would solve all our problems at once. Is this the first instance when we realized VFP had disappeared?

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He went deeper.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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Do you have to use Google+ to use hangouts?

 

I'm still proudly a member of NotGoogle+.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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xhonzi said:

He went deeper.

That's what she said.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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AntcuFaalb said:

xhonzi said:

He went deeper.

That's what she said.

Who?  Gaffer?

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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xhonzi said:

AntcuFaalb said:

xhonzi said:

He went deeper.

That's what she said.

Who?  Gaffer?

lol

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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xhonzi said:


Do you have to use Google+ to use hangouts?

 

I'm still proudly a member of NotGoogle+.
If you've ever used a Google product, you're a member of +. You might as well turn it on for Hangouts.

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doubleofive said:

If you've ever used a Google product, you're a member of +. You might as well turn it on for Hangouts.

 

I've thankfully been Google-free for almost three years now.

I do miss Google Wave, however...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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AntcuFaalb said:

I do miss Google Wave, however...

Did you wave it goodbye, at least?