The Sony/North Korea war. Being in the industry, I don't expect anything said about what was leaked, but maybe you could talk about the greater issues.

I avoided the non-Cameron Terminator films, but this one looks like it could be fun. They at least seem to know the films, which the others didn't seem to. The idea that all the time travel truly fucked up reality is great.

It showed up on my iPad, so if it doesn't work now it did work then. Have you tried going to the podcast in the iTunes store to see if it's listed? That usually works if an episode isn't showing up in the feed.

Actually, I'd start them with the classic episode Trouble with Tribbles. It's funny, and classic trek is much more... colorful than the newer stuff.

Well, in 1981 at age 12, you saw a movie once in the theater, then maybe again years later on TV with commercials. TV shows were much more important, as you could actually invest something in them. Star Wars was important, but I had only seen it twice (once first run, then again on the re-release). I started to have the run of the adult side of the library around then, so science fiction and Horatio Hornblower became more important than films.

Not everything SHOULD be adapted.

George Plimpton did ads for Intellivision, not ColecoVision. Intellivision was the first real challenger to the Atari 2600, with graphics that actually looked like something and this weird controller with a movement disk and a keypad. The ColecoVision was the next generation (and the system I had). It too had a keypad, but also an actual joystick. The controller must have been good for just general hacking, as you could still buy generic replacements in RadioShack for decades afterwards.

There's a documentary called "Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself!" Jonathan Coulton has a song about him called "A Talk With George" that appears on both his live albums.

Regarding Warner Brothers animation, The 1990's saw them in the midst of TV boom. They were cranking out DC superhero shows of amazing quality. Naturally, with all these animators on staff, they figured why not once again try and crack the Disney feature monopoly. Didn't go well. Even all their superhero films went straight to video after Phantasm.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I found my advisor, and posted a first chapter to the new book (If I don't treat things like a TV show and post as I write, nothing gets done). The idea of hot air balloons will probably come up eventually, probably for military usage. Wind and water power will dominate, as I can't see the King wanting to even deal with electricity until much more important things are dealt with.