February 22nd, 2009 by Pop Element

On this week’s episode of Pop Element, John and Alex talked about the best and worst on-screen robots.

They opened up the show by talking a little bit about the upcoming film adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen.  They went on to discuss the possibility of a cameo by Linda Hamilton is the new Terminator film, this year’s Oscar nominees, an update on Friday the 13th’s opening figures, and the latest happenings on ABC’s Lost.

Some of John and Alex’s favorite robots included the T-101, T-1000 and Cameron from the Terminator franchise, RoboCop, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 ‘bots, and R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars.

Although it’s hard to find truly bad robots, John and Alex managed to find some flawed mechanical men.  Discussed were the T-X from Terminator 3, Twiki from the short-lived Buck Rogers series and Vicki from Small Wonder, among a few others.

Big thanks to everyone who left feedback, and to Jay Merrifield for the dobro track!

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February 16th, 2009 by Pop Element

In the first ever episode of Pop Element, John and Alex discussed John Carpenter’s seminal classic Halloween, but first they went over the critical reactions to Friday the 13th and new stills from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.  To cap things off, John panned Joss Whedon’s new series, Dollhouse and Alex praised Important Things, the new sketch comedy series from comedian Demetri Martin.

Next week the guys will discuss the best and worst robots of film and television. Have a robot you’d like us to discuss? Drop us a line! We’d love to hear from you.

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February 10th, 2009 by Pop Element

Pop Element is a weekly, hour-long podcast dedicated to all things pop culture…from the mainstream to the obscure.  John and Alex are your hosts, and together they’ll deliver analysis, news and reviews on all of the topics you love.

Keep an eye out for the very first episode, which should be posted soon.