EPISODE 224 – Femspendables

Summary: We're not playing games when it comes to some news out of Hollywood that we have for you today. I guess maybe the toy business just isn't what it used to be. Hasbro perhaps has fallen on hard times? What else could explain their continuing support of un-originality in Hollywood? What was once a joke among the Who Asked You? Crew when we heard they were turning BATTLESHIP into a movie, has now become reality. We've just learned that Hasbro will make an animated feature film out of their classic board game, Hungry Hungry Hippos. This is nothing more than cashing in on name recognition. A cartoon about a bunch of fat hippopotamuses is pretty damned general. This film could easily NOT be called Hungry Hungry Hippos and it would still be the same exact film. Using the title of a classic children's game is completely unnecessary and is nothing more than a fat licensing check for the game maker. But they aren't done yet! They're also making a movie out of Action Man. He was the British version of G.I. Joe. A direct copy to be exact. Joe's likeness was licensed by a UK toy maker and sold to children there in the 60s. Now, Hasbro will see it turned into a motion picture. Soooo, we'll have a movie about a toy that was a direct copy of another toy that is already a movie? And if that's not bad enough... Hasbro has teamed with Zynga, the company behind FarmVille, to bring to life a few 'themed' versions of their board games. We'll soon see a CityVille version of Monopoly (also being turned into a movie by the way) and FarmVille-themed Hungry Hungry Hippos. Also, the popular mobile app, Words With Friends is getting the board game treatment. That's right, a ripoff of Scrabble is being turned into a... uhh... ripoff of Scrabble. Now that we're all mentally exhausted, perhaps it's best we relax like men do aboard Cathay Pacific Airlines in the business class section. Allegations from some passengers that business men were doing a little too much relaxing prompted that quirky computer animation company, Next Media Animation, to create one of their newsreel shorts explaining the problem. From what we gathered in the video, the secluded business class accommodations are leading some guys to join the self-mile high club, in view of other passengers no less. The airline is quite upset by the video and wants it pulled from YouTube. Next Media says no way! Watch it while you can in our Show Links below for a good laugh. Lastly, we have more results from another new study! This one isn't about diseases, discoveries, sciences or technologies... it's about fast food drive-thrus! QSR Magazine — you'll learn what that stands for during the show — polled fast food goers to see which eateries had the best and worst car service based on speed, accuracy, courteousness of staff and view of the restaurant's dumpsters. Burger King didn't fare so well in several of these categories. Where it did score high, a place we'd never even heard of did very poorly. We order up the findings at pay at the second window on today's show. We're just two weeks away from our 5th anniversary. As always, your questions, comments, thoughts, rants, raves, praises, complaints and other textual and vocal ramblings are welcomed and encouraged. Send us an E-Mail or a voice message and you may just end up part of our anniversary special! SHOW LINKS: "Taken 2" Official Facebook Page Image Comics 1984 Private Defense Contractors on IMDb Gina Carano on IMDb Katee Sackhoff's Official Website The Punisher: Dirty Laundry - #DIRTYLAUNDRY Hasbro - Selling more of its toys' souls. Monopoly's Official Website G.I. Joe's Official Website Zynga.com - Maker of all those 'Ville' games on Facebook. Next Media Animation's YouTube Channel QSR Magazine: 2012 QSR Drive-Thru Study http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYTtJKoQa9o&hd=1 New Releases for Tuesday, October 9th: Prometheus (Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy) Rock of Ages (Blu-ray/DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy)