A night out at the “theatah” with Jakob and Mandi. Specifically the Rhubarb Festival in Toronto. Blood, shit, piss, vomit and transgendered country singers. Bravo!

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Flynn Lives in Toronto. Last weekend Jakob and Mandi went to the pre-screening of the new Tron Legacy trailer (which gets its official release with Alice in Wonderland tonight). In this episode they talk about the emotional aftermath of that event and the original 1982 movie, Tron.

There’s no GalacTALKa this week due to… well, they just didn’t feel like watching or talking about BSG. Not even for you. It wasn’t personal. They just needed some time apart.

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This is the episode which convinced Jakob and Mandi to give up alcohol for Lent. It’s vaguely about Wes Anderson movies.

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Jakob and Mandi deduce Sherlock Holmes was the worst movie they’ve seen since they’ve known each other. But what of Holmes as a franchise? It’s elementary…

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Maybe Jakob and Mandi were just down on Valentine’s Day because they had colds. Igor reveals himself to be a romantic. In Project GalacTALKa things move onto a pile of spoilers regarding the beginning of BSG Season Three.

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In a vain attempt to be topical, Jakob and Mandi miss the iPad frenzy by about a week. They also finish off season 2.5 of Battlestar with the latest installment of Project GalacTALKa.

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Jakob and Mandi get real with the first in a series of episodes devoted to anti-nerd hurdles or, perhaps, Nerds’ Hurdles. Things nerds don’t like because they’re the domain of the normies. Reality TV gets the first whack of the nerd scorn stick.

Project GalacTALKa: Some of the worst TV ever produced, including reality TV, can be found in Season 2.5 of BSG. At least the first half. Specifically “Black Market“.

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Bored? If you’re listening to Nerd Hurdles, you’re clearly the opposite of bored. At least until Jakob and Mandi start playing Star Wars and LOTR Trivial Pursuit.

This week on Project GalacTALKa: Discussion of the half-assed boxset production, fanfic, Adm. Helen ”Mole Sauce” Cain and human anatomy in water (in roughly that order).

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Dances with Smurfs has been declared racist by some people and a technological wonder by others (namely James Cameron). Jakob and Mandi enjoyed it well enough, but mostly as jumping-off point for a fight debate about unions and global economics. Also in this episode, part two of the Battlestar GalacTALKa series.

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Mandi was sick and Jakob still hungover from NYE when they attempted to talk about Anime. The unhurdleable dark art from Japan. Did they even try to hurdle this nerd fantasy-land (other than their beloved Miyazaki)? Listen and find out.

Episode 47 also brings you the first installment of a limited series, Project GalacTALKa. If they FAIL’d in discussing anime, they WIN’d at BSG (warning: spoilers).

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