SadCAST #2 was recorded in the early hours of Sunday morning at 1.00am GMT 14th May 2006. Participants were, SadGeezer, Mike, Mister Sam, Newkate and Kato (who will do a separate piece) in the studio (Sam’s front room), and joined by Headgehog, Hollidays and Lexxrobotech via Skype.

We thought that after the coronary provoking chaos of the first podcast that things would settle down for the second and we could just sit back and relax.

Of course, it didn't work out like that at all!

Mike got .... "enthusiastic" again and we disagreed and argued avidly about sci fi stuff for an hour or two. So much so, that the next podcast will be almost certainly be two-parter – there is just far too much sci fi news to cram into a single episode.

It started off with a disastrous sound check, nothing seemed to go well and it took around three hours to set things up so that they were recordable. By this time Kato had to go to bed as she had to be up for work four hours later. We were about to call it a night and try again tomorrow, when suddenly after tweaking a knob, we were ready.

Kato will do a separate slot to introduce the show and her feature on Sci Fi monsters. She’s keen to hear your views on what YOU think are the scariest Sci Fi monsters (email her at kato@sadgeezer.com [1])

After learning that we could simply edit out bad bits, we relaxed a little more the reviews and news items. Headgehog pulled out some very cool information about Dr Who spin-off series (torchwood and K9), David Eccleston’s part in the new Sky One remake of the Prisoner (plus other prisoner news) and details of Brendan Frasers role in the Journey to the Centre of the Earth movie.

I then did a small review of the classic Russian Sci Fi film, Kin Dza Dza. We included a short clip (just to let you see what it is that you’re missing!)

Then Headgehog took the stage again for a review of recent episodes of Alias and Lost (including clips of each).

There then followed a discussion on the Stargate SG1 series and how bullish Sci Fi channel are in telling the world that there will not only be a new series, but that they are also considering a film too! X-Men 3 was also discussed and how there were also some bad reviews (Val Vader’s review on ‘Ain’t it Cool News described the film as ‘underwhelming’).

Hat’s probably where we’ll end the SadCAST #2 part 1.

We then discussed more news, Sci Fi Channels new show lineup (and how uninspiring it is), the Battlestar Galactica Comic Book series and up and coming TV show premiers.

Newkate reviewed the new Anime series (recently released on DVD called Karas (clip included).

And finally Mike (having being left until last and by this time pretty inebriated) wound the show up with a piece on Sci Fi Animation. Nobody really understood much of it, though he had brought lots of DVD’s to show us. We’re pretty sure that the show will feature an extended review of current stuff produced by Mike as a separate piece.

The show finally wound up at around 2.30am (3.30am for Lexxrobotech)!

We will be working hard to edit and produce the show for upload to iTunes by Sunday 21st May. Hope you enjoy it!
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