Binary System Podcast #212 - Parasite, Comic Books, and Random Sci-Fi

<p>Original broadcast date February 27, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-212-parasite-comic-books-and-random-sci-fi/</p> <p>So the plan was to have a quick talk about an Oscar-winning film and a debriefing on the events of last weekend. It spun out of control &nbsp;within the first fifteen minutes, of course.</p> <p>Listen in as we go over <em>Parasite</em> (many many spoilers)<em>, Snowpiercer, Inception</em>, the trailer for the upcoming Netflix Transformers series, the firing of Didio, the books we’re reading, the conventions we’re getting ready for, twitter's dumpster fire Windblade “discussion,” and more made-up stories about our sponsor.</p> <p>Prefer your podcasts in YouTube form? You're in luck!</p> <p>https://youtu.be/RGmPTNvzv7k</p> <p>This week’s outro is a clip from <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Superhumanoids/Parasite_Paradise/02_-_Superhumanoids_-_Mirrors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mirrors</a> by Superhumanoids from their Parasite Paradise album. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Superhumanoids/Parasite_Paradise/02_-_Superhumanoids_-_Mirrors</p> <p><em>Correction: the dish cooked in Parasite was called Ramdon, and it's a real thing (combination of Ramen and Udon) and you can find the recipe and a lot of cool information about it </em><a href="https://uproxx.com/life/ram-don-recipe-parasite-movie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>. https://uproxx.com/life/ram-don-recipe-parasite-movie/</em></p> <p><em>Correction the second: Windblade is Flame Toys' first attempt at a female transformer model, they haven't tried an Arcee. (Yet.)</em></p> <p><em>Correction the third: yes there is a ton of information about lightsaber crystals and most of it seems to be perfectly canon, we should've checked out </em><a href="https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lightsaber_crystal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Wookiepedia</em></a><em> first. https://uproxx.com/life/ram-don-recipe-para