Welcome to the 8th episode of Pop Culture Pontification, in which we are joined by our first guest! Our friend Tim Barrett talks Pixel Expo, the Perth convention scene, and professional wrestling, while Allan fishes for details about Tim's imminent proposal to his girlfriend. Also on tonight’s card are Jessica Jones, Psychonauts 2 and superhero movie trailers before this week’s forced review – the cinema classic Boa vs Python.
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Topic list and link dump after the break.
Pixel expo - http://pixelexpo.org.au/
Fiance vs fiancee - http://grammarist.com/usage/fiance-fiancee/
Wai-con past boards - http://www.wai-con.org/panic/board/past-board/
Supanova - http://www.supanova.com.au/show-information/perth/
Oz comic-con - http://www.ozcomiccon.com/home/
PAX Au - http://www.paxaustralia.com.au/
Prospectus - https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/investing/shares/how-to-buy-and-sell-shares/prospectuses
Shots to the Face - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhnUt4OVxu4
Segway - http://www.segway.com/
“Heavy black music” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crunk
Del Rio - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Del_Rio
Jessica Jones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Jones_(TV_series)
What Russell thinks - http://popculturepon.weebly.com/blog/russell-jessica-jones
Luke Cage - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1591496/
Psychonauts 2 - https://www.fig.co/campaigns/psychonauts-2?update=24
Double Fine Adventure - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/double-fine-adventure
Shenmue 3 - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3
The Battle of Britain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain
John F Kennedy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
Babylon 5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5
Lost - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_(TV_series)
Hornswoggle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornswoggle
Samurai Jack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Jack
Uncle Iroh - http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Iroh
Back to the Future - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future
Morpheus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheus_(mythology)
Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fis-9Zqu2Ro
Captain America: Civil War - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVdV-lxRPFo
Alan Moore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
The Dark Knight Returns (by Frank Miller) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Returns
Doomsday - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_(comics)
Stan Lee cameos - http://www.listal.com/list/stan-lees-marvel-movie-cameos
Dawn of Butt Chins - https://twitter.com/captaingalxy/status/672565425259995136
Boa vs Python - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boa_vs._Python
Snake Teeth - http://www.ansp.org/~/media/Images/ans/explore/online-exhibits/stories/ball_python_510.ashx
The Most Dangerous Game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game
Michael Buffer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer
Life is Strange - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Strange
Hell in a Cell 1998 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Hell_in_a_Cell_match
The Iron Sheik - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik
September 11 terrorist attacks - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
Racism in Wrestling - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/27/racism-wrestling-problem-hulk-hogan-n-word
John Cena theme song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNtB5g70ic