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It's a haven in the middle of a harsh, 9-to-5 world. A place where you can gather with your fellow human beings and bond over a paper cup full of cool refreshment.
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File this under: WTF?
Our delightful friends at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have decided they want to put an end to the fishing industry. How do they plan to do this? By campaigning to change the name "fish" to "sea kittens."
How would this work? Well obviously, nobody would want to harm a poor, defenseless "sea kitten."
Check out THIS ARTICLE for the full story.
I discovered that Craig Ferguson was funny just this week. (Host of the Late Late Show, in case you were wondering.) I decided to go bumbling around the internets looking for clips of his show-openers, which are almost always riotous nowadays, and I bumbled across this video on alcoholism. I was not expecting it. But I admire the presence Ferguson has in taking a very serious subject and giving it a little touch of humor without losing any of the original seriousness.
January getting you down? Missing the holidays while spring break is so far off? Well, get some relief with the ultimate cure for boredom, Movie Sign! Now's the perfect time to join in and hang out, with this month's selections featuring some of the best riffs, shorts, host segements, and landmark moments of the series.
What is Movie Sign?
Every week, we nestle down in Chat and watch an episode of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K for short) while spamming up the Chat box. We use episodes available on YouTube so that we can all watch simultaneously.
What's MST3K?
It's a comedy show about a man and his robots, stranded in space and forced to watch some of the worst movies ever made as part of a mad scientist's bid for world domination. To keep their (and our) sanity, Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson, along with 'bots Tom Servo and Crow, talk back to the films and riff on them.
Next Episode
Viking women go off in search of their lost viking men, who went out on a hunting mission but failed to give a proper time of when they would return. Somewhere along the lines, the women's ship is destroyed and the best-looking a handful wash up on the island where their men are being held prisoner! Can they escape and defeat the sea serpent while they're at it?
But first, a short, titled "The Home Economics Story". Just what is home economics? Well, you're going to find out - 1950s style, of course.
Host Segment Highlights
Consider the lowly waffle...
You know the date, so why not give it a go? Join us on Sunday and see what all the fuss is about! Movie starts at 8PM EST, room opens at 7:30.
The password for the room is: waffles
JANUARY MOVIE SCHEDULE rolls along with:
01/18: Episode 820 - Space Mutiny
01/25: Episode 424 - Manos: The Hands of Fate (w/ Short: "Hired!", Part 2)
Meet your fellow otaku and enjoy some anime at the weekly Anime Club in the Community Chat.
What's the Anime Club?
The Anime Club is a weekly room in theOtaku's community chat where we meet to have fun laughing, crying, heckling, and spazzing together while watching a few episodes of anime. The anime will most likely be available on streaming sites since we're mainly going to stick to unlicensed shows. I hope the Anime Club will be a good opportunity for people to find new series and genres that they enjoy and for series to gather support for if/when they're licensed.
What are you watching?
We're currently watching episodes from two shows each week, Lovely Complex first and then Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. I hope people will stick around for both but, if one of the series just isn't your thing, feel free to only drop in for the other.
Lovely Complex is a 24 episode romantic comedy that follows the unlikely relationship of Koizumi Risa (voiced by Okamura Akemi), a very tall girl, and Ootani Atsushi (voiced by Nagata Akira), a very short boy, as they work their way through high school. It's one of the best series in its genre that I've seen, with top-notch humor, some touching moments, and plenty of unexpected twists.
Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is the 13 episode sequel to Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, which we watched back in October 2008. It's even crazier than the first season, featuring all sorts of weird, twisted, and morbid humor. Click here to watch its opening.
When are the next episodes?
We'll be watching Lovely Complex ep3-4 / Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ep3-4 on Saturday, January 10, at 10:00 PM Eastern Time (7:00 PM Pacific). The chat room will open a half hour early, around 9:30 PM Eastern, and the episodes will last about an hour and forty minutes altogether. We hope to see you there!
The password for the chat room will be: juunanasai
