What is the Watercooler?
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.
All sorts of randomness is welcome here. Post pictures, videos, special Chat information, or just discuss news and current events.
Want to be a guest poster? PM TimeChaser.
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Hello good person reading this! As you can tell by the overly-pleasant tone I am using to write this, I am coming to you asking for a favor.
If you're familiar with theOtaku's podcast, then you may be up to speed on this. If you're not, why aren't you? It's on the front page, go give it a listen!
...Listeeeeen!
Okay, cool, now that you've done that, I hope you also noticed that the show is hosted by a guy who flies with the moniker of Ichigo. He also hosts another podcast, Anime Pulse. It reviews things and talks about stuff, as one might expect.
To make a long story short, your humble poster (me, Katana) and the guy who created the Watercooler, TimeChaser, are going to be on a show that'll be recorded soon, and we need your help. We need...discussion topics.
Questions and ideas need to be about anime, Japan, or us ("us" referring to "the people hosting", I don't know what you guys were thinking). If you've got any, please leave a comment! Seriously. Just anything. Silly ideas or serious ones, just post them. ...Please?
OK folks, here's THE LINK for downloading tonight's MST. Download soon to be prepared when we're ready to go tonight.
What is Movie Sign?
Every Sunday night, 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. Don't worry - we use episodes available on streaming sites so that we can all watch simultaneously.
What's MST3K?
A comedy show that ran from 1988-1999, it's like watching a movie with running commentary. Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson, along with 'bots Tom Servo and Crow, are forced to watch terrible films as part of a mad scientist's bid for world domination. To keep their (and our) sanity, they talk back to the movies and riff on them. A more detailed explanation can be found up at the SoL.
Buh? Rewind?
A clever way for us to combat death, a "Rewind" session means we've watched the episode before and wanted to watch it again...so we are.
Next Episode
Someone is killing young women in the park, and the police think it might have something to do with the local smut picture racket. That's right folks - SMUUUUT! Glorira Henderson is the leader of the SMUUUT ring, cool and calm while its coming under investigation. Can she, uh, charm her way out, or is the end of the SMUUUT?
Pre-scrub your brain with the short, "Keeping Clean and Neat", which tells you all you need to know to keep, you know, clean and neat.
Host Segment Highlights
Frank has seen one too many bomber movies and has taken a turn for the crazy. He's going to bomb Deep 13! That sounds like a great thing...until Mike and the 'bots realize that no one down there means no way for those up in the sky to get back to Earth. It's up to them to begrudgingly save the day...and Dr. F.
Whether a seasoned vet or new meat, we invite you all to come on down! Movie starts at 8pm EST/5pm PST, room opens at the :30 beforehand.
The password for the room is smut.
We've got some issues with copyright, so this one will have to be a download. Video link coming VERY soon.
The Rewind goes on and on...
12/19 - Episode 910 - The Final Sacrifice
12/26 - Episode 321 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Trippy, psychedelic, cinematic... These words describe Brian Storming, a weird outfit from Argentina. Less a band and more an orchestra, their albums feel almost like soundtracks to strange, mysterious short films. I love these guys.
