The boys discuss influential medias in this luckiest of episodes.

* The TGR website gets HACKED by hackers!

* VICE interview with Hackers
* PJ and his wife needed to upgrade to new hosting for their site:
CayenneDiane.com
* The old hosting company hotness turned out to not so hot.
* Sean has a complicated relationship with his hosting service.
And the brains behind the sites:  wordpress.org
* Efram’s upcoming short “Endangered” has a website hosted by Squarespace.
endangeredthemovie.com
squarespace.com

* MAIN TOPIC – What media has influenced or inspired you?

* One listener suggests that vfx artists utilize National Geographic for reference
nationalgeographic.com

* Efram relates this suggestion to creature design
* Sean compares how filmmakers behind Minority Report met with futurists to create the world of their film:
…with how Star Wars uses fantasy and sometimes silly design to shape their worlds.
* SciFi as metaphor and the danger of being too literal in story worlds.
* THX 1138 sets its world so far into the future that anything goes.
* Lucas also uses sound to great effect.
* PJ points out that good directors know how to use sound to help tell the story rather than always relying on expensive visuals.
* Sean describes Ben Burtt’s approach to the lightsaber noise.
* Efram talks about how Ben Burtt redefined sound for movies.
* Tie Fighter Noise – what is it?
* Ben Burtt designs the sounds of The Dark Crystal
* —-BREAK—-
* PJ harkens back to the pre-digital days of Optical Effects
* …to discuss the iconic sounds from Predator.
* PJ’s tired of Crappy Holograms in movies.
* Efram’s beef with the holograms in Jurrassic World.
* Sean references the “Peppers Ghost” trick:
* Our Inspirations:

* Jurrasic Park (original)
* Terminator 2 (mixing practical and digital effects)
* HBO Intro (Making-of)
* Inception (mixing techniques in cool ways)
* The Matrix (introducing bullet-time)
* Fire-breathers bullet time:
* 123D Catch from Autodesk
* Close Encounters
* Poltergeist – Tobe Hooper or Steven Spielberg?
* Jaws – kids
* PJ’s Correction – Sulaco is the ship from Aliens
* PJ also loves Starship Troopers
* Sean was influenced by Outland, cuz it’s “High Noon in space”
* Sean loves Logan’s Run
* PJ won’t stop mentioning Equilibrium
* Efram didn’t like Predestination
* …but likes Looper
* We all like time travel movies!