We dissect the "Weta Effect" video! Less repulsive than dissecting an actual weta.

* Old Business

* PJ's cliffhanger, revealed! (It's about creature features)

* The "knife tail" is a reference to "Alligator Alley" aka "Ragin' Cajun Redneck Gators"
* "Sharktopus" (of course!) and his squid-beak mouth gets a shout-out
* "Heebie Jeebies" has a multitorso body that can creep you out--with mist!

* And are particle effects a crutch?

* Revisiting "The Weta Effect"

* Weta Effects
* The Weta Effect on YouTube

* Discoveries and Distractions

* Efram read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
* ...also The Psychopath Inside by James Fallon
* PJ is reading the writings of James Altucher, recommending The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth
* Sean has reached back and watched the original The Andromeda Strain, directed by Robert Wise
* Comparisons are made to Contagion
* And probably Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ???
* Sean has also read Made to Stick
* and he bought an iPad-based teleprompter system that uses voice recognition to automatically scroll the dialogue! Crazy