Jelly And Bean

Nintendo all but throws in the towel, and looks to make sweeping changes to survive; new trailers for Captain America: the Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 arrive along with the Superbowl; the X-Men producer eyes Channing Tatum for a Gambit solo film; and we discuss recent casting news for Batman vs. Superman including Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Meanwhile, Jelly suggests using a hair straightener to tie Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in to the MCU in a deeper way, and Bean cries enlightened tears when Jelly explains the improvements to the Captain America trailer with explosions.

Marvel announces some information about the future of a character on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; rumours surface that Pixar might end up doing an animated Star Wars movie; the second Maleficent trailer is released; the BBC reveals Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who costume; and iiNet submits a paper about the issues with the way the NBN is being approached. Meanwhile, Bean provides his thoughts on Frozen, and the boys discuss the impending end of the show.

ABC promises a strong finish for this season of Agents of Shield; the script for Star Wars: Episode VII is finished, and here come the casting rumours; Batman vs. Superman is pushed back by a year to 2016; a new issue comes to light where Chrome extensions are purchased from the original developer and turned into a source for malware; and Pixar presents a new technology for creating stylised CG animation. Meanwhile, Branden suggests a casting option for Mon Mothma in Star Wars: Episode VII, and Jelly drops an astonishing, series-changing bombshell at the very end of the episode.

Season 3 of Sherlock comes and goes, and we’re left wondering when we’ll get more; EA announces that they’re going to add an offline mode to Simcity; an interview reveals that Nintendo doesn’t research it’s competitor’s products at all; Google buys Nest for $3.2 billion; Michael Douglas surprises everyone by joining the cast of Ant Man; and rumors surface that Johnny Depp might be playing Marvel’s Dr. Strange. Meanwhile, Bean makes a prediction about Google’s next acquisition and Jelly questions everything he knows about the origins of the main villain of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Lightning reviews for this season’s holiday movies: Enders Game, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Frozen; Disney shifts the rights for Star Wars comics to Marvel; a Snapchat vulnerability is revealed, and it would appear they’ve known about it for months; and Facebook starts using your private messages as support for things you link to. Meanwhile, Jelly boasts about his new years resolution skills and the boys say “ilk” a lot. What is that about?

This summer, engage your ears as you listen to the second Jelly and Bean holiday special, discussing movies to look forward to (and some to be kinda apathetic about) in 2014. From Need for Speed to Muppets: Most Wanted, the boys cover what’s known about a selection on movies coming up in 2014, and give an advanced rating based on what they know. Meanwhile, Jelly uncovers the secret plot details for a Breaking Bad movie, and Bean adds a fourth member to his list of actors that should be in every movie.

The boys discuss the original trilogy of Star Wars, including its place in pop culture and science fiction history, its influence on the generation that grew up with it, and the special effects and how they’ve changed the films over the years. Plus, Machete order and how the prequels could’ve been improved with some more interesting writing techniques. Meanwhile, the boys insult both Star Wars and Star Trek fans, and choose their favourite film in the trilogy. Also, Jelly continues to insist that he doesn’t like Star Wars. SACRILEGE!

Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary with the special episode, The Day of the Doctor, and the dramatisation of the show’s beginnings in An Adventure in Space and Time; Google applies for a patent to generate tweets on your behalf, further cementing their place as creepiest company ever; and the Xbox One hits stores worldwide, garnering over a million sales. Meanwhile, the boys have an idea for a spinoff for the Doctor Who universe, and Bean once again projects his love of My Little Pony. Also, Jelly explains his very strange use of capitalisation.

The BBC release a prequel minisode online in preparation for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special this weekend; the first two episodes for the new series, Almost Human, featuring Karl Urban and Michael Ealy; the Playstation 4 launches to 1 million sales in the US alone, but it’s not all good news, as some of the consoles experience the ‘blue light of death’; and LG invades their customer’s privacy by transmitting data from their smart TVs. Meanwhile, Jelly hopes for an appearance by John DiMaggio in Almost Human, and Bean finds out about the 8th Doctor.

A basic overview of Jelly’s experiences with both Windows 8.1 and the latest Retina Macbook Pro; details drop for new Marvel shows featuring Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and Iron Fist; and the release date for Star Wars VII is announced. Meanwhile, the boys have thoughts on the casting for Luke Cage, and Jelly puts forward a reason to get behind and support the Jessica Jones show. Also, the boys discuss bad Christian movies in the post-credits sequence.

Ubisoft plans to drop online passes for their entire catalogue of games; Adobe is hacked, revealing their terrible encryption and publicising the passwords of 150 million of their customers; the next trailer for The Lego Movie drops; and Thor: The Dark World arrives in theatres. Meanwhile Bean plays Assassin’s Creed, which gives Jelly nothing but pleasure, and Jelly does the world’s worst drunk impresson. Also, the boys have way too much fun with Thor puns.

Star Wars shuffles its writers, leaving the script in the capable hands of J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan; the first trailers drop for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and X-Men: Days of Future Past, giving us our first peek into what the movies themselves are going to be like; the high concept Phonebloks system hits the internet promising a future where phones are completely customisable, including the hardware; and Amazon rolls out it’s Kindle Matchbook program. Meanwhile the boys discuss their expectations for Thor: The Dark World, and Jelly admits what he’s really going to see in that film. Also, Bean pretty much makes no bad jokes. None! What is this world coming to?

A trailer drops for the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who Special, featuring lots of little hidden gems for you to find; Apple releases OS X Mavericks and new Macbook Pros, and announces the Mac Pro and iPad lineup at it’s October event; and Microsoft launches Windows 8.1, which is pretty much what Windows 8 should’ve been in the first place. Meanwhile, the boys discuss selling kidneys for tech products and Jelly finds the perfect gift for Bean this Christmas.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. gets a full season order which spells good news for the other four shows Marvel has committed to; Apple announces an event on 22 October, and there’s little information on what we’ll see (but we’re hoping for iPads, Mavericks and new Macs); Google creepifies it’s advertising by linking your Google+ recommendations and reviews to ads; New York Comic Con tweets from attendees’ twitter accounts without their permission; and the BBC discover long lost episodes of Doctor Who in Nigeria of all places. Meanwhile, Bean pitches his idea for a Marvel TV show staring, you guessed it, Don Cheadle, David Hewlett and Karl Urban, and Jelly talks a lot. Like a lot, you guys.

EA announces that it’s “looking into” offline mode for SimCity, and announces the first expansion pack, Cities of the Future featuring maglev trains… and drugs; Samsung announces the Galaxy Gear and the Galaxy Round, and they rip off Apple’s original iPhone ad in the process; and Nest announces the Nest Protect, a smart smoke and CO alarm that talks and responds to motion. Meanwhile, Bean reveals the third member of his “top three actors that should be in everything” list, and Jelly raves about home automation; Also, neither of the boys listen to anything the other is saying.

The ABC confirms that Doctor Who will air in Australia at the same time as the UK; Valve announces the Steam Controller, which is not like any controller you’ve seen before, but can a Steam console even succeed; Warner Brothers and Fox team up to bring us a TV show about Gotham City… without Batman; and now that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has aired, does this new show from Whedon and Co. have any potential? Meanwhile, Jelly compares game consoles to phones and Bean presents a concept for the Gotham TV series.

Grand Theft Auto V makes $800 million on it’s first day of release; Apple sells 9 million iPhones on the launch weekend and a 35% device share for iOS7 within the first day; TouchID, the fingerprint system on the iPhone 5s, gets hacked within a week of the phone being released; iOS7 has a bug that allows you to access photos and contacts without unlocking the screen; Valve announces SteamOS and the Steam Machine, as an effort to bring their gaming system to the living room; Pixar announces that The Good Dinosaur and Finding Dory are being delayed by a year; and Google decides to clean up the Youtube comments system by tying comments to your Google+ account. Meanwhile Bean comes up with a more secure method of data and message transfer and Jelly “spoils” Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for Bean, leading to the boys deciding how to treat the pilot for their own TV series. Also, Bean moves his obsession from My Little Pony to pictures of Jelly in a dress. That guy gets weirder every day.

It looks like everyone wants to get in on the logo redesigns, as Bing announces their new look; Steam borrows the dead-in-the-water Xbox feature, Family Sharing; a quiet update to Apple’s App Store allows users to download older versions of Apps that are compatible with their iOS version; Riddick hits Australian cinemas and Jelly’s hoping it’s good, or at least better than Chronicles of Riddick; Roland Emmerich announces his plans to reboot Stargate; and Warner Brothers and J.K. Rowling announce a spinoff to the Harry Potter franchise, based on a textbook from within the series’ universe. Meanwhile, Jelly defends the Brony lifestyle choice and Bean uncovers the twist ending to the Harry Potter spinoff film. Also, the boys consider rebranding to be like all the big tech companies.

The BBC reveals some details about the upcoming Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special; Ellen Page expresses interest in doing a Kitty Pryde solo movie; Sony announces the Vita TV microconsole; and Apple announces two new iPhones, the 5c and the 5s, surprising no one. Meanwhile, Bean proposes an idea for a great new X-Men movie with two Wolverines, and Jelly gets cynical about Apple. Also, the boys try to figure out how Adventure Time and Doctor Who fit together.

Jelly’s thoughts on Jobs; Marvel announces that James Spader will be playing Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron; the Coalition announces it’s plans to filter the internet if it wins the election this Saturday; Microsoft buys the Nokia devices and services division; and as Apple’s announcement of the next iPhone looms, what are we likely to see announced? Meanwhile, the boys attempt to add mystery by obfuscating the details of a topic, and Jelly rants about the government sticking their hands where they don’t belong. Also, Bean decides that what this show really needs is a goodbye song like some of the kids shows we used to watch. Please note: during the recording of this episode, further details about the Coalition’s internet filtering plans were revealed. Good luck with that, Turnbull, and thanks for the tipoff, Marc.