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episode 137: #137 - Todd & Preston's Drive-Time Chat #03 - Part 2 - Babylon 5, The Rookie, toys or games as TV or movies, SeaQuest, Mac & Me, and more...
Welcome back to Part 2 of Todd & Preston's Drive-Time #03, the imaginary car ride so long, we had to split it up.
Here's what covered this time...
- Todd’s complete binge watch of Nathan Fillion cop show “The Rookie”
- Videos on TikTok and YouTube
- The premise of “House, M.D.” being, “What if Sherlock Holmes were a doctor”
- Babylon 5 animated movie “The Road Home” coming August 15 and B5 blu-rays coming December 5
- Inspired by the success of the “Barbie” movie, Preston asked if there was a toy or board game that could be made into a movie or TV show. Todd & Preston each have a top choice, and Todd had a top 10 list for the subject, left over from the “Clue” movie review in episdoe #109.
- Todd’s explanation of “Risk 2210”
- Todd reminiscing about a version of Risk that he, Dave, and Dave, created when they were younger — not long before Risk 2210 and Samurai Swords came out (with similar game mechanics)
- SeaQuest DSV (known as SeaQuest 2032 in its 3rd season)
- Genius teenagers in sci-fi TV & movies
- The movies “Flight of the Navigator” and “Mac & Me”
Listen now for these topics and more. Check out episode #136 for Part 1 of the conversation.
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