The Totally Rad Show is the summer blockbuster of geek news shows. Every week, hosts Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata rip into the world of movies, video games, tv, comics, and more and pull out what's rad.
Rockstar takes Max Payne to dark places, but is it fun?There hasn't been a new Max Payne shooter since 2003, but Rockstar's new update of the character has turned the gritty stylized world of revenge and slow motion gunplay even grittier and more worldly, taking Max out of New York and across the globe. Does the company's signature attention to detail result in one of the best shooters of the year so far, or is the engine responsible for GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption not up to the task? Jeff,...
We attempt a genre-based VS - is Will Smith the only winner?In light of Men In Black 3 releasing this week, Dan, Jeff, and Alex switch things up for their recurring movie competition segment, and face off all of Will Smith's films to discover which is their favorite. Is this an idea destined to fail?
Will Smith is back in Black, but is this franchise worth a revisit?It has been over a decade since Men in Black and its sequel smashed aliens at the box office, but Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reunite in another special effects extravaganza this week, once again donning the dark sunglasses to battle an intergalactic menace threatening earth. This time they are joined by Josh Brolin, who plays a young Agent K in 1969. Does the formula work all these years later, or is the comedy sci-fi playe...
Is HBO's Girls a show for the TRS's guys?While HBO has an impressive track record for daring, interesting, totally rad series, it also has a few shows (cough - Sex and the City - cough) that aren't really aimed at guys like Alex, Dan, and Jeff. Is the new comedy from a 24 year old wunderkind one of those, or are the guys glad they didn't judge Girls by its cover?
Get in in the ground floor of these three great picks from Kickstarter!Jeff, Dan, and Alex debut a brand new segment of the show today, as they peruse crowd funding sites for some great projects you'll want to know about. Dan has a documentary about film, Jeff has an RPG video game about words, and Alex has a school curriculum about zombies! Check it out and see if you want to get in on making these projects a reality.This week's picks:Out of Print Documentary Kickstarter - http://www.kickstar...
Does Diablo 3 take us to heaven as it takes us to hell?It has been over a decade since Diablo 2 ruled the roost as the king of loot-driven dungeon crawlers. Now, Diablo 3 has finally hit, with a daring combination of the new and old in gaming. Is it everything Jeff, Dan, and Alex have been waiting for?
After Borat and Bruno, can Sacha Baron Cohen hit the mark with another crazy character?Borat took the world by storm, but Bruno was less successful. Now Sacha Baron Cohen is back with another outrageous character, this time in a fully scripted comedy. It certainly has the over-the-top gross-out humor, and envelope-pushing material, but do Dan, Jeff, and Alex think The Dictator rules?
Is Peter Berg's explosion-filled Battleship a hit or a miss?A huge, summer blockbuster based on a 50 year old board game? Chock full of stars, can Battleship possibly deliver the excitement needed to hold up to the wave of summer powerhouses? Alex and Jeff search the waters for fun, and what they discover may well surprise you!
Are you ready for movie-on-movie battles for supreme supremacy? Bring on VS!It is time once again for Dan, Jeff, and Alex to hammer their list of top movies of all time into place by pitting film against film in single combat. Will you agree with the results?
We play Battleship: The Movie Edition to get ourselves ready for Battleship: The Movie.The big budget movie is coming later this week, but in the build up, Alex and Jeff learned that Dan had never played the classic Hasbro game Battleship. And as fate would have it, a new electronic version of the game has just been released to coincide with the film. The guys pop open the box, throw in some batteries (which were not included), and see if the tried and true game of hits and misses holds up.