The Observation Lounge 7: I Have So Many Questions

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Host Greg Harbin and Observation Lounge news editor Kathryn Brihan are joined by Trek.fm’s Drew Stewart and Geek Crash Course’s Michael Nixon to preview 2013’s finest films. Can they survive being taken “Into Darkness” before being assaulted by a Beard “of Steel” while trapped in an “Iron” cage? Can you repeat the past? Of course “Gatsby” can. Can two films survive “After Earth” without falling into “Oblivion”? Perhaps “GI Joe” can tell us before giant robots fight giant monsters on the “Pacific Rim”. These puns and more lie within.

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