Sam Pancake is his REAL name!We’ve got some interesting names for you this week. First up is a familiar one, wonkknow. He’s sitting in once again as Dennis and Mike both couldn’t make it for the show. Why is wonkknow on your show so much, you might be asking. There’s a couple of reasons why. First, I usually don’t find out in time when one of the guys is out to coordinate another suitable co-host. And two, since our show is produced in the same room as OPIATE OF THE MASSES, which is the show wonkknow and Charlie co-host together, he’s usually already there as they record their show a couple of hours before we go live. If/when I have enough lead time to bring in other, fresh guest hosts, I will in the future just to mix it up. You can find a link to his show in the side column.

Another interesting name that came up is that of an actor who appears in THE HUNGOVER GAMES, our F.D.V.D.O.T.W.W.M.A.N. His name is Sam Pancake! PANCAKE! The only last name that would be more awesome than that would be Waffle, because those are superior to pancakes in every way. THE HUNGOVER GAMES is one of those films that mashes several other recent films into a non-sensical parody. You can find it and all the other DVDs coming out Tuesday to the right under “New Releases.”

A very familiar name is appearing in a very familiar franchise reboot. We’ve learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger WILL have a role in, TERMINATOR: GENESIS. He didn’t go into detail about what that role would be — it seems kind of obvious though — but he did confirm where they’re shooting the movie and said that the script was “fantastic.” I read the quote he gave to TheArnoldFans.com in my best Arnold voice.

The final two casting choices for Fox’s GOTHAM series have finally been made. The roles of young Bruce Wayne and young Salina Kyle have been filled by David Mazouz and Camren Bicondova respectively. We compare Marvel and DC’s television track record along with wonkknow’s thoughts on ABC’s AGENTS OF S.H.E.I.L.D.

Everyone has the right, in my opinion, to make backup or digital copies of movies they own. I’m not saying rip the disc and go give an H.264 file to every person you meet. But if you bought a movie, you should have the right to make a copy of it so you can enjoy it on any of your other screens like computers, phones and tablets. Enter the Kaleidescape Cinema One. It’s a set-top box which lets you copy all your DVDs and Blu-rays, pixel for pixel and catalogues them into a digital library you can then browse on your TV using a very Netflix-like interface. It copies all the commentary and bonus materials on the discs and even skips those pesky FBI and anti-piracy title screens. Although it doesn’t hook up directly to the Internet, it does have a companion online store for owners of the Cinema One where they can buy digital versions of around 5,200 movie titles with more on the way. This thing sounds too good to be true… and it is. It’s ridiculously overpriced and when it comes to Blu-rays, it defeats its own purpose. Don’t miss this story.

In medical news, scientists have developed a simple blood test that can predict if you’re likely going to die within five years. Is this something you’d want to know? 20-something hipsters in New York may want to take this test before investing in a cosmetic procedure that’s gaining popularity there. Apparently, a number of young professional males are unable to grow a proper hipster beard or maintain proper hipster stubble. Perhaps their’s is patchy, uneven, multi-colored or they can’t grow it at all. Now they can take follicles from the back of their head or from their chest and put them on their face. The surgery starts at $3,000 and goes up from there depending on how much beard and mustache is needed. When it heals, it grows and can be shaven just like, well, the hair on your head, where it came from.

Imagine the emotional stress of only getting one napkin while cramming hamburger stuffs down your gullet at McDonald’s and being denied any additional wiping apparatuses. This happened to a California man who claims the manager made a racial comment to him after he complained he only got one napkin. The stress from the encounter prevented him from working and so he’s suing the golden arches for $1.5-million. We review what his napkin options might be with that kind of money in the bank. One thing that confuses us though is why he didn’t just go to the drink station and get his own? Does McDonald’s not have that anymore? I haven’t been inside a McDonald’s in years. I guess that fancy remodel some years ago changed things up.

And now that final interesting name. After losing a bet to his buddies, a New Zealand man had to change his name to one of their choosing. Apparently he did it five years ago, but it was only when his passport expired that it kicked in. So he’s now legally known as Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova. Several issues here. First, nobody is more intellegent than Spock. Second, why would you let your friends actually do this. Third, where does his first name end and his middle name begin? Or his last for that matter? Forth, how in the hell is he going to fit all of that on the new driver’s license he has to get or when signing a check? Fifth, What do we call him for short? And sixth, what the hell is Frostnova? Geez, the problems with this name are as long as the name itself. If only they’d named him Pancake.

Finally, a woman who rarely talked to her neighbors and traveled so much they rarely saw her, died in her home and went undiscovered for six years! Neighbors assumed she was out of town and often mowed her lawn to be neighborly. It was only after her money ran out from her online banking paying all of her bills automatically that her house went into foreclosure. When the bank sent a repair man to fix the roof, he discovered her corpse. Do you know your neighbors? Have you seen them lately? Maybe we should all invite our neighbors over from time to time to make sure they’re still alive. I don’t want to unknowingly live next door to a dead person. That’d be creepy. Although, I wouldn’t know they were dead until after the fact. But we should still have our neighbors over for a visit. Make them some waffles, because waffles are better than pancakes.