Operation Kino Podcast: Scream 4 Reviewed, Apes and Prequels Dissected, And More

In this week's Operation Kino, we're testing out another new format, kicking things off with a lightning round in honor of Rio's animated birds before we start the show. In Segment 1 we each pick the one thing we've got on our mind this week, in Segment 2 we review Scream 4, and in Segment 3 we use Dave's visit to the Rise of the Planet of the Apes set as a chance to talk about prequels in general, and whether or not they're ever an important part of a story.

To read Dave's Apes set visit go to Latino Review, where he actually says that James Franco and Andy Serkis "put their monkey where their mouth is." You can watch the first episode of the Mortal Kombat online series we discuss here, and though Patches' claim that you can download the first two episodes of The Killing on iTunes for free turned out to be false, you can stream them at AMC's website.

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00:00-00:50: Lightning Round: "Top Animated Fowl"

00:50-22:00: Introductions and Tidbits. Katey talks about Michael Shannon cast as General Zod, Dave talks about the online series "Mortal Kombat: Legacy," Patches talks about the AMC series The Killing, and David finds new appreciation for Nicholas Sparks.

22:00-43:02: Scream 4 reviewed.

43:02-1:03:52: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, what Dave learned by visiting the set, and what it might say about the validity of prequels in general.