A wrap up to the week talking about ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ box office success and why it’s a bit disappointing in light of ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ doing so poorly, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Teaser Trailer #2 and Anthony Pascale’s deep, shot by shot analysis of that, release reshuffling with ‘RED 2’ and ‘Now You See Me’, ‘Star Trek “3”’ might be out for the 50th anniversary, Emma Watson decides not to become a Disney princess and take the part of the live action Cinderella, a mode of the Enterprise E, an article on motion smoothing on modern TVs and why you should make sure that setting is off on your television set, the ‘Veronica Mars’ Kickstarter meeting its funding goal in short order with many days left to really boost the budget, as well as what this might mean for the future of film, and Joss Whedon considering the options for a Kickstarter with ‘Firefly. And then TJ wraps it up with a look at what’s in the cinemas that you might like to see.

TJ and Joe discuss the track released from the soundtrack for the upcoming film ‘Oblivion’, and how it sounds like it has been influenced by ‘Tron: Legacy’ and how that is a good thing, Joe’s article ‘Star Studded Ratings by the Numbers’ and how MovieByte rates films, the U.K. getting ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ a week before we do here in the states, Joss Whedon and Clark Gregg on Agent Coulson in the upcoming TV Series ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’, and why the ‘Oz’ sequel will not feature Dorothy. And that leads TJ and Joe into their main topic today in discussing ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’. A fine film, worth seeing, with a few disappointments. But certainly, when compared with some of the utter rubbish in theaters at this time of the year, it’s the obvious choice when heading to the cinema. Be sure to tune in for the full discussion and review.

In this episode, TJ talks bout ‘Hobbit 3’ getting its release date pushed back, Emma Watson in a live action Cinderella, ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’s’ dismal opening weekend, rumors of Christopher Nolan taking on Justice League with Christian Bale returning as Batman, a DreamWorks version of ‘Robin Hood’ which TJ doesn’t think will be all that great, the upcoming ‘Tomb Raider’ reboot with a younger Lara Croft, the newest trailer for the upcoming ‘Iron Man 3’, why Sam Raimi didn’t do a ‘Spider-Man 4’, soundtrack from the upcoming ‘Oblivion’ which is sounding good, Episode #34 of ‘The MovieByte Podcast’, Joe’s article on the star rating system and how he ranks films, a big ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ spoiler scoop from Anthony Pascale at TrekMovie.com, and what you might want to see this weekend at the box office.

TJ and Joe after The MovieByte Podcast #34

TJ and Joe talk about CGI Superman capes and other thoughts about the upcoming ‘Man of Steel’, the CGI animation of late actress Audrey Hepburn, thoughts about the state of the industry in general in regards to CGI and the idea of bringing an actress or actor back from the dead, the ‘Game of Thrones’ director shrugging off piracy and the general state of the industry and the stance of the content providers, ‘The Hobbit’ crossing the $1 Billion mark and how well it’s doing, and the dismal opening weekend of ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ and why might that be. And the main topic of discussion with that lead in, is ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ and why it’s a better film than many seem to think it is. TJ like it a lot, Joe just thought it was okay. But the discussion is a fun one and you won’t want to miss it!

TJ takes a look at a few things that happened this past week. First there’s Bryan Singer promising to fix some of the flaws with ‘X-men: The Last Stand’. Then there’s the the confirmation of a ‘Jack Reacher’ sequel from Paramount and that seems like good news. And of course there’s the 85th Academy Awards and TJ talks about a few of The Oscars given out, and really the only choice he was annoyed with. There’s also some hints from the director about what might be coming in ‘Wreck-it Ralph 2’. Plus TJ is geeking a bit about a lost documentary on ‘The Empire Strikes Back’. And how can we miss Audrey Hepburn’s digital double staring in a commercial? And to get you all set for the weekend, TJ reviews what’s new and currently in theaters.

TJ and Joe after The MovieByte Podcast #33