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Friday, February 4, 2011 10:39 AM
Hey, did you know author China Miéville (whose work I should really get around to reading one of these days) has a web comic? It's pretty fantastic so far. Eerie, atmospheric, and foreboding.
Evan Shaner draws cool stuff!
Some amusing sketches of the dreaded Jar Jar by Ramón Pérez.
Samuel L. Jackson mentioned in a talk show interview that he'll be playing Nick Fury in Thor and Captain America, and that he will be accompanied by a female sidekick. io9 has a list of the actresses supposedly auditioning for the part, and is also taking a stab at guessing who the character might be.
io9 presents a thorough rundown of every new sci-fi/fantasy TV show that could be coming this fall.
Bill Shatner's doing a metal album. I'd listen to that.
The promising but rarely updated Picture Book Report is coming to a premature end. Sad face.
Video of soap bubbles freezing in mid-air.
In case you haven't seen Volkswagen's fantastic, ridiculously cute, Star Wars-themed Super Bowl ad yet, you can watch it here.
Blastr points out a very young Elijah Wood in a small but pivotal early role in Back to the Future II.
A collection of some of the most recent new photos from the Captain America movie.
Batman vs. Galactus. My money's on Batman.
Super Punch presents a huge collection of Valentine's Day-related items, including many downloadable/purchasable valentines.
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Friday, January 21, 2011 10:52 AM
Evan Shaner wishes a happy birthday to Comic Twart by posting a representative image for every theme chosen in the blog's first year.
Dan Hipp illustrates one of my favorite moments from Return of the Jedi.
Somebody made a board game version of a tower defense game. Sounds like it's pretty cool, too.
Baby-sized TARDIS! I feel like Griffin should have one of these.
I've been reading a collection of old Russian folk tales, so it was interesting to find this post about an upcoming novel that re-envisions the stories of old Russian folk figures. You can read an excerpt here. It takes the elements of Russian folk tales - the repetitions (often in threes), the moments of sudden and inexplicable magic - and analyzes and re-imagines them in the context of communism and socialism. It's absolutely fantastic.
Now that a mad scientist is cloning a woolly mammoth, io9 has suggestions for some other extinct animals we might want to bring back.
Fringe fans just have to love this "Walter is my homeboy" T-shirt. Because you know what? Walter is my homeboy.
Good news, everyone! NBC has ordered a pilot for Ron Moore's police show set in a world ruled by magic - Precinct 17.
Sounds like Marvel is once again making an attempt to turn Black Panther into a movie.
The bikini- and carnage-filled trailer for the DVD/blu-ray release of the modern classic, Sharktopus, complete with catchy beach rock theme song.
As the entire world knows by now, Anne Hathaway will be Catwoman and Tom Hardy will be Bane in the next Batman movie. It took me a while to mull this news over. I haven't seen Anne Hathaway in much. She seems a bit goody-goody to play Catwoman, but hey, she's an actress! She should be able to pretend to not be goody-goody, the way actresses do. Tom Hardy seems a bit of an odd choice, too, for a monstrous, wrestler-type villain, but Tom Hardy is awesome, and also pretty damn ripped, so I think he can pull it off. Plus, Christopher Nolan's instincts are pretty damn good as far as these things are concerned (anybody remember Heath Ledger, the best Joker ever?), so I'm cautiously optimistic.
The 1600th episode of Laugh-Out-Loud Cats is pretty mind-blowing, you guys.
Dark Horse/Mike Mignola need to hire Enrique Alcatena to draw a Hellboy book RIGHT NOW. I'm just saying. This guy is GOOD.
Someone has invented a game that's a combination of bowling and billiards. That's actually kind of vaguely brilliant.
Here's a video of someone throwing boiling water into the air somewhere where it's so cold that the water instantly evaporates (or turns to snow, or something - I don't know, I was an English major, not a science... guy).
You can simulate a fake incoming call with Samsung phones? Hey, I have a Samsung phone!
A guy attached a tiny video camera to some arrows and shot them with his bow! Nice!
More and better images from the X-Men: First Class movie.
Blastr has compiled an impressive list of 83 differences between Fringe's alternate universe and ours.
Muppets inserted into 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Cinematical gives us a rundown of at least 13 movies that you can expect to see ads for during the Super Bowl.
It sounds like Johnny Depp may be taking Robert Downey Jr.'s place in Sam Raimi's Wizard of Oz movie.
Even for a non-American Idol fan like myself, this recap of the latest American Idol is truly entertaining. I love the quick, spot-on critique of those horrible Bing ads, too.
Btw, don't worry, George Lucas wasn't really serious about that thing about the world ending in 2012. He claims. He probably just wants to make sure no one goes looking for his secret escape spaceship.
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by Hulk
Hulk still not understand why game called "Super Bowl" when not one superhero involved. Hulk would be happy to make name of game more accurate - just invite Hulk to play! Or at least do halftime show. Hulk know how to entertain large crowds; Hulk used to be robot clown.
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(Last updated on Friday, February 5, 2010 03:14 PM)
Here are two mixed early reviews of M. Night Shyamalan's Last Airbender. More importantly, above you will find a trailer!!! The trailer will also air during the Super Bowl, but you can see it now through the magic of the interwebs. There's no dialog in the trailer, but man, the action and effects look awesome. Fingers crossed! (UPDATE: @cwgabriel points out that 10 seconds into the trailer, you can see Appa at the top left of the screen. Exciting!)
Some details about Terrence Malick's next film! It'll be a romance starring Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams, and Olga Kurylenko, and production begins this fall. I'm betting it will also be long and contemplative. But I kid Terrence Malick.
Ralph McQuarrie's concept art from a Star Trek film project that was scrapped and replaced by Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
I think I posted this or a similar link before, but it's still a ton of fun: a video compilation of a large number of Alfred Hitchcock's cheeky film cameos. (Via)
I already own every issue of All-Star Superman, but I might have to buy the Absolute edition when it comes out anyway, just because. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All-Star Superman is probably the greatest Superman story ever told, and definitely one of the greatest comic series ever. (Via)
One of the most terrifying entries yet on Animals With Lightsabers.
A collection of some of the amazing photos of the planet Earth that astronauts have been tweeting from the International Space Station.
A wonderful gallery of fantastic Doctor Who props and costumes that the BBC is auctioning off. WANT.
LEGO wallets! LEGO Batman CubeDude!
A fascinating infographic about internet usage and demographics.
Super Punch is running another art contest. This one challenges entrants to replace the third panel of that hilarious Penny Arcade comic about the birds and the bees with something even funnier. This entry is pretty amusing.
A gallery of the disturbing art of H.R. Giger.
Physicists have been using quantum entanglement to teleport stuff. Now somebody used it to teleport energy. "There is a growing sense that the properties of the universe are best described not by the laws that govern matter but by the laws that govern information." Woah. (Via)
I've been seeing ads for a comedy called Cop Out on TV, and I just thought, "Wow, that looks like the same awful cop comedy they've been making for years now. Why did they bother making it again?" I only just realized this is the Kevin Smith movie that was originally called A Couple of Dicks, and that at one point I thought might actually be good. I guess not! You can watch the red-band trailer here, if you want. It has its moments, but... man.
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You just have to watch the video above. (Via)
A couple of particularly amazing recent entries on the wonderful photo blog, Black and WTF.
One of my favorite authors, Connie Willis, has a new book out called Blackout. It's set mostly in 1940s England, and it's about one of her favorite subjects: time-traveling scholars getting trapped in the past and interfering with history. It's the first part of a two-part series, and apparently it might be better to wait until the second one comes out, this fall, before reading the first.
DC might really be moving forward with sequels and spin-offs of Watchmen, most likely without the help or approval of the original creators. Everyone agrees this is a terrible idea.
The magma-hot writing team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci just signed a three-year deal with Fox. I assume this means they'll be launching a lot more shows for that network. They'll also be opening up their own TV production company. (Via)
The annual simulation in the latest iteration of the Madden video game predicts that the Saints will win the Super Bowl. I'm not sure who to root for myself, but I suspect it will be a great game.
An amusing Aliens/Space Invaders mashup image. (Via)
These posters for both the original and remake of The Wolf Man are amazing. (Via)
Yay, the Fat Wonder Woman Blog started posting again!
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 10:25 AM
(Last updated on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 11:13 AM)
Cinematical posted the classic sequence above from A Night at the Opera as part of their "Scenes We Love" series, and I'm reposting it because I love it, too. (Via)
Watch the trailer for The Time Guardian, some kind of crazy Australian Terminator rip-off starring Dean Stockwell and Carrie Fisher. I kind of want to see it! (Via)
Woo hoo! Beards are back!
You need to watch this fantastic new red-band trailer for Kick-Ass.
A pic of Jeff Bridges from Tron Legacy, and a fun stop-motion animated recreation of the light-cycle sequence from the original movie.
Amusing Star Wars parody image.
The opening titles for the Black Panther cartoon, which is apparently only airing in Australia. (Via)
The readers of Empire have picked the 50 worst movies ever, with Batman and Robin taking the top (bottom?) spot. The problem is, these people just haven't seen enough really bad movies. Sure, Batman and Robin is terrible, but it's actually terrible in a vaguely entertaining fashion. And hey, at least the effects are pretty decent and the lighting is good. I've seen plenty of movies where the filmmakers couldn't do anything right, from set design to editing to writing to costuming to what have you. I mean, just watch any episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and you'll see a movie at least 10 times worse than Batman and Robin. [UPDATE: Another movie obviously much worse than Batman and Robin, and which somehow only got to number 16 on this list, is Plan 9 From Outer Space. That thing's a disaster from start to finish!] (Via)
This ad for the upcoming Universal theme park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, is pretty exciting! In fact, I am probably more excited about it than a grown man should be. It'll air during the Super Bowl.
Displax is a multi-touch technology made from a transparent polymer film that can be applied to flat or curved surfaces made of glass, plastic or wood, and which then creates an interactive surface. Crazy!
Alfred Hitchcock dioramas! (Via)
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:08 AM
Above: Klingon heavy metal. Yeah! (Via)
Syfy's holding a contest: name their latest original movie, based on a synopsis and poster, and you could win on-air recognition and an amateur filmmaking kit which includes a camera, a computer, and movie-editing software. I went with Crusade of the Demon myself. (Via)
Sam Worthington will be playing the title role in Alex Proyas' Dracula origin story, Dracula: Year Zero.
For some reason, Warner Bros. is going to give Mortal Kombat another try. The company will be rebooting the franchise with a new movie.
Extremely life-like models of alien landscapes made out of spices and other random substances.
A quick sneak peek at the next episode of Caprica. Basically, Zoe's folks are continuing to realize they knew almost nothing about her.
Video games retitled with the phrases said most while playing them. (Via)
Yes, Clash of the Titans will be in 3D - and so will Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
A Wild West version of Dr. Strange. (Via)
A new teaser for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland will air during the Super Bowl.
Some interesting stats on Twitter. The short version is, only a very small percentage of Twitter account holders are actually using the service. It seems to me like a lot of people just don't "get" Twitter.
Sounds like Guy Ritchie is dropping out of Lobo so he can do Sherlock Holmes 2.
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