This Post Must Be Written in Under 5 Minutes

By Lev Grossman | @leverus | May 11, 2007 | +

I’m under extreme deadline pressure, exacerbated by my need to get to a Halo 3 preview event this afternoon. Not that I’m complaining about that second bit. Anyway, I’m passing the savings on to you.

– The Terminator is coming back. Sans Arnold. Though is this news? They’re already doing the Sarah Connor Chronicles, with Lena Headey of 300 fame well-cast in the lead role.

– Harry Knowles leads the backlash to the Spider-man 3 backlash in a thoughtful review

– the Google Earth team now has a blog. Helpful for Google Earth users like me who are too lazy to go out and find the cool stuff themselves.

– I saw a preview screening of Sunshine yesterday but probably shouldn’t blog about it, except to say that it probably has some of the best spacewalk sequences I’ve ever seen. Very 2001.

– Gaze on the ruins of what was once Tokyo.

And…we’re clear.

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