Truth be told, I was pleasantly surprised with Luxoflux’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but now that I’ve seen High Moon’s War for Cybertron I feel ashamed for endorsing the title. Like, really ashamed. High Moon is best known for Darkwatch and Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy. This trailer is not indicative of how the …
Rapture Check: G.I. Joe 2 Is Coming
Consider this your official Techland rapture alert. The antichrist has returned. He has taken over Hollywood. He has green-lit G.I. Joe 2. All hope is lost.
From the pages of Variety:
Paramount is bringing G.I. Joe back for a second tour of duty. The studio is moving forward with a sequel to last summer’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of …
Episode 2: Google v. China, Netflix to Wii, Apple Tablet Dreams
Google threatens to pull out of China after they discover hacking into gmail accounts of human rights activists, Netflix to add movie streaming to the Wii this spring, rumors abound on the Apple tablet announcement, likely coming in late January.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Techland’s Peter Ha …
But Wait: James Cameron Almost Saved Spidey 18 Years Ago
In 1992, James Cameron was at the helm of what would be the first Spider-Man film, but even the man who would go on to bring us behemoths Titanic and Avatar was no match for the Spidey curse.
Clashes with Marvel execs squished Cameron’s spider wish, but not before the director had put a good amount of work into the doomed flick. …
The Politics of Avatar: America Bad
Whatever qualms you may have with James Cameron, you’ve got to admit: He know how to work an emotional payoff. From Sigourney Weaver stomping some alien ass in Aliens to a dramatic underwater resuscitation in The Abyss, he knows how to get under your skin. Even when the surface story is a little obvious. (Techland exlusive: James Cameron …
The Hughes Bros. and Eli’s Book: The Bible as MacGuffin
Okay, so my review isn’t going up until Friday morning, but I’m going to go ahead and say this now: The Book of Eli has the best twist ending I’ve seen in a long, long time. Maybe since The Fountain (which, as we all know by now, was my contender for one of the 5 most underrated sci-fi movie masterpieces)
Maybe you’ll see the …
Roundup Of Apple Tablet Rumors
Again, I’m not keen on posting rumors unless they come from legit sources or outlets. BGR has supposedly been tipped off from an Apple source on the Tablet. Here’s what he/she/it had to say.
• The tablet’s multi-touch gestures are “out of control.”
• It’s powered by an incredibly fast ARM CPU
• It runs on the iPhone
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Rusty Wired Series: Want. Want. Want.
Action sports clothing lines have been embedding audio gear into their clothing for years. Fabric controls have become a staple throughout most snowboarding lines as well as built-in headphones, but not much has happened byway of everyday clothes. Or maybe I haven’t been looking around enough.
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Gmail Defaults To https
There’s surely some connection between Google flipping the switch on https access for everyone using Gmail as a default and the China debacle but they likely won’t admit it. Not that they need to but it became quite clear that Gmail accounts had been accessed via third parties yesterday when it was announced that Google might be …
Avatar — Now for the Atari 2600!
Well, this is insanely brilliant. Via Kotaku via GameSetWatch and 30 other blogs, probably: current movies as Atari 2600 game box art.
Full size version is here. It’s worth the click.
You can see it all now: a world that might have been, where Cameron’s first feature was Avatar instead of Terminator, and they blew all the money on …
Netflix Officially Coming To The Wii This Spring, Does Anyone Care? [Update]
It was inevitable, right? Rumors have been swirling for months and now it’s finally happened. Netflix is coming to the Wii this spring.
Like PS3 owners, Wii owners will have to use an instant-streaming disc and have a Netflix plan greater than $8.99/month. There won’t be any HD streaming because, you know, the Wii’s hardware is …