When my daughter (age 3) wants me to shut up she says “Daddy, stop saying words!”
That’s what I want to say to the actors in the Wachowski brothers’ Speed Racer, two new trailers for which are on the Web. (They are “international trailers,” which I don’t know what that means.) The movie features Emile Hirsch (who’s significantly …
Here’s a fun, anti-social game to play at parties with your introverted friends instead of meeting new people. It’s called, “Who’s Read The Most Books On The Shelves?” This game is awesome. If you only know one person at a party, it can suck up just enough time to leave the party feeling like you at least tried to have a life.
Here’s …
Watchmen is one of those things — like most nerdy things — where if you haven’t read it you couldn’t care less, but if you have read it it’s massively important to you. I’m in that second group. Which is why I’m posting these character shots from the upcoming Watchmen movie (so cruelly lampooned by co-blogger Matt on The Simpsons).
I …
Some posts — and other things — in response to Gygax’s death, from around the Net:
— an eclectic but entertaining selection of Gygax trivia at Gawker-spawn SF blog io9. Plus bonus scan from Barrier Peaks
— fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss points out that some things are more important than Brett Favre retiring
— from Penny …
It’s being widely reported around the Net that Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has died at age 69.
I’m not sure what to say except to quash any jokey “he’s given up his last hit point” lines. You just can’t wrap your head around what a massive influence this one guy’s imagination had on the minds of a generation of people …
Dang it, can’t seem to put itals in the subject line. If I would I could have clarified that we’re talking about a piece of intellectual property, Dollhouse, Joss Whedon’s first post-Firefly TV series, and not some kind of miniature play environment. Lemme blockquote it for you:
The drama stars Dushku as Echo, a member of a group of men
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Horrible deadline today, so I offer you YouTube love instead of the real kind.
First, the trailer for the new Lego Batman game. Perhaps you will find Lego Catwoman both arousing and disturbing, as I did:
Next up, this video reimagines the Star Wars opening credits in 50’s-style animation. Apparently Chewbacca is not cool enough to …
I’ve never understood why Iain Banks isn’t famous-er in the U.S. I mean, I know he’s well-known, but why isn’t he a towering collossus? If you haven’t read him, he basically writes space opera — massive starships, bizarre aliens, ultra-advanced tech — but with a hugely intelligent literary sensibility and dark Douglas Adams-y humor. I …
It has been proven over and over again that good trailers don’t guarantee good movies. Cough, Cloverfield, cough. But still: pretty cool. Anybody know who he’s fighting there at about the 2:05 mark? Reminds me of a Big Daddy from BioShock.
It’s called Up Till Now. It is not Shatner’s first piece of autobiographical prose, but it is the first in his oeuvre that I have personally sampled. It’s not out till May, but it’s on my desk, and I don’t recall signing anything saying I wouldn’t blog about it. So.
It’s interesting. It’s not bad. There aren’t any bombshells in it that …
In a bizarre, uncharacteristic moment of coolness I got my mitts on an early copy of the new Nerf Herder album, Nerf Herder IV, which is coming out April 29.
I have a long-term obsession with Nerf Herder, who are probably best known for doing the theme song to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (they played the Bronze in the final season), and …
The legions of agents at Ain’t It Cool transcribed every word uttered, written or thought at WonderCon (the poor man’s Comic-Con) in San Francisco, then added thorough descriptions of each frame of video screened. A hasty, random guide to the take-away, plus links if you want the exhaustive treatment:
— Iron Man: Jon Favreau showed …
