In our continuation of our coverage to get you pumped up for The Walking Dead , which airs this Sunday, I talked to the main stars of the show to give you some insider knowledge on what it takes to star in a zombie-themed dramatic television show. Andrew Lincoln who plays Rick Grimes, John Bernthal who is Shane Walsh and Sarah Wayne …
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My Favorite Zombie: Zombie vs. Shark: Lucio Fulci’s Zombi 2 Genius
To celebrate the premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC this Sunday, we here at Techland will be picking out our favorite formerly deceased monsters across comics, games, film and other media. The zombie myth’s been around for centuries and has been reinterpreted almost as much as vampire lore. At their most basic, though, zombies represent …
Emanata: Ten Things to Fear About the Future of Comics
The most interesting thing anybody’s written about comics this week is Shaenon Garrity’s column “Ten Things to Know About the Future of Comics”–a vision of what’s coming, based on her interactions with her students. I hope she’s right about most of her predictions, and only slightly wrong about a few. But since it’s nearly Halloween, …
Oakley Releases $150 3D Glasses For TRON… Seriously?
Don’t get me wrong I’m super excited about TRON: Legacy coming out. I’ll buy my tickets to see the movie way before the opening date but show up hours early anyway to wait in line so I can guarantee a good seat. But, I can’t deny that they’ve been releasing some TRON themed items that just seem completely unnecessary, like the $795 TRON …
Two Minute Video: Powerful Acer Notebook Travels Like a Netbook
At first glance, the 11.6-inch Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830 looks like an ordinary netbook; it’s about an inch thick and weighs around three pounds.
Under the hood, however, there’s a powerful Intel Core i7 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive. While the computer looks and feels like a netbook, it definitely performs like a …
The Comic Book Club: Superman: Earth One and Beasts of Burden/Hellboy
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan and Evan Narcisse discuss the Superman: Earth One graphic novel and the Beasts of Burden/Hellboy: Sacrifice one-shot.
DOUGLAS: Let’s go back to the first announcement of Superman: Earth One, …
Chris Evans Debuts As Earnest, Sincere Captain America
Entertainment Weekly has the first picture of Chris Evans as Captain America, and… well, he looks like a very nice boy, if a little nervous. While we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the costume doesn’t look entirely ridiculous, I’m now holding my breath about whether Evans will be able to pull off the weird mix of …
Amazon Kindle App Coming to Windows Phone 7 Devices
Amazon has announced that its Kindle software will be available for Windows Phone 7 handsets “later this year.” No exact availability date is mentioned in the company’s press release, though Amazon contends that the free app “will be the first major eBook application available for Windows Phone 7.”
Kindle for Windows Phone 7 will …
My Favorite Zombie: The Black Lanterns
To celebrate the premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC this Sunday, we here at Techland will be picking out our favorite formerly deceased monsters across comics, games, film and other media. The zombie myth’s been around for centuries and has been reinterpreted almost as much as vampire lore. At their most basic, though, zombies
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Q&A: The Walking Dead’s Frank Darabont and Robert Kirkman
In our countdown to The Walking Dead this Sunday, we’re bringing you exclusive interviews from the creators of the show. We spoke to executive producer and show developer Frank Darabont, who developed the show as well as wrote the first two episodes, and comic book creator Robert Kirkman during a press panel. It may seem weird to have a …
Syfy Cancels Caprica, Pulls Show Entirely From Schedule
Syfy has announced that they are not only not renewing Caprica, but they will be removing the remaining episodes from their schedule starting next Tuesday, with the intent to air them at some point in the first part of 2011. While the cancellation of the show isn’t unexpected considering continually falling ratings, pulling the remaining …
My Favorite Zombie: Ed from Shaun of the Dead
To celebrate the premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC this Sunday, we here at Techland will be picking out our favorite formerly deceased monsters across comics, games, film and other media. The zombie myth’s been around for centuries and has been reinterpreted almost as much as vampire lore. At their most basic, though, zombies represent …