Speaking at All Thing’s Digital’s D8 conference this week, Steve Jobs announced that his company sells an iPad every three seconds. Unsurprisingly, plenty of manufacturers are readying their own tablets with several being unveiled this week at the Computex 2010 computer show in Taiwan. Here’s a look at a few of the upcoming …
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The Comic Book Club: Serenity and The Bulletproof Coffin
GRAEME: Okay, I really liked both Firefly and Serenity, but am I the only person who thought that Serenity: Float Out was really rather dull and randomly reliant on knowing the mythology for the show/movie?
LEV: NO. You are not the only person.
GRAEME: Good! I get that it’s a tie-in and everything, but if I’d never seen any of the …
Was Battlestar Galactica Star Trek Done Right?
Hey, I’m not the one suggesting it; I’m just asking the question after reading these comments from BSG showrunner (and former Star Trek writer) Ron Moore:
I think a lot of Battlestar was born at Deep Space Nine in that Deep Space started as much more episodic because of the nature of the show, it became more a continuing serialised
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LOST Revised: Watch The Sixth Season Of LOST Without Alt-Reality
For some, the series finale of ABC’s LOST is still an oozing source of anger. This guy makes all other pissed off LOST guys look Island agnostic.
“A lot of people invested a lot of time and energy in following LOST over the years. I was one of those people. A lot of people were satisfied with the way the series ended. I was not one of …
Wait A Sec: Did Twitter Just Cast Donald Glover as the New Spider-Man?
Twitter led SNL producers to cast Betty White as host. Now the viral campaign is afoot to cast Donald Glover as the first black Spider-Man.
And what’s most surprising about the latter campaign is the speed with which this Glover mania has taken flight. In less than a week, the concept has gone from a fringe comment posted in …
Behold, The Geektastic Cast (And Trailer) Of The New Hawaii Five-O
The trailer for CBS’ reboot of series Hawaii Five-O hit the web today, and I have to admit, it looks so much better than I was expecting.
From what we see, the stunts and FX seem decent (for once) and with so much greek-cred in the cast, CBS may have another hit on its hands. Alex O’Loughlin (Moonlinght), Daniel Dae Kim (LOST) and …
Students Turn College Observatory into R2D2
Ah, college kids. The perfect mix of intelligence and idle time.
Here’s what happened, according to Facebook:
“Carleton’s Goodsell Observatory gets turned into R2D2 by an unknown group of enterprising students–complete with sound effects. All the ‘decorations’ appear to have been draped or taped onto the dome; there was no
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Exclusive Snippet: MAD Magazine #504
Techland favorite Peter Bagge has a satirical piece on cell phones in the upcoming issue of MAD Magazine and we have the exclusive preview. Issue #504 of the now bi-monthly humor magazine has artist Peter Bagge and writer Barry Liebmann giving us 12 reasons to hate our cell phones. They’re all pretty spot on. Pick up the new issue when …
Hey Guys, Lev’s Touring!
Now that The Magicians is officially on sale in paperback ($11, Amazon), Techland’s very own Lev Grossman has hit the road. He kicked things off in California early this week and will make stops around the country before wrapping up in Minnesota in a few weeks.
(More on Techland: What We’re Looking Forward To In June: The
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Surf’s Up, Spock
I realize that these awesomely nerdy Star Trek wetsuits made the rounds in the blogosphere of geekdom back in January, but the time for summer/surfing is upon us, and I can’t resist a good Trek product. ($470, Roddenberry) I want one, though I should learn to surf first.
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Will Peter Jackson Direct The Hobbit Himself?
Will Peter Jackson choose himself as the replacement director for The Hobbit now that Guillermo del Toro has jumped ship? It depends on who you ask. For his part, Jackson seems to be suggesting it’s a possibility, telling a New Zealand interviewer, “If that’s what I have to do to protect Warner Brothers’ investment, then obviously …
Milk Screenwriter To Create Small Movie About Big Man
Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk, has joined the long line of moviemakers taking their inspirations from comic books. But even thought Black’s new movie, 3 Story: The Secret History of The Giant Man, will feature a man larger than the norm, don’t assume that this will be another standard superhero …