Motorola’s second Android device for Verizon has landed at the Techland offices. Say hello to the Devour. It will be available in Verizon stores for $149.99 after a $100MIR in mid-March. However, Best Buy will begin selling the device this Thursday. Price is currently TBD, but I don’t see it being much different, if it all, from the …
Twitter On TV: Shatner To Embody That ‘Sh*t My Dad Says’
Wow. Could this be the first huge TV hit via @twitter?
The absolutely hilarious @ShitMyDadSays has been optioned as a TV pilot, and what initially seemed like a horrible idea, of transforming web site text into primetime TV, has turned into something utterly captivating with the casting of William Shatner as the sort-of-senile / …
App Club: Why Is Plants Vs. Zombies Number One?
Seriously, I know Allie already posted about this game, but WTF? I cannot understand why this game is all ruling on iTunes.
(If you haven’t played Plants vs. Zombies, watch this video trailer, featuring music oddly reminiscent of Tangerine Dream’s Risky Business soundtrack: …
Freeze Frame: The David Fincher Close-Up That Rewrote the Alien Franchise
Every Monday with “Freeze Frame,” we break down our very favorite sci-fi/fantasy/adventure moments – the scenes that we look forward to, that remind us why we so love this job. As you might guess, such discussions are riddled with spoilers. So consider yourself warned. (See previous Freeze Frame features here.)
I know that the …
Red Band Kick-Ass Trailer: Cage Is So-So
You can’t tell me that Big Daddy isn’t the spitting image of Batman. At least he’s a fighter.
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LOTR Prequel “Born of Hope:” Your Perfect Weekend Entertainment
And it’s totally free.
Tolkien super fan Kate Madison emptied her life’s savings to direct and star in indie film, Born of Hope, which tells the story of Aragorn’s parents, Arathorn and Gilraen.
The film begins the moment Aragorn’s future parents meet, as his father Arathorn saves the lovely Gilraen and her family from a band of …
Caprica, Part IV: The Mad Scientist Foresakes His Invention
Yep, spoilers. But not too many. Mostly analysis. And deeper rumblings.
Caprica is finally back, and after toying around – and then around some more – with the notion of a murdered Amanda Graystone, we can finally move beyond the rather pedestrian plotline of one grieving father siccing his hoodlum brother on another. Revenge is …
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” airs on ABC at 8 p.m.
The Daily Dose
Friday, Feb. 19, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter and Lev talk Batman 3 and look way silly playing Project Natal on The Techland Show. They so crazy. Douglas takes a look at comic Kick Ass in his weekly column Emanata, and Steve chats with Shutter Island author Dennis Lehane about the film adaptation of his novel, in theaters today. It’s …
Twilight Fan: The Wolfman “Gives Werewolves a Bad Name”
E-mail hath no fury like a woman neck-deep in a Twilight frenzy.
Yesterday, George ‘El Guapo’ Roush from LatinoReview.com posted a fan’s response to Universal’s latest werewolf flick, The Wolfman – a remake of the 1941 classic. (Read Techland’s review of the reboot here.) In a typo-ridden fit of rage, the note’s author lets loose on …
Episode 17: Project Natal Test-Drive, Changes at DC, Shutter Island Expectations
Peter Ha talks about his experience testing out Xbox’s Project Natal and what the latest management changes at DC comics mean for the brand while, Steven James Snyder previews what to look for in Shutter Island, out in theaters today.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Techland contributors and …
Mark Millar’s Been Making Iron Man Costumes For Decades
Kick-Ass’ Mark Millar chats about making Iron Man costumes as a kid and wanting to work with John Romita Jr. for as long as they’re both alive. Titan Books will be releasing “Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie” on February 23rd.
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