Spider Man 4 dies so that Warcraft may live

January 17, 2010

I don’t really care about the news that the Spider Man franchise under Sam Raimi’s hand is over, except for the much more important fact that it frees Raimi to work on the Warcraft movie instead. As Harry says at AICN,
I feel confident in saying that the next film we’ll see from Raimi is going [...]

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Cowboy Bebop

January 15, 2010

Just started Cowboy Bebop via Netflix. It’s amazing. It’s clear how Firefly was inspired by this in so many ways. Theres not much to say at this point but it’s just spectacular on every axis – animation, story, characters. It’s really rare to see a science fiction treatment based in the Solar System and the [...]

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Does Pixar have a gender problem?

January 14, 2010

This argument by blogger Caitlin says yes. But I find it unconvincing, because frankly if you zoom out to animated storytelling as a whole, you realize that there’s acually a shortage of normal male characters, not female. Disney is the perfect counterexample – apart from Aladdin, there isn’t a single boy character that is worthy [...]

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Netflix coming to Wii

January 14, 2010

This was expected, and welcome news indeed: Netflix streaming is coming to the Wii in March.
Screw the Roku or popbox, man, between my DVD player and Wii I’ve got 95% of my bases covered now. And the Wii’s lack of HD support isn’t a big deal – for streaming, standard-def is actually better anyway, and [...]

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a solution to the Leno vs Conan problem

January 14, 2010

as regards to the arcane conflict over at NBC about where to stick Leno and how to stiff Conan, ably summarized by the latter in his own words here (hey Conan, apology accepted, btw), I offer a humble solution in all earnestness that should preserve egos, reputations, and ratings alike. May it be so.
(disclosure – [...]

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anime version of Dante’s Inferno

January 13, 2010

AICN has some trailers of the anime version of Dante’s Inferno coming out in a couple of weeks. They provide some minimal detail, but its enough to raise my interest:
On February 9th, Anchor Bay will be releasing Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic on Blu-ray and DVD. The anthology, with work from and Production IG (Kill [...]

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Boxee and Popbox gunning for Roku

January 8, 2010

I’ve prevously mentioned the Roku digital player as a game changer for home entertainment, but haven’t actually bought one yet. It looks now like there’s some serious competition to Roku, which is of course a good thing. The first is Boxee, which has a software-only variant you download to yor PC and also actual hardware [...]

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the shrinking world of anime

December 31, 2009

An interesting discussion at Pete’s and Steven’s has me thinking that the trend for anime is one whihch basically dooms DVDs to extinction (and why are we even talking about VHS anymore?). The problem is not just limited to titles that aren’t available in North America, but even titles which may technically be available but [...]

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Willow goes to Azeroth

December 29, 2009

Unfortunately I got stuck on the Earth for rather longer than I intended. I came for a week and was stranded for fifteen years. — Ford Prefect
These words of warning apply equally well to Azeroth as Earth, as does the Guide entry which read in full, “Mostly Harmless”. That mostly bit is key, as G [...]

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The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks tonight

December 13, 2009

The Geminids are coming tonight!

“It’s the Geminid meteor shower,” says Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “and it will peak on Dec. 13th and 14th under ideal viewing conditions.”
A new Moon will keep skies dark for a display that Cooke and others say could top 140 meteors per hour. According to the International Meteor [...]

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