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YouTube Tuesday: Beam Me Up Edition

November 18, 2008 by Dave

How could it be anything else this week but the trailer to the new Star Trek movie, a reboot of the franchise. I’ve embedded the theater bootleg since it’s the only one up on YouTube, but I highly recommend watching the full quality trailer instead. Everything I’ve heard has made me excited for this movie, […]

Filed Under: Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: Bad Movie Ideas

November 17, 2008 by Dave

As we are oft to do, we wanted to find out what kinds of games you play. 94% of you play Tabletop Roleplaying Games (only 4 people who voted do not), 71% of you play console games, and 67% play boardgames. Amazingly, 0% are not gamers at all… they have all fled from our gamerdom. […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Movies

YouTube Tuesday: Singing about Kissing Wookies Edition

November 11, 2008 by Dave

An a capella version of various John Williams songs, with new lyrics around Star Wars. Oh, and it’s composited very well, as you’ll see.

Filed Under: Movies, Music, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Captain America gets a Director

November 10, 2008 by Bartoneus

The Hollywood Reporter is saying that the First Avenger: Captain America movie now has a director, Joe Johnston.  Johnston was the director of Jumanji and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, but probably most importantly one of my favorite movies The Rocketeer!  I say this is the most important because this Captain America movie is supposedly […]

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits, Movies Tagged With: captain america, director, joe johnston, Movies, rocketeer

Review: “Eagle Eye”

September 24, 2008 by Bartoneus

Last night my wife and I had the privilege of seeing an advanced screening of the movie Eagle Eye, thanks to Paramount Pictures and local morning radio host Elliot in the Morning.  The movie is listed as an action/mystery/thriller and takes place in modern day America, staring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan with Rosaria Dawson, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: eagle eye, fiction, movie, Reviews, science fiction, technology

YouTube of the Week: Don’t Feed the Batman after Midnight Edition

September 2, 2008 by Dave

A fan redone version of a segment from Gremlins. Be sure to check out the making of video too.

Filed Under: Movies, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: batman, gremlins, indiana jones

YouTube of the Week: Mega Bees Edition

August 26, 2008 by Dave

You might need this for reference, but other than that, should be self-explanatory. Thanks to joshx0rfz for sending it to me.

Filed Under: Movies, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Green Lantern Next Mega Franchise?

August 14, 2008 by The Main Event

In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power…Green Lantern’s light! So, an epic superhero space movie that draws out the Sinestro/Hal Jordan relationship and seeds the beginnings of Guy Gardner?? Seriously, Green Lantern is perhaps the best established comic franchise yet to […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Hold Your Breath Wheel of Time Fans

August 13, 2008 by The Main Event

Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan’s bestselling “The Wheel of Time” novel series in a seven-figure deal. Now, I may have some complaints about the series, but it sure does do a lot of things right.  I liked the idea of a mini series more, but maybe a movie done […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

2 Hugo Awards, and one other scoop from WorldCon

August 9, 2008 by Dave

Not that I normally cover them, but I’m receiving word (via text message from my mother at WorldCon) that the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) went to Stardust, and Best Novel went to The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon. EDIT: A Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) went to the Doctor Who episode […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

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