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- Video Game Deal: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
- Geek Gear: Street Fighter ‘Hadouken Lager Beer’ Shirt
- Brett Ratner Chooses Eddie Murphy To Host Oscars; Billy Crystal Will Be Involved
- Dragon*Con 2011 Video: Ladies Of ‘The Guild’ Share Details On Upcoming Episodes
- Dragon*Con 2011 Video: ‘The Walking Dead’ Cast Eerily Silent About New Showrunner
- Book Review: Star Wars Vs. Star Trek: Could the Empire Kick the Federation’s Ass?
- Comic Review: Infinite Kung Fu
- New Behind The Scenes Video From ‘Battleship’ Hits
- John Moore Directing ‘Die Hard 5′
- TV Review: ‘Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler’
- New Trailer For ‘The Dangerous Method’ Hits
- Dragon*Con 2011 Video: ‘Doctor Who’ Actor Sylvester McCoy Reveals Origins Of His Name
- Fare Ye Well, Borders
- Digital Rental Deal: Source Code, The King’s Speech, The Adjustment Bureau
| Video Game Deal: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:50 AM PDT  The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition for PC for only $19.99 (that's 50% off the list price of $39.99). Note, this sale is valid only for today, Saturday, September 4, 2011, until 11:59PM PST while supplies last [...] |
| Geek Gear: Street Fighter ‘Hadouken Lager Beer’ Shirt Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:24 AM PDT  The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is the Street Fighter-themed shirt "Hadouken Lager Beer" by artist Nana Leonti. The sale at RIPT began today, Sunday, September 4, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...] |
| Brett Ratner Chooses Eddie Murphy To Host Oscars; Billy Crystal Will Be Involved Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:33 PM PDT  Deadline has learned that when Brett Ratner, the director of such titles as X–Men: The Last Stand, Red Dragon, and all three Rush Hour flicks, meets with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences this Tuesday to discuss who he thinks would be a good choice to host the 84th annual Academy Awards, he's going to push for Eddie Murphy. Ratner was chosen by the Academy in early August to produce the ceremony along with Don Mischer. This doesn't mean that Murphy is hosting for sure yet—only that his name will be in the mix with whomever Mischer also suggests. According to sources, Mischer has a plethora of "big names" interested in hosting that he's talking to. Many might automatically think this to be the worst idea ever, but, when reminded of Murphy's long–lost hilarious past, one has to assume he could end up being a surprise hit. In his prime, Murphy was an insanely funny comedian and one of the many legendary Saturday Night Live cast members. [...] |
| Dragon*Con 2011 Video: Ladies Of ‘The Guild’ Share Details On Upcoming Episodes Posted: 03 Sep 2011 07:52 PM PDT   The leading ladies from hit web series The Guild made their way to Atlanta this weekend to join in the geeky celebration that is Dragon*Con 2011. And fortunately for us, they even participated in some panels about the show. Amy Okuda (Tinkerballa), Robin Thorsen (Clara), and creator/star Felicia Day (Codex) spoke about their past experiences working on The Guild as well as what fans can expect from the next few episodes and future seasons of the show. If you didn't already know (and if you're reading this far into the article, you probably should), The Guild began its fifth season in late July. The most recent episode, Revolving Doors, aired on the show's official website this week [...] |
| Dragon*Con 2011 Video: ‘The Walking Dead’ Cast Eerily Silent About New Showrunner Posted: 03 Sep 2011 06:38 PM PDT  The Walking Dead might be getting a 90-minute premiere when it airs its second season this October, but it'll be doing so without original showrunner Frank Darabont, which has more than just fans concerned about the show's future. The show's cast stayed silent about Darabont's departure during the The Walking Dead cast panel on Friday at Dragon*Con 2011 -- their first large public appearance since San Diego Comic-Con in July, after which Darabont was fired. I've embedded a video of the panel below, but I feel obligated to give fair warning to the people who are only looking for spoilers: It doesn't really contain much information about the next season. Oddly, there also isn't any mention from the actors about what it's been like working under new showrunner Glen Mazzara [...] |
| Book Review: Star Wars Vs. Star Trek: Could the Empire Kick the Federation’s Ass? Posted: 03 Sep 2011 04:00 PM PDT  Star Wars vs. Star Trek Could the Empire kick the Federation's Ass? ... and other galaxy-shaking enigmas Paperback | Kindle By Matt Forbeck Adams Media Release Date: May 18, 2011 I was really curious going into this book, mostly about how someone could write an unbiased novel on which school of sci-fi was better. As it turns out, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Star Wars vs. Star Trek isn't a novel at all. Instead, author Matt Forbeck created what I consider to be a very nicely divided series of comparisons. Think of it as a sort of Celebrity Deathmatch in book form. I laughed, I cried, I rejoiced. I'm a Star Wars fan, hands down. I waited in line in 1977 to see the first one and repeated that for every single movie thereafter (even the prequels). Heck, I even have a Stormtrooper tattoo and commonly quote Yoda. I always wanted to be Boba Fett growing up, seriously cool armor on that guy. But I also thoroughly enjoyed the Star Trek movies, not so much the television shows but I also only saw them when my roommates watched them (Sorry, Dan and Randy) [...] |
| Comic Review: Infinite Kung Fu Posted: 03 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT  Infinite Kung Fu Paperback Written by Kagan McLeod Pencils by Kagan McLeod Top Shelf Release date: August 9, 2011 Infinite Kung Fu is a martial arts adventure with several twists. Set in an ancient time when souls are refusing to pass on and can jump from one dead person to the next, the students of the Eight Immortals have turned on the teachings of their masters and have begun practicing the Poison Kung Fu styles. One of the Immortals, Chung Li Ch'uan, encounters Yang Lei Kung, a former soldier, and decides that he will be teach him Kung Fu. Ch'uan believes that Kung is the chosen one and will defeat the evil emperor and his generals. Eventually, Kung becomes one of the Emperor's generals and goes on a quest to learn many different styles of Kung Fu in order to become skilled enough to overthrow the emperor's evil empire. Along the way, Kung gains several allies, including Moog Joogular, student of Chung Kuo Lao, another of the Eight Immortals. Joogular looks like a young George Clinton and has a very unique fighting style [...] |
| New Behind The Scenes Video From ‘Battleship’ Hits Posted: 03 Sep 2011 02:00 PM PDT  Excited for Battleship? I mean, how couldn't you be? A horrible cast (save for one Liam Neeson), a mediocre director at the helm, and what can best be described as a dreadful trailer all have been shared in the same breath as the title of this film, and have since sent this movie down the ladder of most anticipated projects coming down the pipeline. Well, thanks to Entertainment Tonight, we have a new set video for the film, and I must say, it doesn't do much for me [...] |
| John Moore Directing ‘Die Hard 5′ Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:54 PM PDT  Who the hell is John Moore, you may be asking. Well, not only is he the man behind such masterpieces as Max Payne, but now, according to Deadline, he'll be helming the fifth film in the Die Hard franchise. Moore beat out names like Noam Murro (who left the film to work on the upcoming sequel to 300), Joe Cornish, Justin Lin, and even indie darling Nicolas Winding Refn to take on the film, and should breath a new life into the Bruce Willis-starring franchise, be it one that may or may not be worthwhile [...] |
| TV Review: ‘Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler’ Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:00 PM PDT  Doctor Who returned last week for the second half of its Series Six run and after the break we've got a review of the highly anticipated "Let's Kill Hitler." Doctor Who Series 6, Episode Eight - Let's Kill Hitler Directed by Richard Senior Written by Steven Moffat Starring Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Alex Kingston, Nina Toussaint-White, Caitlin Blackwood, Maya Glace-Green, Ezekiel Wigglesworth, Philip Rham, Richard Dillane, Amy Cudden, Davood Ghadami, Ella Kenion, and Albert Welling BBC America Air date: August 27, 2011 "Let's Kill Hitler" makes my brain hurt. Mind you, it's a good hurt, but much of the discussion on this episode will have to fall under our spoilers section due to the massive amount of plot that occurs in this episode. Yet, there's still plenty of non-spoiler stuff to talk about for those that have yet to watch it [...] |
| New Trailer For ‘The Dangerous Method’ Hits Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:00 AM PDT  As the Fall film season draws closer, one of the biggest films of this year's final four months has to be director David Cronenberg's latest, A Dangerous Method. A new trailer for the film has hit, which you can watch here below, and I must say, it looks fantastic. The film stars Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, and Viggo Mortensen, and follows the story of the friendship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud and what happens when a beautiful woman is thrust in between the two [...] |
| Dragon*Con 2011 Video: ‘Doctor Who’ Actor Sylvester McCoy Reveals Origins Of His Name Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:13 AM PDT Sylvester McCoy, the seventh actor to portray The Doctor on classic British TV show Doctor Who, revealed yesterday the melodic and humorous origins of his name during his first panel (ever) at this year's Dragon*Con. As McCoy explains in the video, which you can watch here below, "Sylvester" actually started out as "Sylvest." It was coined from a song that he graciously performed for the crowd. His surname came from "a bad joke." And don't get me wrong, if I typed said joke out in this post or retold it to you in person, it would most certainly be a bad joke. However, when McCoy tells it, it's brilliant. Anyone who doubts his abilities as a valuable part of the Doctor Who cannon would do well to watch the video [...] |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2011 07:00 AM PDT  Earlier this year, Borders Group Inc filed for bankruptcy. After a July 2011 deadline came and went without a buyer for the national book retailer, the company began liquidating its retail chain and closing up stores, with the last of them scheduled to shut down by the end of this month. When that happens, Borders will be no more. Nearly a decade. That's how long I worked for the Borders Group Inc. I transitioned to one of the Waldenbooks from a larger multimedia/book company and it was quite a shock. Antiquated registers and outdated search systems were the norm. But one thing the company had was passion. Passion for books and authors. New employees were quizzed about their book knowledge and any interview turned into a discussion of favorite novels and writers. I loved it, really loved it. Every three or four months there was a conference with authors and publishers speaking, eating, and sometimes even drinking with us. I have Borders to thank for letting me meet some of my favorite authors like Jim Butcher and Vince Flynn. I actually got to have dinner with dozens of writers over the years, many of them I had never heard of but that didn't stop me from enjoying their company. I got to have a quiet one-on-one conversation with Charlaine Harris regarding her newest novel. This is before I had ever heard of Sookie Stackhouse of True Blood fame, way back when the series was known as The Southern Vampire series. I met and befriended the publisher for George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels, even got on the advanced reader list for them, too. Oh, those were the days. But those days ended. It was 2005 when I first started seeing changes, not for the better, might I add. Fewer conferences and far fewer writers in attendance, more conference calls berating under-performing stores (not mine, mind you), and an overall bleaker outlook from upper management. It was also about this time that Borders started changing CEOs almost annually, which never lends itself to a sense of continuity [...] |
| Digital Rental Deal: Source Code, The King’s Speech, The Adjustment Bureau Posted: 03 Sep 2011 06:14 AM PDT  Source Code, The King's Speech, The Adjustment Bureau, and The Lincoln Lawyer are part of Amazon's Instant Video rental deals for this weekend. Rent these titles for only $1.99 each and you'll have access to the movie for 24-48 hours once the rental is activated. Outside of the special weekend deal are 99 Movie Rentals For Under $3, which includes Disney's Up, The Hangover, the Harry Potter movies, the Spy Kids movies, The Dark Knight, The Princess Bride, Back to the Future, National Treasure, and much more, with some as low as $.99. Source Code $1.99 | 48 hours Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the mind-bending action thriller about an experimental government program used to try and stop a deadly terrorist attack in downtown Chicago. The King's Speech $1.99 | 24 hours Winner of four Oscars(R) including "Best Picture" and "Best Actor," The King's Speech is based on the true story of King George VI's quest to find his voice. Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter. The Adjustment Bureau $1.99 | 48 hours An action thriller about a man (Matt Damon) who decides to fight the powerful Adjustment Bureau, risking his political future to be with the only woman he's ever loved (Emily Blunt). [...] |
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