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Iron Man 2 trailer to premiere on Jimmy Kimmel
by Doc on Mar.03, 2010, under Comics, Movies
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. TO APPEAR ON “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: AFTER THE ACADEMY AWARDS®,” ALONG WITH A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE FROM GRAMMY® AWARD WINNER KEITH URBAN
Host Jimmy Kimmel welcomes two-time Academy Award®-nominated Robert Downey Jr. and a musical performance by Grammy Award® winner Keith Urban to the fifth consecutive “Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards”, SUNDAY, MARCH 7, immediately following the late local news (12:05-1:05 a.m., ET, approx). Downey will introduce the world premiere of the new “Iron Man 2” trailer only moments before Urban performs his new hit single, “‘Til Summer Comes Around,” from his 2009 album, “Defying Gravity.”
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Space Invaders on the big screen
by Doc on Mar.03, 2010, under Games, Movies
Asteroids is already on its way. Missile Command is also an apparently possible Fox franchise. So what’s next? The venerable Space Invaders, leader of the modern video game movement, looks to get set up at Warner Bros.. So, what could be next? Monster movie Centipede? Dig Dug saved the world from an underground mega-quake?
Taverncraft bringing out WoW beersteins
by TheThunderChild on Mar.03, 2010, under Games
The Thunder Child received a press release from Taverncraft, advertising their new line of “warsteins”, beer steins decorated with World of Warcraft themes. They attached photos of their whole line. The steins are scheduled to go on sale in April 2010.
If you’re interested in looking at the steins, http://dailyspace.blogspot.com/2010/03/world-of-warcraft-decorative-steins.html
Season 2 of Jeremiah finally sees DVD(-R) release
by Doc on Mar.02, 2010, under Video/DVD
Fans of Jeremiah have been waiting patiently, hoping for Season 2 to finally be released on DVD – considering [sfs=372]Season 1[/sfs] was released 6 years ago. But now you can [sfs=1005]finally get it tomorrow[/sfs], but only from Amazon.com (through our links of course). However, it isn’t your standard DVD set, but rather Amazon is publishing these on-demand on DVD-Rs…perhaps the future model for lower-demand titles? It will be interesting to see the quality of the release in this model.
Game Of Thrones gets green light from HBO
by Doc on Mar.02, 2010, under Television
The George R.R. Martin fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire has been greenlighted by HBO for production as a series, with 9 episodes plus the pilot ordered. It appears it may run under the name of Game Of Thrones, which is the name of the [asin=0553381687]first novel[/asin] and also of the pilot episode. Taking place mostly on the continent of Westeros where winter can last decades, it deals with the conflicts between seven kingdoms in the aftermath of a civil war, struggling to take the ultimate throne – some with force, others with subterfuge, while the Others from the north prepare to renew their threat from across the Wall.
Neat things, in a too-much-time sort of way…
by Doc on Mar.01, 2010, under Fun Stuff
Found these on Sci-Fi Wire: First, someone built Minas Tirith out of 420,000 matchsticks over the course of three years – and it looks awesome. And someone else built a foosball table out of Star Wars legos…Read our full article to see some images.
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Problems of a Tentacular Nature
by TheThunderChild on Mar.01, 2010, under Comics, Web Sites
The Thunder Child’s new contributor, Matt Sanborn, has written one article and two reviews that I’d like to share iwht readers of Sci-Fi Storm.
Why We Love the Call of Cthulhu – an article on the Keepers and those who play this RPG – and why so many are so bad at it!
http://volcanoseven.com/TheThunderChild/CallofReviews/LoveCthulhu.html
Reviews of the first 2 comics in the 4-set release to coincide with The Crazies movie:
http://volcanoseven.com/TheThunderChild/CallofReviews/Crazies1and2.html
A review of Peter Brother’s “Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men”: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda”
http://volcanoseven.com/TheThunderChild/CallofReviews/IshiroHondaReview.html
Please read and enjoy
Doctor Who returns in April
by Doc on Feb.25, 2010, under Television
The new Doctor will make his U.S. debut on April 17th on BBC America, as Doctor Who hits the airwaves again, not long after it does in the U.K. (anyone have an exact date on that?). The first two episodes, “The Eleventh Hour” and “The Beast Below”, were written by new exec runner Steven Moffat (who previously wrote some of the best at creepiest episodes) and the third is “Victory of the Daleks”, which as you might think features some Daleks, written by Mark Gatiss. See below for the full press release, and also check out the trailer – you’ll see some familiar enemies (including the weeping angels from “Blink”), but it ends with an interesting reptilian skull – a foreshadow of a major enemy?
Koenig’s son’s body found
by Doc on Feb.25, 2010, under Obituaries
As an unfortunate followup to a previous story, it appears that Andrew Koenig’s body has been found in a Vancouver park. A police conference is set for 5pm PT (8pm ET). Our condolences to the Koenig family. Update: Walter Koenig confirmed in a press conference. “My son took his own life,” he said.
Fox to adapt Fourth Realm trilogy
by Doc on Feb.23, 2010, under Books, Television
The Fourth Realm trilogy, written by John Twelve Hawks and deal with parallel universes, secret organizations and population control, has been optioned by Fox for adaptation into a movie, with Alex Tse (Watchmen) adapting the screenplay and Gil Netter (The Blind Side) and Andrew Tennenbaum (The Bourne Identity) producing. Can anyone provide a good overview or even better a review of the books?