Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Ridley Scott to adapt Haldeman's Forever War
Just found out that one of my favourite books read in the last few years is to be made into a film directed by Ridley Scott; Joe Haldeman's Forever War! I bought this book a few years back from a list of top Science Fiction books (S.F. Masterworks), it was the number one on the list. One of the few books I had difficulty putting down, I've started reading through the rest and so far found them pretty enjoyable too, with I am Legend and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep 2nd and 4th respectively.
I'll be looking forward to this release!!
Original Article on BoingBoing
Labels: book, coolstuff, movie
Monday, November 19, 2007
Futurama Bender's Big Score
"Uncancel your plans for the future - FUTURAMA is back!"
My preorder for the newest Futurama DVD - Bender's Big Score arrived this morning earlier than expected!! On the back the following Special Features are advertised:
Commentary
Futurama Returns - A live comic book reading by the Futurama cast
Everybody Loves Hypnotoad - A full-length episode of the future's most popular TV program!
Deleted Storyboard Scenes
A Terrifying Message from Al Gore - An animated promo for An Inconvenient Truth featuring Bender and Al Gore with Video Commentary
Bite My Shiny Metal X - A mind shattering Futurama maths lecture!
3D Models / 3D Turnarounds
The Script: Original First Draft
New Character / Design Sketches
Original 5-minute Comic-Con Promo
Inside there is an advert for the Futurama comics with headline - Resistance is Futile! and an advert for a handpainted picture of the crew playing nude beach volleyball.
The DVD packaging is very nice and a great change since the somewhat mundane TV show releases a few years back!
I've unboxed it on YouTube...
My preorder for the newest Futurama DVD - Bender's Big Score arrived this morning earlier than expected!! On the back the following Special Features are advertised:
Commentary
Futurama Returns - A live comic book reading by the Futurama cast
Everybody Loves Hypnotoad - A full-length episode of the future's most popular TV program!
Deleted Storyboard Scenes
A Terrifying Message from Al Gore - An animated promo for An Inconvenient Truth featuring Bender and Al Gore with Video Commentary
Bite My Shiny Metal X - A mind shattering Futurama maths lecture!
3D Models / 3D Turnarounds
The Script: Original First Draft
New Character / Design Sketches
Original 5-minute Comic-Con Promo
Inside there is an advert for the Futurama comics with headline - Resistance is Futile! and an advert for a handpainted picture of the crew playing nude beach volleyball.
The DVD packaging is very nice and a great change since the somewhat mundane TV show releases a few years back!
I've unboxed it on YouTube...
Labels: coolstuff, futurama, movie
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Futurama Interview
I've been waiting for the new Futurama movie with anticipation since it was announced over a year ago! The DVD movie will be released in a few weeks now and the 'buzz' on Futurama sites is increasing.
There is a nice interview from CGEF (Can't Get Enough Futurama) with David X Cohen about his past, what he did during his time between Futurama (the Futurama 'hiatus') and some extra information about whats on the disc.
I'm looking forward to the Maths extra on the DVD - a lecture by Dr. Sarah Greenwald. Dr. Greenwald is a fan of Futurama and has a great website listing many of the mathematical references contained within the Futurama TV Shows.
Benders Big Score is released on November 27th.
Link to the David X Cohen Interview
Link to Futurama Math by Dr. Sarah Greenwald
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Doom Soundtrack
It's been years since I played doom - but I've never forgotton the tunes. I've never since known a game to have such a menacing, but fantastic soundtrack!! I once had one of the levels as a ringtone on my mobile!
I appreciated this YouTube video for exactly this reason - although this guy plays the doom level theme "megamix" purely on the piano!
Great Stuff!!
Labels: coolstuff, movie, video
Sunday, September 09, 2007
IT Crowd antipiracy ad
I'm a fan of the IT crowd and watch it whenever it's shown on Friday nights on C4 (My Sky+ automatically records it for me).
Catch it if you can, although you can download it using BitTorrent if you miss it!
Which is a bit ironic, considering this was the start of last night's IT Crowd - a parody of movie copyright infringement videos you get on DVDs these days!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Simpsons Movie
I went to watch the Simpsons Movie last night thanks to the Orange 2 for 1 deal at the Showcase Cinemas!
As (oddly) seems to be the case, when Louise and I go to watch a movie, all the other screens are bustling; except the one we're in! The screen last night had about ten people in it in total - fantastic!
I was a bit worried about not enjoying this film as I'd heard mixed opinions and having watched various adverts and clips either I'd watched all the funny parts or that was the tip of the iceberg...
Well, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I hate it when people tell me what happens so don't worry I'm not going to tell you anything other than - there is someone credited in the voice credits at the end of the film who doesn't actually appear. Whilst not realising this at the time, I noticed it and later found out it's apparently a joke on "those who obsessively read the movie credits" - D'oh!! Worst Joke Ever! Wikipedia is now telling me they were cut from the movie - oh well, guess I'll have to wait 'til the DVD release now to find out!
As (oddly) seems to be the case, when Louise and I go to watch a movie, all the other screens are bustling; except the one we're in! The screen last night had about ten people in it in total - fantastic!
I was a bit worried about not enjoying this film as I'd heard mixed opinions and having watched various adverts and clips either I'd watched all the funny parts or that was the tip of the iceberg...
Well, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I hate it when people tell me what happens so don't worry I'm not going to tell you anything other than - there is someone credited in the voice credits at the end of the film who doesn't actually appear. Whilst not realising this at the time, I noticed it and later found out it's apparently a joke on "those who obsessively read the movie credits" - D'oh!! Worst Joke Ever! Wikipedia is now telling me they were cut from the movie - oh well, guess I'll have to wait 'til the DVD release now to find out!
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