Browsing Posts published in July, 2009
Here we are boys and girls one week away from the debut of the live action GI Joe movie. Last week at this time we took a look at the very first cartoon mini series, but this week I bring you news of a new mini series in the works. This one will include the help of someone that is near and dear to many of your hearts Max Brooks!
News leaked out at last week’s comic con that Max who is best know for his work as the author on hit sellers World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide has signed on to do a new GI Joe comic book mini series next year! Not many other details have been revealed other then it will be a 5 issue run and as of now nothing more is planned.
I’ll probably wait for this to come out as a trade paperback and pick this up. The only reason I ever read comics to begin with was I was a big GI Joe fan as a kid and for the longest time I read the GI Joe comic books.
One week and counting!
I would rather face Laser Cats over this Laser Dog.
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When you binge drink you never know where you might end up.
If you had the extended directors cut of Watchmen 
How was this possible you may ask? Fans with the Blu-ray of Watchmen in their Internet-connected players could use the BD Live technology to view the movie with a running text of Snyder’s words flowing in a white box at the top of the screen.
Snyder answered questions from members of the live audience in San Diego as well as from fans at home, who logged onto Warner’s BD Live Web site and typed questions via computer.
During the screening, he answered questions about costume choices, scenes he cut out – and why, and the occassional super geek questions like “if you where a Jedi, what color would your light saber be?”…..
For those of you interested, his answer was Green. It is also worth noting that when asked what his favorite movie of all time is…he said Star Wars!
Up until this live screening, I haven’t thought the BD Live technology has been too impressive. Typically you can just logon via Blue-ray and download some small extra’s that likely should have been included on the disc in the first place.
Anyway, I stepped into the event not knowing what to expect. I was hoping to see a live video feed, but we got the box of text. It was still super cool, and I’m excited to see the new technology pushed further to include live crowd interaction via the web.
I’ll be looking forward to the next one!
HD Trailer for Tron Legacy (aka Tron 2, Tr2n). Coming in Disney 3D in 2010. Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wild, Bruce Boxleitner. Directed by Joseph Kosinski.
A Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm.
“I’ve never heard of a robot attacking somebody like this,” he told news agency TT.
The incident took place in June 2007 at a factory in Bålsta, north of Stockholm, when the industrial worker was trying to carry out maintenance on a defective machine generally used to lift heavy rocks. Thinking he had cut off the power supply, the man approached the robot with no sense of trepidation.
But the robot suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim’s head. The man succeeded in defending himself but not before suffering serious injuries.
“The man was very lucky. He broke four ribs and came close to losing his life,” said Leif Johansson.
The matter was subject to an investigation by both the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) and the police.
Prosecutor Johansson chastised the company for its inadequate safety procedures but he also placed part of the blame on the injured worker.
I’m not sure what to think about this story. Is this a contender for the www.darwinawards.com, or is this a Transformers, robots in disguise type of situation. It also doesn’t help that this “robot” is designed to smash large rocks automatically on it’s own without someone controlling it somehow. Hopefully, a robot will never confuse me for a large boulder because i’m not sure if i’m ready to kneel before our Robot Overlords.
I love it when old people start cursing.
