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Stuff: Fleeting Expletives = Deck Chairs on the Decency Titanic

Posted on 05.02.09 by Widge @ 5:43 am
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Many sites want you to spend all day reading their regurgitated press releases. We would never dream of wasting your time like that. But like this--this is fair game.

In a bit of retro madness/genius, Reebok is putting out shoes based on the movie Gremlins, which I'm sad to say, turns 25 this year. Shown is a snippet of the Gremlin shoe. There's also a Mogwai shoe. No idea where you can get a pair for yourself, though. Source.

Is it possible? Can it be? After years of lamenting over the loss of funnyman Chevy Chase--he's in a pilot for NBC that looks like it'll get picked up for series? It's called Community and I fear it will either be brilliant and last all of four episodes or be shit and last for all of four seasons. We shall see.

Death Note is going to be remade into a live-action film by Warner Brothers, or at least the first three volumes of the manga. The scribes who did Tarsem's aforementioned War of the Gods are on board. Source.

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Stuff: Abraham Lincoln to Fight Vampires; Gillian Anderson to Fight Who

Posted on 04.27.09 by Widge @ 1:59 am
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This is the trailer for One-Eyed Monster, which is what happens when the adult film industry and horror collide. It's funny. But it's wrong. And it has Ron Jeremy in the cast. And whether or not it's SFW is up to you. Just wear headphones at least.

Direct link for the feedreaders.

Amazon has a crapload of sci-fi titles on sale. I've picked out some choice ones...

The 3-disc edition of the Dune miniseries for $8.49. (Doc's review of it is here if you want a detailed look at what it offers.)
The original Invasion of the Body Snatchers for $8.49.
Star Trek: The Animated Series $18.99, 51% off
The original War of the Worlds for $6.99

And there's a slew of television--like Stargate, X-Files and Trek--for decent prices as well. Check it all out here.

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Stuff: AMG is Coming Right At You... Yes, You There on the Couch

Posted on 04.15.09 by Widge @ 3:48 am
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Amazon has the upcoming 2-Blu-Ray/1 DVD combo of Snow White (which we had previously mentioned) available for pre-order. You can pre-order that here or the straight-up 2-DVD version here. They're out October 6th and November 24th respectively. Also, Spaceballs hits Blu-Ray on June 16th. You can pre-order yours here.

AMG wants to be the first 3-D network. The gist of what you need to know is that AMG TV is being bought and the folks behind it want to build up enough of a library that they can have "the first full-time 3-D network in the country." How do you get the tech to have 3-D at home, so we can watch cool shit like Coraline and Monsters vs. Aliens and such? "two solutions: an add-on box for cable and satellite subscribers; and an 'enhancement' that will turn any HD television into a 3-D TV for about $50, including the cost of glasses." Ah, but the coolness is tempered: they call it a 5 on a scale of 1-10 for quality, but it beats what we have right now for home options. Man, the 3-D sci-fi and horror festivals alone might be worth the price of admission for that thing, I don't know about you guys... Source.

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Stuff: Wheel of Time Ends by 2010

Posted on 04.06.09 by Widge @ 5:44 am
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Author Robert Jordan

Amazon now has both Ghostbusters on Blu-Ray for sale ($20.49 and it's available in June) and the second season of Pushing Daisies on DVD ($27.99 and it's available in July). Click on each of those to pre-order them.

The Wheel of Time is getting its final book. No, wait, trilogy. Hell, I don't know. This press release is confusing as hell. Basically the twelfth book of the long-running series by the late Robert Jordan is called A Memory of Light, which is the end of the series. It will be co-written by Brandon Sanderson, picked by Jordan's wife and editor (note: same person) to finish what Jordan started, and will be released over the next two years. Book 12 is called The Gathering Storm and hits on November 3rd. Apparently "JordanCon" is happening in Alpharetta GA (my neck of the woods) April 17-19 and Harriet McDougal (Mrs. Jordan), Sanderson, and Tor editor Tom Doherty will all be in attendance. The book is not available for pre-order, but oddly the audiobook is. Image source.

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Stuff: If Paul and Ringo Aren't Passing Out Diplomas Then Forget It

Posted on 03.30.09 by Widge @ 5:00 pm
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Some sites base their entire existence on regurgitating press releases at you. We just base one section. Saves everybody time and effort, I think.

Amazon has the first four seasons of Boston Legal for sale today and while stocks last for $80.49 on DVD, which is 65% off the usual price. You can snag yours here. Also, speaking of Amazon, Star Trek Season 1 is hitting Blu-Ray on April 28th. You can catch that here.

BTW, Astro Boy trailer.

Direct link for the feedreaders.

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