W.B.’s Comic Con Lineup: No Love for the Boy Who Lived?

You have to give Warner Brothers credit for at least ponying up something good for Comic Con. Lots of studios don’t even bother, assuming that all the cosplaying nerds can’t possibly matter that much in the long run. But of course, they do; that guy dressed up as Link with a cardboard sword is going to go home and blog about the OMG SO AWESOME panel, and probably do a write-up for AICN, too. He matters. They all matter.

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Today, I Am Happy. Be Amazed.

Okay, okay.  Got to breathe…got to calm down.  Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean…happy place….HAPPY PLLAAAACE….

I can’t DO it any more!  This is TOO GOOD!  Seriously, THIS IS TOO GOOD! Man, I’m punching caps unrestrainedly here–this is beyond belief!  By now you’re probably all wondering what’s got my proverbial knickers in the equally proverbial twist, and I’ll be more than happy to fill you in.

See, a few months back, a great thing happened.  We got our first George Romero zombie movie in years that had no connections to some big-bucks studio who was going to screw it up with more executive meddling than the entire Fox network.  It was given somewhat of a mixed reception, with people either loving it (like myself) or hating it (like brain-damaged troglodytes and Zac Snyder).  Okay, I’m just kidding on that last one, but still.  It’s great news to a chunk of the audience of the last one that shooting on Diary of the Dead 2 will begin in September, and a synopsis is available.  Check it out: (more…)

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Reconsidering that Dead Rising Wii version now

Some good news and some bad news on that remake of Dead Rising for the Wii.

The good news is the game got a nice new name for its North American release. Instead of Dead Rising: Zombie Sacrifice, it’s going to be Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop.

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Another Nail in the Theatre Coffin–Amazon On Demand

It’s true, it’s true, o my readership–one of the biggest online brand names and one of only a handful to survive the great dot-com bubble of the early 2000’s, Amazon, has launched the beta version of its video on demand service.

This will allow Amazon users to watch, via streaming video, any of forty thousand currently available titles.  Requiring no special software, Amazon “rents” the videos for specific fees per individual title.  Since the titles are all streaming in nature, they can’t be seen anywhere where there is no internet access, like on airplanes and such.  At least not currently–I’ve heard more that one rumor that says airlines are working on mobile wireless broadband in the cabin.  Though given the state of the airline industry these days I’m leaning toward doubting it.

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The Mobile Game Market: Surviving High School

Today I’d like to take a look at a Gamasutra article about the casual mobile… game… mar… ket… zzzzzzzz.

How do you succeed with original IP in the license/generic-heavy cellphone game biz? Vivendi’s Palley discusses the trials and tribulations of creating Surviving High School

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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Act III

After much thought, I’ve come to the conclusion that I can’t talk about Act III without spoiling it. To summarize it up until the end would be pointless and boring; it’s fifteen minutes of your life. Just watch it.

From here on out, Act III will be spoiled. Continue at your own peril.

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What This World Needs is More Organ-Centric Musicals

Repo! The Genetic Opera. What a title.

Trying to explain the film makes you sound every bit as schizophrenic as the new trailer, which features familiar faces like Paul Sorvino, Alexa Vega, Paris HIlton, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Anthony Head. There’s even the sweet-voiced singer Sarah Brightman, who plays - surprisingly - a singer.

In general, only the hardcore horror sites are bothering to cover Repo! news. This is mostly due to the direction of Darren Bousman, most famous for Saws II, III, and IV. They’re barely horror movies and Repo! looks even less so, which makes me wonder how much of an audience it will have.

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A Panda With Green Eyes?? CONSPIRACY!!

No, seriously!  Someone actually SAID this!  Specifically, Chinese performance artist Zhao Bandi (does that translate literally as “schmuck with way too much time on his hands”?), who is convinced that the recent Dreamworks release Kung Fu Panda is a thinly-veiled insult to the Chinese people.  All of them.

I really couldn’t believe it when I laid eyes on it.  Bandi’s reasoning is about as flimsy as a moth-eaten silk robe–apparently, portraying a panda as having green eyes makes him some kind of evil lunatic and making the panda’s father a duck is an insult of yo mamma proportions on the entire country.  Check out his own words:

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Portal Xbox Live exclusive expansion thing… kinda

Word came out about this during E3, but details were a little sketchy.

Xbox Live Arcade is getting its own version of Portal, titled Portal: Still Alive. This isn’t a sequel as the title might imply, but a re-release of the original game with extra content.

The obvious question is, will there be more of everyone’s favorite passive-aggressive homicidal artificial intelligence, GLaDOS? The answer is no.

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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Act II

The second episode of Joss Whedon’s experimental new media musical, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, picks up right where Act I left off. And that’s the luxury of an episodic internet project - no “previously on”s, no summaries of things you’ve already seen. Because you can watch the first episode whenever you want. Thanks, internet!

Captain Hammer and Penny go on a “date” at her beloved homeless shelter, where he is clearly uncomfortable and out of his element. Though he puts on a brave face, it’s obvious that the homeless don’t matter to him - at least, not as much as one-upping his nemesis, the titular Dr. Horrible.

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