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July 4th, 2009, 9:14 am by Jayson Peters
Yub yub!
Lucasfilm/Wookieepedia
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July 2nd, 2009, 2:54 pm by Jayson Peters
This is comedy gold that’s been out there for a while. And why was I not informed?
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)
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June 24th, 2009, 10:34 pm by Jayson Peters
 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to expand the nominee field for best picture to 10 movies starting with the March 7, 2010, ceremony.
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the academy board of governors has decided there were more than five films last year that deserved best-picture consideration. These included The Dark Knight and WALL-E, which were snubbed when it came to best picture nominations despite being among the most talked-about films in years.
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June 24th, 2009, 9:48 pm by Jayson Peters
 First there were the allegations that Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace was a racial caricature in the vein of Stepin Fetchit. Now a pair of jive-talking, illiterate, bling-toothed Autobots are launching even more negative stereotypes into the sci-fi universe with the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but an Associated Press story goes into a lot of detail exploring the issue. The characters are called Skids and Mudflap. One is voiced by a black man, the other voiced by a white man. Kids interviewed seem to like the characters. Academic types who haven’t even seen the movie pretty much condemn them as inappropriate.
I seem to remember the robots in the original Transformers cartoon in the ’80s having speech patterns that seemed out of place for alien beings that looked like tractor trailers. Then again, they learned everything they knew about Earth from a scan of our media.
Then again, it was just a cartoon.
Posted in: Movies • Toons • Transformers • Jar Jar Binks • Media • racism | Post a Comment »
June 21st, 2009, 12:01 am by Jayson Peters
Parents — and I am one of them — are more aware today than ever of the power Hollywood has over our habits, our time and our money. They say movie studios are heartless corporations only looking to make a buck.
 Colby Curtin For once “they” are wrong — and so am I.
On Thursday, The Orange County Register, the flagship publication of my employer, Freedom Communications, published a story about a 10-year-old Huntington Beach, Calif., girl named Colby Curtin. Like many people of many different ages, Colby was enchanted with the Disney-Pixar film Up ever since she saw it advertised.
But Colby was dying of vascular cancer. She would not make it to a movie theater. A family friend contacted Pixar, and the CGI animation company actually sent a representative to the Curtin home with a DVD of the movie for a private viewing. He even brought gifts: Up merchandise such as plush toys and a poster, and an “adventure book” like the one seen in the movie.
By the time of the special screening, Colby was in so much pain she could no longer open her eyes — but the miracle would not be denied. Colby’s mother described the action for her, as if it were a bedtime story.
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Posted in: Deaths • Disney • Movies • Pixar • Toons • Advertising • Colby Curtin • Media • Up | Post a Comment »
June 20th, 2009, 3:38 am by Chris "KeL" Adams
If there’s one thing geeks like, it’s two things geeks like combined into one, see Reese’s Peanut Butter cups and pretty much every super-hero team-up in comics. Now we’ve got another to be excited about: Nerd goddess and Attack of the Show co-host, Olivia Munn has announced on her blog that she’ll be joining the cast of 2010’s Iron Man 2.
Due to contractual obligations, it remains unclear what her role will be in the film. Regardless of the size of her spot in the movie, it will certainly give fans one more reason to impatiently await next summer.
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Posted in: Internet • Movies • Television • AotS • Blogs • G4 • Iron Man 2 • Olivia Munn | 4 Comments »
June 19th, 2009, 1:04 pm by Jayson Peters
 A bodybuilder-turned-actor from Austria appears to have been cast in the lead role of Lionsgate’s upcoming Conan the Barbarian film based on the stories by Robert E. Howard and the 1982 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
According to The Hollywood Reporter (via Atomic Comics), 41-year-old Roland Kickinger (pictured) will play the iconic Cimmerian strongman.
If this scenario sounds familiar, it should: Schwarzenegger was also bodybuilder from Austria, and the film was his big break into Hollywood. But will the new millennium’s Conan also go on to marry a Kennedy and govern California?
 It gets weirder. Kickinger has still more connections to Schwarzenegger beyond his profession and heritage: He played a cyborg in the recent Terminator Salvation and even portrayed a young Ah-nold in an A&E biopic.
Stick with what works, I suppose.
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Posted in: Huh? • Movies • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Weird • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Robert E. Howard • Roland Kickinger | 1 Comment »
June 14th, 2009, 12:01 am by Jayson Peters
 Who has had the distinction of portraying Counts Dooku and Dracula, The Man With the Golden Gun and Middle-earth’s treacherous wizard Saruman?
If your answer is Christopher Lee, you’re only half right — it’s Sir Christopher Lee to you, now.
The 87-year-old Hammer Studios alumnus was knighted Saturday by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, along with X2: X-Men United actor Alan Cumming and celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon.
(Via Underwire)
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June 9th, 2009, 2:31 pm by Jayson Peters
 Fantasy artist Todd Lockwood and sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster will headline the FiestaCon convention over Independence Day weekend in Tempe.
Foster, who lives in Prescott, is a prolific writer whose credits include many original stories in addition to novelizations of films such as the first three Alien movies, Clash of the Titans, The Chronicles of Riddick, Transformers and this year’s Star Trek and Terminator Salvation.
Lockwood worked as staff artist at Wizards of the Coast, where he illustrated cards for Magic: The Gathering and redefined the look of Dungeons & Dragons for the release of the game’s 3rd Edition in 2000. He lives in Washington state. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in: Art • Books • Comics • Conventions • D&D • Events • Gaming • Movies • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Television • FiestaCon • Tempe | 3 Comments »
June 4th, 2009, 12:43 pm by Jayson Peters
Wired is reporting that fantasy author David Eddings has died:
The world of fantasy literature has lost one of its modern giants. David Eddings, best known for his Malloreon series and The Belgariad, passed away Tuesday at the age of 77.
The news comes on the same day that actor David Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok hotel at the age of 72. Carradine, who is believed to have hanged himself, is best known for his starring role in the 1970s TV show Kung Fu and, later, as the title character in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill.
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