I'm not a Supes fan, so my expectations are pretty low. All I could think of when I saw he was in handcuffs was that he was finally in his rightful place.
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• Here's six, count 'em, six new clips from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. They are fun, but, as I keep mentioning, STILL NOT AS GOOD AS THIS. (Via io9)
• After weeks of rumors, it has been confirmed that Jamie Foxx will be Electro in the new Spider-Man film. Foxx talked with Entertainment Tonight about his thoughts on the character:
"Electro is a great character," Jamie tells ET's Nancy O'Dell when she asks him if he's confirmed to be in the next installment of the blockbuster franchise "I met with the director, Mark Webb, I met with Andrew Garfield, and we talked. ... I think Electro will be an exciting character to play because he's a ... genius electrician-type person, and he gets the short end of the stick from the whole world, and the next thing you know he turns it on."
As long as the script doesn't have him making jokes about short-circuiting Spidey's plans, I'm fine with this. What do you all think?
• Whoa. In a surprise move, Karen Berger announced yesterday. that she will be leaving her position as Executive Editor and Senior Vice President for DC's Vertigo imprint after nearly 20 years. Comics Alliance has a rundown of reactions from a variety of folks all of which illustrate how respected and loved she was within the industry that she helped shape. This is a huge shake-up for DC, so stay tuned to see what this will mean for its Vertigo line.
• Danny John-Jules speaks about The Cat's virginity and the recently aired Red Dwarf X in this Digital Spy interview.
• Pop Candy has an interview with They Might Be Giants about the group's 30th anniversary. They're older then they've ever been and now they're even older...
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• Nerd Milestone Alert: Doctor Who will grace the cover of TV Guide for the first time ever with next week's issue. This momentous occasion came about as a result of the magazine's third "Fan Favorites" poll, proving yet again that Whovians are a mobilized force to be reckoned with. (If Who lost out to The Big Bang Theory I think there might have been an epidemic of suicides in which fans hanged themselves with the Fourth Doctor's scarf). You can pick up the issue for yourself when it hits stores on Thursday. Geronimo!
Tags: Comic Movies, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Spider-Man, The Hobbit, They Might Be Giants, Vertigo
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So I guess the new vogue is for superheroes to wear basketballs turned into costumes.
Kinda weird they came out with an overly angsty and dark Superman poster about the same day we find out Karen Berger has been 'let go' from DC Comics. DC proper has been eating up its sister imprint and this may be the death knell.
So not only is it sad that DC feels they don't need a mature line.. or one with creator control.. but they also feel that the DC Universe needs to be more like Vertigo and Wildstorm so they're just smushing them all together. I am disgusted. And I am actually depressed. I hate to see the institution of DC Comics just run into the ground by a bunch of idiot editors. Karen Berger was one of most brilliant editors in comics. And the jackasses at DC proper and the bosses at AOLTimeWarner have done everything to undermine her wonderful Vertigo imprint.Yet.. she's better than that. I hope she gets a nice job at Dark Horse or even Image or some smaller house. Hell. With her fantastic connections she could start up her own damn indie publisher and have some of the best creators in the industry busting down the door to work with her.
So.. Fuck DC Comics. Wait.. no. I love DC Comics. Fuck the idiots steering her aground with their stupidity. They just let go one of the best editors in the biz and one of the industry's brightest stars. Well, as bright as you can shine in the mostly thankless job of a good editor.
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@10glfan59 I'm not a cosplayer but i can certainly appreciate the work that goes into it. Even the poorly done costumes only for the comedic value.
It's a shame the new Superman movie is going to suck so hard. A Justice League movie would have been cool.
Jamie Foxx will make a great Black Lightning, but I didn't feel inspired to watch the last film and I don't know if I want to see the next Spider-Man movie either.
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Sorry if this is off-topic.
Am I the only one getting a feeling like we're a small group of people wandering around an abandoned hospital at night with flashlights? I suspect that VN just wants his site to go away.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9g9b6_the-pirate-planet-part-1_shortfilms#.UL9H04NQWSo
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@James.k.Polk I think we are just waiting to unmask the villain to reveal that it's been Rob the whole time. "I would've got away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids!"
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@James.k.Polk wait - MVN or VVM? personally I think it's the CBHD who are running on pure spite right now after Rob escaped them.
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Because, unnecessary rage is the best kind!
http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/stormtrooper-sweeping__121204125453.jpg
yep people are angry because the 501st (known for their charity work) decided to do some charity work.
and
wait, what? If I had know that women suffered from this condition I would have offered my help earlier.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/medicine/article1264559.ece
let it be known that nine out of ten women find that my presence cures them of any desire to have sex, I am available and I work cheap
I don't understand how the stepping down from Vertigo is so shocking. I have been under the impression that Vertigo was being closed down for weeks now. Ever since Hellblazer was cancelled in an attempt to bring the character into the regular DCU (which is wrong and is the subject of a whole other rant that I won't go into here.) Yes, it's sad that they had to step down but I just don't understand how it's a surprise.
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That Supes poster makes me even less interested in seeing the movie. I wouldn't have thought that possible.
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@lady.teresa yup - that was inevitable over there - was quite the conversation this weekend
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@10glfan59 @lady.teresa putting in twelve plus hour days out in the field - the field sucks, there's always a bunch of morons standing out in it and loudly claiming that it's theirs. There is a paycheck in it though, just have to find it.
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@Gallen_Dugall @lady.teresa
aaahhh he needs to come back here!
I probably missed all the chatter because I was all up in The Hawkeye Initiative on tumblr...
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@lady.teresa Yeah it was a pretty intense discussion. And i suggested that if io9 would allow, he should just drop the FFF over here periodically. But they have to get their act together here first.
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@lady.teresa I think he wanted to stop anyway - seriously this whole disaster has the Joel/Mike vibe going for it
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YAY! I just got the TR T-shirt I won back in October! I had pretty much thought that was gonna fall through the cracks. It's like it's Christmas!
Thank you to WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS
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Anyone have any tv traditions that tell you it's Christmas? The Grinch? Charlie Brown Christmas? In my area, it's a jingle for a jewelry store. BC Clark has been in business since 1892, and started this new-fangled idea for the holidays, put stuff on sale BEFORE Christmas instead of after. Okay, this was groundbreaking in 1956.
Their jingle is such a part of the holiday season, you will find it in school plays, Christmas Cantatas, and drunken sing-alongs.
What are your traditions?
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@Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird I heard "Do they know it's christmas" on the radio and i sang along. That is when i knew it was Christmas season.
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@Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird It's not the season until I see the Christmas Dalek
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@Someguy @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird I watch the "Rifftrax Christmas Live Short Spectacular" with everyone I can wrangle into watching it with me
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@Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird This was one that really let me know it was Christmas time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=718DpmQrPbg
But its not official until I've watched all the main holiday specials.Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
A Charlie Brown Chistmas
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Santa Claus Is Coming ToTown
Year Without A Santa Claus
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Frosty The Snowman
Little Drummer Boy
Twas the Night Before Christmas
There are many other specials, but these are the ones that have stayed with me over the years.
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@skrag2112 @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird The thing about "Twas the Night Before Christmas" that always got me? Since Santa provably exists and doesn't hide it in that universe, the little nerdy know-it-all mouse who doesn't believe in him was the deluded fanatic, and all the folksy Santa-believers were Rationalist-Materialists.
Was going to link an article from Wired about the top entertainment fails of 2012. Not a great article, but some good discussion material. Unfortunately, the comment section is almost 100% political smegma. If you're interested, check it out, but avoid the comments.
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With Christmas getting closer, lets remember some of those toys we begged and screamed for when we were young.
Holy Cow! I loved my Burnin Key Cars! And I never got a Chargertron when I was little.... and Hitstix??? Good Lord, I wanted those...
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@skrag2112 Watching those commercials and I have to tell you, I still scream for someone to buy me those. We had awesome stuff.
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Skywalker Sound records new sounds inside the service tunnels in the new San Francisco Bay Bridge.
http://www.wired.com/design/2012/12/bay-bridge-skywalker-sound/
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So, is Superman one of those Twilight vampires what with all the sparkling? Will Luthor be a shirtless werewolf and they'll have a love triangle with Lois?
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lets hope Pacific Rim is good
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/pacific-rim-sequel-works-writer-397646
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@10glfan59 Piloting robots and fighting monsters. I think I found a gif if it.
http://www.gifsforum.com/images/gif/funny%20gifs/grand/43926534-funny-gif-.gif
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@10glfan59 You know as a pet lover, that would be a scene I probably wouldn't mind being added in. Damn it, I'm not crying! I just got um...some onion in my eye.
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When the earthquake that started the horrible chain of events happened in Japan, one of the buildings damaged was the Ishinomori Manga Museum. Well after twenty months it is back open to the public. Besides being a great place for manga fans they do many fundraisers for needy people. They even did one while closed. Check out their triumphant return
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/04/japan-shotaro-ishinomori-manga-museum-re-opens/
Thanks comicalliance.com for making my day.
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And now the clips for the Hobbit have been marked private, so we can't watch them. Great.
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@alexr5 You can still find them on youtube with a simple search of "Hobbit clips" and filter for uploaded today
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I'm just starting to watch Dr.Who (I'll try to see all of the episodes heh) but even if I'd be a lifelong fan I wouldn't like my favourite TV show to win by a simple scam. It doesn't give any glory to it. When you set some rules you're supposed to keep to them.
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@Someguy Oh ok. I'm not mad it's just this situation is kinda funny. Makes me think about what was happening out there. Not to mention it's like a good old awkward cover-up.
But a new companion is a good reason for a cover (at least it happens more frequent than another Doctor incarnation) whoever that is. I want to watch all of the classic Doctor before I move to the new one which is probably pretty damn stupid thing to do but oh well.
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@Andreuperfect @10glfan59 I wouldn't worry about it. Use to be a show was desperate to be on TV guide's cover so they could get audiences. Now TV guide tries to find the popular show to get someone to buy a magazine that expires in a week.
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I'm going to hold out hope for Man of Steel. I have not seen anything to make me think that it will be good, but I just want a good Superman movie sooooo bad. Although, the hyper-texture costume looks a bit much to me.
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I want to care about MoS but shit they are making it really fucking hard.
What is this TV Guide you speak of?
