26th
July
2008
Ponderings For 2008-07-26
posted in Ponderings |- So, longer space between posts than usual this time. I’ve had a fairly chaotic couple weeks, and have barely been home. So, let’s cover some of the stuff from the last couple weeks.
- With Comic-Con 2008 going on this week, there has been plenty of news. I’m not gonna attempt to comment on most of it, cause there’s just too much of it. But there’s one bit that I just CANNOT avoid geeking out on in a major way. Anyone who knows me knows how big of a Tron fan I am (one of my all-time favorite movies). Heck, I sit here typing this on my computer which sits right next to a Tron arcade machine. Anyway, Disney surprised the attendees at Comic-Con in a major way - a VERY cool teaser trailer. FEATURING JEFF BRIDGES, NO LESS! This sequel has been on-again off-again at Disney for many years, but it’s clear seeing this promo that there’s no turning back now. Despite the fact that the clip has only floated in poor quality cam recordings so far, I can’t help but get goose bumps every time I watch it. Seriously, too cool for words. OK, I’m a dork…
- In almost as big news, Ebert & Roeper And The Movies is now over, and in ending brings to close the end of an era.
- As expected, The Dark Knight smashed records on opening weekend. And it deserves to, as it’s a great film. My review for it will be posted tomorrow, btw.
- This just in from the “I never thought I’d hear these in the same sentence department” - Darren Aronofsky is set to direct a Robocop movie.
- SciFi has released a promo video for Caprica
- Can’t Hardly Wait is coming to Blu-Ray. I’m a fan of the film, and think it’s something of an overlooked comedy gem. Now Sony, could we please have the original cut of the film on this disc, from before it got cut down for the rating? (restoring Amber Benson’s drunk character, etc)
- Here’s a fun Worth1000.com Star Wars photoshop contest
- Looks like us fans will soon get our grubby little paws on a lot of material by the late, legendary Delia Derbyshire (of the fantastic BBC Radiophonic Workshop, who was the key person behind the sound of the Doctor Who theme).
- The hilarity of suicide
- Could it be? Actual season sets of Spin City on DVD? And from a quality producer like Shout Factory? One can hope.
- While I still have my doubts about anyone ever adapting The Prisoner successfully, I’ll be intrigued to see the results.
- In anticipation of seeing the new X-Files movie (for which I will post a review tomorrow), I’ve been watching my favorite couple dozen episodes of the series over the last couple months. While watching the episode titled The Goldberg Variation, which is one of the great 7th season episodes from 1999, I was suddenly struck by the realization that the actor playing the little kid in the episode was Shia LaBeouf. Sure enough, when I looked it up, I was right. Given how young he is in the episode, it’s actually a little tough to see the similarity. It was in the delivery of the dialog that I noticed it was him.
- Sadly, I’ve seen similar shipping stupidities on the part of large companies before.
- I have no response to that
- Eh, that’ll do for now. There’s plenty more that I need to roll into the post, but I’ll try and do another one tomorrow with more. Too much time between posts, dang it.
