If, like this geek, you watch British TV then you may have seen the new Currys and PC World ad that features the always cute R2-D2 and C-3PO. If C-3PO sounds an awful lot like the “original” C-3PO then that’s because it is. It’s Anthony Daniels doing the voice. The ad features a website called […]
Locke & Key TV series in the works
Okay, this is an old rumour but it’s still worth a special mention as it involves some very interesting people. Locke & Key is a graphic novel from Gabriel Rodriguez and Joe Hill. If you’ve just said “wait a minute… I know the name Joe Hill” and are trying to remember where you know it […]
Death of the Doctor pictures
The episode The Sarah Jane Adventures called “Death of the Doctor” is controversial. In it they seem to suggest the Doctor can regenerate as many times as he wants – rather than just 12 times which had been suggested before. Yes, also, there are canon examples of Timelords being given fresh regeneration cycles. BBC Pictures […]
Hollow mask makeup
Would other Bleach fans agree with me when I suggest this is Hollow inspired makeup? Yeah, sure, we can start to debate if half-a-mask counts as something else but in terms of inspiration – this is Bleach tribute? Or is there another series I need to track down and start watching?
Smashy! Boom! Nitroglycerine meets hammer!
What happens when you smash a hammer down on a small puddle of Nitroglycerine? Okay. Imagine then that you’ve a slow motion camera filming the explosion too. What would that explosion look like if you slow things down by a factor of 100, 200 or even 600? The truth is that liquid nitroglycerine transforms into […]
Banksy does the Simpsons: MoneyBart
“This is what you get when you outsource”, jokes The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean. He’s talking about The Simpson’s title created by the British graffiti artist Banksy. The sequence shows a dark vision of a 20th Century Fox production line as it malefactors Simspons merchandise. In reality the bulk of the animation is outsourced […]
Watch before it’s YouTube Yanked: English Dub Iron Man anime
The Madhouse production of an anime version of Iron Man has been long teased. We’ve seen snippets and trailers. Now we’ve got the whole first episode, in two parts, available on YouTube. You’ve got to figure that these two vids will be yanked under YouTube’s Claim Your Content policy fairly quickly. So? Watch them now […]
New Dirk Gently’s Holistic Dectective Agency series coming
The BBC will be showing a new Dirk Gently Holistic Dectective Agency series. It’ll show on BBC Four. Fans of Fisfits, Vexed and Merlin will be interested to know that Howard Overman, who writes for all three, is responsible for the adaptation of the famous Douglas Adams’ novel. Dirk Gently will be played by Stephen […]
Will Wonder Woman be David E Kelley’s female superhero?
Script writer David E. Kelly – the man who created Ally McBeal – wants to make a female superhero TV show and Deadline are reporting he’s met with DC Entertainment. Details are really scarce. If this is a Wonder Woman show then it’s likely to be a reboot. Aready there’s some doubt as to whether […]
The producer of the A-Team and Johnny Depp star-maker has died
Sad news from America; Stephen J. Cannell has died. He was 69 and battling melanoma. Cannell created the A-Team and was a creative consultant on the recent A-Team film. He rose to attention by writing for Ironside and Columbo and was more recently seen on TV a guest star in Nathan Fillion‘s Castle. In his […]