Entertainment
DOCTOR WHO star lands NBC pilot. Huh.
Warren Ellis weirded out by Helen Mirren's "RED" casting, plus John C. Reilly and Mary Louise Parker join the cast. I read RED a long time ago, and kind of forgot all about it. Still sounds like a decent cast.
V debuts with MASSIVE ratings. ABC did promote the hell out of it. Of course the long hiatus might kill any momentum the show builds up with the first few episodes. Meanwhile, behind the scenes... Big V shakeup: Former CHUCK producer takes over. I wonder what this will mean. This guy worked on two of my favorite shows CHUCK and THE SHIELD, so I expect it might make V better.
Meanwhile, some people are asking: Is V anti-Obama propaganda? I get enough of the back and forth mutual hate between the Republicans and Democrats on the news. I guess it just has to infest every aspect of life. Let's just divide the nation into four. One section for the Democrats. One for the Republicans. One (with a gigantic wall) for the scumbags and idiots. Then a final section for those of us who just want to get away from the other three and live among people with common sense with the cardinal rule "don't be an asshole".
President Logan returns to 24. I guess that stabbing in season six wasn't fatal.
Comcast may own NBC soon. Except all Comcast really wants is the cable channels NBC owns (SyFy, USA, Bravo, etc) and wants to dump the actual NBC network off on somebody else.
Alan Tudyk explores the hillbilly killer genre from the other side. This sounds like a really funny concept, although I'm not sure it can work as the basis for an entire movie.
Diora Baird’s deleted STAR TREK scene. Diora is awesome and it sucks her bit didn't make it into the theatrical cut of the movie.
CRANK creators + television = ZEROES. I loved CRANK, and this concept sounds watchable. Definitely something I'd give a shot as a viewer.
Nathan Petrelli fired from HEROES. Killing him off last season should've been a clue! Anyway, he's lucky to escape from that sinking ship.
Video Games
New modern warfare 2 trailer: spoilers, space & Slim Shady. Next week! Meanwhile, enjoy three new MODERN WARFARE 2 screens.
L4D mod 'DEAD BEFORE DAWN' recreates DAWN OF THE DEAD remake. I think I saw a video of this in it's early stages.
Why the LEFT 4 DEAD survivors may secretly be infected. I think that's an interesting theory. It's not likely to be explored, especially considering that L4D's story is paper thin.
How Ubisoft recreated Sam Fisher for SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION. I can't wait. I can't wait. I can't wait.
SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION gets collector's edition, night vision not included. I never buy these special edition versions of games. I do find it ironic that SC doesn't get the night vision but some other game (MW2?) did.
What you didn't know about FALLOUT 3. Some trivia about the game.
HEAVY RAIN demo in the works. Seems like a hard game to put a demo out of, given the concept.
HEAVY RAIN's David Cage wants game industry to grow up. Slightly snobby. I get the point, but just like movies there's room for big dumb explosion games, and more subtle games like HEAVY RAIN.
ATCA and the MPAA
Lots of stuff on ACTA and the MPAA's bullshit. Too many for me to comment on individually. All I can say is, if this goes through, kiss the internet goodbye. It most likely will go through because the people who own the media companies can afford to buy the politicians.
More ACTA Details Leak: It's An Entertainment Industry Wishlist
Secret Anti-Piracy Treaty Turns ISPs into Pirates
MPAA Wants Congress to ‘Encourage’ 3 Strikes, Filtering
Letter to Obama Seeks ACTA Transparency
MPAA Urges FCC Protect Creative Content Online In National Broadband Plan
MPAA Tells The FCC: If We Don't Stop Piracy, The Internet Will Die
60 Minutes Puts Forth Laughable, Factually Incorrect MPAA Propaganda On Movie Piracy
Copyright Treaty Is Policy Laundering at Its Finest
Tech
Meanwhile, the MPAA isn't just sticking it to regular people, it's going after theater owners too! MPAA betrays theaters: Asks FCC to let studios transmit first-run films directly to consumers. Nice. Theaters probably are an outdated concept, but the fact that the MPAA are the ones trying to kill the dinosaur is a bit shocking.
Anyway, if that ACTA crap or anything like it goes through, expect to see a lot more of this sort of thing: Feds charge cable modem modder with ‘aiding computer intrusion’. Hacked modem = hard to track down. Hard to track down = hard to sue for "copyright infringement". See where this is going?
Oh, and amusingly enough, I just saw this: Illegal downloaders spend more on music.
DOCTOR WHO star lands NBC pilot. Huh.
Warren Ellis weirded out by Helen Mirren's "RED" casting, plus John C. Reilly and Mary Louise Parker join the cast. I read RED a long time ago, and kind of forgot all about it. Still sounds like a decent cast.
V debuts with MASSIVE ratings. ABC did promote the hell out of it. Of course the long hiatus might kill any momentum the show builds up with the first few episodes. Meanwhile, behind the scenes... Big V shakeup: Former CHUCK producer takes over. I wonder what this will mean. This guy worked on two of my favorite shows CHUCK and THE SHIELD, so I expect it might make V better.
Meanwhile, some people are asking: Is V anti-Obama propaganda? I get enough of the back and forth mutual hate between the Republicans and Democrats on the news. I guess it just has to infest every aspect of life. Let's just divide the nation into four. One section for the Democrats. One for the Republicans. One (with a gigantic wall) for the scumbags and idiots. Then a final section for those of us who just want to get away from the other three and live among people with common sense with the cardinal rule "don't be an asshole".
President Logan returns to 24. I guess that stabbing in season six wasn't fatal.
Comcast may own NBC soon. Except all Comcast really wants is the cable channels NBC owns (SyFy, USA, Bravo, etc) and wants to dump the actual NBC network off on somebody else.
Alan Tudyk explores the hillbilly killer genre from the other side. This sounds like a really funny concept, although I'm not sure it can work as the basis for an entire movie.
Diora Baird’s deleted STAR TREK scene. Diora is awesome and it sucks her bit didn't make it into the theatrical cut of the movie.
CRANK creators + television = ZEROES. I loved CRANK, and this concept sounds watchable. Definitely something I'd give a shot as a viewer.
Nathan Petrelli fired from HEROES. Killing him off last season should've been a clue! Anyway, he's lucky to escape from that sinking ship.
Video Games
New modern warfare 2 trailer: spoilers, space & Slim Shady. Next week! Meanwhile, enjoy three new MODERN WARFARE 2 screens.
L4D mod 'DEAD BEFORE DAWN' recreates DAWN OF THE DEAD remake. I think I saw a video of this in it's early stages.
Why the LEFT 4 DEAD survivors may secretly be infected. I think that's an interesting theory. It's not likely to be explored, especially considering that L4D's story is paper thin.
How Ubisoft recreated Sam Fisher for SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION. I can't wait. I can't wait. I can't wait.
SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION gets collector's edition, night vision not included. I never buy these special edition versions of games. I do find it ironic that SC doesn't get the night vision but some other game (MW2?) did.
What you didn't know about FALLOUT 3. Some trivia about the game.
HEAVY RAIN demo in the works. Seems like a hard game to put a demo out of, given the concept.
HEAVY RAIN's David Cage wants game industry to grow up. Slightly snobby. I get the point, but just like movies there's room for big dumb explosion games, and more subtle games like HEAVY RAIN.
ATCA and the MPAA
Lots of stuff on ACTA and the MPAA's bullshit. Too many for me to comment on individually. All I can say is, if this goes through, kiss the internet goodbye. It most likely will go through because the people who own the media companies can afford to buy the politicians.
More ACTA Details Leak: It's An Entertainment Industry Wishlist
Secret Anti-Piracy Treaty Turns ISPs into Pirates
MPAA Wants Congress to ‘Encourage’ 3 Strikes, Filtering
Letter to Obama Seeks ACTA Transparency
MPAA Urges FCC Protect Creative Content Online In National Broadband Plan
MPAA Tells The FCC: If We Don't Stop Piracy, The Internet Will Die
60 Minutes Puts Forth Laughable, Factually Incorrect MPAA Propaganda On Movie Piracy
Copyright Treaty Is Policy Laundering at Its Finest
Tech
Meanwhile, the MPAA isn't just sticking it to regular people, it's going after theater owners too! MPAA betrays theaters: Asks FCC to let studios transmit first-run films directly to consumers. Nice. Theaters probably are an outdated concept, but the fact that the MPAA are the ones trying to kill the dinosaur is a bit shocking.
Anyway, if that ACTA crap or anything like it goes through, expect to see a lot more of this sort of thing: Feds charge cable modem modder with ‘aiding computer intrusion’. Hacked modem = hard to track down. Hard to track down = hard to sue for "copyright infringement". See where this is going?
Oh, and amusingly enough, I just saw this: Illegal downloaders spend more on music.
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