I brave AICN so you don’t have to!
Herc, probably best known for being the guy who always dropped the Buffy and Angel spoilers, had a chance to see the Lost pilot. Contains (duh) spoilers!
All the Wonderful Toys…
Rebelscum’s Comic Con wrap-up highlights the Con floor.
How Tolkien triumphed over the critics
Tolkien didn’t always get good reviews – the BBC has excerpts of reviews from when his books were first published:
“This is not a work which many adults will read through more than once,” said the anonymous reviewer in the Times Literary Supplement, while American critic Edmund Wilson, dismissed the entire trilogy in 1956 as “juvenile trash”.
Batman Begins…Begins
And so we have the first trailer. I am really loving the look of this. Actual focus on character. Wonderfully filmed. I think this will be a Batman I can get behind!
Check it out in a million different formats here.
A voice no one can refuse
Kids won’t go to bed when you tell them? Spouse refuses to put his or her dirty socks in the hamper? Boss won’t pony up with that pay rise you’ve more than earned? Starbucks barista too slow?
Worry no more! With the soon-to-be released Darth Vader voice modulator you’ll have those annoying humans around you jumping to your command in no time.
This one’s for Kelly
Time to prepare your husband, Kelly. KITT is now on the auction block.
Of course, if KITT doesn’t interest you, maybe the Ten Commandments tablets that Charlton Heston carried?
Serenity Now!
An overview of Joss Whedon’s Serenity presentation at Comic-Con. Whedon also said that he’s looking into a comic adaption of the movie. See pics and download mp3s (!!) from the panel discussion with the cast at fireflyfans.net.
Also, don’t forget that Astonishing X-Men #3 comes out tomorrow.
I’m just a simple hobbit trying to make my way in the universe.
In the midst of all the Comic Con Star Wars excitement, I forgot that the LOTR folks screened a preview of the Return of the King extended DVD there. Theonering.net has the scoop and some pictures.
Ten million pieces of dirt and not a speck from Tatooine
IGN covers the Comic Con DVD preview. Aside from the Classic Trilogy, the Ewoks, Droids, and Clone Wars cartoons are being released.
Suddenly, for an entire generation of boys, girls became not that bad.
The BBC has a list of 25 reasons why Star Wars is great. It’s a tad British (Who is the Green Cross Code Man?) but still quite funny.
Plus, can’t say I can argue with a site that puts Han Solo at #1.