Torchwood - Miracle Day Teaser Trailer

Starz have released the first promotional teaser trailer for Torchwood: Miracle Day.
The programme will return for its fourth series on Starz in the USA and BBC One in the UK in July.

Not much in the way of "details" but... gives me something else to get excited about.

Torchwood - Miracle Day

It was revealed earlier this week by Tvline that Torchwood: Miracle Day will make its stateside debut on Starz on Friday, July 8.

No news on when it will get its UK premier but its possible it will be shown the same day here as in the US (as they are currently doing with season 6 of Doctor Who)



“Not a single person on Earth dies” Torchwood boss Russell T. Davies recently explained. “The old stay old. It’s great news for some people, but globally it’s an instant population boom. Earth relies on people dying. Suddenly you’re affecting everyone on the planet. That’s where the Torchwood team comes in.”

Will the show remain the same as it was when it was a fully BBC production, or will it be Americanised and be as bad as Doctor Who - The Movie?? Guess we'll find out July 8th

New Captain America Trailer

New trailer for Captain America: First Avenger came out a few days ago.
I'm kinda liking it so far, The skinny Steve Rodgers looks very good, really great contrast to the big muscley Cpt America.
The movie is set to come out on July 22nd. I'll be there, will you?

Nerdy and Geeky things to look forward to in 2011

Ok, not the most original of topics to start off the year with, but... fuck it.
Never created a top 10 list for my blog before, so shall see how this works out its in reverse order so here we go:

Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon

After the GIANT ball of shit the was T2ROTF(So bad I can't even bring myself to type its full title)this barely scrapes into the list, I think I'm a glutton for punishment, why else would I want to go see a THIRD film that pisses all over a once treasured child hood movie. The only saving grace about this film is it couldn't be as bad as the last one... right?....

Xmen: First Class

Like the Transformers this scrapes in to my list despite the shit turn out of the previous films. However unlike Transformers 3 I've higher hopes for this film as it technically a reboot while still remaining in the same "universe" as the previous Xmen
movies.It also has a new cast an new director in Matthew Vaughn. Vaughn I'm willing to give benefit of the doubt to as his last 2 films was Kick Ass and Stardust, Stardust I LOVED by the way. If the reviews and box office for this movie are favourable expect this to be a new trilogy.


Green Lantern

"You have the ability to overcome great fear"... Yeah well my fear is that this movie will be a fucking bag of shit. I'm not feeling Ryan Reynold as Hal Jordan, guy might be a great Deadpool but in this trailer i hate him already. Infact i hate a few things about this movie already, the CGI suit looks tacky and fake. the Lantern.. omg the lantern looks BEYOND shit. So why then is it on my list? Well because its a comic book movie and also as of recent I've been reading A LOT of Green Lantern stories, the most recent DC crossover event BLACKEST NIGHT was based around the Green Lanterns and The Green Lantern Corps, So it's the fan boy in me that wants to see this film. I am going to see this film with NO expectations as apart from Superman and Batman movies DC comics seem to be getting their arses handed to them in regards their movies point in case Jonah Hex was so bad it disappeared barely even made an impression. I'm looking forward to this movie simply cause I want to hate it.

Cowboys & Aliens

Its a western movie... with Aliens featuring Harrison Ford... wasn't that basically Star Wars?
This is Jon Favreau's adaptation of Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's graphic novel, which I've not read but shall be tracking down before i see this film. This film seems to be getting some positive fanboy feedback so I'll be checking it out. Even though Iron Man 2 wasn't as great as it could have been Jon Favreau is on my list of safe bet directors to tackle a comic book franchise after his work on the 2 Iron man films.

Thor

Thor is the 1st of the "big" comic book movies to come out this year (most of which make up this list actually) an will make up part of the Marvel anthology that lead to what could and should be "the Daddy" of all comic book movies The Avengers. Thor is an interesting challenge to make as its a myth an magic/swords an sandals kinda of affair... yet is suppose to fit into the world of Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk movies. So when you have a film thats described as "a superhero movie, but with a bit of Shakespear thrown in" the obvious choice for Director is Kenneth Branagh.... of course???
Trailer looks fun so hopefully it will fun enjoyable comic book movie and it is under the Marvel Studios imprint and their work on live action and animated movies recently has been top class.

Super 8

Super 8 is the new J. J. Abrams movie, with the added bonus of Holywood overlord Steven Speilberg as producer.
Whats the movie about... no one actual knows. no really not a even a decent rumour has been leaked about it. What has been confirmed is that it will take place in 1979 and it will be a homage/tribute to Spielberg's '70s and '80s science fiction films with a mystery and supernatural feel from Abrams. It has been rumoured that the events in the above trailer wont even be shown in the film. All I know is the guy reinvented a very tired Star Trek movie franchise and if he can manage that then I want to see this movie... minus the lens flare of course.


Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

I love the POTC series and while the third movie was the weakest of the trilogy I'm still looking forward to this. The franchise moves on without Orlando Bloom or Keira Knightley's involvement, which kinda makes sense as their "story" was pretty much tied up at the end of the last trilogy. New blood in this film comes from Ian McShane and Penelope Cruz as Blackbeard and his daughter Angelica as they all search for the fabled Fountain Of Youth. Basically this film is gonna be standard POTC fair which is not a bad thing if you are a fan. Oh and added bonus of a cameo by Keith Richards as he returns in his role as Jack's father. YAY!!!


Captain America: The First Avenger

No trailer for this film as of yet... or even any official photos from it, few leaked photos of the set and a few of the 1940's costume are all that's gotten out. Chris Evans has the lead role as Steve Rogers AKA Captain America, which marks his 2nd turn as a Marvel superhero after his performance as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the abysmal Fantastic Four Series. Shall be interesting to see how he portrays the straight laced all American after his turn as the cocky and mostly annoying Human Torch. The movie will be set during World War 2 but also deal with his revival in modern day America so there will be TWO versions of the famous costume. This film is being touted as the "prequel" to The Avengers (hence the 1st avenger tagline" so expect the last scene or the post credits scene to be Nick Fury introducing Cap to Iron Man, War Machine, Thor and Black Widow around a Table with a giant A on it... and i will hyperventilate and have a huge fanboy mark out when that happens :D

Smallville: Season 10

While this season is half over it is finishing in 2011. I had grown bored with Smallvile over last 2-3 years but season ten has me yearning for more the instant I watch every new episode. They really are pulling out all the stops this season with old faces making their return and many references to the DCU in every episode. This is the season when Clark finishes his journey and becomes Superman, and its a roller-coaster ride to the end . My money is on the last scene of the series being Tom Welling in full Superman garb in the iconic superman flying pose in outer space flying into the horizon around the earth as the classic John Williams Superman Theme plays. If this does not happen they miss the opportunity to make every Superman fanboy out there pass out from the awesomeness of such an event, cause I for one would be on the floor in a drooling mess after having a super fanboy nerdgasm of epic proportions.

Doctor Who: Season 6

Oh come on... did you really expect this not to be the TOP of my list?
Is this your 1st time reading my blog?(If it is then welcome, please bookmark my blog and yes I'm a huge Dr Who fan)
This is the season "where everything changes" according to River Song. Apart from that I know nothing bar whats in the trailer. Will we find out who the mysterious "Silence" from last year and will they indeed fall? Hopefully, one thing we do know for certain is that Steven Moffat is splitting the season up into two parts, promising to end the first with a massive cliffhanger that won't be resolved until the later end of the year.... Which to me is even better as it mean I get to get excited about Doctor Who returning to our screens THREE times next year...

Chewie And Han

You may have noticed im a bit of a fan of Calvin & Hobbes and that i am also a Star Wars fan.(if you read this blog at all... you might noticed these things)

So imagine my delight at discovering THIS tshirt:




Its a pity Bill Watterson didn't make Calvin & Hobbes merchandise, but its rather nice to see fanboys have taken an initiative and made their own.

TShirt available from redbubble

The ULTIMATE fanboy Gift idea

Got a brother/boyfriend/son/father who is a fanboy and difficult to buy presents for.

Then take a look at flashrods.com.
Flashrods apparently "make the coolest hard drive cars"

Bold statement, but i'm not sure there is a lot of competition in the hard drives shaped like cars market.

Well just in case the market gets to crowded Flashrods have played their trump card already.




When it comes to having an external hard drive, having one that looks like the Delorean from BTTF3 is a winner. Now having to pay $250 for a 500gb external hardrive IS a bit steep... I mean they could have at least included HiDef rips of the movie with it.

But its one for the extreme fanboys so i guess that's why it makes it the IDEAL Christmas present.

Links for the car are here

Greedo Shoots First.... in high heels

Here is a recently found photo from the set of Star Wars with George Lucas directing Greedo who happens to be wearing some uncomfortable and ugly looking high heels.

My view of Greedo is now completely changed. I'll never watch Star Wars again without thinking that Greedo is wearing high heels.



Koona t'chuta, Solo? Always though it meant "going somewhere Solo?" Maybe it should be "my heels are killing me Solo"

*click on image for larger version

Star Wars As Other Movies

Graphic Designer Matt Ranzetta comes up with quiet an interesting concept.
Using Imagery from Star Wars he creates movie posters for other movies but yet still manages to make them fit the star wars universe.

I think they are amazing, and I'd love a print of EMPIRE OF THE SUN







Click on the images for bigger sizes

How Many Doctors Can You Fit In A Tardis?

Not that many according to this TShirt from www.teefury.com


T-Shirt designed by Ian Leino

Only one slight problem with that T-Shirt, It doesn't exist anymore, Teefury have a policy of one day and then its gone with the t-shirts they sell on their website.
It was yesterdays T-Shirt :(

Still, I do like fanboy T-Shirts

Calvin & Hobbes Vs Ritalin

I am a huge Calvin & Hobbes fan, I can sit and read their comic strip all day long simply because its clever and very witty.

This is a fan edit of one of their strips, The story being I guess that Calvins parents have decided that he suffers from ADD and he has been prescribed Ritalin

Will he abandon his closest and dearest friend... Read and find out.



I have to admit... I kinda got a little choked up at the genius of that fan edit.

Doctor Who Lego

Unfortunately these dont exist.. but why don't they?
Doctor Who and legos are a perfect combination.
Give me a box of blue and white legos and the 1st thing id make would be a tardis :D

Also i'd love to see a Lego Doctor Who game... those games are SOOOOOO much fun



Can you name them all?

Image by Ulises Farinas

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol preview

Last Friday saw the Annual Children in need Telethon, Which also brought around the now annual "Doctor Who Christmas Special Preview"

*SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*



I've watched this trailer about 10 times... I've no idea what's going on.
So many questions about it.
Why is there a shark in that room?
Why is Amy wearing her Policeman's Uniform?
Why is Amy wearing said uniform on what appears to be a futuristic spaceship?
Why is Rory dressed like a centurion again?
Is "Time can be re written" a continuing story arc?
Can I wait till Dec 25th to see this?

Yay for Doctor Who Making christmas day awesome is all I have to say.

New Who

Doctor Who returns to our screens this week... well... Kind of.

Matt Smith makes a guest appearance in next weeks Sarah Jane Adventures in and episode entitled "Death Of The Doctor".

Shall this be the start of a new tradition of having the Doctor appear in SJA every season?

Or is it simply a way for Russell T Davis to write one more Doctor Who story?

Death of the Doctor is on the October 25th an 26th

It shall be the only SJA I watch, because try as I might... I really don't like it.

*click photo's for larger versions

Defenders Of The Earth Live Action Trailer

The great thing about the internet is that, it has taken every drunken or stoner conversation that has ever taken place and helped move it towards reality.

In this case it took the question "Dude... if they made a live action version of 80s Tv Classic Defenders Of The Earth, who would play the main cast?" and answered it with a mash up fan fiction trailer.





Ok, so... a few things.

Bruce Willis as Flash Gordon? Are you for fucking real? He is way too old to play Flash.Even with having a son whos 17-18 he is waaaaaaaaay to old. Daniel Craig however would be spot on.
Christian Bale as Mandrake is perfect casting and although you left out his assistant Kshin I would suggest Dev Patel in the role.
And while I agree Vin Diesel is a good call... I would suggest Rampage Jackson for Lothar, he is the perfect Big Angry Black Guy for the role.

Other than that... fun mash up trailer

What Sandy Collora did next

Ever wonder what happened to the guy who made Batman: Dead End way back in 2003 ?
Well it seems he released his first film called Hunter Prey earlier this year....



My simple review is... Batman: Dead End is far superior than this drawn out piece of shit. I've seen better made Star Wars fan flicks... seriously the costumes even seem to be a mix of Boba Fett meets Clone Trooper.
It reminds me of countless different sci fi shows/stories I've seen over the years.
When Sandy Collora and Nick Damon sat down to write the screenplay for this film I have a feeling they may have watched one or two of the following Deep Space Nine - Rocks and Shoals, Star Trek TOS - Arena, The Outer Limits - The Light Brigade and Enemy Mine

I know Sandy Collora only had a budget of $425000 dollars for this film, which is minuscule budget for a Sci Fi film, however even with a bigger budget i don't see this film being any better.As I've said before, I have seen better fanboy movies... point in case, the above mentioned Batman:Dead End.

Its the story that totally lets him down. It bored me, I really didn't care about any of the characters in this movie which I think comes from the introduction of Intergalactic war as the main plot point FIFTY MINUTES into the story. It was too drawn out, better if it was a 42 minute long Outer Limits episode.

Final words:
Please try harder or go back to making mind blowing fan flicks.

Imperial Walker Bed

Some people have the coolest dads.
I think I would have shit if i was presented with something like this when I was a kid.
Dont get me wrong the ewok figures I got were given with as much love.... just i fricken hated ewoks.... DAMN YOU LUCAS AND YOUR CUTESTY FRICKIN ALIENS!!!!

Any ways, the story goes:

I built the triple bunk bed for my mother's new home to be used by my son, and nephews. My mother moved into a small home without much of a yard and was looking for a creative way to entertain the grandchildren while at the same time solving the problem of limited sleeping space and limited square footage. The beds could, however, take advantage of her 10 foot ceilings.

I've always been a big Star Wars fan and was looking for a subject that made sense for this design. A Walker already had four legs and it seemed an obvious choice to base my design on. I wanted it to look as real as possible. In order to accomplish movement, I made the bunk beds appear to be walking. I also made several additions to the beds, for example a complete Hoth lego display case on the second level as well as additional areas for the kids to play and climb.

When I started the project I had to solve the problem of skewing the scale of the model to suit the needs of three beds and also had to figure out a way to make the entire design modular in concept. I never intended it to be quite so detailed but this aspect took on a life of its own as I began to build it.

I live in a town home in Carmel Indiana and have always had a modest wood shop. It's composed of compound sliding saw, a few sanders, a drill press, router, cnc router, and a few saws and sanders from
Festool. I worked on the project two days a week from the end of September 2009 until its completion in February 2010. I would guess I had somewhere between 300-400 hours by the time the sanding and
painting was complete. It received quite a bit of attention from friends and neighbors during the end of its time in my garage. After its completion it was taken apart and transported to my mother's house in Ohio and it took approximately two men two hours to first take it apart and then an additional two hours to put it back together.

Now that's hardcore

Calvin & Cthulhu

This is such a genius T-Shirt, Its such a pity Bill Watterson never licensed any Calvin an Hobbes merchandise outside of the books. Still nerds and fanboys find away round these things

Tshirt can be found here

Also, a very slight nitpick, but shouldnt the T-Shirt be called Calvin & Cthulhu on the website? As its quiet clear Hobbes is Cthulhu and Calvin is some sort of merman type creature.

Meh, T-shirt still rules regardless

Du Hast?

I discovered this last October but never blogged it... I really should have.

Ukrainian drag queen known for cheesey uber camp europop meets German Industrial metal... I mean... HOW does that happen?... BTW I fucking LOVE this.