Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Deal: ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Complete Series DVD Box Set

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:53 AM PDT

The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete Series DVD box set for only $79.99 (that's 60% the list price $199.98).

The Gold Box deal is valid for today only until midnight PST while supplies last.

The DVD set includes all 9 seasons of the popular sitcom on 44 discs -- that's all 210 episodes -- and comes in a collectible house structure. There's also a bunch of bonus features like audio commentary, deleted scenes, gag reel, and much more, along with a 40-page script of the series finale autographed by all 10 of the episode's writers [...]

Towel Day 2010

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:17 AM PDT

May 25th is Towel Day!

If you don't know what Towel Day is then chances are you don't know that you should be carrying a towel around with you today in honor of the late great author Douglas Adams and his brilliant book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

If you are a fan of the book, then you know the importance and usefulness of carrying around a towel.

This year marks the 10th annual celebration of this international event. Check out towelday.org to find out about Towel Day events happening around the world [...]

Did You Hate The ‘Lost’ Finale? Read This & May You Discover Enlightenment

Posted: 24 May 2010 08:43 PM PDT

It's hard for me to even explain the emotions that I and many others experienced over the course of this final season of LOST. I did my very best to encapsulate these emotions and opinions into our discussion of the last episode ever, "The End," but when the time came, I had no idea what to say, and have been literally thinking about it non-stop ever since that final image rolled across our eyes.

At that very moment -- after those final, impactful story seeds were implanted into our fertile and eager brains -- I have to admit: I wasn't happy; I was confused and unsure of what I had witnessed. I refused to react with the vicious tenacity that most seemed to be doing (whether in praise or slander), and instead chose to wait; I chose to let those seeds rest and grow overnight and to see what things felt like today. Every second of the remainder of my evening up until my crossover into sleep was spent pondering, and when I awoke, confusion was still the dominant emotion. [...]

‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Star Orlando Bloom Confirmed For ‘The Three Musketeers’

Posted: 24 May 2010 12:09 PM PDT

On May 11th, a massive casting announcement was made regarding the Paul W.S. Anderson adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic The Three Musketeers (Read: Woah Now! 'Three Musketeers' Casts Christoph Waltz, Milla Jovovich, Logan Lerman & Many More). In that epic cast reveal, it was noted that Orlando Bloom had been offered a role as well.

Now comes word that Bloom has indeed accepted the offer and will be in the film. The actor will actually play a villain in the very smooth Duke of Buckingham, who intensely-rivals the Musketeers and their rebellious ways.

Also new to the cast is James Corden (Planet 51, Gulliver's Travels), who will be playing a servant named Planchet.

Bloom is of course best known from his roles in two of the biggest franchises of all time: as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and as William Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Bloom has also appeared in titles like Black Hawk Down, Troy, Elizabethtown, and Kingdom of Heaven. [...]

This Weapon Is Your Life: The Evolution of the Lightsaber

Posted: 24 May 2010 09:30 AM PDT

May 2010 has undoubtedly turned out to be Star Wars month. With the 30th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back and Universal Day of the Jedi on May 25 (tomorrow!), we also had "May the 4th be with you," "Revenge of the 5th" (wished-for by ThinkGeek.com), and George Lucas' birthday. It's been a big month of celebration for Star Wars fans around the world.

The Star Wars saga has developed a prosperous history over its 33 years of integration into the consciousness of pop culture, including the ever-developing Expanded Universe; which, through novels, games, comics, and more, has fleshed out an in-universe chronicle stretching from thousands of years before the life of Luke Skywalker, to hundreds of years after his death.

Arguably, one of the most unique aspects of the Star Wars saga is the lightsaber. The preferred weapon of the Jedi and the Sith, it is representation of, in the words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, "a more civilized age." Since the release of the first Star Wars film on May 25, 1977, fans have embraced the lightsaber as a representation of the Jedi, as have the creators of the Expanded Universe.

Within the Expanded Universe of the Star Wars saga, we can find a historic view of how the lightsaber came to be -- its advancement and chronology. So, in-universe, how did the symbolic weapon of the Jedi come into being? [...]

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