Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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Deal: Farscape: The Complete Series

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:22 AM PST

Farscape

The Gold Box deal of the day today over at Amazon today is the Farscape: The Complete Series DVD box set for only $49.99 (that's 67% off the list price of $149.95).

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Tuesday January 4, 2011, until midnight PST while supplies last.

This 26-disc DVD set contains all 88 episodes of the sci-fi series Farscape, along with over 15 hours of bonus features like audio commentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, and behind-the-scenes footage.

The live-action series ran for four seasons, shown in the United States on SciFi Channel, and is best known its puppetry work from the Jim Henson Company's Creature Shop. The show starred Ben Browder as American astronaut John Crichton, who's on a quest to find a wormhole that will lead him back to Earth [...]

Geek Gear: The Big Lebowski ‘The Jesus’ Shirt

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:36 PM PST

The Jesus

The t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is a Big Lebowski-inspired shirt called "The Jesus."

The tee, by artist Tom Ledin, is on sale at RIPT only for today, Tuesday January 4, 2011 until tonight at midnight CST. Once the time is up, the shirt will no longer be available at the site.

The t-shirt is available in both men's and women's sizes in Purple for $10. Kids sizes are $15 (Boys, Girls & Toddlers in varying shades of Purple); Onesies are $18 (in Pink). You can also get the design on a Hoodie for $38 (in Men/Unisex sizes in Purple).

The design is inspired the character The Jesus played by John Turturro in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski [...]

DC Announces New ‘Red Lanterns’ Series

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 07:02 PM PST



We know that DC is pushing a lot of Green Lantern product this year, what with the big movie coming out this summer and a new animated series in the Fall. Readers have three current ongoing series, a big event with War of the Green Lanterns coming in February, and coming soon, another ongoing series centered around The Red Lantern Corps. Red Lanterns will launch later this year and will be written by Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Greek Street) with an artist to be announced later. The series will shed some light on the most popular group to spill out of last year's Blackest Night storyline.

On DC's blog, The Source, Milligan says the series will examine the origins of the Red Lantern Corps and why the leader of the Corps has remained so mad for so long. The series will star not only the leader of the Red Lantern Corps, Atrocitus, but the rest of the Corp, including everyone's favorite blood-spewing cat, Dex-Starr! [...]

Congrats: Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer Get Hitched!

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:58 PM PST

Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer

After a one-year engagement, writer Neil Gaiman and musician Amanda Palmer got married last night, then broke the news today via their respective Twitter accounts.

Gaiman proposed to Palmer on New Year's Day 2010, and for Gaiman's 50th birthday this past November, the couple had a mock wedding ceremony in New Orleans [Read: Still Life With Wedding Party]. Now the couple made it official in a ceremony held in writer Ayelet Waldman's parlor with Palmer wearing the same wedding dress she used as a street performer for over 5 years. The bride tweeted that the dress "was shredded...but it still worked." [...]

Rumor For Your Thoughts: Will ‘Monsters Inc. 2′ Be A Prequel?

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST



News has been pretty slow over the holidays, and while we wait for things to begin picking up again, there's always those ever-so-fun rumors to ponder.

Today there's a rumor regarding another expected sequel in the magical world of Pixar Animation. As many of you know, Pixar was never big on any type of sequels not counting their Toy Story franchise. But with Toy Story 3 released this past summer and Cars 2 set for this upcoming summer, the popular studio is clearly taking time to expand upon some of their fantastic existing worlds instead of delivering more original content.

Other expected sequels from Pixar are Monsters Inc. 2 and The Incredibles (which seemed like the most likely to get a second film from the start), but it's the former that's on the rumor menu on this day.

Keep it very clear in mind that this is just a rumor and it's unclear whether or not it will play out, but if it does it could be really interesting. [...]

Disney Announces Blu-Ray 3D Titles Including ‘Beauty And The Beast,’ ‘The Lion King’

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 02:14 PM PST



The still-thriving 3D technologies being used in making movies today continue to dominate your local cinemas week-in and week-out. But where you haven't seen this movie-watching phenomenon show up much yet, is in your own homes.

The purchase and use of 3D-ready television sets is still in its infancy and many have yet to throw down the amount of cash it would take to obtain one. Nevertheless, we do move closer and closer to everyone having a 3D TV in their homes, and we will be seeing many more movies becoming available with the added dimension on Blu-ray at their local retail outlets.

A few of these special Blu-ray 3D products have already been made available to those who do have the ability to watch them by Walt Disney, who always seems to be right on their game. They've already put out titles like Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol in the format, but now many more are on the way for 2011. [...]

Must Watch: Guillermo Del Toro As A Werewolf In Mexican Alka Seltzer Commercial

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 01:23 PM PST



Here we have a small but entirely amusing little video from 1991.

The video is actually a commercial for Alka Seltzer from the country of Mexico. And who's that starring? Well, it's none other than Guillermo del Toro, the extremely popular director behind films like The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

Mr. del Toro also directed the commercial, which fittingly shows his turning into a werewolf before some good ol' Alka Seltzer sets him straight.

You can see this gem of a video by clicking on over to the other side now! [...]

Geek Bites: R2-D2 Cookies

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:58 AM PST

R2-D2 cookies

I love an awesomely decorated dessert, so these R2-D2 cookies caught my eye immediately. So cute!!!

Don't ask me why the site it's on is calling them cupcakes, as they look like cookies to me [...]

Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dies At The Age Of 64

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:42 AM PST



Highly recognized and respected British actor Pete Postlethwaite passed away yesterday after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Postlethwaite wasn't necessarily the best-known actor and many likely wouldn't even recognize him by name, but when anyone who's seen a few movies lays eyes on him, they know who they're looking at.

The actor's career began in the '70s with performances on both the stage and screen. He continued to perform in movies and in stage productions throughout his career, but it was in the 1990s that he truly made his mark on Hollywood and made his talents known to the entire planet.

Just in that decade alone, Postlethwaite appeared in movies like Alien 3, The Last of the Mohicans, In the Name of the Father (which gave him his first and only Academy Award nomination), The Usual Suspects (as the infamous Kobayashi), James and the Giant Peach, Dragonheart, Romeo + Juliet, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Amistad. These performances solidified him as one of the best character actors in the business and proved that he could be great on many different levels. [...]

Top 10 Urban Fantasy and Horror Books of 2010

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 09:50 AM PST

Top 10 Urban Fantasy Books of 2010

Tough chicks who kick butt. The continued popularity explosion of paranormal YA. Male wizards. Hard-boiled detective stories with fantasy settings. These were the most dominant urban fantasy trends this year, and they'll continue well into 2011.

Standouts include J.L. Bryan's Jenny Pox about a girl who kills people with her touch. It's a welcome change from the emo, vegetarian vampires that populate YA novels; highly recommended reading. Brandon Sanderson and Paul Hoffman showed us the darker side of epic fantasy, while Jocelynn Drake and Kelly Meding proved that their female protagonists kick just as much butt as the boys do. Thomas Sniegoski sent us on another adventure with angel-turned-human PI, Remy Chandler, and Joe Hill gave us another compelling protagonist with Ig, a human who grows horns.

My top pick, as with 2009, goes to Kill the Dead, the second volume in the Sandman Slim series. We continued Jimmy Stark's foray into the gritty, noir-inspired Los Angeles of Kadrey's fashioning, and this book featured a fantastic, Gaiman-esque interpretation of Lucifer. Let's hope that the forthcoming title, Aloha from Hell, is even better.

Here's my picks for the Top 10 Urban Fantasy and Horror Books of 2010 [...]

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