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- Geek Gear: Star Wars/Donkey Kong ‘Wookie Kong’ Shirt
- Blu-ray Deal: ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ Box Set
- Geek Gear: Doctor Who ‘Void Stuff Vision’ Shirt
- Comics Deal: Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire TPB
- Watch Now: The Latest Trailer For ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Piles On The Thrills
- Comic Review: Dogs of Mars
- Confirmed: The ‘Elder Scrolls’ MMO Is On The Way
- DVD Review: 7 Below
- Mondo Reveals Tyler Stout’s Poster For ‘The Avengers’ Series
- The Lizard Sports A Familiar Garment In This New Photo From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
- Comic Review: Marksmen
- Watch Now: The New Trailer For ‘The Expendables 2′ Is Pure Man Candy
- Music Review: Europe – ‘Bag Of Bones’
- Comic Review: Epic Kill #1
- Over 7,000 Guitarists Playing Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Hey Joe’ Break World Record
| Geek Gear: Star Wars/Donkey Kong ‘Wookie Kong’ Shirt Posted: 04 May 2012 05:50 AM PDT  The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a mash-up of Star Wars and Donkey Kong called "Wookie Kong" by beware1984. The sale at RIPT began today, Friday, May 4, 2012, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]            |
| Blu-ray Deal: ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ Box Set Posted: 04 May 2012 05:20 AM PDT  In honor of today being "May The 4th," a special day for Star Wars fans, the Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is the Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray box set for only $78.99 (that's 44% off the list price of $139.99). This is a 9-disc box set that contains all 6 movies, plus tons of bonus features (listed here below). Also, be on the lookout on the main Gold Box page for the Lightning Deals, which will be Star wars-themed all day. Note - these deals are valid only for today, Friday, May 4, 2012. The spotlight deal is valid through 11:59pm PST while supplies last; the Lightning Deals run every 3-4 hours while supplies last (and for these, supplies sell out super-fast, sometimes within a few minutes!). [...]      |
| Geek Gear: Doctor Who ‘Void Stuff Vision’ Shirt Posted: 04 May 2012 04:50 AM PDT  The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Doctor Who-themed shirt called "Void Stuff Vision" by jkilpatrick. The sale began at Teefury today, Friday, May 4, 2012, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]      |
| Comics Deal: Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire TPB Posted: 04 May 2012 04:30 AM PDT  The Deal of the Day over at Things From Another World today is Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire trade paperback for only $5.38 (that's 70% off of the regular price of $17.95). Note – The sale at TFAW is valid only for today, Friday, May 4, 2012, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last (and there's a limited supply, so it will sell out, so hurry!). Visit the TFAW's Deal of the Day page to view the hours left in the sale as well as quantities left on the item. If the deal version sells out, there's also a limited edition hardcover at TFAW for $47.97 (40% off); you can also buy a new copy of the trade paperback edition at Amazon for $15.36. TFAW is having a massive Star Wars Sale today, with items 25-40% off until midnight tonight with graphic novels as low as $5! [...]      |
| Watch Now: The Latest Trailer For ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Piles On The Thrills Posted: 03 May 2012 07:44 PM PDT  Just in time for the release of The Avengers across the country tonight at midnight comes the third and final trailer for Sony Pictures' The Amazing Spider-Man. You can watch it here below. I must say, I really like this trailer. Obviously not everyone is going to be as impressed as I am, but history has taught us that if you try to please everyone you end up pleasing no one. After this trailer your mind will be made up. Personally I'm intrigued by the film's story that explores the backstory of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and the mystery of what happened to his parents (Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz). I love how the filmmakers have embraced the science geek side of Peter, as well as his wiseass nature when he takes to the streets and skies of New York City to fight crime; the Sam Raimi trilogy seemed to mostly gloss over those aspects of the character. The police manhunt led by Captain Stacy (Denis Leary), the father of Peter's girlfriend Gwen (Emma Stone), also plays an important role in the film [...]      |
| Posted: 03 May 2012 07:00 PM PDT  Dogs of Mars Trade paperback Story by Johnny Zito, Tony Trov and Christian Weiser Art by Paul Maybury Image Comics Release Date: May 2, 2012 Cover Price: $15.99 Dogs of Mars is a comic rooted in restraint. Nearly every panel of this Sci-Fi horror comic is a detailed study in delicacy. Everything from relationships to brutal violence is explored in Dogs of Mars. Yet, none of it is fully exposed to us as readers. When many comics sprint from one extreme to the next, Dogs of Mars plants the first seeds of terror from page one. The result is a completely visceral experience that will leave you checking to make sure your doors and windows are locked. Dogs of Mars has a pace and tone that should exist organically in this genre of comic yet rarely does. Writers Johnny Zito, Tony Trov, and Christian Weiser have crafted something that will genuinely make you uneasy. That sense of discomfort is in part due to the fact that the writers of this comic have done everything in their power to alienate the reader. Characters are far from home, on an uninhabitable planet and they are being hunted. These are not careful calculating aliens hunting the unfortunate astronauts either. These are rabid and vicious beasts with snapping jaws that will eviscerate everything that comes in their path [...]      |
| Confirmed: The ‘Elder Scrolls’ MMO Is On The Way Posted: 03 May 2012 06:00 PM PDT  After being rumored for quite a while, it's been officially announced by Bethesda Softworks that a massively multiplayer online game based in the world of their hit video game franchise, The Elder Scrolls, is on the way. The game, titled The Elder Scrolls Online, is being developed by ZeniMax Online Studios and led by game director Matt Firor, who has been involved in developing online games for over twenty years now. [...]      |
| Posted: 03 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT  7 Below Blu-ray | DVD Directed by Kevin Carraway Written by Kevin Carraway, Lawrence Sara Starring Val Kilmer, Ving Rhames and Luke Goss ARC Entertainment Release Date: April 17, 2012 You know how your mother always said that if you don't have anything nice to say then you shouldn't say anything at all? Well, screw that. This movie was so utterly ridiculous that I cannot help but try to warn you off before you spend your hard earned cash on it or worse yet, actually watch it. I did manage to entertain my wife while I watched it, though. Mostly by my throwing my headphones off my head in disgust. 7 Below, indeed...this title is likely to represent the watcher's IQ after having viewed it. I really do feel like I lost at least that many points after having Imagine a van full of strangers. Okay, well, a van with two brothers, a married couple and two others...but whatever. Anyway, they are on their way to a resort and after a seemingly meaningless pit stop in a podunk town, a few of them start having odd hallucinations. One of which causes the van to wreck and strands them on the side of the road. Luckily, Jack (Ving Rhames) is driving by and gives them a ride back to his place. He rushes them all into his pickup, though I am unsure how all these people got into a single cab truck. His reasoning for hurrying: a "storm is coming." He says it so many times in the beginning of the film that I keep envisioning the original ads for Game of Thrones before the first season started. I even walked around the house repeating it, much to my wife's chagrin. But she's a good sport, she kept it alive for the rest of the night mainly because [...]      |
| Mondo Reveals Tyler Stout’s Poster For ‘The Avengers’ Series Posted: 03 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT  The Avengers is just hours away from release, and to celebrate this momentous occasion, Mondo has decided to release one last poster from their Avengers Series. Posters for S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Hawkeye and Black Widow quickly sold out when they were put up for sale, as did the posters for Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor. But what makes this final poster stand above them all is the fact that all the heroes are assembled and fitted nice and snug inside The Avengers logo. We've already reviewed the film (which you can read here) and I've given my seal of approval, so getting this poster from Tyler Stout would just make any fan of The Avengers more than happy, especially after it took four years to get to this point [...]      |
| The Lizard Sports A Familiar Garment In This New Photo From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Posted: 03 May 2012 03:00 PM PDT  The Avengers is smashing box office records Hulk-style around the world and The Dark Knight Rises looks to do the same when it opens in July, but the third of this summer's heavily-hyped superhero blockbusters The Amazing Spider-Man is the one both thrill-seeking audiences and longtime fans of the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko creation will watching the closest. Trailers and stills from the much-derided reboot released in recent months have been greeted with mixed reactions. Most of their vitriol directed at the movie centers on the look of the latest villain to oppose Spidey (this time played by Andrew Garfield) on the big screen: Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), the brilliant scientist whose quest to grow back his missing arm results in his transformation into the Lizard [...]      |
| Posted: 03 May 2012 02:15 PM PDT  Marksmen TPB Story by David Baxter and Dave Elliott Script by Dave Baxter Art by Javier Aranda, Jessica Kholine and Garry Leach Cover by Tomm Coker Image Comics Release Date: May 2, 2012 Cover Price: $15.99 There is a delicate balance between interjecting a message subtly into a story and becoming overly preachy. In some ways, a compelling story has to contain substance and a level of depth to justify itself to readers. On the other hand, when an author has his characters shout from a podium about a hot button issue, it can become tiresome very quickly. Throughout this entire comic, Marksmen walked that line between tactful narrative and evangelization. The creative team behind this comic is enormous, so I can see why some ideas may come off stronger than others. The problem is that, when you are dealing with a comic of this scope, a cohesive tone is paramount. Marksmen would be an incredible and fun comic, if only it would stop telling us what bad people we are [...]      |
| Watch Now: The New Trailer For ‘The Expendables 2′ Is Pure Man Candy Posted: 03 May 2012 01:35 PM PDT  Yesterday no less an authority than President Camacho himself, Terry freakin' Crews, promised us that a new trailer for The Expendables 2 would be arriving online today to put a blood-and-skull-splattered boot in our collective ass. Sure enough as I sit here with The Dirty Dozen, the original (and still best) of the all-star superteam action-adventures, playing in the background I sit here writing this: Today Crews' loud and awful snarly promise was fulfilled. You can watch the mighty new trailer here below. I'm a huge fan of the first Expendables, but having re-watched it on Blu-ray recently it's clear that the movie has serious problems when it comes to the narrative structure and the staging of the action sequences. Don't get me wrong, Sylvester Stallone did a fine job directing the movie overall, especially when you take into account that he was also writing and starring in the movie at the same time (and taking some near-paralyzing injuries in the process). But when the aging but still active action hero announced that a new director would take the helm of The Expendables 2 while he stuck to acting duties I took a great amount of relief in that news [...]      |
| Music Review: Europe – ‘Bag Of Bones’ Posted: 03 May 2012 01:00 PM PDT  Europe Bag Of Bones Produced by Kevin Shirley earMUSIC UK Release date: April 30, 2012 CD | MP3 U.S. Release date: May 8, 2012 CD (Import) Love it or loathe it, the fact is Swedish rock band Europe will always be the band responsible for "The Final Countdown." Twenty-six years on from making one of the most iconic rock songs of all time, new album Bag Of Bones demonstrates a significantly different band. The current line-up of singer Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist John Leven, drummer Ian Haugland, and keyboard player Mic Michaeli have been together since 2003 (but also played together for most of the '80s) and have worked hard to make the transition from hard rock hair metal to a hard rock blues band. Songs like "Riches To Rags" with its superb guitar solo – a sonic sugar-rush as the tempo kicks up a level and Norum shreds – and lead single "Not Supposed To Sing The Blues" are the perfect example of Europe's hard rock blues [...]      |
| Posted: 03 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT  Epic Kill #1 (of #5) Written by Raffaele Ienco Art by Raffaele Ienco Image Comics Release date: May 2, 2012 Cover Price: $2.99 Epic Kill, a five-issue miniseries from Image Comics, tells the story of a trained assassin named Song who doesn't remember who she is or where she is. Song is living in a school for troubled girls, but doesn't remember why she's there and how she got there. Parts of her memory are slowly coming back to her and she remembers how to defend herself against a massive amount of armed men who want her dead. She also remembers her main objective: to assassinate the President. Epic Kill #1 was one fun read. This first issue sets up the entire miniseries very nicely. I'm a fan of action films so I truly feel that Epic Kill will definitely bring the action [...]      |
| Over 7,000 Guitarists Playing Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Hey Joe’ Break World Record Posted: 03 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT  On May 1st in Poland, a musical world record of sorts which will gain entry in the Guinness Book of World Records was broken as more than 7,000 guitarists gathered at the Thanks Jimi Festival with a performance of Jimi Hendrix's version of "Hey Joe," reports Guitar World. Every form of guitarist style, ranging from classical to acoustic and electric, performed the Hendrix cut, which has been one of the more high profile songs associated with the late guitarist, but was one of the few songs that he performed throughout his short career that he didn't write. Billy Roberts penned the song in the mid 1960s and it passed through renditions by groups like The Leaves and The Standells before it found its way into Hendrix's repertoire [...]      |
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