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Listen Up Galactica – It’s SABOTAGE!

One of my geek shames is that I haven’t made the time to finish watching Battlestar Galactica.  I watched the first season, loved it, have the second season on DVD, and…didn’t follow up. Whoops.

Either way, I’m now working on fixing that.  And now that I’ve seen this amazing mashup of Battlestar Galactica footage cut to the Beastie Boys “Sabotage”, I really really want to watch more.

Galactica fans, Beasties fans, people who just liked the ‘Sabotage” video, get ready to break bread. This is really well done.

Source: YouTube – Galactica: Sabotage.

New Episodes of FUTURAMA – DATED!

Grab your paper calendar, mark it in iCal, set your DVR, do whatever you must do, as the premiere of brand new episodes of Futurama on Comedy Central has been announced.

This brand new season of episodes, featuring the full cast of voice actors, will hit screens on June 24th, 2010.

If that wasn’t awesome enough, this will be the first season animated in full HD widescreen.

I cannot wait.

Source: Can’t get enough Futurama: Futurama News.

Yes Virginia, There Was Almost a US Version of SPACED

Back in the early 2000’s, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright made their name in the US with their classic flick Shaun of the Dead.  In fact, they made such an impact, it’s somewhat hard to remember a time before they were popular over here too.

But before they were, they, and the lovely Jessica Hynes created a brilliant TV show called Spaced.  I’ve gone on record for my love of the show before, but a rather dark piece of Spaced history found it’s way onto the internet today.

In the post Shaun period, it seems Fox attempted to put together a US remake of Spaced, and because of the nature of their TV contract, there was nothing Pegg, Frost or Hynes could do about it.

Luckily, the internet bitched loud enough and early enough that the remake was canned before the pilot went to order. And it seemed that was that.

Until today, wherein Pegg himself tweeted a link to a YouTube clip of the US remake.  It’s amazing how the clip not only seems to grab the proper aesthetic of the show, but holds zero of the heart or intrigue.  I guess, considering it was produced by McG, we shouldn’t be that surprised.

Source: Watch This: A Peek at the Doomed ‘Spaced’ Remake – Cinematical.

Full LAST AIRBENDER Trailer Still Leaves Me Cold

You know, I really want to get excited about the film adaptation of Avatar, The Last Airbender, but I’ve yet to have reason to.

Between the whitewashed casting, fans themselves being unimpressed, and now, this full trailer feeling kind of wooden, I’m still not seeing this as a big success.

Honestly, click play on the just released full trailer above, and tell me you aren’t getting odd flashbacks to the Kangaroo kung fu film Warriors of Virtue.  Just make Aang a kangaroo, and there we go…

Source: The Last Airbender Movie Trailer | /Film.

And Now The LEGO STAR WARS Trilogy Is Complete!

Ask anyone the 2 best things to come from the world of Star Wars over the past 10 years, and they’d probably answer the Lego Star Wars games and the Clone Wars television series. Both of them.

So it stands to reason that these two great tastes would taste great together.

Ergo, it isn’t a major surprise that Travelers Tale Games, who created all of the Lego games thus far, have announced a 3rd Lego Star Wars game for this Fall.

Titled Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, the game will take the super fun Lego Star Wars world and combine it with the beloved Cartoon Network CGI series.  Personally, I’ve loved all of the Lego Star Wars games thus far, along with Lego Batman, so I think this will be an absolute blast of a game.  Here’s hoping it isn’t just a rehash of the first two games in the series however – I mean, are there really any worlds/sequences that haven’t been covered?

We’ll find out when Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars hits the 360, Wii, PS3, DS and PSP this fall.

Source: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars marching to multiple platforms this fall.

Awesome Fake Atari Game Covers Make You Wonder What Could’ve Been

The first video game system I owned as a kid was an Atari 2600, with about 13 games, which my parents bought at a flea market.

So when I came upon this blog from Penney Design, who have designed a series of fake 2600 game boxes for modern licensed properties, I totally nerded out.

The above Lost cover is but one of the many great designs on the blog.  They’ve created boxes for other properties such as Wall-E, The Dark Knight, Avatar and Cloverfield, amongst others.

Go check them out, they are SUPER well done!

Source: Penney Design.

DARIA DVDs Planned & Dated!

So you may recall, last summer, it was officially announced (sort of, by me) that DVDs of the beloved MTV cartoon Daria would finally be released.

It’s been quite a few months since that announcement, but we finally have more details, and yes, a release date.

The release will include all five seasons of the series, plus the two full length movies, and hit shelves on May 11, 2010.

The extras have been details as well, as thus:

-Pilot – Sealed With a Kick
-Music Video: Mystik Spiral Music Video “Freakin’ Friends”
-Daria Day Intros
-Top Ten Video Countdown Hosted by Daria & Jane
-Cast & Crew Interviews
-Never Before-Seen Mystik Sprial spin-off script

I know a lot of people are as excited to see this as I was to see DVDs of The State, so hopefully this news has some of you ecstatic on this very snowy Monday.

Source:  Daria DVD news: Announcement for Daria – The Complete Animated Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com.

A Few Hours Early – Tonight’s Look At THE LAST AIRBENDER!

With just hours to go until the Super Bowl, people are making their final picks, and nerds like me are getting excited for the different commericals to make their debut.

On Friday, one of the movie trailers we’ll be seeing during the game made it’s debut, the above first look at M. Night Shaymalan’s film version of the Nicktoon Avatar, The Last Airbender.  Like the teaser before it, I was left somewhat cold, as the trailer gave me, a non-fan no real reason to be excited.

Let’s see what a true Avatar fan has to say, like my good buddy Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi!

I will not pay real money to see this thing, ever. I will not rent it, I will not put it on my Netflix queue, I will not watch it when it comes on broadcast or HBO or Showtime or the airplane. Gauging the initial reactions to this trailer, it appears that this thing will be enough of a financial success for them to make more and that makes me a sad panda, but they will do so without my financial support. Much like Alan Moore, I spit venom all over this thing.

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Oh sweet god. You’re fucked, Paramount.

Source: Here’s The Super Bowl Ad For M. Night’s LAST AIRBENDER… — Ain’t It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news..

Does This Look At The AVENGERS Cartoon Hint To The Movie?

I guess it’s a good time of year to leak info on superhero cartoons.

Earlier in the week we had our first peek at Young Justice League, but now from a licensing fair in Hong Kong, the above flyer appeared, showcasing not only the existing  Superhero Squad cartoon, but the first appearance of the key art for the brand new Avengers animated series due for sometime in 2011-2012.

I’d guess the above image is of the final lineup, with Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther, Wasp and Ant Man – but is it too much of a stretch to ask if this also hints toward the movie lineup?

Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man and Thor are pretty much givens due to their movie apperances (along with Black Widow), but I could go for a live action interpretation of Black Panther along with everyone’s favorite dysfunctional superhero couple, Wasp and Ant Man.

Source: Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors » Avengers Animation Gives Clues To Movie Lineup?.

What’s Japanese For “Blatant Copyright Infringement”?

Straight from the sexy decade known as the swingin’ 70’s comes this Japanese Television commerical for canned tuna (called “Sea Chicken” from Hagomoro Foods.

In no way, shape or form are they stealing characters and concepts from Star Wars to help sell their tuna.

Oh no. It’s 100% original concepts for this sci-fi themed tuna ad.

Source:  Video: ‘Star Wars’-Themed Sea Chicken Commercial from Japan (1978) | Serious Eats.

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