Random Geekery

[yendi]

Last night's event sucked -- about four hours of driving for a truly dull experience. Blah.

Anyway, good geek news:

Computers:

Apple announced an obscenely fast computer yesterday that I can't afford. They also announced the new iChat (Foxmagic, safe to say this is what you were so psyched about last week?), Panther, and a new webcam, which I wantwantwant.

Comics:

Random House is starting their own Manga line. No details, yet, but it's another sign of the growth of the market.

Anyone following the latest Marvel headlines needs to read the latest Lying in the Gutters (hell, if you read comics, you need to read this weekly column). This week also has a fascinating story about JMS and the lateness of Rising Stars.

DVDs:

DVDFile has announced the specs for the DVD of Holes: Aside from being Widescreen, there'll be extras two commentaries with the filmmakers and the cast, a making-of featurette, deleted scenes, a gag reel, music video and trailers.


Cartoons:

Aussie_NYC and I watched the first episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy last week, and it was hysterical, living up to the potential it had shown when they first debuted it a few years back.

Comments

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

Featuring THX-certified anamorphic widescreen and full screen transfers

Gee, I wonder if my boss knows we're working on that title. As far as I know, the engineers haven't looked at any masters... Too busy re-doing the Aliens movies, and dealing with all 3 Indiana Jones pictures...

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

Pat the Baker!

[aureth.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm really looking forward to Panther, even if it is going to cost an arm and a leg (I'll probably do the Right Thing, and buy the Family Pack upgrade for $199, since I'll have 3 computers to upgrade). iChat is sort of eh...I don't IM a lot, although I am logged in most of the time. Most of my net communication is still on MUCKs.

The G5s make me almost wish I hadn't bought a G4 tower back in March...

[foxmagic.livejournal.com]

*nodnodnods* :)

Week? More like the past coupla months! :-D

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

You are the second person I talked to that liked Grim.

I was under impressed with Grim and Evil, but on those two recs, I will check it out.

Un

[phantom_wolfboy]

Hmmm. So let's figure out the logic in the Rising Stars thing, eh?

You have a popular cult comic written by a popular cult writer who has produced a popular cult tv show that became popular despite everything the networks could do to stop it. You want to produce a film based on this writer's comic, probably figuring you'd like a bit of that cult cash. So you . . . cut him out of the process completely, thus guaranteeing the audience for the comic will never go see your movie?

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Hollywood doesn't "get" the comic book crowd at all... hence most comic book movies sucking, because the filmmakers didn't understand the source material and how the fans felt about it. The only good comic book movies have been made by fans of the series on which they were based, IMO.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

I told the people in my workgroup about Panther; they're all on 9.1 right now and are pretty reluctant to go X, but when I told them what Panther has they all said "so when do we switch????"

Soon as I can get us all Quark 6.... sigh...

I'm waitin' for the 12" G5 Powerbook... hooyah!!! (heh)