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- Dragon*Con 2010: Who’s Going?
- Comics That Should Take a Leap, or a Step Back
- Movie Theater Plans Ultimate Lost Marathon
- Transformers Sans 1800’s, Optimus Prime Steam Engine
- Darren Aronofsky Could Possibly Direct Wolverine 2 [Rumor]
- Bacon Flavored Lip Balm
- Something You Don’t See Everyday
| Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:44 AM PDT
This year marks the 24th annual Dragon*Con – it was founded in 1987 – and it will be held in four Atlanta hotels: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta Hilton and Towers, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Westin Peachtree Plaza. The four-day event is packed with all sorts of activities – more than enough to satisfy your geeky appetite. From music to science fiction to fantasy to seminars to parades – participants will get to experience these in Dragon*Con.
Some of the most popular events in Dragon*Con are:
Many of the events are restricted to members, so if you’re interested in becoming one, check out the Dragon*Con Store and get yourself a membership – sales started yesterday. It’s not all about having fun, though. The convention is known to extend a helping hand to charities. This year’s Dragon*Con is going to help out The Lupus Foundation of America – Georgia Chapter. So is anyone going?
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| Comics That Should Take a Leap, or a Step Back Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:55 PM PDT
When comics convert from print to the screen – be it silver screen, little screen, or computer screen – the results are often disastrous. We’ve become so accustomed to this fact that as comic book lovers, we follow the news of every comic adaptation’s progress as if it was life or death. Universally. We obsess over every little detail, but in sheer acceptance of our fate, preordained by movie & TV studios, we rarely ask the big question: should a comic be adapted? Is one comic more worthy than another? Is one comic so strong that it’ll survive any and all mishandling it’ll inevitably receive once it hits the studio’s hands? Or is it a comic that should never, ever make the transition? Let’s examine some comics that haven’t deserved their 15 minutes of Hollywood fame, and a few comics that should be given a chance to demonstrate their full glory on the silver screen. Kick-Ass: Kick-Ass. What can I say? Mediocre comic, mediocre film. Soon to be a mediocre sequel! Taking up valuable box office space and studio dollars and cents while other movies that deserve to be made languish in the wings. Movies like… Deadpool: As one of Marvel’s most unforgettable characters, Deadpool has been crying out for a good movie of his own. And fans are crying out alongside him. This is a movie that would be well watched regardless of whether it was made wonderfully or made like crap. Deadpool’s story is an endless supply of amusing source material for a first rate movie plot. And the film is "in the works" – except it has no director and very little in the way of a firm cast. Ryan Reynolds is meant to reprise the role, but back-to-back Green Lantern projects mean that a Deadpool movie is so far on the back burner it’s freezing over. RED: RED is a three part comic with one main character who’s quite capable of launching a killing spree all by his lonesome. There is no real supporting cast and, in my ever so humble opinion, the comic isn’t terribly good. But the movie looks a whole lot more promising. The cast of supporting characters that are mostly nonexistent in the source material is nothing short of amazing, so what have they done with the comic that the original creative team didn’t? We shall see… Ant Man: Edgar Wright appears to be doing everything short of enlisting a witch doctor to get an Ant Man movie made. This is a character who’d have legs (there’s a pun just waiting to be made in there, somewhere) on the big screen. There’s plenty of story and plenty of cast surrounding Ant Man, which equals lots of opportunities for good writing to shine. It’s a no-brainer, really, so why isn’t Ant Man getting his time in the spotlight? Runaways: I’m 100% behind the making of a Runaways film. But I am 100% against the destruction of the Runaways story, as would certainly happen if rumors came true. The current gossip is that Marvel and Disney plan to tweak the Runaways tale to make it more appealing to the "tween" audience that is so grossly enraptured by Twilight that it makes me yearn for the days when Harry Potter was a prepubescent sex symbol. A Runaways made for Twilight fans is not a Runaways I want to see. Period. Are there any comics you’d like to see make the jump to film or TV? Any that absolutely should never have crossed over? I’d love to hear your thoughts, just drop a comment in the box. And while you’re at it, check out Unreality Check here at ForeverGeek.
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| Movie Theater Plans Ultimate Lost Marathon Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT
I love me some Lost. You might even say I’m a Lost fanatic. But this is way too much, even for me. The Prince Charles Cinema in London is planning a Lost marathon starting September 13th, wherein they’ll show all 121 episodes of the show back-to-back on the big screen. Without those pesky commercials, that adds up to 80 straight hours of Lost (though breaks are planned and will be required of all attendees), or four days. The theatre is even going to have paramedics on hand for anyone who gets too tired (or whose brain melts from non-stop pondering of Mystery Island). Prince Charles Cinema is timing this event to happen at the same time as the release of Season 6 on DVD in England (American viewers can already purchase the set). Admission is free for the first 280 fans to arrive, and sleeping bags, pillows, snacks, and costumes are “recommended.” If you require a button to push every 108 minutes, they will not be provided. Lost producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse reacted to this insane fan event by saying that, “we applaud you, we admire you and we thank you for your fandom.” They also added that they “take no legal responsibility” for these fans’ health. Or, you know, sanity.
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| Transformers Sans 1800’s, Optimus Prime Steam Engine Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:11 AM PDT
Optimus Prime may be a 21st century Transformer, but the team at Encline Designs wanted to see what he would have turned into during the 1800’s and the most obvious answer was formed, a steam engine! The pictures shown below showcase Optimus Prime in all of his transformation stages as a steam engine.
      Now I wonder what the rest of the Transformers would have become, perhaps Shockwave could transform into an old civil war .44cal Army Colt. What do you think about this Optimus Prime re-imagining? Leave us your thoughts.
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| Darren Aronofsky Could Possibly Direct Wolverine 2 [Rumor] Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:51 AM PDT
Darren Aronofsky can take boring topics, such as math (Pi) and turn them into genius works of cinematography, he’s also capable of taking characters on a journey into themselves, revealing their flaws, while humanizing their struggles (Requiem for a Dream). Now give him Wolverine and we might have the most twisted, revealing study in comic book characters ever created for the big screen. According to Deadline:
There are naysayers who claim Aronofsky is just “too daring” for the role of director on a major motion picture conceived from a comic book, however his artistic direction and ability to expose all the flaws of his characters is exactly what Wolverine needs, after all I can barely think of a more confused, conflicted, flaw-ridden X-Men than Wolverine. What do you think about Aronofsky as the films new director? Twilight: Eclipse wasn’t bad, but I want Wolverine to have some edge.
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| Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:03 AM PDT
Tired from the plethora of fruit flavored lip balms? Now you can buy food flavored ones with Bacon flavor being the most notorious one to me. Other choices are pickle, corndog, nacho and wasabi. I really wonder how it would taste to wear those lip balms, like just having eaten? Or would it make you hungry? Personally I don’t like flavored lip balms, with one exception, coconut flavored. It always reminds me of being on the beach, especially nice when it’s in the middle of winter. Otherwise I’m plain boring with lip balms using a plain non flavored one, so this Bacon Balm and the other food flavored ones look very daring to me.
I can see food flavored balm being an issue, especially if you are going to eat, unless you combine your food with the lip balms flavor. Easting sushi? Apply Wasabi lip balm. Having a taco? Apply Nacho lip balm. You get the gist. At least with the fruity flavored ones it is like dessert applying it after eating. Any bacon fan should get the bacon flavored lip balm, myself included. Bacon is not the healthiest food and if this lip balm comes close in tasting like real bacon it can serve as a hold over for the days you don’t eat bacon. As long as it doesn’t make you want to eat more. If your are a lip balm user would you buy food flavored ones?
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| Something You Don’t See Everyday Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:36 AM PDT
It’s a publicity stunt, sure, but you’ve got to admit it’s a pretty ballsy one. They’re doing it to promote Power Gig: Rise of the Six String, the first music game ever to come with a real guitar that can be played offline. (Rock Band 3 uses a six-string controller, but it can’t be used outside of the game.) Power Gig is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in late October. Does this video make you more or less interested in the game?
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