Coen Bros New Film: A Serious Man

Damn you Coen Brothers for making another film I'll have to spend my money on... argh, looks like I'll probably enjoy the film to... wait, why am I angry!?!?! Must be the sun stroke...

Stay cool everyone... and go see this film...

More here thanks to FSR

Arkham Asylum: Dev. Diary

arrrgh, why can't I play this now?!?! (yes I know it's b/c it's not released until August 25th... I was being facetious)

More here thanks to Joystiq...

New Film by the Director of TRON Legacy

Well I haven't watched TRON Legacy yet, and I haven't learned anything more about Joseph Kosinski's new project "Oblivion"... All I can say based solely on this poster is that I'm excited to see more...

Check out what /Film had to say here...

New District 9 Promotional Trailer

yep yep, still really want to see this...

More here thanks to /Film...

Join Stark Industries

During the Iron Man 2 press conference at Comic Con, "assistants" handed out business cards to people interested in a job at Stark Industries...

Thanks to /Film, here is the site the business cards sent people to...

I know I'm sending them my resume...

Shatner Makes Palin's Tweets a Spoken Word Song

I love William Shatner... His album "Has Been" is a must listen...

Thanks to Cinema Blend

A Whole Lot of Random

Well it looks like I have to work today, which means I won't be able to post anything till later tonight... So here is a bunch of things I found interesting out there on the interwebs... Check them out, and discuss amongst yourselves...

Have a great day everyone...



Images from the new Astro Boy Movie - FSR

inFAMOUS is being developed into a movie - Kotaku

Project Natal to launch next year - Ubergizmo

Biometric Authentication System for vending machines - Gimodo

Michael Sheen confirmed as the villain in TRON - FSR

If you drink milk, here is a jug that keeps it fresh - Ubergizmo

Crazy lady who thinks rainbows are a conspiracy - TBT

TRON Legacy - Theme Remix

Tron Legacy Theme by Cryda Luv

Although this is being passed around as a Daft Punk track, it's not... It's a remix by Cryda Luv...

AvP: Marines - Trailer

I've been a fan of the AvP series since it was released (back in 1963 if I recall)... To this day I believe that AvP Gold is one of the most underrated games of our generation... They captured the feeling of hopelessness and panic like no other game I've played... And maybe, just maybe they might have done it again...

Thanks to Joystiq

Assassin's Creed II - Comic Con Montage

Here is a bunch of Assassin's Creed II info that was released during Comic Con.... And it's brought to you in a montage from Ubisoft...

Thanks to Kotaku

360 Dashboard Update Soon

Looks like we (anyone w/ an XBox 360) get a whole new dashboard on August 11...

Included is the feature to spend our real money on our avatars... I for one can't wait to have a fictitious representation of myself dressing better then I do...

Well, all sarcasm aside I kind of want that RC Warthog

Thanks to Gizmodo... go there to see the other pictures of the dashboad...

The Secret of NIMH To Be Revealed Again...

First off, if you haven't watched The Secret of NIMH then you have the social obligation to go out and watch it... NOW!!!... No, really, stop reading and go watch it... I don't want anyone who hasn't watched this phenomenal film to continue reading... Not b/c I'm putting in spoilers, but b/c you have to see it before it's destroyed forever (by it's newly re-imagined bastard of a brother)...

So it looks like Neil Burger (The Illusionist) is negotiating to write the script... Nobody knows how the film is going to look, but I tend to agree w/ FSR thoughts that it will probably be live action blended w/ CGI rats...

When will hollywood stop raping my childhood... OH, that's right, NEVER... *sigh* at least I have the original...

Thanks to FSR

Castlevania AND Dead Space get Directors

Well it looks like we're getting more video game to film adaptions... I know I know, you're surprised and excited all at the same time.... These adaptations have rarely gone wrong in trying to recapture the magic of the game play...

So here you go, the names:

Castlevania - Konami signed James Wan (Saw) to direct...

Dead Space - EA & Temple Hill Entertainment signed DJ Caruso (Eagle Eye) to direct...



Thanks to:
FSR for the Castlevania news
/Film for the Dead Space news

Get Your Hands On Fat Princess Thursday

For a person who doesn't own a PS3 I'm pretty excited for the release of Fat Princess on July 30th... I'm simply going to make my friends who own a PS3 pay the $14.99(us) price tag, and then I'll live on their couch for a week or so...

Those of you who don't know, Fat Princess is a capture the flag type game... and the flag is a princess...

Simple enough right???

HA, of course not...

While trying to retrieve your princess from the opposing team, you have to keep feeding their princess cake... lots and lots of cake to make her fat... the fatter she gets the harder it is for the other team to take her back.... And of course this is happening on the other side...

All this mixed w/ 5 different classes of fighters (all managed by hats, which can be taken from the opposing team in battle... so basically if you kill someone more powerful, you take their hat and you become as powerful), and 10 different levels...

If you have a PS3, get it... then invite me over :D


More info from the Playstation Blog here...

Threadless - Yet Another Shirt I Want...

I've never had my bike stolen, but if I did I like to think I'd post signs like this...

Check out the shirt at Threadless here....

Jaydiohead - The ENCORE

Go dl* this NOW!!!

If you don't know what it is then get off the interwebs Grandma!!! (ha, I'm hilarious *pats self on back*)...

Jaydiohead is yet another mash-up album... This time it's between (you guessed it) Radiohead and Jay-Z... Here is a link to the original...

and this would be it's 5 track encore intitled, (yep, you guessed it again... you guys are good today) Encore...


Enjoy



*dl = download

Penny Arcade - The Ball Region

Penny Arcade

TRON Legacy - Teaser Trailer

Just watch...

More here thanks to /Film...

Chuck Selects

Here is a new post idea I just thought of... I'm calling in "Chuck Selects" as these are the things that Chuck selects and sends to me... How he finds these things while working 9 different jobs I will never know...


The first from Laughing Squid, is Extreme Office Parkour...

The second is for BuckyBalls... You will want to buy them after watch this video...

First Teaser Photo of the NEW Freddy Krueger

Now I'm not a fan of the Nightmare on Elm Street series (stop hating, I'll tell you why)... When I was younger I never watched horror films, they really didn't internist me... Years later however, I've gone back and watch a few (like "Prom Night") and have enjoyed them... So I'll probably watch the series before this new one comes out...

The real reason I posted this, is b/c Jackie Earle Haley is playing Freddy, and he is an amazing actor...

THE END

Thanks to /Flim

Alice in Wonderland - Teaser Trailer

This copy isn't the best, but it's all we have at the moment folks...

It looks like classic Tim Burton, and is exactly what we expected... I'll discuss amongst yourselves...

Thanks to FSR for the video...


EDIT: Cinema Blends trailer went down, but thanks to FSR we're back up and running

Time-Lapse of Hot Air Balloons...

I've been busy today, but I feel bad that I haven't posted... So here is a video of hot air balloons getting ready, and ascending for the 2006 Reno Balloon Race...

That's all for now, I'll post more on my next break...

Thanks to Boing Boing for the video...

Encounters: What Should We Do???

image from Left-Handed Toons

Years ago my good friend Steve Davison wrote this piece about greeting new (and old) people in social situations... As of late I've been thinking about this exact topic... So I dredged up his writing and posted it here. All in hopes for some discussion from the readers (that means you)...

It's a little long, but I hope you read it all and participate in the discussion...

Male/Female Encounters of a Third Kind: Some Faux Pas

Readers, friends, those who kiss me a "hello" on the cheek, those who don't, and those who look at me like a fucking idiot when I try...

There is sometimes, something about a particular part of English culture that bugs me, which I have wanted to express in one form or another for a while now. It wouldn't be a problem if we were robots, afraid of interacting with people of the opposite sex, or if we, as Britons were isolated from the rest of the world and therefore knew nothing about other countries or the way they greeted each other, treated each other or acted around each other. But we are not robots. We are human beings and we thrive on interaction, and that is at the source of my desire to seek answers on this topic. Nevertheless, as I mentioned, I've been meaning to express myself about this for awhile and what better way to do it, to reach an audience, to perhaps get friend's and peer's feedback, in this day in age, than a myspace blog? Exactly...

Intrigued? Read on, dear, dear reader, I implore you…

Think of a party of approximately 30 guests you've been to where you've arrived, taken your coat off, put the bottles you bought in the fridge, chatted to the host for 15 minutes, and rested safely in your entourage of 4 people you arrived with, leaving the encounters with everybody else in the house to chance.

This scenario just doesn't happen in France (a country I chose because I've lived there and witnessed first hand such scenarios), where in the same situation every man in the room would shake every other mans hand, and kiss every girl on each cheek and every girl would kiss every other person at the party on each cheek. Instantly the ice is broken between males and females, there is deliberate contact, and therefore a conscious effort to feel comfortable in the social setting.

At first when I moved to France I thought it was painstakingly complicated when you meet people of different ages, or status to greet them in a different manner. For example when I met my girlfriend-at-the-time's mother we shook hands, but at some point, when she felt she knew me well enough, she would greet me with a kiss on each cheek... Now I see it as painstakingly obvious and a pain in the arse not to have a system whereby everybody knows exactly how to greet each other. There is no moment of embarrassment, as when I first arrived and knew nothing about this system and moved in to kiss her grandmother (who I was meeting for the first time) on the cheek as she stuck her hand out to shake mine!

It's funny. In my circles the girls and boys greet each other with one kiss on one cheek. However when I get introduced to new girls by friends or family I find it embarrassing when I lean in to kiss them on the cheek and get this look which says: "Excuse me? What the fuck are you doing?"

What's funnier is that since starting this article a week ago I have been to visit my friend's girlfriend and a female friend of hers and they both leaned in, as is normal in their circles, to kiss me a second time and caught me out! But now I know. I made a joke, and obliged. Next time I will kiss them twice.

Does this make a point? Should we have a universal method of greeting each other or should we not? Do you find it cute or annoying at the ground-zero moment when two people attempt to use different methods of greeting? Is it normal or weird to greet in such a personal manner? Is it comfortable or uncomfortable when people try to kiss you on the cheek? Do you respond with confidence or shyness? Do you maybe feel that it is cheating on your partner to get that close to another man? Or am I just paranoid?!

~Steve Davison

I for one wish that we here in Canada had a structured greeting ritual... For the simple reason that I also have greeted people in the wrong manor (on several occasions)... Either by not shaking hands, preforming the wrong handshake, not giving a hug, wanting to give a hug but waiting to long, gave a hug and wasn't supposed to...

Oh, and don't even get me started on kissing on the cheek... I was good at it in Australia were I supposed to do it (in certain groups)... but I can't continue doing it here (as I'm not European, and I'd be labeled as "the strange kissing-on-the-cheek Canadian guy" if I did)...

From here on in, I am going to make a point of:

• shaking hands w/ men
• hugging every girl
• kissing girls (who are close to me) on the cheek (maybe)
  

What do you think???

Do you have the same greeting for all social encounters???

Or, does that greeting change depending on the group???

Do you just avoid physical greetings???

What are your greetings???

Sherlock Holmes - Trailer #2

Every since I was a young lad (that's right, I said "lad") I would read the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... Most notably would be his Sherlock Holmes series (and others, including "The Lost World" where dinosaurs are found in South America) of which I am fully confident that Guy Richie is about to destroy...

Well, maybe "destroy" is to harsh of a word... I'm sure my memory of the stories have been muddled over the years, but I don't remember everything been painted w/ the "Michael Bay Paintbrush" (now only $24,999.00... Guaranteed to add to the box office gross, regardless of the films quality)...

I always had a great respect for Holmes, w/ his vast knowledge and ability to deduct conclusions from any given scenario... and now, we'll have to wait and see...

One the other hand, I guess corsets and explosions aren't all bad... and I can always go back and re-read the books...

Thanks to FSR for the heads up...

FFFFound

Nothing really to report this morning guys/girls/fellas/ladies/children/animals/aliens/sea-monkeys and cats...

So here is one of my favorite time killers...

The concept is simple... Look for a picture you like (beware NSFW as their is nudity). Click on it. It then shows you that picture AND others you might like. Continue clicking until the end of time...

FFFFound

Add Your Own Songs to Rock Band - Coming Soon...

Since the beginning of time, man has wanted the ability to add their own songs to Guitar Hero... Harmonix (the guys who split from Activision and created Rock Band) has now stepped up to the plate and giving us that ability... and by "us" I mean "the musicians who own a 360"...

Entitled "The Rock Band Network", you will need:

• a "XNA Creators Club Premium Membership"
• a XBox 360
• Rock Band 2 + the Instruments
• Master track of your song... MUST own recoding and copyright
• a MIDI sequencer/Digital Audio Workstation

So all you indie bands rejoice... Soon the marketplace will be flooded w/ your music, and then you'll become famous, and lose your indie status, and your old fans will hate you, and your new fans will want to change you, and life will never be the same...

Full details HERE...
Thanks to Boing Boing for the heads up, check out their interview HERE...

Left 4 Dead + Shaun of the Dead = Genius!!!

It's taken some time (and will take some more) but a Shaun of the Dead campaign is now being developed for Left 4 Dead... This comes to us by Biohaz4rd... It's delightfully called Left 4 Winchester, and you can watch the development progress on their site here...

I for one am a fan of both the movie and game, so I'll be eagerly waiting for it's arrive...

Get Ready For It...

I consider myself to be rather resourceful and skilled in many different areas... It is my opinion that everyone should have some experience in every area of life... From cutting down trees to socially engineering free pizza, and even fixing simple machines...

I do this b/c I don't like to rely on anything, and this keeps me prepared for the coming apocalypse... An apocalypse that is coming sooner then we thought...

A thick, dark and gooey mass is floating down from the Arctic... This mass is up to 15miles long, and organic... Now I've seen my fair share of disaster movies, and I can tell you EXACTLY what happened...

You see, some sort of government experiment was going down in the Arctic... I imagine it had to do w/ cutting huge sections of ice out of the ice caps... Using said sections as a giant magnifier to reflect the power of the sun, and destroy other nations (for oil or brides or whatever)...

No doubt they cut to much, and unleashed the very thing that killed the dinosaurs... That's right, and Organic Blob of Death (OBD for short).... And now the OBD is free, and hungry, and will stop at nothing to feed on other organic life... meaning us...

I for one can't wait to start an underground army to battle this beast (b/c we all know the army will screw something up and we'll have to save them)... All who are interested send me an email... We'll start figuring out cool names for the first dozen recruits. All the rest just get a number, as you'll be used as fodder to save the human race...

The following is a picture of our enemy... memorize this image, as we'll want no mistakes when we are in the fray...

Thanks to Boing Boing for the heads up on this... You'll be commended after the war...

Thanks to the Anchorage Daily News for doing the first recon on our enemy... We'll name our children after you, in honor of your sacrifice (as it's obvious that they are now all consumed by this horrendous beast)

Some xkcd to Cheer Everyone Up

Due to the last post, I decided to give you all a double dose of xkcd...

Enjoy

EXTRAPOLATING

SHEEPLE

The Cove - A Shocking Documentary

I know, I usually post nice happy things that keep you all smiling... but sometimes, just sometimes, their is something that jumps out of the shadows and smacks me in the face... That *smack* to the face wakes me up, and I realize that I have to share this w/ the rest of you, no matter how upsetting it is...

* wow, I hyped that up pretty good *
/pats self on back/

This is one of those documentaries... Now it's quite obvious that the government is killing dolphins, but I still want to see what else this film has to say... and really, who doesn't like some really world stealth action (nobody, that's who)...

Their is more being said over at FSR, go check it out...

9 - New Poster = QR Code FUN!!!

Is it b/c I'm a nerd that I love this poster??? You don't have to answer that...

For those in the know, you should have taken your picture by now and followed the new content...

As for everyone else what you see in that poster is a QR Code, or a Quick Response Code... Essentially a super bar code (like on everyday items)... Why is this cool you ask??? Well I'll tell you...

Once you take a picture of the QR Code and analyze it w/ some software it will give you special information... This one for instance gives you a url for an "exclusive video" for 9...

These codes are hidden all over the world (much like Geo-Caching), so go explore...

For those iPhone users, check out Barcode
For those w/ a Blackberry check here
For those w/ a camera check here (it's just a google search)
and for everyone else, here is the url...

and lastly, thanks to /Film for the heads up on the poster

Things to Say During Sex

Ahhh, I love Venn diagrams... They make life so simple...

The above image is just piece of the whole thing... Get it all here at Boing Boing...

Natalie Portman Joins Thor

According to the awesome people over at FSR, it looks like Miss Natalie Portman will be joining the cast of Thor... I've never been a big Marvel fan, and Thor defiently wounldn't have been one of the characters I would have read about... So any inclination to see this film was low, until now...

Demolition City - Game

Well since this site has started out for Chuck, I think I would be a bad person if I didn't post something that he just suggested to me... So here it is, the first pseudo-submission from the man himself...

Enjoy

"The Dead Weathers" Interview Themselves

This is hilarious to me... I love when bands don't take themselves to seriously, and can release something like this... I guess the fact that all the members have been in the music game for some time now helps...

I highly recommend you check out Boing Boing for all the info... AND an extra video...

Ghostbusters Costumes for LBP

Why oh why isn't LBP (Little Big Planet) released for the 360?!?!?!

I guess my friends who own a PS3 are about to get a visit from me... Well, as long as they get these costumes that is...

Thanks to Kotaku

Fallout 3 - Mothership Zeta DLC

Looks like more DLC for Fallout 3 (that rhymed... unintentionally) arrives this August, and all for the low low price of $10... This time *something something* Aliens *something something* Atomizer *something something* awesome...

As you can probably tell, I don't play Fallout 3... Calm down, don't yell... I just don't have the time to devote to exploring the vast world created by Bethesda Softworks...

More here thanks to Joystiq...

NEW Batman: Arkham Asylum Trailer

Aside from the VO, I really enjoy this trailer... I just hope the writing is up to par for the comic book readers out there, and that they didn't just pander to the movie crowd...

Thanks to Joystiq

We Can Buy Prints of "A Softer World" Now... :D

A Softer World is a web comic that started in 2003. Created by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau. It has a wonderful balance of humor and stark realizations... Miss Horne has a gift of capturing moments on film (or I guess that would be flash cards now), and Mr Comeau always finds a way to bring the pictures to life w/ his writing... I highly reccomend that you check out thier collection of works, and if you enjoy them buy the prints...

A Softer World Print Archive Here...

Oh, don't forget to find the rollover text in all the the comics...

Also, it makes me happy that this is a Canadian project... and I'm a lil sad that I didn't try to find them while I was in Toronto... Then I could have hidden in the background of one of the pictures... you know, b/c TO is so small I would have EASILY found them o_O

German Man Conned Into Buying Bag of "Potato iPods"

British con men sold Germans a bag full of potato's thought to be electronics...

huh *wheels begin turning*

All here at Gizmodo...

500 Days of Summer - Release Schedule

Brought to you by /Flim, the release schedule for 500 Days of Summer... I'm excited for this film, and it looks like I'll have to wait a week longer then Toronto... Unless of course someone wants to send me there to see it :D ... There or Seattle...

*holds breath*

What??? No takers... well, guess I'll be waiting till July 24th... It'll be worth it...

Friday, July 17th

• Boston
• Chicago
• Dallas/Ft. Worth
• Los Angeles
• San Diego
• New York
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• Toronto
• Washington, D.C.

Friday, July 24th

• Atlanta
• Austin
• Baltimore
• Cleveland
• Denver
• Detroit
• Houston
• Indianapolis
• Madison
• Milwaukee
• Minneapolis
• Montreal
• Philadelphia
• Phoenix
• Portland
• St. Louis
• Vancouver

Friday, July 31st

• Albany
• Albuquerque
• Ann Arbor
• Boca Raton/West Palm Beach
• Buffalo
• Calgary
• Charlotte
• Cincinnati
• Columbus
• Edmonton
• Fresno
• Halifax
• Hartford/New Haven
• Honolulu
• Kansas City
• Kitchener
• Miami/Fort Lauderdale
• Nashville
• New Orleans
• Orlando
• Ottawa
• Pittsburgh
• Richmond
• Rochester
• Sacramento
• Salt Lake
• San Antonio
• St. John
• Tampa/St. Petersburg
• Tucson
• Victoria
• Winnipeg

Friday, August 7th

• Anchorage
• Asheville
• Baton Rouge
• Birmingham
• Boise
• Champaign/Decatur/Springfield
• Charlottesville
• Colorado Springs
• Corpus Christi
• Dayton
• Des Moines
• El Paso
• Fort Myers
• Gainesville
• Grand Rapids
• Harrisburg, PA
• Ithaca
• Jacksonville
• Knoxville
• Lansing
• Las Vegas
• Lexington
• Louisville
• Memphis
• Norfolk/Newport News
• Northampton/Springfield
• Oklahoma City
• Omaha
• Portland, ME
• Providence
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill
• Reno
• Sarasota
• Santa Fe
• Spokane
• Syracuse
• Tallahassee
• Tulsa

District 9 - New Trailer

While staying in Toronto for this past mth, I came across allot advertisements for District 9. Most of which were posters denoting that bus stops are for "Humans Only"... This all peaked my interest for the film, and now this new trailer has push me over the edge (that's the "edge" of the "peak" that the posters put me on, and so then I'm falling for this movie (oh great, now it sounds like I'm in love w/ it... bah *shakes head in disbelief* )...)...

It's a pretty safe bet that I'll be at the theater this August 14th...

Thanks to FSR for the heads up...

9 - International Trailer

I'm such a sucker for this film... Hell I'm breaking my own rules by watching everything I can about it (usually I'll watch the first teaser/trailer of a film and if I like it, I'll ignore the rest... as to not ruin the experience)

Here is the new International trailer for 9... It's in English w/ French subtitles, and at the end they refer to it as "Number 9"...

Thanks to FSR for the update...

ps, I want a ARA for 9...

Threadless Reprints MJ Tees

If I were one to wear green shirts inspired by a Zombie MJ... This would be the shirt for me... As it were, I love the idea but it's not for me... but maybe, just maybe it's for you...

Check it out at Threadless...

Eris Spherical Watch

For the past 5 years, I've been w/o a watch. Which is a crazy notion b/c since birth(ish) I've been the guy w/ a watch... What prompted my discontinuation of wearing watches, well that my dear reader is another story for another time... W/ that said, I would consider carrying this timepiece if it were a smidgen less then $450..

More info at Ubergizmo

AC2 - Ezio's Backstory

They may explain why he has a poofy shirt, but it doesn't mean I have to like it...

More at Joystiq...

Thirst - Trailer

a priest - life + evil blood = what should be another great movie by Park Chan-wook (Oldboy)

More here from FSR

2012 - Trailer

How does John Cusack go from time traveling hot tubs to this??? I don't know, and I don't really care... All that matters is that this looks like good predictable eye candy...

Learn more from FSR ..

Gmail Say's "Fairwell" to it's Beta Status

It's been 5yrs since Gmail arrived on the scene, and today it has gotten up and walked all by itself...

Read more here at Lifehacker

Another Augmented Reality App - But This One is Useful

3GS + this App + England = Never Lost Again...

I really wish I lived in England just so I could use this app... It's nice to see people coming up w/ useful ARA's, and I for one am excited to see what comes out next (New GeoCaching ARA perhaps?!?!)...

More here at Gizmodo...

Bleeding Billboards a Stark Reminder...

While living in Australia I was subjected to their graphic ad campaigns against "Drink Driving"... The one ad that I will always remember had a motorist die in a violent vehicle collision; and if that wasn't enough their was also an infant covered in blood, crying on the side of the road...

I see here that New Zealand has the same idea... I for one like these billboards...

More at Gizmodo...

Big Fan - Trailer

Patton Oswalt is one of those actors that never seems to get the roles that showcase his talent... I've been a fan of his since watching an interview he did w/ some late night talk show host... and I'm quite excited to watch this (even though I'm not a sports fan)...

Check out the run down of the film at (you guessed it) /Film...

Destinio - Film from S.Dali and W.Disney

In 1945 Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaborated on this short film called Destino.... The score is classic Disney, while combined w/ Dali's art makes this a hauntingly lonely piece...

Thanks to Boing Boing for the link...

Robogeisha - Trailer

All I have to say about this trailer is summed up in the following:

O_O


Thanks (I think) again /Film