- James Whitmore, President of the Assembly in the original Planet of the Apes, passed away Friday afternoon from lung cancer. He was 87.
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen’s beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. The parody of the English novel is due to be published in April with Hollywood studios already bidding to turn the new book into a blockbuster movie.
- Michael Bay claims that the Transformers sequel will be “darker and more epic” than the first and that the crew has been working hard to make the robots emote more.
- Original Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama says he said “Huh?” when he first read the new movie’s script but says good people are working on it.
- The most long-awaited movie in science fiction, James Cameron’s decade-in-the-making Avatar, is hitting France and Belgium on December 16. It only opens in the United States two days later, on the 18th. In the tradition of Psi Phi – French enmity this must not stand!
- Using just $350 of off-the-shelf technology, Pranav Mistry created a wearable computer for the Fluid Interfaces group at the MIT Media Lab. His device converts any surface – including the human body – into a touchpad that controls a mobile computer in your pocket.
- The team behind kickass Vikings vs. aliens flick Outlander, Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain, have been hired to write Zombies of Mass Destruction, a flick about an army of zombies in the Middle East. Based on a comic book by Underworld’s Kevin Grevioux it is being produced by the Benderspink company which is also working on Y the Last Man.
- Hayden Panettierre is denying rumors that she intends to leave Heroes before her contract is up. The rumor was that either she or Ali Larter wanted out. Larter has not responded to the rumor yet.
- NCsoft’s doomed MMO Tabula Rasa may only have weeks to live, but the developers are making those weeks count, with giant player-controlled mechs storming the title’s final moments. The game’s deathday is February 28th, but the team behind the title continue to show their dedication to the game’s dwindling fanbase by patching in the promised player-controlled mech robots at the last moment.
- Valve announced today that the recently unveiled Left 4 Dead Survival pack for the 360 and PC will be free. The pack, due this spring, introduces a new multiplayer game mode entitled, Survival, plus two complete campaigns for Versus Mode (Death Toll, Dead Air). A Critic’s Choice Edition of the game will be heading to retail stores this spring, and will include access to all the content introduced in the L4D: Survival Pack.
- Cartoon Network has picked up a second season of animated hit series “Star Wars.” The half-hour show debuted to the Network’s highest ratings ever and has since been the top-rated show in its Friday-evening time period in all of television for all boys demographics.
- Warner Brothers has purchased the right to “Inception” a science fiction script written by Batman’s Christopher Nolan. Nolan will produce with Emma Thomas, his longtime producing partner.
- Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Eddie Izzard, Jason Priestley and Vanessa Redgrave have signed on to star in the BBC miniseries “Day of the Triffids”. Law and Order writer Patrick Harbinson penned the script based on John Wyndham’s bestselling 1951 novel. Triffids is set in the not-too-distant future, when scientists create and cultivate a plant called the triffid that provides an alternative fuel supply with devastating results.
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
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Attendance: 18 communists. 9 people wearing red?
Starting Time: 10:02 and 40 sec and communism.
Committees
Recruitment and Relations: Elly’s here. Abby brought “the ginger kid.”
Office: Office is still there. Things are still classified. Adam found Jon’s white die to find Jack’s die. Xeen has Star Trek VI.
Movie: Hybrid. [About corpses in a landfill?] Coraline away mission.
Trivia: Jon PREPARED trivia. Name for Vulcan heaven? Joe has trivia.
Discussion Group: Talked about the Postal Worker. Nemesis? We are subject to Mike’s apathy. Topic for tonight: How to get to the moon on $20?
Fundraising: In a pit of lukewarm apathy. Waiting for Mike to look up things on Amazon. Current weirdest thing is World of Darkness: Chicago.
No Report: Forrest has no report: Two trailers for Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Undead (undead version of Hamlet), Burning Passions (a man who comes fire).
Officers’ Reports
Chief: Has a job interview tomorrow for a job he’s not interested in. Jumped by the baseball team in the ballroom.
Com Officer: Original The Manchurian Candidate has informed her that all women are communists.
Captain: Incorrectly tried to install CPU; scariest thing he’s done. Playing Racquetball–angles and blue balls. Computer is still turning itself off–when he’s pushing on his case?
First Officer: Doctor Who marathon! Mourning David Tennant. Not dealing with grenades this semester.
Constable: Got hugged by a panhandler today for giving him money. Bill Gates hates malaria. Gets his point across by releasing a swarm of mosquitoes into a high level conference.
Nagus: Unhealthy obsession with The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Obsessed with Frollo, expectantly. Actual story has to deal with cathedral. Did good on donations this week. ~$4 and a hat. Controlling a universe that Donald Trump is trying to save.
Old Business: Jon is an officer. Robot…zombie fest is on the way. Zombie valentines’ marathon?
New Business: Nope.
Other Organizations
Anime: Meeting on Friday, gods willing. More awesome anime.
Theater: Drag Show–7, 10, and midnight. $3 recommended donation.
Order of Xeen: Will be going to D&D world? Just for Fun board games on Tuesdays.
MCS: Friday. Wants to play Maul of America. Jack is starting to book events for B-Con. National D&D Day on March 21.
End Time: 10:40:57 communists
Quotes
Adam: It is now the red scare.
Forrest: All right. The communism will now begin.
Jack: Mm, bacon and martinis.
A-Mike: Sounds like a great party.
Adam: Not for a whole month.
Adam: Another communist has entered the party.
Joe: Isn’t (name) another way of saying orgy?
Adam: Roasted from the inside out.
Jack: …I have a supernatural problem with my penis and it burns.
Mike: It was a horrible job fair.
Jack: This is why I don’t go to things.
A-Mike: They listed majors they were interested in… and they weren’t hiring.
Joe: Thank you. All we can offer you at this time is false hope.
Mike: Or your motherboard is like, “Oh, I hate you”?
A-Mike: You reinforced his hugging ways.
Jon: Or he reinforced my coin-giving ways.
Jon: I think they should be happy that his cause isn’t AIDS. Dirty needles for everyone!
Jack: I’m from Cincinnati. No, you’re not. Okay. Where are you from? Cincinnati. No…? Okay.
Joe: Oh look a flamethrower. Trip. AAAAH.
Jon: I’m almost at the exit. I’m almost at the exit. W…why am I back at the food court surrounded by zombies!?
A-Mike: I think a zombie baby would just be… zomby.
- A man wielding a “Star Trek Klingon-type sword” robbed two Colorado Springs convenience stores early this morning, police said. Officers searched the area but didn’t find the robber or the weapon. However upon geek review of footage it appears to be a knock-off smaller weapon.
- Michael J Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Riff Trax infamy has vowed to eat nothing but bacon during February. “American bacon”. No “Canadian bacon”, which is really just lunchmeat. No pork chops. No turkey bacon. No “tofacon” or any such horror. Just bacon. And to drink: water, wine, beer, or martinis.
- Fanboys of Fanboys the Movie have brought Weinstein’s empire to its knees. Weinstein removed the cancer portion of the much delayed movie because it left him “cold,” however director Kyle Newman disagreed. The film has been reshot since then but efforts have brought back the original effort. Fanboys opens this weekend in select cities.
- John Stevenson, one of the directors of Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda, has been tapped to direct the new He-Man movie based upon the 1980s Mattel toyline, from a script written by Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li’s Justin Marks.
- A research team at Britain’s Durham University have adapted the Valve Source engine to create a fire drill simulator. Recreating the university campus, it’s aimed at familiarizing staff with the best way to escape the building in case of an emergency. However the gamers who played the simulation tended to try running through the fire instead of trying to find a safe exist.
- Actor Chris Pine is preparing to be named “Male Star of Tomorrow” by movie tradeshow expo ShoWest for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie by J.J. Abrahms.
- The “Tiberius,” “Pon Farr” and “Red Shirt” fragrances will be available in finer stores starting the spring for an undisclosed price in a strange tie-in with the new Trek movie.
- Dan Fogler of Fanboys confirmed to the press that he would be joining up with Robert Zemeckis for the movie of Mars Needs Moms, the children’s book by Berkeley Breathed (of Opus’ Bloom County comic strip fame.) The story follows a brave little boy who goes to Mars to save his kidnapped Mommy.
- Doctor Who’s most faithful traveling companion K9, the robot dog is starring in a spin-off series, now filming. Because the BBC isn’t involved in making the spin-off, it can’t feature any characters or concepts from Doctor Who other than K9 himself. But there will be tons of easter eggs and clues aimed at longtime fans. This version of K9 is the first model of K9, before he ever met the Doctor.
- Black Hawk Down screenwriter Ken Nolan has been brought on to rework the script for Paramount’s untitled moon project, a sci-fi action movie about lunar colonization starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
- Collectible card game trade report Scrye Magazine’s final issue will be #131, the April 2009 edition, ending a 15 year run.
- The reboot of Friday the 13th doesn’t come out until Friday Feb. 13 but talk of a sequel is already in the air. The original 1980 movie spawned 10 sequels, a television show, novels, comic books, video games and merchandise. Several actors have sequel options in their contract and have gone on record saying they would love to reprise their roles.