Geeks of Doom Invade Your Inbox |  |
- Deal: Predators
- Deal: ‘Deadwood: The Complete Series’ DVD & Blu-ray
- Marvel Launches Marvel Comics On Chrome
- Geek Art: The Many Faces Of Doctor Who
- George Lucas Visits Disneyland’s Revised ‘Star Tours’ Attraction
- Former KISS Drummer Peter Criss To Finally Release Long-Awaited Autobiography
- 32nd Anniversary of Punk Rock Legend Sid Vicious’ Death
- Watch Out For That First Step – It’s Groundhog Day!
- Snow White Project ‘Snow And The Seven’ To Be Written By ‘Toy Story 3′ Scribe
- Warner Brothers Planning To Reboot ‘Fletch’ Franchise
| Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:10 AM PST  The digital deal of the day is over at Amazon today is Predators, which is available for rental for only $.99. This deal is valid only for today, Thursday, February 3, 2011, until midnight PST. Once you activate the rental through Amazon's Video On Demand service, you'll have access to the movie for 48 hours. If you're interested in purchasing the digital version, the cost is $14.99. Also, if you'd like to own a physical copy of the movie, the Blu-ray is available for $23.99 while the DVD is $17.99. Both editions are part of Amazon's "Buy This DVD and Watch it Instantly" program: you get the film as a free digital rental you can watch immediately when your purchase the physical copy [...]            |
| Deal: ‘Deadwood: The Complete Series’ DVD & Blu-ray Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:56 AM PST  The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is Deadwood: The Complete Series DVD and Blu-ray box sets each for 59% off. The DVD is $61.99 (down from $149.98), while the Blu-ray set is $85.49 (down from $209.98). Note, this sale is valid only for today, Thursday, February 3, 2011 until midnight PST, while supplies last. This 19-disc DVD box set contains all three seasons of the foulmouthed HBO series, which starred Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane, and was canceled when it was still in its prime and is definitely missed til this day. The set includes several bonus features, including "The Meaning of Endings," where creator and writer David Milch talks about the conclusion of Deadwood [...]      |
| Marvel Launches Marvel Comics On Chrome Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:05 PM PST  Marvel Comics announced today Marvel Comics on Chrome, a free app available for the Google Chrome web browser via Google's Chrome Web Store. There are over 1,600 comics available through the app immediately. The app utilizes HTML 5 technology to offer up as close an experience as possible to the one on the iPad. Comics already purchased through the Marvel Comics App on iPad or iTunes will be freely available to read through the Chrome App too. "Marvel Comics on Chrome is the next step of Marvel's commitment to making high definition digital comics available to users anytime, anywhere," explained Ira Rubenstein, Executive Vice President, Global Digital Media Group in a press release. "We're sure users of the Google Chrome Web browser will love this digital comics experience." [...]      |
| Geek Art: The Many Faces Of Doctor Who Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:11 PM PST  Check out the awesome artwork above by artist crisishour called The Many Faces Of Doctor Who, inspired by the long-running sci-fi television series Doctor Who. This digital piece is of all eleven actors who've played The Doctor in Doctor Who [...]      |
| George Lucas Visits Disneyland’s Revised ‘Star Tours’ Attraction Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:16 PM PST  Star Wars creator George Lucas visited Disneyland Park in California today, giving a thumbs up on the progress being made on the theme park's newly revised Star Tours attraction. The picture above is of Lucas posing with the audio-animatronics figure of C-3PO in the motion-simulated ride's Starspeeder 1000 cockpit. Lucas, along with Star Wars producer Rick McCallum, took some test runs on the ride aboard the Starspeeder, which will now "travel" to several Star Wars worlds [...]      |
| Former KISS Drummer Peter Criss To Finally Release Long-Awaited Autobiography Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:52 PM PST  Original KISS drummer, Peter Criss, has announced that his long-awaited autobiography will be published in late 2012. Under the working title of Makeup to Breakup, the memoir is said to encompass not only the highs and lows of his time with KISS, but also his upbringing and life post-KISS. Criss first announced his plans for an autobiography back in 1987 in interviews with KISS fanzines around the world. Since that time, little progress has been made with each subsequent time the Catman has discussed the book... however, with this announcement, Criss has got himself a publisher backing the memoir: Scribner. The Simon and Schuster imprint will publish Makeup to Breakup during Fall 2012, and it will be written with the assistance of Larry "Ratso" Sloman, who is best known for his work on Howard Stern's books [...]      |
| 32nd Anniversary of Punk Rock Legend Sid Vicious’ Death Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:19 AM PST  Today commemorates the 32nd anniversary of the death of one of the most infamous musicians in history: Sid Vicious. Born John Simon Ritchie in London, England, Vicious began his music career in the 1970s appearing in various punk bands around the city. In 1977 he got a huge break when he was asked to play bass guitar for the notorious English punk band, the Sex Pistols. Punk rock has always been far more about attitude than musical ability; Sid Vicious had little ability, but more than enough attitude. He had the gnarled, dirty look that early punk rock displayed and the snarling, dangerous personality that few genuine punk rockers before or since have been able to emulate. The late 1970s is defined by punk rock and Vicious has always been the poster boy. He persuaded Motorhead bassist Lemmy to teach him to play, which according to the rock god, was not a success. But Vicious persevered and taught himself to play along to records by the Ramones, reportedly over the course of one night. He could also sing and his version of "My Way" plays over the end credits of Goodfellas [...]      |
| Watch Out For That First Step – It’s Groundhog Day! Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:48 AM PST  It's Groundhog Day here in the United States, where supposedly if a groundhog sees its shadow on this day, it means six more weeks of Winter; no shadow means an early Spring. While tons of people today are buzzing about the predicted early Spring -- courtesy of the most famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, who did not see his shadow -- I love how there are loads of people wishing actor Stephen Tobolowsky a Happy Groundhog Day via his Twitter page. Tobolowsky starred as Ned Ryerson in the 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, which had Bill Murray as meteorologist Phil Connors, who begrudgingly goes to Punxsutawney, PA, to cover the Groundhog Day festivities, as he does every year. When a blizzard hits the town, Phil gets stuck there overnight and wakes up the next morning to discover that it's February 2 all over again. This then happens every day, with Phil reliving the events of February 2. Thanks to the film, "Groundhog Day" has become associated with replaying the same events over and over again [...]      |
| Snow White Project ‘Snow And The Seven’ To Be Written By ‘Toy Story 3′ Scribe Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:05 AM PST  We've been hearing a little about Snow White and the Huntsman, the upcoming Universal Pictures live-action adaptation of the classic tale currently looking at Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, and Kristen Stewart for roles. And much like the many Wizard of Oz projects on the way, there are also multiple Snow White movies on the way as well. Relativity Media has their own take on the story set to be directed by Tarsem Singh, and now Disney, who of course made the 1937 animated classic, has found a writer to craft their own new version. It's being reported that Michael Ardnt has entered into negotiations with the studio to pen what they're calling Snow and the Seven...which is quite different than Disney's animated film. The story starts off in 19th century Hong Kong, where an Englishwoman has returned to for her father's funeral. After finding out that her stepmother is up to bad deeds, the woman runs off to mainland China and settles in with a group of seven international warriors. [...]      |
| Warner Brothers Planning To Reboot ‘Fletch’ Franchise Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:01 AM PST  It's being reported that Warner Brothers has plans in motion to reboot the Fletch franchise. WB, along with Anonymous Content, recently acquired the rights to the title, which is originally based on the 1974 novel by Gregory McDonald. The hope is to build another whole franchise of Fletch movies, not just one single new movie. Ten more sequels and prequels to the original book were penned over the years, but Fletch is perhaps best recognized from the 1985 movie adaptation of the same name starring Chevy Chase, which was followed by a sequel in 1989. Another movie/reboot has been talked about for a long time now, with stars like Zach Braff and Jason Lee rumored as potential candidates to become Fletch. The original story follows Irwin M. Fletcher, an investigative reporter who while undercover as a beach bum is propositioned by a man offering him a great deal of money to kill him, ending his cancer suffering. This leads Fletch to look into the man further, uncovering some interesting things. [...]      |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Geeks of Doom To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment