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Links 3/11/10

March 11, 2010 Jeff Ayers Comments Off on Links 3/11/10

Coming soon: Battlestar Galactica MMO.  Slated to be a browser-based space strategy game, offered exclusively on syfy.com for its first 30 days, this is being developed by obscure (and relatively unproven) Norwegian developer Artplant– which […]

Anime

Twilight Plague

March 10, 2010 Lindsay Johnson Comments Off on Twilight Plague

At first glance, as you run down our new release manga section on our website, the week looks interesting but with a couple exceptions (like Detroit Metal City Volume 4), overall not too exciting. But then you get to the bottom of the list and you have to blink twice because your eyes can’t quite make sense out of what you think you’re seeing. Stephanie Meyer has invaded the manga shelves! That’s right, the Twilight Manga Volume 1 has arrived. Now the cover merely states “Twilight The Graphic Novel”, though distributor listings actually say “Twilight Manga”. And the adaptation is done by Young Kim, which would technically make it manhwa anyway, but I digress. I know this comes as good news to many Twilight fans out there. You finally get to see your precious Edward in manga form. And I will say this, the cover art doesn’t look terrible. I suppose I’m just glad that Shakespere and the Bible made it to manga form before Twilight did. […]

Comic Book Movies

Tronorail, Tronorail, Tronorail

March 10, 2010 Jeff Ayers Comments Off on Tronorail, Tronorail, Tronorail

Well, sir, there’s nothing on Earth Like a genuine, Bonafide, Electrified, Six-car Tronorail! Greetings, Programs!  Personally, it’s been a tough week, so please forgive me my second Tron Legacy related post in four days.  Gotta […]

Boom! Studios

Pic Parade

March 4, 2010 Jeff Ayers Comments Off on Pic Parade

Let’s explore some corners of Geekdom from the last few days through pictures, shall we? HBO Picks up A Game of Thrones (pilot + 9 episodes) Mr. Spidderman at the Wailing Wall during Purim. Nick […]

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Movies and TV

Reel Independence With Troma: Sam Kieth & Lloyd Kaufman

March 3, 2010 Devin T. Quin Comments Off on Reel Independence With Troma: Sam Kieth & Lloyd Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman. To some he’s a film god, the David to Hollywood’s Goliath providing sharp, urbane horror and comedy to a public tired of the white-washed crumbs of the mainstream cinema. To others he’s a crass schlockmyseter, a sad, self aggrandizing turd polisher who couldn’t even reach the levels of Corman or Myers as an auteur but who’s publicity eclipses them both. […]

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Comic Book Movies

Have a Tromatic Experience

February 19, 2010 Jeff Ayers 2

New this week to Forbidden Planet’s YouTube page is Matt D (manager, T-Shirt buyer, horror expert, all-around swell dude), discussing TROMA films in all their magnificent lowbrow splendor, and our event with Lloyd Kaufman on […]

Comic Book Movies

Take a Gander: Jonah Hex Film

February 7, 2010 Jeff Ayers Comments Off on Take a Gander: Jonah Hex Film

Jimmy Palmiotti’s shares some pics from the forthcoming Jonah Hex flick with us.  Josh Brolin looks fantastic in the titular role, if nigh on unrecognizable, no? The film is slated for a June 18th, 2010 […]

Comic Book Movies

Live Action 20th Century Boys 2

February 1, 2010 Jeff Ayers Comments Off on Live Action 20th Century Boys 2

Via press release: VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, will release the science fiction feature 20th CENTURY BOYS 2: THE LAST HOPE on DVD on February […]

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Daft Punk: The Crash

January 28, 2010 Jeff Ayers Comments Off on Daft Punk: The Crash

Could this be an official track from the French duo’s Tron Legacy score?  Internet scuttlebutt says so.  Very much in line with Wendy Carlos’ iconic music for the first film, with some signature Daft Punk […]

Comic Book Movies

Countdown to 12/17/10

January 25, 2010 Jeff Ayers Comments Off on Countdown to 12/17/10

‘Round this time of year I’d normally be much more absorbed by a wholly different countdown (Mets pitchers and cathers = 20 days and counting), but I’ve just seen something that has set my geekalogical […]

Anime

Eden Of The Ghost Hound Cazador

January 22, 2010 Matthew Klein Comments Off on Eden Of The Ghost Hound Cazador

With things like Genshiken 2, Kujibiki Unbalance, Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino, Death Note: Re Light and *cough* Shippuden *cough*, it seems that anime producers have run into the same rut as Hollywood in the way of rehashing things that have already been done. And while many of you are waiting for the new Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, or the new Neon Genesis movies (which as neat as they may be are essentially going to sum up the series), they just seem to further my point. Where is the bizarre creativity and fresh concepts and conceptions that endeared anime culture to us Westerners in the first place? Let’s face it, it’s getting a little boring out there. […]