question of the day: Are Marvel’s X-Men human?
In a lawsuit that sounds more like a raucous fanboy debate than a legal proceeding, Marvel’s own lawyers are insisting that the mutant superpowered characters from X-Men are not, in fact, human…
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Saturday cute: Where’s Wall-E?
In case you haven’t already seen this — it flashed around the Web yesterday — this is a wonderful piece of geek art (it’s a game, too!) from Richard Sargent…
you’re not helping: Armond White says, “Roger Ebert destroyed film criticism”
So, Armond White is a troll, after all. I debated not posting anything about this at all. I keep hearing my mom’s voice, her advice on what to do about bullies when I was kid: “Just ignore them. They’re only looking for attention.” That’s White in a nutshell: He says crazy things, he gets linked, … more…
because no one will listen to what the ‘Hurt Locker’ pirates are saying
It’s hard to imagine that the people involved with this endeavor are failing to see what’s really going on here. But on the off chance that they don’t, I’ll explain. As an introduction, The Hollywood Reporter offered us this exclusive scoop earlier this week: The war against movie piracy is getting downright explosive. We’ve learned … more…
‘Avatar’ review embargo? eh, not so much
UPDATE: 3:40PM: I’ve gotten confirmation from my Fox rep that the embargo has indeed been lifted. I’m writing my review now and will post asap… I was told, concerning Avatar: “Please hold reviews until opening day, December 18th.” I realize that’s a bit vague, but I generally take that to mean that I cannot post … more…
girls at Comic Con! yuck!
I’m not going to San Diego Comic Con this week. I wish I was. One of these years, I will get there. And I wouldn’t be alone, of course: it’s been a long time since fandom and geekness has been a primarily male domain (if it ever was). But you’d hardly know that from the … more…
