- Sunday, December 13, 2009, 17:26
- commentary, video games, videos
Saturday night's Spike TV Video Game Awards presented the world premiere trailer for Star Wars the Force Unleashed II and boy is it a doozy. Focusing on the exploits of Vader's secret apprentice, the original game met with mixed reviews from fans and critics, but here's hoping that the developers learn from any perceived ...
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- Friday, October 2, 2009, 0:04
- commentary, television, videos
The 2nd season of Star Wars: the Clone Wars animated series on Cartoon Network premieres tonight at 8pm. This 1 hour episode features the new bounty hunter character Cad Bane causing more trouble for our favorite Jedi. Of course, Darth Sidious is behind it all as usual.
While the original movie wasn't as good ...
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I don't know where to begin. So much happened today, and most of it happened at the Xbox conference. I got to the USC Galen Center early enough to be second in line and get 1st row center (on the upper concourse), which had an incredible view of everything. I've already ...
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- Friday, February 6, 2009, 16:04
- movies, videos
Yes, this is the
Fanboys movie you're looking for. After years of delays, reshoots, and massive re-edits, the movie that nobody thought would be released is actually in theaters today! Sure, it's a limited run of about 44 theaters in the US, but if ticket sales are good (what? you didn't see ...
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- Thursday, January 22, 2009, 23:22
- movies, toys
USA Today has the first pictures of the Playmates toys 3 3/4 inch Star Trek movie action figures coming this spring/summer. Figures come with portions of the Enterprise bridge that can be combined to make a complete playset. Kirk, of course, comes with the centerpiece... the captain's chair. There's also a transporter ...
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- Friday, November 14, 2008, 3:40
- movies, videos
Star Wars geek? John Williams fan? Ummm... A cappella aficionado? This is the video for you. It's nice to see actual talent and originality in a youtube viral video instead of the usual voyeuristic wedding reception nut punch or office worker nervous breakdown #527. (Okay, sure, the song's been around ...
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- Monday, November 10, 2008, 21:36
- comic books, movies
Best known for directing the movies the Rocketeer and October Sky, Joe Johnston has been picked to direct the First Avenger: Captain America movie for Marvel Studios. Movie buffs may also know that he's the same guy who designed a number of vehicles for Star Wars and storyboarded the convoy chase scene for Raiders ...
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- Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 22:28
- movies, videos
Some never thought it would happen... and, of course, the existence of a trailer doesn't really mean that Fanboys really will be released, but it's one more step toward the possibility of the movie that almost never was to actually appear in theaters. It doesn't mean it will be adequately promoted beyond this online ...
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- Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 5:41
- video games
Lucasarts and BioWare have teamed to create Star Wars: The Old Republic. This MMORPG will supposedly have a higher level of realism than the pairs previous collaboration, Knights of the Old Republic. See the press release below for details on the games storyline.
LucasArts and BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the development of Star Wars®: The Old ...
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- Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 23:53
- television
Star Wars Geeks: Whether you allowed the 8 year old inside you to enjoy the Clone Wars movie that was in theaters in August (I keep the 8 year old inside me right next to my liver, resting against one of my kidneys... by the way, he enjoyed it), you have to admit there's something ...
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- Friday, August 15, 2008, 22:36
- movies
This is another one of those odd weeks. Normally, you'd think that this would be an easy win for a new Star Wars movie (okay, it will be), but this isn't a regular Star Wars movie. And animation (unless it's Pixar) always seems to make some people wary. Plus, I've heard that ...
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- Thursday, August 7, 2008, 4:57
- movies
Star Wars: The Clone Wars director Dave Filoni revealed in an interview with
MTV's Movie Blog why his film won't have the traditional Star Wars opening prologue crawl. “Because we originally developed this as a TV series," he said, "George felt that the crawl wasn’t going to be effective as a way to ...
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- Friday, August 1, 2008, 8:41
- television
Odds are if you're reading this you know all about Mr. Simon Pegg. The British actor, best known for films like Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, is a proud Star Wars geek that has made no bones about his disappointment with 1999's Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace.
WENN.COM reports that Pegg is considering ...
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This afternoon, the traditional Star Wars panel was held in Hall H. Not a lot to report there; we saw a lot of stuff anyone can watch on the Net right now, such as the release trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and the final trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. But we also ...
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- Thursday, July 24, 2008, 1:42
- conventions
Every year, Comic-Con seems to become more and more like the E3 of old, with increasingly loud and rowdy booths full of giveaways, big money being spent all over the place to promote the heck out of the biggest stuff, and con goers who mad-dash their way through the most impressive booths in zany attempts to ...
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