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Ghost Soldiers movie
I am a huge fan of Hampton Sides’ book “Ghost Soldiers”, yet I had no idea that there was a movie adaptation of it debuting this week! That’s because they changed the name to… blech… The Great Raid. Ghost Soldiers is the true story of an Army Ranger expedition led by Col. Henry Mucci (I…
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Walken? No, Dancen.
I’ve heard about this, but I didn’t realize that the Weapon of Choice video where Christopher Walken dances was available online!
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Why Pwned?
PvP started something last week where Francis Ottoman was laying into Brent about how much better Francis was at Halo 2 and how he own’s Brent’s butt. “I own you!” or “You’re owned” is slang for being so much better than someone else, and thus Brent is “owned”. Then Francis wore an awareness bracelet, raising…
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Alex Toth speaks out!
Okay, so it was 14 years ago. Toth was writing during the height of Lobo’s popularity, when “dark” was the catchphrase. There’s still so much that is applicable to the industry today.
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Sith: English to Chinese and back to English
Oh, these translations are always fun. Watch Star War: Backstroke of the West Warning: a few of the translated words are swear words, although they weren’t swear words originally. I love Anakin’s threat: “Giving first aid the already disheveled hair projection.” Also, the “Jedi Council” is translated as “the Presbyterian Church.”
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What the heck happened to me?
I’m sure some of you were very surprised that I have been missing from this site for two weeks. What’s been happening? In the week before Wizard World Chicago, I was busy packing and had little time for posting. I didn’t even have the time to hype my comic, Metro Med #0, finally being printed!…
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Indy 4?
The Indy Experience now reports that Indiana Jones 4 is now a go picture. 63-year-old Harrison Ford will still portray Indy as he travels the world to pick up his Social Security check.
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Christopher Lee actually used to dispatch people!
During his discussion of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mark Steyn has a side comment about Christopher Lee. My favourite moment in the Lord of the Rings movies isn’t actually in any of the movies, but in one of those ‘the making of’ documentaries that appears on the DVD. It’s the scene where Saruman gets…
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He’s 35 but is two years behind in celebrating
Happy Birthday to Kevin Smith.
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Mr. Furious welcomes Baby Furious
Ben Stiller a Dad Again Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor, are celebrating after the birth of their Baby Boy three weeks ago. Quinlin Dempsey Stiller was born on July 10 in Los Angeles, weighing in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces. The low-key Dodgeball and Zoolander co-stars, who celebrated five years of marriage in…