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Fanboy freakout Friday at Comic Con
Nerdvana | July 26th 2008 by Jayson Peters
BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL!!! Friday at the San Diego Comic Con seemed busier than previous days. The long lines and cramped isles made it tough to get around, but I still managed to see some great panels, successfully hunt down a rare graphic novel a read more
Johns and Van Scriver Tackling Barry Allen’s Flash
Geeks of Doom | July 25th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
When you look back over the last few years of comics, two events have stuck out as being two of the best. They managed to bring a character out of the doldrums and bring him in to not only the spotlight, but back in to the hearts of many. This charac read more
SDCC 08: Universal’s ‘The Wolfman’
Geeks of Doom | July 25th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
Stars Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro, and make-up effects artist Rick Baker were on the panel for Universal’s Wolfman remake, a Victorian-era period piece taking place in the late 1800s. The crowd was shown an restricted-type trailer that had gr read more
SDCC 08: ‘The Spirit’
Geeks of Doom | July 25th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
Writer/director Frank Miller has previously assured audiences that his adaptation of The Spirit is not another Sin City, even though the first teaser trailer released was very similar to Miller's co-directing debut, Sin City. But then the second tra read more
NEWSWEEK RUCKUS ASKS: “What would be the boldest Vice President…
The Moderate Voice | July 25th 2008
Boldness is in the eye of the beholder, but the most provocative choice both McCain and Obama could make is not to choose at all–to revert to the time when convention delegates were free to argue and advocate for the candidates they wanted. Bot read more
SDCC 08: Zack Snyder Inside ‘Watchmen’ Owl Ship
Geeks of Doom | July 25th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
We've taken a bunch of photos on the Con floor at the San Diego Comic-Con, but the most impressive has to be the actual Owl Ship from the Watchmen movie. We tried to snaps some clear photos of the ship, but most of them were marred by the lengthy l read more
Comic-Con 2008 : Unofficial ‘Hobbit’ Panel
Movie Moron | July 25th 2008 by Sheridan Passell
From the onering.net panel: Sitting in the back of a room jam-packed with LOTR fans is always an interesting experience. Since theonering.net is “unofficial”, this meeting is pure speculation, sprinkled with information garnered from med read more
SDCC 08: New ‘Watchmen’ Footage Shown
Geeks of Doom | July 25th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
I’d say the biggest presence here at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con has to be the Watchmen movie. The Watchmen logo is everywhere on bags, buttons, flyers, etc, and the action figures and other collectibles are on display — as is the Owl Ship read more
SDCC 08: First Look: Rose McGowan as Red Sonja
Geeks of Doom | July 25th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
Nu Image/Millennium Films unveiled yesterday the first look at Rose McGowan as Red Sonja in the form of two teaser posters. Check out the posters here below and click for the high-res versions. Production is set to begin in October on Red Sonja, wh read more
Movie-Moron @ COMIC-CON ‘08 : Update 1
Movie Moron | July 25th 2008 by Sheridan Passell
Hello everyone, we’re in at Comic-Con and will be attending a press interview with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright in just about an hour. After a hard night of drinking and mingling at the IDW Publishing party, looking around in vain for their risi read more
McCain Running Mate: Sooner Rather Than Later?
Exploring the Political Spectrum | July 25th 2008
A Washington Post article today makes a plausible case for McCain announcing his running mate within the next two weeks. Among other considerations, there are some unique timing issues this year, with the Republican convention coming so soon after b read more
SDCC 08: Surprise Sneak Peek at Disney’s ‘Tron 2′
Geeks of Doom | July 24th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
Just after Disney's Race to Witch Mountain barely attended panel ended, we few here left in Hall H at the San Diego Comic-Con were given a super surprise sneak peak at Disney's Tron 2! When it was introduced, we were told that we won't be able to see read more
SDCC 08: Summit Entertainment’s ‘Twilight’
Geeks of Doom | July 24th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
I’m sitting here at Summit Entertainment’s Twilight panel at the San Diego Comic-Con and I’m going to tell all of you fans exactly the kind of stuff you want to know. Oh, and in case you want to do how I know what you want to know, it’s beca read more
SDCC 08: Surprise Panel - ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’
Geeks of Doom | July 24th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
As Mark Walberg and the rest of the Max Payne panel left the stage, the moderator announced that Quantus Airlines had brought a special surprise guest here for us. Hugh Jackman bounded onto the stage, fresh off wrapping the shoot for X-Men Origins: W read more
SDCC 08: ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’ + Two New Teaser Pos…
Geeks of Doom | July 24th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
First, let me tell you that 20th Century Fox has released two posters for sci-fi thriller The Day the Earth Stood Still, which you can see here below. Sitting here in Hall H this morning at the San Diego Comic-Con, the lights go dim and statics appe read more
High Office and Warm Spit: Vice Presidential Nominations
Exploring the Political Spectrum | July 24th 2008
John Adams, the first vice president of the United States, once wrote of that office that:My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived; and as I can read more
Update from the craziest place on Earth
Nerdvana | July 24th 2008 by Jayson Peters
Last night was preview night at the San Diego Comic Con, which can only be described as organized madness … and a taste of things to come. read more
Geeks of Doom Invade San Diego Comic-Con International (SDCC)
Geeks of Doom | July 24th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
Howdy my fellow geeks, Hmmm… what to say, what to say? Well, let’s start with this… the Geeks of Doom have traversed this great wide land of ours in an effort to reach the annual Mecca of Geekdom, San Diego's Comic-Con International (SDCC to read more
VHE Convention 2008: Modesto, CA
In Our Write Minds | July 23rd 2008 by rckimmo
Homeschoolers in central California are looking forward to the Valley Home Educators’ 15th Annual Home Education Convention! With a great lineup of speakers and all sorts of curriculum exhibitors, you won’t want to miss this year’ read more
An Unhappy John McCain Discovers That The Law of Gravity Has Not…
The Moderate Voice | July 23rd 2008
Some pundits are referring to events this week in Iraq as John McCain’s “Waterloo.” That may or may not be true, but it misses a larger point: While the Bush administration has done plenty of end runs around the Constitution, it wa read more
WIZARD WORLD ‘08: The Passing Of A Legend, or: Lou Ferrigno Can…
Movie Moron | July 22nd 2008 by Sheridan Passell
By David Fletcher Movie-Moron is hitting the convention circuit. We’ll be reporting from Comic-Con in just a few days, but first we decided to hit up Wizard World in Chicago. Last year they screened the first Dark Knight footage to be seen anyw read more
San Diego Comic-Con, here I come!
Nerdvana | July 22nd 2008 by Jayson Peters
Finally, I’m going to the San Diego Comic Con. A mecca for fanboys and pop-culture geeks, the convention is one of the biggest events in the world with about 125,000 attendees. It’s sold out again this year, but I’m one of those luc read more
Readercon and new world nervousness
the0phrastus - Chris Howard's Writing Blog | July 21st 2008
I don't know if you've ever taken a Myers-Briggs personality test, or know anything about the typology--how everyone fits--within a pretty broad range--into a group of personality types. I've taken it twice over the last six or seven years, with the read more
Re: E3 2008
VGZombies | July 20th 2008 by Stuart Fraser
Sony had nothing, Nintendo where too busy showing graphs of their huge profit and MS where trying to look down with web 2.0 read more
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Orlando Scooter Vacation Rental For Disney, Universal, SeaWo… | July 19th 2008 by scooter vacations
Some dis boards (discussion boards) openly promote specific companies via advertisements etc. and therefore openly let you know which companies they are getting paid by to promote, other dis boards don’t…letting the unsuspecting readers t read more
Re: E3 2008
VGZombies | July 19th 2008 by Stuart Fraser
Is it me or are there no real announcements out from E3. It didn't come in with a bang.... read more
‘Star Trek’ teaser posters beam into Comic-Con
Nerdvana | July 19th 2008 by Jayson Peters
Visitors to Comic-Con International next week in San Diego won’t get much in the way of sneak previews for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie coming next summer — unless it’s the most successful stealth campaign of all time. But wha read more
Re: E3 2008
VGZombies | July 18th 2008 by Stuart Fraser
Arkham Asylum's finest are loose in Lego Gotham City!Yep thats right, in September the next in the Lego/Film crossover is release with Lego Batman. read more
Re: E3 2008
VGZombies | July 18th 2008 by Stuart Fraser
From the ex-developers of Okami and Viewtiful Joe come Mad World, a ultra violent running ma/Smash TV esque gameshow where you fight to stay alive all wrapped up in a cell shaded environment similar to their past titles.[youtube=425,350]WR7ZZr... read more
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And the Legend Lives | July 17th 2008 by lotis
W We had been to several places for camps and conventions. As we have to fellowship, we didn’t bother whether the place is accommodating or not. Organizing an event can be burdensome especially when we don’t have the right place to go. When we fi read more
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