One of my most vivid childhood memories is a close-up of Luke in his X-Wing, fighting in the Death Star Battle from Star Wars. I was about 4 years old when my parents took me to see Star Wars, and I loved it. I know they took me to see The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as well; in fact, I have this memory of seeing each in the theater three times. So, when ESB premiered 30 years ago, I was 6 years old. You can’t imagine how the sights and sounds of the AT-ATs attacking on
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Like Marvel Movies? You’re In Luck For At Least Three Years
Let’s see here… Iron Man 2 – May 7, 2010 Spider-Man 4 – May 6, 2011 Thor – June 17, 2011 The First Avenger: Captain America – July 22, 2011 The Avengers – May 4, 2012 What this does is push Thor from a June 2010 release out one year, and give Marvel a 3-picture punch in 2011. Sounds good to me. In unrelated news, though, this still doesn’t mean that I get Fanboys near me any time soon….
Continue readingFrank Welker As Soundwave in TF2?
Michael Bay posted something in his forums about who he might get to voice Soundwave in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: I think I’m going to pursue Frank on Soundwave. Michael Innnnteresting. This was a response to fans linking to an interview with Frank Welker. Is it true? Is it misinformation? Who knows? (via The Allspark)
Continue readingLike Many, I Watched “Watchmen”
So, I saw Watchmen on Saturday, after weeks of anticipation. I should point out that I’ve not been a fan of the graphic novel for years and years. In fact, I only finished reading it for the first time about two months ago. Yes, it’s been out for over twenty years, but I’d not read it. Surprisingly, I had not been spoiled on any plot point in those twenty years, either. So I went into the book with a clean perspective. Of course, I loved the graphic novel. I had known that it was a very layered story, with depth
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