Posted inComics / Movies

Things that make you go huh?

According to SuperHeroHype.com, Jack Black is supposedly in the running for the starring role in a Green Lantern movie?!? Don’t get me wrong, I like Jack Black and think that he’s a funny guy and a fine actor. But Jack never ever struck me as superheroic.

So, in the attempt to illustrate my point, I super-imposed (Photoshop rules!) a photo of Jack next to an Alex Ross painting of GL….

Jack Black and Green Lantern

And now I’m having second thoughts… It almost looks like Alex had a younger buffer Jack Black in mind when he did this painting. What do you think?

Posted inGames

Blizzard bans 30,000 World of Warcraft accounts

BlizzardBlizzard Entertainment has banned 30,000 World of Warcraft player accounts for “taking part in activities that violate the game’s Terms of Use, including using third-party programs to farm gold and items, which severely impacts the economy of a realm and the overall game enjoyment for all players.”

I’m not surprised that there’s “cheating” going on in WoW, but 30,000 accounts times 15 bucks a month ($450k/month!) seems like a huge chunk of change to sacrifice for fair play. Of course, those players are just going to reopen new accounts and keep doing what they’re doing, so I don’t think Blizzard will go broke anytime soon…

Posted inTelevision

Heroes Assemble!!!

Wow… Check out the video preview for Heroes, airing on NBC Monday nights this fall. I know that it’s easy to be fooled by three minutes of random video, but I can still hope that this lives up to its potential.

(Thanks for the tip, Alan.)

Posted inEntertainment / Technology / Toys

Found a few things today…

Have you heard about Windows OneCare? Microsoft has packaged almost every piece of software you might need to protect and secure your computer, including virus scanning, firewall, tune ups, and file backups. A one-year subscription retails for about 50 bucks, but Amazon currently has it available for $19.99.

In the past, I haven’t been a fan of American Idol. That changed this season the first time I saw the gorgeous and talented Katherine McPhee sing. As much as I enjoyed the energy and antics of this season’s winner Taylor Hicks, I was rooting for Katherine (and Chris Daughtry, who should have taken the Fuel gig) all the way. Anyway, I’m not the only one to recognize her talent, as RCA just signed Katherine to a record deal. Congrats Kat! If you happen to be reading this blog, I believe that Eva Cassidy’s slow and soulful version of Cindi Lauper’s Time After Time would be a perfect song for you.

Sixth Sense for a Wired World is a strange but interesting article on Wired about people who have decided to try to embed magnets in their fingertips. (And yes, according to the story, it is exactly as painful as it sounds.)

Comic Book Creator is a cool piece of software that allows mere mortals like us to write, layout, and create (duh!) our own comic books.

Special forces to use strap-on ‘Batwings’ is a real story about the near-future military application of bat-wings, as seen in the most recent Batman movie. Too cool! Where can I get a pair of those?

Posted inEntertainment

Too Funny!

Had to pass this on… Egotastic.com is a great site for keeping up with the latest celebrity shenanigans. (Including lots of photos of gorgeous celebrities of the female persuasion!)

In discussing the Tom Cruise / Katie Holmes uh, relationship, this is what Egotastic has to say…

I think their relationship is a sham, and their “baby” is either some strange alien being brought into existence by the sheer mental powers of the Scientology celebrity elite, or Verne Troyer. … Obviously she made a major mistake. Now she’s got a kid, and a crazy egomaniac midget to take care of.

Think about that line for a second… Funny stuff!

Posted inEntertainment

Secret Sanction?

Since I don’t have anything new to share, I thought I would discuss something I discovered a while ago…

The name Brian Haig may sound a little familiar because he is the son of former Secretary of State Alexander Haig. Brian also happens to be one of my favorite authors. The hero of all of Haig’s books is named Sean Drummand, an Army lawyer with a sense of humor and attitude leaning towards the insubordinate smart-ass side of life.

Anyway, Haig has written five books so far starring Sean Drummand, and was scheduled to publish a sixth book titled Man in the Middle due February 2006. And then I received the following e-mail from Amazon…

Hello from Amazon.com.

We are sorry to report that the release of the following item has been cancelled:

Brian Haig “Man in the Middle”

Though we had expected to be able to send this item to you, we’ve since found that it will not be released after all. Please accept our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience we have caused you.

We have cancelled this item from your order.

WTF!?! I’ve ordered tons of stuff online, and occasionally something may be delayed, but I’ve never had anything just flat-out cancelled like that before. What’s strange is that I can’t find any information on why the book was cancelled. All references to it have been deleted from the major online booksellers. I’m hoping that the book has been postponed and will eventually show up. We’ll see…