Star Wars: A Different Point of View

I just stumbled across the “A Different Point of View” series of podcasts. The episodes are a set of somewhat humorous, but serious essays disproving myths about Stormtroopers and Star Wars universe from the point of view of a sand trooper.
A Different Point of View is a series of essays about the Star Wars Universe [...]

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Comic Con 2009

Last week, I attended Comic-Con for a half-day for my second year in a row. Just like last year, the convention was sensory overload and standing room only. KPBS reported that there was about 126,000 attendees and another 25,000 exhibitors in town for the four day event. Over the four days, it was estimated that [...]

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Star Wars Padawan Training Available in July 2009

I just discovered this unique and interesting toy via Scott Adams (Dilbert Blog). Well, it’s not so much a toy as it is just a cool device.
Wearing a custom built device that slips on your head, you can use your brain waves to move a sphere vertically in a container. There’s no wires and [...]

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Movie Review)

I watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie at the local IMAX theater. I have long been a fan of X-Men and Weapon X series, so I had pretty high expectations for this movie. Learning that one of my favorite comic book characters, Deadpool, was going to be in this movie gave me some hope that he [...]

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Watchmen (Movie Review)

It was about a year or more ago, when I found out the Watchmen movie was coming out. I hadn’t remembered this graphic novel and I wasn’t familiar with the story. Somehow, I had missed this comic.
I avoided spoilers and reading the novel before the movie because I wanted to see the movie first. [...]

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Punisher: War Zone (Movie Review)

The Punisher was one of my favorite comic book heroes (or anti-hero) of the 80s. I’ve seen all of the Punisher movies so far, so I was definitely going to see this movie. I did wait until it came out on DVD before renting it, instead of watching it in the theater.
As with the last [...]

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Streaming video to your TV via your console

I read about the PlayOn Media Server on LifeHacker last week. It’s software that runs on your Windows computer and streams video to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The PlayOn Media Server streams content from YouTube, Netflix Instant Queue, Hulu, CBS, and ESPN.
The PlayOn Media Server demo works for 14 days and I’m almost half [...]

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Batman: The Dark Knight (Movie Review)

I’ve seen a few bad and a few good movies since my last review, but I’ve skipped over them since most of my reviews so far have just been focusing on comic book movies.
Growing up, I didn’t collect many DC comic books other than maybe a couple collector or special edition Superman comic books (I [...]

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Movie Review)

I’ve mostly written about Marvel movies, but I think that I’ll try to write a few more reviews about other movies that I’ve been watching.
I saw Hellboy 1, I a few years ago, but I can’t remember if I saw it at the theater or on DVD. I thought Hellboy 1 was pretty good and [...]

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Incredible Hulk (Movie Review)

Much like Iron Man, I wasn’t too excited with the release of this movie. However, unlike Iron Man, I wasn’t much impressed with the movie.
When I first saw that Ed Norton was playing Bruce Banner, I had a feeling that I wouldn’t like the movie. I still think that Dr. Banner needs to be someone [...]

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