Inside the Actors Studio… With Hellboy
By dave | July 3, 2008
Small Hellboy 2 teaser that made me chuckle. 
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Michael Imperioli Moving To Mars
By dave | July 3, 2008
Interesting little bit of news popped up on Hollywood Reporter this morning.
Michael Imperioli who played Christopher Moltisanti in the brilliant Sopranos has been cast as Detective Ray Carling in ABC US remake of ‘Life on Mars’.
I can see Imperioli doing a good job as Ray, and if it’s any indication of how the 2nd pilot is shaping up, i look forward to seeing it.
The casting is part of a revamp after David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Ally McBeal, Boston Legal) left the project and ABC requested some major changes (and with good reason, as anyone has seen the 1st pilot would probably agree - it’s floating around on the interwebs if you want to see it.)
Updated as rumour: There are rumours, that they are also recasting Annie Cartwright (Rachelle Lefevre) and Gene Hunt (Colm Meaney).
If true, it’d be a shame about Colm. I felt he could have done a good job there, but was being reined in by US censors (or the writer/production team). They removed all the Geneisums that helped make the Gene “Let’s go play slappyface” genie so great, so it was a rather neutered version of Gene Hunt. I still find it hard to see anyone bettering Philip Glenister in the role though.
It looks like Jason O’Mara has survived and is still playing Sam Tyler. He didn’t strike me as anything outstanding in the 1st pilot, but it’s hard to tell, as Sam is supposed to pretty dazed and confused in the 1st episode.
The other major change has moved the shows setting from a pretty non-discript Los Angeles to a far more interesting ‘The French Connection’ era New York.
I know a lot of people would say ‘why remake such a great show’, but the original is SO British, (as with ‘The Office’) i can see why they’d like a US version for a US audience. I wasn’t overly impressed with David E. Kelley stab at Life on Mars, so i’m glad it’s getting a 2nd chance.
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Counting Down to Star Trek Online?
By dave | July 1, 2008
Cryptic Studios have placed a clock on their homepage… But a countdown to what exactly?..
Well, the artwork the clock is sat on top of appears to be an old section of Star Trek Online concept art…
Still no actual confirmation who the STO developer is after Perpetual imploded, but the rumours started flying almost iimmediately that Cryptic had got the license. I guess we’ll see on the 28th of July…
Topics: MMORPG, PC Gaming, Sci-fi, Star Trek | 2 Comments »
Don S. Davis RIP (1942-2008)
By dave | July 1, 2008
Don S. Davis who played Major General George Hammond on Stargate passed away yesterday from a heart attack.
Don played General Hammond for 7 years before departing the show in 2003 due to a medical condition. He did however make a number of guest appearances in SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis over the following years, most recently reprising the role for the Stargate: Continuum movie.
Gateworld.net has a touching obituary.
Don’s family are asking for people to make a donation to the American Heart Association if they wish to do something in in Don’s memory.
Thank you Don for your wonderful years of bringing one of our favourite Stargate characters to the screen.
Rest in Peace.
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Blizzard Announce Diablo 3
By dave | June 28, 2008
There’s been rumour, speculation, hype, and mystery, but it’s finanlly official… Blizzard announced today at their Worldwide Invitationtal in Paris that they are working on Diablo 3.
The speculation that this was going to be a ‘World of Diablo’ MMO was off though. Diablo 3 is sticking to it’s RPG roots, and seems to be a very updated, polished continuation of the Diablo RPG franchise, in the same way Starcraft 2 is an update of Starcraft. To me this makes a lot of sense. Why risk splitting the WoW playerbase with another MMO when you can expand out into other areas.
Quick rundown of things so far:
- Action RPG
- Same isometric camera positioning (although you can zoom in and out).
- Destructible and interactive environments (is it a chest?… Or is it a trap!)
- New class - Witch Doctor (pet class with mind control)
- Improved control system (hotbars, and using the mousewheel to switch skills)
- New drop - Red orb health ‘powerups’ help keep the game moving at a lightning pace.
Have to say it’s looks pretty awesome. I love a good Action RPG, and Diablo 3 is looking like a superb Action RPG!
A few shots from the demo video:
See more at the Official Diabo 3 Site, including a gameplay trailer, a cinematic trailer, and a load more!
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Joss Whedon’s Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!
By dave | June 26, 2008
Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.
Joss Whedon’s Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was one of the many internet projects to spring up during the WGA strike earlier this year. It’s a 3 part musical series written by Joss, his brothers (Zack & Jed) and Jed’s Fiancé Maurissa Tancharoen.
“It’s the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to.”
It starring 2 buffy alumni (and 1 buffy alumni by proxy) alot with a cast of, dozens:
- Nathan Fillion, as the hero Captain Hammer.
- Ex-Buffy potential Slayer “Vi“, Felicia Day as Penny the laundromat girl.
- Neil Patrick Harris, (Barney Stinson in the fantastic How I Met Your Mother, with Alyson Hannigan) plays the low-rent super-villain.
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Knight Rider Sat Nav… With KITT’s Voice!!
By dave | June 24, 2008
- KITT voiced GPS unit
- dual LED scanner lights like KITT’s dashboard
- start-up message that says “Hello Michael, where do you want to go today?”
Not much more to say than… WANT!
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Where the Hell is Matt in 2008?
By dave | June 23, 2008
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
I love the Where the Hell is Matt videos, and he’s got a new one. They’re silly and make me smile, which i need on a monday morning… Click here to see it in hi-def.
See all the videos on Matt’s site.
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What do WoW Characters do in Their Downtime?
By dave | June 21, 2008
Play World of Workcraft!
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Microsofts IE Team Help Firefox Celebrate Firefox 3 Release
By dave | June 18, 2008
Firefox 3 was officially released today by the Mozilla folk, and to help celebrate the occasion, the IE devs over at Microsoft sent Mozilla a cake as congratulations. A lovely gesture on their part i’m sure you’ll agree.
Although… I can’t help thinking, if they spent more time on sorting out the code in IE, and less time baking cakes I wouldn’t have had to spend most of this afternoon messing about with CSS trying to get a clients website to look the same in IE as it does in every other browser…
IE Devs. Nice guys. Sucky developers… Here’s hoping they’re taking notes on Firefox for IE8. 
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