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TALKBACK: Great Hera! They are Remaking Fright Night!

11/11/2009 10:52:00 PM

Fright Night is getting a make-over.

"Mad Men" writer-producer Marti Noxon has been hired to pen DreamWorks Studios' revamp of the 1985 horror comedy "Fright Night." Before her work on AMC's "Mad Men," Noxon was a writer-producer on the bloodsucker series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," so fangs and stakes are in her blood.

Producers Michael De Luca, Michael Gaeta and Alison Rosenzweig set up the "Fright" project in May. DreamWorks executive Mark Sourian is overseeing for the studio.

Really? Why? Fright Night is a classic and should remain untouched.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

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BREAKING: Dollhouse is Canceled!

11/11/2009 10:05:00 PM

I'm sad right now... Dollhouse is canceled.

The network has canceled Joss Whedon's cult fave, which in May beat the odds with a second-season pickup despite low ratings.

The sci-fi series, which is filming episode 11, is expected to finish its 13-episode order.

After some dismal performance this fall, despite the ratings bumps "Dollhouse" got from DVR viewing, Fox benched the show for the November sweep after four episodes.

It is not clear if Fox will air the remaining episodes starting Dec. 4 as planned.

Someone, please pick this show up!

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REVIEW: Ponyo AKA The Cutest Movie EVER

11/11/2009 10:33:00 AM

Okay, as the official anime nerd of DoorQ.com, it is my duty to bring to you the glory and wonders of Japanese animation. I've kinda been slacking on my blog posts for the past few months because of the new job and doing things even a censor bar couldn't protect you against with my boyfriend =)

No more, though! Back to my anime-gushing ways! I just spent a nice chunk of my raise (Can you believe it? People actually reward you for hard work and a good job) on some fabulous anime box sets spanning several different genres! This is gonna be TIGHT, DAWG!!!

*Ahem* Moving along... A few months ago, a bunch of friends of mine went with me to see Hayao Miyazaki's newest creation, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, as interpreted by Disney at a midnight showing on the big screen! The story of the film is based very loosely on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid". VERY loosely. (Then again, the Disney version was based very loosely on the short story, as well =P)

The story follows Ponyo, a rebellious little goldfish who wants to explore the world and discover new things outside of the cramped little fish tank her sea-witch father keeps her and a whole school of sisters in. She eventually makes her way to a polluted bay, where she runs into Sosuke, who's down by the water playing with his toy boat. He catches Ponyo and decides to keep her as his own.

The conflict comes from Ponyo's father trying to get her back, and the uber-powerful magic that Ponyo accidentally steals that she uses without thinking of what the consequences might be. I don't want to say too much more because it's just more fun to watch the movie and find out!

Studio Ghibli (pronounced jib-lee) did an AMAZING job with the animation. In this age of digital animation, it was refreshing to see such a stunning piece of animation that was hand-drawn. In fact, Miyazaki drew most of the water and waves himself, saying that he wanted to make sure that this very important element of the film needed to be expressed properly.

Everything about the animation just seemed to bring the movie alive. The detailed sceneries looked almost like they were colored with crayons or colored pencils, while the foreground, fish and characters have that distinctive Studio Ghibli style that we've seen in all of their films since Nausicaa. I really don't know how to accurately describe the visual beauty that I saw blossom on the big screen accurately with words. It's just something you're going to have to see for yourself =)

Disney pulled off another great translation and dub, bringing in some big name actors to play even the most minor of parts. Noah Cyrus (Yes, she's related to THOSE Cyrus's) play the title character Ponyo and Frankie Jonas (Yes, he's related to THOSE Jonas's) played the other main character Sosuke. While I really didn't want to like those two, they did an excellent job (and it was nice to have kids voiced by kids for once). Tina Fey voiced Sosuke's mom and Matt Damon voiced his father, while Liam Neeson provided the voice for Ponyo's father and Cate Blanchette her mother. The cast was rounded out with Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Lily Tomlin and Marsh Clark played a bunch of old biddies at the nursing home Sosuke's mother works at.

See, I wasn't kidding about the big names in this movie! Funny thing is that Damon has maybe four lines, Blanchette about 10 and Neeson maybe having 25 or 30. The stars of the film are definitely Cyrus, Jonah and Fey. =) The only thing I can really bitch about there is that some of the pronunciations of the Japanese names were WAY THE FUCK off... But oh well; only other weeaboobies would be able to really tell that they're butchering the names.

The music of the film is epically awesome, as usual. Cyrus and Jonah even dubbed the Japanese smash hit theme song and did a little remix of it. Be careful when watching it, that song is a total ear worm and you'll find yourself humming it for the next week without even thinking about it.

The only thing about this film that keeps it (at least, for me) from joining the ranks of Nausicaa, < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Away">Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle is that the plot is a little slow and some of the characters are just a tad big more ignorant than I could swallow. Who leaves two four year old children in a house, by themselves, during a hurricane that is in the process of flooding the town you're in? *Sigh*

For those two reasons, I give this movie four slices of ham out of five. If you have a sweet tooth, this movie with more than satisfy it. In fact, I recommend seeing a dentist after this film to help prevent cavities =) I believe the movie is still out in theaters, so catch it on the big screen while you can! If not, the DVD and Blu-ray Disc come out on March 2, 2009.

TALKBACK: Sam Worthington Clashes with some TITANS

11/10/2009 9:06:00 PM

Check out the preview of the updated CLASH OF THE TITANS.

Sam Worthington's never looked hotter in a leather dress -- but that's just my humble opinion. What about you? What do you think of the trailer?

(And anyone wondering where Bebo is will be shot.)

MUSIC: When You Get 1000 Hugs from 10,000 Lightning Bugs....

11/10/2009 8:48:00 PM

I don't know if it's the 80s synth-pop stylings, the trippy, dreamy lyrics or the room full of awesomely geeky toys, but Fireflies, by Owl City, is my current music obsession.

I've bought it on iTunes, tricked it out as a ring-tone, and read whatever I could about the "group" -- in reality, it's just young hipster Adam Young -- all to satiate my desire for "more."

Memes are wacky.

Check out Fireflies, currently the top song in the USA, in the embed below.

Source: YouTube - Fireflies Owl City *Official Music Video* with Lyrics

Update: A friend sent me a link to this kid's take on a music video for the song.

Young gay boys in love are so cute.

And I thought I was doing well to make a mix tape for my boyfriend when I was 19.

NEWS: TREK Creator becomes part of TV Hall of Greats

11/10/2009 8:32:00 PM

TrekMovie.com notes that STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry is being inducted into the TV Hall of Fame. Sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Hall of Fame honors those who have "....challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally by doing so," they said in a press release.

In regards to Roddenberry,

The legacy of two-time Primetime Emmy Award-nominee Gene Roddenberry continues to flourish as the “Star Trek” franchise he created has reached 10 theatrical movies, seven television series and numerous merchandising and ancillary businesses–all of which maintain the late producer’s vision of the future. Often affectionately referred to as the “Great Bird of the Galaxy,” Roddenberry led a life as colorful and exciting as almost any high adventure fiction. It wasn’t until 1966, when Roddenberry created and produced the original “Star Trek,” that he found his voice in Hollywood. Once “Star Trek” debuted on television, it developed a loyal following as fanatical viewers grew to love The Starship Enterprise and its crew. Roddenberry served as a decorated Second Lieutenant during World War II, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.

Roddenberry, who died in 1991, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Source: Gene Roddenberry To Be Inducted Into TV Hall of Fame | TrekMovie.com

MUSIC: A little STAR WARS Rap to take you home...

11/10/2009 8:19:00 PM

The guys behind Star Wars Gangsta Rap and Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Special Edition are back once again. This time they've cut loose with some crazy mad dubs called Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles.

I have no idea what any of this means. I just post what I'm told to.

ALL NEW! Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles

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IMAGES: I love Transformers

11/10/2009 8:09:00 PM

Image by: Fashion photographer Fabien Kruszelnicki

REAL SCIENCE: Where I talk about a couple of Pricks

11/10/2009 8:05:00 PM

So I'm not usually one of the "real sciencey" types 'round these parts. I leave it to the uber-doorQs like The DQM, Carlos and Phantom Planet to post all that brainy stuff. They like to expand their brain cells. I like to drown, cure, stoke or otherwise explode mine.

Be that as it may, I found both of these stories of interest. Probably because they involve pricks. Okay, definitely because they involve pricks. I love talking about pricks.

Story One involves the creation of artificial penis tissue. Scientists have been able to artificially grow the fun cells that create our wacky wongs -- at least in rabbits. They've grown rabbit willy tissue, implanted that tissue in artificial "scaffolds" so those cells will form the proper cockular shape, then implant that scaffold into those unfortunate rabbits who've damaged their wee-wittle-wees, and, voila, a new functional penis results.

Seriously. These cloned cocks -- you were thinking just that -- are fully functional (suck on that, Cmdr. Data!) even causing certain female rabbits to wind-up with child. Pop out the cigars. (No pun intended.)

Once this technology matures and the gays get a hold of it, can you imagine what we'll do with that "scaffolding?" ExtenZe? Please. I'll take one Jeff Stryker Super Scaffolding to go.

From big pricks to little, there may no longer be a need to get shafted with a needle. The latest marvel the Brain Boys have come up with is a patch lined with tiny microneedles, each no bigger than a human hair. Slap one of these babies on your arm and the only pain you'll have is from the slap.

See, the needles can be coated with whatever kind of medicine is needed. Like a bandaid, you'd just rip open a patch, slap it on your arm -- or other places, depending on where you like to be slapped -- and the medicine goes into your system. You could pick your flu shot off the shelf at Costco or keep a large stash of penicillin patches in the back of your refrigerator. For, um, "shore-leave" issues.

Science, it's not just for geeks.

TECH: Universal Blu-Ray goes Social

11/10/2009 5:16:00 PM

Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE) announced today the launch of an array of enhanced iPhone and iPod touch-enabled features and social web-based offerings with the release of upcoming titles Bruno, Funny People, 9, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, Public Enemies, and Inglourious Basterds all available this holiday season. These innovations include the pocket BLU™ app, which offers iPhone and iPod users touch further enhancements to the Blu-ray experience, and social BLU™, which offers Blu-ray™ users more ways to interact with their Facebook and Twitter networks through an Internet-connected Blu-ray player. Additionally, USHE will unveil an all-new redesign of its BD-LiveCenter on Funny People, which makes the dynamic content on the multimedia portal easier to access, more engaging, and easier to use. On future releases, Universal will deliver even more innovative, exciting features based on these platforms, making Blu-ray™ discs more simple, fun, and sharable than ever before.

“These new features represent the latest step in Universal’s continuing effort to deliver an extraordinary home entertainment experience to consumers,” said Craig Kornblau, President of Universal Studios Home Entertainment. “By bridging Blu-ray’s vast capabilities with the Internet, iPhone, iPod touch and some of the hugely popular social networking platforms, we are effectively taking the Blu-ray experience to the next level, offering consumers the opportunity to easily integrate their favorite films into those activities and devices that have become part of their everyday lifestyle.”

pocket BLU™ app

USHE’s groundbreaking pocket BLU app makes its debut this holiday season for the iPhone and iPod touch on the Blu-ray editions of Bruno(November 17), Funny People (November 24), Public Enemies (December 8), Inglourious Basterds (December 15), American Pie Presents: The Book of Love(December 22) and 9 (December 29). The app uses the device’s Wi-Fi connection to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray^TM player and offers the following advanced features:

· Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.

· Video Timeline: By turning the phone to landscape mode, users will bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the movie.

· Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of exclusive bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there’s a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy exclusive content on the go, anytime, anywhere.

· Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.

· Pop-Up Keyboard: Enter data into a Blu-ray player with this easy and intuitive keyboard that will facilitate such Blu-ray™ features as chatting with friends and sending messages.

pocket BLU^TM is an extendable platform that will allow Universal Studios Home Entertainment to introduce even more new and groundbreaking mobile features on additional devices and platforms in the very near future. The pocket BLU^TM app is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch at www.itunes.com/appstore.

social BLU

The American Pie Presents: The Book of Love release also will mark the integration of Blu-ray content and social networking applications. This newly developed interactive technology allows users to easily sign on with their Facebook and Twitter login information and enjoy a variety of connectedBlu-ray features with their friends. Users can control status updates from their Blu-ray player, the UniversalHiDef.com website, or within pocketBlu.

As part of the newly developed interactive social BLU technology, users can update their Facebook and Twitter profile statuses via BD-Live. With the click of a button, users can rate the movie, send messages and on future releases will be able to share film-related user generated content with their friends via their social networking pages. social BLU opens up an entire world of social networking possibilities.

BD-Live Center Update

The newly redesigned Universal BD-Live Center as seen first on Funny People will offer an easy, fun and interactive experience directly from an Internet-connected Blu-ray player. By clicking on “What’s New,” users can check out the latest releases coming to Blu-ray and theaters, along withexciting BD-Live features. Additionally, when they visit the new “Content Center,” users will intuitively find their favorite previews, trailers and more. Meanwhile, the previously-launched ticker and video rotation automatically bring updated content directly to the viewer. Login and registration aren’t required unless the user wants to access select community features, so browsing BD-Live is easier than ever. Best of all, everything is designed for simple, one-click navigation, making BD-Live perfectly optimized for surfing content with a remote control.