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Dragonball Evolution Trailer: Will This Be the Worst Film of 2009?I got a very bad feeling about this film about 57 seconds into this trailer when the Transformer styled vehicle appears. To me it looks like the film is taking itself a bit too seriously… Watchmen ComicCon 2008 Trailer: Hitting the Web
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 10, 2008 in Comic Books
At long last the official version of the Watchmen trailer that was shown at ComicCon 2008 is now hitting the web! I have no idea how good this film is going to be, but i love the amount of detail that I’m seeing in each frame (which is a fanboy plus in my book). USB Warm Gloves: Unbearably Cute!
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 10, 2008 in Hobbies and Collections
These ultra cute bear warm up gloves are USB powered and are being produced by Thanko in Japan. You know at first I though this was a totally silly idea, but today I visited a company where for some odd reason they running the air conditioner in Winter — had they equipped each employee with these gloves and hot chocolate productivity would have risen while improving their office cute quotient.
Found via akihabaranews.com. Carbon Dioxide Discovered on an Extrasolar Planet
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 10, 2008 in Science
It’s amazing how every day we find more and more obvious clues that there may be other signs of life in he universe. This latest discovery shows that astronomers have detected carbon dioxide (a basic requirement for plants to perform photosynthesis) on a Jupiter sized planet. What’s great about this is that someday this technique may used to hunt for hints of life on an Earth like planet: Read more… Kikaider: “Dr. Komyoji Designed Me to Protect the Kids!”
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 9, 2008 in Japanese TV
The 1972 Japanese TV show Artificial Humanoid Kikaider (人造人間キカイダ) was a tribute of sorts to Astro Boy. The humanoid robot was created by Shotaro Ishinomori who actually worked for Osamu Tezuka a few years earlier, who in turn was inspired by both Pinocchio and Frankenstein. In the show Kikaider is created by Dr. Komyoji to protect himself and his very cute kids (who you can see in the clip above) from the dark Android which was created by the nefarious Professor Gill (who must have been upset that he didn’t get his doctorate in android engineering). The live action show was so popular back in the day that it inspired a manga and years later an anime series. Read more… Ten Reasons NASA Should Go to Mars Instead of the Moon
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 9, 2008 in Science
As a new administration comes in I’m starting to see NASA push hard for the idea of returning to the moon. My own feeling is that this is going backwards, and people should speak up about it now. Frankly my larger worry is that in view of a major economic downturn that NASA will have their budget chopped yet again — and what sad is that there hasn’t been any serious investment in the program for almost forty years now. So here are my ten reasons why we should try to land on Mars by 2018 instead of going back to 1969: Read more… Probably the Cheesiest Retrogaming Commercial Ever Made: Yoshi’s Cookie
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 9, 2008 in Videogames
This is a really bad low budget spot from 1992 for Yoshi’s Cookie which was published by Nintendo for the NES and GameBoy. With current craze of kitchen oriented videogames this old school snack food title suddenly popped into my mind, here’s an example of the game play: Read more… Synthetic Life Breakthrough by 2011?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 8, 2008 in Science
It might be quite a leap from going to making synthetic single celled creatures by 2011 to full blown Blade Runner replicants by 2019 — but it does make one wonder if we might see that Brave New World of genetic engineering in our lifetime: Read more… Russians Accuse Anime of Promoting Pedophilia Propaganda
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 8, 2008 in Animation
What’s interesting about this is that the Deputy Dean of Russian Literature and Intercultural Communication at the Pushkin Institute of Russian in Moscow (how’s that for a cool job title?) feels that the show doesn’t promote pedophilia in an outright way, but does so subjectively with humor (i.e. it’s subversive!): Read more… Own a Cylon Raider for Just $40,000
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 8, 2008 in Battlestar Galactica
If you’re a hardcore Galactica fanboy with $40k burning a hole in your pocket then here is your chance to bid a bit of the show: Item # 348 – The Cylon Raider: “The Cylon Raider is a very large craft with a large wing span. The ship itself is made of metal, foam and wood. The ship breaks down into five pieces for easy transport. Measures 29′ long by 18’6″ wide by 4’8″ tall. Serious bidders should contact Propworx for more details or an inspection of the craft.” Read more… Anime Vice: Habit Forming for Fanboys
Anime and manga expert Gia Manry is now the managing editor or Anime Vice a well done website which is worth adding to your RSS reader. Vice is a video rich community focused site which has quite a few user friendly features — and is already stocked with a wealth of cool content. I really loved their up and coming release section and of course their cosplay photo collection has to be seen. The devil is in the details and one can tell that Gia sweated those details to put together one of the better fan oriented encyclopedias that I’ve seen in a long time (and as a blogger it’s nice to have other places to link to rather than ANN or wikipedia). Too Art for TV 3: The Fine Art Side of the NYC Animation Industry
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 7, 2008 in Animation
This Friday was the opening night for Too Art for TV 3 which is the third annual fine art exhibit which features the work of professionals in New York City’s animation business. The show is running until December 15th at the Erebuni gallery which is located at 158 Roebling Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Read more… Forrest J Ackerman: Fanboy Extraordinaire
It’s with a heavy heart that I learned of the passing of Forrest J Ackerman because so much of what we take for granted today as fanboys we owe to the man and his generation. Forrest was among the members of First Fandom: The first generation of fanboys who during the 30s invented science fiction conventions, fan clubs, fanzines and cosplay. And Mr. Ackerman did all of that by playing a leading role in establishing the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society in 1934, attending the first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939 and published on the first fanzines Futuria Fantasia in 1939. Here’s an interview with him talking about the early days of science fiction fandom from 1996: Read more… Ghostbusters the Videogame: Will it be Humous or Horrible?The trailer for this videogame looks like it’s very true to the 1984 film of the same name, but as a fanboy I’m asking if this is really a good thing? Yeah on a technical level I’m impressed that Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd look exactly like Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, but does that mean it will make a good videogame? I think sometimes the best thing to do with a Hollywood based title is to have some fun with it (example: Batman Lego) but for a film that was a comedy this title seems a tad serious from this first glance. Tim Burton to Direct Dark Shadows
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 5, 2008 in Horror
As a fanboy I’m against Hollywood remakes for the most part, but if Tim Burton is going to turn the classic 60s horror soap opera Dark Shadows into a film then I’ll gladly approve of the notion: Read more… Dragonball Movie Changing Names (But is the Film Lame?)
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 5, 2008 in Animation
It looks like 20th Century Fox is settling in on a name for this film, in fact they’ve already already taken the web domain DragonballEvolutionmovie.com. For a generation of anime fanboys (and fangurls) Dragonball has a cherished place in their childhood, and I hope Hollywood doesn’t get it wrong (although from what I’ve seen Im not too hopeful): Read more… The Secret History of Silicon Valley
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 5, 2008 in Tech
The one thing that I’ve noticed of late is that every yabbo software entrepreneur always cries foul at the slightest notion of the auto industry getting a government rescue. But the one thing these folks seem to forget is that there wouldn’t be a software industry if it weren’t for the very socialist roots of silicon valley. The valley didn’t happen by any sort of happy accident — it occurred because because of heavy investment by the defense industry in companies like HP going back to World War II. In fact even the internet itself wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) invented the damn thing. In the above video from the Computer History Museum entrepreneur Steve Blank gives a history of how the valley is the child of a welfare program recipient (which all in all is a very good thing for this county). The Latest Look at The Lord of the Rings Conquest Game
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 4, 2008 in Videogames
This is the latest trailer for the The Lord of the Rings Conquest game from Electronic Arts which is due to come out in January 2009 for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Nintendo DS. This game looks like everything that a J.R.R. Tolkien fanboy would want from getting to do battle with everyone from Cave-trolls to Oliphaunts. The Making of a Maidokuro: The Awesome Corpse-Housemaid
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 4, 2008 in Animation, Hobbies and Collections
Being a goth fanboy at heart one of my favorite Flash cartoons from Japan is the ever so evil Maidokuro: The Awesome Corpse-Housemaid (I’m always watching her twisted adventures on my iPhone). So recently not only was I very blown away to find out that the animator behind pipya.com was hanging out on Twitter but also I was given this amazing Flickr link to an actual doll they constructed of Maidokuro for what seems to be some sort of trade show exhibit. You know the doll looks so cool that I hope they start to bring out a line of merchandise to go with their deliciously gruesome cartoon. Read more… The Star Trek Lenovo IdeaPad: An Exclusive Sneak Preview
So the other day I was going on how the USS Kelvin had just started following me on Twitter to promote their trivia contest for Star Trek XI (which is sponsored by Intel and Lenovo) and of course I had to lament that while the contest was cool and all — what was really needed was a Trek themed laptop. So it was with much pleasure today that I found out that not only is this the case, but the sweet folks at contest just sent me a sneak preview photo of the laptop itself. For now my guess is for now that this goodie is just a sweepstakes prize, but man would I love to see something like this for sale in the stores… 50 Years of Janus Films: The Ultimate Cinephile Christmas Gift
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 4, 2008 in Cinema
I just spotted this gem, and man would I love this for Christmas: Going back to my childhood I’ve always noticed that Janus Films logo whenever I’d see a offbeat movie. The company was founded in 1956, and one of the co-founders ran the 55th Street Playhouse in New York City which was one of the first cinemas to specialize in art house films. Over the years they’ve distributed films from some of the best directors from Federico Fellini to Akira Kurosawa. In 2006 to celebrate their 50th anniversary the Criterion Collection put out a 50 set DVD collection titled Essential Art House – 50 Years of Janus Films United Nations to Hold a Special Meeting on Asteroid Threat (And No This is Not a Science Fiction Movie)
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 3, 2008 in Science
It seems those humans may be wising up to the issues that doomed the dinosaurs — at long last a group of scientists have made the United Nations take a serious look at doing something about preventing an huge asteroid from hitting the Earth: Read more… Warning: Videogamers Are NOT Addicts
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 3, 2008 in Videogames
The good news is that psychiatrists are now claiming that videogamers aren’t addicts, but the bad news is that they’re seeing our fellow fanboys as a “social problem” and are using the age old cliché of laying the blame on society and parents: Read more… Monster Hunting Cats on the Prowl
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 3, 2008 in Hobbies and Collections, Videogames
The minute I came across these two cats I was impressed: There’s something ever so cool about outfitting two elegant felines in medieval attire and then giving them the most silly accessories that you can imagine. The two kitties in this case are from the Capcom title Monster Hunter, and in the game they do everything from mundane chores like cooking to the more exciting gigs like distracting giant creatures. On the left is Airou who carries an oversized paw on a stick, and on the right is Merarou who prefers a giant tooth on a stick. |
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