Wolverine Has A Problem With Leakage

 

What has everyone's favorite funky-haired mutant death machine so sad that he's crying like a little girl?  Well, it looks like an early copy of his new movie has been leaked onto the internet.

 

Earlier this week, an early production copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was posted online by an unknown party and was made available for download for the whole of the internets.  Fox pictures acted quickly and got the site hosting the film to be shut down, but by then the damage had been done and the film started popping up on several popular bit torrent sites.  It's still out there if you look hard enough. 

 

However, Fox is now telling fans not to judge the film by the version they have gotten online, since it is an early version of the film and will bare little resemblance to the finished product.  The chairman of Fox pictures himself, Mr. Tom Rothman, had the following to say about the leaked version.

 

"The version that went out is unfinished. It's about 10 minutes shorter, doesn't have key scenes, it wasn't edited, and none of the effects shots were in any remotely final form. It's a complete misrepresentation of the film and is deeply unfair to the people who have worked on it for years."

 

Personally, I'm going to pass on seeing this early version.  Even though the piratey fanboy in me is yelling at me to go download it, I'm going to wait until I can see the film as it was meant to be seen . . . as a finished product and on the big screen.  Does this mean I'll never download the early version?  No.  If anything, I'll be interested in watching the leaked version after I've paid to see the finished film in the theaters just so I can compare the two and see how much they differ. 

 

I'm a sucker for behind the scenes sort of stuff, and it's a rare opportunity when a chance like this comes along to see how a film is changed during the post production process.  Getting to see how adding or editing out certain scenes can affect a film's pacing, as well as what proper music and special effects can add to that film really intrigues me.

 

I'm really looking forward to this film though, and as with all comic book movies I want it to do really well, so I will definitely be going to the theater to give it some of my money and to support it properly.

GI Joe: Resolute Will Air On Adult Swim This Month

 

Do you remember a long while back when I posted about an awesome new GI Joe cartoon that was coming out at some point in the future?  It was called GI Joe: Resolute and it was supposed to be an adult centered, PG-13 to R rated series that would basically be a more adult version of the GI Joe cartoon series that many of us grew up loving as kids.  Also, it was being written by Warren Ellis.

 

Well, it's FINALLY coming out.  The good folks over at the Terrordome have pointed out that Adult Swim is set to air the GI Joe: Resolute series this month.  More specifically, the show will air on April 26th at Midnight.  That's a Saturday night/Sunday morning air time, so be sure to either set your DVR's or Tivo's or just plan on staying up late.

 

I'm going to go ahead and go on record right now and say that GI Joe: Resolute is going to be about a billion times cooler than the crappy live-action film is going to be.  Do you know how I know this?  Well, for starters Cobra Commander looks like he should.  The picture above is of Cobra Commander's toy from the series.  That alone already makes this show better than the movie.

 

If you need any more reasons, just remember that GI Joe: Resolute will look like this.

Cool Star Wars Stuff (For Real This Time)

 

Ok, so I feel really bad about posting that article yesterday about the Tauntaun sleeping bag even though I knew it was only a joke.  It was mean of me to do, and I feel guilty.  While we wait desperately to see if Lucasfilm will give the folks over at ThinkGeek the rights to make the most awesomest sleeping bag of all time, I wanted to make things up to you by posting some other cool Star Wars stuff that actually is available.

 

Over at StarWars.com, they've posted up an article showcasing some of their upcoming beach and pool accessories.  Among the items available are gigantic inflatable pool floats in the shape of an X-Wing and the millennium Falcon, a Death Star beach ball, and those kickass kites I posted about a while back.

 

As is usually the case though, the item I loved the most isn't available yet.  It's the totally kickass R2-D2 floating booze holder pictured above.  Yes, I know it's probably meant for kids and should therefore hold other drinks like soda or juice or something.  Whatever.  All I want from this thing is for it to serve me tasty booze as I float alongside it in my giant inflatable X-Wing.  In my world, R2 only ever serves alcohol just like he did on Jabba's sail barge.  That's the way the world should be.

Stupid Real Life

 

I'm really sorry for the lack of posts today.  My regular day job is extremely busy right now, and I haven't had the time to devote to the site that I usually do.  Stupid real life getting in the way of my geeky pursuits.

 

I haven't forgotten about you though.  I'll try to post some actual articles when I can later today.  And the new episode of the Podcast is almost ready to go.  It's been recorded and edited and just needs a little touching up and it will be posted online.

 

In the meantime, I give you this rather strange, yet amusing song about Battlestar Galactica to keep you entertained.  I also have to give major credit to the guy in the video for bravely video taping himself while wearing a t-shirt usually only worn by burglers from the 1920's while at the same time rocking out in really short shorts that haven't seen the light of day since the early 1980's. 

 

Rock on strangely dressed songwriter.  Rock on indeed!

Doctor Who Trailer For The 2009 Easter Special

 

This is a bad year for us Doctor Who fans.  What with there being no regular season of the show this year and only the four holiday specials to keep us held over until the show fully restarts next year, we're left Doctorless for long periods of time.

 

This is why any new little bit of Doctor related news makes me happy, and this new trailer for the 2009 Easter special makes me especially happy.  Entitled Planet of the Dead, the new special seems to have the Doctor stuck on a double decker bus in the middle of a giant desert, surrounded by a giant swarm of baddies that want to either kill or eat him, I can't tell which.

 

It looks pretty good though.  I can't wait to see it.  If its anywhere near as good as the Christmas special was with its gigantic steampunk cyberman robot, then we're in for a real treat.

Geek Item Of The Week - 04/01/09

 

UPDATE:  Ok, I'm sorry but I have to come clean.  This is an April Fool's Day joke.  I know, it's mean.  I couldn't help myself.  ThinkGeek had put this up as part of their April Fool's Day jokes, and I loved it so much I had to post it.  What's funny though is that this has gotten such a massive response from customers who wanted it that they have promised to contact Lucasfilm to actually try to get this thing made.  I wish them luck.  And if they do ever make it, there sure as hell had better be an adult sized one.

 

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

 

And I thought they smelled bad . . . on the outside!

 

Oh my god!  I can't believe no one has ever made this before.  Looking at it in the picture above, it seems like the most natural piece of merchandising one can think of, yet somehow we have gone almost 30 years now and this is the first time someone has ever made something this awesome.

 

A Tauntaun sleeping bag.  Wow.  My mind is reeling right now.  We all remember the scene, right?  Luke is injured after the Wampa attack.  Han has found him, but his Tauntaun dies from the cold and they have no way back to base.  To keep luke alive, he uses Luke's lightsaber and slices open the still warm on the inside beast and shoves luke in.  Now, you too can recreate that very scene yourself with this truly awesome sleeping bag.

 

It even has a glowing lightsaber on the zipper so you can pretend you are slicing open the fallen pack animal.  And the inside design of the bag has even been made to look like the intestines of the creature.  Hell, even its head can be used as a pillow.

 

The only problem with this sleeping bag at all is that it's only for kids and maybe small adults.  In what I can only see as a glaring oversight, they didn't make these available in adult sizes which just makes me want to question their sanity.  I would kill for one of these things in my size.  It's only five feet long, and I'm 6'2" so there's no way in hell I'm fitting inside that thing.

 

Please hear me people over at ThinkGeek.  Please make this in adult sizes.

 

Stupid kids today.  They get all the cool stuff.

The Simpsons Will Get Their Own Postage Stamps

 

Not to be outdone by the UK and their awesome mythological creature stamps, the US Postal Service has announced that they will be releasing a line of postage stamps later this year that will be based on the long running animated series The Simpsons.

 

The 44-cent first-class mail stamps, designed by Simpsons creator and executive producer Matt Groening, will feature Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson.

 

The stamps, a sneak peek for which will be unveiled April 9, also will help celebrate the longest-running primetime comedy's 20th anniversary this year.

 

The Postal Service receives about 50,000 stamp suggestions per year, but only about 20 ideas make the cut, the companies said.

 

As soon as images of the stams become available, I'll be sure to post them.  So check back here on the 9th and I'll do my best to have them here for you.

 

This has gotten me to thinking though, what properties would I want to see made into stamps?  We already had Star Wars stamps a few years ago.  Ditto for Star Trek.  So what hasn't been made into a stamp yet that I'd actually want to go out and buy?  The only thing I could really think of would be GI Joe stamps based on the 80's cartoon (not the 1960's dolls).

 

What would you want to see made into a series of stamps?