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Geek Gear: ‘Alliance Of Magicians – Serious Magic’ Shirt

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:49 AM PDT

Alliance Of Magicians Serious Magic Shirt

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is called "Serious Magic" by NikHolmes and refers to an "Alliance Of Magicians" - famous magicians/wizards and other powerful folk from the worlds of Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings, and more.

The sale began at Teefury today, Thursday, September 27, 2012, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site for $10 anymore, though it might continue into the next day for $13 (look for the After Hours bar at the top). [...]

$5 MP3 Album Deal: Rush ’2112′

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:39 AM PDT

Rush 2112

2112, the breakthrough album by the classic Canadian progressive rock trio Rush, is now available on MP3 format from Amazon this month for only $5. The CD is also currently on sale for only $4.99.

This is the album that put Rush on the map and suddenly found them in the heavyweight division of rock music. The title track, clocking in at over 20 minutes, stretches out the spacey futuristic Twilight Zone/Ayn Rand influences that started to become musically apparent on two previous Rush releases (Fly by Night and Caress of Steel) and presents them like a musical tale, keeping and refining the Rush sound into a listenable and challengeable experience. The cannabis fragrancy of "Passage to Bangkok," the rare tune solely penned by guitarist Alex Lifeson "Lessons," and the only song that drummer/main lyricist Neil Peart ever played in original Rush drummer John Rutsey style 4/4 "Tears" are not to be ignored, as is the high-pitched, bottom heavy vocal, bass attack of lead singer/bassist Geddy Lee. The influences of 2112 are still prevalent on subsequent Rush albums to this very day. Upon listening, it's easy to see why.

Browse the main sale page to see all 100 albums on sale for only $5 each in MP3 format through the end of September 2012 [...]

Comic Review: Adam Wreck

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 05:48 PM PDT

Adam Wreck cover

Adam Wreck
Written by Michael S. Bracco
Art by Michael S. Bracco
Alterna Comics
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Cover Price: $9.99

Poor Adam Wreck. He is trapped on his parents' spaceship on a so-called adventure in the cold, black, absolute nothingness of intergalactic space. His parents are the first Earthlings to invent a spacecraft capable of intergalactic travel. They're on a mission to seek out new life and...yeah, yeah, we know the premise. Unfortunately for the space-faring nuclear family, their search has discovered no sign of alien life for two years -- two long, dull, agonizing years. Just when young Adam is about to snap, his parents happen upon a Kalosian space pirate ship and are swept up into swashbuckling adventure filled with giant tentacle monsters, squishy planets, fishy spaceships, and invaluable treasure.

In Adam Wreck, Adam has no superpowers or special talents unless you consider amazingly fortunate luck to be a power — and I do. He just stumbles his way through life-threatening situations and somehow lives to tell the tale. Just when Adam's reservoir of good luck seems to run dry, he meets a treasure-hunting alien named Voric. The opportunistic ship captain, who was obviously inspired by Captain Jack Sparrow, has the means to help Adam rescue his parents from becoming a human-grade sashimi snack. Adam, in-turn, has information that Captain Voric desperately desires. An alliance, perhaps? [...]

Honest Trailer Reveals The Truth About Joss Whedon’s ‘The Avengers’

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT

The Avengers

When the world was about to be overrun by Loki and the Chautari, Nick Fury rallied the world's greatest heroes to stop them. At least the heroes that Marvel Studios still owns.

The day after The Avengers Blu-ray, DVD, and Blu-ray Combo Pack hit store shelves, the Screen Junkies team decides to poke fun at why there were so few heroes seen in The Avengers. Check out the brutally honest but also very hilarious video below.

I won't bother detailing the video, because talking about it won't do it any justice. Check it out. Credit to SceenJunkies for the funny video [...]

‘Stoker’ Trailer: Fear, Sexuality, and Tension

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 03:15 PM PDT

Stoker Header

Oldboy director Park Chan-wook is taking his work to the States. Chan-wook introduced himself to global moviegoers with films like Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Now he is gearing up for his first English-language directed film, Stoker. The first trailer for Stoker has finally arrived online.

Check out the first trailer here below.

The cold chill that Nicole Kidman gives off creates the kind of tension that is rarely seen in movies. Kidman plays Evelyn, a widower to the Stoker family, who lacks the capacity to warm up to the Stoker family patriarchal daughter, India (Mia Wasikowska). Things only get worse when Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) pays the two a visit. And by worse I mean creepy worse [...]

$5 MP3 Album Deal: Meat Loaf ‘Bat Out Of Hell’

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell

The immensely successful album of the late 1970s Bat Out Of Hell by rock and roll crooner Meat Loaf is now available on MP3 format from Amazon this month for only $5.

Produced by Todd Rundgren and written mainly by Jim Steinman, Bat Out Of Hell is not only one of the biggest selling records of all-time, but one of the most adventurous as well. The record is like a cross between Bernie Taupin (lyricist for Elton John for decades), Alice Cooper, and Rocky Horror Picture Show in a way, with its operatics, shock-style theatrics, yet it has a flip side to it as well that is sublime and powerfully understated. This album is like musical folklore nowadays, from the title track to the wrenching ballad "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," the bass heavy "All Revved Up And No Place To Go" with the great Edgar Winter on saxophone, and of course, the centerpiece of the record, the teenagers-in-heat yet ultimate frustrated "Paradise By The Dashboard Light." There's lots of cross genres here for one to chew on, quasi-1950s, rock, flirting with metal and harder rock sounds, all majestically done by Rundgren's bright production and especially of course, Meat Loaf on the soaring yet controlled and tasteful and even kick ass vocals.

Browse the main sale page to see all 100 albums on sale for only $5 each in MP3 format through the end of September 2012 [...]

Comic Review: Ghostbusters #13

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Ghostbusters #13
Ghostbusters #13
Written by Erik Burnham
Art by Dan Schoening
Colors by Luis Antonio DelGado
Letters by Neil Uyetake
Edits by Tom Waltz
Extra Story by Tristan Jones
Covers by Dan Schoening & Tristan Jones
IDW Publishing
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Cover Price: $3.99

Ghostbusters #13 is, so far, the most interesting and plain-out exciting issue in the series so far. Not that the previous year's worth of stories have been boring by any means, but it seems like the creative team really threw the rule book out the window with this issue.

I think writer Erik Burnham had a little too much caffeine while writing Ghostbusters #13. That's not necessarily a bad thing, either. There is SO much going on in this issue, that it takes a second read to let your brain absorb all that's going on. After a long road trip, the boys finally return back to New York City, where they find things are, let's just say, different. There's no business in the ghostbusting business, and by the end of the issue we find out why [...]

Watch Now: Four ‘Dishonored’ Developer Videos

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Dishonored Image

The most wonderful time of the year is upon us---fall is in the air, a month of horrors and Halloween is about to begin, and many of the year's biggest video game releases are about to arrive.

One of the many games being released is Dishonored, the new Neo-Victorian/steampunk stealth/assassin title from developer Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda Softworks.

Before the game's release on October 9 here in the States (pre-order now: Xbox 360, PS3, PC), the 11th in Spain and Australia, and throughout Europe on the 12th, a developer documentary series of videos have been released looking at what went into making the game.

You can check out all four Dishonored developer videos below now. [...]

Comic Review: The Order of Dagonet #1

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Order of Dagonet #1 cover

The Order of Dagonet #1
Written by Jeremy Whitley
Art by Jason Strutz
Action Lab Comics
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Cover Price: $4.99

Great Britain often knights its world-renowned celebrities. This fraternity of superstars includes names such as Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ian McKellen, and Sir Elton John. Nowadays, knighthood is merely considered a great honor. It's not as if the recipients are actually real, armor-clad knights who are duty-bound to protect the throne in times of great peril. Or are they? The Order of Dagonet presents an event of such calamitous absurdity that Britain is forced to rely on its knighted celebrities to fight back an invasion.

In this series, the Order of Dagonet is Britain's league of celebrity knights, although official knights consider the Order something of a joke. When a construction crew clears a forest to make way for a David Beckham monument, they unwittingly remove an old tree that locked in the Creatures of Fairie. This horde of English literary characters unleashes havoc across the United Kingdom and invades Parliament. Merlin himself sends out a desperate "Help me Obi-Wan," dream call to three Order of Dagonet members who are located in the United States at the time of the invasion. These characters are not so loosely based on Ozzy Osbourne, Sir Ian McKellen, and J.K. Rowling. The motley crew heeds Merlin's cry for help and separately make their way back to protect the motherland [...]

Steven Spielberg Courting ‘Cloud Atlas’ Star Ben Whishaw For ‘Robopocalypse’

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Ben Whishaw as Q Header

Following the news that Anne Hathaway will be starring opposite Chris Hemsworth in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Robopocalypse, comes word that Cloud Atlas star Ben Whishaw is now being courted for a role in the film. The British actor, who also has a role in the upcoming James Bond film Skyfall, would play a hacker named Lurker.

Variety reports that no deal has been made, but the offer is on the table for Whishaw to take. Barring any scheduling conflicts, it would be hard for Whisaw to pass on a project with Spielberg at the helm. The director is expected to begin production later this year after he finishes his press rounds for Lincoln. Former 20th Century Fox chairman and CEO Tom Rothman will produce the film and Drew Goddard will write the screenplay adaptation [...]

The GoD List: Comics For September 26, 2012

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT

GoD List Banner

Each and every week "My Name is Rob" MK2Fac3 and "My Name is Don" Henchman21 read a lot of comics. Seriously you guys, a lot of comics. Maybe too many comics. I mean, it is possible… theoretically. They look forward to some more than others, I mean, who doesn't? So, let's take a look into the depths of their pull lists, grab some comics, and we'll let YOU know what the top books to look forward to are for the week of September 26, 2012. Single issues and trades, they're all here.

It's another week of great comics, and as always, we're here to give you a heads up on a few comics out there worth picking up. Keep in mind, this is only a small sampling of the many excellent books out there this week. I wish I could talk about all of them, and I wish I could buy them. And I really wish I had time to read them all, but hey, I'm only one man. I have to ration my time, because if I just read comics all the time, I'd never be able to bring you...The GoD List! [...]

Matt Reeves Won’t Direct ‘The Twilight Zone’; On The Shortlist For ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT

Matt Reeves

After taking a stab at writing and directing Let Me In, Matt Reeves attached himself to helm a new version of The Twilight Zone for Warner Bros. Unlike the last Twilight Zone film, which consisted of multiple vignettes directed by a variety of filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, George Miller, and John Landis, this iteration would only have one director. However, it's been a year since the announcement was made and the film is no closer to starting principal photography. As a result, Reeves is exiting the project.

Variety reports that with Reeves out as director, WB has sent out a directing assignment to find the right person to direct. No word yet on who received the assignment. There were no reported creative conflicts between the two parties, however, Reeves' schedule played a huge part in his decision to leave The Twilight Zone remake. Reeves is currently attached to projects like The Passage, This Dark Endeavor, and The Invisible Woman, which leads us to an interesting development for Dawn of Planet of the Apes [...]

$5 MP3 Album Deal: Alice in Chains ‘Unplugged’

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 06:43 AM PDT

Alice in Chains Unplugged

As part of Amazon's monthly $5 MP3 album deals for September 2012, Alice in Chains's Unplugged is on sale for only $5.

Hard to believe 16 years have gone by since Alice in Chains recorded this live album in the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theatre. It was one the band's last appearances with singer Layne Staley, the toll of his drug addiction obvious in his sickly pale face and emaciated body, though not in his voice. This Unplugged album is not some diluted version of a plugged-in Alice in Chains, but more of a soulful retrospective, quieted down for a deeper experience. Included on the album are all the songs you know, like "No Excuses," "Rooster," "Would?," "Down In A Hole," and "Got Me Wrong." There's also the CD+DVD that contains the live CD along with the MTV Unplugged concert DVD.

Browse the main sale page to see the other 99 albums on sale for only $5 each in MP3 format through the end of September 2012 [...]
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