Yay, Dresden. Boo, Files.
Aug 03OK, so apparently The Dresden Files is not returning, but the actor who plays Harry (Paul Blackthorne) will appear recurringly on the new fall series Big Shots (that’s the one with Michael Vartan and Dylan McDermott, not the one with Peter Krause. I keep getting them mixed up). I tried in vain to get into the Files and never could, but I do think Blackthorne is sort of mind-meltingly hot. Not sure about the Big Shots character, though — sounds kinda oily. I like him in scruffy Harry mode. I also like pre-judging things before I see them, because it’s the geekly way.
Reviewing the Review-Proof: Deathly Hallows (SPOILERS)
Aug 03I realize I am about to commit nerd hara-kiri as my geekly brothers and sisters worship at the Altar of Rowling, but I must do it:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is good, but not great. And it’s because Jo Rowling has desperately needed a strong editor for YEARS.
File-sharing: A giant shoe silently drops
Aug 02According to this (admittedly unsubstantiated) story, The Pirate Bay is raking in something like $25,000 per day on advertising revenue, or like $9 million a year. (Their math, not mine, or maybe I saw those numbers on Digg.)
Anyway. This is the strand that some intrepid young reporter could pull, methinks, to unravel the whole mess*–this is NOT just a fun hobby project to thumb one’s nose at the MAN of corporate content conglomerates.
It’s about the money. It’s always about the money.
*Please do not actually DO such a thing and expose this fine, fine establishment. I need to steal crap off the web like everyone else.
Cory Doctorow Can't Lose
Aug 02I know, I know–Chris hates him.
Regardless, Cory Doctorow has exactly the right idea on digital comics.
Doctorow for Editor in Chief. Of EVERYTHING.
Let the arguements begin…
Aug 01Unfortunately I don’t know where this image originated, either in print or in blog (all I got sent was the image URL), but regardless, it’s sparked hours of debate here in the office. Spider-man basically takes a moment to group some popular heroes into “weight” classes. [comic shop guy] And the results are retarded.[/comic shop guy]
Oh sure, some of it depends on the era – She-hulk was little more than a Gamma irradiated chick to begin with, not the ass-kicker she is today. But Silver Surfer and Spider-man? That’s all kinds of whack.
The best is at the very beginning when Hulk complains he should be in a class by himself. Yes, yes he should.
Or maybe I’m wrong – tell me what you think of the list. And if anyone knows the original blog, please let me know so I can link to it.
