Aug 19

Geek News: Ps3 Slim announced! Ps3 Price Drop!!

Today rumours have been confirmed that the ps3 is being re-released, we had suspected this  for a while as stocks had been shrinking and sony had been as typically quiet as they usually are before a big announcement.

Ps3 slim will be hitting Australian markets on the 3rd of september.

PS3 SLIM:

  • 120GB hdd
  • 32% smaller
  • 36% lighter
  • 34% less power usage

But the best is yet to come! The price has been confirmed to be Aus$499!!

This is great news and exactly was sony needs to push their hold on the games market, with this move microsoft may need to do some serious thoughts as to hardware/price change.

For Techheads the ps3 slim will not have linux support.

Thoughts ?

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Aug 19

Geek News: Distribution Gained for 2 films

Hey guys, just a quick update for those intrested.. Two films I have had a close eye on have had their distribution ensured.
Kickass (a comic adaption for those who don’t know it) has had lionsgate snap it up and will be taking that thrrough to release.
And Dr. Parnassus (the Amazing looking new Terry Gilliam film (find and watch the trailer if you havent already)) Has been collected by sony, which I think will probably be released under their classics label..but who knows!
Anyway I’m happy about these choices what do you think?
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Aug 16

Geek Actually Forums Re-Opened

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Aug 15

Geek Actually Episode 47 – Humanising Lessons

Geek ActuallyDavid McVay is joined by Josh Philpott

Recorded live on Ustream.

In “Great Internet Tech War of 2009” news, Google is developing a new search technology that is code named “caffeine” and is supposed to be a Bing killer… Wasn’t Bing supposed to be the Google killer?

This week we have a special review of a classic film. Natali Del Conte of Buzz out Loud apparently has never seen “Alien”, so Josh and David are helping her out with The Natali Del Conte Retro Review this week and reviewing the classic Ridley Scott sci-fi horror film, “Alien”. Hopefully this will make her want to watch it :-)

Tech News This Week: Microsoft may have to remove Word from sale due to a patent infringement, Facebook acquires FriendFeed, Apple MacBooks may have a design flaw, Australian vehicles may have to have tracking devices installed, and a Florida man blames his cat for downloading child porn.

We want to say farewell to Les Paul who died August 13th, 2009.

Film News This Week: Megan Fox’s public service announcement (funny stuff), Victoria Beckham is taking humanising lessons, Warner Bros./DC Comics might lose rights to Superman, Bryan Singer is remaking Battlestar Galactica (Again?!?!?) and the Barbarella remake is back on.

For our feature reviews we look at the Peter Jackson produced sci-fi film “District 9“. The first feature by director Neill Blomkamp is a masterpiece and David and Josh are very impressed. David declares it as the best film of 2009 so far.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to small amounts of bad language.

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Aug 15

First Official Photo From Avatar Online

This Week the Avatar trailer will be released but just to whet your appetite, an official photo has been released today. I first saw it on /Film but it is turning up everywhere now. So I am presenting it here, enjoy.

Avatar

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Avatar, directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington and Sigourney Weaver will open in Australian cinemas December 17th, 2009.

Aug 13

Death Race – The Prequel!?!? What the Hell!

Death RaceNow here is a film that I didn’t need any more of, “Death Race”. Not the 1070’s original “Death Race 2000” by Paul Bartel (which is a camp Roger Corman cheapie, and kind fun when drunk!), but the Paul WS Anderson 2008 remake (sorry I think it was suppose to be a prequel to the 70s film, but that doesn’t really work either) starring Jason Statham.

I have to say I was not a huge fan of the remake. I really enjoyed the silly, camp, subversive 1970’s film and I found that the remake completely lost sight of the satire of the original film. I generally like the emotionless Statham, but found him really bland in this film and don’t get me started on the awful, Botoxed performance from Joan Allen.

Paul WS Anderson says the prequel will examine the back story of the Frakenstein (Statham) character, why? We already had flashbacks in the film that explain how and why he got in the jail. Also, the film is about the Death Race, which was created by Joan Allen’s character in the jail, if you do a prequel about Statham’s background there will be no Death Race in it, kinda the point of the film isn’t it?

Bad idea all ’round if you ask me. I think Paul WS Anderson should just focus his attentions on making a really good final chapter to “Resident Evil”. Bring on the clones!

Just to wrap this up, I mentioned above that the remake doesn’t work as a sequel, why? The original Frankenstein, played by David Carradine is the central character of the 1970’s film. He dies in the opening scene of the remake (yes, apparently that is David Carradine making a cameo under the mask in the remake), so how exactly is he the star of the original film if he is dead? It is nit picking I know, but it is little things like this that take me out of the prequel mindset. Just call the bloody thing a remake and be done with it.

Do you think a prequel to “Death Race” is a good idea? Are you excited or horrified by this news? Comment below.