Jan 22
This should get dropped in that huge box (the movie Australia also belongs in it) labled “Bad Ideas”. Once again sorry this is a little late, we were offline for a couple of weeks.
An Australian production company on Monday announced it had secured the rights to The Phantom Legacy , a follow-up to the 1996 film, The Phantom , which starred Billy Zane as the masked hero who fights evil from his jungle headquarters.
Source: comingsoon.net
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Jan 22
This is a little late but I have been offline :-) Just a little follow up to the Clean Feed issue that we have talked about on the podcast.
Sex shops will inundate the country if the Federal Government filters internet pornography, an industry expert has warned.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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Jan 22
This post is purely food for thought. When I watched ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ last year I turned to Mirren Lee (Geek Actually co-host and my mom) and I proposed a thought to her. Judd Apatow (Producer of Forgetting Sarah Marshall) seems to take whoever is co-starring in his current film and cultivate that person into the star of the next (or close to the next). Let’s see if that works. The following films are directed or produced (or both) by Apatow.
The 40 Year Old Virgin – Starring Steve Carell, but co-starring Paul Rudd (although his part in Knocked Up is large, he still hasn’t gotten his own Apatow film yet) and Seth Rogan (see below)…
Knocked Up – Starring Seth Rogan (what do you know!), but co-starring Paul Rudd (see above), Jason Segal (keep reading) and Jonah Hill (stay tuned)…
Talladega Nights – Starring Will Farrell, but co-starring John C. Reilly (wait for it) and Gary Cole (he comes back to co-star but no lead yet)…
Superbad – Starring Jonah Hill (bingo!), but co-starring Bill Hader (wait until the end, no cheating) and Seth Rogan (more on him in a minute)…
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story – Starring John C. Reilly (Ah Ha!), (no notable co-star linking…yet!)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall – Starring Jason Segal (I told you he would be back), but co-starring Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Bill Hader (hold on, it’s coming) and Russell Brand (please make a whole film about this character, Aldus, I beg you!)…
Step Brothers – Starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly (They are both Back!)
Pineapple Express – Starring Seth Rogan (he’s back!) and James Franco, but co-starring Gary Cole, Danny McBride (he’ll be groomed next, mark my words) and Bill Hader (keep reading)…
Now, the reason for all of this, I said to Mirren at that screening, “I’ll bet Bill Hader will be the lead of the next Apatow film.”
Okay, it was not the next one, but ComingSoon.net reports today that Bill Hader and Apatow are teaming up to make a slasher film! I don’t think it would take a rocket scientist to make the conclusions I have made but it is fun to be kinda right :-)
Hader said, “It’s partially Straw Dogs meets Halloween meets Home Alone meets Monster Squad.’ He went on to say, “I don’t know if it’s even going to get made, Judd met with us and said “I want to do a horror movie with you. I want to see you in a slasher movie.”‘
As far as my little theory goes, I don’t know, I think it might just be the rantings of a geek.
As far as the film is concerned…I think Hader might be having us on a little. I suspect it is a send up of horror films. Once again, I have to say, let’s wait and see.
Jan 21
Hi everyone, just a quick note to let everyone know that the podcast, “Geek, Actually” is changing day. We have been trying to get it up on Tuesdays since we started and we are always late because of schedule conflicts etc.
So After a little thought, I have moved the release day to Fridays. So from this week onwards, the Podcast will go onto the feed every Friday afternoon. Look for it here or subscribe through the iTunes store.
Thanks,
David
Jan 20
First thing I have to say is that this product is fully cooked and ready to serve. Rumour has it that Microsoft has been quietly leaking versions of this product onto the torrent sites for months. apparently, this was so they could get all the major problems out of the way early, before the beta officially launched. It would be a cleaver strategy if it is true, Windows Vista left such a bad taste in many users mouths, Microsoft would want Windows 7 to be a real wowser.
I don’t know (or think) if the rumour above is true or not, that is not really important, all that is important is that Microsoft has delivered. They have delivered on the promise they made 2 years ago, when Vista launched, the wow does start now.
Windows 7 is the most complete, polished and ready to use beta I have ever used. I was a late adopter to Vista, I finally upgraded my machine about 8 months ago. I wish I had waited. Windows 7 is basically Vista done right. Let’s call it Vista SE. And just like Windows 98, 98SE absolutely improved and enhanced 98.
I have only had Windows 7 on the system for a couple of days now, but so far I find myself playing with it constantly. I haven’t been this intrigued by a new system since I switched to Mac OSX two and a bit years ago.
I don’t think Windows 7 would make me switch back to the PC world (I have an iMac and a MacBook Pro) but I think I will definitely be keeping the PC around for a little while longer.
This windows is worth it for the new taskbar alone. Once again borrowing a page from Apple’s book, Microsoft has redesigned the task bar to work a little more like OSX’s dock, and it all the better for it. In function, it is like the dock but not in style. Apple plays with special effects like magnifying the icons as you roll over them, Microsoft has decided to be a little more work like and have added a feature that I hope Apple ‘borrows’ in the future. As you roll over open applications in the task bar, a window pops up that shows you all the active windows for that program, very sweet when you consider the multiple Word or Internet pages you might have open. You then roll your mouse up to the page you want and it is brought forward on your desktop.
The other improvement over Vista is the Gadgets. The sidebar has been done away with and Gadgets can now be freely placed anywhere on the desktop. This a nice addition as I loved the Gadgets (I’m a big Widget guy on the Mac too) but hated the screen real estate taken up by that big sidebar.
I will make regular reports on the podcast as the weeks go by to let you know about this very fun and very usable operating system.
Jan 20
Actor/Stuntman Bob May has died of congestive heart failure at the age of 69. May played the Robot on TV’s Lost in Space during the 1960s.
May worked on stage and screen for decades but was best known for The Robot, a role he claimed to have won by accident.
June Lockhart (Maureen Robinson) said, “He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit. It was one of those wonderful Hollywood stories. He just happened to be on the studio lot when someone saw him and sent him to see (series creator) Irwin Allen about the part. Allen said, ‘If you can fit in the suit you’ve got the job.'”
May didn’t supply the famous voice of the Robot, that honour goes to Dick Tufeld.
