Silent Bob

Damn, NT, you really do have some sorta weird vendetta against the XBox, don't you? Yeah, it's confirmed. I have to dig up my sources again to find out the details, I don't remember where I found it. And it could change somewhat between now and the release next year, but at the moment it's confirmed...

They have rechargable batteries, supposedly they can last for 24 hours before dying.

No details yet. I imagine it's only the Nintendo games, but who knows. It'd still be worth it. Can't imagine the price would be too much, when you can just go to a GameStop and buy an old game for three bucks.

Look, they stole the Spider-man font.

Aside from the design, Nintendo also released a few new details about the Revolution. It's 2-3 times more powerful than the GameCube. Its controllers will be wireless right out of the box. Though no shots of the controllers have been released yet, rumors have been around of it being quite, well, revolutionary, and may include such things as touch-screensor some sort of "gyroscopic functions". Those are just rumors, but considering this does tend to revolutionize controller design with each new system (look at what controllers were like before the N64) I'd expect some surprises. It's backwards compatible and will play any current generation GameCube game. It's "online friendly" and getting online will give users a very cool feature - the ability to download Nintendo's entire catalog of NES, SNES, and N64 games directly onto the Revolution. Damn that's hot. Nintendo has announced "big plans" for the Metroid franchise on the Revolution and Mario and Zelda games are already being developed.

I'd buy it just for Perfect Dark 0.

Heh, even Batman knows and he's not even in the same universe!

Sure he beat the snot out of Bullseye, but he didn't beat the snot out of him and then drop him off a roof and break his spine. He declared himself Kingpin, but that hasn't really changed the way Hells Kitchen is now. And it was fun when he got outed but let's face it, Matt has told everyone his secret identity - it's not as if there were really that many people who didn't already know. I think Bendis has been Daredevil's best writer since Miller, but the death of Elektra, Matt's breakdown in Born Again, the battles with the Hand, Man Without Fear - Bendis hasn't surpassed any of that. He's come close, but he hasn't surpassed it.

...seriously? XBox has tons of great games to play, man. Not to mention the fact that it has the best graphics and sound of any of the three systems.

Or online Smash Bros tournaments with huge levels and sixteen players?

Who knows, man. Just having it there standard leaves them open for all sorts of possibilities in the future. Anyone else wanna try a MMORPG set in Hyrule?

I dunno, man, I can't say Bendis has kicked Miller's ass. I mean, he's had years of great Daredevil tales but even his best stories haven't come close to, say, Miller's issue #181, or even parts of the Born Again storyline (not counting the crappy left-field ending). But he and Maleev have certainly set the bar almost impossibly high for the next creative team. I'm not a fan of Q's beefy steroids pumping Daredevil design, but it's nice to at least see a DD miniseries getting finished. Anyone else been reading Redemption?

Oh man, after reading the interview I'm even more hyped. A modern point-and-click adventure game? The guys who worked on Grim Fandango, Sam & Max, and Full Throttle? And they're planning on releasing a game for each book? I can't wait!

That is so cool I think I'm gonna cry! I just found the first re-release of Out From Boneville in the new color edition. My new theme is scanned from that (swear to god, the lens flare is actually in the book). Steve Hamaker's colors are so fantastic it's going to be enough to make me buy all the books all over again. Seriously, flip through it if you see it.

I dunno, man...Agent Smith as V?

(Sigh) The only good comic shop in my town is not only having Free Comic Book Day today, it's also their anniversary sale so everything is, like, 70% off...and I'm out of town...

Yeah, IronMan's been sold already. I forget which company got it. It was going to be a Tom Cruise project for a while there, but he pulled out. It's hit some fairly big production snags recently so I doubt it'd be hard for Marvel to buy back if they wanted to.

I like the idea of Marvel solely funding their films. That'll keep annoying crossover problems from happening (like not being able to do something as simple as having Ben Ulrich work for the Bugle in Daredevil because). Hmm...if Marvel kept all the rights to the characters that are left...and they make Nick Fury and Captain America movies...could an Ultimates movie be far behind? That'd be awesome.

Yeah...don't ask... Not Home - Stephen Lynch You say that you're leaving But just for a day The company wants you To fly to LA So I sit here alone And I sit and I say What will I do today Today While you're away? I Will Sniff all your underwear Dress in your clothes Pleasure myself inside your pantyhose I know it's not easy to leave me alone But it's more fun when you're not home. Also on the brain: Germany was having trouble What a sad, sad story Needed a new leader To restore its former glory Where oh where was he? Where could that man be? We looked around And then we found The man for you and me And now it's Springtime for Hitler and Germany Deutschland is happy and gay We're marching to a faster pace Look out, here comes the master race Springtime for Hitler and Germany Rhineland's a fine land once more Springtime for Hitler and Germany Watch out, Europe, we're going on tour Springtime for Hitler and Germany (Look it's springtime!) Winter for Poland and France Springtime for Hitler and Germany Come on, Germans, go into your dance Heil myself Heil to me I'm the Kraut who's out to change our history Heil myself Raise your hand There's no greater dictator in the land Everything I do I do for you (Yes you do!) If you're lookin' for a war here's World War II Heil myself Raise your beer (Jawohl!) Every hotsy totsy Nazi stand and cheer (Hurray!) The Fuhrer Is causing a furor He's got those Russians on the run You gotta love that wacky Hun The Fuhrer is causing a furor They can't say no to his demands They're freakin' out in foreign lands He's got the whole world in his hands The Fuhrer is causing a furor I was just a paper hanger No one more obscurer Got a phone call from the Reichstag Told me I was Fuhrer Germany was blue Oh what oh what to do? Hitched up my pants And conquered France Now Deutschland's smilin' through! But it wasn't always so easy! It was 1932. Hindenburg was workin' the big room and I...I was playin' the lounge. And then I got my big break. Somebody burned down the Reichstag! And wouldn't you believe it? They made me Chancellor. Chancellor! It ain't no mystery If it's politics or history The thing you gotta know is Everything is show biz! Heil myself Watch my show I'm the German Ethel Merman Dontcha know We are crossing borders The new world order is here Make a great big smile Everyone one sieg heil To me Wonderful me And now it's Springtime for Hitler and Germany Goosestep's the new step today Bombs falling from the sky again Deutschland is on the rise again Springtime for Hitler and Germany U-boats are sailing once more Springtime for Hitler and Germany Means that soon we'll be going We've got to be going You know we'll be going You bet we'll be going Soon we'll be going to war! I can't believe I just typed all that...

Christian Bale wasn't in the crap remake of Psycho. Anyway, I'm tellin' you guys, James Purefoy should be Bond.

Then go watch xXx.

Yeah, I agree, I've always wanted to see Jason Statham in a Bond movie. He could be a villain or maybe even another 00 agent. But yes, he's too rugged for Bond. I also think Clive Owen's a little too rugged, but that's just me. Ewan McGregor's always been on the rumored list. Personally, I think Ewan's been doing too many sweet, good-natured roles as of late (and I don't blame him, it's what he does best) so it'd be hard to see him have the darker edge that the Bond character needs. Plus, after Moulin Rouge, Big Fish and particularly Star Wars, he's just become too famous.

What, because there's such a shortage of good British actors?

Why would they stray away from him being British? That's the character. He wouldn't be James Bond if he wasn't British.

1) Yeah it was pretty Bond-ish, but I recall the Thomas Crown Affair (we're talking the Brosnan remake, right?) having a much slower pace, probably a lot slower than it should've been. The beginning was good, the ending was good, but everything in the middle was really slow, if I remember correctly. 2) Considering Bond usually does a pretty good job of killing his villains now, I'd say the recurring enemies are indeed over. Like superhero movies, Bond movies always benefit from a different villain, not because different villains bring a variety to the series or anything - in fact, they're all pretty similar - but different villains allow a new and usually great actor to have fun with the franchise. The recurring good guys have stayed strong, though. Throughout the Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton films, there was often an American agent named Felix Leiter who worked with Bond until he was mauled by a shark (yes, a shark) in License to Kill. The Brosnan flicks have had recurring characters like Joe Don Baker's CIA agent, and Robbie Coltrane's Russian gangster. The studio has also been trying to bring back Michelle Yeoh's character from Tomorrow Never Dies but they haven't gotten the chance yet. So, yeah, I'd say there won't be anymore recurring villains, but at least they brought Jaws back for the videogame. 3) The Saint wasn't bad. I didn't like Val Kilmer in the lead role and I thought the ending was really anti-climactic, but it had some great stuff in it. By the way, OHMSS did stray from the Bond formula a bit, particularly with Bond getting married, but it's also one of the defining moments of the character. During the Connery pictures, Bond was just a womanizer. After his wife got killed in OHMSS, Bond's womanizing became more of a defense mechanism. It's touched upon a lot in some of the later movies - particularly with Dalton and Brosnan who both manage to add it into their performance.