Got plans for the holiday weekend?

The new teaser trailer for Michael Bay's upcoming Transformers movie has gone live at the film's official Web site, a few days before its expected July 4 launch, and is linked through SCI FI Wire's Trailers page.

SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel

Commence Operation Deceptigirl. Primary Goal: Convincing wife/girlfriend that seeing a live-action Transformers movie is the perfect holiday activity.

technorati tags:geekery, toys, adults_who_refuse_to_grow_up

Y2J hits the Small Screen on Scifi

SCIFI.COM | Android Apocalypse

Just noticed this Gem being advertised on Sci-fi, guess this is why he isn't on Raw?

Face/Off

Yahoo news is reporting that, "In the latest edition of the Marvel comic "Civil War" on sale, Spiderman does the unthinkable and removes his Spidey mask to publicly reveal his hidden identity." In related news, John Woo has already started writing the script for the next Spiderman movie. I'll go ahead and spoil the end of the movie by telling you that after removing the Spiderman mask, the Peter Parker Mask, and the Mary Jane mask you find out that Spidey is really... J. Jonah Jameson!


Technorati Tags: comics

You've Got The Touch, You've Got The Power

Well, it looks like it's time to save the world through well-placed product placement and toy advertising again! Gizmodo is reporting:

According to a leaked script, three of our favorite consumer electronics are going to do a little “transforming in the new Transformers live action movie courtesy of Michael Bay. The Xbox 360 game console, iPod music player, and plasma televisions are going shape-shift to become, well, we donÂ’t know what yet. Maybe the Xbox 360 will turn into a PS3, the plasma into an LCD, and an iPod into Steve Jobs.

As long as they are adding new bots, they should really consider allowing the fan base to submit ideas. Not that anyone cares, but here are mine:

Microsoft Evil Live 2006 Professional Edition Bot (Decepticon of course) - Largest Decepticon of them all, bent on world domination through forced software assurance licensing.

Apple iBot - stylish and effective, but the black sheet metal adds $200 to monthly fuel costs.

You've got better? I'm looking forward to the comments...

Technorati Tags: geekery

The 4th Law

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is working on a new set of safety guidelines for next-generation robots. This set of regulations would constitute a first attempt at a formal version of the first of Asimov's science-fictional Laws of Robotics, or at least the portion that states that humans shall not be harmed by robots.

I suggest adding a 4th law: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow Will Smith to create any more Asimov movies, thus allowing human beings to come to harm when watching the film.

LiveScience.com - Asimov's First Law: Japan Sets Rules for Robots

Yes, for the record, I'm still bitter.

technorati tags:scifi, willsmithsucks