Fan Rants

On April 17th, BBC America will be premiering not only the new season of Dr Who, but also the first episode with Matt Smith as the Doctor. Yesterday, BBC released the first 43 seconds of episode one as a teaser, enjoy!

I am pretty excited about this movie. Coming July 2nd, one of my favorite cartoons of recent years is being released as a live action film. So far it looks like they are staying fairly true to the show, here’s hopin!

The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

C2E2 – Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
Chicago, IL, USA

C2E2 – short for the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo – is a convention spanning the latest and greatest from the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys, anime, manga and video games. From a show floor packed with hundreds of exhibitors, to panels and autograph sessions giving fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators, to screening rooms featuring sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either the big or small screen, C2E2 brings the best of popular culture to downtown Chicago!

According to Variety, Sony has aquired the rights to the iconic character Popeye the Sailor! As a life long fan of Popeye, this is great news to me. Not only is Sony a good studio but they have embraced their comic properties quite well in the past…Spider-Man anyone?

Speaking of Spider-Man, its producer Avi Arad has been attached to produce the Popeye film also. And Mike Jones is in negotiations to write it.

Its been 30 years since he was last on the big screen, and while seeing Robin Williams as Popeye is a guilty pleasure of mine, this will be a 3D animated film rather than a live action one.

Fans of Robot Chicken out there know all about the Humping Robot. He has shown up on Seth Greens Carnival of Terrible Toys for quite awhile. Now, thanks to the great toy makers of SOTA (State of the Art) Toys you can get one of these horney buggers all for yourself. 

To be released this fall, the Humping Robot will be just over 3 inches tall and have a keychain attachment. I am sure it will be a big hit, and I bet my partner Kevin will be buying two, one for each pocket!