It's the end of another week at Atomic HQ, and that means another round of the geekiest links the web has to offer. And some other stuff.
A couple of bits of movie news are making sci-fi geeks happy in theory this week, while probably not thrilling them too much in reality. Sure, it’s great that Star Wars is getting a theatrical re-release in 3D. Except that it’s not Star Wars, as such. It’s The Phantom Menace. And yes, everybody loves Bladerunner, but the vague attempts at bringing it back to life are more worrying than thrilling – given no-one actually seems to have a solid idea of what they want to do with it.
In trailer news, this week saw the release of yet another Battle: LA clip, which looks suitably blockbustery. We’ve also got our hands on the first trailer for British alien-invasion comedy-action movie Attack of the Block, which we’re hoping lives up the Shaun of the Dead comparisons it’s attracting.
Disney (uh, yeah) have also released a trailer for the upcoming Tron:Uprising animated series, which is aiming to fill in the huge narrative blank between Tron and Tron: Legacy without having to pay Jeff Bridges.
And we’ve also got a first look at Hugo Weaving as Captain America’s Red Skull. He’s not as flesh-toned or hairy as we last remember him, but that bone structure is to die for.
On the comics front, Newsarama have this interview with Brody’s Ghost creator Mark Crilley, to coincide with the release of the second book in the six-part series. It takes newbies through the basic story of the series as well as giving us an idea of what’s to come and an interesting insight into the origins of Crilley’s visual style.
From the department of important things to know for when life isn’t going as planned, Den of Geek have given us a list of twelve movie characters to turn to when Yoda is otherwise occupied. We can feel the wisdom from all the way over here.
This is one that *literally* snuck in at the last minute, but we like it. What happens when you install every major upgrade of Windows, in order, onto the same machine, along with Doom 2 and Monkey Island? This. And even if you don’t care about Windows, the narrator has a lovely Scottish accent and is rather calming to listen to.
And finally, because it’s never too early to start introducing the young ones to sci-fi, and because there’s perhaps nothing out there so classic as Frank Herbert’s 1965 Hugo winner Dune, some clever person on the internet has created Goodnight Dune. It’s the ultimate bedtime story and the perfect end to a long week…
Issue: 137 | June, 2012