Sunday, July 27, 2008

Super Punch

Super Punch

Dan Lyons explains how the news really gets written

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 09:55 PM CDT

No longer blogging as "Fake Steve Jobs," Dan Lyons explains how the news about Steve Jobs' illness got "leaked" to the New York Times, and why it was specifically leaked to John Markoff.

Vintage Nite-Owl comic book cover by Rob Ullman

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 09:38 PM CDT



It was an entry in an art contest, almost exactly one year ago. I found it searching for better images of the new Watchmen teaser posters. High-res image here.

*Previously: Who washes the Watchmen?

*Buy Watchmen posters at eBay.

New Watchmen teaser posters seem almost designed to repulse nonfans

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 09:32 PM CDT



Seriously, they might as well yell "If you're not already a huge Watchmen fan, then don't bother coming to see this movie." You can see all of the teaser posters here. Via.

Some of the vintage posters these new posters are based on are on sale at eBay.

Those prices don't look so special to me

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 09:27 PM CDT



Spotted in the "specials" section at this LA store.

Tron 2 teaser footage

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 09:15 PM CDT

Officially Tr2n. Here's two fuzzy versions of the same footage, featuring lots of light cycle action:





*Previously: Tron bunny.

*Find Tron toys and collectibles at eBay.