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Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs Out Today!

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on June 24, 2008
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Futurama: Beast With A Billion Backs Today is the day my fellow Futurama fans. Today is the release of the second Futurama film - The Beast With A Billion Backs hits the shelves today.

Described as a “depraved, yet sensuous” adventure, writer and producer David X. Cohen refers to it as “disturbing.” He goes on to say “There is certainly more of an adult theme in this film than the average Futurama episode.” Well with quotes like “These aren’t tentacles, they’re gentacles!” I think that’s pretty obvious.

So what’s the movie about and what tasty bits are included in the DVD you may ask coffin-stuffer? Well let me tell you…

In Futurama’s latest and most tentacle-packed epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe. But what lies beyond? Horror? Love? Or maybe both, if it happens to contain a repulsive, planet-sized monster with romantic intentions! Nothing less than the fate of human and robot-kind is at stake as the Futurama crew takes on The Beast with a Billion Backs.

The Beast With A Billion Backs will be presented in widescreen format with English Dolby Surround 5.1, along with French and Spanish subtitles. Bonus features include:

-Commentary By Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz, Peter Avanzino and Lee Supercinski
-Futurama The Lost Adventure - a long-lost full-length adventure produced for the video game with audio commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, J. Stewart Burns and Lee Supercinski
-Meet Yivo! Featurette with David Cross
-A Brief History Of Deathball Featurette
-Blooperama: The Futurama Cast At
-3D Models With Animator Discussion
-Storyboard Animatic: The Beast With A Billion Backs, Part One
-A Sneak Peek at the Next Futurama Epic! -Deleted Scenes/Storyboards: Original Opening, Fry and Colleen Meeting, St. Asimov Parade, Zapp and Scientists, Amy Fry and Leela, Scruffy the Janitor
-Futurama: Bender’s Game - a sneak peek at the next Futurama epic!

That should keep you busy.

Firefox 3 Easter Egg

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on June 20, 2008
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We’re computer nerds. We’re FireFox web browser nerds. We’re robot nerds. So obviously this little Easter Egg found in FireFox 3 got us all a flitter. Type “about:robots” into the address bar and you get the image your see below.
FireFox3

Source - Laughing Squid

FUTURAMA MOVIE: The Beast With A Billion Backs Trailer

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on May 29, 2008
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Apparently this is the “official color tailer” for the upcoming FUTURAMA movie The Beast With A Billion Backs. I’m not too sure since the quality is pretty craptastic. And why emphasis that it’s in color? Whatever skin coffin. It’s still got me all a flitter.

Source - Ain’t It Cool

Your Memorial Day Weekend Post

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zmpdave
on May 23, 2008
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We’re going away for the Memorial Day weekend to partake of the grilled flesh of God’s Green Earth, attend a wedding, drink Pyrate Rum and practice our marksmen skills. So to kick off this thrill-a-minute weekend we give you one of the greatest geek-a-liciouses homemade music videos ever… the Rotersand Dalek Music Video. Bask in its asskickery and such.


51 Famous Robots Shirt

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zmpdave
on April 18, 2008
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This fine T-shirt design from Chop Shop has been making the rounds among geeky blogs today, and far be it from ZMP not to follow a crowd.

Famous Robots

Source - Chop Shop via Gizmodo

Transformers Sequel Hitting Philly?

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on April 17, 2008
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TransformersSharon Pinkenson, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, says that Michael Bay and his posse will be rolling into the “City Of Brotherly Love” to film the sequel to his 2007 live-action robot smack-down, Transformers. Apparently Mr. Bay, as well as many other filmmakers, have been choosing Philadelphia as a filming location due to the tax breaks that came into action last summer.

Bay had reportedly been scouting Philadelphia around March, specifically poking around the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania and Girard College, as well as the Masonic Temple (one of the largest in the country).

Other reported filming locations include Michigan and Egypt.

Source - KYW Newsradio and TFormers.com

Ghost In The Shell Live Action

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on April 15, 2008
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Ghost In The ShellVariety has confirmed what most fans of the asskickingeous manga franchise, Ghost In The Shell, had feared: Dreamworks bought rights with plans to adapt the futuristic police thriller as a 3-D live-action feature.

GHA!

I’m in no way a fan of manga, anime or whatever the hell it’s called now, but a good movie is a good movie, and the Ghost In The Shell films and series were amazing. And now the taint of Spielberg shall be laid upon it. Dear lord, can’t he just stop ruining wonderful SciFi?

Many had heard the rumor that there was to be a live-action film made, but fans had followed their glee of this possibility with whispered dread. And that dread’s name was Spielberg. This mostly due to the fact that the second anime film, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, was released in the U.S. by DreamWorks in 2004. So the fears of the fanboys have become a self fulfilling prophesy. Gee, thanks.

Avi Arad (produced the three Spider-Man films), Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment are attached to produce and brought the project to the studio. Jamie Moss (Street Kings script) has been tapped to pen the adaptation.

Somehow I can’t see any of that helping. I’m going over to the corner to punch a basket full of adorable kittens.

Bite My Shiny Lego Ass!

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on March 25, 2008
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Lego BenderSee the image to the left here boys and girls? It’s just what you think it is - a LEGO Bender! Alas though, it’s scratch-built and not available from the fine Danish company. I must admit that I let out a but of a squee when I initially thought that this would be an official release from LEGO. Yeah, I’m that kind of fanboy for the TV series. Pepa Quin, a mad-skilled LEGO builder, decided to take it upon himself to create the entire crew, the Planet Express headquarters and ship, and even a Slurm billboard, all from Futurama. There’s a slew of images of his creations here.

Source- The Brothers Brick

Make your own robot girlfriend… err Cylon

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on March 25, 2008
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Make your own Cylon
Ever thought to yourself : ‘Self, I need to make me a Cylon babe for my own human to robot love’n.’? Well now is your chance nerd-boy (or girl). DVICE, along with SciFi.com and Make magazine are throwing a contest where you’re given the opportunity to build a better Cylon. The contest will be judged by Battlestar Galactica cast members Tricia Helfer (Number six) and Grace Park (Boomer). What could you, the BSG fan, win? The best entry or entries will be featured on the Sci Fi Channel. Other prizes are BSG DVDs, T-shirts, posters and various swag. Official rules can be found here.

Source - DVICE


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