The geek related movie news has been slowing down over the last few weeks, but there is something geek-movie related to talk about: Superman: Doomsday.
It seems, at first, like a sure fire winner. It’s the Death of Superman Story. It’s so violent in had to be rated PG-13, and it’s co-directed by Bruce […]

 
Let me start by saying that I was not watching the MTV Music Awards…my wife was, I just happened to be in the same room at the time.
Anywho, Shia LeBouf was on as a presenter, and he said that he was sworn to secrecy about Indy 4 news by Speilberg and Lucas, but what the […]

Because 2 standards wasn’t enough for China, here comes CH-DVD. Engadget has the full details.
From the article:

The Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center has announced CH-DVD, a high definition DVD standard based on the DVD Forum’s HD DVD, but with additional Chinese-owned technology tacked on. This additional technology takes the form of advanced copy […]

It was a very busy weekend for the hi-def DVD wars, and this is the first of three posts on Forever Geek today on that subject.
The 51 gb triple layer HD-DVD has been approved by the DVD forum, and the DVD/HD-DVD hybrid disk is expected to be approved by the end of the year. […]

…Property of a Lady.
That was the title of a short story in the book “Octopussy and the Living Daylights”, and it was also dropped by a “close-friend to the current happenings of James Bond” at a recent lecture.
From AICN:
Under further inspection, it shows the plot revolves around a female British double-agent also working for the KGB […]

Dark Horizons reports that Spider-Man himself, Tobey Maguire is producing “Robotech” for Warner Bros. Warner hopes that Robotech will, of course, become a tent pole franchise.
The original Robotech was 3 re-dubbed and edited anime that were combine into a multi-generational story. The first part, “The Macross Saga” is presumably what will be developed […]

Iron Man director Jon Favreau has posted on his blog about the release of the Iron Man Teaser Trailer, and boy - Viacom is pulling out all the stops here. According to Jon, “Paramount is debuting the piece in its entirety across the Viacom Network’s highest rated programs. The first appearance will be immediately […]

It snuck up on everybody and became possibly the best summer movie in theaters this year.  Word comes today that Transformers will come to DVD and HD-DVD on October 16.
I couldn’t decide the best pic to post with this article, so I’ll put up a far better one here:

Simma down, fellas.
Press release after the jump.

I’m really digging this steampunk artwork that’s been popping up lately.  If you haven’t seen it, google “steampunk star wars”.
Though this isn’t technically steampunk, it’s still got that industrial feel…and I felt like saying steampunk, so there.  Click on over for a look at a Stormtrooper, Boba Fett, and Alien.  Or, as the site puts […]

Let me start by saying that I’m choosing HD-DVD in the format wars. I want to be clear about that upfront, because I have mentioned it in previous posts. HD-DVD has the content that I want to see in Hi-Def on my TV - so that’s what I’m choosing.
Having said that […]

After Harry Potter and Transformers, it appears that we will have a small drought before the next must-see movie for geeks. Although I’m not a big fan of the first Resident Evil movies, this one looks a bit more interesting than them.

The movie will debut at the end of September, so if watching a hot […]

Venturer has released the first sub-$200 HD-DVD player. Is this the one that Wal-Mart is stocking for the Christmas season? Not sure…but what we do know is that the SHD7000 will play back HD DVDs at 1080i, support Dolby TrueHD have HDMI output. It lacks some of the features of the higher-end […]

 
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope, the original prop for the lightsaber used by Luke will be going up on the space shuttle Discovery in October for a rendevous with the International Space Station.
The lightsaber was hand-delivered yesterday to Space Center Houston officials at Oakland International Airport by Chewbacca himself.  (Shouldn’t […]

I have to admit, I am a sucker for direct-to-video knock off movies. I saw the Jake Busey fueled War of the Worlds, I’ve seen Snakes on a Train…and as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of it, I will see TransMORPHERS…

Has anyone reading this actually sat through this thing? […]

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Mitsubishi is looking to take Hi Def movie watching to the next level. Their new 3D Blu-Ray Players. These devices require that you wear 3D glasses that are apparently straight out of the 80s, according to Sci-Fi Tech. Now, what makes this interesting is that we’re not talking about movies shot for […]

The new Sony HVR HD-1000U may be targeted at wedding videographers, freelancers and educational video creators - I’m pretty sure all three of those categories of people are going to have to get in line behind the independent filmmakers and podcasters that are going to snap this thing off the shelves as soon as it […]