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The Point Radio: James Cameron On Life With 'Avatar'
18 December 2009 5:31 PM, PST
For years now, James Cameron has been toiling on some form of the film we now see as Avatar. In our exclusive interview, Cameron shares how he learned to both love and let go of his latest creation. Plus Marvel gives it up for the girls and Singer talks early X-Men.
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- Mike Raub
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Rene Russo returns to comic book adaptations, from 'Sable' to 'Thor'
18 December 2009 5:06 AM, PST
After twenty-two years, Rene Russo is coming back to properties based on comics.
She's joining the cast of Marvel Entertainment's film Thor, taking on the role of Thor and Loki's mom, Frigga, the Queen of Asgard (Odin's wife). Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the movie also stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster.
Wait a minute-- back to comics?
Yes, Rene Russo's first acting job was in the 1987 ABC series, Sable, based on Jon Sable Freelance by Mike Grell, playing the role of Eden Kendall, complete with 80s hair. If you've never seen it before, well-- why should we suffer alone? Take a look for yourself. First, here's the credits:
Second, we have part one of the pilot.
After that, I'm amazed she came back, I wouldn't think twenty-two years would be enough time away.
The comic series is much much better.
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- Glenn Hauman
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ComicMix Quick Picks (in Six) for December 17, 2009
17 December 2009 12:52 PM, PST
Six more windows to close... at this rate, I'll be down to only two hundred open windows by the end of the year. Sigh...
Batman's interspecies film career. (Oh, come on-- we already have bats and robins together, this isn't that much worse, right?)Email from Doctor Doom. No, really:
I do not speak melodramaticaly. I speak in
declamations! It is simply a matter of clarity! To speak otherwise
would confuse my audience, for they cannot understand the fullness of
my genius!The Sci-Fi Diner. Not to be confused with the one that used to be on SciFi.com's website and has since died from linkrot, which was based on the real diner where science fiction authors hung out.An author's 12 days of Christmas.“If I am ever a romance heroine, I will not…”What if James Cameron made that Spider-Man movie in the 90's? We might have dodged a bullet here.
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- Glenn Hauman
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Roy E. Disney: 1930-2009
17 December 2009 4:18 AM, PST
Roy Edward Disney, the son and nephew of The Walt Disney Company co-founders Roy O. Disney and Walt Disney, respectively, passed away yesterday after a yearlong battle with stomach cancer at the age of 79.
Roy E. Disney joined the Disney Company in 1953 and worked there 56+ years, eventually serving as Vice Chairman of its board of directors and chairman of Disney Animation from 1984-2003. Most recently he held the title of director emeritus and consultant. As the head of Disney Animation, Mr. Disney was credited with guiding the studio into a new golden age of animation with feature films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King.
Roy E. Disney was also a passionate defender of the company and its direction, leading a shareholder revolt not once but twice against the company and its board when he and others believed that Disney had lost its bearings.
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- Glenn Hauman
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ComicMix Quick Picks (in Six) for December 16, 2009
16 December 2009 3:59 PM, PST
Six quickies:
Get your Christmas Bond marathon started early: YouTube is running all of the 1967 version of Casino Royale.How the Muppets made us all Bergman experts.Steve Bunche chases hairy, so to speak. He also shows the original ad for the book, to which all I can say is "Who put those words into Spider-Woman's mouth?"Kate Beaton explains early science fiction.The birthplace of fandom is found.The Morgan Freeman chain of command. For what it's worth, I think COO of Wayne Enterprises should be in there in the second tier.The best (and best-selling) graphic novels of the year, from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Anything else? Consider this an open thread.
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- Glenn Hauman
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Review: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' on DVD
15 December 2009 7:07 AM, PST
A series of films based on a wildly popular series of books walks the tricky line between total fidelity to appease the fans and making the hard choices to create a successful movie-going experience. The vast majority of your audience, the filmmakers presume, have read the source material and/or seen the previous films in the series, so can take for granted that much of the backstory is understood, negating the need for extensive crawls, flashbacks, or expository scenes.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released to its eager audience in 2005, but moviegoers had to wait four years before the film version was released. This film opened two years after the last film so the trick for director David Yates was in knowing how much needed refreshing for the audience. After all, some of us read the book only once; others may only know the film version. The movie,
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- Robert Greenberger
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Review: 'The Mel Brooks Collection' on Blu-ray
14 December 2009 1:33 PM, PST
I first encountered Mel Brooks’ work, without realizing it, when I began watching Get Smart, the wonderful spy satire he cocreated with Buck Henry (who just happened to be my father’s college roommate – small world and all that). It wasn’t until Blazing Saddles and being in high school before I could put a name to the madman who unleashed these wonderful works. From that point on, when I saw his name I was guaranteed to be there.
In time, I learned of Brooks’ career prior to Get Smart and understood the steps taken that led to the work that I adored. My respect for his determination as a writer, performer, and romancer only grew with time and understanding. There was no single style to his humor – it could be slapstick, word play, satire – and he blended it unlike anyone previously. Nothing was sacred and he continually pushed the
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- Robert Greenberger
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The Point Radio: Why 'Scrubs' Came Back
14 December 2009 10:33 AM, PST
TV fans and critics alike were pretty vocal when ABC announced a revamped Scrubs was headed back to prime time. Series creator Bill Lawrence gives us the frank answers on why that decision was made, plus a little news about Clone High (remember that?) Meanwhile. Marc Guggenheim is looking for some Action and Katee Sackhoff joins the world of comic professionals.
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- Mike Raub
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The Walrus Is Batman: A Paired Review
14 December 2009 9:30 AM, PST
Superheroes die. It’s one of their best tricks – dying, tragically, to stop the Big Bad from doing whatever it is he’s doing. Luckily, another one of their best tricks is to come back from the dead – which they need to do, of course, since someone needs to star in their monthly comics, and you can’t let Jean-Paul Valley or John Henry Irons have the spotlight for all that long. (No one would stand for that.)
Batman died recently, more or less. (It’s always “more or less” when a character like Batman dies. Complication cling to them like barnacles.) And these are two of the books in which he did, or didn’t, die:
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencils by Andy Kubert
DC Comics, July 2009, $24.99
Gaiman is a powerful and original writer, but he’s also drawn, again and again,
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- Andrew Wheeler
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