DanO's Escape From Reality

Lego Millennium Falcon construction

2009-03-07T07:52:00.000-08:00

Building the LEGO Millennium Falcon from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

Skulls!

2008-03-29T19:42:00.001-07:00

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1475282854/bctid1476709301

Favorite Movie

2008-03-20T17:48:00.000-07:00

Depending on the day asked, I'd say my favorite movie is either The Blues Brothers or Star Wars. Thanks to this inspired video, I no longer need to choose.

What song am I overplaying now?

2008-03-19T21:23:00.000-07:00

Three days until Ark of Truth!

2008-03-07T21:20:00.000-08:00

We're overdue for some good old-fashioned SG-1 action!

Final Iron Man Movie Poster Released

2008-03-07T10:24:00.001-08:00

Marvel Studios has released the final version of the Iron Man movie poster!

Cool Video

2008-03-06T07:30:00.000-08:00

This week in review

2008-03-04T19:51:00.000-08:00

Stargate SG-1: TV vs. Movies

2008-03-03T20:10:00.001-08:00

Gotham Knights

2008-02-29T18:32:00.000-08:00

Direct-to DVD Batman: Gotham Knight leads into this summer's theatrical release The Dark Knight. It's like the Animatrix for Batman!

Skrulls!

2008-02-26T17:42:00.001-08:00

From mavel.com: Marvel Summit 07: Brian Bendis Interview

New Iron Man Poster

2008-02-25T12:07:00.001-08:00

Here's a new poster that surfaced at WonderCon this weekend. More details here.

Plus, here's the new hi-res trailer.

New Spidey Cartoon Premiers at WonderCon

2008-02-24T09:19:00.001-08:00

The Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon premiered yesterday at San Diego's WonderCon. It will start airing March 8th on the KidsWB and run for 13 episodes. It looks like they are using a younger Peter Parker than the last animated version of Spidey that ran on MTV several years ago. This series looks like it leverages DC's animation style more than the CGI-driven or manga-inspired Marvel properties of the recent past.

Check out newsarama.com for more info and panel highlights.

This week in review

2008-02-21T16:58:00.000-08:00

Here's what I picked up this week:

IMMORTAL IRON FIST: ORSON RANDALL AND THE GREEN MIST OF DEATH #1

Even though this issue feels like a pause in the action of the current story arc, the art and story are quite entertaining. The Iron Fist universe is a nice break from the standard Marvel universe and opens up a lot of interesting stories. Orson Randall, the golden age Iron Fist, is a likeable character, and this flashback story provides some critical context for the next issue of the main story line.

Wizard has several page previews here.

The Spirit #14

After Darwyn Cooke's fantastic run on this comic, I was concerned that the new creative team wouldn't hold my interest. I was plesantly surprised on how solid this issue was and how much the new team recaptured the look and feel of Will Eisner's original.

Essential Iron Man

I've started picking up value-based Essential collections on slow weeks, so this week I grabbed the Iron Man volume 1 collection. I love getting more than 500 pages of comics for less than $20!

New Iron Man Trailer!

2008-02-21T16:16:00.001-08:00

There's a new trailer posted here!

Salacious Crumb Bomber Nose Art

2008-02-21T15:35:00.000-08:00

How cool is this??

Here's the nose art on the new Lego New Republic Gunship featured at Toy Fair. You can find more photos here.

Lunar Eclipse

2008-02-20T19:26:00.000-08:00

Here's my first attempts at taking pictures of a lunar eclipse. It turns out that the new bonus room is a perfect observatory, so I set up card table chairs, a tripod and my new (to me) digital SLR and snapped off several hundred images. These are the best of the bunch.

New Iron Man Photos

2008-02-11T16:35:00.000-08:00

Gizmodo has new Iron Man pictures posted here. May 2nd seems too far away!