An essay by Keith Martin convincingly argues that R2D2 is actually the secret leader of the Rebellion. “Wherever they land, R2 is passing messages between rebel sympathizers and sizing up governments as potential rebel recruits - both by personal contact and by hacking into their networks.”
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Watch it fullscreen here!
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Somehow this passed the censors last night. Funny.
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Disney animation is putting a stop to the CGI addiction and returning to a traditional drawing plan. This change, announced today by John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, will take place in Walt Disney Co.’s Burbank studios, leaving Pixar to exclusively work on CGI projects. It’s nice to know that there is an effort being made in preserving the art form.
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“Google Inc., trying to extend its dominance of Internet search into the market for videos, said it made a mistake with the design of an online store,” Bloomberg News reports.
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SciFi has “re-licensed” the rights from Fox. Does this mean that they have the rights to make new ones? Probably just means that they can air the old episodes, but it MAY mean this is the first step to season 2.
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Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s portrayl of Borat is so damn funny that he’s actually pissed off the country that his character is from. Kazakhstan !
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He may be a little older, but John McClane is definitely back in action, as Bruce Willis announced today that he will star in a fourth Die Hard movie next year with the subtle title of Live Free or Die Hard.
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s Kazakh alter-ego Borat made glorious returns at the box office, surprising Hollywood with a No. 1 debut. “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” 20th Century Fox’s big-screen incarnation of Cohen’s Kazakh journalist from “Da Ali G Show,” took in $26.4 million over opening weekend.
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In an interview with SciFi Wire, actor James Callis, who plays Gaius Baltar, says that the new season of Battlestar Galactica which is currently filming and set to start in October, will be much darker, remorseless and relentless.
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