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[lithera]

Tonight BBC1 shows the first of the new five-part Torchwood TV series, Children of Earth, a new episode at 9pm each week. BBCA will be showing them later this month.

Variety says there is a TJ Hooker movie in the works. Hooray?

Brandon Routh is letting it be known that his Superman contract has expired but he'd really like to play Superman again. Y'know. If anyone might... be interested? Hellllooooo?

Contact Music is reporting that Hayden Panettiere, or Claire on Heroes, is “preparing for girl-on-girl love scenes in the next series of HEROES.” In this case 'love scenes' involves a kiss and pretty much just a kiss but it seems that is fans like it, it could go further than that. Really? Are we really still in a place where two girls kissing on TV is THAT big of a deal? Ugh. This feels exploitative to me. CUT IT OUT!

Universal has won a four studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game ‘Asteroids.’ 'Asteroids'? Really? A four studio contest? Bwah?

Along similar lines, Warner Bros. has picked up most of Midway Games' assets in bankruptcy court doe $33 million. Some of the rights includ "Mortal Kombat," "Spy Hunter" and "Joust." (Again, Joust?)

Check this out:

Hilarious.

Comments

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

I'd like us to get to the point where no one feels compelled to ask a heterosexual actor how he/she felt about "having" to do a same-sex kiss. It's silly. Now, questions about how he/she feels about getting to do a love scene with a sexy/hot/flattering adjective of choice ... I don't know that we'll ever get away from that category, but at least it's focusing on the people involved and not conveying the whole "icky re teh ghey" thing. Bah.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Yeah. To some extent alot non-actors will always sort of boggle at the idea of pretending to make-out/have sex with someone and /not/ be interested in them. "OMG, isn't that ..... like... awkward?" And adding in the possible orientation differences just makes it more scandalous but.... It makes me grumpy that they're going to have a character go through that 'college phase' just to see if it gets them ratings.

[fobok.livejournal.com]

Universal has a habit of buying up rights and then just sitting on them. So, I don't expect to see any Asteroids movie anytime soon.

According to IMDB, there's another Mortal Kombat movie in casting by Threshold Entertainment. Wonder if buying the rights to it was some play by WB to get money out of that. Spy Hunter would probably make a good movie, but can't say how Joust would work at all.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

There was a Spy Hunter movie in the works for a long time with The Rock attached to it but it kept getting stalled out.

[thezzyzx.livejournal.com]

I could picture a quick short for asteroids that mocked the whole idea of trying to put in stories for classic video games, but beyond that...

[pullthestars.livejournal.com]

I really would like to see Zombieland.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[ianmcin.livejournal.com]

The brave crew of the U.S.S. Triangle is depending on me!

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*chuckles*

[samy.livejournal.com]

I myself have been waiting for 20 years for the Pong movie.

Yeah.

But seriously, they should translate the Ultima games to film. That would be badass.

[bubbledragonnet.livejournal.com]

Leave Asteroids alone! It did nothing to deserve this. :(

Actually, Hollywood should bugger off from all classic VG properties. It just ends up sad.

question

[stef2dope.livejournal.com]

Did you hear/know Kevin Smith is coming to town in September to give one of his I think Q&A sessions?

Re: question

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I hadn't seen serious details on it.

I'll see him in two weeks.

[radu.livejournal.com]

Torchwood so far +++++++ (i love the internet, episode 2 is downloading now)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

I'm watching it at SDCC, so I'm waiting.