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May 30, 2007
Flashpoint
Donnie Yen's next movie, Flashpoint is looking like quite the somber journey of personal reflection and self-discovery. Y'know you're in for the quality goods when the trailer completely forgoes all dialogue in favor of the international language of round-house kicks.


Official site here. Due out in August overseas. No release date set for the US. Those unfamiliar with the work of Yen and his fists should spend a moment with this fan-made "tribute" video.

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May 23, 2007
wonka-wonka-wonka

Pacman Under the Pixels
Check out the cool resin Pacman skull by "Le Gentil Gar?on". Reminds me of the Skeletal Systems (of cartoon characters). From the entirely-too-difficult-to-navigate website:

"Second version of Pac-man?s skeleton, conceived in collaboration with Fran?ois Escuili?, palaeontologist, from the comparative observation of human and various predatory animal skulls. His studio?s team, "Eldonia", specialized in casting fossils, made the edition."

Thanks, Neatorama.

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May 20, 2007
Starcraft II
Blizzard announced Saturday they'll be releasing a follow-up to their PC real-time strategy chef d'oeuvre Starcraft. There's an official website for Starcraft II: Electric Zergaloo over yon.

The trailer for SC2 is, like all Blizzard cinematics, gorgeous. Give it a look even if'n your not hip to this whole "video game" fad. The runtime is almost painful. They clearly need to quit messin' about with these two/three minute movies and crank out a full CGI theatrical effort.

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May 14, 2007
Is she cute?
Last month the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted a screening of A New Hope. The fellas at Lucasfilm put together this Public Service Announcement that ran ahead of the film:



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May 11, 2007
Great Scott!
Behold the McFly 2015 project. It's a grassroots campaign to convince Nike there's a market for Marty McFly's futuristic sneakers from Back to the Future. If they don't sport pneumatic laces, count me out.

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May 3, 2007
I'm the man now, dog.
The Admiral Ackbar wallpaper image (as seen here) we created for the old Toshi Station default page has been turned into one of those "You're the Man Now, Dog" pages - dig it. Very amusing.

For those not hip to the YTMND phenomenom, Wikipedia explains it as: "an online community centered on the creation of hosted web pages (known within the community as YTMNDs or sites) featuring a juxtaposition of a single image or a simple slideshow, which may be animated and/or tiled along with optional large zooming text and a looping sound file. Images used in YTMNDs are usually either created or edited by users. Most YTMNDs are meant to expose or reflect the more inane facets of pop culture, and some can be considered inside jokes."

A thanks to Matthew for the notice.

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