First of all, look at those kicks. Are you looking at them?

Are you still looking? Are your eyes bleeding? Those are the new Nike Wolverine Airs (or something. I'm not a shoe girl.) They are frakkin' hideous. When you get a chance you can check out the Air Sabretooth shoes, too, which are slightly less eye-rapey than what you see above.

Now that I've freaked you out, you might notice that our podcast voicemail number has changed, because I'm an ass and let the account expire. The new digits are 206-202-5117.

I realize that no one calls the voicemail. So I took a cue from my own newscast and decided it would be a lot more fun to have a Geektress Twitter. Yes, indeedy. We have a MySpace that we don't update, a Facebook we rarely update, and now we have a Twitter account that we can thoroughly neglect.

HOWEVER! You can make it a success! If you have a Twitter account, friend us (or follow us, whatever.) Tomorrow we'll be podcasting at noon, as we do every Sunday. And during that podcast, we'll try and post tidbits to the Twitter in real time. If you @reply us, we'll try to work your comments in to the end of the podcast. IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK! I LOVE IT! It validates both my laziness and my need for affirmation.

I was planning on plugging Free Comic Book Day (Saturday, May 2nd) on here soon, but The Beat had this cool PSA, naturally accompanied by an "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" trailer. Why should you listen to me when you can listen to Hugh Jackman? He's got that sexy Aussie accent. To make things extra easy for you, here's a link to the Free Comic Book Day website, where, in addition to finding a comic shop near you, you can see the comics that will be available.

Continue reading "Wolverine Wants You Smarter, Stronger" »

Thanks to some intrepid reporters sneaking into this week's closed-to-the-press "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" presentation for ticket brokers and group-sales agents, we have new info on the Spidey musical, including sets and villains. The New York Post's Michael Riedel reports that the $40 million production "features gigantic, perspective-skewing sets, 3-D projections, more aerial acrobatics than Cirque du Soleil, a cast of heroes and villains from Marvel comic books." According to him, "Broadway musical" doesn't seem like an appropriate description, and Julie Taymor herself prefers to describe it as a "circus rock 'n' roll drama." I'm not really sure what that means, other than that Spider-Man apparently won't being singing and dancing in tights, which still disappoints me. There's a lot of praise in this article though, and it certainly sounds like it's going to be quite the spectacle. I'm more excited now than ever.

Edit: Here's more from Modern Fabulousity (via The Beat).

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I have a fondness for any character that appeared on the old "Defenders of the Earth" (Defenders!) cartoon back in the '80s. Yes, even Mandrake the Magician is beloved by me. I'm also one of possibly 5 people who enjoyed the 1996 "Phantom" movie starring Billy Zane. That's why I was happy to read the Hollywood Reporter announcement that the Sci Fi Channel (soon to be renamed Sy Fy - it's cool because it's misspelled) has green lit a pilot for the Phantom. It will be a four-hour movie, with further episodes being contingent upon it drawing a large enough audience, following the "Battlestar Galactica" program model. They have also green lit similar productions of "Alice," an update of "Alice in Wonderland" in the vein of the channel's "Tin Man," and "Riverworld," based on the books by Philip Jose Farmer. (via MTV's Splash Page)

Apparently it was reported back in December that an Australian company was planning on bringing The Phantom to the big screen again in a film titled "The Phantom Legacy," written by Tim Boyle. Somehow, I get the sense that this is not likely to happen now. I love the Ghost Who Walks as much as the next girl who had an inexplicable crush on Billy Zane in the early to mid '90s, but I just don't see the world being able to sustain two live action Phantom adaptations. That's just me though.

Continue reading "The Beasts Call Him Brother, The Ghost Who Walks" »

Last week, IO9 did a story about a "Splash" sequel, and we haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. According to Variety:

Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have acquired "Merman," a romantic comedy script by Jennifer Abu Hollander.

Pic will be produced by Imagine's Brian Grazer, his first fish foray since "Splash," the breakout hit that forged his partnership with Ron Howard.

Story follows a merman who comes to land so he can win back his mermaid fiancee, who has left him for a real man. The story was hatched by the screenwriter and Jeff Moskowitz.

Nevermind that there's already a script by someone you've never heard of, we've got better ideas after the jump. (Naturally.)

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