Category: Multimedia

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Matthew J. Elliott takes on “Jurassic Park III” in the latest “RiffTrax Presents”!

from RiffTrax:

Three is the magic number — Three Musketeers, Three Blind Mice, three trained marksmen stationed at different points in Dealey Plaza.* Jurassic Park III follows the great tradition of movie trilogies where the person or persons responsible for the success of the first two decided to do something else while they still had a career, leaving whoever happened to be available at the time to finish the job — for further examples, see The Mummy, Scream and The X-Men series.

British guy Matthew J. Elliott wishes the world at large to know that, in preparing this commentary (the first in history to mention vajazzling.**), he agonized over every single riff. Now it’s your turn.

*As outlined in my forthcoming book, How Elvis Killed JFK — check Amazon for further details, unless it’s suppressed by Government Forces or poor advance sales.

**At least, I assume so. Hell, I can’t watch ’em all. Maybe there’s something about it in Casablanca or The Star Wars Holiday Special. But I sure as hell hope not.

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New Web Series: “The Future Machine”

from KoldCast TV:

Title: The Future Machine
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Link: Show Page | Trailer | Pilot
Tagline: Time travel just got residential.

Synopsis:
To prove once and for all who owns the coveted Bear Suit hanging in the loungeroom, Matt & Tom set about building a Time Machine. When Tom from the future walks in and drops dead, they both realise something very important: time travel exists! However, after seeing his future-self die, Tom refuses to continue work on the Time Machine. It’s up to Matt, and his scheming ways, to get Tom back on board, and reap the fame and fortune bestowed upon the first pioneers to build a time machine from a German microwave.

Distribution: KoldCast TV
Air Date: April 15, 2011
Number of Episodes: 8

VIZ Media Delivers a Second Round of April Digital Manga Updates for iPad

from VIZ Media:

VIZ Media will round out April with a second block of monthly manga (graphic novel) updates available exclusively for the VIZ Manga App for the Apple iPad mobile device. These latest updates will include the digital premiere of 5 new manga titles and updates to 15 other series that are also currently available. Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden is set to debut on April 18th, and Arata: The Legend will launch for the iPad on April 25th.

The VIZ Manga App is available for free through the iTunes Store and all manga volumes are generally available for purchase and download in the U.S. and Canada within the application for $4.99 (U.S. / CAN) per volume. More than 125 manga volumes are now available for download.

Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden (Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens) is the acclaimed sequel to Fushigi Yûgi created by Yuu Watase and debuts digitally on April 18th. When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father’s translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors!

Arata: The Legend (Rated ‘T’ for Teens) is a shojo manga series created by Yuu Watase and will debut for the iPad on April 25th. In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Hime Clan may take this position, but the lack of females born to this family means that a boy called Arata must pose for the role. Meanwhile in modern-day Japan, a boy named Arata Hinohara is starting his new life in high school. He wants to put memories of his difficult past behind him, but things aren’t going to be simple when he discovers a mysterious connection to the first Arata…

The second round of April updates also includes new additions to 17 other popular VIZ Media series currently available. Readers should check the app regularly, as new additions and free Chapter 1 previews of forthcoming manga series for the iPad are also featured.

Twenty-seven series are now available on the VIZ Manga App; additional new manga volumes available the weeks of April 18th and April 25th include:

April 18th:
Absolute Boyfriend Vol. 2
Death Note Vol. 11
Dragon Ball Z Vol. 5
Kekkaishi Vol. 2
MeruPuri Vol. 4
Natsume’s Book of Friends Vol. 3
Naruto Vol. 22
One Piece Vol. 22
Rosario + Vampire Vol. 4
Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 11
Toriko Vol. 4

April 25th:
Black Bird Vol. 2
Bleach Vol. 13
Claymore Vol. 8
D.Gray-man Vol. 9
Dragon Ball Z Vol. 6
Fairy Cube Vol. 2
Naruto Vol. 23
One Piece Vol. 23
Vampire Knight Vol. 6

For more information on the VIZ Manga App, please visit VIZ.com/apps/.

RiffTrax of “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” is now available!

from RiffTrax:

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is commonly regarded as the most fun and exciting installment of the film franchise. This may well be true, especially given that the average Star Trek film is about as fun and exciting as a half-cup of plain yogurt. If you polled fans about what makes this particular film so thrilling, odds are they’d respond, “All the allusions to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick!” (results may vary). Indeed, the original script contained even more quotes from that classic novel. Most notably, the moment when Kirk, in a fit of vengeful rage, leans back and roars to the heavens, “Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off — then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.” VERY popular on t-shirts.

This riff works for both the Theatrical and Director’s Editions of WRATH OF KHAN!

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Win $1000 from the J!NX Design Arcade

from J!NX:

New J!NX Classic Design: Computers
Marvel at the wonders of technology! Behold the spectacle of circuitry! Witness the birth of a machine that will forever eliminate the need for you to have a rickety old typewriter or abacus. With the “computer”, you can say goodbye to all your word processing and spreadsheet worries. With a soon-to-be-released upgrade, you’ll even be able to give up thinking for yourself, and just let the machines do it for you!

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The J!NX Community has proven to have some very talented artists. More than a few have won $750 cash and a $250 J!NX Gift Certificate and had their designs selected to be printed as J!NX tees. Submit your design and you could be next! No artistic ability to speak of? You can still get in on the action by voting on submissions and receive 10 EXP per vote.

VIZ Media Expands VIZ Kids Imprint with a Full Slate of New Acquisitions

from VIZ Media:

VIZ Media, the largest distributor of anime and manga in the United States, announced a full slate of acquisitions for its kids imprint, VIZ Kids. The acquisitions include DVD, Download-To-Own, and graphic novel licenses for a wide range of well-established global franchises.

“VIZ Media is excited to expand our kids imprint to include a variety of fun new properties,” said Elizabeth Kawasaki, Senior Editorial Director of VIZ Media. “These new titles use strong storytelling, eye-popping graphics and empowering themes to engage a younger generation of fans.”

  • Hero: 108 — VIZ Kids will be distributing DVDs of this popular series which airs on Cartoon Network. Hero: 108 chronicles the battle for peace in the Hidden Kingdom. In addition, VIZ Kids will make the episodes available for download through iTunes. DVDs will be available in May 2011 while downloadable episodes will launch in June 2011.
  • Mameshiba — The irresistibly cute and irrepressibly curious Mameshiba are not quite beans, not quite dogs — they’re a hybrid of both! VIZ Kids will release a graphic novel, Mameshiba: On the Loose!, and a character guide, Meet Mameshiba, in July 2011.
  • Pokémon Black and White — VIZ Kids will release manga, a travel activity kit, and other select merchandise based on the most recent incarnation of the juggernaut Pokémon video game franchise, Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version. Meet all-new Pokémon from the fastest-selling Pokémon video games in history. The travel activity kit will be available in May 2011; Volumes 1 and 2 of the manga will be available in July 2011.
  • Mr. Men and Little Miss — Mr. Happy, Little Miss Sunshine and all their Dillydale friends are about to take the graphic novel world by storm! Under the VIZ Kids imprint, VIZ Media will create and distribute original graphic novels starring the lovable Mr. Men and Little Misses. Little Miss Sunshine, Mr. Bump, Mr. Strong and Little Miss Daredevil books will be available in Spring 2012.
  • Voltron Force — Voltron, the ultimate space adventure from the 1980s, is ready to take the world by storm again! VIZ Kids will produce and distribute original graphic novels based on the all-new animated series Voltron Force, set to debut on Nicktoons this summer. Voltron Force reignites the story of five brave space explorers who pilot mighty robot lions that combine to form Voltron, Defender of the Universe. Joining the team are three new cadets, who have the opportunity of a lifetime to fight alongside their heroes and unlock incredible new powers. Let’s Voltron! The books will be available in Spring 2012.

Hero: 108, Mameshiba, Mr. Men, and Voltron Force are unique acquisitions because they are properties not owned by any of VIZ Media’s parent companies, Shueisha, Shogakukan and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions. These acquisitions join an already robust manga and anime VIZ Kids library, which includes The Legend of Zelda, Panda Man, Taro, Beyblade and Dinosaur King.

For more information on VIZ Kids, visit VIZKids.com.

Literary, Artistic Works Released in Support of Upcoming Independent, Almost-No-Budget Feature Film, “Project London”

from Project London:

Spiral Productions LLC, producers of Project London — the virtually no-budget, live action, science fiction film featuring 774 vivid, intense visual effects with animations created using open-source 3D software — announced today the availability of two novels from the movie’s website, projectlondonmovie.com. The prequel novella, Project Manhattan, is the first installment of the story that culminates in Project London. A graphic novel of Project London, based on the movie’s screenplay, presents a much darker exploration of the epic story and realigns it into a completely new, visual experience for the printed page.

The two new books debuted at the 2011 Emerald City Comicon in March, where the supplies of each book sold out at full price, with minimal promotion, to both existing and new fans of Project London from around the world. Showing its support for the movie’s growing fan base, Spiral Productions has made digital previews of the two books available for free on the Project London website, including the first 15 pages of Project Manhattan and 61 pages (nearly half) of the graphic novel.

Both Project Manhattan and the Project London graphic novel are now available for media reviews and will also be available at Norwescon 34, the Pacific Northwest’s premier science fiction and fantasy exhibition hosted in SeaTac, Washington, April 22-24. The next steps for the books include feature trailers soon available on YouTube, the release of digital (both) and audio (Project Manhattan) versions, and global distribution via Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

“Riese: Kingdom Falling” Tonight on SPACE!

Riese: Kingdom Falling

The acclaimed web series Riese: Kingdom Falling makes its television debut tonight on SpaceCast.com!

About Riese:

A reluctant heroine travels with her wolf through a collapsing world, outrunning a dangerous religious cult and piecing together her past.

In a hauntingly familiar dystopian world, Riese, a seemingly random wanderer, flees across the dying lands. Hunted by a terrifying religious group, The Sect, Riese must evade their assassins to discover their true objective.

Her past is shrouded in mystery as even Riese can’t recall the events of the tragic night when her entire family was slaughtered and she was forced to flee. On her journey she will piece together her past and her destiny.

The once peaceful kingdom Eleysia will be the battlefield of a struggle that will hold the fate of the world in the balance.

And Riese will emerge as the sole beacon of hope.