Hats off to City Light Studio for this set of Scooby Doo themed cosplay. The Velma with Scooby is cosplay The Queen of Chibiland. The other set was photographed by Jeff Zoet Visuals with cosplayers Ashley DeCarolis and Daphne by Claire Werkiser. I would imagine some of the inspiration for these shots came from Travis […]
Archives for July 2013
Marvel release Guardians of the Galaxy poster
Concept art for the Guardians of the Galaxy movie has been released by Marvel. There’s a faint blur that covers the “Nova Corp” text but it seems unlikely Marvel were actually trying to hide that. Marvel haven’t confirmed but from left to right the heroes are; Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Star-Lord, Groot and Rocket Raccoon. […]
What? Batman to appear in Superman sequel
Zack Snyder has big news at SD Comic Con. Batman will appear in the Superman sequel. Here’s the rather funky logo for the project. You may consider the following to be a spoiler. Stop reading if you are cautious. Man of Steel’s General Swanwick, played by Harry Lennix, made an appearance on stage at Comic […]
Teaser art for The Crow reboot
Shock Till You Drop have got their hands on this teaser art for James O’Barr‘s influenced reboot of The Crow. O’Barr has now been appointed as a consultant on the new film that’ll star Luke Evans. In an interview with STYD, Barr said; Brandon was a friend and I’d never do anything that hinted at […]
Homemade robot completes quadruple back-flip
Where have we got to with robotics? I’m sure sci-fi writers in the 1940s expected us to be much further along in the field than we are. That said, we’re progressing and have some impressive specialist bots these days and the field of home robotics is growing. A case in point is Robot Number 16. […]
Game of Thrones: Making the Dragon skull
You may have seen the incredible dragon skull PR stunt for Game of Thrones s3. The team put a “dragon skull” on a beach. Better still, they placed it on a beach in Dorset that’s known as a place you can find dinosaur fossils. It’s nicknamed “Jurassic Coast”. As it happens it wasn’t the HBO […]
This is what a world record dominoes fall looks like
This video shows some 275,000 dominoes in an attempt to break the world record. Not every domino takes the tumble it should. You’ll see that quite early on when one of the pyramid structures doesn’t fall. However, despite a few thousand dominoes staying upright this is still a Guinness world record. The total dominoes that […]
The Electro Arrives trailer for Spider-Man
There was mixed feedback when we enjoyed our first look of Jamie Foxx as Electro. Some native geeks were disappointed that there wasn’t even a nod to the green and yellow of the old comic book Electro. Others loved how badass Foxx’s version of Electro looked. This isn’t a b-string villain. What do you think? […]
Giant robot stalks Comic Con
If you’ve got the Stan Winston School and Legacy Effects to build a mech that’s nearly ten feet tall and your plan is to have it stomp around San Diego Comic Con then a great person to unveil the creation is Adam Savage. That’s exactly what Conde Nast’s Wired did. The robot is an impressive […]
Kick-Ass 2 extended trailer (NSFW)
As it’s a big Comic Con week we’re being treated to all the teaser trailers the movie houses want to get some geek attention. It’s a good hunting time. We’ve the latest trailer, nearly five minutes long, that shows off some of the best scenes from Kick-Ass 2. Looks like Hit-Girl is going to be […]
