http://www.andrewpmayer.com Ideas on Media Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:55:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reviews have been trickling out for the new Batman movie, the Dark Knight, and they seem to be almost parodying themselves as they heap praise on the film.  That said I have a really good feeling about it. But before we get to the main course we're going to get ... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/trailers/gotham-knight-to-bat-or-not-to-bat/ I was talking to a friend of mine today about the new Bond trailer that was released today. My buddy is more than a decade younger than I am, and it was pretty clear for a generation that came of age in the 90s the crazy gadgets and glamorous gals ... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/trailers/james-bond-gets-a-quantum-of-solace/ And the genre musical hits keep coming. Repo gets a full trailer... I'm still not ready to say that I think this is going to be good.  The music isn't grabbing me, and the images seemed cramped. But it's a ballsy, interesting thing, and I applaud them for giving ... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/trailers/repo-the-genetic-opera-trailer/ I mentioned this Joss Whedon side project a while back, which led to a number of posts on genre musicals. Well, now there's a trailer to look at! I'm not sure I'm excited yet, but it definitely seems interesting... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/genres/fantasy/doctor-horribles-sing-along-blog-trailer-is-here/ There's been a lot of interesting meta-media showing up around the upcoming Batman film. They seem to have done a good job building the context of the world that the movies exist in. This is an in-depth documentary about the life of Bruce Wayne as shown on Gotham Cable News. ... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/marketing/bruce-wayne-bilionaire-without-a-cause/ The last time there was a major update of D&D Bill Clinton was still president of the United States, Everquest was still the number one online multiplayer game, and a whole lot of other things hadn't happened yet. They released 3rd edition of the game back in 2000. This ... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/genres/fantasy/dungeons-and-dragons-embraces-the-new-millennium/ The New York Times pays some attention Russel T. Davies, and brings to the masses what was once a cult phenomenon: In the last three and a half years he has built “Doctor Who,” “Torchwood” and another spinoff, “The Sarah Jane Adventures,” into Britain’s most successful homegrown drama ... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/genres/science-fiction/doctor-who-crashes-into-the-mainstream/ Sometimes Science Fiction doesn't have to be a story. Sometimes it can just be an object: http://www.andrewpmayer.com/genres/science-fiction/gina-the-concept-car/ Looks like all the MST3K alumni will be getting together for a panel at Comicon. We now have full confirmation of the upcoming panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, Friday, July 25, 7:15 p.m. On the panel will be: Trace Beaulieu, Paul Chaplin, Frank Conniff, Bill Corbett, Joel Hodgson, ... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/media/television/comic-con-mst3k-reunion/ As a young kid I didn't really get Jack Kirby.  His work seemed too "far out" and "wild" for a "liitle tyke" such as myself. I wanted entertainment, not big ideas, and Jack's book were full of them.  Most of what I read were the Marvel stuff he was ... http://www.andrewpmayer.com/media/comics/john-hodgman-reviews-kirbys-fourth-world-in-the-new-york-times/