Techno Source came up with a touchscreen Rubik's cube. Same size, same concept, but it doesn't rotate. It's a cube you hold in your hand and swipe your finger along the rows to turn the sides or rotate faces. The colored lights realign themselves and it makes horribly annoying noise. Check out the video.
This is in no way an improvement on the Rubik's Cube. It's digital, lights up, and requires batteries. Woohoo.
Oh, it can save your progress so you can solve it in multiple sittings...but so does any previous, non-digital Rubik's Cube.
Totally unnecessary and not an improvement on the original. I'll stick with mine that actually turns and twists.
Via Gizmodo
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Neil Patrick Harris as the Flash?
Rumors are circulating that Neil Patrick Harris might play the Flash in the upcoming DC movie. Other actors rumored for the role are Scott Porter and Ryan Reynolds.
I haven't seen Porter or Reynolds in anything, but I love Neil Patrick Harris. He's hilarious on How I Met Your Mother, and he showcased his talent as Dr. Horrible in Joss Whedon's summer internet sensation, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Harris is excellent with comedy (that helps -- Flash tends to be light-hearted), and he has the look. I didn't know this, but he voiced the Flash in a Justice League animated movie.
I'm a fan of the genre, so I have no problem with Hollywood making superhero movies. I don't know very much about the Flash, so I'm looking forward to a full-length film.
DC is taking a darker perspective comic book movies because Batman Begins and The Dark Knight were so successful. The Man of Steel is supposed to be a darker version of Superman, for example. A bright movie about the Flash will be a nice balance, comparable to Iron Man in the Marvel universe.
Via The Movie Blog and Screen Rant
I haven't seen Porter or Reynolds in anything, but I love Neil Patrick Harris. He's hilarious on How I Met Your Mother, and he showcased his talent as Dr. Horrible in Joss Whedon's summer internet sensation, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Harris is excellent with comedy (that helps -- Flash tends to be light-hearted), and he has the look. I didn't know this, but he voiced the Flash in a Justice League animated movie.
I'm a fan of the genre, so I have no problem with Hollywood making superhero movies. I don't know very much about the Flash, so I'm looking forward to a full-length film.
DC is taking a darker perspective comic book movies because Batman Begins and The Dark Knight were so successful. The Man of Steel is supposed to be a darker version of Superman, for example. A bright movie about the Flash will be a nice balance, comparable to Iron Man in the Marvel universe.
Via The Movie Blog and Screen Rant
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Fast & Furious
A trailer for Fast & Furious played during the Superbowl, and my first thought was that the new movie shared the same title as the first movie in the franchise. I checked out IMDB and turns out I was wrong.
The Fast and the Furious came out in 2001.
2 Fast 2 Furious -- 2003
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift -- 2006
Fast & Furious -- set to be in theaters April 3, 2009
So compared to the first movie, the fourth movie omitted the two "the"s and changed "and" to an ampersand, &.
That's not confusing at all.
It doesn't even matter because everyone's going to call it the new Fast and Furious movie. They could have put in a little effort, though, to give the movie its own title.
The Fast and the Furious came out in 2001.
2 Fast 2 Furious -- 2003
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift -- 2006
Fast & Furious -- set to be in theaters April 3, 2009
So compared to the first movie, the fourth movie omitted the two "the"s and changed "and" to an ampersand, &.
That's not confusing at all.
It doesn't even matter because everyone's going to call it the new Fast and Furious movie. They could have put in a little effort, though, to give the movie its own title.
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