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I have officially joined the technology of the 21st century. I found a hell of a deal on a 27″ HDTV online and couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I shelled out the money and couldn’t be more pleased. Now I just need to switch my cable box out for an HDTV unit, and I’ll be one happy camper. It’ll come in handy next weekend when I get my wisdom teeth pulled and will be stuck on the couch hopped up on goofballs. Good times.

Here’s This Week In Links for Friday, April 20, 2007:

A remake of a John Waters film? John Travolta dressed in drag as an overweight woman, AND married to Christopher Walken? Cinematical has your first look at the remake of HAIRSPRAY! [Cinematical]

Lawrence Fishburn, previously rumored to be voicing the planet-eating giant Galactus in the Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, has actually been cast as the voice of Silver Surfer instead. [Hollywood Reporter]

Joystiq has coverage of the art gallery exhibit honoring all that is great in the old school video game world: The “I am 8-bit” art exhibit. Over 200 attended the showing, some of which had “questionable hygiene”. [Joystiq]

For the IMAX release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Warner Bros is modifying the last 20 minutes of the film to be displayed in IMAX’s 3D technology. The last film broke IMAX box office records when released in 2005. [Sci Fi Wire]

Matthew Fox (Lost, Party of Five) is in final negotiations to play Speed Racer’s competition and long-”Lost” (heh, get it?) brother in the Wachowski Brother’s Speed Racer adaptation. If cast, he will join Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, and John Goodman who recently joined. [Sci Fi Wire]

IGN had an exclusive interview with Orson Scott Card about his adaptation of his most famous work, Ender’s Game. Despite numerous stalls and script rejections, he still is planning to move forward with the film, even if it means producing the film independently. He also reveals that the movie will be a combination of the novel and its mirror novel, Ender’s Shadow. [IGN]

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I’ve been in a movie-watching mood lately. I saw Grindhouse last Saturday (which was hella-awesome, and deserved a bigger payday at the box office. Stop giving Will Ferrell money, people), then saw 300 a few days after that (also amazing, but millions of you already know that.) Tonight I’m going to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. I’ll probably be one of the few people over the age of 22 seeing the movie, but I don’t care. I love me some [adult swim].

Here’s This Week In Links, for Friday, April 13, 2007:

USA Today has a first look at Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway in their spy gear for the upcoming Get Smart film adapatation. Anne looks awesome in the white Agent 99 trenchcoat, but couldn’t they at least give Steve a shoe-phone to talk on? He just looks like Michael Scott [USA Today]

Christina Ricci as Trixie in the Speed Racer movie? Strange, I always had a weird attraction to the character in the cartoon, but picturing her as the chained-to-a-radiator-sexpot we saw her as last, my thoughts about Trixie suddenly got that much dirtier. [Sci Fi Wire]

iTunes signs a deal with MGM Films to offer their line of movies in the online store that is destroying all others in the marketplace. You can now download Dances with Wolves and Rocky via the iTunes Store. Joy. [apple.com]

Shia Lebouf (Transformers, Disturbia), currently being cast in every single movie in production, has also joined the cast of Indiana Jones 4. After denying the rumor for weeks, he finally revealed why: he was ordered by Speilburg and Lucas to keep quiet. [USA Today]

Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma) puts the pwnage on the everyday internet troll on Cinematical’s website in response to a snarky comment someone left in discussion of his proposed horror flick, Red State. He not only responds, but starts answering other random questions by the other commenters. I’m glad Kevin only “likes” ponies, too. Scroll down to the “comments” section to see the craziness. [Cinematical]

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Yeah, so I’m a giant lazy schmuck who didn’t post TWIL last week. Here’s a super-size edition for this week to make up for it.

This Week In Links for Friday, April 6, 2007:

Michael, I’m worth a lot more than the Kelley Blue Book Value. The original K.I.T.T. from the 80s TV Series Knight Rider starring David Hasselhoff has gone on sale at a private auction in California. Asking price is around $150k, and comes with working LED lights. Getting William Daniels to make the car talk is an entirely different transaction. [Sci Fi Wire]

FBI has let loose a few investigators into the sexually deviant game Second Life to look into the online gambling aspect of the MMO. They’ll just have to go through all the dance clubs and people that look like animals having sex with each other to get to them. [News.com]

Annoyed with the earlier Daylight Savings Time this year? You and everyone else, especially the Department of Energy who is saying that the month-early shift to DST served no purpose, and has saved the consumers absolutely nothing. Good job, Congress. [ARS Technica]

Fans of the classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail will gather in London on St. George’s Day (April 23) for a public screening of the film, and an attempt of the worlds largest coconut orchestra. The cast of the broadway adaptation Spamalot hopes to join the orchestra with a rendition of “Always Look On The Bright Side of Life” from Monty Python and the Life of Brian [Cinematical]

More Speed Racer! John Goodman and Susan Sarandon are negotiations to play the parents of Speed Racer in the upcoming movie being produced by The Matrix’s Wachowski brothers. [Sci Fi Wire]

30 Rock, NBC’s new show with Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and Tracy Morgan set behind the scenes at a sketch comedy show, has been picked up for a second season. Hooray! [NBC]

I’m not doing Spider-Man 4. No wait, I am. Well, maaaaaaybe. Tobey McGuire has stated that he would like to return to the franchise after the third movie hits theaters this summer, but only if the “story is worth telling.” Kirsten Dunst also echoed her desire to return, but no one cares. [Sci Fi Wire]

Two of my favorite personal blogs (and good friends) made their return to the blogisphere in the past few weeks with a slew of new posts and a personal vendetta to settle (no more War Tool!) Visit Diantological for the brunt of it, and Lemon Jinny for everything else! [Diantological]

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Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have stated that the hit BBC/HBO comedy Extras will not return for a third season (or series, as they’re called in the UK). This is not much of a surprise to fans of Gervais previous work, the original BBC version of The Office, which itself only had two seasons that wrapped up the loose ends with a special. The same is said to happen to Extras. [TV Squad]

Heroes creator Tim Kring revealed some details about the season finale, and a few tidbits of what to come in Season 2. Death is inevitable for some of the main cast, but as Kring pointed out: “… the one caveat is, on a show like Heroes, you may not always [stay] dead” [Sci Fi Wire]

Jet Li is in talks to star in the next sequel in the Mummy franchise, boringly titled The Mummy 3 for the moment. The sequel will revolve around the grown-up son of the two main characters, shown as a little boy in the last film. [Hollywood Reporter]

Windows Tech Guru Paul Thurrott has some screenshots of his experience with the brand new AppleTV unit. The system is an all-in-one media center that allows video, music, and server features. [Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus]

The reincarnated BBC Series Doctor Who was recently given the go-ahead for a fourth season, featuring David Tennent as the good Doctor and a whole new companion played by Freema Agyeman. [Sci Fi Wire]

Microsoft strikes back at Sony at the European launch of the Playstation 3. Here’s my favorite of the shenanigans: A price comparison of XBOX360 vs PS3 in beer cost. To the left, XBOX360 and several cases of beer. To the right, a PS3 and one beer. [Joystiq]

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Seen 300 yet? Judging by last weekends box office records, a hell of a lot of you have. Want to know what the difference is between the movie/graphic novel version of events versus the true history? University of Toronto history professor Ephraim Lytle weighs in. [Livescience.com]

More Indy 4 news: Cate Blanchett has joined the cast, although due to the secrecy of the script it’s unsure what role she will play. Probably Indy Girlfriend #4. [Sci Fi Wire]

Think your kids are bad? At least you don’t have to raise this little bastard: A 10 year old boy was recently given an ASBO (Anti Social Behavior Order) in the UK for reportedly “… damaging cars, threatening neighbours and being caught on camera smoking cannabis and getting drunk on lager.” [The Sun]

Cruel but damn funny: Online betting/poker site Bodog.com is taking bets on whether Paul McCartney’s ex-wife Heather Mills’ fake leg will fall off during her appearances on this season’s Dancing With The Stars. [News.co.au]

Have you ever seen a situation start to happen involving people around you that could get out of control quickly, but didn’t intervene? This guy did, and he’s my new hero. [Universal Church of Cosmic Uncertainty]

Ever want to know who’s been banned from ever appearing on Saturday Night Live again? Wikipedia’s got the list. [Wikipedia]

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This Week In Links for March 9, 2007:

Alec Guiness’ Jedi robes from the original Star Wars film have sold for $104,000 in a private auction to an anonymous phone bidder. God help them if he was freeballing underneath those robes. [Sci Fi Wire]

ALVIN!! Jason Lee has reportedly signed on to star as the human caretaker of three singing chipmunks in a live action adaptation of Alvin and The Chipmunks movie. Who ever thought an ex-professional skater and a guy who got his start stinkpalming and talking about superhero body parts would star as the lead role in a children’s film? [Cinematical]

Clash of the Trekkies: Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stand By Me) recounted part one of a hilarious story of when he met William Effing Shatner. What did he say about young Wesley Crusher on the bridge of the Enterprise? “Well, I’d never let a kid come onto my bridge.” [WilWheatonDotNet]

Holmes Out, Gyllenhaal in. I couldn’t be more pleased. Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary) has replaced Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes in the sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight. Several rumors surround why Holmes dropped out of the pic, but none of it matters because she sucked in the film anyway. Gyllenhaal is a welcome replacement. [Variety]

MTV is running out of ideas… Oh wait, that happened ten years ago. Regardless, they’ve just announced a new reality series to cast members of the original cheesy boy band group of the 80’s, Menudo. I still remember seeing the videos during my Saturday morning cartoons. [Yahoo! News]

And just because I love the series so much, here’s the link to the newest episode (Episode 91) of my favorite Web series, Rooster Teeth’s Red vs. Blue. The series is in its fifth season and still growing strong. [Red vs Blue]

That’s it for this week!

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I’m taking an flight to Houston on Friday to rent a UHaul and drive my belongings back to my new apartment in San Antonio, so TWIL gets posted a little earlier this week. Wish me luck!

This Week In Links for March 2, 2007:

A proposed start date for the fourth Indiana Jones movie is June 18, 2007, according to Fox News. The third sequel in the series will again feature Harrison Ford as Indy, and other actors from previous films such as Sean Connery, Karen Allen, and John Rhys-Davis are all in negotiations to return. [TV Squad]

CNN.com is now running stories by The Onion, a popular satire news website! This week’s story: Experts call for restrictions on childhood imagination [Fark]

Recent Oscar winner Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine, Slums of Beverly Hills) has joined the cast of the updated version Get Smart, a 1965-1970 series that featured Don Adams as the bumbling CONTROL agent. Arkin joins as the chief to the already cast Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99. [Sci Fi Wire]

Pee-Wee the Alien? Paul Ruebens has joined the cast of the NBC Sitcom “Area 52″ about a group of government employees tasked to watch over an alien prisoner. Ruebens will play the alien in the pilot. [Sci Fi Wire]

Pepsi is introducing a new higher-caffeine diet soft drink, called Pepsi Max. As if Pepsi didn’t taste bad enough already, they’ve actually made it taste worse. [Yahoo! News]

That’s all for this week! As a personal note, I’d like to thank everyone who has helped me over the past year while I uprooted my life and moved to another city. I couldn’t have made it this far without the support of my friends and family.

Have a great weekend!

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