Geek News Roundup for 03/15/09 – An Evolution That Not Even Darwin Could Love
Dragonball Evolution was released in several
Asian countries last week and is doing quite well in terms of box office sales.
The first reviews of the movie are also out and it appears DB Evolution won’t
get the title of “so bad it’s good.” It’s just
bad, really bad. I should probably see the movie when it hits
on April 8th, but viewing the
released trailers and clips makes me cringe at the thought. So far
anime films may be a bust, but thankfully there are alternative ways to spend
your time.
is always good and according to the New York Times Manga Best
Seller list, Viz Media titles
took all of the Top 10 spots. Unsurprisingly, Naruto grabbed
no less than six spots but Black Cat and even The
Gentleman’s Alliance managed to make the list.
The Sci Fi Channel original series, Battlestar Galactica ended
its five-year run last week. The series finales of most TV shows are marked by
heavy advertising and lots of fan buzz. However, fans of Battlestar Galactica
working at the United Nations had a different approach in mind. The
show’s cast and producers were invited to the U.N. building for a two-hour
panel discussion attended by 500 people. Strike one for positive politics,
unlike that entire mess on Capitol Hill with AIG.
On the web Microsoft hopes to make Internet
Explorer a bit more competitive (i.e., less crappy), with the release of
Internet Explorer 8. I doubt it will win back though who defected to
Mozilla, Google, Opera or Apple, but at least IE holdouts will have something
to look forward to. Meanwhile, Facebook
hopes to be a little more like Twitter with recent privacy and homepage changes.
This is definitely an improvement over trying to mimic Myspace last year,
that’s for sure.
Other than loss of market share with Internet Explorer, Microsoft may have
other problems. The Xbox 360 “E74” error could be the new
Red Ring of Death. While the problem doesn’t seem to be as widespread or as
devastating as RRODing consoles it does raise new concerns about recently
manufactured 360s and the New Xbox Experience. Unfortunately, this issue isn’t
covered by Microsoft’s extended warranty. Ouch.
Image courtesy of Wallpaperez.
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