Fallout Shelter

J. G. Ballard, RIP

Author J. G. Ballard has died at the age of 78.

Watchmen credits online

Featuring "The Times They Are A-Changin" by Bob Dylan:

The Watchmen Titles

A few minutes long, but definitely worth watching.  I especially like the way the tenor of it changes over its course. 

[Via Vee_ecks.]

[Edit: Taken down.  I'd link to the new place I found it, but then it'd prolly get taken down too.  But it's worth looking for if you haven't seen it.] 

Patrick McGoohan, RIP

Patrick McGoohan, who played in about a billion things other than The Prisoner, died yesterday in southern California. 

I'd had no idea he was actually born a US citizen. 

Rest in peace, you old bastard. If I could cause this post to appear in Albertus (ok, "Village") -- on everyone's web browser in your honor, I probably would. 

Edit -- other posts (if you posted about this, send me your link):

Be seeing you
I Will Skip the Obvious Joke

Watch out for the Watchmen Watchers

I'm not a big comics person, but some friend made me sit down and read Watchmen a long time ago, and I've never regretted it.  So I'm also eagerly awaiting the movie.  But... just because I like the graphic novel doesn't mean I'm above making fun of it.  :) 

[Via vee_eckx.]

Quién es más macho?

Fritz Lang or Zach Snyder? 

I can't decide which is cooler. 

[For Metropolis, click on "Walkthrough"; for Watchmen, you may need to click on start after waiting a bit for the trailer to load.  And thanks to Richard for the first link and Eric for the second.]

Edit - Ah, now something I can embed:

Entertainment Scientists Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013

Entertainment Scientists Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013

Friday at the movies

This needs to be shown around more:

Gonzo

"Of all the correspondents," says Frank Mankiewicz, Bobby Kennedy's press secretary, "he was the least factual, but the most accurate."

The Ring

“When I see people destroying their privacy — what they think, what they feel — by beaming it out to millions of viewers, I think it cheapens them as individuals.”

Richard Widmark -- dead at 93.