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Let them Eat Cake, says George Lucas

If you ever rolled a D20 in your life George Lucas actively hates you. Here's the big press releases for Star Wars on Blu-ray

"The most anticipated Blu-ray release ever -- the Star Wars Saga -- emerges from light speed this September 2011. For the first time, all six of George Lucas' epic films (Episodes I-VI) are united in one complete set. Fans worldwide are able to pre-order now with online retailers.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Star Wars in three distinct sets to meet the needs of every Star Wars fan:

* Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray (9-disc Set includes all six films)
* Star Wars: Prequel Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes I-III)
* Star Wars: Original Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes IV-VI)

Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films utilizing the highest possible picture and audio presentation, along with three additional discs and more than 30 hours of extensive special features including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes, an exploration of the exclusive Star Wars archives, and much more.

Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray will be available for $139.99 US/$179.99 CAN and the Star Wars: Trilogy Sets for $69.99 US/89.99 CAN. Pricing for each set will vary by international territory.

Flanked by a legion of his finest Imperial stormtroopers, Darth Vader himself joined Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment President Mike Dunn at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to announce the release, vowing "The forces of the Empire will be at your disposal to assure the success of this endeavor."

"The Star Wars Saga is the most anticipated Blu-ray collection since the launch of the high-def format," Dunn said. "The epic franchise pioneered sound and visual presentation in theaters and is perfectly suited to do it again in the home, with a viewing experience only possible with Blu-ray."

"With all six episodes available for the first time in one collection, this is a great way for families and home audiences to experience the complete Saga from start to finish," said Doug Yates, Vice President of Marketing, Online, Distribution, Lucasfilm Ltd. "And with the quality of high-definition, Blu-ray provides the most immersive home experience possible."

"The Star Wars franchise has been the most anticipated Blu-ray release by Amazon's customers," said Bill Carr, Vice President of Music and Video at Amazon.com. "We think that Star Wars will be incredibly popular with our customers, and we expect pre-orders to be very strong."

That's right... no mention if the original trilogy is the original unedited trilogy or the special edition rereleases. I guess in theory it still could be the originals, but the fact that it's not mentioned in a 10,000 word press releases leaves me to believe my son is still going to have to watch these on VHS like God intended him to.

Real Life Superhero is gonna get shot

Ok so just in case you're one of two people on the internet that haven't heard this story yet, let me tell you about Phoenix Jones.

"Phoenix patrols Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood every week- stopping fights, feeding the homeless and helping folks who have run out of gas.

Unlike most movie superheroes, Phoenix doesn't have any super powers and he doesn't need them. He is made of flesh and blood and has gotten hurt. He deals with real criminals and puts his life in danger nightly.

The group includes Phoenix Jones, Buster Doe, Thorn, Green Reaper, Gemini, No Name, Catastrophe, Thunder 88 and Penelope."

~geekologie

The Green Reaper? Really? (sigh)

Now if you're not familiar with Seattle (hi Ralf) the neighborhood this Phoenix guy is patrolling is probably the whitest, trendiest part of Seattle. I wonder how many tickets he's handed out to Hipsters not wearing ironic enough facial hair? 10 bucks says if he makes his way down to the Rainer Valley he'll get stabbed by an 11 year old.

Talkie Toaster is not impressed

Have you ever seen a modded toaster play call of duty? You have? Well la di da Mr Fancy pants.

2010, another year in mediocre blogging

Did you know I've been doing this for 2 full years now? Actually it's been 2 years 2 months, but who's counting? Oh that's right, Google Analytics does all the counting! Last week while on vacation I poured over all the tracking data for 2010 looking for interesting trends and facts. I didn't really find any so I just thought I'd put together one of those top 10 stories of the year posts everyone else did while I played Call of Duty until my arms went numb (true story).

So without further ado the 10 most popular posts of the year (which in the end is completely meaningless given that the front page is still the single most popular destination and I don't pad stats with click throughs)

Star Wars Car Wash was not bad. Big surprise this was the story of the year. As it turns out guys spending a lot of time on the internet like scantily clad ladies, who knew?

Who replaces toe thumbs? Again there's a reason I shoehorn a random Megan Fox post in here every couple weeks.

Landon Donovan slips one past the keeper. I feel like I should have won an internet pulitzer for this headline alone, too bad the story wasn't true.

World Cup Kit Review. It's funny that 2 of the top 5 are soccer related considering I barely blog about it anymore. I think I have Post Vulvazela stress disorder.

Marvel knows most of their movies suck, plan to shorten them. Too little too late my friends. Iron Man 2 was about 20 minutes and one Samuel L Jackson cameo, too long.

Ok, the 2010 Emerald City Comic Con really did have some awesome cosplay. I love cosplay posts but they're hard to put together, and it seems like everytime I do someone's like "hey that guy in the crappy costume was me" and then I feel bad.

Fabio Capello is watching you do it. Maybe Fabs should've spent a bit more time on the pitch and less time in Peter Crouch's hotel room. Then again, have you seen Abigail Clancy?

Avatar is so good you'll want to kill yourself. Seriously who liked this movie? Was I watching the same thing everyone else was?

When Pron isn't Pron. I'll always remember 2010 as the year "bubbling" facebook pictures became the chosen form of pornography for Mormon's everywhere. Or I won't, I haven't really decided yet.

Ice Cube with a gun.. and a fishing pole. Yeah this pretty much sums up my blog right here.

Oh yeah one more fun thing. Here are the top ten keywords bringing new people to the site this year. Landon Donovan, Megan Fox, Kate Gosselin (wtf?), Star Wars Car Wash, Diora Bird (spelling counts people!), Darth Vader Cat (again wtf?), Devildinosaur blog, 1990 bmw 525i, devil dinosaur, megan fox michael bay.

The Abridged Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Lets face it, Mark Twain was kind of hacky. The only reason people like him is from his guest apperance in Star Trek TNG. So really It's about time a publisher had the balls to spice up the old Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Hopefully this time he rafts down a river of blood, you know cause of all the sparkly vampires.

Due to the slow decline of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn being taught in schools because of the use of the “n-word,” which is generally used to describe Huck’s traveling companion Jim, Mark Twain scholar Alan Gribben and NewSouth Books are planning to release a censored version of the book that replaces the n-word with the word “slave.”

~geekosystem

Oh yeah, the N-word. I forgot about that. Are we sure we can't add some vampires in there somewhere, maybe a werewolf? No? Oh well.

I'm pretty sure the only reason I find this story interesting is because I'm about 3/4 of the way through Fahrenheit 451 (which as any good geek knows is all about censorship, but not really). Huck Finn is a great book and I'm bummed that it's ruined for people because of the language of the period. Still, editing something like this seems like one of those slippery slope moments all the parents were worried about in Footloose when they decided to ban dancing. Where does it stop? A Brave New World, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Roots or even Footloose? I'm pretty sure someone in it calls Kevin Bacon a queer, although to be fair the dance in the factory is kinda gay.

Abandoned New York

Ok so this is hella long, and not really about Zombies or robots but it's cool anyway. This guy (Steve Duncan) took a camera crew underneath New York City to show off some of the abandoned train stations, tunnels, sewers, basically everything you'd see in a Cloverfield 2; Rise of the Hipster Urban Historians.

My one New Years Resolution

.. Is to build the beer cannon seen in this video. Of course mine won't be controlled by an iphone, If it won't work with my motorola startac I don't want one.