Watchmen trailer

Turns out Empire's exclusive Watchmen trailer is about as exclusive as a cheap hooker. Check it out in HD over at Apple.

That said, be sure to check out Empire's comic-to-film comparison, which is mildly diverting if far from comprehensive.

Days in New York...

29

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TV

CBS 2 News at 11PM
Foreign programming is funny -- it just has a completely different set of conventions to British equivalents.

Late Show with David Letterman
(17/7/08 edition)
A record-breaking ninth appearance by Ricky Gervais, who just finished a few nights at Madison Square Garden here in NY. Also, his Extras Christmas special has just been announced as having six Primetime Emmy nominations (best writing, direction, editing, made-for-TV movie, lead actor and supporting actress).

Films

Watchmen Teaser Trailer
Stunning.
The trailer is premiering online exclusively at Empire Online (doubt that'll last!) Also showing attached to The Dark Knight here in the US from midnight, which will now be opening to more booked-out screens than ever before. Presumably that's why the trailer debuts at 5AM on a British site! (I'll be getting to see it on the big screen on Saturday morning, then.)

Fiction

Captain Hammer: Be Like Me! by Zack Whedon & Eric Canete
Free online comic (just follow the link) about Captain Hammer, a character from Dr Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog. There are no songs in this one though.

Days in New York...

30

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Days in New York...

31

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TV

Mad Men
1x01 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
1x02 Ladies' Room
On Blu-ray! Mmm, HD...

Articles

Review of The Dark Knight by Mark Dinning
(from Empire Online)
Empire magazine's glowing first review of the new Batman sequel, out in the States this Friday and the UK the week after.

Wanted more?

To quote my own recent review of Wanted: "I spent much of the film presuming it would finish on an open-ended note, as the structure reminded me of films like X-Men and Iron Man: all set-up and origin story... done with an eye (or, indeed, both eyes) on a sequel. Wanted doesn’t really end that way, which in an age where the franchise is everything is admirable… apart from that the film leading to that ending still feels franchise-friendly."

And, lo, it turned out to be so.

Maybe next time they won't cram all the best bits into the trailer.

Days in New York...

32

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Days in New York...

33

As regular readers will know, I'm currently in New York doing four weeks' work (plus a week's holiday). This is a countdown til I'll be back in the UK.

Films

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
[2nd watch]

Time Zones

While I'm in New York, posts will be made at their usual just-before-midnight times... but on GMT-5:00. This seems to make sense, all things considered.

DVD Extras

Munich: An Introduction by Director/Producer Steven Spielberg
Short but interesting introduction by Spielberg to his film Munich, one of the few extras to have made it onto the R2 DVD. (Watched primarily to test the MacBook Air SuperDrive I got with my new MacBook Air.)

Non-Fiction

Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown
Part Four
- Hypnosis and Suggestibility
- A Brief History
- What is Hypnosis?
- Seemingly Unique Hypnotic Phenomena
- How to Hypnotize
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Fiction

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Book Four [the end]

Days til New York...

Today is New York Day!

For a full explanation, please see the start of the countdown.

TV

Would I Lie To You?
2x01 (11/7/08 edition)

Articles

The Timeline of a Time Lord: Tony Lee Talks Doctor Who by Remy Minnick
(from Comic Book Resources)
Article about the forthcoming US Doctor Who comic miniseries, The Forgotten, which sounds very interesting indeed.

Covers for Doctor Who: The Forgotten #1, #2 & #3
(click to enlarge)