A Wandering Eyre

Today, ladies and gents, the Serenity Special Edition DVD comes out. I know you are all going to rush out and buy it. I am stopping on my way home, unless Mr, Rochester wants to make a trip to Fry’s with me after dinner. Fry’s is a geek mecca of techie goodness.

I also found a nice surprise in my email this morning. I know it is a month and a half away, but I want these for my birthday. They would look great in my office or on any wall for that matter.

–Jane, unsuccessful at keeping the fangirl in check this morning

According to Information Week, Lucas Film is going to release over 250 scenes and sounds from all six of the Star Wars films for use in user generated content.

I would have been happy with scenes from just Episodes 4-6, but this way people can more easily make fun of 1-3.

–Jane, all this Star Wars talk makes her want to have a marathon viewing at the Rochester house

While I am working on my LTR issue this summer, I will really just be staring out the window yearning for this to arrive in my mailbox on August 21.

–Jane, with new shiny commentary

Joss Whedon announced on Whedonesque this morning that he is no longer woking on the Wonder Woman script because of artistic differences. Now, he says he will have more time to work on Goners and other projects.

–Jane, always nice to hear it from the Boss’ mouth

Neil Gaiman’s book, Stardust, has been made into a movie and will be released in July 2007. Stardust is a wonderful book which I highly recommend. I am going to have to reread it before the movie comes out as it has been several years since I picked it up.

–Jane, loves Neil Gaiman

***Warning: Spoilers for Eragon and Eldest ahead. You have been warned!***

Mr. Rochester recently finished reading the first two books of the Inheritance Trilogy and he remarked how much they mirror Star Wars and LoTR.

Below is a guest posting by Mr. R which lays out the similarities of the original Star Wars and Eragon & Co. The comparisons do give away plot points of the books so please stop reading if spoilers make you cry.

Episode IV: A New Hope – vs. – Book 1: Eragon

Ben Kenobi – vs. – Brom
Old man with mysterious background takes up quiet residence within a farming town and we find out in the second installment that he is keeping an eye on the son of his best friend turned enemy.

Luke Skywalker – vs. – Eragon
Simple, young, farm boy barely out of adolescence who has no knowledge of his parents and has been raised by his uncle and aunt. Something the evil empire wants falls into his backyard and, when the empire comes looking for it and can’t find it, they kill his uncle and burn his home to the ground. The boy then leaves his home and follows the mysterious man through the empire as the old man trains him in the ways of a mysterious power.

The mentor dies. Boy meets up with loner who plays by own rules (Han Solo – Murtagh). The boy saves the princess (Arya) who had been captured by the empire. Boy joins the rebel forces. Boy is involved in huge battle in which he gives the killing blow that decides the outcome of the battle.

Episode V: Empire Strikes Back – vs. – Book 2: Eldest

Yoda – vs. – Oromis

Boy journeys to hidden place where an old teacher exists unbeknown to the empire.

Side story about a “sibling” and their struggle to escape the empire while the rebellion tries to regroup. In the end, the boy battles with another of his kind who reveals to the boy that his unknown father was the man who betrayed the old order and helped the emperor gain control.

The second in command, the right-hand man and the executor for the empire, turns out to be a blood relative of the boy. The boy is wanted captured alive to take before the Emperor but is allowed to escape the clutches of the second-in-command.

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi – vs. – Book 3: ???

Farm boy and “sibling” work together to recover the “sibling’s” loved one.
Defeat the empire.
Teacher dies?
Turn the second in command to the good side?

–Mr. Rochester, now do you see why I married him?

HBO is showing Serenity in HiDef and it is so very pretty.

–Jane, BDH in my living room

Friday, on my first date as a married woman, Mr. R took me to see Beerfest. I know that sounds like the most romantic thing in the world to you, but Mr. R knows how to make me laugh. Beerfest is brought to screens everywhere from the minds of Broken Lizard, the ensemble that made Super Troopers and Club Dread.

If you liked Super Troopers, then this movie will not disappoint you. If you, like me, spent almost every weekend of college playing A**hole, Speed Quarters, or Beer Pong, then this movie will definitely not disappoint you.

–Jane, skip you, drink!

All Your Base made the rounds among the Nintendo Generation when I was in college. It still makes me laugh. What is not funny about badly translated early video games set to techno music? Nothing!

Except, Snakes on a Plane spoofs. Gentle readers, I give you “All Your Snakes.”

–Jane, you have no chance to survive make your time

Special thanks to eprahs who made this post possible 

Something a little less serious today. The comments on one of my Immersion posts made me think about something I used to love as a kid: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Being the librarian I am, I looked around on the web and was surprised to see that Warner Brothers is releasing a new TMNT movie in March of 2007. I think this is a movie I will have to go see with my brother, for old time’s sake.

I mean, what is not fun about life-size turtles who eat pizza and kick ass?

–Jane, predictably liked Michelangelo