GEEK HITS

A fairly limited geek hits today and very light blogging over this fortnight for reasons I will explain next Friday or so. Anyway here we go...

Ist pic of Henry Cavill as Superman

On iPad so struggling to embed but go to you tube for Doctor Who season trailer part 2!

That's it for now

SCI-FI HIT PARADE

So SFX has done a top 50 of Sci-Fi theme tunes:
10 to four are:
Blade Runner
Back to the Future
2001 Space Odyssey
Pirates of the Caribbean
Jurassic Park
Harry Potter
Superman

(in my best fluff voice)
Coming in at number three


And at number two and a bit of a shock for pop pickers of a certain age


And steaming in at number one and proof that Tolkien fans have more time to access the computer, at the top of the hit parade is…



To be honest I am shocked that Star Wars wasn't number one and that Superman missed the top three

PRESSGATE GOES ATLANTIC

ht: Millar

DC RETIREMENT

Should have done a geeks hit

Ht: Geeks

TELEGRAPH AND SUPER PANTS

Either I missed that it was an completely slow news day and there is absolutely nothing going on in the world or this editorial from the Telegraph is mind-boggling.

If anyone doubted that Superman had the courage to be the world's greatest hero – and to foil Lex Luthor's sundry evil schemes – such misgivings were instantly dispelled by his choice of costume. For more than 70 years, the fashionistas have pointed out that underwear is more conventionally worn inside the trousers, rather than over them. The Man of Steel not only defied them – he advertised his choice to the world, by sporting Y-fronts in a fetching shade of bright red.
We cannot help feeling rather disappointed, therefore that DC Comics, the character's owners, have decided not just to rebrand the character (doubtless to make him "funkier", "edgier" and "more relevant") but to place the pants on the inside. Indeed, given that the hero still wears a cape, can leap tall buildings, block bullets and generally defy the laws of physics, this gesture towards normality seems token at best.

OK, it's online but Superman's pants? In the Telegraph?

SUPERMAN

It seems that there has been a twist in the ongoing legal saga over who owns Superman with the finding of an old silent film...




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HT: Rich