Irrelevant But Awesome

The news has broken to the public and it caught us all by surprise: Walt Disney Co. has bought Lucasfilm at the price of $4.4 billion. While that notion isn't all that surprising seeing the close relationship these two have enjoyed throughout the year, the news that really blindsided a lot of people was the announcement that production will begin for a Star Wars Episode 7 movie now slated for a 2015 release. As for George Lucas' involvement, it's being reported that the Star Wars godfather will serve as "Creative Consultant" on the upcoming film. George Lucas is quoted as saying "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers." So what does that mean for the franchise? Will the mouse stick his dirty little nose in and become the new evil emperor? Here are a few concerns made by fellow IBA-ers: -What does the mean for the EU? Will the canon be tweaked in any way? -Will this bode well for the difficulties the video g...

As a fairly big Indiana Jones fan, I adore the classic Raiders of the Lost Ark movie poster that we are all familiar with. It is truly a majestic thing, and ranks up there among what I would consider to be one of the best move posters of all time.  But like all movies, there were other posters, posters that for whatever reason, were not selected and thus never saw the light of day, until now.  This is just one of several posters that ended up not getting used, but nonetheless is an amazing poster. And just in case you can't tell from the art style, that is indeed an drawing from Drew Struzan who is famous for many posters from the era including Star Wars, Back to the Future, Harry Potter, and the Indiana Jones posters that you are familiar with.  Screen Crush has a whole bunch of Indy posters for you to check out on their site. 

Let's begin with a disclaimer: I am a huge Muse fan (both in weight and metaphorically) and so this review is written as an attempt to be as objective as I can. The 2nd Law is Muse's 6th album coming off the hugely successful and Grammy-winning 5th album The Resistance. Supremacy Like classic Muse, the album starts off with a theatrical epic that goes over-the-top of what most people considers over-the-top. The common theme for most of Muse's opening songs is challenging authority and if the lyrics don't convince you Supremacy does the same, Matt Bellamy's guitar duet with a trumpet will do the trick. The track builds up to a fever pitch that makes even the quietest pacifist want to break something. Madness An interesting choice as their first official single for the album, this song came off as the natural progression to what they band was trying to accomplish with "Undisclosed Desires" in the previous album. This track is, for the most part, a g...