Tom Cruise with a Lightsaber

And the coup de gras, Cruise kills Oprah:

XBMC caught running on Compal’s Jax10 MID

Engadget: “Mmm, do we like where this could go. Some engineering soul has managed to get the open-sourced XBMC onto a MID — Compal’s Atom-powered Jax10, to be precise. In theory, at least, this combination would make for a decidedly incredible portable media player if the price of these Mobile Internet Devices were to hit a reasonable level. Sure, many of the Cowon / iriver / Archos units support just about every file format out there, but you’re still limited by whatever ecosystem comes loaded in. Have a look at the demonstration vid after the break, but don’t blame us if you suddenly get the urge to buy a MID.”

[Via Slashdot]

Xbox 360 gets stylish Domo-kun paint job

Engadget:

“It may not be quite as elaborate as some console paint jobs,
but if you’re looking to add a touch of Japan to your Xbox 360, you may
want to follow the lead of deviantART member Ricepuppet, who has
managed to create a relatively faithful Domo-kun themed console. As you
can see above, that even includes a matching controller, which we
presume is still fully functional (and, apparently, twice as likely to
slip out of your hands). Just don’t go too nuts and decide to pair it
with a Hello Kitty-themed Wii, there’s no telling how they might get along. “

[Via Engadget Spanish]

iBoobs denied entry to AppStore

Boing Boing:

iBoobs in action:

“Obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory,” says Apple.

Forget John Connor — A Straw Man Is Our Only Hope Against The Machines

i09: “Here’s another animated movie we’re dying to see. Produced by Tim Burton and Timur “Wanted” Bekmambetov, 9 features straw men fighting mechanical monsters in a post-apocalyptic world.”

Breaking News: Judge Rules That Fox Owns Rights to Watchmen

Frakkin A…….

Slashfilm:

“United States District Court judge Gary A. Feess has a horrible
Christmas present for Watchmen fans. The judge concluded on Wednesday
that 20th Century Fox “should prevail on crucial issues” in their
lawsuit with Warner Bros over the rights to the comic book movie
adaptation. According to the New York Times,
Feess says that “Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the
very least, the right to distribute the Watchmen motion picture” and
that “The parties may wish to turn their efforts from preparing for
trial to negotiating a resolution of this dispute or positioning the
case for review.” The trial had been scheduled for January.

You’re probably wondering what this decision means to you, the eager
movie ticket buyer. Let me preface this by saying that I’m not a
lawyer, but this is what I have gathered from the various legal
articles I have consumed over the last few months. To start, it means
that Warner Bros likely has no rights to distribute a film based on the
Watchmen graphic novel. They could appeal this ruling and continue to
fight, what is appearing to seem like an unwinnable battle, or start
negotiating with Fox on some sort of settlement. An earlier LA Times report states that:

“The more likely outcome is Fox studio chief Tom Rothman
or Warners’ head Alan Horn striking some sort of compromise deal in
which the studios share the movie’s costs and proceeds. But because
Warners already is sharing the portion of the film it didn’t sell to
Paramount with financing partner Legendary Pictures, the studio doesn’t
have that much to divvy up.”

The talks will likely result in a deal that will give Fox
co-distribution rights to the film, or even full rights to the motion
picture. It seems doubtful that Fox would squash the release of the
film altogether, but from what I understand, that possibility exists.
Making a deal with Warner Bros could be a dangerous precedent for the
company to make to make in terms of copyright ownership.

That said, I would be surprised if a deal doesn’t go down. Also, I
would be surprised if Watchmen keeps it’s March release date. If Fox
and Warner Bros can’t ink a deal before mid January, the Judge will
issue the injunction to prevent the release of the film in March.  I
doubt that the two companies will come to a deal in the next two weeks,
so its very possible that the film might be pushed back to Summer. Nikki Finke
says that “if WB goes own the appeal road, then Watchmen may not come
out until 2011 considering the glacial speed which the court system
move.” There will be a lot more to this story, and we will keep you
updated as the news comes in.”

Fan-Made Live-Action Thundercats Movie Trailer

This is freakin nuts, and awesome!

Slashfilm: “WormyTV spent a year and a half creating this fan made movie trailer for a live-action Thundercats movie using clips from various movies. Starring Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman and Vin Diesel. The San Francisco-based graphic artist added all the effects frame by frame in Photoshop. The footage was edited in Adobe Premiere. Pretty incredible and also really funny.”

A He-Man and She-Ra Christmas

It’s going to be slow around here for the holidays, so Merry Christmas in advance!

Neatorama:

Google Earth’s NYC gets pretty darn close to the real thing

DVICE:

“While
this may look like a photo of New York City, it isn’t. It’s actually a
shot of NYC taken from inside Google Earth, thanks to a new update that
introduces thousands of new photo-based 3D building models. And it’s
incredible.

Essentially, you can take a tour of NYC from your desk with Google
Earth now. And while New York is the first city to get such impressive
coverage, it’s a peek at what we’ll see in the near future with all
cities. A complete 3D digital atlas of the entire world will exist
eventually, allowing you to virtually visit any city you want anytime.
How incredible is that?”

Google Earth Blog, Via Gizmodo

Evernote Adds File Syncing

Lifehacker:

“Popular note-taking application Evernote
has added a new feature that syncs files you attach to notes to any
desktop you’ve installed it. The files are limited to 25MB in size, and
users with a free account can only sync images, audio files, and PDFs,
but that’s not bad for free. Check out CNET’s post for a more complete rundown, then head to the download page for the update.”