Eastwick

Eastwick was on tonight on ABC at 10pm.  I didn't even know it was coming until early this summer when I was checking on which shows were coming back for a new season.  I found it on the Futon Critic website.

At first I thought the pilot episode was a rundown of the movie but what I learned from IMDB was that all the characters aren't even the same.  Daryl Van Horne is the only returning character.

The 3 Witches:

• Rebecca Romijn plays Roxanne (Roxie) Torcoletti (the Blond) and her powers are of premonition.  She dreams and it comes true which is a good power I guess but she needs to hone that skill while she's awake.


• Lindsay Price plays Joanna Frankel (the Brunette) who has the power to manipulate men with her gaze.  She can get a raise at work, make men give her all of the money in their wallets, seduce men whether they like it or not.  It doesn't work with women though which could pose a problem.


• Jaime Ray Newman plays Kat Rougemont (the Redhead) and her powers are that of the elements.  So far she created an earthquake and struck lightning down on her husband.

Then these 2 characters

• Paul Gross plays Darryl Van Horne aka the Devil.


• Veronica Cartwright plays Bun.  I'm not sure who this character is because in the movie she played Felicia Alden.  Perhaps Bun is her gramma name?

In the movie the witches were Alex, Jane and Sukie.  This new show is obviously not a remake of the movie because there are some subtle changes like for example all the names are different.  In the movie the brunette (Cher) was the artist but in this show the blond (Rebecca Romijn) is the artist.

At the end of the pilot episode, Penny (who is Joannas friend) reveals that Darryl Van Horne died so this guy is a fake.  And yes it's true.  In the movie they killed him but then at the very end of the movie they show him as like a giant so you know he's not dead, he's the Devil.  Wheres he gonna go?  Back to hell?  If he can come to earth to manipulate the witches then obviously he can come back.  You can't kill him.

So in this new show he's just found 3 new women to turn into witches.  I have a strange feeling that at the end of this season they are all going to give birth to his babies and they will kill him and all live in the mansion lol.  Maybe not, who knows.

Bottom line is that it's another witch show which is awesome.  It doesn't replace Charmed for me but it's very similar, well, if they start killing demons then it will replace it but I highly doubt it will be like that.  Whatever they do I'm sure it will still be cool.  It's a supernatural show and that's what I like to watch.

Vampire Princess Leia

Haven't decided what you wanted to be for Halloween yet?  Take a gander at this.

ILM Halloween Party Vampire Leia Giclée on Paper

It actually looks like a paperback novel from the picture with it's worn cover so I don't think this is a costume but it's an idea for a costume.  Actually it's not even a novel, it looks more like a poster.  It says in that page that it is Hand numbered and limited to just 300 pieces and Measures 10x14 inches.  It's more of a blown up photo that they are selling for a whopping $40.

The Star Wars Shop has lots of Halloween costumes and props right in their website.  They have a bunch of characters to dress up as like Luke, Leia, X-Wing Pilot, Boba Fett, Padme Amidala, Storm Trooper, Han Solo, Chewbacca t-shirt lol and many more.  They have a Jedi costume as well as a Darth Vader mask.

The costumes and props are actually reasonably priced so even if you are on a really tight budget you could probably still afford to buy a costume for yourself.  And just like the Vampire Leia idea, you can embellish any of the costumes to make them more interesting.

IREX enters U.S. e-reader market with DR800SG

IREX enters U.S. e-reader market with DR800SG - Source Dvice.com




Aweomse.  Another e-reader.

"How do you get books on this thing? The IREX has an always-on 3G connection thanks to a partnership with Verizon (no subscription fees -- the network cost is supposedly part of the cost of a book). The company has also partnered with Barnes & Noble to be device's go-to e-book store, selling most new books at $9.99. You don't need a PC to use the IREX, but the syncing software is Windows only. The DR800SG will be available at Best Buy stores this October for $399."

I actually like this.  The thing I liked about the Amazon Kindle was that you could go to the Amazon website on your Kindle and browse books and that they were $9.99 instead of $30.  This thing has the same deal but with Barnes and Noble.  And since IREX who is a spinoff of the Philips company who makes tv's, vcr's, dvd's etc. you know they are already in the electronics biz so you know it's a good product.

They even stated that "IREX promises a color e-reader by 2011. Yay!"  That's what I've been waiting for too!  A touchscreen color e-reader.  And 2011 isn't too far off, I mean we're almost in 2010 in a few months.  Hey I need time to save money up for this thing lol.

Check out that screen too.  It's like a windows 3.1 desktop with it's icons hehe.  By 2011 when they have their color e-reader it could have a start button and basically just look like a laptop but much thinner.

I would like to know how many GB it has and if it takes an SD card too.  Yes those are very important for some people.  It doesn't need to be plugged into the computer but it would be nice if you had that option.  Or maybe you can email your pdf and picture files to the B&N website and then download it to your e-reader through their website via the free 3G connection just like the Kindle.

Oh and it says "the IREX renders newspapers with page layout intact, with readers able zoom in on articles for readability."  That is important that you can read your newspaper as is with all the pictures and you can see the layout of the actual newspaper.  That's cool.

They don't mention it but I'm sure magazines will be the same.  Right now on the Kindle when you read a magazine there are only articles, no pictures.  How the heck are you supposed to read a Playboy magazine on your e-reader with no pictures?  I mean, who reads those for the articles anyway?  Well, I don't read them because HELLO!  But still, straight men might want to look at boobies.

Microsoft's Secret Tablet

Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet - Source Gizmodo

Freakin awesome!  Check out that video in the above link...  go ahead I'll wait.

Did you see it?  Great.  What do you think?  I think it's so cool how you can write in the journal side over on the right and you can drag things over with your finger or stylus.  You write in the website address instead of typing.  Wait, does this mean all my blogs will be written?  Oh crap, then all the people who read my blog will be screwed because I suck at writing.  Well I guess this means I better go back to elementary school and relearn how to write with an actual pencil and paper.

First of all, notice that they said in that link that it's not a tablet.  It's a "booklet".  I'm sure this will have a freakin' huge price on it.  There is no price yet though because it is still secret lol.  Well, not anymore.

Just imagine in the future all the kids will have these in their backpacks instead of notebooks and textbooks.  It will replace both of those, sorry Trapper Keeper.  They can leave their backpacks in their locker while they roam around the halls to their classrooms with just 1 thing, this "booklet".  Their load will be much lighter than when I was in school.

And perhaps if 1 kid says hey can you share your notes you can open both of your booklets and the person with the good notes can flick their notes to the other person instead of waiting a half an hour for them to manually write it all down.  That would be awesome, well, for them anyway.