In the first episode of the new Powet original series “Powet Robots” we look at the robots from the 1972 film Silent Running, Drone #1 (Dewey), Drone #2 (Huey) and Drone #3 (Louis)

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Check out more images of the Silent Running Drones, behind the scenes images of how the costumes work below and my very own making of photos for this video below.
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Seth Rogen lost a lot of weight a couple years back and it was all with the aim of taking over The Green Hornet. This didn’t seem likely since the movie had been in development hell with everyone from George Clooney to Kevin Smith attached at various points in the last 2 decades. Even this version of the film switched directors twice before settling on Michel Gondry.
But now here we are the movie is coming out in 2011 in 3D! I wouldn’t normally put an exclamation mark on “3D” but Michel Gondry has an excellent visual effects track record.
In addition to the trailer, here are a few stills released by the studio of Rogen as The Green Hornet and Jay Chou as his partner Kato.

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Why do movie studios release international trailers? Are the ones for North America not good enough? Are we not good enough for these?

Either way, thanks to Inter-Net, we can watch the videos anyway.

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This episode we preview E3, review Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, predict the Doctor Who finale, and thank Rue McClanahan for being a friend.

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(What have you liked from E3 so far? Are you going to get a 3DS. Did you (or anyone) even SEE the Sony presser? Leave your comments below!)

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Entertainment Tonight recently filed this behind the scenes fluff from the set of Marvel’s Thor movie. In it Chris Hemsworth talks more about being on the Australian version of Dancing With The Stars more than being the god of thunder, but hey, thats the ET audience.

Still we get some look at the sets and a few characters in costume. I’m still no closer to knowing how this will all end up looking or feeling, but for those curious its worth 4 minutes to watch the youtube video before ET runs in an takes it down.

Director Michael Bay and Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura granted an interview to USA Today to do some damage control over the Revenge Of The Fallen as they actively film the tentatively titled “Transformers 3.”

They make note of the writer’s strike that led to on set improvisation and the “dorky comedy” Bay hopes to keep out of the next installment. Bay also comes down on the villain from TF2: The Fallen who he called a “shit character.” The Twins will be back, but in a much more minor role. Finally, going out of their way to please fans, they announce Shockwave will be the primary villain of the next Transformers movie.

Making note of Shockwave’s cartoon history as the ruler of Cybertron after the Autobots and Decepticons left, it likely that the next movie will deal with the Transformers returning to their home planet, as Bay promises this movie will be the final act of his trilogy with a definitive end. The plot will also involve the secret history of the US and Soviet space race of the 20th century, implying Transformers tech was either behind it or the end prize.

Reversing his previous declaration, Bay does mention the movie will be released in 3D.

Transformers 3 will be released next summer.
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