It’s sweeps month! So many cancellations already announced: FlashForward, Law & Order, Scrubs, HEROES. But many shows also picked up! V, The Cape, and Conan O’Brien’s new TBS show! Plus, Iron Man 2 and Halo: Reach “Pre-Season 1” in Cool Beans

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(Were you still watching Heroes? WHY? Will you miss it? What about the majority of ABC’s 2009 lineup getting canned? Leave your thoughts below!)

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Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.

The whole world is 3D, so maybe I should be more specific. This article is to discuss the optical effect of making something appear 3D to a human viewer. This effect can be done a number of ways, but in pretty much all instances this is achieved by having each eye see a different image to create the illusion of depth.

Close one eye at a time and you’ll see that each eye sees something slightly different. This is the real trick to 3D called paralax. The left eye needs to see an image as it would appear from a few inches to the left than the right eye and your brain is smart enough to use this to extrapolate depth. An easy way of showing this to be the real source of the effect is to try closing one eye while using pretty much any kind of 3D technology, and you will see the effect disappear.

Iconic blue and red 3D glasses

Iron Man 2, the sequel to the 2007 smash that made Robert Downey Jr a major star and Jon Favreau more than just the guy from Swingers, opens on a record breaking 4,830 screens today. Did you see it? Did you stay after the credits? What did you think?
Leave a comment here: be honest and talk about everything. To those that haven’t seen the movie yet, do not go into the comments unless you’re willing to have key moments spoiled!

April Showers bring digest posts!

Yes, it was another amazing and informative month at Powet. Sure, it was 4 more weeks of regular features like videos, Powet Alphabet, and Lost Classics, but we also had 2 great podcast sessions and some huge news! If you were too busy in April to visit us, or if you took a few days off for spring break you might have missed a lot! Get caught up now!

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Yep, thats about it. Warner Bros has announced the third installment in the Batman series directed by Christopher Nolan will release July 20, 2012.

2012 may be over 2 years away, but thats already shaping up to be a busy summer: Star Trek 2, The Avengers, and Spider-Man are all releasing.

And thats about it. No news on casts, villain, story, shooting. Nolan has rejected out the idea of doing 3D, but is currently looking to do the entire film in IMAX.

via The Hollywood Reporter