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Andy Hertzfeld, the original Macintosh systems programmer, talks about MacHistory and how he fell in love with Open Source software.

 

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Bob X Cringely has launched his weekly interview show, NerdTV which is only available on the Internet and downloadable. Copying and sharing is encouraged. The inaugural ep features an interview with Andy Hertzfeld, the original Macintosh systems programmer.

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Marvel, the home of Spider-Man and X-Men, has a new name and 10 new movies in development, Variety reported. With its $525 million debt facility from Merrill Lynch closed, the company is changing its name from Marvel Enterprises to Marvel Entertainment, reflecting its new business producing and financing movies internally without a studio partner.

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Marvel has identified 10 new characters and groups it will develop as potential feature franchises to produce itself: Captain America, the Avengers, Nick Fury, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Cloak and Dagger, Dr. Strange, Hawkeye, Power Pack and Shang-Chi.

Even when Marvel was a part of New Line, they made TERRIBLE MOVIES. There is plenty of money to be made with licensing. They have done well with Spiderman and X-Men. And some of those titles could do well in live action if the scripting good. Some concepts just don’t translate well from comics to live action, a la Avengers, Ant-Man and Dr. Strange. Power Pack, Black Panther, and Shang-Chi might play.

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Can the guy on the left be the guy on the right ? That’s the scuttle butt. This will be s John Singleton Joint. I hope he does better than Shaft.

Having been disappointed with Comic book movies more times than not, I am instinctively skeptical when I here one is coming out. Once in a while there is a good one, like the Spiderman Movies or the first Batman movie. You get all jazzed then you see Daredevil, or Hulk and you are back in the basement again. Haven’t seen FF, Batman Begins, or the last X-men movie yet, but I digress.

To tell you the truth, I haven’t seen much of the work that Tyreese has done. So I can’t account for his acting abilities but as a physical type I don’t think I would have casted him for this role. But I willing to be surprised. After all who could have thought that Will Smith could be Ali, or Jamie Fox could Ray Charles, or Samuel L Jackson could be Shaft … ok he didn’t quite pull that off. But you get my drift.

Anyway this guy says he’s previewed the script. Yea I know but read it anyway its kind of funny

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