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Comic-Con has come to a close, but that doesn't mean we don't have another huge load of SDCC-related links to dump on your heads!
- Here's Boba Phat and Pirate Vader (via).
- A lengthy 9-minute preview for AMC's The Prisoner (via). They're definitely taking it in a new direction, but it looks pretty neat. And hey, there's Rover!
- A trailer for the upcoming TV show Spartacus: Blood and Sand (via). Looks like lots of sex and violence. Fun!
- The ISB has a roundup of SDCC news that may not be strictly true.
- Twitter gave us interesting glimpses of what was going on at SDCC as it happened: comics legends sitting together talking comic book history; Adam Savage creeping out Mike Mignola; poor Jane Wiedlin having an embarrassing day in which her dress busted open and had to be quickly pinned and sewn back together, and the housekeeping staff at the hotel ignored her Do Not Disturb sign and came in to find sex toys lying out in the open; Chris Hardwick describing his favorite Comic-Con moment—"seeing a guy dressed as Wolverine stop to take a hit from an asthma inhaler"; Jon Favreau tweeting a picture of an amazing Iron Man helmet that a fan made and asked him to sign (via); RJ White engaging in some long distance heckling while browsing costume photos on Flickr.
- Speaking of which, how about a Flickr set of slave Leias at Comic-Con (via)?
- Hurley from Lost advertises his Mr. Cluck restaurants (via).
- Check out the awesome trailer for Tron: Legacy (via), a real-life version of a light cycle (via), and some nice Flynn Lives T-shirts (via). Plus, Disney put together a replica of Flynn's Arcade from the Tron universe, complete with real arcade games.
- Adam Savage went to Comic-Con in a costume that hid his identity, then challenged his Twitter followers to find him and/or guess what he was dressed as. Cool idea! Here's the reveal.
- Another photo of the Iron Man armor Marvel had at its booth (via), plus Marvel's complete SDCC photo set (via).
- A few clever T-shirts (via, via).
- Nerd World and Cinematical are both pretty excited about Kick-Ass. io9 describes the footage shown in detail. Peter Jackson talks Lovely Bones and more.
- Details on Jonah Hex (plus a description of the footage shown), Toy Story 3 (more from Disney here), Priest, Futurama, Fringe, Book of Eli, and Legion.
- Angelina Jolie might be back for Wanted 2.
- Terry Gilliam on The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and why he sees it as the culmination of his work so far.
- Zack Snyder on Sucker Punch and the 300 sequel.
- Edward James Olmos compares The Plan to Blade Runner.
- Robert Downey Jr. on Iron Man 2.
- Neill Blomkamp says no Halo for him.
- The 17 most expensive toys and collectibles at Comic-Con.
- Pretty exciting trailer for the second season of Star Wars: Clone Wars.
- The editors of DC and Marvel on the future for their comic book companies (Marvel's future will include zombie vampires; oy!).
- Trailers for the Warren Ellis-scripted anime versions of Iron Man and Wolverine. Cool stuff!
- The folks gathered together for the screening of Green Lantern: First Flight all chanted the Green Lantern oath together, and may have thereby set a world record.
- More on the lineup of heroes that will appear in the eventual Avengers film.
- io9 describes footage from Iron Man 2 (here's a sweded version!), FlashForward, and Jennifer's Body.
- Details on the difficulties behind adapting Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels to film.
- The results of the 21st Eisner Awards.
- Rumor has it Clark Kent will finally become Superman in an upcoming episode of Smallville, and that a few lucky conventioneers got to see the new super suit.
- The next Resident Evil film will be in 3D and will be the start of a new trilogy.
- Photos from Disney's areas at Comic-Con (via).
- Gary Oldman says the next Batman movie will begin shooting next year with a potential release date of 2011.
- A gallery of the hottest women of Comic-Con 2009 (WARNING: not all of them are hot. Some are really scary).
- And finally, here's an image that sums up the end of Comic-Con pretty well (via).
Your regularly scheduled, non-Comic-Con Whiz after the jump.
- Twitter is apparently banned from the White House. (Via)
- If aliens are monitoring our TV broadcasts, here's what they're watching now. (Via Tom)
- Ridiculously realistic ballpoint pen portraits. (Via)
- A photo gallery of musical rats. (Via)
- The restricted trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine.
- The Netflix Prize Contest is officially over.
- Download Squad points out some particularly bad Twitter background designs.
- Video games reviewed by their box art.
- A review of Wii Sports Resort.
- Boxing, fire-breathing werewolf!
- The ISS once again analyzes the movies being released in the coming month, so you don't have to.
- "James May, co-host of the British Top Gear television series, is going to attempt to build a full size, two story house entirely out of LEGO bricks."
- Rubik's Cube sandwich!
- A dude climbs a building with suction equipment made from an old vacuum.
- Electric ruler.
- 20 heroes pulled out of retirement.
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