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Predator Rap

Published on April 21, 2008. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

It’s a day for you-tube videos.

Got sent this link today for a six-and-a-half minute rap that explains the storyline to the entire Predator move.

Impressive, if not for the fact that it explains the whole plot in such a short period of time, then for the fact that it’s done lyrically. And it contains that legendary quote, “If it bleeds, we can kill it”.

Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos to come to the big screen

Published on April 4, 2008. 0 Comments Tags: , .

According to anitcool Dan Simmons’ tetralogy, Hyperion Cantos, is being brought to the big screen by Warner.

I first came across Dan Simmons’ work with the Ilium series, a fictional re-hash of Homer’s Iliad where (SPOILER) the gods are actually postmodern humans who have brought the Greeks and Trojans back to life for fun. I really enjoyed the two novels in this duology, so much so I went out looking for more Dan Simmons work. That’s when I came across the Hyperion Cantos, a four book series that is one ripper of a read.

Can’t wait to see the conversion of this to a movie, though I hope it gets to stay truer to the novel than the Peter Jackson/Tolkien efforts of recent years. That being said, Hyperion Cantos isn’t quite as ‘heavy’ as the LOTR books.