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And So It Continues

First, thanks to everyone who entered the "Multiplicity" contest. I'll pick a random name this weekend and announce the winner here on Monday. Now, remember when I talked about the e-book cover game last week? If not, maybe these will refresh your memory:

Well, in the comments section, this cover was also brought to my attention:

And then, just tonight, I saw that there's a new anthology out with a very familiar image ...

Will it be the last time this image is used? I wouldn't hold my breath.

Finally, think you're good a Tetris? Think again. (It starts getting really crazy around the three minute mark.)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo

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Pre-Rapture Notes

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Last week I mentioned how The Silver Ring had been downloaded almost 10,000 times. Well, seven days later, it's now been downloaded over 22,000 times. Again, what does it mean? Who knows. The numbers are slipping in the US Store (currently #106, plus a new review calling it "Better than mediocre..."!) while in the UK Store the novella still hangs steady at #11. But I have heard from a handful of readers who said that they did download the novella, liked it, and then checked out The Calling. Two even said they were really looking forward to The Serial Killer's Wife. So at least there's that. You have to start somewhere, right? Hopefully this is it.

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So this guy -- the president of the aptly named Family Radio -- says the Rapture will occur tomorrow, despite the fact he also claimed the same thing would happen on September 6, 1994. Here's what he said recently in regards to that little boo-boo:

"At that time there was a lot of the Bible I had not really researched very carefully. But now, we've had the chance to do just an enormous amount of additional study and God has given us outstanding proofs that it really is going to happen."

Except, of course, if they had really done their research well, they would have noticed a little verse in the Book of Matthew, chapter 24, which says:

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."

Anywho, the most disturbing part of all of this is that some of these nutjobs want to euthanize their pets before tomorrow. Sad but true.

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Of course, if the Rapture doesn't happen tomorrow, then maybe the zombie apocalypse will. And because of this, I've lowered the price of The Dishonored Dead to 99 cents for a limited time on Amazon (US and UK) and Barnes & Noble. Get it before the zombies get you!

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Finally, with no thanks to Netflix, I've been watching through all the back episodes of Scrubs. I didn't realize I had already seen as many seasons as I apparently had. But I finally got to season six, a new season for me, which aired back in 2007. And think how pleasantly surprised I was when, during episode 124 entitled "His Story IV," which talks about the Iraq war, the janitor made a startling prediction.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXKLb1Y46s

That was four years ago, folks. Maybe these nutjobs should look to Sacred Heart's janitor for new outlook after tomorrow's faux pas.

Real Steel

Okay, so everyone knows that I love a good movie trailer. Well, awhile back I watched this trailer for a movie called Real Steel.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei5l3r1dV4I

My first reaction was a simple Eh. I mean, I know Hollywood's getting desperate to come up with more original movies, but just how high were those movie executives when they decided they should buy the movie rights to Rock'em Sock'em Robots?

But then, just last week, they released the second trailer to Real Steel.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T75j9CoBVzE

Now this is very important -- if you haven't watched both trailers yet, please do so. I'll wait. Back? Okay, did you notice something odd? Like how the trailers show two completely different movies? The first one doesn't even mention a kid. In fact, the kid's only seen briefly in the background for a second or two. And then, the second trailer comes along, and suddenly this movie focuses on the kid and Hugh Jackman creating a Rocky-type Rock'em Sock'em Robot. Obviously the kid factor was there all along, but I'm thinking that initial reaction was negative toward the film, so those film executives decided it was best to push the kid angle and show this as not just an action movie, but a family movie (and, of course, they pretty much showed the entire movie in the trailer).

Now I don't know about anybody else, but if I were a Hollywood executive, I would totally snap up the movie rights to this classic:

Or, better yet, a guaranteed blockbuster featuring these hungry hungry herbivorous mammals:

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Regular readers of this blog know how much I love a good movie trailer -- a trailer that, first and foremost, is interesting and well edited and, most importantly, doesn't give the entire movie away. Well, I recently saw this trailer that I've watched a bunch of times and still love (though the film's title isn't very movie-goer-friendly).

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERREgOobLOs