Great geek news

If you're a true geek (or nerd), you've probably been keeping up with some of the news spilling out of Comic Con. Or even watching a bit of the coverage on G4 for something other than Olivia Munn in the Princess Leia metal bikini (I can't decide. Is she annoying or not?). But here are some of the highlights that got me jazzed.

Yahoo posted some clips from the new 25th anniversary DVD of Blade Runner. Love this movie. One of the many framed movie posters in my theatre room.

It appears those long rumored and thought dead notions of Joss Whedon doing a TV movie called "Ripper" for the BBC about the adventures of Rupert Giles may become a reality.

The mid season Heroes anthology called Origins will have its first episode written and directed by Kevin Smith.

Lucy Lawless will be appearing in the final season of Battlestar Galctica. Also, the title of the movie about the Battlestar Pegasus is called Razor, but I never knew where that name came from. Now I do. Patton was rife with good quotes. Here's another goodie: "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

The movie release of Watchmen may or may not feature the "pirate story." Personally, I'd rather the big screen release not include the interesting and thematic parallel, but instead show this story on an extended version for the DVD. There's just too much to include with the "main" story and fit into a movie under 3 hours. (Personally, I've always thought Watchmen was better suited to a long form mini-series for HBO or Showtime, clocking in around 10 - 12 hours. But the property has a good director, a fantastic cast and excellent source material, so I'm psyched for the flick anyway).

No links, but by all accounts the comic/movie hit of the Con has been Jon Favreau and scenes from the new Iron Man movie. Really, really, looking forward to this one.