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This video was emailed to us from Spike TV in preparation for the Video Game awards which will be aired live on December 12, 2009.

This was sent to us from LucasFilms today. What does it mean to you?

Well the word was out there that ILM had put RSDS into one of the scenes in “Star Trek” (which is being released on DVD and Blu Ray tomorrow!) and the photographic evidence below is proof of that. Click the image to make it larger and see for yourself!

Entertainment Weekly has revealed that The CW has decided to air Smallville’s two Justice Society-themed episodes, “Society” and “Legends”, as a 2-hour movie event on January 29th, 2010. The episodes were written by Geoff Johns and will introduce Society members Stargirl, Hawkman, and Dr. Fate, as well as the return of Martian Manhunter.

Warner Bros has released the teaser trailer for Louis Leterrier’s remake of “Clash of the Titans”. Check it out below. No release date yet.

IGN has released the official trailer for Warner Premiere’s next direct-to-DVD animated film, “Justice League, Crisis on Two Earths”. Beware of possible nerdgasm ahead.

“Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths” will hit stores next spring.

Lionsgate has released the first official teaser trailer for Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass”. Check it out below.

“Kick-Ass” hits theaters April 2010.

This article was found on www.switched.com that explains the reasoning behind Hal singing the song “Daisy Bell” in “2001: A Space Odyssey”.

We’re sure many of you are familiar with the death-of-HAL scene from the Kubrick classic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ in which the rebellious computer slowly, and childishly, drones the lyrics to ‘Daisy Bell.’ It’s one of the most memorable scenes in a film loaded with iconic images (the obelisk monolith) and phrases (“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”), yet we’ve always wondered: Why ‘Daisy?’

It turns out that the choice of ‘Daisy Bell’ was a tribute to the IBM 704, which, thanks to the brilliant programmers at Bell Labs, became the first computer to sing, way back in 1962. The popular ditty from the late 19th century was chosen by geniuses John L. Kelly, Carol Lockbaum, and Max Mathews as part of a demonstration of speech synthesis. Before he’d penned the film’s namesake novel, author Arthur C. Clarke, who also co-wrote the screenplay, paid a visit to a friend at Bell Labs. There, Clarke was treated to a performance by the IBM 704, and later, inspired by what he’d seen, reproduced it in the dramatic death scene of HAL 9000.