December 2012 – Page 9 – Dangerous Universe

11 mil see ‘Walking Dead’ midseason-wrap premiere

UncategorizedDecember 3, 2012

Nearly 11 million people watched the mid-season finale of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” at 9 p.m. Sunday night – about 60 percent more people than had tuned in to same, last year.
AMC’s zombie-drama — the most watched ad-supported drama series in basic cable history – is also, as of its midseason break, TV’s second most watched program of the fall among 18-49 year olds advertisers prefer, behind only NBC’s Sunday football.

via 11 mil see ‘Walking Dead’ midseason-wrap premiere – The TV Column – The Washington Post.

A Day of Dissapointing Movie Posters

UncategorizedDecember 3, 2012

Not that I was hoping for much from the Star Trek: Into Darkness poster since the poster for Star Trek (2009) was so crummy, but I was hoping for more from Man of Steel. Look at how subtle the poster for the first Iron Man was, and even Thor. Then look at the ham-handed so overly Photoshopped it looks like a comp poster for Man of Steel. Heck, I even prefer the poster for Superman Returns over this.

Dead Star aka Supernova Concept Art

UncategorizedDecember 2, 2012

These are some drawings from the abandoned movie Dead Star that eventually morphed into the film Supernova (2000). While Supernova is a nice movie to look at, storywise it’s pretty terrible. It’s also known as having one of the most troubles post-productions of any movie in recent memory outside the recent Red Dawn.