Superman Returns Preview

Speaking of movie previews. This is (possibly) one from the new Superman Returns movie (June 30, 2006). The artwork for the poster looks very ALex Ross-ish to me. This movie preview may be a fan creation but it does appear to be footage from some sample featurettes that have been shown hare and there (here's a little more background). Since the music appears to be from the 1970s Superman movies, it made me think it might be a fan creation, but lots of movies use different music for the previews (especially a year in advance).

Things I noticed: he looks a bit like Christopher Reeves. A few scenes have a very feel from the old '70s movies. Especially on Lois's rooftop. Rumor has it Lois is dating Lex and has a baby, my guess is the last few seconds of the movie show the baby has some abilities of Clark's...

The New Video iPod

Apple finally did it! (Even though in the past they said they saw no need for it). You can buy videos on-line and play them on your iPod! Available in white or black.black (they make 60GB or 30GB models). I don't think I've had mine for a year yet and I feel like I need a new one! They've got content from ABC, Disney (I think it's $1.99 for ad free shows and videos) and 2000 music videos.

The new version of iTunes is 6.0 (they just released 5.0 a few weeks ago). Of course it plays music and podcasts and has photos too! I'm assuming you can buy a video without the iPod (I'm not upgrading to 6.0 until I back up my music) but it's giving me problems while trying to buy with version 5.0, I'm not sure if it's me or them (they might be overloaded or it might be the version)... UPDATE: It finally let me try this morning, but it responded with an error “you must have iTunes 6.0 to purchase videos” or something like that.

They also released a new iMac G5 that's very media-centric. A built-in firewire camera, a remote control and a navigable menu for movies, music and photos! No recording yet on the iMac, but I'm sure it's in the next model. That'll be the hook to get you to buy the Intel models in the future...