Spider-Man 3: NBC.com Exclusive HD Preview
March 6, 2007 | 2 Comments
If you don’t like to know much about upcoming movies and truly appreciate the surprise and enjoyment of seeing things for the first time in the theater, stop reading now.
NBC.com is running an exclusive HD preview of Spider-Man 3. The catch is that it will only be online until 12AM tonight! (Of course then you’ll just have to look for it on YouTube or Google video…) This is more of a clip, or full scene than a preview. It is a full 7m 31s long clip that shows three major scenes and then ends with a few short clips in preview style.
First it starts with Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson hanging out in a web expressing their love for each other. This then cuts to a scene with Peter telling Aunt May his intentions to ask MJ to marry him. Aunt May tells a touching story of how here and Ben met, as well as the fact that they would have been married 50 years if he had not been killed. She then gives Peter her engagement ring to give MJ.
This then cuts to Peter on his scooter where he is attacked by the new Green Goblin. After throwing him around quite a bit, the Goblin removes his mask, revealing Harry Osborn, and tells Peter he is going to kill him. Peter argues that he did not kill Harry’s father Norman and the chase begins.
This fight continues for a majority of the preview. The fight is particularly brutal. At one point Peter nearly loses Aunt May’s ring, but is able to fight off Harry long enough to get it back. At this point Harry starts pulling out some of his special goblin weapons.
Peter is able to use them back against him and catches Harry off guard. He finally gets enough distance between himself and Harry to setup a clothesline of webbing to surprise and takedown Harry.
We then see Harry fall four or five stories onto the pavement where he is seen unconscious. Peter rushes too him and begins CPR. We are left wondering if Harry is in fact alive. Having seen other clips in other trailers, Harry does end up in a hospital, so this must mean he survived.
This is where the “scene” portion of the preview ends. We then see the text “and the story continues…” Then it transitions into a series of clips from the movie. The most significant being of Sandman and Venom. I really love how they show Sandman as able to become huge in this clip.
Finally we are treated to our first clear, high quality shot of Venom. Sadly, it is the same shot we have seen blurry in previous leaked and official trailers.
I continue to be excited about this movie, but I am starting to think they are showing us too much. If this is the entirety of the Goblin vs Spider-Man action in this film, I will be a little let down that it was shown so completely to us. As much as I enjoyed this, I do appreciate secrecy and surprises in the theater.
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Free Ring Tones on Verizon Wireless
September 2, 2006 | 6 Comments
Anyone who has a cell phone generally reaches a point where the default ring tones are just too common. If you are anything like me, you aren’t all that excited about paying a bunch for a poor MIDI rendition of some song you like just to get it as your semi-unique ring tone. Luckily, if you have Verizon Wireless cell service you can get just about anything as a ring tone for the mere price of a text message. (Which on many plans is free or negligible).
First, find what you want as MIDI file. These are easy enough to find (usually they have a .mid extension). Simply search Google or somewhere and you’ll be doing fine. I personally use the Ramones rendition of the 1960’s Spider-Man cartoon, available at SpiderFan.org
Now, take that MIDI file and attach it to an email addressed to [your number]@vzwpix.com, ex. 5555551234@vzwpix.com. The email will show up in your Inbox and you can assign the attached MIDI as your ring tone! Note: this vzwpix.com email address is primarily intended for transferring pictures to your phone, which is another great use case.
Update: After some testing with friends, this is confirmed as working with 2 different models of Motorola phone, but not with LG. On the LG you can get the sound onto the phone, but there is no way to assign it as a ring tone. If you are testing this with your phone, try the MIDI I listed above as this is a standard MIDI format that is known to work. If you succeed or fail, leave a comment with phone and model so others will know what results to expect!
Keep in mind, you must have the rights to the music you are using. By downloading any old song as MIDI you may be breaking the law. I do not encourage or endorse this.
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