Daily Scan for 08.17.09 - DC Loses Krypton, District 9 Wins Weekend

• Hulu fulfills a bizarre request for a show no one really ever wanted made: Yes, you too can watch every episode of the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated series online.
• Neill Blomkamp's political scifi social tale DIstrict 9 mopped up this weekend, easily reclaiming its budget in just one day.
• To commemorate the release of District 9, the Chicago Tribune lists the best and worst alien invasions.
• James Cameron issues a regrettable quote about Avatar: "It's Dances with Wolves... in space." Oof. I do not want to watch that.
• DC Comics has lost a significant portion of the Superman license to the Siegels and Schusters in a landmark legal case. Basically, DC no longer owns the planet Krypton.
• What could be a better mesh than Voltron and LEGOs? Heck, Voltron's pretty much already a LEGO robot, made of interconnectable lions.
• Classic movie characters like Laurel and Hardy and Clark Gable go Star Wars.










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