Gizmodo: comic-con 08

DIY Iron Man Suit Is Beer Belly Ready, Wrong

Jesus Diaz — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT

We have covered quite a bit of DIY Iron Man components—including arc reactors, masks and repulsors—but never an entire DIY suit (unless you count Tony Stark minifigs). Thankfully, we only had to wait to this year's Comic-Con for it. I was going to headline this "Iron Man: the Retirement Years," but I'm sure you will come with better options in the comments. Updated: if you thought this was horrible, nothing—and I say nothing—will ever prepare you for the worst nightmare Comic-Con 08 had to offer (Warning: Not Safe for Lunch.)

I warned you. Seriously, who the hell is this guy? Can anybody tell us? [Film School Rejects and Wired]

Special Edition DC Xbox 360s Are Hot In the Non-RROD Sense

Jack Loftus — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Check out these four horsemen of the Xbox 360 apocalypse from ComicCon: one Watchmen, one DC Comics, one Gears of War, and one Terminator Salvation, all up for grabs as part of a contest from Warner Bros. These aren't just new cases, either, they're full-fledged Xbox 360 consoles. There's only limited info to go on right now concerning these custom consoles, so we have no idea whether or not the superheros and super powers splayed across the fronts of these Xbox 360s will be enough to combat the RROD that surely awaits each of them in the future. [Film School Rejects]

Up: New Pixar Movie Has Us Completely Puzzled

Jesus Diaz — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EDT

With Wall-e still hot in our minds, Pixar has shown their new movie teaser at Comic-Con 08. It's called Up and the movie plot has us completely puzzled:

The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named Carl Fredricksen, who walks around hunched over with a tripod cane. When he was a kid he met a girl named Ellie, who grew up in small midwestern town. The two fell in love and eventually got married. Her dream was always to explore the world and visit paradise falls, but as usually happens, life got in the way. They were never able to make good on their promise, and Ellie eventually passed away. Now Carl is a widower living alone in his small home. Developers are threatening to move him into an old folks home.

Seems risky for an animated movie, but also has the potential to become one incredible story. We can only hope that Carl learns how to use his GPS before taking off. [The HDR Room]