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more about #gears ultra_balexbot: "The story of Gears Of War is a solid science fiction tale..." yeah...maybe if you read the manual. if you've actually played the game at all though ... more » tetracycloide: it's hard to tell if he is so inept he actually belives a gears of war trillogy will in any way resemble the lord of the rings trillogy or if he's so ... more » zenpoet: I think this has possibility, but I really do hope they stick with the existing story line. Hell, its not like there is much that would really need to... more » lightninglouie: Yep, Gears of War is just like Lord of the Rings, only "harder-edged." more » goldfarb: Len Wiseman and Chris Morgan? the guy who wrote Wanted? the chances of these films a) being made b) remotely resembling the games is very low... there... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: But... but... if the hobbitses has the chainsaws, then what does the dwarvses use? *mind explodes* more » -
#gearsofwar
Gears Of War Trilogy A Bloodier Lord of the Rings?
Turns out the Gears of War movie is actually a trilogy that's "basically a harder-edged Lord of the Rings," says director Len Wiseman. Now I'm envisioning Hobbits with chainsaw bayonettes — and it's beautiful. More » -
#mechanicrawl
Clockporn Tour for Retro Futurist Gearheads
Does it get you all wound up when you look at gears and measurement devices on giant, old machines? That's a perfectly normal reaction — we all feel a little awe in the face of machines whose precision and beauty has nothing to do with the digital. And the Long Now Foundation is celebrating those machines in the San Francisco Bay Area with a special "Mechanicrawl" tour this Saturday. A couple of weeks ago, Wired got a sneak peek at the tour route, which includes touring a 1940s warship whose sophisticated torpedo targeting computer (pictured) is all analog. Check out more clockporn below. More »
