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Matt Smith has been named the 11th Doctor and he’s as old as I am. That’s just…weird. 

The official announcement finally came after months of internet rumors. There was speculation we could see our first female or African American Doctor but instead we get another tall, skinny guy with crazy brown hair. That’s really my only issue with the choice, I wish they had gone with someone physically different from David Tennant. At least get a red head in the role!

Last time there was a switch in Doctors, from Christopher Eccleston to Tennant, it was a surprise. This time I’d venture to say, it’s one of the most publicized announcements since Heath Ledger was named the Joker. Not only that but Smith is a relative unknown actor. His Imdb profile lists only seven roles to date and rather ironically he’s the 11th Matt Smith on Imdb. Coincidentally, three of those seven roles were alongside Doctor Who veteran Billie Piper in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Ruby in the Smoke and it’s counterpart, The Shadow in the North.

BBC did an interview with our new Time Lord on Doctor Who Confidential over the weekend. The UK version of their site doesn’t allow you to watch the video in the US but it has been uploaded to YouTube for your enjoyment.

I’m a wait and see kind of gal. I’m not going to make any judgments (except that one I already made above) until I see Smith in action. Steven Moffat, who is of course replacing Russell T. Davies as writer/executive producer, will also be under the microscope at first but definitely not as much as this poor guy is gonna be for the next year or so.

What do you think of the news? What’s your first impression of the new Doctor? The next question that begs to be answered: Who will/should be the Doctor’s new companion? I nominate myself. I’m certainly old enough!  :)

You can also view and discuss this article at my blog, TheNerdyBird.com.

Afro Samurai: Resurrection is the movie sequel to the Afro Samurai series aired in Januray 2007, on Spike TV. The series was six episodes long with Samuel L. Jackson voicing the lead character of the Takashi Okazaki’s manga. Spike TV have announced that Resurrection will premiere January 25th, 2009. Mr. Jackson returns to lend his voice talents along with a new cast of Lucy Lui and Mark Hamill. RZA (from the Wu Tang Clan) has also returned to do the soundtrack. It is going on my list of things to Tivo.

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Resident Evil: Degeneration shares more in common with Final Fantasy VII Advent Children than just being feature-length, CG films based on popular videogames; they are both rather disappointing, canonical additions that could have been so much more. With Hollywood and German filmmakers consistently running game adaptations into the ground, it was up to the originators of these franchises to show the world how it’s done.
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“The Most Delicious Hentai Soda on the Market.”

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Teddy Troopers are 3.5″ of incredible, beastly vinyl. From adfunture, comes the newest installment of these little kuma (bear) guys. They come blind box so you don’t know what one you are going to get, but they are all cool. Only eight different designs and at $9 a piece, you can easily justify getting one or two. 3Dretro has them up for grabs right now. The artists featured in the series include: Jeremy Fish, Frank Kozik, SEEN, Joe Ledbetter, Fortress, Parskid, Mr. Jago, and KRSN.

Nickelodeon has done something right for the children of today in airing the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Seriously, this show is good no matter what age you are, and parents enjoy it too (ask my cousin’s husband Jeromy). Anyways, Paramount and Nickelodeon have teamed up to preview the makings of this beloved anime. It will be a live action film and a product of M. Night Shyamalan. Yep, that guy that confused us with his sneaky The Sixth Sense movie and that weird The Village film. In a brief statement, Shyamalan had this to say about the progress of the casting:

“Casting has begun and we’ve seen thousands of kids. I believe we’ve found the next superstars.”

He also explained how he become so interested in doing this particular movie:

“I sat down and watched four television episodes back-to-back with my kids. We were riveted. I said, ‘This would make a phenomenal movie!’ My wife said, ‘This is the one you’ve been waiting for.”

The film is scheduled to make its debut July of 2010, but not much else has been released. I know this is far away, but this is something to keep our eyes on. It is one of those up in the air movies, especially with Shyamalan. Not to say he isn’t a good writer/director, but this would be something very far away from his usual films. What are your thoughts?