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New photos of our favorite bullwhipper (well, mine, anyway) have shown up online and can be viewed in rather expansive sizes here. Update: The photos have been removed by the "powers that be." You weren't missing much, as they were pretty standard promo shots. The second one is REALLY unflattering to Mr. Ford, especially with the standard joke about him being old enough to play his own father floating around everywhere. Now, I've heard some rather disturbing spoiler-esque chatter about Indy 4 that makes me cringe. I mean, this is a supernatural/religious based universe, right? Doing what it sounds like Spielberg is planning is... well... kind of like when your DM tosses out the fact that magic in the your D&D campaign is really the result of a giant computer that's running the medieval VR game your characters have been trapped in or something. It just kind of cheapens the whole thing for me. Not that he couldn't somehow pull it off, but it reminds me of how lots of classic sci-fi writers, in their later years, tried to somehow unify everything they'd written under one big reality. I dunno, Uncle Steven... I think you may have been hanging out with Mister Lucas a little too much...

Another update: Since the guys with the Ark of the Covenant yanked the Indy 4 photos, how about a look at the Joker from the new Batman film? While the performance is what will make or break this version of the Clown Prince of Crime, I can't help but wonder if someone involved with his "look" did work on the set of "Beetlejuice."

But TV news has some good stuff in it. "Chuck" has been renewed, and it is most definitely picking up the pace. "Journeyman" has also done some considerable growing, but it's still on the brink, not renewed but not cancelled for certain. If nothing else, we've been promised three more episodes, and "some answers," which are always appreciated.

In other Geeky TV, I've kind of grown tired of cop shows, so I hadn't paid much attention to "Numb3rs." That changed, at least for one week, when my lovely wife called me in to see last week's episode guest starring none other than Wil Wheaton! If you missed the episode (entitled "Graphic"), you can view it online for free (with commercials) here. Wil understands comics are a business, and that's why he's rich. :)

Rose Tyler will be back in TARDIS-country, along with two other female companions, it seems. At least one of my friends will be ecstatic about this news, and I'm sure the Whovian fanfic writers will have a field day with the Doctor's traveling "harem." I'm still not looking forward to that break they're taking in 2010...

And if you happen to be in Vancouver any time soon, you can take a Galactica Tour and see some of the locations that were used for the cities of Caprica. If you didn't catch "Razor" last week, do yourself a favor and either hunt down a rerun or buy the DvD. It was very well done, made a fine addition to the story, and handled the "disturbed character self-sacrifice" with a bit of unexpected flair that I was pleasantly suprised to see.

Well, it's late and I'm still a-workin' on schtuff, so on with the linkage:

- A while back, I blogged about Stephen Fry's "Voco" clock where his Jeeves voice would wake you in several amusing ways. The tracks have been updated to include a "Good Morning, Madam" model.
- This contains Half-Life 2 spoilers, but this instructive video explains how main character Gordan Freeman can be a bit of a jerk, especially with a flashlight.
- I still haven't had a chance to play "Rock Band," but here's a video of someone playing "And Justice for All" from Metallica using the drum kit. Dare we say that you'll learn an instrument if you play enough?
- Where no cat has gone before! It's a real cat fight set to Star Trek fight music. Incredibly appropriate...
- Ninjas are cool. Now, they're also horribly cute plushies. I think having these would bring honor to my dojo.
- Ramps is a fun little time-waster where you place and rotate ramps to get a ball to the target.
- And since it's been ages since I posted one, how about a good ol' point-and-click escape the room game?
- If you feel like entering a bunch of info and testing your photoshop skills, the makers of the Sarah Connor Chronicles are looking for some good ideas for promo posters. The winner will go to the premiere party and be spared when Skynet destroys humanity.
- Lastly, because it's always fun to end with horror, here's a comparative list of the unhealthiness of fast foods. What the heck is Arby's doing to their fries?!