Wolvie Gets Officialized

Over at Marvel's website they have announced that the Wolverine movie, slated for a May 1, 2009 the film will officially be titled X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This makes it relatively clear that they are planning a whole host of X-Men Origins... movies, with Magneto being the subject of the next. Unfortunately, after these two, have any other characters from the films been at all compelling enough for their own feature? Let us know what you think!

HOLY CRAP! Parallel Universes Exist!

So it looks as if those wacky bastards at DC Comics and Sliders were right, parallel universes do exist, according to this Oxford University Study.

Propers to Joe Shakespeare over at Brian K. Vaughan's Forums for cluing me into this story:

Parallel universes exist - study

Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as "one of the most important developments in the history of science".

The parallel universe theory, first proposed in 1950 by the US physicist Hugh Everett, helps explain mysteries of quantum mechanics that have baffled scientists for decades, it is claimed.

In Everett's "many worlds" universe, every time a new physical possibility is explored, the universe splits. Given a number of possible alternative outcomes, each one is played out - in its own universe.

A motorist who has a near miss, for instance, might feel relieved at his lucky escape. But in a parallel universe, another version of the same driver will have been killed. Yet another universe will see the motorist recover after treatment in hospital. The number of alternative scenarios is endless.

It is a bizarre idea which has been dismissed as fanciful by many experts. But the new research from Oxford shows that it offers a mathematical answer to quantum conundrums that cannot be dismissed lightly - and suggests that Dr Everett, who was a Phd student at Princeton University when he came up with the theory, was on the right track.

Commenting in New Scientist magazine, Dr Andy Albrecht, a physicist at the University of California at Davis, said: "This work will go down as one of the most important developments in the history of science."

According to quantum mechanics, nothing at the subatomic scale can really be said to exist until it is observed. Until then, particles occupy nebulous "superposition" states, in which they can have simultaneous "up" and "down" spins, or appear to be in different places at the same time.

Observation appears to "nail down" a particular state of reality, in the same way as a spinning coin can only be said to be in a "heads" or "tails" state once it is caught.

According to quantum mechanics, unobserved particles are described by "wave functions" representing a set of multiple "probable" states. When an observer makes a measurement, the particle then settles down into one of these multiple options.

The Oxford team, led by Dr David Deutsch, showed mathematically that the bush-like branching structure created by the universe splitting into parallel versions of itself can explain the probabilistic nature of quantum outcomes.

That was taken from here.

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Spider-Man 3 was worse than Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Why Corporate Parenthood is Good for Comic Movies

According to Moviehole, Warner Brothers is planning on using Superman in their upcoming Justice League movie. Wha huh??? This is about the best idea I've heard in a while. DC Comics is owned by Warner Brothers, which is the production company for all DC Comics inspiried movies. That means that Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman can be in the same movie, without going through more hoops than a trick poodle at a state fair. Marvel really missed out on this opportunity until they recently opened their own production company. Now, theoretically, Spidey can swing by in the background of the Wolverine movie, and the Avengers movie can actually come together, and still allow Captain America (R.I.P.) and Iron Man to have their own movies. I don't know if BJ Routh will be reprising his role as Supes, but I'm ok if someone else dons the Blue and Red. Different comic artists draw characters differently in different books, so why can't another actor play Superman? Although - for the sake of continuity - I hope he does come on board.

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