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Not to mention that Billy West - especially - and John DiMaggio have mentioned in numerous interviews how much they care for that show. Billy West once stated it was "the best gig he ever had".

Would they really risk the entire show for some money, when they care so much for it? Of course not. I am personally beginning to suspect this is not a trade negotiation issue, but a publicity stunt to get Futurama on everyone's lips again.

It also puts a lot more real to Comic-Con 2009's Futurama description:

1:00-1:45 Futurama: Life or Death?!" Be a part of sci-fi history! Join executive producers Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and stars Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, and Maurice LaMarche for high-stakes thrills as a top-ranking FOX executive decides live, on stage, whether Futurama will make yet another triumphant return or whether it is gone forever! The very fate of Futurama hangs in the balance! Paramedics will be standing by in case the intense excitement causes any panelists to collapse. Raucous celebration or abject despair to follow the news. Ballroom 20

FWIW, there's a "Sin City" FAQ, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the film, and a trailer that was first shown at the San Diego Comic-Con this past summer.

The upcoming Sin City (based on Frank Miller's graphic novel series, and it's directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller) uses a similar filmmaking technique as "Sky Captain," although not to the same degree. An FAQ is here.

Compare the behind-the-scenes footage to the trailer that was shown at this summer's San Diego Comic-Con (they had originally posted a 640x480 version but it's been replaced by a 480x272 version).

Check it out (there's a brief topless scene, so it's not SFW), if only for the shots of Jessica Alba dancing around seductively in leather chaps. :)

I suspect the reason the servers are dying is that they aren't "officially hosted." According to the movie blog, the trailer was released only on DVD to attendees of Comic-Con in San Diego.

Slightly OT:
At this year's Comic Con International, Marina Sirtis mentioned that Michael Dorn didn't have a real good time making parts of this movie -- particularly the ones where they were tooling around in a dune-buggy thing. Apparently, he was in the back seat all the time and got bounced around a lot.

She also mentioned that Dorn joked that this movie should be named "Star Trek: Narcissist" and coyly said that we could figure out who he was talking about ourselves. ;-)

Something I didn't realize until a few years ago at the San Diego Comiccon is that there's a real collector's market out there for the old Transformer toys, particularly if they're still mint and unopened, still in the box. Of course it's because most everyone actually actually played with their toys (a la the first Star Wars Kenner action figure line)...

VBT has the dubious distinction of being the only film that I have walked out on. Started as a potentially delicious black comedy with the death of the hooker and the frantic insanity of what to do with the body, but the cold-blooded murder of the security officer just made the film plain sick and evil.

There was one other film whose title I (thankfully) refuse to remember, but it was so bad and left such a horrid taste in my mouth and brain that I taped over the tape in 2, then 4, then 6 hour mode before throwing it away. I felt its evil was counter-balanced by the taping: I only used programs like Oprah and Jerry Springer.


And which Travolta movie are you talking about, Battlefield Earth?

I have a story for you about that movie. This year I was fortunate to attend DragonCon in Atlanta (very major SF con). There was a table for BFE, in fact, it was 2 or 3 booths wide. It was avoided like the plague. You could actually watch people moving to the other side of the aisle to avoid contamination from it.

Same thing happened at San Diego ComicCon: smaller booth, no one going near it.

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