The goal is to have the TV in a position where viewers won’t have to strain their necks, and have the speaker in a position where it appearsar (to the viewer) that the sound is coming straight from the TV itself. You want to give the illusion that when you see someone speaking, the sound is coming from their mouth and not some little black box elsewhere in the room.

Next, the front-left and front-right speakers. They should remain about one-third of the way from the TV to the nearest wall, and equally distant on the other side. If your wall is abnormally near or distant then as a guideline the speakers should be between two and five feet away from the edge of the TV for most rooms. They should also be raised to ear level, if possible on speaker stands or mounted to the wall or ceiling. For all speakers, including the center channel, if ear level is not an option then angling the speakers towards ear-level in the central seat of your sofa or corner seat is the next best option.

If you have a total of five speakers, then the final two can go (at ear level) immediately to the side the viewers (2 to 5 feet away) or slightly behind or ahead of the viewers and angled towards them. If six speakers, the final speak goes directly behind (or possibly above and behind) the central seat in your theater. If seven speakers, revise that last instruction just a bit: Instead of mirroring the center channel you will mirror the front-left and front-right speakers a bit, and your “surround” speakers (speakers 4 and 5) can go a bit more forward.

The rest is simple too: Each speaker has a positive and negative wire, definitely make sure you don’t cross them at the speaker or when connecting them to the amplifier. If you have problems hiding the wires you can buy a plastic molding which goes around your baseboard or wherever and will both hide the wires and keep them out of the way.

The actor – who made a comeback thanks to movie The Wrestler – plays villain Ivan Vanko also known as Whiplash.

The star admits he got help from 24-year-old Russian model Elena Kuletskaya to learn the language.

He said “I had a lot of fun making that movie, and I think it will be better than Iron Man 1″.

The sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. as Anthony Stark, the man in the superhero suit, is expected to be released in spring 2010.

Flags may soon be flying at half-mast at Forbidden Planet comic-book stores. The announcement yesterday that Marvel – and the rights to its huge stable of fetchingly attired, furrow-browed superheroes – has been bought by Disney for $4bn has caused outrage among comic-hero fans. The Iron Man Marvel series has led to a new cartoon series and an an anime cartoon.

While it’s true that the Marvel/Disney union is one of those hybrids that demands a momentary pause, like Julia Roberts marrying Lyle Lovett or Liza Minnelli marrying anyone, it does raise some unusual possibilities. The idea of movie mash-ups between the two brands may be anathema to some, but let’s give them a little thought. A Little Mermaid/Silver Surfer romcom has a certain logic, while the tender side of the Incredible Hulk could be coaxed out were he to star in a knockabout comedy with Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King. Hulkuna Matata, anyone?