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Iron Man 2 Gets a Badass New Trailer
I shouldn't even have to write anything to convince you to watch this trailer. But if, for whatever strange reason, you need motivation to check out two and a half minutes of badassery... let me just say, Iron Man and War Machine fighting robots! Yeah!
SMCR: Awkward Zombie
Katie Tiedrich was born as the daughter of wealthy Russian aristocrats, has been a pirate and created the nation of Switzerland. Katie has even been through self made time rifts and fought insect mutants. But then again, so has our editor in chief. So why is Katie the center of SMCR today? Awkward Zombie.
Review: Alice in Wonderland
If years ago someone had asked me who I would like to see adapt Alice in Wonderland into a live action film, I would have said Tim Burton. I doubt, however, that I would have said Linda Woolverton would do the screenplay. Her background in animation (Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Mulan) makes her great for a Disney animated remake, but she’s not quirky enough for a Burtonesque film. This is reflected in the movie, where the direction is strong and the script is weak. As my new boss said to me, if you’re a Tim Burton fan you will like it, otherwise you won’t.
Seriously: Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
I'm sure that, by now, you've heard of the classic literary mash-ups like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies or Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. The books, described as quirky classics, have been best sellers, but they haven't exactly garnered universal praise. With each new entry there seems to be a whole lot of people going 'huh? It's a what? I'm sorry I'm not dressed so I didn't understand.' I'm predicting that the latest entry, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, will probably get the same reaction. Some people will love it and others will just sit there and say "That's actually a book?" Soon, though, you'll also have to be saying "That's a movie?" as Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov have picked up the rights to the book on its release day.
Anaheim Hoping to Steal Comic-Con
For anyone who's been to Comic-Con, the largest gathering of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, you already know of the massive number of attendees, the nonexistent hotel rooms, and the general hassle of moving through the packed convention center. With 126,000 fans crammed into the San Diego Convention Center, organizers have run out of exhibitor space and attendees are without hotel room prospects. A proposal to expand the Convention Center has been endorsed by citizens of the area, but there are currently no plans to implement this idea. With these issues in mind, it's no surprise that there's talk of moving the convention from it's birthplace in San Diego.
This is Fun: Wolfman and Universal Get PWNED by Twilight Fan
Did you hear that Universal? You should be ashamed of yourselves as you've just been owned by a die-hard Twilight and Taylor Lautner fan, Kayla Patterson. Patterson wrote in to Universal complaining about the film's attempts to rip-off Twilight and the wolfpack that Lautner is a part in his role as Jacob. That's right Universal, even noobs like Patterson can tell that you are a bunch of hacks and not the original bearers of werewolves on our...oh wait Universal were the first people to bring werewolves to our screens and they were violent, blood thirsty and awesome, the epitome of man giving into his most animalistic tendencies; not shirtless pretty boys. Read on and enjoy the unedited ramblings that are Kayla Patterson putting Universal in its place.
Review: Karakuridōji Ultimo Volume 1
Or: From Hiroyuki Takei and STAN LEE
Karakuridōji Ultimo is the latest manga series from writer/artist Hiroyuki Takei, of Shaman King fame. Ultimo, as it will be called from here on out, was co-created with the esteemed Stan Lee, and if you don’t know who Stan Lee is, you should just stop reading now.
Tim Robbins To Play Dad in Green Lantern
That's dad to Peter Sarsgaard's Dr. Hector Hammond not Ryan Reynold's Hal Jordan. Heat Vision Blog broke the news today that Robbins will play Hammond's father, Senator Hammond.Not much is known about the character Senator Hammond. All that has been established so far is that he is constantly displeased with his son who can never really seem to impress him. That long-standing disapproval should end up as one of the catalyst's for young Dr. Hector Hammond's turn to more evil ventures which are then amplified by his discovery of a meteorite that grants him psychic powers.
Joe Johnston Talks Captain America
With the upcoming release of Universal's The Wolfman director Joe Johnston has been doing interview after interview. Naturally the focus of each interview has shifted from what he's just done, The Wolfman, to what he's about to do, Captain America. That has resulted in a discussion of the man, the costume, the villain and the supporting cast of Captain America.
This is Awesome: Traditional Japanese Style Pokemon Art
What would the outcome be if you combined the creatures of the Pokemon universe with the traditional Japanese ink line art style seen in Okami? If you answered complete and utter awesomeness then you would be correct. Apparently someone else thought so too, and the artist has gone to the trouble of drawing 251(!) Pokemon in the manner that the Japanese illustrate folklore monsters.
