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March 11, 2008
February 1, 2007
How to start a comic book empire
According to a dude who runs Optimum Wound Comics. I've never heard of them either, but still, the piece does have some good resource material in there.
Transformers the movie. More bad art
Starscream is an abortion. Prime looks better in 'Earth mode' bar his ridiculous face. The overall style is quite complex. I'm optimistic they'll look better onscreen, but I still have no faith in this movie. Now, this has become watching a car crash in slow motion for me...
Starscream:
January 22, 2007
Lion-Emo: Thundercats given the Loonatics treatment
Not as bad as Loonatics, but he still appears to have gone a bit 'emo'. I fucking HATE emo.
January 8, 2007
Buffy Season 8 to come to fruition!
By way of the comic medium. But Whedon doesn't want to touch the anti-climax that was Angel. Yet.
December 28, 2006
CG Ninja turtles movie trailer - updated with new CG images
Pretty better each time I see it. I wonder if Eastman and Laird are still involved. I know Kevin Eastman now owns Heavy Metal magazine, but that's as far as my knowledge can go on that subject.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/teenagemutantninjaturtles/
And here is a series of direct download links:
http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/teenagemutantn...v
http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/teenagemutant...mov
http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/teenagemutan...mov
And new hi-res CG images worth checking out can be found here:
http://www.kino-govno.com/images/teenagemutantninjaturtles/teenagemutantninjaturtles_24.jpg
http://www.kino-govno.com/images/teenagemutantninjaturtles/teenagemutantninjaturtles_27.jpg
http://www.kino-govno.com/images/teenagemutantninjaturtles/teenagemutantninjaturtles_28.jpg
http://www.kino-govno.com/images/teenagemutantninjaturtles/teenagemutantninjaturtles_32.jpg
http://www.kino-govno.com/images/teenagemutantninjaturtles/teenagemutantninjaturtles_128.jpg
http://www.kino-govno.com/images/teenagemutantninjaturtles/teenagemutantninjaturtles_71.jpg
http://www.kino-govno.com/images/teenagemutantninjaturtles/teenagemutantninjaturtles_63.jpg
December 27, 2006
Fantastic 4, Rise of the Silver Surfer trailer
Here it be. Looks decent. Aimed at the young 'uns it would seem:
December 25, 2006
First image of Silver Surfer from Fantastic Four 2 movie
It's okay. Not as cool as I hoped, but there you go. The movie trailer for Fantastic Four 2 is expected to hit tomorrow.
December 1, 2006
Set pants to 'shat'. HBO buys Ennis' Preacher for TV!
YES!. Fucking Y. E. S. Thank General Niesler of the Knights Nick for unearthing this gold. For those who don't know why this is awesome, here is a quote from the piece:
The comic followed a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by a supernatural entity formed by an affair between an angel and a demon. With great powers, the preacher teams with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire to find God and hold him responsible for neglecting his duties.
http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=91367ff7&atype=news&id=18560
November 27, 2006
Good comic Noir 30 Days of Night turns film
And here are some clips:
November 25, 2006
Spiderman 3 preview featurette
And here's a link to all the previous Spiderman 3 trailers, including the first appearance of VENOM!
November 23, 2006
Transformers: It still looks shit
I officially resign all interest in this movie as a Transformers film.
Bumblebee with rockets? That's like giving Boxing Helena legs.
Meanwhile, if you wish to depress yourself even further, see the following link for all the chronicled horror regarding Michael Bay's upcoming product placement, shite story and CG abortion extravaganza, here:
http://www.noooz.com/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=transformers
November 14, 2006
The Spiderman 3 trailer from Comic Con - WITH VENOM
There's a lot of pre-vis graphics in there but don't let that bother you. Some footage from the new trailer too.
November 13, 2006
The Boondocks nail the banning violent video games vs banning guns argument
Amazing how a 3 panel cartoon is more intelligent than certain lawyers and self-serving politician worms.
October 6, 2006
Zack Snyder and Frank Miller's 300 - first official trailer
And it looks pretty fucking sweet. The visual style is very impressive and unique (at least to me).
September 29, 2006
Iron Man - to be played by Robert Downey Jr
I heard the SFX guys were FX testing for a 6 foot 3 guy, so I assumed it would be Favreau's drinking buddy Vince Vaughn. But I was wrong. And I'm glad I was as Downey Jr is a pretty dead-on perfect choice in my opinion.
September 18, 2006
Lego Batman
September 12, 2006
Nate Simpson: Bad-ass comic pencilling for food
Some smart fucker needs to hire this dude. His shizzle be off the chi-zain. Awesome game concept art too.
My favourites:
http://www.ncsimpson.com/2d019.html
http://www.ncsimpson.com/2d015.html
http://www.ncsimpson.com/2d005.html
August 17, 2006
Updated: Michael Bay's Optimus Prime partially re-revealed
Crap. They've turned him into a hillbilly truck.
Click this
And here's some clipped JPEGS as one, leaked on Don Murphy's forum:
And here's the toy version he appears to be based on:
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=341&size=0&start=0
Two shots of Ironhide in truck form:
Shot 1 >>>
Shot 2 >>>
More Transformer Movie goodness here:
http://www.noooz.com/archives/2006/06/transform...
August 12, 2006
Great interview with Zack Snyder on the Frank Miller 300 film
He's basically going to do with 300 what Rodriguez did with Sin City and use the comic as the storyboard and the in-comic text as the script.
August 9, 2006
Stan Lee and Dark Horse comics need a hero
A superhero. In a reality TV show. This is surely going to yield results of only the highest comedy value.
August 7, 2006
Sam Raimi's career; DOOMED
Behold - the Japanese version of Spider Man. This is *so* fucking bad it comes close to hitting that line where it becomes genius:
August 5, 2006
Spider Man 3 panel from Comic Con
Taken from the movie's blog. Hopefully they'll put the full teaser they aired on it soon. You get to see Venom for the first time too.
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/spiderman3/blog/
And here's a new interview with Thomas Haden Chruch on his role as Sandman:
http://superherohype.com/news/featuresnews.php?id=4599
August 4, 2006
Sequel to Batman Begins = The Dark Knight plus new casting news
So I'm guessing this is based on Frank Miller's 'Dark Knight Returns' novel, much like Batman Begins was based on Year One. Oh and Heath Ledger is the Joker. Surely he's too young for the part?
August 3, 2006
New footage from the Ghost Rider film
It's Nik Cage transforming into the flaming skull. Also, I played the PS2 version of the game at Comic Con and it's a polished-looking God of War rip-off, but needs more moves as killing crows and mindless zombies got dull pretty quick.
July 28, 2006
Grant Morrison and Deepak Chopra talk the seven spiritual laws of Superheroes
This was truly a mind-bending talk. Much as people call Chopra a shiester, there's no question he raised some very interesting and thought provoking points and theories. Well worth a watch if you're into creative development of ideas, characters, stories and other such, in any medium.
This is about an hour and a half long >>>
Bigger video >>>
And here's some fanboys ripping into the event on a net forum:
http://www.barbelith.com/topic/25247
July 23, 2006
Transformers fans: a sliver of hope!
Optimus Prime's original voice actor, Peter Cullen will be voicing Prime in the film. Even through Prime is a hillbilly truck, this is a silver lining in my view.
July 19, 2006
Special Boy; handicapped hero
Not as funny as the stuff on Sean Baby's site, but still fairly amusing.
Not going to Comic Con? Here are some places to get everything you could possibly need
These guys are doing a week long report on the whole thing:
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3152108
And this is the official Comic Con site:
http://www.comic-con.org/index.php
July 7, 2006
Darth Vader: the true story
A comic strip about Anakin's secret desire to become a black man:
http://www.myspace.com/daddyvader
And the official site with all the comics >>>
June 28, 2006
Spiderman 3 trailer
See the venom symbiote eat the hand of Spiderman. Sort of.
June 17, 2006
Spiderman does the unthinkable...
June 2, 2006
Like music? Like Superman? Then this is for you...
Samples from the Superman Returns soundtrack. It's very John Williams, despite being composed by John Ottman. I particularly like Saving the World.
June 1, 2006
Avi Arad leaves Marvel to become independent film producer
No idea what to think. There's an official press release about it in the following link:
May 31, 2006
Spider-man cartoon redubbed comedy
Awesome.
The Fellowship of the Lube part 1 >>>
The Fellowship of the Lube part 2 >>>
And if you liked that, try the X-men... in SPACE!
Part 1 >>>
Part 2 >>>
Batwoman will be fingering dykes
Y'know, so dams don't flood cities nearby, like what characters do in cartoons. That, and she'll be returning as a lesbian in a new DC series called '52'.
May 30, 2006
Further filmic rape of X-Men franchise quashed by Marvel
Though this is the same guy that denied Venom would be in SpiderMan 3, so he's probably lying.
May 27, 2006
X:Men 3 - the Last Stand against decent films
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANOUNCMENT; DO NOT SEE XMEN 3 [SPOILERS WITHIN]
This is possibly the single most insulting film I have ever seen in my life. If you loved the first two films, or even marginally enjoyed them, please do yourself a favour by NOT watching this utter shit. 'Borrow' it off the internet if you have to see it, but DO NOT PAY WITH MONEY.
May 24, 2006
Ghost Rider film trailers unleashed
They should totally use the Henry Rollins Ghost Rider song as the theme, for it is a great song, sung as if by a very angry man.
By the Gods! Preacher to become HBO mini-series!
Oh fuck yes! Praise be! People will be fucking themselves on TV in brutal and comical ways, thanks to the words of the Preacher. I wonder what arseface will look like in televisual land?
http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23395
More about the excellent comic, here:
If you like comics, you owe it to yourself to read this one >>>
May 2, 2006
New Superman Returns trailer!
May 1, 2006
Jon Favreau to direct Iron Man!
April 24, 2006
The Fantastic Four go to see their own film
This is EXCELLENT. From the same guy who brought you the comedy Spiderman and Superman comics (also linked).
Fantastic Four see their own film >>>
Mysterio is Gay for Spiderman >>>
Krypton is a land of science >>>
And finally, the alternative origin of Batman >>>
April 21, 2006
You ever heard of those weirdos who do battle re-enacting?
Well here's a GREAT one. They all get together to re-enact the Marvel Secret Wars. Comedy GOLD.
April 19, 2006
More X-men 3 goodness; game and film sites open!
Not long now before we find out whether the Brett Ratner needs to be banished from the land.
April 17, 2006
More artwork and awesomeness from Frank Miller and Zack Snyder's movie adaptation of '300'
Like Gladiator, but better. Maybe.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060416e.php
April 14, 2006
X-men 3: new footage from the TV trailers online
Will it suck? Who knows. 'Multiple Man' looks a tad lame, but I'm liking what I've seen thus far.
April 7, 2006
X Men 3 TV spots aired and ready for net viewing
Right at the following link:
http://www.superherohype.com/news/x-mennews.php?id=4055
April 3, 2006
Funny 'doctor doctor' joke
Duke Russell of Christian is reponsible for this comedy gem...
March 28, 2006
Zack Snyder on board to direct film of 'The Watchmen'
He's the guy in charge of the film adaptation of Frank Miller's 300. I think.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060327d.php