The Last Call seems like a decent enough concept: audience members register their cell numbers before the screening, then the protagonist calls random audience members and asks for help. I could see it being fun for repeat viewings just to check out the different outcomes, but the over-dumbing of the protagonist seems a bit corny. Do they really need the audience to make ever little decision like “should I go right or left”? Hopefully this sort of thing paves the way for more interactive theater experiences that play out less like choose your own adventure books and more like fully interactive experiences.
Bonus points for the first interactive horror flick that lets you navigate the protagonist through gratuitous sex scenes.
The Losers was an awesome comic from DC’s Vertigo imprint which was loosely based on an old war comic of the same name from DC back in the 70’s. If you’ve never read Vertigo’s updated version, I highly recommend you head to your local comic shop immediately and seek out the back issues, or you can just pick up the trades from Amazon.
I won’t waste time explaining the plot since the trailer already does a fine job of that. Instead I’ll show you this bigger picture of a promo pic for The Losers all done up like one of the comic covers.
I kinda’ wonder why Aisha and Clay have traded spots in the promo, but I don’t think I mind one bit. Zoe Saldana’s curves look way better in the center than Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s would have. Mmmmm. Good Lord…
But you didn’t come for pictures and banter, did you? You probably just want to see the trailer. Well, here it is.
Now, I know I was skeptical at first, but then I started warming up to the idea. I have faith that Edgar Wright can pull this off — he did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz for cryin’ out loud! And besides, even the movie winds up being only half as good as the comics, it’ll still be freaking amazing.
If you haven’t read any of the Scott Pilgrim books by now, I highly recommend you go take care of that ASAP. It’s about a 20-something slacker in a crappy indie band and he has to fight this girl’s seven evil exes before he can go out with her. Oh, and when he beats dudes, they turn into coins and he levels up. Its kind of brilliant.
Edgar Wright has been working on a live action adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim comic series for what seems like an eternity. If you’ve never read the comics, check out my review of the first issue here.
I’ve been waiting for a trailer or poster or picture showing off the cast, and one has finally surfaced.
I wish I could say I’m pumped, but after seeing this, I’m just not.
Maybe I just had my hopes up too high. The hair on the girls look terrible. Like, Shark Boy & Lava Girl terrible.
Here’s hoping that the acting and direction holds it all together and doesn’t let me down.
Jame’s Cameron’s Avatar has been accused of ripping off everything from 1950’s sci-fi novels to album cover art, but this beats any other claim of ripoffery thus far.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present to you the 1985 Marvel comic Timespirits.
With all the talk of Cameron ripping off other artists for this flick, I’m surprised I haven’t heard anything about a boycott. Anyone change their minds about going to watch Avatar after seeing this?
Twilight fans don’t know anything about vampires or vampire movies… So Skyler Stone decided to stage a Twilight intervention in Los Angeles. Twilight fans show up to what they think is the red carpet premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon only to discover that they are not going to be seeing Twilight, but instead will be forced into a vampire intervention.
An unfair, mean-spirited waste of people’s time and just plain rude? Yes. Funny as shit to see spoiled bratty girls throw tantrums over fucking Twilight? Damn straight. And geek god Kevin Smith stuck up for these people.
Gantz (one of the most disturbingly awesome anime series I’ve ever seen) will be made into a 2-part, live action movie!
The film adaptation will feature Kazunari Ninomiya (Tekkonkinkreet, Letters from Iwo Jima), Shinsuke Sato (The Princess Blade, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror), and Ken’ichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Detroit Metal City) and the films are set to release in the spring and winter of 2011.
If you’ve never read the manga or watched the anime, Gantz is about these people who die and wake up in a room. In the center of the room is a giant black ball that sends them on missions. Each mission is pretty much a sick game where they’re forced to murder monsters and weird aliens, and an innocent little onion child. There’s typically some extreme consequences for not participating in a mission, which makes shit even crazier.
When Gantz isn’t being crazy-violent, it’s being crazy-sexual. There’s plenty of nudity, extreme sexual harassment, and big ol’ bouncin’ boobies.
I actually picked up Gantz on a complete whim at Best Buy. I had no idea what it was about. I just thought the case looked cool.
Here’s the packaging for the discs. It’s cool because there’s magnets inside the cardboard that keep the whole thing closed after you fold it up. Then you can just stick inside the big Gantz ball.
Here’s the back of the Gantz ball. It says “100 Pts. Perfect Score,” which is a reference to the points earned by the dead people playing the Gantz game. After each mission, they can use their points to get upgraded weapons and even wish dead players back to life. I’m telling you, this shit is crazy!!!
Here’s a peek at the anime:
The anime’s cool, but gets kinda’ weak towards the end. This is because the manga (which is still ongoing) was on hiatus or something, so the studio just had to do the best they could. I highly recommend checking out the manga. Shit will blow your mind.
The official site for the movie just launched, but it’s all in Japanese. Here’s a link for those of you who might wanna’ keep an eye on it for more news and whatnot.
This November, Sony will include PSP-exclusive digital copies with select Sony Pictures titles. It all kicks off on November 3rd when the American version of Godzilla hits store shelves, bundled with a PSP-only digital copy. Then, on November 10th, The Ugly Truth gets released with both a PSP-only digital copy and a DVD-ROM containing a traditional digital copy.
Too bad you need a PS3 in order to transfer the copy onto your PSP.
Here’s a few reasons why this is stupid:
If you own a PS3 in the first place, chances are slim that you’ll want to re-watch the movie on a tiny-ass screen.
Even if you don’t own a PS3 or Blu-ray player, seriously, who watches movies on their PSP? Remember what happened to movies on UMD?
Why release some Blu-rays with just a PSP-only copy, but others with an additional traditional copy?
Unless consumers can have the option to transfer their digital copies to a PSP with something other than a PS3, this whole concept is terrible.
Godzilla was terrible, the Ugly Truth looks terrible, and it probably is terrible.
By brownkidd on September 21st, 2009 in Art, TV + Film
A movie where oldschool graphic design and marketing heads talk shit/speak the ugly truth about the industry? Yes, please. As a big graphic design nerd, this sort of thing makes me tingle in the loins.
Me and YaYaLuvsCupcakes hit up the 16-minute sneak preview of James Cameron’s Avatar in IMAX 3D this past Friday and it actually wasn’t as bland as the trailer that was released last week. There a few scenes shown, showing off everything from how the film will utilize 3D, the range of expression that the CG characters are capable of, what CG jungles will look like, how intense the action scenes will be, and some hot alien chick nipples.
Not to seem like a jerk, but this looks kinda’ “meh.” The alien people suffer from a severe case of Disneyeyeballitis. They look like the faerie things from Fern Gully or something. All this hype was making it seem like the CG was gonna’ look hyper-realistic, but it looks kinda like Pixar. Maybe it’ll look better on a big screen in 3D, so I’ll at least try to reserve my judgment until after I check out the 16-minute preview at my local IMAX tomorrow.
If you’re not following Zombieland on Twitter, then you probably didn’t catch the word on this new red band trailer for the movie. There’s lots of slow-motion gore, zombie boobies, and lots of bad words – proof that this movie will be amazing.
Scarlett Johansson was hot enough, but now that she’s a redhead wearing skin-tight leather for her role as Black Widow in Iron Man 2, her hot-factor just got amplified by about a gazillion on the schwing-o-meter.
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Daily Graffiti: Creepy-eyed Pikachu
Street Fighter Prosecuted In Car Vandalism Case
Nerdgasm: Lucky Wiimote
Keepers of the Silhouette Tower – Handmade Custom Dunny Series by f+
Creepy Steve Jobs Head Made Out Of Cheese
Super Secret Superhero Kegger Caught On Google Street View
Priorities
The PokéWalker: Haters Gonna’ Hate
Claymation ‘Evil Dead’ In 60 Seconds
West Sayid
New Poster For ‘Scott Pilgrim vs The World’ Is Kind Of Epic
Daily Graffiti: Mushroom Kingdom Graffiti Mural
Nerdgasm: I want to be this Famicom when I grow up.
Firepower Flower Pot
Fresh-ass Fanart: Disney Princesses as Sailor Moon Girls
