Reader Nathan Yuen sent along this link with a trailer for Batman: Gotham Knight. The DVD release will feature six animated shorts from different directors. The preview looks amazing. There’s only a quick shot but one of them looks to be inspired by Murakami’s Superflat style. Brilliant!
DVD drops July 8. MUST. GET!
[Via Wired]
This week we have Masked Rider 1 and 2 from Kamen Rider: The Next and an amazingly detailed 1/144 Super HCM Pro version of Char's Zaku II. Big thanks to HobbyLink Japan for once again hooking us up.
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Though Emma’s voice in my head is slightly older than the voice actor they chose, this is actually quite good. Whedon’s dialog works best when read out loud. I also love the subtle enhancements to the animation, the little wisps of hair, the undulating ocean, nice and subdued. Cassaday’s art doesn’t need any fiddling.
I know Crossgen was experimenting with this style of animated comics and if they were still around, I suspect they’d be at the forefront of this technique. So the question is, if Marvel does more of these animated comics and releases them for free to spread virally, aren’t they subverting their whole subscription online comics?
Hope they do more and I hope more companies do their own versions.
Reader Mikey D is at it again! This time, he sent over this trailer for Troma’s latest, Poultrygeist.
LOLZ!
Awesome! Not Black Sheep awesome (that movie is seriously full of the awesome), but awesome still. Most Troma films are so bad they’re awesome. Troma is fully aware of their place in schlocky less-than-B horror films. They don’t take themselves too seriously and clearly have a lot of fun making these insanely bad movies. Camp at its dirtiest.
I would probably pay money to see this if it was playing near me. But I’d have to go with a big group of people looking to just have some mindless fun. Turn your brain off whenever you watch anything from Troma because thinking too hard about what you’re watching will ruin the fun.
Here’s a much more tasteless trailer that may offend your boss if he catches you watching it. Hell, most of the stuff Troma releases will offend your boss. But I couldn’t stop laughing!
[Via Poultrygeist]
Audrey showed this to me last night. No one has ever filmed something like this before. It’s so compelling that National Geographic is actually doing a Mother’s Day special decontructing and analyzing this amazing battle for the “Caught on Safari” series.
The message is clear. Don’t fuck with the buffalo! From now on when ever I get the chance, I’m eating only buffalo burgers and buffalo wings to gain their amazing powers of awesome!
[Via National Geographic]
Though the cast photos of the upcoming G.I. Joe live-action movie have generally filled me with meh, I am a big fan of Christopher Eccleston pictured here as a chromeless Destro. I quite liked him as the 9th Doctor so I could be convinced to actually buy a ticket at some point.
They seem to be casting a wide net with the marketing love fairly as multiple sites are carrying different photos. I’m not impressed so I didn’t bother collecting them, but Marty has a good run down of the various cast pics. I will say that Baroness with glasses is a million times better than Baroness without glasses. But the Baroness does not a movie make unless it’s some sort of freaky snake porn and then you’ve just gone too far.
[Via Blast-O-Rama]
Rain is a Korean pop star who beat out Stephen Colbert in Time magazine’s list of most influential people. So Colbert challenged Rain to a dance off and awesome occurred! Who knew Colbert could step it up!
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is asking residuals from new media profits. Writers and directors wanted the same and the producers agreed. So why are the producers refusing to listen to SAG demands? Apparently, the SAG wants more more more.
In a statement, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) said, “In the end, this round of SAG negotiations ended without an agreement because SAG simply refused to recognize the fundamental business and labor principles that have already been accepted by directors, writers and producers. Under these circumstances, with SAG’s continued adherence to unreasonable demands in both new and traditional media, continuing negotiations at this time does not make sense.”
Instead, the AMPTP is set to start negotiations with the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists (AFTRA) who are more likely to accept a deal similar to the one given to the writers and directors.
It looks like the SAG is ready to strike.
More people probably know SAG members without realizing it while they would probably struggle to name writers of their favorite movies or shows. In that respect, I think there will be more public interest if the SAG does strike. But will the public support the cause? Times are tough all around. Will the public support actors asking for internet residuals when gas and food prices are steadily rising? Are movie goers tired of these strikes or will they rally around the SAG?
Thanks to Nelly for keeping an eye on those pesky actors.
[Via E! Online]
Reader Kevin Bahrt sends word that M. Night Shyamalan is directing a live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender movie. And though the thought of a giant hyper realistic CG Appa fills me with squee, I hesitate to get too excited. Although Shyamalan is known for complex, and at times convoluted, plots and I have no doubt that he’ll treat the source material with a great deal of reverence, he’s not so known for his action scenes.
Avatar has a wonderful world to explore full of rich culture and amazing fantasy. But there’s also an element of superb martial arts action. The action in Avatar serves the storytelling much better than most other animated shows. It might be a good idea for Shyamalan to hire the action consultants who work on the show. Who better to teach actors the martial arts of the world of Avatar.
Cautiously optimistic for this one.
Hawk sent me this early in the morning to start my day. I think the trailer is a beautiful primer on who the Avengers are. Very well produced. Has an epic feel. Then they go ahead and ruin it with this whole Children of Avengers Avenge their Avenging Parents thing. That and I don’t like the character designs all that much. They’re clearly trying to pander to a younger audience. This is obviously not for old coots like me.
Sorry Marvel. I’m still holding out for anime Bats. Thanks to Hawk for the strange wakeup call.
[Via Marvel]
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