Wednesday, March 12, 2014

1PanelReview DeepStar Six


In 1989, 5 (no less!) horror films taking place underwater and seeing a crew face some supernatural danger while testing the strength of their teams were released simultaneously, one after the other.

These films were in theatrical release order: DeepStar Six, Leviathan, Lords of the Deep, The Evil Below and finally The Abyss.

This is one of them.

#AwesomeCosplay Pics of the day: Scooby-Gang!

Here's an awesome group of cosplayers!


Jinkies!

They even got Scoobs!

Photographer: Benny Lee, source: courtesy from Riddle.

#DC News! Second Look at The CW's Flash design

After the teaser comes a better look at the new Flash!


Courtesy from DC Comics.

I dunno... I guess it looks sort of okay, for what they were going for/CW/today's "grittier standards". It's like the Dark Night Returns-era all over again.

I MEAN, it's a darker red. "More anchored in reality". Lots lines. No white in the logo but yet another shade of red. The red boots, I'm okay with. Like a kind of allusion to the 1990s Flash series.

I still need a look at a full body shot just to check the belt design and if he's gonna have a collar-thingie. And that won't give us the final look, remember Arrow! The way it actually looks on screen might differ due to photography, etc.

So far... It's good enough.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

MR:Quickies Tremors series


The textbook definition of B-movie monster genre.

#Randomz - President Obama keeps Aziz Ansari Humble

While we're on Aziz Ansari lately, here's Obama picking on Aziz as he mentioned in his stand-up:



Ha!

Epic!

Monday, March 10, 2014

#Blog - What did you do this weekend?!


Hey there everyone!

What did you do this weekend?

Me? I watched what probably was - without a doubt - one of the most fun films I've seen in a while!


You'll believe it when you see it, indeed!

Troll Hunter is a "little" Norwegian film. Done in "found footage" style.

I'm usually not super fan of the genre. For one the genre's been over done in recent years. Following Blair Witch Project, there's been countless cheap clones just to cash-in on the genre. And on the other hand it's a relatively cheap way to produce low budget films, when done the easy way.

But while I'm not a big fan of these countless Rec and Paranormal Activity these last few years, prompting not only a revival of the genre in this post-youtube generation, but also a dozen or so more horror-fount footage films, I kind of like the idea to try exploring other genres through this technique.

Call it a reaction to the First Person/Platformer game Mirror's Edge. I dunno.

I really enjoyed Cloverfield. It was a genuinely fun take on the whole monster movie/kaiju genre. And probably the best attempt to make this cinematic style "epic" and big budget. It also was mostly filmed continuously, with no to very little cuts. That was impressive!

The same way people are now trying to make found footage-based scifi films such as the very fun Chronicle and the upcoming Welcome to Yesterday (pleasedontsuck,pleasedontsuck!!)

Troll Hunter was a really fun adventure/fantasy film following this badass "Troll Hunter" guy, done documentary style. I really loved watching this badass Norwegian hunter talking so seriously about all sorts of trolls, their natural habits and hunting them. Man, talk about fantastic acting! (and it's well worth watching it in its native Norwegian with subtitles - like foreign films always should be watched! - over a translated dub)

The Trolls looked great. They had great CGi, natural animations, with a very refreshing art style compared to the lame monsters Hollywood produces these days.

And such a breath of fresh air from all these oh, so serious grim 'n' gritty movies these days. Or the usual horror-sploitations found in this found footage "genre".

Will we ever get, someday, a found footage/comedy film? I doubt so... but it could be an interesting experiment in a TV Series-setting for one episode, for example.

Can't wait to see other films from the director, André Øvredal.

All in all, watch it! You might enjoy it!

#Random - Aziz Ansari introducing Seal

When Aziz introduced Seal at a concert, he did really start singing his song.



This really happened!!

And here he is telling this story on Conan:


Sunday, March 9, 2014

CBR:Quickies Army of Darkness (Series 2)


Fresh from his crossover with Marvel Zombies, Ash and the Army of Darkness returns in this all-new second comic book series!

The world goes the way of the alternate ending of Army of Darkness, a League of Chosen Ones join forces, Ash drops by in the past to say hi to Xena, our hero fights alongside another Sam Raimi classic Darkman, and finally... The kings of horror duke it out in Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash!!

ComicPanelsOfTheWeek: The Thing Vs. The Hulk

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Fantastic Four © Marvel Comics

ComicPageOfTheWeekend: Happy Birthday Nightwing!

Dayum!

Keep an eye on Batgirl...

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Young Justice © DC Comics