This movie doesn't just make the other summer "comic book," movies look shabby, it makes all movies that have been released in the last 2-3 years look pretty pathetic. The Dark Knight not only delivers the endless thrills that a great superhero film should, but it is seamlessly woven into a gritty and beautifully tragic morality tale. I frakking loved this new Batman series because it has brought to life the actual Dark Knight landscape that Frank Miller and Alan Moore really set into motion 20 years ago. This Batman has real issues to deal with. Criminals that are competent, vicious and will hit him where it hurts.
Monday, August 4, 2008
The Dark Knight
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
Why does George Lucas hate humans?
While I will always be excited about the prospect of new Star Wars material, I have been less than thrilled with the snippets of "The Clone Wars." Specifically the latest from Comic Con. Lucas seems hell bent on using his massive team of designers to create more "cartoonish" looking characters instead of building on realism. I mean, George, I get that you hate actors and working with "actual people." But what's the point of putting all this energy into the project if your main characters are going to look like Hanna Barbara sketches plopped in front of a kick-ass backdrop?
Someone take the keys away from grandpa, please.
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TRON Muthaflippin' 2!!!
JoBlo.com has a detailed description of the Comic-Con 2008 trailer that caught everyone off guard (apparently since nary a cellphone video has appeared thus far):
"After sitting through the lame RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN panel for an hour (more on that later) I thought there was nothing that could save my sanity short of a nail driven into my skull. However, just as the talent table cleared out and the anxious audience made it's way toward the exit, our host got back on the mic and told us Disney had a little something special to show us. The lights dimmed, the Disney logo appeared, and then everything went digital.... and neon. Cue the teaser for TRON 2... "
Visit http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=22180 to read the rest of the recap.
I'm suddenly very excited about TRON again. I'd scramble for my DVD of the first movie, but then I thought... do I even have a DVD copy? Did they make one? Yes... they did and apparently I already bought it.
UPDATE!!! io9 has a sneakily shot shaky-cam version of the trailer. It still blows my pants off.
http://io9.com/5029516/tr2n-rips-your-eyeballs-and-light-cycles-off
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Did Abe Sapien's voice sound less like Niles from "Fraiser"? Sure, but outside of that I have no complaints with this visually stunning, kickass and hilarious sequel. I'm more excited now to know that Del Toro is doing the Hobbit movies. That guys imagination is crazy and I dig it big time.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Me. Like. Hulk.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
There and Back Again.
Now that the "overture," to the LOTR trilogy has a release date I think it is important to find out where Guillermo del Toro got his "geek card" and what qualifies him to direct this film (if the Hellboy franchise wasn't enough proof already) . As a personal aside, I really hope he gives Smaug the dragon real personality (like Peter Jackson did to the Ents), because the Smaug is not just a Hollywood CGI effect.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The Middleman
My favorite former, "Lost" writer has a new show on ABC family. If you liked the live version of "The Tick," and hated the way the X-files turned out but also secretly love the witty banter of those crazy Gilmore Girls... then this is your show.
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