ReelComix has posted the first five pages of the prequel comic to this summer’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army. If you were at WonderCon, then you might have seen it. Thanks to Dark Horse for providing a preview for the rest of us!
Hellboy: The Golden Army (the comic) tells us the story of the rise of, well, the Golden Army, who were pushed out of this world by humans long ago. In the second film of the franchise, this horde wants to come back.
Mike Mignola draws parallels to the European conquest of the Americas:
“The Indians were shoved onto reservations. You had your old, wise Indians who said, ‘You know, this is the way it is. We can’t fight anymore. We just have to accept our fate.’ You then have your Geronimo character saying, ‘Or we could just kill the White Man.’ That’s kind of the situation we have in the film. [...] The main difference is - what if the Indians had a nuclear warhead?”
Watch for copies of the comic, with three collectible covers, at conventions and events leading up to the movie’s July release.
Via The Movie Blog
There are a number of things I don’t like about Garfield. Mostly the cat.
Someone else must have felt the same way, since they’ve taken the time to Photoshop him out of his own strip.
“Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor [sic] disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?”
So true.
They range from the quirky:
To the profound:
We’re all empty grocery sacks, Jon. We all are.
Via The Beat
30 Days of Night
Winters north of 60 are long, dark and cold. Why did no one think to set a vampire movie in what must be an ideal vampire habitat before Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s horror comic? The Blu-ray disk contains a special “30 IMAGES OF NIGHT - Graphic Novel to Film Comparison Gallery”.
Yes, there are factual errors in the movie which seem to bother some: Barrow is not cut off from the world completely during winter, the demographics are all wrong (too small, too white) and Wikipedia tells us that Barrow doesn’t even have a sheriff, portrayed in the movie by Josh Hartnett.
People, it’s a movie. Enjoy it.
(While you can, mwahahahahaha!)
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Justice League: The New Frontier
The two-disc set and hi-def versions include some extra documentaries and 3 bonus episodes of the Justice League Unlimited animated series.
If for nothing else, you’ll want to see this for the cast:
- Green Lantern (David Boreanaz)
- The Flash (Neil Patrick Harris)
- Superman (Kyle Maclachlan)
- Wonder Woman (Lucy Lawless)
- Batman (Jeremy Sisto)
- Martian Manhunter (Miguel Ferrer)
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Beowulf
Screenplay by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary. Visual effects by computers.
Someone should really write a book based on this movie.
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Dark Shadows: The Beginning (No. 3 Episodes 71-105)
Long before evil doll Timmy captured the hearts of the fans of Passions, Dark Shadows entertained the daytime soap set with its coterie of supernatural dramatists. This DVD includes some of the earlier stories pre-dating Barnabas,the 200-year-old vampire and probably the best-known character of the series.
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Front, a British “proper gents’ mag,” has posted some pictures from the new Devil May Cry 4.
I know that Nero and Dante are considered effeminate by some gamers, but I had no idea they were this, er, curvacious.
In case you’re not familiar with the game, this is obviously a slick marketing ploy (swapping out the actual characters for less-than-half-dressed women), and it appears to have worked, because I’ve seen this on quite a few gaming blogs this morning. From the comments on Kotaku, you’d think some of these gamers had never seen a beautiful woman in a bikini before. (Oh, wait.) I can’t wait to see what the girls at Lesbian Gamers have to say!
I was going to suggest that we see the reverse treatment with, oh, say, Tomb Raider. We do already have Nathan Drake, but not in a bikini and cape. Wait, strike that idea.
I finally downloaded the DMC4 demo and played for a few minutes. I am afraid that this will be another Oblivion. In a good way. In case you don’t see us for a while, you’ll know what happened.
Oh, my friends, the things I read so that you don’t have to.
Picture it: A dramatic re-telling of the Battle of Thermopylae. Scantily clad, over-developed actors. Stunning art direction paired with film-school dialogue.
“Hey,” you say, “I’ve already seen 300. That’s last year’s news.” But, wait. This is new!
Michael Ninn brings you The Four:
It is 480 BC and the 300 elite soldiers of Leonidas have been destroyed by the Persian army. As the Grecian forces invade Sparta, four surviving Spartan widows of the 300 swear revenge for their husbands and unite to assassinate Persian God-King Xerxes.
Strangely, though this is straight-up porn, the trailer shows less flesh than what I remember from 300. It also doesn’t leave 300’s singular homoerotic/homophobic pit in my stomach. Unless bad acting is against your workplace policy, it might even be safe for work, though I wouldn’t push it.
The Four trailer (links to .mov file)
Via (TOTALLY NOT SAFE FOR WORK) Fleshbot
ReelComix has posted the first five pages of the prequel comic to this summer’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army. If you were at WonderCon, then you might have seen it. Thanks to Dark Horse for providing a preview for the rest of us!
