Month: August 2012

The Bottom

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Devin Faraci at BAD has dug up something pretty spectacularly awful – possibly the worst thing you’ll see on the internet today. A confluence of awful things in the popular culture mixed together in such a way as to feel like a parody… except its all horribly, horribly real.

“Diggity Dave” – some kind of personality from “Pimp My Ride” – has apparently been making a Nolan-Batman fan-film and has taken to “talking it up” recently with an incredible claim: The Aurora Massacre shooter was “obsessed” with the project and contacted Mr. Diggity personally prior to his rampage. I… can’t decide if it’s worse if thats a lie or the truth. I’m not going to embed the video, go watch it on BAD b/c they deserve the traffic – those cats work hard.

The premise: Batman has been shot dead, and a random troubled street-punk pilfers his mask and armor to take up the mantle… only now, New Batman uses guns. Commenters at BAD have dubbed him “Emocore Juggalo Batman,” which is wholly accurate but doesn’t begin to describe just how terrible this thing looks – it’s almost a parody of it’s subgenre, right down to the clear influence of “Boondock Saints.” Watch at your own risk…

Funny Is Funny

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Yes, I said I was done talking about [REDACTED]; and I think I’ve been pretty good about that. However, I never said anything about mentioning someone else talking about [REDACTED.]

Honestly, though, I’m mainly posting this short cartoon about [REDACTED] because it’s creator is a fan, tweeted it to me and I thought it was fucking hysterical and deserved more views than it was getting. Enjoy!

Christopher Eccleston Is (Probably) The Villain In "Thor 2"

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“Thor 2” is subtitled “The Dark World,” and now we may know part of what that’s in reference to: Deadline reports that former Doctor Christopher Eccleston has been signed as the new main villain – Malekith. And in case you were thinking the “Thor” movies might be pulling back from the high-fantasy stuff after the character(s) turned out to be so memorable tearing up NYC in “The Avengers;” this fellow’s full name and title is Malekith the Accursed: King of The Dark Elves of Svartalfheim.

Man, that’s even fun just to type…

Unlike most of the supporting/villain cast from the first film, who mainly come from the Silver Age 60s/70s “Thor” stories, Malekith originated during Walt Simonson’s legendary run on the book (considered by many to be the best era of “Thor” comics ever) in the 80s. His main “thing” is shape-shifting and illusion, but as the title implies he’s also got a whole army and realm under his command.

It’s going to be interesting to see how they handle his appearance, which is pretty bizzare even by the standards of Thor adversaries: Crimson Rennaissance Faire clothes, a half-blue/half-black face and a big white mane worn “Hair Metal” style. Done right, could look pretty cool. Done “wrong,” could end up looking like “Cutie Honey’s” Black Claw – who was cool in his own right, but maybe not what Marvel Studios is looking for in the sequel to their second most successful “solo” franchise…


Yes, this is a real movie. You can get the DVD in the U.S. and it’s as great as it looks.

Acknowledgement

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A side-effect of reporting/commenting on the popular culture is that you become acutely aware of your own position in it; to the extent that I still get a little giddy when something I’ve done/said actually becomes a (tiny) part of the stuff I’m commenting upon or otherwise observing.

To wit, it’s felt awfully… “vindicating,” I guess, to get a shout-out from Hollywood-Elsewhere and a name-drop from “Zero Punctuation” within a span of about 10 hours. Kudos, gents.