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Still Happening
Entertainment Tonight running a trailer-preview for the “Red Dawn” remake is a geuine two-fer: I didn’t think either of those things were still happening.
Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson are not, incidentally, aging backwards – this thing was shot about three years ago and has been shelved largely owing to the MGM crack-up and (reportedly) really, really sucking; then got delayed again to perform a villain-ectomy: Originally the film was about an armed Chinese (replacing the Soviet Union from the original) invasion of the United States; but someone realized that would probably make increasingly vital Chinese distribution/business-relations difficult and decided to digitally re-edit the invaders into North Korea.
The film is now set for a November 21st release date, which will make it only the second stupidest fantasy about expelling imaginary communists from the U.S. that plays out that month.
Escape to The Movies: "Total Recall"
The Bottom
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
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"
“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
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.
Today Is #OtherChicken Day
I’ve been retweeting (when able) people’s photos of themselves buying/eating lunch at any Chik-Fil-A rival today as a little counter-protest against “Chik-Fil-A Appreciation Day;” wherein Republican/Conservative politicians have been encouraging followers to patronize said restaurant chain to show their solidarity with bigotry and anti-gay discrimination.
So far, this is my favorite, tweeted by @laputanwmachine
Is This Robocop?
We only saw a tiny glimpse of Robocop’s chasis in that ED-209 viral thingee awhile back, either for the building of suspense or because they literally haven’t settled on a design yet. Now, Geekscape says they’ve got a concept model of the character…
If this is the real thing (or something close) it’s pretty bad; but also completely plausible as a 2012 moviemaking decision: Too slick, not at all iconic, would never peg it as being Robocop if not prompted. Clearly designed to be “dynamic” in motion (re: a lot more jumping about from New Robocop, because that was such a big, gaping hole in the first one…) Bottom line: This looks like a random mook from any of a dozen recent video-games, not the lead of a big movie.
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