Bane has a blog
Following in the proud tradition of The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster, Batman’s muscle-bound nemesis, Bane, has started blogging. Get while the gettin’s good:
To be honest, Bane didn’t think Internet would be around long; just seemed like “fad” when Bane first hear about it. Besides, Bane very busy hurting Batman at the time (perhaps you heard???). But now Bane just get AOL dial-up service and VERY excited about possiblities.
Check out Bane Blog!
V for Verisimilitude
V FOR VENDETTA scored a solid win at the weekend box office, despite the presence of March Madness, and St. Patrick’s Day hangover. I saw the film on a quiet Sunday morning, with not more than 25 other people in the theater. Having read the graphic novel V FOR VENDETTA (and enjoyed it) in advance, I wanted the film to live up to that experience. It should be noted that original comic writer Alan Moore did not want to be credited for the film, and has distanced himself from it.
Having let us all down with the Matrix sequels, the Wachowski brothers succeed here in producing a film, along with Joel Silver, that I found solidly entertaining, and will hopefully make people think. After all, the best a piece of art or media can achieve (aside from the entertainment) is to spur the audience to thought, and perhaps even toward positive action. That is not to say that seeing this movie should make you want to blow up government buildings. I sincerely hope it does not. Rather, I hope many people find the ending of the film as hopeful as I did, and the whole experience a first step in political discussion. The specifics of the explosions in the film are not as important to me as the ideas that they represent, because as V puts it, “ideas are bulletproof”. I gotta admit though, the climactic scene is pretty cool.
The obvious criticism is already coming from the political right, who charge that this film is nothing but a left wing call for anarchy. Film critic Michael Medved: “Five years after 9/11, we get our first big studio, big budget extravaganza making the case of suicidal terrorism as the ultimate form of heroism.” I wonder if Michael saw the same film I did, because in the film I saw, no one committed suicide. Continues after the jump »
New York Comic-Con impressions
When I first heard about the Comic-Con in New York, I knew I wanted to check it out. I’m not half the comic fan these days that my esteemed colleague Matt is, I knew the opportunity was too good to pass up. The big names in comics that would be there, in addition to the non-comic entities like the movie studios meant whole event had a few great things going for it, but the biggest draw for me was the fact that the Con was basically a big unknown. Continues after the jump »
Good Con Fun
What happens when you try to cram 14,930 nerds and 70 scantily dressed women into a convention center?
The short answer: Angry message board postings!
The New York Comic-Con was this past weekend, and for an undisputable dork such as myself, it was like getting…well, it was like going to a big convention center filled with everything I love. Which is what it was.
Crap Filter coming at you from NY Comic-Con!
Just a little heads up to our faithful readers that Crap Filter will be reporting from Comic-Con this weekend at the Javits Center in the Big Apple. What info will we uncover? Who will we meet? What free crap will we be guilted into taking? Stay tuned to find the answers to these and other pressing questions, because we’re assuming that inquiring minds probably want to know.
‘Superman Returns’ teaser hits the Web
If anyone’s run out of idea, it’s movie studios. Thankfully comic book publishers have got their backs.
I’ve never been a huge fan of Superman. He’s just a little too one-dimensional as a character for me to really care about. He can basically do anything, and nothing can hurt him. What are the chances that the bad guy in the movie will get his hands on some Deus ex Machina Kryptonite that will somehow weaken Superman? I’d say pretty good.
Batman is great because he doesn’t have any powers, just zillions of dollars. Spider-Man is a loser’s loser in real life. The X-Men are universally reviled by those the people they’re trying to save. Even Aquaman’s disabled.
Anyway, the trailer for the new Superman movie is out. I’m not impressed. Your mileage may vary.
Oh, and if you hit the full screen option, it’ll open in Quicktime Player and change your resolution, which will resize all of the windows on your screen. Not cool.
Superman, you’re not exactly my hero today.
Respek to Broken Kode for the heads up.
Now they’ve gone too far
I went along with “Spawn,” looked the other way with “Punisher,” and tried to understand the need for “Fantastic Four.”
But Aquaman?
I’ve always been taught that Aquaman is the red-headed stepchild of the superhero family. Does he even have any super powers, or does he just swim really well? (This reminds me of that sketch from MTV’s “The State” where Superman orders the Super Friends to do certain jobs before telling Aquaman to “go… talk to some fish.”)
Well, the WB wants to milk the superhero thing for all it’s worth it seems because it’s getting ready to shoot a pilot for a possible Aquaman TV series. The network is expected to create a more fallible, modernized version of Aquaman along the lines of Superman in the hit series “Smallville.” Continues after the jump »
Let me know if this puts you to sleep
Thomas Haden Church is finally cashing in on his career-changing turn in “Ned and Stacey” despite a little bump in the road called “Sideways.” Church, as some of you might already know, has scored a role as a villain in the upcoming “Spider-Man 3” (2007).
Well, it’s just been confirmed that the villian Church will be playing is the Sandman, and if you’re the type that gets excited about press photos being released way before the actual movie, there’s a fresh picture on the web to prove it.
Looks like someone has been working out and shopping at J Crew.
