#Movies
Poster: They Live x Super Mario Bros. = OMFG 1980s Bliss.
By artist Fro, the greatest mash-up of Super Mario and Rowdy Roddy Piper. Ever.
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‘Captain America’ Writer Wants Peter Dinklage To Play MODOK In Sequel. Tyriontastic.
Peter Dinklage’s performance as Tyrion in ‘Game of Thrones’ is often times the highlight of the show for me, amid a collection of excellent performances and great scenes. So I love the idea of him playing MODOK in the Captain America sequel. I also love the concept of MODOK being in the movie.
Justin Lin Wants To Bring Back Sarah Connor For ‘Terminator 5’. Hell Yeah.
I’m going to continue to throw my chips in with Justin Lin’s potential Terminator 5. At the very least I’m expecting a movie with some terrific action, and at best it could be a legitimately dope installment in the series. Lin continues to talk shop regarding the project, and he’s expressed interest in bringing back Sarah Connor. Whoop whoop!
‘Sin City 2’ Script Being Written! By ‘The Departed’ Screenwriter William Monahan
Well I don’t believe it. Sin City 2 could actually be happening. I know, I know. Seems a bit ludicrous, we’ve been tricked before! I have proof now! Proof! They have a screenwriter. That has to count for something,right?
Moroder’s Rock Opera Postmodern Version Of ‘Metropolis’ Coming To Theaters.
Metropolis is one of my favorite flicks of all time, serving up the source material for countless other favorite things of mine. What I haven’t gotten to do is enjoy the Moroder ‘version’ of the movie. Back in the day Giorgio Moroder created this monster which is a 1980’s post-modern disaster or victory depending on your vantage point filled with acid-washes and synth pop rock.
Soon I’ll be able to.
In a fucking theater.
Video: ‘The Hunger Games’ Teaser From The VMAs.
Mrs. Caffeine Powered and myself are currently taken with ‘The Hunger Games’ trilogy by Suzanne Collins. I summarized my feelings about it in last week’s Monday Morning Commute calling the book “neither original nor particularly well written. It’s Lord of the Battle Royale V for Vendetta Flies. Collins uses cheap emotional hooks to draw the reader in, and telegraphs cataclysms from miles away. Yet for some reason, it’s entertaining.” Translation: I love this crap.
So yeah, I was excited for the teaser last night.
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Monday Morning Commute: Milk Teeth Yank
Holy smokes. Today marks the antepenultimate day of August 2011. Goddamn, not only am I traveling to the future, I feel like I’m heading there faster than ever. It’s weird – my flesh-wrapped time machine seems to accelerate at the same rate as its own cellular death. The less of vehicle I have, the more appealing the destination on the horizon seems.
Tomorrow’s tomorrow may have moonbases and Martian settlements, but let’s hope it’s also got robotic replacements for the components under my time machine’s hood.
Once again, welcome to the MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE — OL’s attempt to lubricate the spiritual meatus so that the workweek’s prickly-thrust don’t sting so bad! In short, I’m going to show you the various bits of entertainment I’ll be using to fend off stress and boredom. After reading, you’re encouraged to hit up the comments section and show off your own recipe for life-enrichment.
Time to rock and roll.
Review: Conan: The Dumb-barian By Guest Blogger Chris Goodwin.
(Editor’s Note: Much like for Thor, OL recruited the majestic metal ownage of Chris Goodwin to review Conan. A stalwart appreciator of Conan and his mythos, we wouldn’t have anyone else review it. You can see more of his writing at RBM.)
Since the colossal success of The Lord of the Rings, studio execs have been trying to bank on the grand-scale epicness perfected by Peter Jackson. He managed to take the works of Tolkien to a level never dreamed possible while sticking true to the story and pacing them beautifully. Why other directors can’t follow suit is beyond me. These days they feel the need to bombard their audiences with quick/random cuts, grand swooping shots from the sky, and random scenarios that seem to say “hey, what do ya think of this?”. Sadly, the 2011 take on the classic epic Conan: The Barbarian did just that.
Trailer: ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ Pisses Hot Fire of Awesome.
Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are awesome. Nic Cage is insane. The Ghost Rider is ludicrous. This combination, this very combination my friends, is going to team-up to provide us with one of the most ridiculous, outstanding, odd, absurd action flicks ever! EVER! Or. Or well. Or well at least a really entertaining movie next February.
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Trailer: ‘Beyond the Game’ Is Dope Documentary About Gaming Culture(s).
It should be noted that I love the various (sub)cultures that I’m a part of. Gamers, comic book fans, heavy metal dorks, whatever. I’m not the sort that walks down a Comic-Con alley with a derisive grin. I’m a dork, I like it. So a documentary about the various cultures that the gaming community is composed of gets me excited.
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