‘G.I. JOE RETALIATION’ THEATRICAL TRAILER: Guns, Swords, Quips.
Here’s the trailer for G.I. Joe Retaliation. Nothing gets me totally amped up for global spending on war and defense like a pack of gorgeous hard bodies making bloodshed and warfare seem so fucking sexy.
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The BAFTA Awards for Television nominees are announced. This post is mostly about Benedict Cumberbatch.
Ah yes, the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards for Television are coming up. For those of us who are complete and total anglophiles, the list of nominees dropped today, much to my delight and suspicion. Why suspicion? Well, since 2005, I’ve a vested interest in the classier cousin of our Emmy.
You see, Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for a BAFTA for Hawking in 2005. And lost. Try and imagine senior-in-high-school me flipping tables and ripping pages out of library books in my rage. I didn’t actually do any of that, but I seriously considered it. Surely, I thought to myself, they won’t make that mistake again. His next nomination was for Small Island, for Best Supporting Actor. And he lost. His next was for Sherlock. And he lost. His next was for film, for Best Supporting Actor in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. And he lost. If he loses this time, you’ll probably end up seeing my lovely face on TV. On the 11 o’clock news. When I’m in a bell tower surrounded by a lot of guns and ammo.
For the list of nominations, hit the jump!
‘AVENGERS’ Assembled At TARGET Out Of Consumer Nonsense
One of the great things about Target is that you can walk out of the joint having spent $200 on absolutely nothing. A shitty DVD, some razors, an action figure, jelly beans, Diet Dew, and all of a sudden you’re poor. Riffing on this idea that the establishment truly is a Palace for Mindless Crap is this Avengers advertising campaign. The Avengers! Built from nonsense! For a spectacle movie. It all comes together.
PAUL FEIG Did Some Writing On ‘AMAZING SPIDER-MAN’, Awkward Hilarity ++
Paul Feig isn’t just the dude who wrote Bridesmaids. Okay! Shit. Everyone fucking forgets. He’s also the mind behind Freaks and Geeks, and at least one scene in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man will feature his penchant for interpersonal awkwardness.
This PIZZA HUT PIZZA Has F**King HAMBURGERS On It. No, Srsly.
Look at this friggin’ madness. The various Pizza Huts of the world are upping their game. First it was the Pizza Hut UK claiming hot dog-stuffed crusts. Now Pizza Hut Middle East is smashing hamburgers on top of their fucking pies.
‘RETURN OF THE JEDI’ Storyboards Got A Darkness That’d Make An Ewok Shit.
Here’s a flew of storyboards for Return of the Jedi done by artist David Russell. They come from an exclusive interview over at The Movie Blog, and they’re some dark shit, and definitely echo the more serious currents of the flick. You know, when George Lucas wasn’t having his primitive-compared-to-teddy-bears overthrowing an Empire moments.
Gorgeous stuff.
Official. JAMES CAMERON and GOOGLE Unveil Asteroid-Mining Plans
Ah, we’re living in the future indeed. It’s official. It’s official! James Cameron, Google and a gaggle of other wealthy individuals-institutions-whatever are taking us asteroid mining.
Cosplay: Female Monk From ‘DIABLO 3’ Has Me Forgetting Vows. Get It?
Hell Yeah! Diablo 3 inches closer. Less than a fucking month. Can you believe that shit? Let’s celebrate its imminent arrival with some gorgeous female monk cosplay.
Mars Got Itself Some FLOWING SAND DUNES. Picnic Time, IMO.
Now, those sand dunes on Mars aren’t actually flowing like liquid. You’re looking at me incredulously. They aren’t. Believe me. However, I’m not going to fault you for thinking they are.
40% Of ‘FREE-TO-PLAY’ PLAYERS Have Bought Something. Micro ++!
I have been told by people smarter than me that free-to-play games are future, with the company behind the game riding a wave of microtransactions to caviar dinners. Who the hell am I to question these people. Even if they were caked in blood and powdered sugar, wielding a baseball bat and a smile. Fuck, they have a study to back them up!
