#June2014
‘PACIFIC RIM 2’ script is being written! Del Toro and Zak Penn helming it
Pacific Rim 2 may not be definitely happening, but at the very least it’s going to have a script. Del Toro is working on the Rim’s sequel with Zak Penn, who you may recognize from somehow being a contributor on for both X3 and The Avengers. So here’s hoping his work on the movie is far more Avengers, far less “I’m the Juggernaut, bitch!” references.
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Del Toro’s ‘THE STRAIN’ Trailer: Vampires On A Plane!
Finally, we have an actual fucking trailer for Del Toro’s The Strain. And you know what?! I enjoy it! How about you?
‘PACIFIC RIM 2’ still a possibility. Thar be a Kaiju in me pants. Roaring.
Pacific Rim. Sort of bombed, you’re thinking? Maybe, sorta. But this is the 233rd Century, according to the Meth Head Shaman outside 7-Eleven. Boundaries are illusory, Human Consciousness is Global. Which means, he said as he picked a wart off his cock-tip, that we must consider worldwide earnings when it comes to movies.
“THE STRAIN” Teaser Trailer: Of Rats and Vampires
Here’s a trailer for the TV adaptation of Del Toro and Hogan’s vampire novel, The Strain. Did anyone ’round these parts check out the novel? ‘Cause this teaser is pretty sweet.
Hit the jump to check it out.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO originally wanted CHARLIE DAY as BADDIE in ‘PACIFIC RIM 2.’
File under: if only the movie didn’t make like $7. At some point, somewhere, in his beautiful mind, Guillermo Del Toro wanted Charlie Day to be the villain of the second Pacific Rim. I can see it. Fanboy kaijuu guy turns mad scientist guy person thing. Here is hoping the movie continues to draw overseas, and Del Toro still has this trajectory in mind.
Opinions Vary: Summer Movies Should Be More Than Fleeting Entertainment
[Caff note: Pacific Rim spoilers in here.]
I. Preamble
One of the neat things about such a small, tight-knit community is that narratives can begin to grasp hold. Throughout this very summer, the lot of us have discussed the latest crop of Whiz-Bang Hollywood Fecaltainment. As the movies have arrived, we have all received them in a variety of manners.
More than anything, I think I could be typified as generally disappointed by this latest crop. As movie after movie has been released I have been somewhat entertained. But for the most part, I have found them to be ephemeral, forgettable piles of crap.
Butting heads with even my own brother who (whom?) I typically see eye-to-eye with, I began to ask myself why I’ve been so disappointed. I figured I’d use this Opinions Vary to articulate my feelings. Namely, that this summer’s blockbusters have been bereft of Goosebump Moments, and that I don’t (and shouldn’t) accept middling efforts when this very genre is capable of capstone experiences and inspirational wankery.
OMEGA-CAST #2 – RENDAR’S REVENGE
Here it is! The second Transmission from the Omega-Level has arrived. What lies within the rotting halls of this second podcast? Rendar. You wanted him, well now you got him. So much Rendar that you’ll never want more Rendar. And then you’ll find yourself missing his musk. Apologies for the shortness of the podcast, we cut one quickly off the cuff before Bateman and Rendar left for the Great North. They’re now among the Maple Syrup Bears, throwing hockey pucks at one another or some shit.
We will be back soon.
Until then, steel yourself.
Here. Or on iTunes.
For Rendar’s Revenge.
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DEL TORO wants BENEDICT CUMERBATCH for ‘FRANKENSTEIN’, we all benefit.
Del Toro. C’mon. Stop fucking around with this stuff and make Slaughterhouse Five. I beg you. Beseech you. However — if you insist. In that case, I’m down with this casting. Hot off playing Jimmy Harassson or whatever in Star Trek II: One More Time with Feeling, Del Toro is fingering Benjamin Slumerbuns for a role in Frankenstein. I’ll take it!
CHARLIE KAUFMAN and GUILLERMO DEL TORO adapting ‘SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE’, NOTHING HURTS.
What a beautiful, beautiful development. Two beasts of my heart, ravaging in glorious respect the script to one of my favorite author’s works. Billy Pilgrim is unstuck in time. Caff-Pow’s wanger has stuck to his thigh, throbbing with excitement.
FINAL ‘PACIFIC RIM’ TRAILER: WHAT COULD GO WRONG WITH SYNCHRONIZED FIGHTING?
I’m really, really excited for Pacific Rim. And yet! You knew there was an “and yet!” coming, didn’t you? And yet, one of the few complaints I have with it is the contrived “two minds melding into one” trope. I mean, can’t we already see that moment in the movie coming where the two pilots – gasp – desynchronized have a falling out/one dies and the other has to fight by themselves? It reeks of forced conflict. You know, like that episode of EVA where Asuka and Shinji have to totally dance to the beat together. So yeah. I mean, like I said. I’m amped for this movie. I just cringe at this plot point.
