Ok, I know last time I gave the Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe version of Robin Hood the title of Gladiator 2 as a gag…
But with the new poster appearing, seen above…I really think they’re laying it a bit thick.
Doesn’t it feel like a screenshot from the opening scene of Gladiator?
So weird.
Robin Hood‘s wife and child will get murdered, and he’ll become a fighting slave, in theaters this Summer.
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You know, while I was looking forward to Inglourious Basterds, I don’t think I expected it to be the film it was. Nor did I expect to enjoy it as much as I did. Honestly, in rewatching it on blu-ray, I fully expect it to rank high on my best of ’09 list. (Comin’ on December 31st!)
And apparently, Tarantino really liked it too.
According to an interview with Vulture, QT has written 40 pages of a prequel to Basterds. He gives no indication as to what direction the film would take, but I have a feeling it’d focus more on the titular basterds, considering they were really only about half of the original film.
Whatever the direction the prequel takes, it won’t be Tarantino’s next film, as he’s working on a “smaller, less epic” film. Which he won’t talk about, yet.
No matter what the film ends up being, I’m pretty sure I’ll be seeing it.
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This great piece of artwork by Flickr user “John602″ takes dozens of internet memes and throws them together into one piece.
How many of them can you name?
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If you’re not a hardcore geek, the above video and headline is really meaningless to you. If you are, your head just exploded. Same if you’re Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo.
Let me break it down to you…
Gears of War? BioShock? Batman: Arkham Asylum?
What do they have in common? If you said “they’re all amazing games”, you’re half right.
They all run on an engine called “Unreal Engine 3″, a graphical engine made to make programming easier for developers, while at the same time, producing graphically stunning games.
And it can run on the most popular smartphone currently available.
Now, this doesn’t mean you’ll be seeing ports of all of these games to the iPhone, the available memory doesn’t allow it (yet). What it does mean, though, is games of a similar quality will soon be available for your freaking telephone.
Modern technology folks, it blows my mind.
Apparently we’ll be seeing the first instances of this tech on the iPhone in early 2010. Sure, the gameplay will have to match the graphics…but it’s freaking on.
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Put together by animator Rodrigo Blass, the above animated short Alma will stick with you this holiday season.
Not only is it…y’know…good, but it’s a tale of christmas toys coming to life and attempting to STEAL A CHILD’S SOUL!
So, if you’re dealing with some particularly bratty kids at the family Christmas gathering this year, load up this video, click play, and get ready to mentally scar some youth. It’s worth it.
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A brand spankin’ new trailer for Kick-Ass has hit the web, and unlike most trailers, this doesn’t really focus on the story.
This focuses instead on one character. The character who, if you’ve been following my coverage on Kick-Ass so far, we’re all expecting to be the breakout hit – Hit Girl.
The trailer is all about her, and due to language and violence, is quite not safe for work, so wait to watch this at home. Your mind is gonna be blown.
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Spoken of in hushed tones and eventually loud gags, Duke Nukem Forever is possibly the most well known video game to never officially exist.
Since the announcement of it’s arrival in the mid 90s, to the final killing of the project by 3D Realms last year, Duke Nukem Forever is a shining example of what not to do while building a video game, and now, the beloved tech mag Wired has written the definitive piece on where and how everything went wrong.
It’s a tale of never accepting anything less than perfection…and how chasing that goal never leads to completing anything at all. A very interesting read, I highly recommend you check it out.
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Is there any doubt that Gallery 1988 is the coolest art gallery in the world?
After hosting art shows in honor of Stan Lee, various movies, the Beastie Boys, and with a forthcoming He-Man show on the way, they’ve earned their nerd cred.
So it stands to reason that when the creators of Lost wanted to put together an art show in honor of their final season, Gallery 1988 would be the place.
The show itself runs through Christmas Eve (sorry, I was late again!), but, the stunning pieces have all been collected on a blog linked below.
My personal favorite piece appears above, but there are dozens of other artsy interpretations of Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Locke and the gang. Click through to kill an afternoon!
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