Archive for April, 2010


Holy Hell, The JONAH HEX Poster is TERRIBLE

Filed Under: comics, movies by Marty Day — 1 Comment
April 27, 2010

If you’ve been a long time reader here at blast-o-rama, you know I’m fanatical about movie posters, especially ones with striking design.

So, it always pains me when there are terrible ones, like this new official (and apparently final?) poster for Jonah Hex, revealed today at Yahoo!

Seriously, look at that piece of shit poster!

I have no idea how Hex is holding that gun, the logo is ugly, they’re hiding Hex’s trademark scare, the characters are just thrown together,  John Malkovich’s character appears to holding a Dragonball…

Infact, that’s it! The damn post reminds me of the one for the oh-so-terrible Dragonball Evolution!

What the hell are you thinking Warner Brothers?

It’s bad enough you’re underhyping this release by tossing it’s release date around before pushing it out the door early (it was originally set for an August release), but now you’re marketing it poorly too?

The trailer is due to hit the internet nearly this week, so we’ll see if Jonah Hex looks as bad this poster does.  I’m not holding out hope for excitement.

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You Guys Remember LOTS-O-HUGGIN BEAR?

Filed Under: across the net, movies by Marty Day — 1 Comment
April 26, 2010

As a child of the 80s, one of the things I love most about the internet is being able to remember all the commercials I saw for toys as a kid, and then being able to look them up immediately.

Remember Lots-O’-Huggin Bear? The cute, adorable pink bear who all the girls wanted?

No…?

Not even after the commercial above?

How about after seeing the Japanese commercial?

Still no?

Perfect. Because it’s not real.  Both of these commercials are pitch perfect fakes created by the team at Pixar as part of a promotional push for Toy Story 3.

See, Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear is a part of the new movie (you may remember having seen him briefly in Up), and to add to the past of the character, they made these fake, aged, VHS transfer-looking ads for use on YouTube.

We’ll have to see if they do any others, but gosh, these are cool.

Toy Story 3 hits theaters on June 18th.

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It’s 2 For Pixar In 2012!

Filed Under: movies by Marty Day — Leave a comment
April 22, 2010

For a team as talented as the crew at Pixar, you’d think they can rest on their laurels and release films at their casual leisure.

You’d be wrong, however.  Continuing their trend of releasing at least one film a year, Pixar will be doubling up with not just one, but two releases for 2012.

The first film for 2012 will bow (pardon the pun) on June 15, 2012 – a movie titled Brave.

Formerly titled The Bear and the Bow, Brave is the first Pixar film to feature a female heroine.  Set in Scotland, it’s the tale of Merida (Reese Witherspoon), a princess who longs to instead become a master archer.  The film sounds to be a medieval fantasy tale, a first for the amazing CG studio.

For the Fall of 2012? It’s a big one – Monsters Inc. 2.

Details are VERY sketchy on this, but the sequel to the John Goodman/Billy Crystal voiced hit will be released on November 16, 2012, just over eleven years since the release of the original Monsters Inc..  Pixar isn’t typically sequel friendly unless there’s a story to tell, so this should be special.

Pixar fans may also be interested to know that 2012 will feature the live-action directoral debut of Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E), as his adaptation of John Carter of Mars hits theaters that year as well.

Source: /Film.

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GREEN HORNET: Pushed Back/Going 3D

Filed Under: movies, tv by Marty Day — Leave a comment
April 22, 2010

Wow, two 3D announcements in one day!

But this one is even more worrying than the post-production change for The Last Airbender.

This time, the film going 3D is the Seth Rogen/Michele Gondry adaptation of The Green Hornet.

Just announced by Sony, the adaptation of the 60′s TV series, radio serial, comic, etc. will be heading to theaters as a 3D film, as most tentpole releases are these days, but again – this is not a film that was shot for 3D – this is a retro fitting.  I can’t underline this enough.

What makes it even more worrysome?  To allow for the proper “enhancements”, Sony Pictures has pushed the film back 3 weeks, placing it directly in the dark month of Hollywood – January.

Now, I don’t want to start ruminating early, as I love both Rogen and Gondry, but nine times out of ten, January is the dumping grounds for films that the studios regret releasing – it’s truly the wasteland of film.  Mix the out-of-left field decision to go 3D, and the rumors that Sony thought the footage shot was “too campy”, and one begins to worry about the prospects for the film.

Sony has already started to fan the flames of fanboy worry, by stating with the 3D release of Tron Legacy in December 2010, the January release is necessary to allow for open theaters, but where there’s smoke, there’s fire – and this feels like a bad sign for the seemingly cursed Green Hornet production.

Between change of directors, stars, scripts and more, The Green Hornet has had far from an easy road from concept to screen, and hopefully this isn’t a tale that ends badly.

Either way, we’ll know for sure when The Green Hornet hits theaters on the new date of January 14, 2011.

Source: Deadline.com.

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AVATAR to Go 3D

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April 22, 2010

No, not the Jim Cameron film.

The M. Night Shammy one, The Last Airbender.

In what shouldn’t come as a surprise these days, Paramount Pictures has made the late-in-the-game call to convert the adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon to 3D, long after production has wrapped.

Taking away the general controversy behind the production thus far (see any Last Airbender post by my dear friend Jami Noguchi for more on that), they’re going to do ANOTHER faux 3D movie?

I thought Clash of the Titans was torn up enough in reviews to send a signal to studios and audiences that if a flick isn’t SHOT in 3D, it’s not worth seeing in post-production, poorly converted 3D.  I thought wrong.

Either way, I will hold to my vow – unless it’s shot in 3D, or is 100% CG allowing for a proper conversion, I’m not seeing it in 3D.

The Last Airbender hits theaters in real 2D and faux 3D on July 2nd, 2010.

Source:  Deadline.com.

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3 Flavors Of HALO: REACH – No Cat Helmets, Though

Filed Under: gaming by Marty Day — 1 Comment
April 22, 2010

Ever since the Halo franchise became such a cash cow for Microsoft and Bungie, they’ve found ways to pack extraneous merchandise with the sequels.

Halo 2? Came in both standard and limited edition flavors.  The (not-so) limited edition came with an extras disc, and was in a snazzy steelbook case.

Halo 3? Came in three separate editions. Standard, of course, was just the game.  The Limited Edition (which I own) came in a metal case, with a fancy dan artbook and an extras disc.  This was trumped by the “Legendary Edition”, which came with 3 discs, exclusive bonus video content and the infamous “Cat Helmet”, a giant plastic Master Chief helmet which housed the whole shebang.

Halo: ODST? Had kind of a lame Special Edition which just came with a controller.  Maybe that’s why it didn’t sell too well?

Any way you slice it, Halo: Reach, the final Bungie title in the Halo saga is aiming to be one of the biggest games for Fall 2010, and Bungie is once again pulling out all of the stops to maximize profitsmark the occassion.

What versions will you see in stores when it releases this Fall?

Click For High-Rez!

First, we have the plain and simple standard edition. $60 gets you the game. Period.

Click For High-Rez!

For those with a little extra cash and more love for Halo? Dropping $80 gets you the Limited Edition release, which comes in special ONI black box packaging, along with an exclusive multiplayer in-game Elite armor and an “artifact bag” containing “Dr. Halsey’s personal journal and other classified documents and effects that unravel long held secrets from the Halo universe.”

Click For High-Rez!

Not enough? Ready to blow $150 goddamn dollars on a game you’ll be bored with after a few months? Great! ‘Cause Bungie is ready for you to bend over and accept the Legendary Edition release, which comes with everything you get with the Limited Edition, exclusive USNC packaging, a 10 POUND hand painted and numbered “Noble Team” statue from McFarlane Toys, plus a very special multiplayer effect for your Spartan armor – your god damn head is on fire.

Of course it would be, as you just spent $150 on the game. Bra-vo.

So, readers…what version are you buying?

Source: Joystiq.

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Yub Yub The Night Away!

Filed Under: across the net, movies by Marty Day — Leave a comment
April 22, 2010

More than the #1 Thing I want to see restored in the Special-Special-Special Edition of Return of the Jedi, the Ewok song from the end of the film might just be one of the greatest musical moments ever captured on film.

But if you’ve wanted to sing it with your drunken friends at a Karaoke night, you never had the option…UNTIL NOW.

HIT IT, INTERNET!

Source:  Nerdist & Samtaters

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Marvel Studios: Starting Big – Then Aiming Small

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April 22, 2010

If anything, it has to be said that Marvel Studios came swinging right out of the gate, starting with the Iron Man film.  And since the successful release of this film, they’ve worked diligently to build their film universe, with (as well stated) the film versions of The Incredible Hulk, and future releases of Captain America, Thor and Avengers.

But Marvel’s in this for the long haul…so how do they intend to keep the gravy train a-rollin’?

Can you say by thinking smaller?

If the scoop exclusively picked up by CHUD is true, Marvel Studios is now plotting out a series of films to feature, well, their B-list heroes.  The catch – these movies will be budgeted in the range of $20-40 mil, versus the ~$100 mil budgets of the A-list pics.

The characters rumored to be featured in such flicks? Dr. Strange, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Dazzler, Ka-Zar and yes, even everyone’s favorite pre-teen superheroes – Power Pack.

While some of these movies are absolutely ripe for film interpretation (Iron Fist in particular is perfect, and has me drooling), I can’t help but wonder if there’s a state of burnout which has yet to be reached with comic based films which we’ll eventually encounter.

If Marvel Studios has their way – it won’t happen.  But I remain skeptical.

Source:  CHUD.

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