Archive for August, 2010


Behold SCOTT PILGRIM Week!

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August 11, 2010

The movie’s filmed, the last volume is released, I’ve already reviewed the flick, we’re pretty much done with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, yes?

Wrong.

In an amazing deluge of well timed marketing, this week is just an absolute flood of Scott Pilgrim related content.

With the interest of keeping everything in one place, here’s everything awesome you need to see from this week.


  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game     hit yesterday on PlayStation 3 and hits on August 25th on XBox Live for just $10 (if the PSN price is the same as XBox). Early reviews are VERY positive, and I can’t wait to play it.

  • Both the official movie soundtrack (featuring Metric, Beck and Broken Social Scene) and the official score (by Nigel Godrich) have been released, and if you like, you can stream both releases here!
  • Need proof of how perfect a translation the movie is from comic to film? Check out this awesome video which recreates the movie’s trailer with panels from the original comic!
  • About that video game – before it was an awesome 2-D side scroller, it was just a simple pitch.  Want to see how UbiSoft Montreal convinced Bryan Lee O’Malley they were the right developer? Check out this amazing proof of concept video that mixes Scott Pilgrim with some NES classics and chiptune versions of alternative rock hits.

  • Last, but far from least, if you haven’t read the comics before today, you now have little excuse, as Oni Press has teamed up with Comixology to release the official Scott Pilgrim app for iPhone/iPad! Each volume is just $7, with the latest volume at cover price ($12).  Is it sad that I’m considering re-buying them digitally?
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Adidas & Star Wars Comin’ Fresh For The Fall

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August 9, 2010

Remember late last year when Adidas announced their Star Wars Spring/Summer collection, and despite how awesome they were, I thought it was a kind of hokey deal to move sneakers?

Either I was wrong, or Adidas wants to see how many eggs this golden goose will lay, as the adidas Originals x Star Wars Fall/Winter 2010 Collection has officially been announced!

What’s new for this collection?

Some Han Solo in carbonite sneaks, fur lined Chewbacca boots, some AWESOME C3PO & R2D2 half-and-half shoes, some well worn Boba Fett hi-tops, a pair of appropriately green and boil covered Jabba the Hutt shoes, and some ugly Death Star Stormtrooper shoes complete with an equally as ugly varsity-styled jacket.

Personally, the only pair I’d consider myself are the C3PO & R2D2′s, but I think we all know that the collectors will snatch these up first.

Click through below for a full gallery of the apparel announced so far.

Source: TOYSREVIL.

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NEMESIS To Strike Terror On The Silver Screen

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August 9, 2010

After seeing his creator owned titles Kick-Ass and Wanted become successful Hollywood films, it should come as no surprise that Mark Millar has sold the rights to his latest comic, Nemesis.

What should be a surprise, is that the rights have been sold to 20th Century Fox before the third issue even hits stands.

Co-created with Civil War artist Steve McNiven, Nemesis is best summarized as what would happen if Batman weren’t on the side of good, but rather a crazed villain – or, as Millar puts it in his trademark way: “What if Batman was a cunt?”

Taking a Batman style genius and turning him into a wildly intelligent terrorist, the comic really pushes the limits of the superhero genre to say the least, but it should make for an interesting film.

Attached to the film as director is Tony Scott, brother of Ridley, best known for directing True Romance, Enemy of the State and Man on Fire, amongst many others.

Here’s hoping the adaptation of Nemesis, like Kick-Ass, takes what works best about the comics, and filters out Millar’s propensity to shock just to be shocking.

There is no set release date for Nemesis at this time. The question now? How quickly will Millar’s next book, Superior be optioned?

Source: Deadline.com.

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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Animated World!

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August 8, 2010

One of my few issues with the Edgar Wright adaptation of Scott Pilgrim (if you can call it an “issue”) is how much of the source material had to be cut out to fit a two hour film.

It seems I wasn’t the only one with this issue, as late this Wednesday/early this Thursday, August 12th at midnight, [adult swim] will feature a short Scott Pilgrim animation, set during Scott’s time in high school, showcasing how he met Kim Pine, complete an appearance from Lisa Miller, who does not appear in the film.

The short runs 4 minutes in length, and even has Michael Cera voicing Scott.  The look is very adherent to O’Malley’s original work, and has me wishing that the books get re-released colored at some point.

30 seconds of the short have been released as a tease, and I’ve embedded that below.

May this be on the eventual DVD/blu-ray release.

Source: Bleeding Cool.

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ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN Gets The ULTIMATE Creative Team!

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August 8, 2010

I’ve already gone on record with my excitement over the new Ultimate Spider-Man animated series.

Taking the comic series that kept me interested in mainstream comics and turning it into an animated series under the supervision of it’s creative lead and writer, Brian Michael Bendis already sounds like a grand idea. But it seems that Marvel Entertainment is dead set on making this series absolutely perfect.

The first major nab was the team from Man at Action, a group of former comic book writers Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau and Steven T. Seagle, who after leaving the comic industry broke ground in action based cartoons with their series’ Ben 10 and Generator Rex.

Now? Possibly the ultimate coup. Paul Dini. The head of arguably the greatest American animated series of all time, Batman: The Animated Series, this now makes the forces behind Ultimate Spider-Man not just the best at writing the character, but the best at taking comics and properly translating them to the animated format.

Sure, I was bummed to see the unusually good Spectacular Spider-Man series meet its end, but with a team like this, I’m very excited to see the next form my all time favorite character takes.

Ultimate Spider-Man is set to debut on the DisneyXD network in Fall 2011.

Source: Blog@Newsarama.

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YOGI BEAR Gets Even Worse

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August 8, 2010

You know, I was willing to give this Yogi Bear movie the benefit of the doubt.

Sure, I’m the anger filled nerd ranting and raving about childhood being raped. Essentially proving the old adage about movie geeks on the internet being true.

But when Warner Bros releases a new poster like this, with that double entendre ridden of a tagline, YOU tell me I’m crazy.

Am I crazy? Am I really?

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The Collected Works of LUCAS LEE!

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August 6, 2010

I bet you thought that between the final volume of the comics and my review of the film, I was done talking about Scott Pilgrim.

You thought wrong.

And that’d be an appropriate transition, as today I have the pleasure of featuring a series of movie posters that you’d only see for seconds within Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

See, Ramona’s second evil-ex, Lucas Lee (Chris Evans) is an actor. And apparently, he’s wildly popular. With films such as You Just Don’t Exist, Let’s Hope There’s a Heaven and my personal favorite, Action Doctor, Lee has made himself a huge star in the world of Scott Pilgrim. And to commemorate his stunning acting resume, the art team behind Scott Pilgrim vs. the World really outdid themselves with each poster.

Chris Evans looks pitch perfect, and the posters are so well done that you’d think these movies were actually real.

Click through the gallery below for each poster, and get ready to head to chuckletown when it comes to the tag lines. EXCELLENT work.

Source: CHUD.

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BETWEEN TWO FERNS Places Carell vs. Galifinakis

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August 4, 2010

Sure, I’m obviously with CoCo, but my favorite talk show going is the always awkward Between Two Ferns, hosted by alt-comedy god Zack Galifinakis.

For this latest episode, he’s joined by his Dinner With Schmucks co-star Steve Carell, and apparently, Carell had watched prior episodes.

Click play to see the full vid. It gets ugly.

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