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?
Click For High-Rez!
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by this news, but I somewhat am, and I’m quite bothered.
Like 95% of the major action movies hitting theaters this year, Marvel Studios has announced that Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger will be converted in post to 3D.
*sigh*
Haven’t we learned from The Last Airbender, Alice In Wonderland and Clash of the Titans?! Post converted 3D makes 3D look like shit. The only movies to make 3D TRULY work are those which are SHOT in 3D (Avatar) or completely CG films, where the models have depth ALREADY DESIGNED making conversion easy and seem as if it WERE shot in 3D.
Sure, the rest of the article goes into explaining how at San Diego Comic Con they’ll be taking the time to convince fans like myself that the post-conversion process will be handled with white gloves, a nicer touch compared to what we’ve seen before, but let’s be honest…if you take a dump in your stew, extra simmering isn’t going to improve it.
The other newsworthy bit is the new still from Thor, which gives us our first glimpses at Loki and Odin (who looks wayyyy to excited to be there), but this 3D news bums me out so much that I can’t even get excited over it.
Yes, I know, 2D versions will be available, but 3D technology can be GREAT when done properly. Why does no one want to handle it properly?
Source: Los Angeles Times.
So according to this story, which I stumbled upon via the fine folks at The Onion’s A.V. Club, Fox is planning on making a movie, built around the BABIES from the E*TRADE COMMERCIALS.
I…
Ugh.
There are THOUSANDS, if not MILLIONS of people at ANY GIVEN MOMENT who want to CREATE A FILM. And their stories DESERVE TO BE TOLD.
INSTEAD, YOU THINK, “THOSE BABIES FROM THE 30 SECOND COMMERICALS SURE CAN ANCHOR A FILM!”?!
Because, as we ALL SAW with the TWO EPISODE LONG run of the Geico Cavemen sitcom, THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA.
Fuck you, Fox.
It was bad enough when there was not one, but two different Garfield movies, but I thought we had seen all there was to say in reference to live action versions of cartoons once Underdog bombed.
Then the freaking Alvin & The Chipmunks movies happened, taking in a combined $800 Million, not including the future 3rd, 3D installment…
And now I find out a Marmaduke movie is happening.
Sure, I kinda knew that it was going to happen with the giant yellow fire hydrant setup at my local movie theatre (Why yellow? ‘Cause that’s the color of PEE!), but now that there’s a trailer, I know the movie is completely real.
Et tu, Owen Wilson, et tu?
It’s an amazing world we live in, full of stunning technological advancements.
Sure, we haven’t cured AIDS, Cancer or the common cold, or even figured out how to properly dispose of 3 feet of snow (no, not bitter), but we’ve finally solved one of the problems which I’ve never known was one – THE KETCHUP PACKET!
Coming soon to a restaurant near you is the latest innovation from the fine folks at Heinz, a brand new Ketchup packet, which not only holds more ketchup than the standard foil packet, but also allows you to both dip or squeeze the ketchup from two separate openings!
These packets should start to get rolled out by the Summer, with a full roll out in the fall. What a magical world we live in.
In this post Avatar world, you had to know that George Lucas wasn’t going to stay dormant for long.
And he’s raring back, determined to take back Lucasfilm’s crown as the king of the CGI action adventure film with -
*re-reads story*
a….a CGI musical? About fairies?!
What the HELL, George?!
Not much is really known about the project, aside from it’s being directed by Kevin Monroe (TMNT) and written by the man who wrote Elf – but seriously, what in the Sam Hill is this all about?
Stay tuned to Blast-O-Rama for my eventual fanboyish devotion, love, and positive review of the Untitled George Lucas Fairy Musical as it rushes towards breaking the worldwide cinema box office record.
It takes a lot for me to want to make a filmmaker to go away and die.
The latest to enter that very short list, Roland Emmerich.
Sure, I like a lot of people, enjoyed Independence Day. It was a fun, escapist Fourth of July flick. I even liked Stargate!
But since then, oh how his filmography just wore through my patience.
Godzilla. The Patriot. The Day After Tomorrow. 10,000 BC. And now the sure to be bad 2012, along with the possible 2013 TV series which has the bile touching the back of my throat.
So of course, he’ll now want to ruin the main thing of his I liked.
As he wants to do an Independence Day sequel. Wait, no, two of them. Because lord knows, we can’t NOT have at trilogy.
And the tiles for these sequels?
ID4-Ever Part I & II.
I’m gonna puke. Happy weekend folks.
Original Post: Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels – Independence Day – io9.
I like Seth MacFarlane a lot. Dude seems like a great guy, seems to be having the time of his life, and despite what his cartoons may make you believe, he comes across as a super intelligent guy.
Heck, even during an episode of the Adam Carolla Podcast, I realized – he and I may not be that different mentally. We have a lot of the same flaws, we have a lot of the same barriers.
And hey, I still find myself watching Family Guy/The Cleveland Show/American Dad. Sure, none of those shows are really ever going to win an award for their writing, but even with their not so great hit/miss ratio, when one of those shows hit for me, it’s out of the park.
So, when I watch the above video, the humor for me is in two places.
First, CollegeHumor nailed the MacFarlane tropes to the freaking wall.
Second, it’s not really his fault. If Fox offered you $100 million to basically do the same show for 90 minutes a week – wouldn’t you take it?
Maybe that’s why Seth always looks so god damn jolly.
