Chips Poster and Trailer Online
Another nostalgia driven adaptation of a 1970s cop show is set to piss all over the memory of the franchise that ran from 1977 to 1983 – this time with Dax Sheppard and Michael Pena as the iconic Officer Jon Baker and Frank “Ponch” Poncherello in Chips! This show followed the adventures of two very well liked officers of the California Highway Police. While the show was labeled a drama, it always had a little light...
Asheron’s Call Closes its last Servers
The Turbine MMO that launched in 1999 has run for the last 17 years and will finally call it quits. Mashable featured an article where a 74 year old Grandfather has been playing this game since its inception and will have to hang it up at the end of the month. Sony’s Everquest released earlier the same year as Asheron’s Call, and quickly became the popular choice. But by the end of the month, the servers will close forever...
Movie Review: Passengers (Spoilers)
As I was watching Passengers unfold, I couldn’t help but think about marketing. It became quite clear that in creating trailers, the mission is to sell a movie to audiences. But it doesn’t have to be the movie you are about to see. In this case, they sold a film that was a romance thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt as two strangers stuck on a spaceship, where they fall in love and solve a mystery. Despite actually...
Happy Birthday Pris!
In Blade Runner, the erratic and creepy replicant named Pris, played by Darryl Hanna, had her first day of dreaming of electric sheep today. I find it repeatedly fascinating that all these movies I grew up loving that were set in the future are all having its dates come to pass. We are living in the future. Happy Birthday Pris. Enjoy it while it...
Deadpool had Many Creators
FINALLY some Deadpool origin coverage that puts Rob Liefeld in his place. The character has been getting a LOT of attention lately because of the feature film that is rocking the boxoffice this weekend, but also because of the epic level of cross promoting the hell out of the character and the movie. But a lot of this coverage online – on blogs and webshows that I LIKE – is dragging Rob Liefeld out of obscurity as if they...
JK Rowling Announces 8th Harry Potter Novel
What started out as Jack Thorne’s stage production Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, based on a story written by Rowling will in fact be released as a novel. Washington Post reports: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is set to debut in London at the Palace Theatre on Harry’s birthday, July 30. But today, Rowling announced that the script of the play will in fact be released as a two-part book, at 12:01 a.m. on July 31, 2016....
New Suicide Squad Trailer Online
Suicide Squad has spilled a much better look at what we can expect from the upcoming film and I am impressed. Suicide Squad is going to heavily depend on whether or not we can like the characters. We know they are “bad guys” but they still have to be redeemable – at least a little. If they are bad and undesirable, there is nothing to make you want to root for them. They are being conned into being the good guys and...
Check out Metroid: The Sky Calls
Nerdist Host, Jessica Chobot has joined her powers of geekery with Rainfall films to create this short film in which she plays Samus Aran. Chobot is pretty striking with the blonde hair and blue eyes – a contrast from her chestnut features we are used to seeing her in. The film itself is interesting and looks like something that would be a great setup for a new game. What do you think of the short...
Netflix Canada will be the Exclusive Carrier of Star Wars Force Awakens
Well that was convenient. Netflix Canada created a deal with Disney to allow it access to its library starting 2015 and forward to bolster its Canadian catalog. So all that shiny new Disney properties for film and TV will be available to all of us up in Canuckistasia. But what’s coming out in 2015 that will get its 8 month from release showing that US Netflix wont get? Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Engadget reports:...
Full Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer is Online
So first impressions? It’s visually more in line with the original trilogy. Things are dirty and aged, even the Empire…. New Order are not so shiny as they were before. So that’s cool. The characters already look like something I am going to enjoy. I hope some of the charm and personality of Radley and Boyega translate to the screen. Han’s dialog suggests that despite their victory over the Empire, it...
Star Wars Force Awakens Trailer Break Down
With the release of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed trailer, we got to see a lot of action, a bit of the characters and some splodey bits. All amazing, and was very effective at making me want to see this film more now. So I took to snapping some screenshots and want to share my observations. What follows will be a long post, but may also reveal some things you missed – potentially spoilers if my guesses are correct. So...
Star Wars The Force Awakens Poster is Revealed
LucasFilm/Disney announced that the first full trailer for Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens will happen Monday night during the football game. But to tide us over, they have released the official artwork for the film’s poster. Now I have a few first impressions on the poster. First, it is busier than any of the previous film’s posters. There is a lot to include in this image – the old cast and the new – and...
Westjet Introduces a Frozen Plane
Westjet has a brand new plane and it has a wonderful “get out of the cold and into the warm” theme to it with the characters from Disney’s Frozen. Fun facts about the #DisneyFrozenThemedPlane: The aircraft was painted in Fort Worth, Texas. The paint team included team members from Canada, the United States and Germany. They watched Frozen to get them into the spirit before work began. The job took 21 days of 12-hour...
Will Hulk be Joining Thor Ragnarok?
I did enjoy me some Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk and the latest rumour is that Hulk’s self imposed exile will end with Thor: Ragnarok. ComicBookMovie is reporting: “The report states that Thor, facing Ragnarok itself, will team-up with the Green Goliath. While it’s unclear what the ratio of Banner to Hulk screentime will be, Hulk is said to be a featured “prominently” as part of the supporting cast.” Ragnarok is said to...
Glorious Cosplayer of the Month – Emily Devilorns!
I had the pleasure to chat with Emily that goes by the Cosplay name of Devilorns and she’s this month’s Glorious Cosplayer! This is a very special Cosplayer as we start presenting them monthly instead of weekly. This makes them four times as special! And this Glorious Cosplayer also has a message. First, let’s take a look at this artist’s work: And she builds her own props too. This is just a sampling, her WIP...
Star Wars Saga Vs Anthology Films
The new Star Wars films franchise are going to be divided into two main properties. The Skywalker Saga and the rest will be Anthology films. Spinoff Reports: “The Saga films focus on the Skywalker family saga,” Kennedy said in an interview with Costco Connection. “The stories follow a linear narrative that connects to the previous six film. ‘The Force Awakens’ follows ‘Return Of The Jedi’ and continues that generational story. The...
Ron Perlman joins Fantastic Beasts
Ron Perlman has played a loveable demon, a hate-able biker, a flamboyant superhero and a rapist school headmaster (forget that last one) and now he will likely be playing a Troll in the Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Jon Voight, Gemma Chan, Carmen Ejogo, Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler and Samantha Morton have also been cast but their roles are unknown....
Wasteland Festival brings Mad Max to Life
There’s a new post apocalyptic middle of the desert festival like Buring Man, but this one is far cooler. The Wasteland Festival in California set up a recreation of the Mad Max world and this fan creation is worthy of the studios own attractions. Check it...
Anna Paquin Confirms she’s not Rogue in the Gambit Movie
Anna Paquin casually went on record to indicate that she – and therefore Rogue – would not be in the upcoming Gambit film. After being asked a few times on Twitter if she would appear she very succinctly said “no” without elaboration or opinion. I guess that’s when things blew up a bit and she clarified that she was just reacting based on what she knows. No one had approached her about being in the film....
Behind the Scenes – Designing DC’s Holy Trinity
In the above video from this week’s New York City ComicCon, we get to see some inside information about how they designed Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman’s looks for this version of the characters. What surprised me was costume designer Michael Wilkinson dropping that Diana (Wonder Woman) is immortal. I don’t recall her ever being immortal but that her super powers of resilience make her very resistant to aging....