There's a fine line between a movie like Batman where the Dark Knight pummels everything in sight, and Kick-Ass where a little girl takes out the bad guys with ninja like skill and CGI arterial spray. Then there's James Gunn's SUPER, which runs awkwardly into the room past both films and bludgeons you with a staple gun for jaywalking. Take a look, but be warned...this ain't X-Men United...
Frank (Rainn Wilson) is an average guy who transforms himself into superhero The Crimson Bolt after his wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) hooks up with a smooth-talking drug dealer, Jacques (Kevin Bacon). What Frank lacks in superpowers, he makes up for with a trusty wrench in his one-man war on crime. But every superhero needs a sidekick. Enter Libby (Ellen Page), a cute psychopath working at the local comic book store. Transforming into “Boltie”, Libby teams up with Frank to take Jacques down. From the surprising imagination of writer-director James Gunn (Slither) comes Bolt and Boltie, a crazed crime fighting duo for the XBox generation. They’re here to save the day, or at least to beat you up.
More eye candy for the little boy and girl who are at work, bored to tears and need constant distraction.
In the two-part series premiere, "The Breakout," Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and Wasp have defeated some of the most dangerous Super Villains on the planet. But when the Super Villain prison system mysteriously shuts down, chaos is unleashed on the world. Earth's Mightiest Heroes must now band together as the Avengers to protect the planet from the threats that no single Super Hero could face alone. Their first task is to try and stop Graviton, a being whose power dwarfs anything ever seen. He's after Nick Fury, but will destroy the world to get to him. Individually the heroes have no chance, but together they can make a difference.
Beginning with the "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk" movies in 2008, the release of "The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!" follows Marvel’s overall "Avengers Assemble" strategy, introducing the greatest heroes in the Marvel Universe through various content platforms. This includes the feature films "Iron Man 2" in May of 2010, "Thor" in May of 2011 and "Captain America: The First Avenger" in July of 2011, all building up to "Marvel Studios' The Avengers" theatrical film in 2012. Disney XD, the single largest distributor of Marvel content around the world, currently showcases approximately 20 hours of Marvel series (including "The Spectacular Spider-Man," "Fantastic Four" and "Iron Man") each week.
When a major company like Universal doles out licenses to manufacturers, they often do it in one big clump. One such clump has just surfaced, so we thought we'd bring you the highlights VIA licensemag.com ...
BACK TO THE FUTURE: Mattel will be making action figures, vehicles and accessories across the planet while Tell Tale Games will shell out interactive games.
PSYCHO: Robies costumes will have Halloween costumes and accessories in the US and Canada. Fingers crossed for a knife that does the stabby shower sound!!
SCARFACE: NECA has the license for Action Figures and accessories across the globe and Denim Street will have new apparel in the UK
SMOKEY & THE BANDIT: Franklin Mint will have diecast vehicles across the US
JAWS: A company called M.A.C will have new apparel in Australia and New Zealand
SHAUN OF THE DEAD: Pyramid Poster will have postcards and posters in the UK and Eire while Aquarius Entertainment dishes out stationary in the same regions
Since Mattel knows full well that Back to the Future is a specialty item, expect them to follow a similar model to their Ghostbusters line (ie; their MattyCollector club selling figures and Mego-esque dolls), with a chance of vehicles at mass retail since Diamond cleared the way for that to happen.
This line is a total win from start to finish. If the price were a liiiiiiittle lower, I'd own them all. Kotobukiya has released new images for their "Sexy Ladies of Comic Books gone Anime" line AKA the Bishoujo Figure Series, and this time we get to see one from each camp. For DC Comics, its the first lady of the Justice League; Wonder Woman! For Marvel Comics, we get an equally powerful super woman in Ms. Marvel! These PVC figures stand around 8 and a half inches tall, give or take and will set you back 60 bucks a pop.
The release lineup goes like this...
MARVEL Emma Frost (January), Black Cat (March) and Ms. Marvel (June)
DC Batgirl (December), Catwoman (January 2011) and Wonder Woman (January 2011)
Click the company names for more images of the line and consult with your local Geekerdashery (aka the comic shop) to pre-order today!
I'm not much of a gamer, but lately there have been heaps of digital glory I would love to get in on. Force Unleashed is one such title, and while the first installment didn't suck me in, it seems Lucas is pulling all my dark heart strings this time around. Dig the trailer...
and the super creepy TV spot!!
Continue the galaxy-altering journey of Starkiller, Darth Vader's fugitive apprentice, that shapes the key events between Star Wars: Episode III and Episode IV. Unleash the Force with more power and precision through improved controls and new powers, such as the deceptive Mind Trick, which turns enemies against their allies. Discover the true power of Starkiller with Force Fury, where his attacks and Force powers are exponentially increased. Improved targeting system enhances precision use of Force powers and greater interaction with puzzles and the environment. Take combat to the next level with the ability to wield dual lightsabers and punish enemies with all-new combo attacks. Experience the most life-like interactions with Pixelux Entertainment's Digital Molecular Matter (DMM) coupled with euphoria from Natural Motion Ltd and the powerful Havok Physics system. Expanded customization options such as new costumes and power-enhancing lightsaber crystals. Fight through all-new challenge levels designed to test and hone your fighting and Force power skills. Skillfully manage your combat techniques to defeat a variety of brand-new enemies, which will culminate in epic boss battles. Immerse yourself once again in the story that was honored with awards from the Writer's Guild of America and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Challenge your friends to a 4-player Force showdown on Wii in chaotic fighting game-style combat.
The game drops October 26th, so PREPARE YOURSELF!!
He's come from the stars. Why? Perhaps because he is a fan of Spaced and Shaun of the Dead. That would be enough for me to make the trip. Whatever the case may be, the new teaser trailer for PAUL has landed and we've got it for you. Here's hoping for comedy magic from my favorite Brits once again!
<br/><a href="http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/exclusive-paul-trailer/2twpg8aq?fg=sharenoembed" target="_new" title="Exclusive: Paul - Trailer">Video: Exclusive: Paul - Trailer</a>
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America’s UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogan) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-travelling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town—a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Collings (Frost). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.
Wackiness, ensues, natch. Since Pegg and Frost wrote the thing, I've got high hopes!
FUNKO, makers of fantastical bobble heads and vinyl figures in every shape and size your pop culture loving brain can conjure up have done it AGAIN!! I've expounded countless times on my love for their Plushie doll format which brings a simplistic style to the licenses you've come to love over your lifetime. The end result is so perfect and satisfying, you want to collect a whole shelf full of them. Funko have done their best to allow you this option, filling their lines with toys from DC Comics, Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz and more. Now, TERROR COMES TO PLUSHIE TOWN!!! (I've copyrighted that phrase. No stealing.) The obvious move is to bring on the bad guys, so Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger and Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees are on the way. The doll line is made in a 7 inch tall format, just FYI, and are available EVERYWHERE online as well as your local comic shops and some retailers.
It's been deathly silent after New York Comic Con, which is surprising if you consider there were so few toy companies present at the big east coast show, but now news seems to be slowly seeping out of the distributor orifices and into your plastic loving laps! Yes, I'm a poet. NECA adds some new recruits to their Video Game action figure line; Player Select; and bolsters the ranks of an already established line. On tap for future releases are..
Bulletstorm Grayson 7 inch scaled action figure Crysis 2 Nanosuit 7 inch scaled action figure Dead Space 7 inch scaled action figures Series 2
Enjoy them...when they arrive...sometime...soon-ish? Thus is the way of the internet.
I've been doing San Diego Comic Con for around 9 years now, so I'm no stranger to the geek hordes, the obstacles of monolithic cosplayers posing for pictures every 10 feet, the lines to get into panels or the stench from the collective unwashed that will singe your eyebrows off, but New York Comic Con did one thing I never thought a convention that didn't include drinking would do. It kicked my ass.
We started fast and furious on Friday afternoon with Jordana covering costumes and random photo ops (dressed as Buffy the Vampire Slayer from the episode where she was a waitress named Anne) and myself grabbing shots of any toy I could get to before the show opens and I'm tossed around like a Jenna Jameson real doll at a porn convention after party. That went smoothly enough and I managed to get up to Square Enix before the public, brandishing better cameras then mine and screaming their favorite catch phrases in my ear, showed up to block my path. Still it was all fairly calm and I pushed through til my first meeting to see zombies in Red Dead Redemption hit. By then, it was clear NYCC was pulling no punches this year and all their shouting to all points dork attracted a legion of fans of all shapes and sizes that clogged every orifice the convention hall had to offer. Inside the Red Dead booth I learned that zombies will try and eat your horse, and your horse can then become a zombie horse, but the zombies will not try and eat a zombie horse. Interesting. More on that later!
Back into the fray to see how Jordana and the Evil Girl Squad (Lead by Lori who vowed to cover comics with extreme prejudice) were faring and shoot up the plastics before ducking into the IGN theater to get a peek at Captain Marvel fighting Black Adam as well as All Star Superman, coming soon from Warner Home Video. We were told that aside from another Green Lantern animated film on the way, we'd also be getting Batman: Year One. It's clear WB's focus is on the movie properties and building those brands, but with so many great stories to tell, I sure would kill to see someone besides Superman and Batman go at it! Again..more on that later!
Saturday...was a clusterfuck. We called it Codename: Clusterfuck actually. After seeing Heather Buckley into the show and on her way to Saw 3D interviews, I headed off to meet Ryan Buell from Paranormal State where we talked about crazy people and the ghosts they are convinced they are ravaged by. I followed this up with a round table with The Venture Brother's Jackson and Doc, who have sincerely apologized for destroying that super valuable comic in that episode that made you cry yourself to sleep. After getting my Batman mask signed I made a break for Hanna interviews; the tale of a young girl taught to be a ruthless assassin by her father, Eric Bana. Family fun! My lineup had a young Irish girl, Ban the Aussie and a British Director, so accents for everyone. After scoring some food for Heather who was dying on her Thing prequel press line and running into a nearly completely naked Na'vi girl, I made my way back to the floor. Just inside the entrance beyond the escalators, they placed a stage where people danced to a new Michael Jackson Wii game, so as I entered I came across two things; Wookies rocking out to Beat It and a sea of people watching Wookies dance. The crowd was so thick, it was nearly impossible to move forward beyond a slow, drudging walk. How I missed the snarky voice of the SDCC woman reminding people that stopping in the middle of an ilse is not a good idea, as people can't walk through you. Science is awesome. No one seemed to get the laws of displacement and so, the slow march continued. This made shooting the Art Toys nearly impossible, so forgive me if that section of our FlickR is lacking. I did my best!! I made my way to the Young Justice panel and found getting in a breeze. We learned that the new cartoon series can use ANYONE from the DC universe and doesn't shy away from guest stars from the Justice League, so HOOfuckingRAY for that!!! My mind boggles with cameo potential. The day's adventure ended at The Patriot with the Evil Girl Squad and Vodka, until I could take the country western music no longer and gave up. I'd like to thank the 4 Tank Girls I ran into for brightening up this; the most crappiest of convention days.
Sunday allowed me some time to sleep in, but I had more articulated things to shoot and was determined to visit most of my friends for photo ops. I'd had some panels earmarked for my own enjoyment but quickly deserted them upon finding the show seemingly more crowded than the previous day. I ran into a couple of Cosplay girls I knew and took their picture as they expressed their frustration with the lack of space to breathe in the show. My frustration joined them as I found the Walking Dead panel had a line bigger than the space inside the IGN theater and when you add all the people inside who would not be leaving, there was no way I'd get my notes in there. Luckily, Heather Buckly is like a ninja and got the job done. Knowing this, I met up with Jordana (dressed as Silk Spectre 1 from Watchmen) and we did some shopping and said hi to friends at Angry Drunk Graphics and Rocklove Jewelry. We decided my coverage would not be balanced if we didn't hit the actual Anime part of the convention, so we traveled down the long corridoor to what almost seemed like a sub basement. Remember that scene from Roger Rabbit where they break through the wall to Toon Town and everything is singing and dancing? We had arrived. Some kids were on stage dressed in Japanese school skirts belting out a heartfelt rendition of the Pokemon theme song and the WHOLE SHOW FLOOR was joining them. Everyone..no matter where you looked..was singing..except for those few people, like us, who wandered in to get the full effect. The Horror. Anime fans, in large groups, don't really speak to each other as much as they make odd little high pitch noises and break into synchronized dance at any moment. It seems an odd way to communicate. After strolling down one isle of all hand made art and items and seeing someone sketching Batman making out with Superman, we decided it would be best to go back to the main convention hall.
Jordana took off to fight crime and Hula Hoop and I headed over to Image to grab some pictures of Kirkman (creator of The Walking Dead) when I stumbled across Rufus Dayglo, artist for Tank Girl in his first appearance stateside. As you may be aware of already, I'm a freak for Tank girl..and if you were on hand that day, you would have watched me struggle to keep it together as the geek inside me flipped the fuck out. I walked away with a sketch and two full pages of hand drawn art from the comic..and a smile on my face that still hasn't gone away. After saying quick hellos to Dark Horse's Scott Allie and our good friends at Anchor Bay and Magnet Releasing, me and Heather found a tiny little Thai restaurant to hold up in til the crowds thinned out and we could make our way home...exhausted..bruised..battered...and complete.
Side Story: While fighting his way through the crowds of New York Comic Con, a former police officer wounded on the job and forced to use a cane to walk came across Bruce Campbell..or rather vice versa. Rushing through the crowd and annoyed by the countless fans trying to get pictures and autographs they weren't paying for, Bruce came across our hero and when asked by yet another fan for a signature, he exclaimed "I've got to be somewhere and this fat cripple is blocking me." Our buddy, worn down by his bad back, bad leg and a day of pushing through the crowd, turns around to see it is Bruce Campbell being a dick and punches him in the face. Cameras go off like mad and Bruce's handlers advise the man with the cane to disappear quickly as this could get bad. To his credit, the bloody lipped Campbell immediately realized he deserved his licks and laughed it off before vacating the area.
And that, my friends..is Comic Con. Check out all the pics by clicking RIGHT HERE!! There are more stories to tell and more pics to be uploaded, so keep checking back.
Special thanks to Heather Buckley, Jordana and Lori for all the hard work, and Reed for all their access.
New York's 38th Annual Village Halloween Parade lands Sunday, October 31, 2010; the largest, most wildly creative Halloween Celebration in the world. Now in its 37th year, this true folk art event features 60,000 people in costumes of their own creation, 36 bands playing music from all over the world reflecting the ethnic traditions of NYC, performance troupes, floats, and its own style of Giant Puppets created just for the Parade. The event draws a happy, costumed audience of over 2 million spectators that occasioned the New York Times to call the Parade “the best entertainment the people of this city give to the people of this city.” Things kick off at 7 pm. Lineup is on 6th Avenue South of Spring and North of Canal. The Parade goes from Spring St. to 16th Street on 6th Avenue. All Those in Costume are Welcome to Join Hundreds of Puppets, 42 Bands of Different Types of Music, Dancers and Artists, and Thousands of other New Yorkers in Costumes of their Own Creation in the Nation’s Most Wildly Creative Public Participatory Event in the Greatest City in the World ! It will be televised live on NY1 TV and WPIX Channel 11.
The unfavorable economy is hitting everyone and this year, the Village Parade has taken its share of lumps, so we are calling out to all the horror fans, current and former residents of the New York City area and all lovers of everything Halloween to reach deep down into their pockets and donate as little as one dollar to support one of the greatest Halloween traditions I know of. Donations pay for everything from the fantastic puppets and entertainment in the parade itself to the security for those marching and the happy people watching on the sidelines, the coordination of this massive gathering and even the clean up after the crowds are gone. It all costs buckets of cash, so if we want to keep the spirit of Halloween alive in New York City, pitch in a buck and tell everyone you know to spread the word. Your support means everything!!
CLICK HEREto make a donation and grab a graphic for your web page to help spread the word! All graphics should point to https://nychalloween.wufoo.com/forms/village-halloween-parade-mailing-list/ . Thanks for your help!!
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