Category Archives: Movies
If the Ninja Turtles Wore Clothes, They Would All Have Popped Collars
Basically, the more trailers I see for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, the more I realize they’d just a bunch of bros. Michelangelo, especially. And not ‘brothers’, which of course they are, but I mean popped collar, beer chugging, fraternity pledging, ultra bros. It’s kind of off-putting.
Possibly because I’m more of a geek, and reject those bro-life stereotypes. But man, this movie is clearly being made to appeal to a certain audience, and considering that same audience is pushing Transformers: Age of Extinction towards $1 billion, I have a sinking feeling that the new Ninja Turtles movie is going to be similar.
Whereas I just want Guardians of the Galaxy to succeed! Come on, people. Go see Guardians of the Galaxy multiple times!
First Official Sneak Peek at Avengers: Age of Ultron
Entertainment Weekly continues to be a magazine in circulation, and they have landed the first official look at Avengers 2: Age of Ultron! I used to love that magazine in high school in the swinging late 90s. So good for them at this pretty awesome scoop. Check out this cover, with our first real look at Ultron himself!
He looks pretty gnarly. And Captain America and Iron Man look pretty cool too.
You can check out an early sneak peek at the Avengers 2 interview at their website. It gives a lot of details on the plot, so be careful of spoilers, and talks about a few of the new characters. You can check out a few pictures by clicking here, including an official look at Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, as well as a possible surprise superhero cameo. Or you can just wait for the actual magazine, because people still apparently buy those. Right now, I’m legitimately considering it.
The 6 Best of Hercules in Pop Culture
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! That’s still a reference people get, right? Good. The Rock’s big Hercules movie comes out at the end of this month, and that’s reason enough to celebrate as far as I’m concerned! He’s the Rock! Doing Hercules! It’s kind of perfect, actually.
I’m torn as to whether or not the word ‘smackdown’ should be in this movie
I am a huge fan of Greek myths. I can still remember the Big Book of Greek Myths I used to devour from my middle school library. So seeing a big budget Hercules movie (that isn’t that earlier big budget Hercules movie from January) is kind of a treat. It’s the Rock fighting all the great Greek monsters. That alone should be pretty cool. And you know what else is pretty cool: the idea that people have been playing Hercules for centuries. This is a character that has existed since before the Roman Empire. How cool is it that we, as a society, are still telling the story of Hercules?
And why can we do that? Because nobody owns the rights to Hercules! Anybody can make a Hercules movie or cartoon or video game or comic book…and they have! Join me after the jump to check out the 6 greatest pop culture appearances of the Lion of Greece!
Green Lantern Taken Down Yet Another Notch
The good folks at Screen Junkies have finally gotten around to doing an Honest Trailer for Green Lantern.
It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. I feel like they could have done a lot, lot more with this wreck of a movie – which, I’ll admit, I liked after I first saw it. No, don’t go back and search for my original movie review. You won’t like what you see.
First Full Big Hero 6 Trailer!
The first real Big Hero 6 trailer hit the Internet today, and I managed to find a version of it on Youtube. Watch it quick before it’s taken down!
You can also watch it by clicking here and that’ll be fine.
I like it! The trailer focuses on Baymax and Hiro, which is fine, but you don’t get a very good look at the other character. Don’t worry, though, you can check out all the character posters to get a good look at them. The only complaint I have is that T.J. Miller is voicing Fredzilla. That’s the slacker guy who shouts from the back of the car. He’ been in everything lately, including both Transformers 4 and How to Train Your Dragon 2 this summer. So when I hear his voice, I don’t think ‘Fred’, I think ‘oh that guy’. That’s very distracting.
Otherwise, it looks good!
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