Category Archives: Movies
It Was the Best of Times, It was the Blurst of Times?!
Apes, man. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather go to Candy Apple Island. Sure they got apes, but they’re not as big.
Anybody else going to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes tonight? I was a big fan of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, so I’m definitely checking out this sequel. Because I love every ape I see, from Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z.
Guardians of the Galaxy Just Gets Better Every Day!
New extended trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy reminds us all why we can’t wait to see this movie! Is it August yet?
What more is there to say? That trailer is amazing! The extended scene of banter towards the end is utterly delightful! Everything about this movie just looks so much fun.
Stop the Universe, There Are Glorious Forces at Work Here
Theologians will be debating the existence of a higher power until the end of time. But this weekend, I received evidence that there is indeed a greater power at work here. And apparently, they’re watching me.
It is as if the universe coalesced into a single item that now exists solely for me. I can perceive no other reason why this toy exists other than some cosmic force peered into my brain and made it a reality.
How else can you explain Hasbro making a legitimate, fully transforming action figure of Dispensor, the Mountain Dew Transformer from the first movie.
Do the Dew!
I’m speechless. Both because of the awesomeness of this toy and out of fear that someone really is reading my thoughts. Why else would Hasbro make a Dispensor action figure seven years after the first movie came out?! He was on the screen for 10 seconds! And it’s not like he’s some new commercial tie-in.
They changed the name from ‘Mountain Dew’ to ‘Mood Whiplash’ on the toy, so it’s not like Hasbro is getting any advertising money.
Dew It, To It!
So why make this action figure unless someone had recently read my List of the 6 Most Underrated Movie Transformers!? Dispensor is #1 on that list! But I only wrote that list a week ago! Someone knew in advance how much this character makes me giggle! His mere existence is cause for such giddiness!
And now he’s a real toy!
What are you trying to tell me, universe?! That you’re listening to me, you’re really listening? Well then, message received! Loud and clear!
An Angry Superman and a New Bout of Rumors
Production on Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is amping up, and as such, pictures from the set are flying around the Internet. In the slow march towards acceptance, a lot of studios have started revealing characters and costumes well in advance of when those same images might get leaked on the web. For example, the CW put out the first official pictures of the Flash costume just days before pictures of him in costume on set hit the web.
So perhaps that’s why Warner Bros. released this startling image of a dour Superman today.
The ‘S’ stands for Eternal Sorrow
Somebody really sneezed in his Cheerios. Is that still a thing kids say?
Anyway! The reason I’m posting this grumpy picture of Superman is because there’s a new spat of rumors about characters and actors in Dawn of Justice. Normally I don’t like publishing rumors like that, because they can be wrong at the drop of the hat.
But as a rabid fanboy, I am going to follow every possible iota of information about Dick Grayson being in Dawn of Justice. I probably want Dick in Dawn of Justice more than I want Multiple Man in the next X-Men movie (though it pains me to say that).
As such, the rumors come from Latino Review, and they basically state that Scoot McNairy – who I had pegged as a Nightwing front-runner – might actually be playing Morgan Edge, a businessman-type villain, who they figure will be Lex Luthor’s slimy PR man.
Normally I would be saddened by the news, but the scooper, El Mayimbe, seems pretty confident that Dick Grayson is indeed going to be in the movie. He practically mentions it as an established fact, that Dick Grayson will be in his mid-20s, and can’t be played by the 30something-year-old McNairy, so that buffers my fears somewhat.
Beyond Edge, El Mayimbe claims we’ll see Victor Zasz, David Cain and Amanda Waller all in the movie. They’re all human characters, so it wouldn’t be hard to toss them into the movie somehow. Batman Begins used Victor Zasz in exactly that same, simple way.
So there you have it. From some much more experienced and knowledgable bloggers than me, McNairy will be playing Morgan Edge, and Dick Grayson is definitely in the movie.
Good times.
Behold Your Big Hero 6!
It’s still hard to believe that Disney is going to make an animated movie out of Big Hero 6 – but a slew of new character posters confirm everything! I know next to nothing about the comic book Big Hero 6, so I have no idea how accurate these designs are. But then comic book accuracy means absolutely nothing. All that matters is that these characters and this movie are cool.
Check them out – and join me in giggling at their names!
I bet Wasabi No-Ginger is going to be the breakout character of the year.
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