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First Look at Wingnut and the Mutants in new Ninja Turtles Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is shaping up to be a pretty awesome flick. I’ve been a Ninja Turtles fan since I watched the cartoon and collected the toys in the 1980s. So you best believe I am tickled pink that so many of my favorite guys are gonna show up as a mutant gang in this film, from Mondo Gecko to Ray Fillet to my favorite character, Wingnut! And finally, at long last, we’ve got a clear look at Wingnut and the other mutants courtesy of some dope character posters.

She looks like she has a screw loose

Personally, I would have liked a more humanoid Wingnut, but considering he’s been changed to a she, and she’ll be voiced by Natasia Demetriou, it probably would have been too easy to make her like Rouge the Bat from Sonic the Hedgehog.

I have faith in this fuzzy little critter they’ve created. I like that, instead of Wingnut’s traditional mechanical wings, they’ve given her mechanical arms instead. That makes a lot of sense with the character now being a mutant instead of an alien. I never liked that alien origin anyway. Also, I hope we get some kind of Screwloose Easter Egg.

So yeah, there’s a whole bunch of character posters to check out here. I think everybody looks great in that weird, wild way. Again, I prefer my TMNT mutants to be more humanoid, like the Turtles themselves. But I can definitely wrap my head around these oblong and weirdly shaped mutants. It fits the film, after all.

Also, in case you needed to hear it, I love what they’ve done with April O’Neal. She looks great.

Seth Rogen delivered a quickie behind-these-scenes look at the voice cast, so you can check that out as well.

Mutant Mayhem looks like it’s gonna be great! Comes out in August and I can’t wait!

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Metalocalypse is Coming Back!

Much like The Venture Bros., the great animated show Metalocalypse is finally coming back with a straight-to-DVD movie to tie everything off. This was a great show on Adult Swim, about a death metal band that actually caused deaths and was building to some type of apocalypse. But then the series was cancelled without ever reaching that apocalypse or any actual ending. And the last episodes aired in…holy crap! 2013?! Are you kidding me?! It’s been an entire decade?!

Anyway, wow, uh, so someone was willing to give Metalocalypse the ending it deserved and we’ll be getting it straight-to-DVD with Army of the Doomstar.

Looks good to me. Looks like classic Metalocalypse of old, and it will hopefully be a fitting finale to all the greatness that came before. Jeez louise. Time passes at lightning speed, people.

This new movie will be available digitally and on Blu-ray on Aug. 22.

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6 Thoughts on The Flash (Review)

After seemingly a bajillion years in development, running through directors like how Flash runs through hamburgers, The Flash movie has finally been released in theaters. It’s not doing well at the box office at all, and is likely to be another flop for DC Comics on the big screen. So be it. I went into this movie prepared to dislike it, but found myself generally entertained.

Movie Rating: 6/10 – Pretty Good

I am no fan of the Snyderverse. It means nothing to me, especially at this point. I have generally liked the Flash in his Justice League movie appearances, and I’m all for a Flash solo movie. I think it’s silly they went for Flashpoint again. The Flash has been published continuously for decades, but the only story anybody can adapt is one written a couple of years ago? And wasn’t that great to begin with? Ah well, who am I to complain?

Join me after the jump for my full thoughts and review on The Flash. Expect FULL SPOILERS for the whole movie. And feel free to share your own thoughts in the comments below.

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Kraven The Hunter Knows Nothing

Welp, Sony continues to churn out these non-Spider-Man Spider-Man films. They didn’t learn their lesson with Morbius. They learned the wrong lessons with the successes of the Venom films. So let’s go with Kraven The Hunter. Because nothing will stop them!

Also, it’s a red band trailer, so go watch it on YouTube and the come back here to leave a comment. Don’t give YouTube all your good comments!

It’s just Morbius all over again. Seemingly ordinary fella gets some kind of magic animal injection, now he’s got similar powers. What are Kraven’s new animal senses if not just Morbius’s bat senses? And he can control animals now? So he’s not even comic book Kraven the Hunter? And that’s definitely now how comic book Rhino works.

How many failures does Sony need before they stop this?!

Anyway, I’ll definitely see it when it comes to theaters in October.

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I Like the Look of Elio

I went and saw Elemental this weekend and I liked it. The film is cute and it won me over in the end. I don’t think it’s a great film or anything that’s going to fix Pixar’s recent losing streak, but it was a fine watch. It was also as predictable as I feared it would be based on the trailers, and a lot of the logistics of its world really annoyed me.

Why do you have chain link fences? Because the animators put them in the movie, that’s why. Jeez.

Anyway, Pixar’s next film is Elio, which is a bad title for what looks like a fun film.

I think this looks neat. It’s not as predictable, I don’t think. Lotta weird and funny stuff could happen out in space to this kid. That “Uh, Earth” joke is stale as hell and has been done a bajillion times, but that’s fine. Surely that’s not going to be indicative of a bad script overall. This looks cute.

Also, what’s up with Pixar/Disney animated films and these one-word titles? There are so many interesting titles that could come from this wild, sci-fi alien premise, but they just go with the kid’s name? Heck, “Uh, Earth” would have been a better title.

Anyway, we can expect Elio in March, 2024.

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