Deadpool’s Charm Has Won Me Over
I’m already looking forward to the Deadpool movie. There have been several good trailers. And it does look funny. But the latest bit of marketing has really won me over. First came this billboard, using that emoji thing that all the kids these days are crazy about. Seems simple enough.
But the Internet, being the Internet, immediately started to poke fun at the silliness. That’s what the Internet does, and they’re oh so good at it.
What really won me over is what the Deadpool PR team did in response. They took the mockery and ran with it.
I can’t wait to see Skullpoopl!
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Short Robot Film Makes Me Wish I Went Into Filmmaking
What am I doing with my life? Why am I not making amazing sci-fi films like Gear, by Kevin Adams and Joe Ksander?
It’s about 6 minutes long, and it’s a ton of fun. Futuristic, dystopian, and with some amazing special effects. Great storytelling too. Worth your while. Maybe a nice lunch break entertainment!
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6 More Characters That Need Action Figures (So I Can Also Buy Them)
We all have hobbies. We all have vices and guilty pleasures. For me, it’s collecting action figures. I’m not one of those collectors who wants them kept in the box, or someone who hunts down every single variant and buys 10 of them. I’m a casual action figure collector, picking up the characters I like when I happen to find them.
The psycho part is when I put them on display in my apartment…
The ladies love action figures
Most recently, I finally got my hands on this Hobgoblin Build-a-Figure I’d been longing for all last year. This figure could have been a travesty, because as a Build-a-Figure, I would have had to buy six separate action figures at $20 a pop to get all the pieces! That’s insane! Fortunately, I found him for cheap on eBay, and all is right with the world.
It put me in the mood to talk about action figures, which is a List of Six I’ve already done once before. But if I could somehow control the action figure market, what other characters do I want to see sculpted and on my shelf?
The Warcraft Trailer With Original Game Sound Effects
The geniuses of the Internet have done it again! Here is the Warcraft movie trailer with sound effects from Warcraft II. It’s sublime.
This genius comes from Youtuber Robert Mermet. My hat is off to you, friend. This was masterful! Zug zug, indeed!
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The Star Wars Expanded Universe is Alive and Well
Don’t worry, everybody, geekery is alive and well in Star Wars. Our nerdy ability to create backstory for every single insignificant character in the Star Wars Universe has not diminished in the slightest with the death of the Expanded Universe and the arrival of The Force Awakens. I couldn’t be giddier.
I speak, of course, about Internet sensation ‘TR-8R’, the fan-name given to the First Order Stormtrooper who whips out that amazing stun baton and gets into a melee battle with Finn halfway through the film. He’s so named because he shouts, “Traitor!” at Finn before he attacks.
The new ‘Boba Fett’
It’s a cool battle, it’s the first lightsaber fight in the film, and that stun baton is just badass. The scene goes a long way to making Stormtroopers dangerous again. The Internet fell in love with the Trooper immediately, and he’s kind of become a meme sensation. It’s hilarious, in that special Internet way.
Now, if you were like me, you thought that scene would have been a great place to use Captain Phasma. She doesn’t get much screentime, and a fight against Finn would have been pretty stellar for her character. And even though TR-8R gets blasted in the end, there’s no reason Phasma couldn’t survive and come back later. It would have been a fantastic use of the character.
Her IMAX poster was a good use too
But now I know how wrong I was, because Star Wars knew exactly what it was doing. For you see, TR-8R isn’t just some random Riot Control Stormtrooper who is mad at Finn. He’s actually a fully-fleshed out character who has a lot of backstory in the new, Disney version of the Expanded Universe. It all takes place in Greg Rucka’s novel, Before the Awakening, which now I really want to track down and read. Fortunately, Awesome Internet Person babieseverywhere went and summarized the book for us — SPOILERS for Before the Awakening in that link, of course.
The official Star Wars website has also jumped in to explain the truth behind TR-8R after they noticed his sudden spike in popularity.
Not only does TR-8R have a backstory now, but we also know who that Stormtrooper was in the beginning who died, and whose blood then marked Finn’s helmet.
Granted, all of this was pre-planned to take place in a tie-in book, so it’s not the same as most of the Expanded Universe explanations. But it’s good enough for me. It’s been a long while since I read the EU books and was really a part of that universe, but I’m excited to see the practice continue with the new canon.
Plus, I don’t know about you henchies, but I’m finding all these TR-8R memes to be hilarious!
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