A lot of people who I chat with have asked me why I am so quick to get p*ssed about all the moaning about Hollywood, when I myself see the crap that gets put out there. The truth is I am of two minds on the subject
shady though it may seem.
(Wed 02/13/2008 11:31am)
Hey, just got back from a big retailers event in Toronto Ontario.... can't say which.... that I am currently working for. Every year they usaully have some big movie related stuff. This year I was extremely pleased to get a first hand look at the designs for the Incredible Hulk, the Abomination,a vague trailer for the Hulk (mostely made up of shots we have seen and interviews with the people involved, and they had the actual Batpod on site (very well guarded I might add) for us to take pics of. My assistant was in charge of taking pics to bring back, and I even got a shot of me standing with a 9 foot PVC cast of the green goliath, and I tell you this, he looks awesome. I have to check the legality of posting the pics with my boss, but if all is on the up and up, I will post them in the next few days. In the mean time, here is some info....
The hulk cast was huge. He is as massive and awesome as you would expect. This depiction had a lesss bulky very ripped look, and sported a messy long banged hairdo, very simular to the pics shown briefly at comic con. His skin is an olive green color (although this may only be used for this statue). Next to him was a large Army jeep with a weapon of some kind attached to its roof, that looked sort of like a big sub woofer.
He was surrounded by toy displays available soon at major retailers, that was when I spotted thge Abomination toys. They have gone with a very unique design for Bomby, faithful in some ways and different in others. First off he is much bigger than Hulk, his skin is a sick puke green color, and has a scaly hide. His feet are two toed like in the comic but the second toe on each foot looks like several toes fused together. They then gave his chest an armoured look, by having what appeared to be his massive rib cage protruding through. The biggest changes were to his head, whick is completely bald, and missing the signatore scales and finned ears we normally associate with the abomination (in fact he didn't appear to have any ears at all). It kind of reminded me of the head of the Ultimate abomination, but fear not, he looks as nasty and monsterous as you would expect, and while different I liked it. Now here is some other cool news, the toy had a brief bio on the back, and this is a bit of a plot spoiler. The basics was this, Blonsky is apparently obsessed with the Hulk and his power, so he uses Bruces techknowledgy to give himself the power he needs to bring him down. As a result he gets superhuman strength and agility becoming a supersoldier of sorts, not realizing that it will soon mutate him into the monsterous Abomination. Once Blonsky mutates he blames it all on Banner and takes the whole city of New York hostage to force Banner and the Hulk out of hiding (cool huh).....
Once I was done taking in all the Hulk I could gawk at, I headed to the next display that was Hanna Montanna (Puke)... but behind it was the awesome Batman begins display complete with Batpod parked right in the middle, roped off and heavily guarded. I'm sure you have all seen pics, so I won't go into any detail, just gotta say, it was so cool to see up close.
Later once inside the meeting area we were shown a convention exclusive trailer of the Incredible Hulk made up mostely of pics we have all seen of Norton, shots of comic pages, and interviews with Leterrier and some producers. The only thing that really stood out for me was Leterrier saying that in the first fifteen minutes of his film, he guaranteed more Hulk action than any Hulk fan has ever seen (a pretty bold statement, and one that has me completely jacked to see this opening action sequence).
One thing that really stood out to me over the week was the absolute lack of Ironman hype. Their was one small display with a few Tshirts and the Hasbro Ironman toys, which are crappy as hell by the way (Marvel should have stuck with Toybiz).
Anywho, as I said, if I get the ok I will share some of my pics with all of you, hope the info is enough until then...
laters.... mad...
(Fri 01/18/2008 08:31pm)
So I just got back from Cloverfield, and I am way too dog tired to attempt a review, but I will tell you this, it is more an experience than a movie. It's like a mad experiment. Here is what you need to know without giving away the farm... It is shakey cam, if you don't like shakey cam AVOID this film... at times the shaking is brutal, even a little unecessary. It has some great entertaining moments, at times it feels more like you are on an attraction at Disney than in a movie, and the FX are awesome. The story is tight and clips along and there is a fair helping of humor to break up the tension (and there is plenty of tension).
Now on to what I really want to talk about, the monster... I loved it, it had a terrifying presence through the first half of the movie, and in the second half it became an impending sense of doom every time it was on screen. This is no Godzilla, in fact other than size I don't see a relation, but it is sweet and amazingly well done. But here is a tip, and the focus of a ton of confusion for me. There is a mystery hidden in this film. To catch it you will have to watch the end of the movie very closely.... It is a shot of the ocean taken from Coney Island... all I can say is watch the skyline very carefully. What you will see throws a lot of the creatures build up into question? Trust me, just watch and you'll see what I mean, but look closely, out of three of us that went to catch the flick, I was the only one who caught it. If you get it let me know. Maybe I'm crazy.
Anyway this movie is a neat experiment in film making, and if you love the genre it's a must see.
(Mon 07/09/2007 07:10pm)
So what a surprise, i'm aggravated... AGAIN. Man I got more whine than Julio Gallo. Anyway... Here it is in a nutshell. This reverse bashing deal is starting to churn my butter. I kinda miss when someone would just call me a dick if they liked something that I didn't or vice versa, the whole seven page post that is sooooo careful not to insult anyone but references the fact that if you like something they don't you an inbred mongoloid... ooooooooohhhhh it grinds my gears. Remember when it was ok to just have fun at the movies.
Case in point... Transformers, I friggin liked it. It was a fun ride. Big robots, cool cars, hot chicks, some funny sh#t, and things blew up real good. Spank you very much. So i go to the Monday showing last week with some friends and think, I gotta get back and see what the boys on mania are saying... Dude, I was pissed, not by the people that didn't like it, that was a given, nobody likes every gaddamn movie, but there were guys who had never seen the flick ripping on guys that did, and actually critiquing it... CRITIQUING IT!!!! MOTHER OF PEARL!!!
Ok.. ok so I can act pretty childish... but man it burned... but it didn't stop their... Ya see there is this guy at work... I think he's like a gremlin or goblin of some sort... Every time someone would ask me about the movie, I wouldn't get two sentences in and he would pop up out of nowhere like Jiminy Freakin Cricket and start a tirade about why the movie sucks... OOOOHHHH and yeah, you guessed it... he has never seen the flippin movie... AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!!! GREAT GANESH'S SHRIVELLED TESTICLES!!!
I get it.. I get it, need to cut down on the caffeine and chill, but Sweet Swaddlin Baby Jebus! Next I take my one of my buddies to see it, my second time, and there is this guy behind me in the theatre... every time something happens on screen of significance(funny situation, or like any moment the bots are on screen), the guy barks out a heckle or groans out loud... I was like two seconds from committing first degree murder in a crowded theatre... When all was said and done, me and my buddy are in the lobby talking about how awesome it was, and who interupts the conversation but the backseat driver, and says "You didn't actually like that!" and I'm like "Yeah, I did, it's my second time." and he honest to god looked at me and said "Yeah... mine too, I wanted to show my friend how bad it was but he actually liked it." WHODAWHATNOW? HOWDAWHEREWHYATALKENBOUT? I know this is an extreme example, but by the beard of Santa Himself..;
I guess now I know what I'm dealing with... Man I wish I could slow down....
(Wed 07/04/2007 09:04pm)
Reading some pretty interesting stuff lately, but i'd like to touch on something that has been biting my ass for quite a while. Tell me if this sounds like a familiar post...
Well I don't understand why people have to attack eachother, it is childish to call names and act so immature... Why attack me just because my opinion is different than yours, I would never do such a thing... Now as i was saying, I saw the film in question, that you fanboys loved so much and it was absolute drivel, and anyone who watches it must be mentally handicapped...
Now I know I'm being over the top, but this shit happens every day...
People get on here and say it's ok to have your own opinion, and then spend most of their time tearing down what others love, then are shocked when they get flack back. They also get just as pissed when someone doesn't like what they like... Once again, does this sound familiar...
I refuse to give your opinion any merrit, you say that you hate the film but have given no valid reason why it is bad. I will not pay attention to unintelligent posts. However if you like it I'm happy for you.
Dude, in posts like those without using a single off color remark you have told the guy your arguing with that if he likes something you don't he's an idiot and if he doesn't like something you like, he is.....you guessed it, an idiot, no name calling necessary.
What's my point....we'll never fix this, just way too many personalities, but keep in mind, sometimes being pretensios or condescending is way more of a piss off than name calling could ever be, so be careful how you word those holier than thou diatribes, or just suck it up when you get called a wanker.... (You might deserve it) tastefully of course :)
Hell at the end of the day is there really that big of a difference between the guy who calls another poster a momma's boy, and the dude who rights a two page rebuttle to every person that disagrees with him, that is very well written with no visible insults, but just happens to sum up how they are right, cause they smart, and you're wrong, cause you dumb....... I think not.
Anyway, I'm not about insulting peeps, so have a good one retards (OOOOO that ain't PC at all).
(Sun 03/18/2007 07:21am)
Yeah I guess that's it.... I just rented the 3rd for the hell of it last night, I was bored and nothing was on.... and I really enjoyed it, was it a sprawling epic, no..... did it have broad social commentary, no..... Did it have eloquently crafted dialogue, no..... So what did it have..... some decent death scenes, a nice revenge plot and a cool, although not mindblowing twist at the end. Yeah folks I liked it, really liked it actually. I guess that makes me stupid right. For years I trusted critics to determine what I should and shouldn't drop my money to see in theatre, then more and more films they recommended I avoid turned out to be decent and ones they said were must see put me to sleep faster than a tranquilizer... so I lost faith and turned to the fan boys... why, because I was one, then I started making my decisions based on the vibe I got from them, only to discover over the last few years that this group is made up of two factions, the fan boys, they go see movies, they like it or they don't and they argue the problems/ merrits or whats out there with eachother, and the second group.... the shiteating, bottomfeeding, I wanna be a critic, I wanna be a screenwriter, everything sucks because I am so much smarter than everybody movie geek. Talking down to others based on supposed IQ and education about movies that in a lot of cases they haven't even seen. My favorite is the sequel hater.... I am so much smarter than you because I hate the saw series... they all sucked... and I know because I hated the first, loathed the second and detested the third... That's right buddy, your the smart one, you bash me cause I liked the flick, and you hated them so much and were so smart, you laid down money and six hours of your life to not only watch the first which you hated, but to watch the two sequels. So one of two things is an undeniable truth here Junior... A. You are a moron who cares little for wasting your own time or money, or B. You never even watched the film, so how can you call others dumb for enjoying it. Both make you a waste of good oxygen and deserve a very Jigsawesque death. So hey you proved your point... I enjoyed SAW III so I am a moron.... and you shelled out the dough or the time to watch the sequel to a movie you hated so you could jump on line and tell us how stupid we are for enjoying it.... bravo. Now don't disappoint me, review my tirade for grammar and spelling mistakes and write even longer rebuttles about how invalid my point of view is.... C'mon, show more of your intellectual dominance.
