There’s more news coming out of the Arrow camp and this time it’s about a long-standing DC villain group, The Royal Flush Gang. They are going to appear in the sixth episode titled “Legacies” airing on November 14th. Call me crazy, but I have this strange feeling that Ace is not going to be an android in this version.
Continue reading Arrow News: Royal Flush Gang For Sure, Maybe Even Kate Spencer’s Manhunter?
Eric Powell, creator of comic book property The Goon, took to the Internet to answer questions via Reddit’s AMA (ask me anything) subreddit. While his intro and answers were mostly in relation to the in-progress Goon Movie Kickstarter, he was candid and forthcoming about plenty of his other work as well.
All that’s missing are Jägerbombs and misogyny. Guy Ritchie became the favorite filmmaker of fratboys everywhere when he made Lock Stock and Snatch. Between pounding shots and subjugating women, 20 year old collegiate males the world over high-fived over Brad Pitt’s unintelligble accent and then played some rounds of Call of Duty, the record-shattering military shooter that single-handedly gobbled up the profits of an entire industry in 2010. It’s only natural, given the matching demographic, that Treyarch would bring on the man to direct a live-action trailer for the second iteration in the Black Ops franchise, but to cap it all off, you’ll spot RDJ in the mix as well:
The trailer is only a minute long but manages to squeeze in a lot of information if you’re paying attention. In a simulated single shot, the camera bounces from one recognizable face to another (YouTube stars iJustine and FPSrussia make appearances too) but the trailer tries to focus the insane arsenal of gadgets at your disposal in Cod Blops 2. The trailer closes on a swarm of zombies, hinting at the added emphasize to the secondary zombie mode that became an instant fan favorite in World at War, and was expanded even further in the last game.
The first Black Ops crammed so much content onto disc that it was nearly impossible to argue against its value. A globe-trotting popcorn movie campaign, the most popular multiplayer platform in console gaming and extras and minigames pouring out of every nook and cranny made it a tantalizing offer. Blops 2 looks to be offering a similar experience this time around, but they’ve rebuilt the multiplayer from ground up, promised a much beefier single-player experience and a much much bigger zombie mode than ever before. The new features of Black Ops 2 are all explored in Game Trailers’ latest episodes of Bonus Round, if you haven’t heard about them yet.
Rumor has it that director Quentin Tarantino is planning a loosely related trilogy that includes Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, and a yet unknown third title. Tarantino explained to Total Film that:
[quote]“I don’t know, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained bespeak a trilogy…As different as they are, there is a companion piece quality. There might very well be a third one. I just don’t know what it is yet.”[/quote]
It would appear that thus far the link between the films is a version of alternate history that could carry over into a third film – with another alternate history. The Playlist suggests that third part could turn out to be the “1930s gangster picture he’s mentioned in the past? Or the Len Deighton spy adaptations he was also considering?”
Hard to say, at the moment, which might be the case as Tarantino himself admits he doesn’t know what it is yet. Still, it will be interesting to see if the director turns out a third film that ties in with the other two. Only time – and Tarantino – will tell.
What would you like to see as a third film tying in with Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained? Sound off below!
Admittedly I’m not the biggest X-Men fan in the world. However I loved X-Men: First Class, and thought it was the movie the X-Men films always should have been. After having recently read the famous ‘Days Of Future Past’ arc on which this sequel will be based, I found myself getting pretty excited for it. Time travel stories are always great in my book, and Michael Vaughn brought us a group of mutants who actually fought people, used their powers in cool ways, and did things other than talk each other to death.
From where I’m going with this, I’m guessing you can surmise that I wasn’t a fan of the original X-Men trilogy. Especially the second, which nearly everybody else in the worlds seems to think is a masterpiece. I found it flat, boring, and pretty unremarkable considering the storyline it was supposed to be setting up. X-Men 3 at least had mutants fighting and doing things, rather than sitting around and talking about stuff all the time. It was a piece of crap, but it was an entertainingly bad piece of crap. That assessment I just made usually makes most X-Men fans turn off their brains to me once I see it, but I express it to show you just how much I truly loved First Class, and how sad I am to see Vaughn go.
via [EW]
[quote]EW has confirmed that Matthew Vaughn has decided not to direct the film, which he co-wrote, titled X-Men: Days of Future Past. The movie is a spinoff of last year’s X-Men: First Class, which Vaughn directed and also co-wrote.
While Deadline reports that Bryan Singer, who launched the X-Men franchise with 2000′s X-Men, is on a short list to helm the sequel, Singer’s reps at William Morris had no comment when reached by EW. Singer is already named as a producer on X-Men: Days of Future Past. He also co-produced X-Men: First Class.
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I have nothing against Singer per se, and in fact I love his other non-X-Men related work immensely. However, the thought of Bryan Singer bringing his cerebral, talky, overly serious style back to this franchise leaves me cold. That’s not to say that I’m hoping Brett Rattner picks up this project, because I would rather have a talky, boring, mutant time travel story, than a f***ing stupid one that makes no sense and is acted horribly. I suppose no matter how I look at it though, it’s a lose-lose for me. One one hand, I’m either going to get another mutant related snoozefest, or some other person is going to pick it up and bring some kind of style to it that will pale in comparison to Vaughn’s.
If I had to choose a new director, I guess I’d pick Rian Johnson. Looper showed us that he knows how to handle a time travel story, emotional pathos, and action to boot. In fact that sounds almost better than the thought of Vaughn doing it. If you’re gonna show us big scary sentinels snatching people up, a dystopian world where mutants are outlaws, and everything has gone to hell, please please make it good. If Singer does get the project, I’m hoping he’ll prove me wrong and make an exciting, exhilarating film. I hate being that guy who hates everything everyone else likes, but boy it sure does seem like it’s gonna be that way with this flick.
And finally we’re down to the very last in our countdown, the biggest, the best, the #1. Of course, I’m talking about Michael Myers. His name is literally tied to Halloween, and will be for all future generations to come. When it’s Halloween and you’re at a party with a bunch of friends, what movie are you gonna put on first? Hallo-frikkin-ween. What is it that exactly makes him #1? Well first and foremost, he’s one of the most innovative characters of his time, in THE iconic Halloween movie.
Grizzly Bomb 