It’s fair to say that tentpole movies have become a bit of a new Mecca for prominent filmmakers.

DC brought in Oscar nominee and repeat mindbender Christopher Nolan to kick-start the Batman franchise. Marvel’s made a habit of filling their cinematic world with filmmakers who have ambition and distinct voices.

And last year we got Skyfall, a James Bond adventure with a full-on Oscar-winner at the helm.

Big-budget genre is drawing the talents of legitimate artists. People who have something to say; who’ve defined their careers by tackling difficult subjects, tricky thematics, and excellent filmmaking. Cool!

But now that these types of movies are entering the arena of artistic significance, it’s time to start distinguishing between the different goals they’re chasing.

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Not that I don’t love me some Dollhouse, but other shows deserve a chance, too. With Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Arrested Development, and Veronica Mars all returning, let’s take a look at some other shows that would be practical to resurrect.  And marvel at how Toddlers and Tiaras is now in its FIFTH season but certain others were cancelled after less than one.  So. Much. Rage. Continue Reading »

From artist Hannes Greyling comes one of the stranger bits of Pokemon fan art I’ve come across in my travels. The idea is supposedly Pokemon being stranded on a desert island, with only their own powers to entertain them. Judging by the wrinkles, they’ve been there quite a long time.

Charmander may be roasting s’mores above, but Squirtle and Bulbasaur are being…less productive than him in their own GIFs which you can check out below. I wonder if he’ll do more than just the three starters? Continue Reading »

Star Trek Into the Darkness “only” made about $86 million during its five-day opening, a figure many are deeming something of a disappointment for a movie that I guess was supposed to be an uber blockbuster. Seems alright to me, though.

Anyway, perhaps if the marketing was a little better, it might have drawn in a few more people. Posters don’t usually sell a movie like trailers do, but still, this poster art contest from Blurppy is simply fantastic.

They collected a huge host of talented artists to give their own take on Into the Darkness, and you can see the results above and below. Really incredible stuff. Continue Reading »

Sometimes an image is so awesome to look at that we aren’t interested in the story behind it. But then there are images like these — compiled by our loyal readers — where the story only enhances the surrealness.

Go here to see the gallery.

Go here to see ugly lessons hiding in every superhero movie.

“by the time you read this, Iron Man 3 will have grossed a billion dollars at the box office, with Man of Steel and The Wolverine ready to beat the piss out of more flamboyantly mentally ill villains for our amusement. In 2012, superhero movies took No. 1 and No. 2 at the box office, and it will probably happen again in 2013.”

The Countdown

The best and worst SNL sketches this season – [WarmingGlow]

Five things to watch in tomorrow’s Xbox announcement – [Insert Coin]

Why there can only be one Kirk – [TVOvermind]

Game of Foams, Summer is coming – [GeeksAreSexy]

A look at 90s SI models today – [Izismile]

Badass 5 year old drives car to save mom – [GuyCode]

A story about Christopher Walken’s birthday  [TheChive]

Dog rescued while rescuing a kitten – [Neatorama]

Video game characters in real life situations – [WWIW]

Behind the scenes photos from Beetlejuice – [Pajiba]

Today’s girl is Jaimie Alexander – [Maxim]

Why a Flash movie would never work – [Gunaxin]

New Star Wars animated series revealed – [ToplessRobot]

The twelve stages of playing the lottery – [BroBible]

Growing up, my love of the X-Men was based not on the comics (which I wasn’t allowed to read), but on the action figures (which inexplicably, I was allowed to buy). Cable quickly became one of my favorite action figures I owned, and I really didn’t know anything about him other than the fact he was Cyclops’ son from the future.

But a metal arm? A glowing eye? A shit ton of weapons? That’s my kind of hero, and he was my favorite until the day I punched Wolverine so hard his arm broke off.

Nicole Marie Jean here is doing him proud with a female version of the character. Perhaps a comic fan can explain to me the little Kuato-like baby attached to him (her).

I’ll have my own thoughts about Star Trek Into the Darkness out tomorrow in my review (hint: it’s not exactly glowing), but until then, I present to you something that may have made for a more entertaining feature. It’s Star Trek re-imagined as a middle school musical. It’s as exactly ridiculous as it sounds.

It may be too irritating to be funny at the beginning, but least stay around until Kirk and Gorn have their duet together. That’s where the money is. I also like how the Enterprise itself is a girl in a modified inner tube. See all the absurdity above.

Keeping with the internet rule that everything must have a cat counterpart, artist Jenny Parks has taken it upon herself to render our favorite superheroes in feline form.

Yes, that’s the Catvengers you see above, but she also has variants of Spider-Cat and the Batcat and Banecat below. She even has a Daryl Dixon Cat. I guess he’s technically not a superhero, but he’s pretty damn close. Check out the rest of the kitties below: Continue Reading »

It’s been a long time since I was truly horrified by a video game. Some of my favorite horror video games include the Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, and Dead Space among many others. Yet, recent horror games tend to lean towards more action and less of the ‘scare’ element like Resident Evil 6. I missed the days when horror was more of a subtle suggestion instead of an “in your face” kind of thing. Sometimes all you need are silhouettes and an eerie soundtrack to scare the crap out of players. If you think about it, we are mostly frightened by our imagination than what we actually see in the game. Gargantuan and deformed monsters? Pass. Hordes of zombies? Pass. Give me an empty corridor, chilly music, suggestive camera shots, distant echoes of woeful moans (or children laughing), and I can guarantee you a week’s worth of nightmares.

Looking back, one of the best horror video games I have ever played growing up was ‘Forbidden Siren.’ The first entry in the series came out for the PlayStation 2. My cousins and myself had no idea what this game was about when we bought it. We were utterly terrified. Forbidden Siren is a game that features multiple protagonist as they try to escape a town amidst possessed zombie like town’s folk called shibitos. The best thing about this game is that the shibitos don’t die, and you have to rely on the character’s ‘sightjack’ ability (let’s you see through the perspective of the shibitos in the area) to escape. Continue Reading »

Last night, there was an epic battle. Not on Game of Thrones, which gave us another relatively tame week leading up to a presumably explosive last pair of episodes, but rather between me and my cable box.

Time Warner somehow shut off my cable intermittently all last night, so I was forced to plug in my laptop to my TV and watch the episode through HBO Go. Impressive that they put it online as soon as it airs, but less so when Time Warner continued to dick me over by periodically stopping to buffer every few minutes, turning a 50 minute episode into a 70 minute, hair-pulling ordeal.

But enough about my own experiences last night. What about the episode itself, which I’m sure all of you got to watch uninterrupted? Continue Reading »