Once again we’re revisiting the franchise that drove everyone ape
made a monkey out of box-office predictions
singed the competition
really earned investors their silver back
was a darn big hit in the late 60s/ early 70s.
Does the new film damn its summer competition all to hell, or should Hollywood just take its stinking paws off and do something new?
We learn more this week about the forces behind Miracle Day, though the revelations pose new mysteries of their own. Flaws in the series, however, have grown and, despite some good moments, this episode left me disappointed.
That would be an interesting film– “Cowboys and Aliens and Smurfs.” Harrison Ford would definitely have my okay to shoot first at the little blue monstrosities.
We don’t have a Cowboys and Aliens review ready for this weekend, so here’s a place to discuss the film, which has opened to substantial box-office.
Below, find the bonus surprise trailer to another mix-genre film we suspect will sink….
Attack the Block, from the makers of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim Conquers the World, has become one of the most discussed genre films of the season– and thus far, one of the least-seen.
Is it playing near you? Does anyone have an opinion?
Trailers below.
The big space news this week has been the discovery of earth’s Trojan Asteroid. We’ve also got links to stories about private spaceflight, troubling news for those hoping to meet an alien some day, concerns about human/animal DNA splicing, breakthroughs in non-invasive neural interface tech, video of Jim Lee on the DC Reboot, an Avengers trailer, and more!
The buzz from Comicon over the DCU reboot hasn’t been entirely positive1. Lots of people wonder why DC wants to fix something that wasn’t especially broke– something they just spent the last decade fixing. Heck, they just finished Superman’s latest origin last autumn. Now he’s got a new one, no reddy-tighties, and a deal with Mephisto that erases his marriage from continuity. Or sumpin’ like that.
Never mind. The reboot’s happening whether we want it or not so, while DC counts down, here’s the place to suggest what DC 2011 should look like. You know, if they consulted us.
The story heads into horror, religion, tinfoil hats, and sex, as we learn some truth behind Oswald Danes, and little bit about a corporation connected, at least, to the Miracle.
The latest Avengers movie takes us back to the 1940s, when men were enhanced by superscience and women were allowed on the battlefield without helmets.
Captain America director Joe Johnstone wants to direct a film about Boba Fett, which may or may not be a good idea.
Also– superstrong nanomaterial from plant matter, NASA news (they still have some!), Neanderthals in the family, sea monsters from the past, and the largest gathering of superheroes outside of ComicCon. Where in the world is Santiago, Chile?
The complete Farscape will be available in Hi-Def Blu-Ray this coming November.
Pre-order here, Blaine, others?