This site is updated Thursday afternoon with a new article about an artistic pursuit generally considered to be beneath consideration. James Schellenberg probes science-fiction, Carol Borden draws out the best in comics, Chris Szego dallies with romance and Ian Driscoll stares deeply into the screen. Click here for their bios and individual takes on the gutter. Our Guest Stars shine hereWhile the writers have considerable enthusiasm for their subjects, they don't let it numb their critical faculties. Tossing away the shield of journalistic objectivity and refusing the shovel of fannish boosterism, they write in the hopes of starting honest and intelligent discussions about these oft-enjoyed but rarely examined artforms. Contact us here.
 Recent Features
Hammering Away at the Here and Now
 Let's say you're the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher
the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about
the real world outside your electronic realm?
Continue reading...
Pilgrim's Progress
 Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski
has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview
with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the
Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."
There’s a girl sitting on the subway.
She’s 16 or so, in a brown corduroy jacket and a pair of faded
sneakers, her feet propped on the seat across from her. She’s
absently brushing on lipstick, absorbed by Bryan Lee O’Malley’s
graphic novel Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life: Volume 1.
Continue reading...
Heroine Addict
 Apparently,
once I get started on archetypes, I can’t stop. So having touched
on the archtypes found in stories and in heroes, I’m going to have
to complete the trifecta.
Theories
about the nature of the modern Romance heroine are legion. She’s a
placeholder. She’s an expression of modern femininity. She’s an
aspect of human personality for the writer to explore. Okay, sure.
Those sound good. But the basic truth about the heroine is simple:
she’s the point.
Continue reading...
Forgetful?
|
Notes Archives
Cinema Overdrive
Wicked posters for Raleigh, North Carolina’s Cinema Overdrive film series.
Continue reading
"Cinema Overdrive"
Tags: 2010s , art , movies , North Carolina , posters , Raleigh , the South
Women Read Comics in Public
Here are some pictures of the ladies reading comics for Read Comics in Public Day. As Gail Simone writes, “Take note everybody in comics!” (For the record, Carol read Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 5 on a sidewalk bench, but there’s no photo). Continue reading
"Women Read Comics in Public"
Tags: 2010s , comics , community , diversity , fandom , feminisim , Gail Simone , gender , photography , the ladies
48 x 61
48 vs. 61 in Rintaro and Katsushiro Otomo’s excellent bicycle racing short where the racers look kinda like Rintaro and Otomo. Also, damn fine music and possible steampunkery.
Continue reading
"48 x 61"
Tags: 2000s , animation , anime , cycling , Japan , Katsushiro Otomo , Rintaro , sports , versus , video
-U-
Klingon opera has finally happened. Get an earful at Cinematical. (The musical part begins at about 2:15).
Continue reading
"-U-"
Tags: 2010s , aliens , fandom , geekery , Klingon Terran Research Ensemble , Klingons , opera , science fiction , space , Star Trek , video
RIP, Kihachiro Kawamoto
It’s a sad week for animation with the passing of Satoshi Kon and now Kihachiro Kawamoto. A student of Jiri Trnka, Kawamoto created beautiful stop motion puppet animation grounded in Japanese bunraku and Noh theater. Here’s his short, “Oni / The Demon.”
Continue reading
"RIP, Kihachiro Kawamoto"
Tags: 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , animation , Czech Republic , Japan , Jiri Trnka , Kihachiro Kawamoto , puppets , shorts , stop motion , tv , video
Supervillain Erotica
Evan Munday has been working on a calendar of supervillain erotica. You can get an eyeful here.
Continue reading
"Supervillain Erotica"
Tags: 2010s , comics , Dr. Doom , erotica , Evan Munday , pin-ups , sex , supervillainy
RIP, Satoshi Kon
Creator of Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Paprika, Satoshi Kon has died at 46. In memoriam, Midnight Eye’s substantial interview with Kon, here. Updated: Satoshi Kon wrote a farewell.
Continue reading
"RIP, Satoshi Kon"
Tags: 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , anime , Japan , manga , RIP , Satoshi Kon , surrealism
Gotham Girls Episodes
Some kind, considerate fan saved and uploaded episodes of the old web series, Gotham Girls. And they’re right here.
Continue reading
"Gotham Girls Episodes"
Tags: 2000s , animation , Batgirl , Catwoman , comics , crime , Gotham Girls , Harley Quinn , online , Poison Ivy , Renee Montoya , superheroes , supervillainy , the ladies , video , web series , webisodes
Kung Fu Walls
A kung fu novel was found written of the walls of an abandoned apartment. How outsider art is that?
Continue reading
"Kung Fu Walls"
Tags: 2010 , books , China , fantasy , Hong Kong , kung fu , wuxia
Zombies in the News
Seven zombies had their day in court and struck a blow for zombie rights.
Continue reading
"Zombies in the News"
Tags: 2010s , geekery , horror , Midwest , Minneapolis , police , undead , zombies
Trock On!
Trock on, Chameleon Circuit, with your songs about Daleks and angelic statues who only move in the dark.
Continue reading
"Trock On!"
Tags: 2000s , Christoperh Eccleston , cyborgs , David Tennant , Doctor Who , fandom , geekery , music , nerdcore , robots , science fiction , time travel , UK , video
Comics in Trouble
Both the webcomic Achewood and the comics publisher, Slave Labor Graphics, are seeking donations.
Continue reading
"Comics in Trouble"
Tags: 2010s , capitalism , comics , industry , strips , webcomics
Great Comics That Never Happened Annual #1
The Comics Alliance has gathered together “The Great Comics That Never Happened” all in one place. Thrill to “Aliens vs. Predator vs. Ted Nugent!” Sigh with “Young M.O.D.O.K. Romance!” Discover the “Crisis in the 36 Chamber” with the JLA and the Wu-Tang Clan!
Continue reading
"Great Comics That Never Happened Annual #1"
Tags: 2010s , comics , covers , event comics , hip hop , music , parody , romance , scans , superheroes , team-ups , Ted Nugent , Wu Tang Clan
From Arthur To Orin
LBFA Presents: The History of Aquaman Explained!
Continue reading
"From Arthur To Orin"
Tags: 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , Aquaman , comcs history , comics , continuity , event comics , Golden Age , Silver Age , superheroes
Afghan Notebook
Ted Rall documents his travels through Afghanistan in Afghan Notebook. (He also gets himself added to the list of artists like Joe Sacco, Guy Delisle and Emmanuel Guibert).
Continue reading
"Afghan Notebook"
Tags: 2010s , Afghanistan , autobiography , biography , comics , dailies , journalism , strips , Ted Rall , war
Gary Kurtz Strikes Back (by Saying Things)
Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back producer Gary Kurtz is profiled at the L.A. Times. He has some things to say about the franchise and toys.
Continue reading
"Gary Kurtz Strikes Back (by Saying Things)"
Tags: 2010s , film history , film making , Gary Kurtz , George Lucas , industry , science fiction , space , space opera , Star Wars
Sunday of The Living Dead
A Unitarian minister preaches a sermon with the theme of “zombies.”
Continue reading
"Sunday of The Living Dead"
Tags: 2010s , horror , Michigan , Midwest , religion , undead , Unitarianism , zombies
Steampunkery
Another respectable media outlet takes a look at steampunkery.
Continue reading
"Steampunkery"
Tags: 2010s , alternate history , alternate reality , community , fandom , fashion , festivals and conventions , futurism , geekery , steampunk , UK
Scott Pilgrim Trailer, recreated.
The Scott Pilgrim vs. The World trailer recreated with panels from the graphic novels.
Continue reading
"Scott Pilgrim Trailer, recreated."
Tags: 2010s , action , Bryan Lee O'Malley , Canada , comics , fandom , games , geekery , martial arts , romance , Scott Pilgrim , Toronto , trailers , video
Old Timeyness
Travel through pop culture history a premake of Marvel’s Avengers (sneak peek of Emma Peel included), faux 1911 silent animated shorts from Red Dead Redemption and Lando Calrissian as Blackstar Warrior—a Blaxploitation film set in the Star Wars universe.
Continue reading
"Old Timeyness"
Tags: 1910s , 1950s , 1970s , 2010s , Billy Dee Williams , Blaxploitation , comics , games , Marvel , parody , science fiction , Star Wars , superheros , time travel , video , Westerns
8 Bit Girl
Attention chiptune, electronica and nerdcore fans, Geek Girl Violet reviews equinoxe’s “Evolution (8 Bit Girl)” and provides tracks.
Continue reading
"8 Bit Girl"
Tags: 2010s , audio , chiptune , electronica , equinoxe , games , music , nerdcore
The Snake and the Magician
Scans of “The Snake and the Magician” from Mike Mignola’s upcoming collection, The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects. (Thanks, Dustin!)
Continue reading
"The Snake and the Magician"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , comics , Mike Mignola , scans , shorts
Venture Bros. 4-II
Adult Swim has a trailer for the new season of Venture Bros. (If you’re having trouble seeing it, try using Hotspot Shield).
Continue reading
"Venture Bros. 4-II"
Tags: 2010s , action , adventure , animation , parody , trailers , Venture Bros. , video
Shaft vs. Scarface
Shaft vs. Scarface, and other comics based on (mostly 80s) movies that should be.
Continue reading
"Shaft vs. Scarface"
Tags: 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 2010s , action , Blaxploitation , Cold War , comics , end times , exploitation , futurism , homage , horror , movies , parody , romance
Frankenstein Roams the Fairgrounds
The ever-excellent Frankensteinia looks at a time when Frankenstein’s creation roamed the fairgrounds.
Continue reading
"Frankenstein Roams the Fairgrounds"
Tags: 1930s , 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , carnival , Frankenstein , history , horror , undead
L.A.R.P. (Live Avatar Role Playing)
Video footage of the Na’vi People of Hometree, Wisconsin.
Continue reading
"L.A.R.P. (Live Avatar Role Playing) "
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , Avatar , fandom , games , geekery , invaders , LARP , parody , RPGs , science fiction , space opera , video
The Pond
Before the CIA there was The Pond, and it seems like something Warren Ellis made up: “The head of the Pond was Col. John V. Grombach, a radio producer,
businessman and ex-Olympic boxer who kept a small black poodle under his
desk.” Continue reading
"The Pond"
Tags: 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , CIA , Cold War , communism , history , spies , WWII
Toys and Their Boys
Moises Chiullan has a lovely piece about mortality and Toy Story 3.
Continue reading
"Toys and Their Boys"
Tags: 2010s , animation , movies , Pixar , Toy Story , toys
Ecstasy
Ennio Morricone conducts an orchestra, choir and two soloists in a hair-raising, in a good way, performance of “Ecstasy of Gold” from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Continue reading
"Ecstasy"
Tags: 2000s , Ennio Morricone , Italy , music , soundtracks , video , Westerns
Chewbacca’s Fierce Mount
Chewbacca rides a squirrel into battle against the Nazis. It’s a painting. Really.
Continue reading
"Chewbacca's Fierce Mount"
Tags: 1940s , 2010s , alternate history , art , fandom , geekery , giant animals , Nazis , science fiction , Star Wars , WWII
Yokai by Gojin Ishihara
The ever-wondrous Pink Tentacle is waving around creepy children’s book illustrations by Gojin Ishihara. They’re like the little lure on an angler fish and I’m totally going for it.
Continue reading
"Yokai by Gojin Ishihara"
Tags: 1970s , art , demons , Gojin Ishihara , horror , illustration , Japan , monsters , picture books , scans , yokai
Cthulhurotica
Share your most tentacular and… tentual?… erotica with Cthulhurotica. I bet they’d even take your H.P. Lovecraft/August Derleth slash fiction…
Continue reading
"Cthulhurotica"
Tags: Cthulhu , erotica , fandom , geekery , horror , Lovecraft , porn , sex
Watch Your Head
Bladewood provides us all a much needed timeline of the events in the Doctor Who season/series 5 finale. Watch your head, please.
Continue reading
"Watch Your Head"
Tags: 2010s , Doctor Who , end times , fandom , geekery , scans , time , time line , time travel , tv , UK
Sharktopus Trailer
Sharktopus is now a film, but my heart is still with Bearsharktopus.
Continue reading
"Sharktopus Trailer"
Tags: 2010s , animals , cephalopods , geekery , horror , movies , science fiction , sharks , trailers , underwater , video
Exquisite Project
Sketchkrieg! has created a kind of exquisite corpse with each member doing a panel in a continuing story. You can see the madness here.
Continue reading
"Exquisite Project"
Tags: 2010s , action , adventure , Canada , comics , Evan Munday , scans , Toronto
Guild Season 4 Has Begun
The new season of The Guild has begun with two new episodes. Watch them at Wil Wheaton’s blog and then give evil Wil Wheaton guff.
Continue reading
"Guild Season 4 Has Begun"
Tags: 2010s , fandom , fantasy , Felicia Day , games , geekery , online , video , webisodes
Gallant Past, Gallant Future
‎Keith at Teleport City reviews Gallants, the new kung fu film starring several old Shaw Bros. regulars and finds “a film that looks to the past without pandering to it or being trapped by it, resulting in a movie that is uplifting and bittersweet, and ultimately, a refreshingly honest meditation on growing old, feeling obsolete, and rediscovering your spirit and a place in the modern world.” Continue reading
"Gallant Past, Gallant Future"
Tags: 2010s , action , Bruce Leung , China , Hong Kong , kung fu , martial arts , movies , nostalgia
Even More Fewdio
Our friends at Fewdio are at it again with some new horror shorts, including “The Cellar” (“Vampires don’t sparkle, they burn”) and gangsters robbing a disabled old man in, “The Prey.”
Continue reading
"Even More Fewdio"
Tags: 2010s , California , crime , disability , Fewdio , gangsters , horror , paranormality , psychic powers , shorts , undead , vampires , video
Comically Vintage
“Meanwhile… a hideous group of subversive paleocomicologists plotted plotted schemes in the dark!!” Those schemes come to fruition in panels scanned at Comically Vintage!!!
Continue reading
"Comically Vintage"
Tags: 1930s , 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 2010s , comic history , comics , horror , mad science , romance , scans , science fiction
Press Start
Press Start is a Montreal show dedicated to art based on old videogames. Game Set Watch has pictures and links to pictures and to an associated store.
Continue reading
"Press Start"
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , art , Canada , capitalism , fandom , games , geekery , Mario , Montreal , nintendo
One Genre Icon Interviews Another
Ian Fleming interviews Raymond Chandler. Yes, Ian “James Bond” Fleming and Raymond “Philip Marlow” Chandler.
Continue reading
"One Genre Icon Interviews Another"
Tags: 1930s , 1940s , 1950s , audio , BBC , books , detectives , Ian Fleming , interviews , London , mysteries , noir , pulps , radio , Raymond Chandler , spies , UK
NES Groove
Do you enjoy the music of NES games? Well, there’s a show just for you. This time, the music of “Fester’s Quest.”
Continue reading
"NES Groove"
Tags: 1960s , 1980s , 1990s , adventure , aliens , cartoons , Charles Addams , comics , electronica , games , horror , invasion , music , nintendo , science fiction , tv
RIP, Harvey Pekar
Famous curmudgeon and writer of the comic, American Splendor, Harvey Pekar has died. The Cleveland Plain Dealer blog has more information.
Continue reading
"RIP, Harvey Pekar"
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , autobiography , biography , Cleveland , comics , comics history , Harvey Pekar , Midwest , Ohio , RIP
The Difficulty of Loving Jackie Chan
Keith from Teleport City writes a heartfelt piece about finding Hong Kong movies through Jackie Chan, the difficulties of being a Jackie fan and the vindication of Little Big Soldier.
Continue reading
"The Difficulty of Loving Jackie Chan"
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , action , China , fandom , Hong Kong , Jackie Chan , kung fu , martial arts , movies
Exhorting Japan!
1930s Japan gets with the Social Realist program with exhortational posters!
Continue reading
"Exhorting Japan!"
Tags: 1930s , art , historicals , history , Japan , posters
Retrofit Consumer Electronics
What if a time traveler took technology from today back to 1977? Enjoy your Pocket HiFi. (thanks, Humash!)
Continue reading
"Retrofit Consumer Electronics"
Tags: 1970s , 2000s , 2010s , alternate history , art , capitalism , design , geekery , marketing , tech support , technology , time travel
Wonder Woman in Pants
Wonder Woman would’ve also had pants in Joss Whedon’s version. But if she has to have spurs, I’m a sucker for this cowgirl version with invisible pony. (And, following Chris Sims, could go with a Fistful of Dollars poncho).
Continue reading
"Wonder Woman in Pants"
Tags: 2010s , comics , J. Michael Straczynski , Joss Whedon , scans , superheroes , Westerns , Wonder Woman
Alien vs. Ninja
400 years ago ninjas fought an alien, or possibly aliens. Alien vs. Ninja.
Continue reading
"Alien vs. Ninja"
Tags: 1500s , 2010s , aliens , alternate history , horror , Japan , ninja , science fiction , Seiji Chiba , trailers , versus , video , Yuji Shimomura
Beasts of Burden preview
Read it now—a 22 page, Dark Horse authorized preview of Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson’s gritty, animal comic, Beasts of Burden.
Continue reading
"Beasts of Burden preview"
Tags: 2010s , animals , cats , comics , dogs , Evan Dorkin , Jill Thompson , mysteries , scans , suburbia
1:1 Gundam
1:1 Gundam almost done in Shizuoka, Japan.
Continue reading
"1:1 Gundam"
Tags: 2010s , animation , anime , comics , fandom , geekery , giant robots , Gundam , manga , mech , movies , robots , tv , video
Nightmare Detective II
We could say something clever about “what things dreams are made of,” but Nightmare Detective just doesn’t lend itself to the cute. It looks like Nightmare Detective II doesn’t either.
Continue reading
"Nightmare Detective II"
Tags: 2010s , detectives , dream sequences , dreams , horror , Japan , movies , paranormality , Ryuhei Matsuda , Shinya Tsukamoto , trailers , video
“And I don’t understand all your references / like what a TARDIS is…”
“I Have Never Watched An Episode of Doctor Who In My Life,” a hip hop confession by Adam WarRock / Eugene Ahn.
Continue reading
""And I don't understand all your references / like what a TARDIS is...""
Tags: 2010s , Adam WarRock , audio , community , Doctor Who , Eugene Ahn , fandom , geekery , hip hop , music , nerdcore , science fiction , time travel
Knock, Knock
Who’s there? Why it’s the trailer for Let Me In, the American remake of Let The Right One In.
Continue reading
"Knock, Knock"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , adaptation , Matt Reeves , remakes , Sweden , Tomas Alfredson , trailers , undead , vampires , video
FantAsia 2010
Dread Central has the schedule for FantAsia 2010 in Montreal. This year has a special focus on organized religion with a screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils and Serbian genre films with a screening of A Serbian Film. which people have found hard-going.
Continue reading
"FantAsia 2010"
Tags: 2010s , action , blood , Canada , demons , FantAsia , festivals and conventions , gangsters , ghosts , guns , historicals , horror , Ken Russell , kung fu , martial arts , Mladen Djordjevic , Montreal , Nikola Pantelic , Oliver Reed , porn , posession , religion , Serbia , spirits , Srjaden Spasojevic , UK , Vanessa Redgrave
The RZA Directs
The Playlist has the first trailers for the RZA’s first film, Wu-Tang vs. The Golden Phoenix.
Continue reading
"The RZA Directs"
Tags: action , Africa , China , hip hop , historicals , kung fu , martial arts , movies , music , Shaw Bros. , the RZA , trailers , versus , video
A Little Busier Thinking about Comics
In fact, how about another piece by Colin. This one suggests that Warren Ellis’ The Authority has a lot in common with SuperFriends., writing that it is “the last true heir of the Silver Age.” That boom you hear is Warren Ellis’ head.
Continue reading
"A Little Busier Thinking about Comics"
Tags: 1960s , 2000s , 2010s , comics , criticism , England , JLA , satire , Silver Age , superheroes , UK , Warren Ellis
Too Busy Reading About The Secret Six.
Too Busy Thinking About My Comics has some excellent analysis of The Secret Six. In fact, the blog has plenty of excellent analysis of plenty of comics. And, as the mission statement reads, “It’s not the reading of comic books that can threaten friendships
and derail marriages. It’s the unintended, casual babbling about comic
books that does.” Continue reading
"Too Busy Reading About The Secret Six."
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , antiheroes , comics , criticism , England , Gail Simone , mercenaries , superheroes , supervillainy , UK
Gutter Art!
You know there’s a Cultural Gutter book coming out, right? Well, there is. And artist EJ Lee is illustrating. You can see her section overview illustrations at our Facebook page. They’re infographtastic!
Continue reading
"Gutter Art!"
Tags: 2010s , art , Carol Borden , Chris Szego , comics , Cultural Gutter , EJ Lee , games , Ian Driscoll , Jim Munroe , movies , romance , science fiction
AT-AT, Aw…
Always clean up after your AT-AT.
Continue reading
"AT-AT, Aw..."
Tags: adventure , animation , comedy , geekery , robots , science fiction , shorts , space , space opera , Star Wars , video
Sammo at NYAFF
Can’t be in NYC to see Sammo Hung at the New York Asian Film Festival? Here’s footage of Grady Hendrix introducing Sammo Hung and Simon Yam before a screening of Ip Man 2.
Continue reading
"Sammo at NYAFF"
Tags: 1940s , 2010s , action , China , Grady Hendrix , historicals , Hong Kong , interviews , kung fu , martial arts , movies , New York , NYAFF , Sammo Hung , sequels , Simon Yam Tat-Wah , video
Another Interview with Ray Harryhausen
The BBC has a nice interview with Ray Harryhausen, Stop-Motion and SFX Overlord!
Continue reading
"Another Interview with Ray Harryhausen"
Tags: 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , action , adventure , aliens , Ancient World , animation , Classical World , dinosaurs , fantasy , giant animals , horror , interviews , kaiju , monsters , Persia , Ray Harryhausen , science fiction , space , spaceships , special effects , stop-motion , swords and sandals , video
“Girls Suck at Video Games”
Stéphanie Mercier uses gameplay to make a point in her short, “Girls Suck at Video Games.”
Continue reading
""Girls Suck at Video Games""
Tags: 2010s , France , games , gender , Paris , sexism , shorts , Stephanie Mercier , the ladies , video , work
What’s the Matter with Comics?
Comics at the Big Two are in rough shape. Greg Burgas and Chris Sims see similar problems (nostalgia, Kurt Busiek) creating more problems (blandness, resistance to change, retcons, killing of heroes of color to replace them with white heroes of the Silver Age…). We noted Chris’ article before, but it’s worth reading with Greg’s.
Continue reading
"What's the Matter with Comics?"
Tags: Alex Ross , capitalism , comics , continuity , fandom , industry , Kurt Busiek , nostalgia , race , racism , Silver Age
Iron Sky Trailer
Secret. Nazi. Moon. Base. Here’s the trailer.
Continue reading
"Iron Sky Trailer"
Tags: 2010s , alternate history , alternate reality , DIY , film making , Germany , invasion , Nazis , space , the moon , war , WWII
Bruce Lee’s Kato
Kato was the star of the old Green Hornet. Cinematical has Bruce Lee’s screen test for the role in the original 1960s tv series. And you can enjoy Batman and Robin vs. Kato and the Green Hornet in the Batman live action series. (via Shelf Life Clothing Company). Continue reading
"Bruce Lee's Kato"
Tags: 1960s , Batman , Bruce Lee , superheroes , tv , versus , video
Interview with Jonathan Coulton
Is “internet famous,” famous? Big Think interviews geeky singer-songwriter and internet superstar, Jonathan Coulton.
Continue reading
"Interview with Jonathan Coulton"
Tags: 2010s , geekery , interviews , Jonathan Coulton , music , nerdcore , video
Collect’em All!
Ed Wood, Jr. trading cards. Includes starlet Dolores Fuller, Bunny Breckenridge, Lyle Talbot, Vampira and Tor Johnson!
Continue reading
"Collect'em All!"
Tags: 1950s , art , DIY , Ed Wood , fandom , film history , film making , geekery , horror , Maila Nurmi , movies , science fiction , Tor Johnson , Vampira , wrestling
Genre on TV: Fantasy, Zombies
HBO has a teaser up for George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones. Meanwhile, AMC has a clip up of actors learning to act like zombies for its upcoming The Walking Dead, based on Robert Kirkman’s comic.
Continue reading
"Genre on TV: Fantasy, Zombies"
Tags: 2010s , adaptation , contemporary , end times , epics , fantasy , George R. R. Martin , horror , monsters , Robert Kirkman , survival horror , trailers , tv , undead , video , war , zombies
Spooky Squid Games
Check out Night of the Cephalopods, Guerilla Gardening: Seeds of Revolution, Balloonists and more fun by Spooky Squid Games.
Continue reading
"Spooky Squid Games"
Tags: 2010s , Canada , cephalopods , games , steam punk , Toronto
Technotise
Technotise looks like Japanese anime, but it’s Serbian. And it’s getting a live action remake. Here’s hoping Tecnhotise survives and we all get to see the animated version.
Continue reading
"Technotise"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , 2070s , adaptation , Aleksa Gajic , animation , anime , comics , cyborgs , Darko Grkinic , dystopia , futurism , Laeta Kalogridis , robots , science fiction , Serbia , video
DJ Pogo’s Toyz Noize
To celebrate the release of Toy Story 3, DJ Pogo has done a special remix of Toy Story with a nice groove.
Continue reading
"DJ Pogo's Toyz Noize"
Tags: 2010s , animation , dance , DJ Pogo , electronica , music , Pixar , Toy Story , video
Silent Hill 8 Trailer
Silent Hill continues to trouble travelers in this trailer for Silent Hill 8. Seriously, a prison bus is about the only way anyone would go there now.
Continue reading
"Silent Hill 8 Trailer"
Tags: 2010s , adventure , games , horror , puzzle , Silent Hill , survival horror , trailers , video
Quien es La Pantera Negra?
La Pantera Negra is on the prowl in this trailer for Iyari Werrta’s stylish tribute to 1950s and 1960s Mexican films. Catsuits! Fedoras! Flying saucers! Suspenso! (via SF Signal).
Continue reading
"Quien es La Pantera Negra?"
Tags: 1950s , 1960s , 2010s , aliens , exploitation , Iyari Werrta , Mexico , movies , mysteries , science fiction , thrillers , trailers , video
Illustrated Wonder
An illustrated gallery of 1950s rayguns and a lovely, sweet and kinda steam punk illustrated marriage proposal by Joel Kimmel. (thanks, Humash!)
Continue reading
"Illustrated Wonder"
Tags: 1880s , 1950s , art , Canada , futurism , illustration , Joel Kimmel , Ontario , space , space opera , steam punk , underwater
Kraken, released.
Kraken rum has some nice little videos about Krakens. Is it a new age of artsy-fartsy corporate patronage? Is it just us or does the narrator sound like the guy from Deadliest Warrior? The videos are fun.
Continue reading
"Kraken, released."
Tags: alternate history , alternate reality , cephalopods , corporations , giant animals , marketing , monsters , shorts , underwater , video
Unlimited Fear, Limited Controls
Michael Thomson talks about the traps and dangers of survival horror and gaming: “There’s no limit to fear of the unknown, but as soon as an enemy is
quantifiable the boundaries are drawn. Fear will eventually become
supplanted with frustration or, worse, tedium.”
Continue reading
"Unlimited Fear, Limited Controls"
Tags: 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , dystopia , game mechanics , gameplay , games , horror , monsters , mutants , Resident Evil , Silent Hill , survival horror , undead , zombies
Less Submarine, More Filthy Pirate Ship?
6 reasons space travel will always suck.
Continue reading
"Less Submarine, More Filthy Pirate Ship?"
RIP, Al Williamson
EC Comic artist Al Williamson has died. He’s probably best known now for his work on the Star Wars strip. Comics Beat has an overview of his career and tributes from other artists. (thanks, Denis!)
Continue reading
"RIP, Al Williamson"
Tags: 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , Al Williamson , comics , dailies , EC Comics , Flash Gordon , RIP , Star Wars , strips , X-9
Robot Hater!
It is the year 2000 and you are Vincent Latimer, “Robot Hater!” (Or you are a reader of a comic in the second person).
Continue reading
"Robot Hater!"
Tags: 1950s , 2000s , comics , futurism , Paul Reinman , robots , scans , science fiction , space , Stan Lee
RIP, Kazuo Ohno
Kazuo Ohno has died at 103. He was a great performer of Butoh, a Japanese dance drama form, and even if dance is not your thing, Japanese horror movies and possibly contemporary supernatural horror wouldn’t be the same without him.
Continue reading
"RIP, Kazuo Ohno"
Tags: 1900s , 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2010s , Butoh , Chiaki Nagano , dance , ghosts , Hiroshima , horror , Japan , Kazuo Ohno , movies , Nagasaki , paranormality , WWII
The Lost Thing
Tor.com has a trailer for the animated version of Shaun Tan’s children’s book, The Lost Thing. There are both rivets and tentacles.
Continue reading
"The Lost Thing"
Tags: 2010s , animation , Australia , children , movies , picture books , Shaun Tan , shorts , trailers , video
What Girls Want From Comics
Hope Larson knows what girls like. She knows what girls want in comics—because she asked.
Continue reading
"What Girls Want From Comics"
Tags: Asheville , comics , feminism , gender , Hope Larson , manga , North Carolina , sexism , superheroes , the ladies
Stranded in the Jungle
Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill! was stranded in the jungle for the month of May. Enjoy Todd’s reviews of jungle adventure movies, including a lot of South Asian films and guys dressed up as gorillas.
Continue reading
"Stranded in the Jungle"
Tags: 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , action , adventure , apes , forest , giant animals , India , jungle , movies , Thailand
Distant Hours, Made of Paper
Andersen M Studio’s have made an evocative gothic animated cut-paper short as a book trailer for The Distant Hours. Music by Mikkel H. Eriksen and the Instrument Studio.
Continue reading
"Distant Hours, Made of Paper"
Tags: 2010 , Andersen M Studio , animation , art , Kate Morton , Mikkel H. Eriksen , music , The Instrument Studio , trailers , video
LEGO Harry Potter Trailer
Gamers and Harry Potter fans rejoice! It’s the LEGO Harry Potter trailer! (thanks, Dan!)
Continue reading
"LEGO Harry Potter Trailer"
Tags: action , adventure , childhood , England , games , Harry Potter , JK Rowling , Lego , magic , school , toys , trailers , UK , video , YA
Happy Birthday, Pam Grier!
It’s Pam Grier’s birthday. Celebrate with this interview by NPR.
Continue reading
"Happy Birthday, Pam Grier!"
Tags: 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , action , African Americans , biography , Blaxploitation , exploitation , feminism , gender , guns , movies , race , racism , sexism , the ladies
NYAFF 2010
The New York Asian Film Festival is coming up and actors Sammo Hung and Simon Yam will be in attending their films Kung Fu Chefs, Bodyguards and Assassins, Echoes of the Rainbow and Eastern Condors. But even if you can’t make it, it’s worth checking out the films and trailers for the Hong Kong/China and Korea/Thailand/Indonesia line-ups. Yes, Merantau will be playing. Plus, giant killer pig!
Continue reading
"NYAFF 2010"
Tags: 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2009 , 2010s , action , Bong Joon-Ho , China , Cold War , comedy , comics , Donnie Yen , epics , fantasy , gangsters , giant animals , guns , historicals , Hong Kong , Iko Uwais , Indonesia , Jeeja Yanin , John Woo , kaiju , Kim Jee-Woon , Korea , Korean War , kung fu , Lee Joon-Ik , Ma Wing-shing , manhua , martial arts , military , movies , Muay Thai , New York , North Korea , Park Chan-Wook , radio , romance , Sammo Hung , Seoul , silat , Simon Yam Tat-Wah , Song Kang-Ho , South Korea , spies , Sun Yat-Sen , Thailand , trailers , video , Vietnam War , war , Wilson Yip
Yokai, Dissected.
In the interest of Science: gallery of anatomical drawings of yokai, Japanese folk monsters. Hopefully, no actual yokai were harmed in making these drawings.
Continue reading
"Yokai, Dissected."
Tags: 2000s , anatomy , anime , art , comics , fantasy , horror , Japan , kaiju , manga , monsters , scans , science , science fiction , Shigeru Mizuki , yokai
Art, Geometry and Superheroes
They look a little Social Realist and a little inspiring: Geometric portraits of superheroes.
Continue reading
"Art, Geometry and Superheroes"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , art , Batman , Captain American , Cyclops , Hulk , Jamie Roberts , scans , superheroes , Wolverine , Xmen
Picking It Apart
Another reason to love This American Life. Joss Whedon performs part of the commentary track for Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog. (via Film School Rejects) Continue reading
"Picking It Apart"
Tags: criticism , dvd , Ira Glass , Joss Whedon , music , musicals , radio , This American Life , video
Messages in Lovecraftian Horror
There are two clear messages in this Lovecraftian short film about a small bookstore clerk going mad. 1. Don’t take your job too seriously. Just do the time. 2. Don’t read old books.
Continue reading
"Messages in Lovecraftian Horror"
Tags: 2010s , books , horror , Lovecraft , madness , monsters , movies , New York , Ray Zablocki , shorts , video
Batman XXX Trailers
Two Batman XXX trailers. Looks like the movie will have all the style and flair of the 1960s tv show, with nice production values, dutch angling, plus porn. Strangely, [SFW].
Continue reading
"Batman XXX Trailers"
Tags: 1960s , 2010s , Batman , dutch angle , movies , porn , sex , sex work , superheroes , supervillainy , trailers , tv , videos
Building Blocks of Horror
Iä Ftaghn! Cthulhu for kids with this Cthulhu LEGO set’s building blocks of unspeakable horror! (Thanks, Denis!)
Continue reading
"Building Blocks of Horror"
Tags: children , comedy , Cthulhu , horror , Lego , Lovecraft , monsters , toys , video
Romance in Aisle 7
The Smart Bitches and their readers talk about some people who aren’t there, behind their back even, readers who buy romance—and other books—without going online, but based on the covers at the grocery store, etc. The comment thread about how and where people find books is particularly worthwhile.
Continue reading
"Romance in Aisle 7"
Tags: books , capitalism , fandom , industry , online , romance , tech support
Another Interview With Joe R. Lansdale
Spinetingle has an interview with Champion Mojo Storyteller, Joe R. Lansdale: “I don’t mind a stimulus for a story-do something noir, etc., but I like
to play with those expectations. Genre has its place…. But I don’t like genre to rule my
reading. If I had, I’d have never discovered how many different kinds of
writing and reading I like.” Continue reading
"Another Interview With Joe R. Lansdale"
Tags: 2010s , comics , crime , horror , interviews , Joe Lansdale , movies , mysteries , noir , pulps , screenwriting , YA
“This Pie’s So Good It Is A Crime”
MC Chris’s song, “Twin Peaks”: “This pie’s so good it is a crime.” Continue reading
""This Pie's So Good It Is A Crime""
Tags: 1990s , 2010s , David Lynch , food , hip hop , MC Chris , music , nerdcore , tv , Twin Peaks , video
Hit Restart.
After ending his excellent gaming blog Hit Self Destruct, Duncan Fyfe has a new literary project, “Life Starts Here is a series of twelve stories inspired by the culture
of video games.” Continue reading
"Hit Restart."
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , Duncan Fyfe , games , shorts , writing
BUY THIS SHOW!!!
The original pitch for The Muppet Show. In memoriam, Jim Henson.
Continue reading
"BUY THIS SHOW!!!"
Tags: 1970s , capitalism , Jim Henson , muppets , RIP , tv , video
Lost And Heroes, Compared.
James Poniewozik on Lost and Heroes: “Put another way: you have to be willing to suck if you ever want to be
great. ‘Awesome’ and ‘awful’ are actually closer to each other on the
continuum of quality than either is to ‘meh.’” Continue reading
"Lost And Heroes, Compared."
Tags: criticism , Heroes , Lost , monsters , superheroes , time , time travel , tv , writing
Connected
Connected is a Danish postapocalyptic short film. It’s kinda like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, at least it’s an allegory about greed. (thanks, DimSumWesterns!)
Continue reading
"Connected"
Tags: 2010s , allegory , Denmark , end times , science fiction , shorts , video
Doctor Who Comic Maker
Hey, the BBC has a Doctor Who Comic Maker. Make your own comics—with Doctor Who! (Thanks, Rebecca!)
Continue reading
"Doctor Who Comic Maker"
Tags: comics , Doctor Who , geekery , science fiction , space , tech support , technology , time , time travel , UK
Duel of Cats
Cat chanbara (i.e., kitties with katanas) at Cat’s Head Theatre.
Continue reading
"Duel of Cats"
Tags: action , animals , animation , cats , chanbara , Japan , martial arts , parody , samurai , shorts , swords , video
Death in Games
Narrative Death, Game Mechanics Death (aka, screwing up and dying), No Death, Permadeath and Rewind: Alistair Doulin writes about death in video games.
Continue reading
"Death in Games"
Tags: death , design , game mechanics , gameplay , games , narrative
Ben Gardner’s Head
Nice shots from Jaws, including some behind the scene pics and Ben Gardner’s special effects dead head and a mechanical shark dock. Thanks, Rakshasa! (via )
Continue reading
"Ben Gardner's Head"
Tags: 1970s , art , ephemera , film making , horror , Jaws , movies , photography , Richard Dreyfuss , Robert Shaw , Roy Scheider , sharks , special effects , Stephen Spielberg , underwater
Do Superhero Movies Suck? Does It Matter?
Salon talks about Iron Man 2 and superhero movies in general. Andrew O’Herir says Iron Man 2 doesn’t jump the shark, “it is the shark.” Matt Zoller Seitz says filmmakers take less chances with superhero movies than with zombie movies. Both agree Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash “has the right idea.”
Continue reading
"Do Superhero Movies Suck? Does It Matter?"
Tags: 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010 , 2010s , horror , Iron Man , Mickey Rourke , movies , Robert Downey Jr. , superheroes , Tony Stark , undead , zombies
Kirkbride, Castles of the Midwest.
Kirkbride Buildings are the castles of the American Midwest. They’re also 19th century State Hospitals.
Continue reading
"Kirkbride, Castles of the Midwest."
Tags: 1840s , 1850s , 1860s , 1870s , 1880s , 1890s , 1900s , architecture , history , hospitals , illness , industrial , Kirkbride , madness , medicine , mental health , morality , photography , stealth , steam punk , urban exploration , Victorian
LEGO: Machete
Another version of the Machete trailer. This time, it’s Lego.
Continue reading
"LEGO: Machete"
Tags: 2010 , action , Danny Trejo , guns , La Raza , Machete , Mexico , movies , Robert Rodriguez , trailers , video
RIP Frank Frazetta
Fantasy and comic artist Frank Frazetta has died. The world of fantasy art with ladies in metal bikinis and gentleman in fur speedos will be much the poorer. We say that with great affection. (via SFSignal)
Continue reading
"RIP Frank Frazetta"
Tags: 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , art , comics , Conan , EC Comics , Edgar Rice Burroughs , fantasy , Frank Frazetta , illustration , magic , monsters , pulp , RIP , Robert E. Howard , swords , Tarzan
“Book’em, Brontës!”
Brontë Sisters Power Dolls. They’re not action figures, they’re Power Dolls! “Book’em, Brontës!” (thanks, Denis!) Continue reading
""Book'em, Brontës!""
Tags: 1840s , 1850s , 1990s , comedy , gender , gothic , history , romance , sexism , the ladies , toys , UK , Victorian , video
“Tresspassing on Sacred Ground”
As part of TCM’s Race & Hollyood: Native American Images on Film” festival, Movie Morlocks has posted part 1 of an essay on Native Americans in horror movies from The Werewolf a 1913 Canadian silent to J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers and Twilight: New Moon: “The inclusion of Native Americans into
actual horror movies boils down to a scattering of reliable formulas: Whites Trespassing on Sacred Grounds, Vengeful Redskins, Ecology and Racism.” (via GCDB)
Continue reading
""Tresspassing on Sacred Ground""
Tags: 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , Canada , Dennis Lipscomb , environmentalism , Florida , ghosts , horror , J.T. Petty , monsters , movies , Native Americans , paranormality , psychic powers , race , racism , religion , shapeshifters , silents , Stephanie Meyer , Toronto , vengeance , Weird Westerns , werewolves , Westerns , William Grefe
“A Cosmic-Scale Meta-Textual Ghetto”
Chris Sims writes a thought-provoking article about how DC’s universe reboots are fueled by fan nostalgia that shoves characters of color aside in favor of white “legacy” characters and unintentionally builds “a cosmic-scale meta-textual ghetto.” Read it.(And this little addition to it).
Continue reading
""A Cosmic-Scale Meta-Textual Ghetto""
Tags: comics , comics history , continuity , event comics , nostalgia , race , racism
¡More Cinco de Mayo Celebration!
¡Comics Alliance celebrates Cinco de Mayo with el Santo comics and a roundtable discussion of Hellboy in Mexico—including at least one poster from an el Santo movie! Continue reading
"¡More Cinco de Mayo Celebration!"
Tags: action , comics , cryptozoology , Hellboy , horror , lucha libre , martial arts , Mexico , Mike Mignola , monsters , Santo , wrestling
Machete Trailer, Cinco de Mayo Edition
Happy Cinco de Mayo from Danny Trejo, Robert Rodriguez and Machete with this special edition trailer for Machete. Includes Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson and Steven Segal, plus special greetings for the state government of Arizona! Continue reading
"Machete Trailer, Cinco de Mayo Edition"
Tags: 2010s , action , Arizona , blood , Cheech Marin , Danny Trejo , Don Johnson , guns , Jessica Alba , La Raza , Mexico , Michelle Rodriguez , movies , racism , Robert De Niro , Robert Rodriguez , Steven Segal , trailers , video
Evan Munday in the News!
Gutter friend and Quarter-Life Crisis writer/artist Evan Munday answers The National Post’s questionnaire for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. His advice? Learn to ink early. (If you want more Evan, Carol’s interview with him is here).
Continue reading
"Evan Munday in the News!"
Tags: 2010s , Canada , comics , dystopia , end times , Evan Munday , festivals and conventions , interviews , science fiction , TCAF , Toronto
The Gutter Makes Good!
If you’re in Toronto May 6, there’s a book launch for the Gutter’s own Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerrard’s graphic novel about post-Rapture Detroit, Sword of My Mouth. If you’re not in Toronto, you can catch Jim and Shannon at their Detroit launch May 10. More info on the launches and promotions here.
Continue reading
"The Gutter Makes Good!"
Tags: 2010s , Canada , Christianity , comics , Cultural Gutter , Detroit , dystopia , end times , Jim Munroe , Midwest , Rapture , religion , science fiction , Shannon Gerrard , Toronto
Ming Doyle Gallery
Artist Ming Doyle has posted a gallery of her Free Comic Book Day sketches. You can see a selection here. (via the ISB).
Continue reading
"Ming Doyle Gallery"
Tags: art , comics , Ming Doyle , scans , superheroes , the ladies
Terry Pratchett Talks About Doctor Who
Terry Pratchett talks a little trash about Doctor Who: “The unexpected, unadvertised solution which kisses it all better is known as a deus ex machina - literally, a god from the machine. And a god from the machine is what the Doctor now is… And yet, I will watch again next week because it is pure professionally-written entertainment[.]” (via SFSignal)
Continue reading
"Terry Pratchett Talks About Doctor Who"
Tags: 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 2000s , 2010s , BBC , Doctor Who , fantasy , narrative , science , science fiction , special effects , Star Trek , Terry Pratchett , time , time travel , tv , UK
Christopher Lee is the King of Metal
Christopher Lee conquers Symphonic Metal. Survey his Holy Metal Empire with two promos for Charlemagne, a message from Christopher Lee about the project and some track teasers. Continue reading
"Christopher Lee is the King of Metal"
Tags: 2010s , 800s , Christopher Lee , historicals , history , medieval , Metal , music , musicals , UK
The Temptation of the Unspeakable Groove
Unspeakable horror + Unspeakable groove. Animation with art by Dan Hillier and music by Losers. (via Dan Hillier)
Continue reading
"The Temptation of the Unspeakable Groove"
Tags: 2010s , animation , art , Dan Hillier , electronica , hip hop , Losers , Lovecraft , monsters , music , steam punk , Tom Weber , UK , Victorian
The Temptation of the Unspeakable
We are enjoying the unspeakable today. Gentry with tentacles. A deck of forbidden knowledge. Continue reading
"The Temptation of the Unspeakable"
Tags: art , cards , cephalopods , Edwardian , games , horror , Lovecraft , monsters , paranormality , steam punk , Victorian
Learn to Write the Nicholas Sparks Way!
Learn to write the Nicholas Sparks way! The Nicholas Sparks formula is fully analyzed with multimedia illustrations in this fine comedic article. Bonus: Nicholas Sparks quotes!
(via the Smart Bitches)
Continue reading
"Learn to Write the Nicholas Sparks Way!"
Tags: comedy , movies , Nicholas Sparks , romance , trailers , video
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Old Abe bears a terrible burden in the Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter book trailer. Continue reading
"Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter"
Tags: 1860s , 2010s , Abraham Lincoln , alternate history , alternate reality , books , historicals , horror , monsters , Seth Grahame-Smith , trailers , undead , vampires , video
Odienator Sizes Up Uncle Remus
Odienator answers two pressing questions in his piece about Song of the South: “1. Should Disney release this movie on DVD in America? Absolutely. 2.
Is Song of the South as racist as its rep indicates? Well…keep reading.
(You didn’t think I’d just give you my goodies without dinner and
foreplay, did you?)” Continue reading
"Odienator Sizes Up Uncle Remus"
Tags: 1940s , African Americans , animation , Disney , movies , musicals , race , racism , the South
The Best Thing Is The Worst Thing, Too
And more comics with Ask Chris. The Invincible Super Blog’s Chris Sims explains what the best thing and what the worst thing about comics culture are: fans. He also has pictures of a Bat-Monster Truck. Continue reading
"The Best Thing Is The Worst Thing, Too"
Tags: Batman , cars , comics , community , fan service , fandom , industry , scans
Superhero Fashion with Tim Gunn and Crazy Sexy Geeks
Tim Gunn thinks the Hulk should wear a suit all the time. “It mitigates all that mass.” Part 2 of Crazy Sexy Geeks’ discussion of superhero fashion with Tim Gunn.
Continue reading
"Superhero Fashion with Tim Gunn and Crazy Sexy Geeks"
Tags: 1930s , 1940s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , comics , fashion , Hulk , Robin , superheroes , Superman , Tim Gunn
Go Team Lovecraft!
At The Times Online, Stephen Hawking says contacting aliens could be dangerous. Lord Rees says aliens are possibly beyond any human’s ability to comprehend. We say, Go Team Lovecraft! Continue reading
"Go Team Lovecraft!"
Tags: aliens , fear and loathing , invasion , Lovecraft , science , space , Stephen Hawking
Pencak Silat!
In Merantau a young Minangkabau man goes to Jakarta, where he uses pencak silat for the power of good.
Continue reading
"Pencak Silat!"
Tags: 2000s , action , contemporaries , Indonesia , Jakarta , martial arts , movies , silat , Sumatra , trailers , video
Blade Runner: Designing the Future
In its awesomeness, The Curated Object also has pieces from “Blade Runner: Designing the Future,” including Syd Mead’s conceptual paintings and a promotional, luminescent umbrella.
Continue reading
"Blade Runner: Designing the Future"
Tags: 1960s , 1980s , art , Bladerunner , books , California , design , dystopia , futurism , Los Angeles , movies , posters , science fiction , Syd Mead
More Utagawa Kuniyoshi
A Doppelganger. A Giant Carp. A Tengu. The Curated Object has more images from “Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.”
Continue reading
"More Utagawa Kuniyoshi "
Tags: 1830s , 1840s , 1850s , art , cephalopods , fantasy , ghosts , horror , Japan , kaiju , monsters , paranormality , underwater , Utagawa Kuniyoshi , war , yokai
Ultramen vs. Kaiju
Kaijutastic Ultraman poster art by Takayoshi Mizuki. (via The Japan Society)
Continue reading
"Ultramen vs. Kaiju"
Tags: 1960s , 1970s , action , art , Japan , kaiju , monsters , posters , science ficiton , space , suitmation , superheroes , Takayoshi Mizuki , tokusatsu , tv , Ultraman , versus
Interview with Tony Jaa
Tony Jaa talks about his dharma martial art Nattayut, working with elephants, filming during a territorial dispute and his post-Ong Bak 3 future, including Donnie Yen. (via Wise Kwai)
Continue reading
"Interview with Tony Jaa"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , Donnie Yen , historicals , interviews , martial arts , movies , Muay Thai , Nattayut , Thailand , Thatchakorn Yeerum , Tony Jaa
Christopher Lee Is Metal.
Christopher Lee is Metal. “I have been metal for many years,” he says in a review of his new CD, Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross.
Continue reading
"Christopher Lee Is Metal."
Tags: 2010s , 800s , Christopher Lee , France , historicals , history , medieval , Metal , music , musicals , UK
“Can Comics Be Scary?”
The Groovy Age of Horror asks, “Can comics be scary?” Josh Simmons, Kimberly Lindbergs, CRWM, Karswell, Richard Sala and Sean T. Collins answer.
Continue reading
""Can Comics Be Scary?""
Tags: comics , horror , Josh simmons , Richard Sala
RIP Carl Macek
Carl Macek has died: “Carl had his critics. But one thing is certain: the popularity of anime
in the North America would not be where it is today without Macek’s
groundbreaking work on Robotech and his efforts on behalf of Streamline
Pictures.” More at Cartoon Brew. Continue reading
"RIP Carl Macek"
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , anime , Carl Macek , industry , RIP , Robotech
Der Teufelspakt
Solve the mystery of the cursed Mercy Booth in the clickable picture/text adventure, “Der Teufelspakt.” You don’t need to speak German to play, but it helps. (via The Horror?!)
Continue reading
"Der Teufelspakt"
Tags: 1920s , 2010s , Cthulhu , games , horror , interactivity , Lovecraft , mysteries , paranormality , text adventure , video
Ray Harryhausen, April 2010
Stopmotion and special effects master, Ray Harryhausen is interviewed at The Telegraph and discusses the Science Fiction League meetings he attended with Ray Bradbury, special effects now and Avatar. Continue reading
"Ray Harryhausen, April 2010"
Tags: 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 2010s , animation , Harryhausen , interviews , movies , myths , science fiction , special effects , stop-motion
Kerfuffled Fans
Oh, such a kerfuffle about Roger Ebert’s review of Kick-Ass and his blog piece, “Videogames Can Never Be Art.”
Continue reading
"Kerfuffled Fans"
Tags: 2010s , art , comics , criticism , fandom , games , movies , Roger Ebert , versus
Tim Gunn Critiques Superhero Fashion
Tim Gunn is crazy about Spider-Man’s costume, not so much with Star Sapphire. Continue reading
"Tim Gunn Critiques Superhero Fashion"
Tags: 1950s , 1960s , 1980s , 2000s , 2010s , comics , fan service , fashion , Spider-Man , superheroes , the ladies , Tim Gunn , video
“Crisis in the 36th Chamber”
Chris Sims and Rusty Shackles bring you, “Great Comics That Never Were (But Shoulda Been)!”
Continue reading
""Crisis in the 36th Chamber""
Tags: 1980s , 2010s , Alan Moore , Batman , comedy , comics , Garth Ennis , JLA , LGBTQ , Midnight Madness , parody , Queerness , romance , scans , Spider-Man , superheroes , Westerns , Wu Tang Clan
Drew Daywalt’s Bad Cruise
Camera Obscura writer/director Drew Daywalt spent 3 nights on California’s Queen Mary and took a camera with him. Here’s what he shot. Continue reading
"Drew Daywalt's Bad Cruise"
Tags: 2010s , California , Drew Daywalt , ghosts , horror , movies , paranormality , ships , video
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking
Did you like Pitch Black but weren’t so sure about the mad, operatic The Chronicles of Riddick? Worried that Riddick is just gonna be stuck on that Necromonger throne for eternity? Apparently, he won’t. Dread Central has links to a new Riddick script review and concept art that’s more PB than TCoR. Continue reading
"The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , antiheroes , art , assassins , David Twohy , futurism , movies , Riddick , science fiction , sequels , space , space opera , survival horror , Vin Diesel
The Fog (1980) vs The Fog (2005)
October has an extensive and exquisite analysis of The Fog (1980) and The Fog (2005), ranging from the implications of the changes to the original, some tangents relating to John Carpenter’s other films and “alienation vs. connection.” (via The Horror?!)
Continue reading
"The Fog (1980) vs The Fog (2005)"
Tags: 1980s , 2000s , Adrienne Barbeau , horror , Jamie Lee Curtis , Janet Leigh , John Carpenter , movies , remakes , Tom Welling , vengeance
Ong Bak 3 Trailer
There’s a teaser out for Ong-Bak 3 and it’s chock full of “Holy Shit!” (Including the Ong Bak Buddha statue, but I really don’t think that’s what’ll make you say, “Holy Shit!”)
Continue reading
"Ong Bak 3 Trailer"
Tags: 2010s , action , blood , fantasy , historicals , martial arts , movies , Muay Thai , Thailand , Tony Jaa , trailers , video
Cantopop Covers
Did you know that the theme to “For a Few Dollars More” had lyrics? Cantonese pop star Josephine Siao did. You can hear it and her version of “Goldfinger,” too, thanks to Soft Film. (via 4DK)
Continue reading
"Cantopop Covers"
Tags: 007 , 1960s , China , Hong Kong , Jane Bond , Josephine Siao Fong-Fong , movies , music , Sergio Leone , soundtracks , Westerns
Peering at The Sword of My Mouth
The digital edition of Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerrard’s, Sword of My Mouth is up with some lovely preview pages. You can stare straight down the blade, if you want.
Continue reading
"Peering at The Sword of My Mouth"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , angels , Canada , comics , Cultural Gutter , demons , Detroit , end times , Jim Munroe , Midwest , Shannon Gerrard , Toronto
Twittering in the Gutter
Yes, it’s 2010 and the Cultural Gutter is finally tweeting in the gutter, or twittering in the gutter. It sounds unsanitary, but what it means is you can follow us on Twitter now. (You can also fan us on Facebook).
Continue reading
"Twittering in the Gutter"
Tags: 2010s , Cultural Gutter , technology
Giant Golem vs. Nazi Robot Dinosaur
Giant Golem vs. Giant Nazi Robot Dinosaur. There are scans…
Continue reading
"Giant Golem vs. Nazi Robot Dinosaur"
Tags: 1930s , 1940s , comics , dinosaurs , Germany , giant animals , giant robots , Golden Age , golems , magic , Nazis , replicants , robots , scans , versus , WWII
Dr. Evermore’s Forevertron
Dr. Evermore’s Forevertron gives hope to humankind. (thanks, Edie!)
Continue reading
"Dr. Evermore's Forevertron"
Tags: 1880s , 2000s , 2010s , art , insects , mad science , Midwest , photography , Queen Victoria , sculpture , steam punk , Thomas Edison , Wisconsin
A Two-Headed Hydra Of Opinion
Entertainment Weekly is a veritable hydra with one head talking shit about stopmotion and fx master Ray Harryhausen and another defending Ray Harryhausen and handmade special effects. A hydra of two-heads, that would probably look pretty sick in a Harryhausen movie.
Continue reading
"A Two-Headed Hydra Of Opinion"
Tags: 1980s , 2010s , Ancient World , animation , Classical World , Greece , Harryhausen , movies , myths , special effects , stop-motion
The Sound of Our Impending Future!
Teleport City is preparing the way for the future and/or retro-future we’ve all been waiting for. Pack your go-bag to “Music for Departure Lounges” and taxi your way on out with “Music for Espionage and Space Defense.”
Continue reading
"The Sound of Our Impending Future!"
Tags: 007 , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2010s , assassins , audio , Ennio Morricone , futurism , Hugo Montenegro , Italy , Japan , movies , music , soundtracks , space , spaceships , spies , The Prisoner , tv , UK
They Were Explodable!
The Expendables. It’s hard to believe it’s real: Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Stone Cold Steve Austin and, presumably, drug lords are explodable and exploded.
Continue reading
"They Were Explodable!"
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , 2010s , action , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Dolph Lundgren , guns , Jason Statham , Jet Li , Mickey Rourke , movies , Stone Cold Steve Austin , Sylvester Stallone , trailers , video , wrestling
Scott Pilgrim Trailer
“13 Ways of Looking at the Scott Pilgrim Movie Trailer.” (Guess Carol’s not the only one who likes Wallace Stevens).
Continue reading
"Scott Pilgrim Trailer"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , action , Bryan Lee O'Malley , Canada , Halifax , movies , romance , Scott Pilgrim , Toronto , trailers , video
Les Aventures de Madame Merveille
Cecil Castellucci, Minx comic artist and Canadian nerdcore icon, has cut the middle brow out with her fusion of low and high art, the comics opera, Les Aventures de Madame Merveille. See it in Montreal with art from Pascal Girard, Michael Cho, Scott Hepburn and Cameron Stewart.
Continue reading
"Les Aventures de Madame Merveille"
Tags: 1950s , 2010s , audio , Cameron Stewart , Canada , capes , Cecil Castellucci , comics , detectives , geekery , Michael Cho , Montreal , music , nerdcore , opera , Pascal Girard , romance , Scott Hepburn , space , space opera , the ladies
Hal Jordan’s Package Flying Through Space
There’s always controversy in comics fandom around how female characters are drawn or sculpted. Karen equalizes things with some equivalently fan service covers, featuring Hal Jordan’s package flying through space, for the ladies and gentlemen who prefer gentlemen. (via Paiwingz)
Continue reading
"Hal Jordan's Package Flying Through Space"
Tags: comics , fan service , fandom , feminism , gender , Green Lantern , Hal Jordan , industry , LGBTQ , photoshop , sex , sexism , the ladies
Nak Prok’s Shadow
Wise Kwai reviews, Shadow of the Naga / Nak Prok, and talks a little about the film’s legal problems and the fear of a Buddhist backlash.
Continue reading
"Nak Prok's Shadow"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , Buddhism , censorship , contemporaries , crime , guns , heists , Inthira Charoenpura , movies , noir , Phawit Phanangkasiri , Pitisak Yaowanon , Ray MacDonald , religion , Sa-ad Piampongsan , Somchai Kemklad , Thailand
Ia Ftaghn! It’s the Cult of Cthulhu!
Venger Satanis discusses spreading the green ichor of the Cult of Cthulhu throughout the world.
Continue reading
"Ia Ftaghn! It's the Cult of Cthulhu!"
Tags: 2010s , Cthulhu , horror , interviews , Lovecraft , religion , Satanism
There’s a cephalopod with a naginata.
The Japan City in New York City has posted a gallery of images from their current exhibition, “Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.” There’s a cephalopod with what looks like a naginata. There are samurai and a giant skeleton. If you can’t make it to the exhibit, see some of it here. (via Subway Cinema).
Continue reading
"There's a cephalopod with a naginata."
Tags: 1820s , 1830s , animals , art , cephalopods , comics , fantasy , ghosts , giant animals , horror , illustration , Japan , kaiju , monsters , paranormality , satire , scans , undead , underwater , Utagawa Kuniyoshi , yokai
A Century of Cinematic Horror
Decade by decade, the Movie Morlocks look at 100 years of cinematic horror, starting with the 1910 silent, Frankenstein.
Continue reading
"A Century of Cinematic Horror"
Tags: 1910s , 1920s , 1930s , 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , Anthony Perkins , Basil Rathbone , Bela Lugosi , Billy Wilder , blood , Bob Hope , Boris Karloff , California , Christian Bale , Christopher Lee , comedy , Dark Shadows , David Lynch , Dracula , Edgar Allen Poe , exploitation , Expressionism , film history , film industry , Frankenstein , Germany , ghosts , Gloria Swanson , Hammer Studios , history , horror , Japan , John Carradine , Konrad Veidt , lists , Lon Chaney Jr. , Los Angeles , M. Night Shyamalan , Mary Shelley , Mexico , monsters , movies , opera , Paulette Goddard , Peter Cushing , Robert Bloch , Robert Quarry , Robert Wiene , Roger Corman , satire , sequels , slasher , soaps , Spain , tv , Twilight Zone , UK , undead , vampires , werewolves , William Holden , zombies
10 Things That Are Creepy, Not Romantic
Linda Holmes brings all her expertise in movies with kissing and banter in them to list ten things that that are more creepy than romantic in romantic comedy.
Continue reading
"10 Things That Are Creepy, Not Romantic"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , fear and loathing , Gerard Butler , Jane Austen , Jennifer Aniston , Katherine Heigl , lists , movies , romance , top 10
Even More Project: Rooftop Projects
Just as Project Runway has Models of the Runway, so too Project: Rooftop has spin-offs. Now there’s features like: “All Ages All-Stars,” redesigning superheroes for all ages (for example, Martian Manhunter); “How It’s Done,” spotlighting official superhero redesigns (like the Iron Man briefcase armor); and “Retrofix,” giving Golden and Silver age comic characters a new look.
Continue reading
"Even More Project: Rooftop Projects"
Tags: art , children , comics , Golden Age , Iron Man , Martian Manhunter , movies , superheroes , Tony Stark , YA
Elmore Leonard, Hats and Adaptations
Elmore Leonard talks hats and adaptations, sometimes both.
Continue reading
"Elmore Leonard, Hats and Adaptations"
Tags: 1950s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , adaptation , Barry Sonnenfeld , Burt Reynolds , Canada , crime , detectives , Detroit , Elmore Leonard , gangsters , George Clooney , Graham Yost , heists , Jennifer Lopez , Midwest , movies , Pam Grier , Quentin Tarantino , thieves , thrillers , Tom Olyphant , tv , Westerns , writing
The History of Black Comic Book Heroes Through the Ages
Dart Adams Presents: Black Like Me: The History of Black Comic Book Heroes Through the Ages, Part One (1900-1968)and Part Two (1969-2008). (Click it! It’s amazing).
Continue reading
"The History of Black Comic Book Heroes Through the Ages"
Tags: 1900s , 1910s , 1920s , 1930s , 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , Aaron McGruder , adventure , African Americans , Afro Samurai , afrogeekery , Al McWilliams , animation , Avengers , Berkeley Breathed , Big City Comics , capes , Charles Shulz , children , comedy , comics , comics history , dailies , Denys Cowan , Derek Dingle , Dick Gregory , Dwayne McDuffie , Frank King , gender , George Herriman , horror , industry , Jack Kirby , Jackie Ormes , Japan , JLA , John Saunders , Keith Knight , kung fu , Lee Falk , Mal Duncan , martial arts , Marvel , Michael Davis , Milestone Comics , military , Morrie Turner , Mort Walker , movies , Otto Messner , Outland , Pat Sullivan , Phil Davis , publishing , R.F. Outcault , race , racism , Rob Liefeld , scans , Sesame Street , shorts , Stan Lee , strips , Ted Shearer , Teen Titans , the ladies , Todd McFarlane , tv , UK , vampires , Walt Kelly , Walter Lantz , war , Will Eisner , William Mariner , X-Men
More from Champion Mojo Storyteller, Joe R. Lansdale
Mojo Champion Storyteller talks about his pulp classic, The Drive-In, including its influences, low-budget 1980s horror movies, East Texas tall tales, television and American politics.
Continue reading
"More from Champion Mojo Storyteller, Joe R. Lansdale"
Tags: 1980s , 2010s , audio , horror , Joe Lansdale , podcasts , publishing , pulps , sequels , technology , Texas , writing
Two Geeks Enter, One Geek Leaves
John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt face off in an epic geek-off for WFMU. Bester’ed, Bova’ed— two geeks enter, one geek leaves.
Continue reading
"Two Geeks Enter, One Geek Leaves"
Tags: audio , community , fandom , geekery , John Hodgman , Patton Oswalt , radio , WFMU
Camera Obscura
A young woman releases demons and then has to trap them up again with her grandfather’s camera in the webseries, Camera Obscura. The trailer looks promising.
Continue reading
"Camera Obscura"
Tags: demons , Drew Daywalt , horror , trailers , video , webseries
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…”
LEGO Bladerunner. LEGO lightsaber duel. (thanks, edie!) Continue reading
""I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...""
Tags: animation , Bladerunner , dystopia , Harrison Ford , martial arts , replicants , robots , Rutgar Hauer , science fiction , Star Wars , toys , video
Symbol
Symbol. It’s a metaphysical, lucha-loving film by Hitoshi Matsumoto. It’s especially funny if you’ve seen art films with a someone sitting in a plain white room. Continue reading
"Symbol"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , comedy , Hitoshi Matsumoto , lucha libre , metaphysics , Mexico , movies , religion , trailers , video , wrestling
Kathryn Bigelow Retrospective
Kathryn Bigelow won a best directing Oscar for The Hurt Locker. Time for a retrospective. Here’s the trailer for Near Dark and some clips. Point Break (i.e. Keeanu Reeves best movie). Jamie Lee Curtis in the cop thriller, Blue Steel. The premillennial tension of Strange Days. The Pirelli ad, Mission Zero. And her sub movie, possible the manliest of genres, K-19: The Widowmaker. She also wrote an episode of The Equalizer. Continue reading
"Kathryn Bigelow Retrospective"
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , Angela Bassett , Bill Paxton , California , cars , Cold War , cyberpunk , detectives , dystopia , Edward Woodward , end times , Harrison Ford , historicals , horror , Jamie Lee Curtis , Joel Silver , Kathryn Bigelow , Keanu Reeves , Lance Henriksen , Liam Neeson , Los Angeles , marketing , military , movies , Patrick Swayze , Peter Saarsgard , police , Ralph Fiennes , science fiction , Soviet , sports , submarines , surfing , thrillers , tv , undead , undercover , underwater , vampires , Vincent D'Onofrio , war
Milestone!
So much Milestone going on! Milestone creator Dwayne McDuffie talks with The Atlantic about “reinventing personal mythologies, pop-cultural representations of race and an investigation of what shapes our moral frameworks” and how much he likes writing romance. Meanwhile, Evan Narcisse shares his memories of Milestone Comics—with pictures.
Continue reading
"Milestone!"
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , comics , comics history , diversity , Dwayne McDuffie , industry , LGBTQ , Milestone Comics , morality , race , romance , scans , superheroes
Baba O’Geeky (LOL)
The Who’s “Baba O’Reilly” performed with Think Geek gadgets. Yeah, it’s marketing but it’s also neat.(via Wil Wheaton)
Continue reading
"Baba O'Geeky (LOL)"
Tags: 1960s , 2010s , geekery , marketing , music , technology , The Who , video
Guild’d
What happens when a young woman named Felicia Day decides to make a webseries about online gamers and their socially maladjusted SoCal hijinx? Log on and get Guild’d. (and occasionally, Wil Wheaton’d). Here’s season 3. Continue reading
"Guild'd"
Tags: comedy , community , fandom , Felicia Day , games , geekery , online , video , webseries , Wil Wheaton
Hollow Victory
The Artful Gamer writes about the hollow victory of playing a good character in many roleplaying videogames: “Yet, days later, I feel like Conan the Barbarian, sitting on his throne at
the end of the first film like a king who has done it all yet feels
ultimately unfulfilled. This is when the spiritual hollowness of
traditional RPGs grates at me.” Continue reading
"Hollow Victory"
Tags: gameplay , games , morality , RPGs
Science Determines the Best and Worst Genres
Science analyzes the best and worst types of genre movies. Results listed here.
Continue reading
"Science Determines the Best and Worst Genres"
Tags: adaptation , aliens , dystopia , end times , horror , lists , math , movies , remakes , science , science fiction , space , superheroes , thrillers , undead , vampires , zombies
Roofed!
Jim Munroe’s been working on a new movie, Ghosts with Shit Jobs. It’s not even out and he has a spin-off game—“Roofed!”
Continue reading
"Roofed!"
Tags: 2010s , Cultural Gutter , dystopia , futurism , games , giant animals , insects , interactivity , Jim Munroe , science fiction , text adventure , tie-ins , work
“You Asked For It—Cried For It—Demanded It!”
“You asked for it—Cried for it—Demanded it!” Yes, dear reader, Sequential Crush, a blog dedicated to romance comics from the 1960s and 1970s. Check out “Black + White = Heartbreak,” a story about interracial romance in the early 1970s and scans of the first three issues of Night Nurse. (via The Groovy Age of Horror)
Continue reading
""You Asked For It--Cried For It--Demanded It!""
Tags: 1960s , 1970s , African Americans , comics , medicals , race , racism , romance , scans
Comics Misunderstanding, Well, Argument Really
The comics misunderstanding (i.e. respectful critical discussion) continues at The Groovy Age of Horror as Scott McCloud responds, a commenter gets in a dig and Curt Purcell writes more about homeostasis and how human brains process information. Geek fight! C’mon, fight! Fight?
Continue reading
"Comics Misunderstanding, Well, Argument Really"
Tags: 2010s , art , brain , comics , criticism , Curt Purcell , perception , science , Scott McCloud
The Return of the Sea King
Aquaman’s alive. He was dead, if you hadn’t heard. Glen Weldon writes about the Sea King’s re-ascening his throne and how hard it is to be an Aqua-fan.
Continue reading
"The Return of the Sea King"
Tags: 2010s , Aquaman , comics , death , event comics , fandom , superheroes , underwater
Just Say, “No” to Black Magic
The upcoming Malaysian film, Niyang Rapik warns of the dangers of picking up stuff that doesn’t belong to you and black magic. But if the kids weren’t scared straight by Indonesia’s Léak / Mystics of Bali, I don’t what would. (Trailer available under video). Continue reading
"Just Say, "No" to Black Magic"
Tags: 1980s , 2010s , Ahmad Idham , H. Tjut Djalil , horror , Indonesia , magic , Malaysia , movies , paranormality , trailers , video
Slash set to Nine Inch Nails
Spock forgot the safe word.
Continue reading
"Slash set to Nine Inch Nails"
Tags: 2010s , fandom , geekery , industrial , Metal , music , Nine Inch Nails , romance , sex , slash , Star Trek , Trent Reznor , video
Black History Mumf
It’s Black History Mumf at Big Media Vandalism and the Odienator provides a recap of his film reviews here.
Continue reading
"Black History Mumf"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , African Americans , afrogeekery , Black History Month , criticism , movies , race
It’s Free, and It Will Change Your Life
The Necronomicon, brought to you by the Esoteric Order of the Old Ones and Cthulhu Cultists: “If knowing the unknowable is crazy, I don’t wanna be sane.” (thanks, victoria!)
Continue reading
"It's Free, and It Will Change Your Life"
Tags: 2000s , comedy , Cthulhu , horror , Lovecraft , Necronomicon , parody , religion , satire , shorts , video
Understanding Closure
Curt Purcell explores the gutters of the mind, Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics and a little bit of Grant Morrison’s Final Crisis.
Continue reading
"Understanding Closure"
Tags: 1990s , 2000s , 2010s , art , brain , comics , Grant Morrison , perception , science , Scott McCloud
A Social Theory of Burn Notice
Grant McCracken posits an “enmeshed male” theory of Burn Notice and a few of the other entertaining shows on the USA Network.
Continue reading
"A Social Theory of Burn Notice"
Wars, Etc.
“A pretty harrowing movie, realistic in an emotional way that most war movies don’t catch” - Joe Haldeman, on The Hurt Locker.
Continue reading
"Wars, Etc."
Great Videogame or Greatest Videogame?
System Shock, a great videogame from 1994, gets a mod to make it easier to play for modern videogamers (with lots of tips in the comments on how to get the game running).
Continue reading
"Great Videogame or Greatest Videogame?"
Black Panther Animated Series
Marvel’s animating my childhood with their upcoming Black Panther series for BET. (No, I wasn’t T’Challa, the King of Wakanda. I just loved Black Panther). Animated Superheroes has the theme song as well as screen shots of characters and the voice-acting credits. (via Black SuperHero Blog).
Continue reading
"Black Panther Animated Series"
Tags: Africa , Alfre Woodard , animation , Black Entertainment Television , Black Panther , Djimon Hounsou , Jill Scott , Kerry Washington , music , Phil Lamar , soundtracks , Stan Lee , Stephen James Taylor , Storm , superheroes , video
A HK Poster A Day
Colin at Kung Fu Fridays is posting a Hong Kong movie poster/day. Wild Search (starring Chow Yun-Fat and Cherie Chung Cho-Hung) is gorgeous.
Continue reading
"A HK Poster A Day"
Tags: 1980s , art , Cherie Chung Cho-Hung , China , Chow Yun-Fat , Hong Kong , movies , posters , Ringo Lam Ting-Tung
Monks with Guns
There are no bulletproof monks in Nak Prok/Shadow of the Naga. In fact there are some remarkably violent novices who’ve hidden stolen money in a monastery and have to get it out again. Wise Kwai has the trailer and a discussion of Nak Prok and the new Thai ratings system.
Continue reading
"Monks with Guns"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , action , Buddhism , censorship , gangsters , guns , heists , Inthira Charoenpura , movies , Pawat Panangkasiri , Pitisak Yaowanon , religion , Somchai Kemklad , Thailand , trailers , video
Chinese Ghost Story: The Animation
“Nothing is easy when a man loves a ghost woman.” Not even for animated men in Tsui Harks Chinese Ghost Story: The Animation. (Keith’s piece also has a pretty thorough retrospective of Tsui Hark’s career).
Continue reading
"Chinese Ghost Story: The Animation"
Tags: 1990s , animation , China , fantasy , ghosts , Hong Kong , horror , movies , paranormality , Tsui Hark , wuxia
I Can See Forever
It’s like the 1980s are a black hole and the event horizon reaches forever: The A-Team, The Karate Kid, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Tron, Ghostbusters, Conan The Barbarian, Red Dawn, Short Circuit and Wall Street.
Continue reading
"I Can See Forever"
Tags: 1980s , 2000s , 2010s , action , capitalism , dream sequences , ghosts , horror , invasion , Jackie Chan , John Milius , karate , martial arts , movies , nostalgia , remakes , robots , sequels , Soviet , special effects , technology , tv , Wes Craven
Smiting the Wicked in The Book of Eli
In the Hughes Brothers’ fourth film, The Book of Eli, Nick Pinkerton writes, “Our hero is mostly an Old Testament smiter of the wicked,
finally—unless I forget when Christ said, ‘You lay that hand on me
again and you will not get it back” at the Garden of Gethsemane.’” Continue reading
"Smiting the Wicked in The Book of Eli"
Tags: 2010s , Christianity , Denzel Washington , dystopia , end times , futurism , Hughes Brothers , movies , religion
RIP Zelda Rubinstein
Actress Zelda Rubinstein has died after being taken off life support in L.A. last month. Most Gutter readers probably know her best as the psychic in Poltergeist, but she also starred in movies like Anguish, Sixteen Candles and Southland Tales. She was a human rights activist and also a lab tech, so pour 1L for a righteous sister.
Continue reading
"RIP Zelda Rubinstein"
Tags: 1980s , 2000s , California , comedy , horror , John Hughes , Los Angeles , movies , Pennsylvania , Pittsburgh , RIP , Spain , YA , Zelda Rubinstein
Investigating Lois
Kelly Thompson never much liked reporters or Lois Lane, now she’s giving Lois a second chance with a review of Mindy Newell’s Lois Lane miniseries. (The discussion in the comments is excellent, too).
Continue reading
"Investigating Lois"
Tags: 1980s , 2010s , Clark Kent , comics , fear and loathing , gender , journalism , Lana Lang , Lois Lane , Mindy Newell , romance , scans , Superman , the ladies
LEGO MMO
LEGO still clicking with their new “LEGO Universe” MMO game. The trailer’s here. Meanwhile, Unreality tries to understand the appeal.
Continue reading
"LEGO MMO"
Tags: 2000s , 2010s , games , Lego , MMOs , online , toys , trailers , video
The Windrow-Ravenswood Deck
Play unimaginable games staked on innocent souls or divine the unholy, maddening fate that awaits you (and perhaps how to save yourself) with the recently rediscovered Windrow-Ravenswood Deck.
Continue reading
"The Windrow-Ravenswood Deck"
Tags: 2010s , |
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=c1a73ab6-79aa-46f8-897c-47d2bf8f46df)