Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
PAUL GULACY WEEK: DAY 3 brings us the scan of the first Paul Gulacy pencil sketch that I ever owned. I can’t tell you how excited I was to get it. At the time, and you have to remember this was about 150 years before the birth of the internet, original art and sketches by comic book artists were as hard to come by as a health care plan acceptable to both parties. But I digress…
Tomorrow we’ll see more of Paul’s pencils in a piece from 1975.
PAUL GULACY WEEK: DAY TWO and we have Paul’s frontpiece to issue 10 of Marvel’s Vampire Tales magazine cover dated April 1975. Paul provided the pencils and Duffy Vohland the inks for their rendition of Morbius.
Tomorrow I’ll share a scan of a pencil sketch of Morbius and a victim that was the first Paul Gulacy sketch that I ever owned. In fact, if I dig deep enough into the vault, I should be able to find the inked version that John Beatty did for stationary that I used when I regularly bought and sold original art back in the late 70’s and early 80’s.
Although I was never a fan of the original series, ABC’s reboot of “V” has my attention. This trailer could be an indication of good things to come. [Thanks and a wink of a lizard’s eye to Chris Mills for the original link.]
What are the odds that on 09.09.09 that I’d post about a movie called Plan 9? Surprisingly, I’m not talking about Ed Wood’s cult classic Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Although some have called Plan 9 from Outer Space the worst movie ever made, I’m more in the camp of it’s so bad, it’s good. Anyone that says Plan 9 from Outer Space [written and directed by Ed Wood, starring Bela Lugosi in his last role, Tor Johnson and Vampira] is the worst ever made must not have seen Highlander 2 or Seven Pounds or anything starring Carrot Top.
Anyway… if I’m not talking about Plan 9 from Outer Space what am I talking about?
I’m glad you asked.
Apparently there is a reboot of the original Plan 9 from Outer Space in the works. No, I’m not kidding. Check out this trailer for Plan 9 and then pop back.
So what did you think? Me? Actually, I kind of liked it. Well, up until that fireball came out of the sky and hovered over the little girl. It was cool how they had Criswell’s opening playing on the radio as the zombies were attacking everyone. I’m thinking the remake could work as a low budget drive-in type movie.
Here’s a link to the Plan 9 website. This will be one to keep an eye on.
If you’re a fan of The Walking Dead [and if you’re not, you should be], you’ll want to check out this brief talk with the creator of the series, Robert Kirkman as he discusses the transition of the comic to tv series.
I kinda like this poster for “Descent 2.” It’s not a great one by any means, but it does convey a sense of fear and horror which of course is what it should do. Hopefully the actual movie will do the same. [Click here to see a cavernous size version at IMPAwards.com]
I like this poster. Hopefully I’ll feel the same about the movie.
I hope that “The Descent 2” lives up to the orginal. This trailer left me feeling like that might be a tall order.
Maybe it’s me today. The “Avatar” trailer didn’t thrill as much as I’d hoped, and neither does “The Wolfman” trailer. Is it me???
ComingSoon.net scored the first look at the new “Zombieland” poster.
“Nut Up or Shut Up” indeed.
Newsarama.com is running a 14 page preview of issue one of “28 days later.” If you liked the movie, you’ll probably dig the comic. Check out the preview and see what you think!
Variety announced today that AMC is…
“close to finalizing one of the richest development deals ever with [Frank] Darabont to write and direct a series adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel series ‘The Walking Dead,’ penned by Robert Kirkman.
As a reader who has been with the series since issue one, and who still reads it immediately after getting home, you’d be right to say I’m thrilled. This has the potential to be really, really good.
If you enjoyed “The Crow” comic book series or movie, or you’re a James O’Barr fan, then you might want to check out this excellent profile posted by the fine folks at CBR.com. Heck, you’ll even learn what O’Barr did with all the money he made from “The Crow” movie… and my guess is you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
You know, if someone had asked me about “The Vampire’s Assisstant” before I saw the trailer, I’d have said it’s based on a book geared to teenagers and will probably do well with the younger teenage crowd… and no, I have no desire to read the book or see the movie.
After seeing the trailer, and I still can’t believe I’m about to write this, “The Vampire’s Assisstant” looks kind of interesting and fun. Am I wrong?
How about a look at a couple of new movie posters? “Zombieland” (which looks like a ton of fun) is above. IMPAwards.com has an amusement park-sized version that you can see by clicking here. They also have a new character poster for Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” that is right here.
