Category: Movies

Thom Zahler’s Commentary: Star Trek the Coloring Book

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Thom Zahler is the creative powerhouse behind Love and Capes.

Zahler is just one of those guys who is multi-talented and fun to be around.  Zahler’s humor and quick wit — not to mention his dead on impersonation of William Shatner can keep people entertained for hours.  Someone should put this guy on tv.

Don’t believe me?

Judge for yourself.  Recently Zahler did a running two-part commentary on a 1977 Star Trek coloring book.  Here’s part one and part two.

Funny stuff, right?  And you didn’t even hear it in Zahler’s Captain Kirk voice.

Kyle Holtz Gets Carter, Too!

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When I learned that Kyle Holtz was taking on some mail order commissions, I just knew I had to try to get on his list. I was able to and Kyle agreed to give me his take on Sly as Jack Carter.

The first piece that Kyle created can be seen here. I think Kyle did an amazing job on it. Unfortunately, it was lost in the mail. I have hope that it will eventually turn up. Thankfully, Kyle sent a scan before mailing the art. When Kyle learned that the piece never arrived, he agreed to redo it.

Knowing how much artists hate to redraw something, and because I thought Kyle totally nailed it, I asked if I could upgrade to a larger piece. Kyle agreed. So Kyle created the Jack Carter drawing posted today. I absolutely love it.

If you’d like to see more of Kyle’s art, click on over to his Facebook page. I give Kyle the highest recommendation to folks that collect commissions.

Steven Grant’s Two Guns Leads to Three Guns

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Just the other day we were talking about Steven Grant and Mike Zeck’s collaborations on Circle of Blood,   Return to Big Nothing and  Damned.  Those are the most popular Grant/Zeck graphic stories.

Another very popular crime graphic novel written by Steven Grant (but this time with art by Mat Santolouco) is Two Guns.   

  • From the Boom! Studios book description:  A pulp story about cops and thieves and the men that are something in between. Trench has targeted a local bank to rob, and asked Steadman in on the job. Trench figures it’s a great way to score — considering it’s a cover for mob money. They’ll be thieves ripping off thieves. But what Steadman doesn’t know is that Trench is a DEA agent. And what Trench doesn’t know is that Steadman’s a Naval Intelligence officer. They’re both cops! And neither one knows that they’re not robbing the mob, they’ve been set up to steal $50 million from the CIA!

If Two Guns sounds familiar, it could be because you’ve seen the trailer for the movie adaptation starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.   The movie premieres on August 2nd.

The first issue of a six issue comics sequel, titled appropriately enough, Three Guns (again by Grant, but this time with art by Emilio Laiso) is set to drop around the same time. You can learn more about Three Guns from this piece over at the Hollywood Reporter.


Christopher Moloney’s FILMography is Awesome

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Christopher Moloney is the talent behind FILMography — “…an ongoing art project… that matches scenes from movies with their real-life, present-day locations” in photographs taken by Moloney.

Here are three examples…

First up we have John Travolta (above) in Staying Alive.

Next we have Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis from Die Hard with a Vengeance.

Finally, we have Sylvester Stallone and Jack Lemon from The Prisoner of Second Avenue.

Thanks to Mark Evanier for his post pointing me in the right direction.

New “Superman: Man of Steel” Poster Gets It Right

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There have been several teaser posters released for the new Superman movie.  Most of these posters were just ok.  

This new poster is by far the best in doing its job.  This new poster makes me think, “Yeah, I want to see the Superman: Man of Steel   movie.”

If you’d like to see a Superman-sized version of this poster, you can, thanks to the fine folks at IMPAwards.

Z-View: “Iron Sky” a Weak Link

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The Movie: Iron Sky

The Pitch: “Moon Nazis attack the Earth!”

The Tagline:  “We Come in Peace”

The Story: In 1945, Nazis loyal to Hitler escaped to the dark side of the moon.  Unknown to those on Earth, the Nazis survived and flourished.  Flash forward to 2018.  The Nazis are now ready to attack the planet.

The Screenplay: Michael Kalesniko from a story by Timo Vuorensola

The Director: Timo Vuorensola

The Cast: Julia Dietz, Christopher Kirby, Gotz Otto .

The Good: This teaser from 2007 (at that point the movie was just an idea).  Now that you’ve seen that, you’ve seen the best of what Iron Sky has to offer.  Ok, some of the special effects visuals are cool.

The Bad: The movie.  Way too many attempts at humor that fail.  Yeah, we get it. The Nazis are shocked that a black man is an astronaut.  Hardee-har-har.  Yeah, it’s real funny in 2018 that Sarah Palin is President.   What? Another joke about the black guy? Ho,ho, ho!  

The Ugly: How my expectations for Iron Sky were dashed.  After seeing the teaser in 2007, I thought the movie might be cool.  Then in 2012, I saw this trailer and pretty much knew it would be bad.

The Rating: D

 

Fan Builds His Own Bat Cave

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I have to admit that after seeing this guy’s personal Bat Cave, the comic nerd in me came out and I thought, “Now THAT is cool.”

I especially liked the hidden door activated through the secret button on the Shakespeare bust. (Holy Adam West Batman!)

Has there every been a better fan-made Bat Cave?  If so, I’d love to see it.  (Oops.  The comic nerd is coming out again.)