Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Damsel in the Dark is a short [less than two minute film] that is a lot of fun — moody, great soundtrack and reminds me of the shorts that used to accompany episodes of Night Gallery.
And I’d give it all that praise even if it wasn’t created under the direction of my ole buddy, Bill Black.
Hey Bill! If you do a sequel I want to play C.Z. Pickens. EZ’s brother.
Criminal Macabre / The Goon: When Freaks Collide is a one-shot published by Dark Horse Comics.
Writers: Steve Niles, Eric Powell
Artist: Christopher Mitten
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Cover Artist: Fiona Staple
Cal McDonald, the drug-fueled paranormal private dick, goes head to head with Lonely Street’s zombie-pulverizing Goon, in a weird in-between world full of monsters, horror, and humor!
*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***
The Good:
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Criminal Macabre / The Goon: When Freaks Collide
Rating: 5 out of 5
Recently the bullet above was found by a treasure hunter. As you can see it was no ordinary bullet in that in contained not gun powder but a secret message. The message was written in code so the finder posted a picture to a World War II forum and received an answer…
My grandfather served in Italy, I inherited all of his military gear. He saved all of his daily code books, so looked it up. Here is the message:
QM is code for the officer that was tasked with coordinating forces for a particular engagement. This is an engagement status letter that is addressed to that officer.
The (6) 5 letter codes read as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:
THEY – THROW – GRENADES – WE – PULL – PINS – AND – THROW – BACK
The final code at the bottom is a phrase:
NOTIFY REINFORCEMENTS STAND DOWN – NOT NEEDED
Could this be some kind of joke that was never delivered? Apparently not. The Nazis were throwing grenades that weren’t armed until the Allied forces armed and then threw them back at the Nazis.
As Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.”
Source: Sploid.
Let’s go behind the scenes on Better Call Saul for some insight on the character and show!
You know a song has entered the public conscience when the President is caught singing it.
As we head into Superbowl Sunday, how about NFL 2015: A Bad Lip Reading?
This Video is Not in Reverse is not played in reverse and was filmed in one take.
Source: Mental_Floss.
If you check the dates, you’ll find that they don’t match up, but the joke was too funny not to share.
Source: Bits & Pieces.
According to the Death Year and Reason Predictor I’m going to live 105 years and die under mysterious circumstances.
I prefer to think that I am like Connor MacLeod from the original Highlander. You know, immortal and that I am in fact the guy in the statement, “There can only be one.” In 2063, I will just disappear…
Of course it could be that in 2063 someone will bump me off for reasons never known… or perhaps as 105-year-old I will just walk off like Kwai Chang Cain and never be seen again.
Better Call Saul extended trailer!
Young Frankenstein, despite turning 40 years old this year, remains one of the funniest movies of all time.
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the release of Young Frankenstein, Mental_Floss presents 15 Fun Facts for Young Frankenstein’s 40th Anniversary by Marc Mancini.
Here are my three favorite facts…
2. STAR AND CO-WRITER GENE WILDER CONVINCED BROOKS TO FORGO HIS USUAL CAMEO APPEARANCE
Like Alfred Hitchcock, Brooks usually gave himself a part in his own films, from Blazing Saddles’ loopy governor to the wine-selling Rabbi of Robin Hood: Men in Tights. These characters regularly broke the fourth wall and “winked” at the audience, something Wilder felt would clash with Young Frankenstein’s tone. So, as a condition of his taking on the lead role, Wilder made Brooks agree to remain off-camera.
However, the director did provide some howling
6. SEVERAL PROPS HAD PREVIOUSLY APPEARED IN THE MASTERFUL 1931 FRANKENSTEIN FILM
Taking his feature-length tribute to the next level, Brooks included much of the faux labequipment used in that earlier picture.
9. GENE HACKMAN SPECIFICALLY ASKED WILDER FOR A PART INYOUNG FRANKENSTEIN BECAUSE HE “WANTED TO TRY COMEDY”
According to the movie’s Blu-Ray commentary, Hackman—who’d been thrice nominated for an Academy Award (and won one in 1971)—learned about Young Frankenstein through his frequent tennis partner Wilder and requested a role. Ultimately, ‘Harold’—the lonely blind character he briefly portrayed—sparked one of the most memorable sequences in comedic history.
ComicBook.com posted Eric Powell Talks 15 Years of The Goon, Creator-Owned Comics and Trying to Make a Goon Movie which is really just a long title for a nice Eric Powell interview conducted by Jamie Lovett.
