Vin Diesel Returns as Riddick
Vin Diesel returns with another shot of himself as Riddick.
I. Can. Not. Wait.
Cool “Wonder Woman” Fan Film
While I’m not a huge Wonder Woman fan, I did think that this fan-made film trailer was pretty cool. If you do as well, and want to learn more about it click over to CBR.com.
Gerardo Moreno’s Superman Poster for Charity
Gerardo Moreno asked me to pass on the following information:
IN MEMORY of CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE:
- Gerardo Moreno is happy to announce this extraordinary project.
- Superman movie poster illustrated by Gerardo Moreno that you will be able to obtain in different formats
- 50% of every sale will be donated to the Christopher&Dana Foundation.
- If you have questions, inquiries or comments about this project, please e-mail gmwebmaster@gerardo-moreno.com
One of the Most Terrifying Survival Stories of All Time
Explorers are a different breed. Their desire to go “where no man has gone before,” no matter the cost, sometimes has them pay the ultimate price.
In November 1912, they had started as a crew of 24. Before the expedition was over Douglas Mawson was alone in the Antarctic fighting time and the elements to get back to the base camp before their ship left…
“What followed was one of the most terrifying survival stories of all time.”
Into the Unknown by David Roberts [Photo by Frank Hurley] for The National Geographic told the tale. Here’s a taste…
Mawson was now in a race against time, as well as miles. The expedition’s relief ship Aurora was scheduled to arrive at Commonwealth Bay on January 15 to pick up the men and steam toward home in Australia. But as the days ticked by, Mawson was still more than 80 miles from the hut, and he was growing weaker by the hour.
One day, plowing through deep snow, he broke through a snowbridge covering a hidden crevasse. Suddenly he was falling unchecked through space. Then a fierce jolt halted his plunge. The 14-foot harness rope attaching him to the sledge had held, but now Mawson was sure that his weight would pull the sledge in on top of him. He thought, So this is the end.
Miraculously, the sledge stuck fast in the deep snow, anchoring him. But as his eyes adjusted to the semidarkness, Mawson saw how hopeless his predicament was. He dangled free in space, the crevasse walls too far away to reach even with the wild swing of a boot. His first thought came as a searing regret that he had not had the chance to eat the last ounces of his food before he died.
His only chance to escape was to pull himself hand over hand up the harness rope. Providentially, he had tied knots in the rope at regular intervals. He seized the first knot and pulled himself upward, then lunged for the next. Even for a fit, healthy man, such a feat would have been barely possible; yet Mawson pulled, rested, and lunged again. He reached the lip of the crevasse and tried to roll onto the surface above.
That effort broke loose the overhanging lip. Mawson fell all the way to the end of his harness rope. Despair overwhelmed him. He pondered slipping out of the harness to plunge to the bottom of the crevasse, ending things at once rather than by strangling or slowly freezing. At that moment, a verse from his favorite poet, Robert Service, flashed through his mind: “Just have one more try—it’s dead easy to die, / It’s the keeping-on-living that’s hard.”
The words spurred him to “one last tremendous effort.”…
The Tomb Poster Starring Stallone & Schwarzenegger
Have you seen this poster for The Tomb starring Sly and Arnold? We hope to get a better photo soon.
Mike Torrance & Sly Have a Surprise for Rutger Hauer
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back! Mike has given us his take on Sly from Nighthawks.
You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd (and if you’ve never checked out Mike’s site, you ought to if only to see his Walking Dead cards!) and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
1st Shot: Sly & Deniro on Set for “Grudge Match”
Here’s our first look at Sly and Robert Deniro on the set of their forthcoming film, Grudge Match. It’s going to be interesting to see Rocky vs the Raging Bull.
On a side note, did you notice that Sly’s tats are covered for this role.
Grudge Match opens November 15, 2013.
Vin Diesel Posts New Riddick Photo
Vin Diesel just posted a new photo of himself as Riddick. The photo above is just a close-up of the image. You can see the full photo at Diesel’s Facebook page.
“Cecilla” Covered by the Skeleton Crew Motion Pictures Quartet
I asked always liked the song “Cecilla” by Simon & Garfunkel. I even like this version by the Skeleton Crew Motion Pictures Quartet.
Oh, and if you liked this video, you might want to check out the making of video for the, uh, video.
Guy Pearce, Iron Man 3 & a Suggested Role
I’m a Guy Pearce fan. He may be the most under-rated actor today. Pearce is always good and brings something different to each role.
So, I’m glad to see Guy Pearce is going to be in Iron Man 3. That’s definitely a plus.
Looking at this poster though, the first thing that went through my mind was, if I was casting an updated Miami Vice, I know who would play Sonny Crockett.
New “Dead Man Down” Posters
I like this poster for Dead Man Down.
If I would make any suggestion, it would be to have a smaller version of the “falling man” figure that appears in this poster for Dead Man Down “falling” along the right side of this poster. But then again, that might make it too busy.
If you’d like to see a Dead Man Down Up-sized version of this poster, you can thanks to IMPAwards.
Josh Brolin Knows a Dame to Kill For
Robert Rodriguez recently sent out a couple of on-set photos taken during the filming of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
This one of Josh Brolin playing Dwight, reminds me of how much I’d love Frank Miller to do a new Sin City yarn, and how happy I’ll be when October 4, 2013 rolls around.
Thanks and a tip o’ Rodriguez’s cowboy hat to CBR.com.
How Well Do You Know Your US Presidents?
I was happy getting 13 out of 16 questions right on the Buzzfeed Presidential Trivia Quiz. If you want to see how well you’d do, then give it a try.
Thanks and a 21 gun salute to Neatorama for the original link.
Evan Bryce Knocks It Out of the Park with Rocky
This week we have the return of Evan Bryce Cranston with an unexpected addition to my Stallone Sketch Collection. To help celebrate Valentine’s Day and to have some fun for those that follow Evan’s Art Blog, Evan decided to have a random drawing and the winner would receive a specially created piece of art for a Valentine’s Day card.
The random number generator pushed out my number and I ended up winning this awesome Rocky piece. It’s a, uh, knockout!
Check out Evan’s site and say, “Hi.” He’s not only a talented artist but a great guy.
Thanks Evan!
The Top Ten Unsolved Murders
Who doesn’t like a good mystery? Especially if it is a murder mystery.
Smashing Lists posted their choices for the Top Ten Unsolved Crimes… all of which involved murder. Here are my thoughts about each…
10. The Zodiac Killer – I would have placed the Zodiac Killer much higher on the list.
- Not only did the Zodiac Killer murder at least 7 people, he wrote notes to newspapers taunting the police even as his killing streak continued.
- The Zodiac Killer was the inspiration for many movie serial killers with my favorite being The Scorpio Killer played by Andrew Robinson in Dirty Harry.
- Unfortunately, there was no real life Harry Callahan to bring down The Zodiac Killer, so we may never know his true identity.
09. The Murder of Edgar Allan Poe – This would not have even made my list.
- No one is sure what killed Poe. Note that I said what, not who.
- Poe’s death has been attributed to everything from heart disease to rabies. Murder? Maybe, maybe not.
- So if we’re not sure he was killed, should Poe’s death be part of a list of the top ten unsolved murders? No mystery to my answer — I say, “No.”
08. The Tylenol Poisonings – In 1982, seven people mysteriously died after taking Tylenol.
- Once the link to Tylenol was found, Johnson & Johnson recalled over 31 million bottles of their product nationwide, issued warnings and offered a $100,000 reward.
- The seven deaths caused a national alarm and eventually led to the development of tamper-proof packaging.
- Despite the reward and the involvement of the FBI, the Tylenol Killer was never found.
07. The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey – Six year old JonBenet Ramsey was found in the basement of the family home more than seven hours after she had been reported missing.
- JonBenet had been the victim of blunt force trauma to the head and died of strangulation.
- Immediate suspects included her father, her mother and her brother and this was leaked to the media. A ransom note was found and there was speculation that JonBenet’s mother wrote it.
- The local police bungled the investigation and JonBenet’s killer was never found.
06. The Murder of the Black Dahlia – Elizabeth Short aka the Black Dahlia wanted to be a famous actress. Although she became famous, it was because she was the victim of one of the most infamous murders of all time.
- Short’s nude body was found on a residential street cut in half and drained of all blood.
- Hundreds of men were questioned but the murderer was never caught. Investigations continue to this day.
- I would have placed The Murder of the Black Dahlia higher on the list.
05. The Murder of Tupac Shakur – Tupac Shakur gained fame as a former gang member who became a rapper and was branching out into acting.
- Shakur never backed away from his gang affiliations and was gunned down in a drive-by shooting that came after an earlier gang-related altercation the same evening.
- Tupac’s murderer(s) were never identified.
04. The Lizzie Borden Murders – Over 100 years later, the chant: “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks, upon seeing what she’d done, she gave her father forty-one” is still known.
- Although the counts are wrong and Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murders, the chant isn’t too far off from the truth. Or is it? Did Lizzie Borden really kill her parents?
- We may never know and that’s why The Lizzie Borden Murders deserves it’s place on this list.
03. Jack the Stripper – Did you know that in the 1960’s there was a serial killer the press named Jack the Stripper because he killed at least 6 prostitutes and left them nude?
- I didn’t either. Perhaps then, this case shouldn’t have made the list. How famous can it be, if we didn’t know about it?
02. The Assassination of Oscar Romero – On March 24, 1980, Oscar Romero, an El Savadorian priest who spoke out against the ruling powers was shot and killed in El Salvidor. His killer was never identified.
01. Jack the Ripper – The most famous of all serial killers.
- For three years, Jack the Ripper killed and mutilated his victims and taunted the police through his letters to newspapers.
- Jack the Ripper inspired scores of movies, books and perhaps serial killers and definitely deserves the top spot.
Had I made the list, I would have included The Assassination of President Kennedy and The Killing of Jimmy Hoffa.
Some may argue that the Kennedy assassination was solved with the capture of Lee Harvey Oswald, I would say that due to the huge number of conspiracy theories about the Kennedy Assassination that it deserves a spot on the list.
While it is true that it was never proven that Jimmy Hoffa was killed, I think that his disappearance coupled with his mob connections and the unsolved nature of the case would allow it’s inclusion on the list.
So… what unsolved murder didn’t make the list that you’d put there?
