Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
When Tom Cruise was first announced to play Lee Child’s character, Jack Reacher, I thought the role had been miscast. Even when Lee Child said that Cruise embodied Reacher [despite the fact that Cruise doesn’t physically resemble the character] I still had my doubts.
As we’ve seen more about more about the movie, I’ve started to change my opinion. Perhaps Cruise will be a very good movie version Jack Reacher. Check out the latest trailer and see if you agree.
The Killing Them Softly web site has gone live. I’m looking forward to Killing Them Softly as much as any movie coming out in the rest of the year.
Dave Wachter returns with his take on Sly from Cobra. I met Dave a few years ago and became an instant fan. I wasn’t the only one to discover Dave’s fantastic sketches! How can you not like a great guy who is a terrific artist? You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
Later this morning I’m heading over to the Comic and Toy Show. It’ll run from 10am to 5pm at the Holiday Inn on A1A in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The theme of the con is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of AC Comics. Bill Black the founder of AC Comics will be there. So will a ton of other folks who have worked for AC Comics over the years. If you live within driving distance, you should come too.
Remember when I posted that Matt Wagner was going to write The Shadow: Year One? Well, guess who is joining him in creating covers?
Yep, Howard Chaykin. Of course that’s kind of obvious since I posted the Chaykin cover. Also joining Wagner and Chaykin are Alex Ross and Chris Samnee, You can see their covers here.
Thanks and a tip o’ the fedora to CBR.com.
I like this poster for Django Unchained. Oh, and did you know, that the official Django Unchained website has gone live?
Remember the stunt in Live and Let Die when James Bond [Roger Moore] ran across the backs of crocodiles?
I had always thought that they were mechanical crocs.
They weren’t. Those crocs were the real thing.
The stuntman, Ross Kananga, had to attempt the stunt several times to get it right. As you can see here, he had a few close calls.
The video makes the stunt, which I had always thought a bit corny, more impressive.
A tip o’ Oddjob’s steel rimmed derby to BoingBoing for the original post.
This photo cracked me up… no words needed. Although, my guess is that for whoever sits in the chair, no words will make up for the pants dry-cleaning bill. ; )
Thanks and an extra blast of the air horn to Fail Blog.
That’s the famous Apache renegade, Geronimo. He’s probably one of the few Indians – or Native Americans – if you prefer the more politically correct term, that modern people know by name. Did you know that…
Alexis Ziritt makes his third [and hopefully not last] appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. Alexis is the co-founder of Fistful Apparel and the indie comics co-op Calavera Comics. When I saw that Alexis was taking sketch card commissions, I decided to get on board for a couple. I asked Alexis to pick two from Jack Carter, John Rambo and Cobra. Alexis liked the theme and decided to do all three.
I really like this trailer for The Last Stand starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It reminds me of an old school trailer for an old school movie.
What could be better for an old school guy like me?
Remember back in August when it was announced that the first mini-series to feature Franco Francavilla’s Black Beetle was going to debut in January?
Good.
Now is the time to pre-order issues one and two. If you click over to Franco’s site, you can get a look at the covers for the first two issues as well as plot summaries.
If the Black Beetle looks/sounds like something you’d like, please consider pre-ordering. Franco is a great guy and his Black Beetle stories are a lot of fun!
When I was a kid nearly everyone my age went through a phase where we collected bubble gum cards. I can remember collecting baseball, football, monster, Beatles, Monkees, and Batman cards. I wasn’t quite old enough to have collected Mars Attacks cards, but all of us knew their reputation.
Mars Attacks trading cards were released in 1962, but were quickly pulled because they were considered too gory for kids. Norman Saunders created paintings of the Martians blasting, burning and impaling humans in their quest to take over planet Earth. So most of us knew of the cards, but had never actually seen them. No matter, for our imaginations made the Mars Attacks cards much worse than the actual art ever could.
Now, for the first time ever…
The Mars Attacks book is a bargain and my guess is that many who buy it will be getting their first look at the cards they were never supposed to see.
