Arnold Schwarzenegger & Lucille Ball
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
When you think of stars that Arnold has shared screen time with, how long would it take for you to get to Lucille Ball?
Forever, right?
Not if you’ve seen the clip below!
15 Real Life Tough Guys
Yahoo Movies recently posted their list of 15 Real Life Tough Guys. Here’s their list and my thoughts…
- Dennis Farina: was a former cop and came off as a legitimate tough guy.
- Mel Brooks: served as a demolitions man in the war. Lacked the size to be considered a classic tough guy and probably had a better chance of killing someone with laughter.
- Steve Buscemi: a former fire fighter who returned to help out in that role after 9/11 makes Buscemi tough guy in anyone’s book. However, not a classic tough guy in the movie tradition.
- Bryan Cranston: He is the one who knocks. Of course he was also the dad in a sitcom I never watched. Then again, he was questioned in a real life murder. Not a traditional movie tough guy, but I ain’t tellin’ him that.
- James Doohan: a WWII hero. In his day, I’ll bet Doohan could kick some buttocks. Never made it big as a movie tough guy, but that’s not what this list is about.
- Clint Eastwood: would make anyone’s top five movie tough guys. Glad to see him on a real life tough guy list as well.
- R. Lee Ermey: Movie tough guy? Check. Real-life tough guy? Check.
- Samuel L. Jackson: Cool in the movies and real life. Tough in the movies, I’ll buy. Real life — not one of the actors whose name rushes to mind.
- Dolph Lundgren: Yes, a movie and real life tough guy. Heck, any man who dated Grace Jones had to be tough.
- Lee Marvin would be my first or second choice for movie and real life tough guy.
- Steve McQueen: I was never a big Steve McQueen fan. I liked him in The Getaway though. He wouldn’t have made either list for me.
- Robert Mitchum: is a genuine tough guy — movie or real life.
- Jack Palance: is another that should easily make both lists.
- Mickey Rourke: later day Mickey Rourke makes both lists. Mickey Rourke that started out as the pretty boy actor, was a real life tough guy, but not a traditional movie tough guy.
- Danny Trejo: has made his career being a tough guy.
I have just one question. How could Charles Bronson not have made this list?
Edward Zero: Secret Agent, Sociopath, Hero?
I posted about Zero before. At that time I said it was a new comic series by Ales Kot [writer] and Michael Walsh [artist] that looked interesting. Here’s how the advance solicitation described it…
SAVING THE WORLD. ONE MURDER AT A TIME.
Edward Zero is the perfect execution machine – a spy who breaks the rules to get things done. When a stolen device appears in the center of a long-running conflict, Zero comes to retrieve it. The problem is, the device is inside a living, breathing, bio-modified terrorist and there’s an entire army after it.
I just learned that although the series will contain a series of rotating artists, each doing one issue. I also discovered a bit more about Edward Zero…
ZERO is a secret agent. Edward Zero. He’s the perfect execution machine, in a sense — throw him at a problem and he wil solve it. Just remember that the way he reaches the solution may not always be to your liking, because he’s a bit of a sociopath.
But what happens when a sociopath realizes ideas and systems he based his life upon are deeply broken and not at all what they were supposed to be?
“New” Theory on Who Killed JFK – “JFK: The Smoking Gun”
I was just five when President Kennedy was assassinated. I was on vacation with my grandparents in Florida. My grandfather had taken me with him on a quick trip to a supermarket. A man came running into the store yelling that the president had been shot. All of the adults seemed scared. We hustled back to the hotel and my grandparents stayed glued to the tv to get the latest updates.
As the years passed, there was always a lot of talk about “who was really behind” the assassination. Was it the mob? LBK? Castro? With each passing year it seemed another theory rose up to explain how the most powerful man in the world was killed. I read each theory and filed it away. None seemed more plausible than it was a lone nut with a high powered rife.
Still, I was always willing to give the next theory a listen.
Now there’s a new documentary that is …
based on the work of Colin McLaren, a veteran Australian police detective who has undertaken a four-year investigation into the killing.
His theories are based on the work of Howard Donahue, who spent two decades probing the assassination and whose work was presented in the book Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK, by Bonar Menninger.
This theory postulates that Oswald fired the first shot that hit President Kennedy. Then as Secret Service Agent George Hickey drew his weapon and jumped on the back of the President’s Limo, his gun accidentally discharged shooting President Kennedy in the back of the head. This theory also explains the…
…the different ballistic profiles of the two bullets that struck Kennedy… Mr Menninger insisted that they do not believe that Agent Hickey intentionally fired at Kennedy. Rather, the Huffington Post reported him as saying, ‘this was a tragic accident in the heat of the moment.’
But the pair do allege that the government moved swiftly, with the help of Kennedy’s brother Robert, to cover up the Secret Service’s involvement and save the agency from embarrassment.
While I don’t think that this new theory is more likely than a lone gunman with a high-powered rifle, I am willing to give it a listen. JFK: The Smoking Gun will be broadcast on the Reelz Channel on November 3.
Thanks to Joey and the Huffington Post for the link.
Andrew Robinson Knows “The Fifth Beatle”
Did you happen to see this interview with Andrew Robinson where he talks about his four-year project on The Fifth Beatle?
Thanks and an extra “Yea, Yea, Yea” to Bleeding Cool.
Dave Wachter & Stanley Kowalski from “Lords of Flatbush”
Dave Wachter returns with his take on Sly from the Lords of Flatbush. 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?
At HeroesCon this year I asked Dave to do Sly from his first major movie, the Lords of Flatbush and another piece of Sly from his latest film, Bullet to the Head. Next week, you’ll see Dave’s take on Sly as Jimmy Bobo.
Until then, you can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
Rare Lee Marvin Interview
In this rare and too short interview with Lee Marvin he talks about everything from his M-Squad days to making [what was to be his last film] Delta Force.
Although the Lee Marvin interview probably won’t be new to him, today’s post goes out to Chris Mills, the co-creator [along with Rick Burchett] of the free weekly webcomic Gravedigger.
“Walking Dead” Season 4 Featurette
For those who are having Walking Dead withdrawal symptoms, I give you a Walking Dead: Season Four Featurette Preview!
Raymond Chandler’s Little Known Cameo in “Double Indemnity”
Double Indemnity is one of my favorite noir movies. I’ve seen it a bunch of times.
Raymond Chandler, who wrote just seven novels, is one of the founding fathers of modern detective fiction. I’ve read a lot of Chandler and knew he co-wrote the screenplay [along with director Billy Wilder] adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel of the same name.
Until recently I didn’t know that Chandler had a cameo in Double Indemnity. What makes this an even greater find is that there are no known film or television interviews with Chandler!
Thanks and a tip of my fedora to Adrian Wootten and The Guardian.
Jason Eisener’s Scary 1 Minute Movie
One Last Dive by Jason Eisener needs just a minute and nine seconds to scare the yell out of you.
Riddick: Rule the Dark Motion Comic
I’m not a fan of motion comics.
I am a fan of David Twohy and Vin Diesel’s character Riddick.
So, here’s a motion comic to bridge the gap between Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick and Riddick.
Oh, and if like me, you don’t care for motion comics, here is a short interview for you with Vin Diesel who speaks about Riddick.
How to Improve on “Gravity”
I like this poster for Gravity.
I think I’d dig it even more if there was part of the spaceship or tether floating in the foreground.
Chris Schweizer Presents Charles Bronson as Wolverine
This piece was originally posted at iFanboy as one of their choices for Sketches of the Week.
Cool idea. Cool exection.
Franchesco Francavilla was listed as the artist. No surprise there. Franchesco does neat pieces like this all the time.
Funny thing is, Franchesco wrote in to say he didn’t draw it. Chris Schweizer did.
iFanboy corrected their post. The one thing that didn’t need to be changed is that Bronson as Wolverine is worthy of Sketch of the Week honors.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Takes Us into the “Cosmos”
As I watched the trailer below for Cosmos hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, I became excited for the new season to start…
…Then I saw Cosmos wasn’t premiering until 2014.
I’m still looking forward to Cosmos, but 2014 sure seems a long time away.
Chris Flick asks, “Why isn’t Stallone in The Avengers”
Chris Flick of Capes and Babes makes his second appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. I had the good fortune to sit with Chris, LittleJohn312 and Patricia at last year’s Heroes Con Drink and Draw event. What a great evening! Ah, but I digress…
Chris Flick worked up this cool sketch of Sly wondering why he was invited to be an Avenger. You can learn more about Chris as well as check out his popular Cape and Babes webcomic.
