Month: March 2015

Frazetta and 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About “From Dusk Till Dawn”

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Mental_Floss presents 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About From Dusk Till Dawn.  Here are my three favorites…

7. IT’S GEORGE CLOONEY’S FIRST HOLLYWOOD FILM ROLE

Tarantino pitched Clooney on the film after directing him in ER.

9. THERE’S A GREAT HOMAGE TO RODRIGUEZ’S FAVORITE DIRECTOR

The character Scott Fuller wears a t-shirt that reads “Precinct 13,” a nod to the film Assault on Precinct 13, the second film by John Carpenter.

13. IT USED TO INCLUDE A FAMOUS TARANTINO SPEECH

The infamous Ezekiel 25:17 speech from Pulp Fiction was originally in Tarantino’s script for From Dusk Till Dawn. It was meant to be spoken by Harvey Keitel’s character as he fends off the vampires before being killed.

Z-View: The Expendables #4 by Dixon and Polls

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The Expendables #4 is part of a four-issue mini-series published by Dynamite Comics.

Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Esteve Polls
Colorist: Marc Rueda
Cover Artist: Lucio Parrillo

The action-packed comic book prequel to the action-packed movie even of Summer, 2010 concludes! Read the story BEFORE the story and find out more about the characters BEFORE they hit the big screen this summer! In this final issue, the crap has hit the fan. Plus: explosions!

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good

  • The Expendables in a comic prequel.
  • “Our evac strategy?”  “Fluid”  “Like usual then.”

The Bad:

  • It is still bugs me that the comic characters don’t look more like the movie characters.
  • A lot of headshots this issue.

The Ugly:

  • “Sorry, baby, I didn’t make you any breakfast.”  “Then why do I smell bacon?”

 

The Expendables #4 would get a two star rating if I wasn’t such a Stallone/Expendables fan, but since I am…

 

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Z-View: The Expendables #3 by Dixon and Polls

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The Expendables #3 is part of a four-issue mini-series published by Dynamite Comics.

Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Esteve Polls
Colorist: Marc Rueda
Cover Artist: Lucio Parrillo

After years of corruption, murder of American hostages, and betrayal of foreign policies, the US – with the help of other Nations who secretly put together a squad of their most highly trained military personal – will finally attempt to overthrow the dictator who has caused devastation in South America for over 20 years.
This is the story before the movie…

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good

  • The Expendables in a comic prequel.
  • Tool giving a car thief directions off of his property with buckshot.
  • The art for the series hasn’t been a bright spot but I really like the first panel on page 22.
  • Tool with a shotgun and flamethrower going to meet those breaking into his house.

The Bad:

  • It is still bugs me that the comic characters don’t look more like the movie characters.

The Ugly:

  • “Attacking a battleship with three men…”

 

The Expendables #3 would get a two star rating if I wasn’t such a Stallone/Expendables fan, but since I am…


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Z-View: The Expendables #2 by Dixon and Polls

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The Expendables #2 is part of a four-issue mini-series published by Dynamite Comics.

Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Esteve Polls
Colorist: Marc Rueda
Cover Artist: Lucio Parrillo

After years of corruption, murder of American hostages, and betrayal of foreign policies, the US – with the help of other Nations who secretly put together a squad of their most highly trained military personal – will finally attempt to overthrow the dictator who has caused devastation in South America for over 20 years.
This is the story before the movie…

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good

  • The Expendables in a comic prequel.
  • A one million dollar payday for a snatch and grab.
  • “Embracing the gloom again, huh?”

The Bad:

  • It is starting to bug me that the comic characters don’t look more like the movie characters.  Toll Road has long hair, a mustache and no cauliflower ears.  Hale Caesar doesn’t look much bigger than everyone else… and so on.
  • Being a kid in the store when your dad won’t give a drug dealer requested information.
  • Repeatedly calling Gunar “Tweaker” and everyone complaining about how terrible he screws things up and yet they keep bringing him back.

The Ugly:

  • When a drug dealer warms up your bath.

 

The Expendables #2  would get a two star rating if I wasn’t such a Stallone/Expendables fan, but since I am…

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