Time for Another Drive!
Time for another Drive. Want to see a freeway-sized version of this poster?
Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Time for another Drive. Want to see a freeway-sized version of this poster?
The Hollywood Reporter is saying that Frank Darabont was fired from The Walking Dead! Here are some tidbits from the article:
I can not wait to see “Drive”. Oh, you already know?
I can not wait to see “Drive”.
The Huffington Post recently did a piece on The Creepiest Celebrity Masks of All Time. Of the 42 shown, my favorites are The Three Stooges. Of course since the article is about creepy masks, perhaps I should have picked the ones of Prince Charles, Linda Tripp, Al Gore, George Bush Jr., Dick Cheney, or David Letterman. They were by far the creepier.
Recently Ryan Britt at TOR.com took a look at 5 Unfairly Derided Action Sci-Fi Flicks. Here they are with a bit of what Britt had to say and, for what they’re worth, my thoughts on each.
Britt: Seemingly a rip-off of Logan’s Run and The Running Man, the movie tells the story of a couple of runaway clones who are searching for their counterparts.
Zablo: I saw The Island and it was okay. I don’t remember too much about The Island , which probably gives you an indication of how good it really was.
Britt: I think most fans would agree Pitch Black is a pretty solid sci-fi thriller, but most of us don’t really know what to make of Riddick. Does this character even belong in a movie like this? In the first film, it was all sneaking around in the dark dealing with scary stuff, and then the next movie was this big Dune meets Lord of the Rings visual epic.
Zablo: Britt is exactly right. Chronicles was 180 degrees away from Pitch Black. Fans weren’t expecting the dramatic change and Chronicles threw them. Over the years my fondness of Chronicles has grown. I like it more with each new viewing. [But I am glad that the third Riddick movie is going to be more like Pitch Black than Chronicles.]
Britt: Though Lucas and Spielberg talk a mean game about how Star Wars and Indiana Jones pay homage to Flash Gordon-style serials of a bygone era, Kerry Conran actually did it for real. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow shouldn’t be viewed as a contemporary action film, but instead as a kind of alternate universe where these sorts of movies never stopped getting made.
Zablo: I saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow on the big screen. I really dug it. I didn’t think it was the greatest thing ever, but it was fun. It was good enough to earn a spot in my movie library. After reading Britt’s take on the film, I think it’s time to pull Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow down for a viewing!
Britt: The movie also seems pretty low budget which, unlike the Matrix, means its not trying to impress you. With Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Sean Bean, and yes, Taye Diggs, you’ve got an action movie cast at least as good as the far inferior Terminator: Salvation.
Zablo: I disagree with Britt. I think that Kurt Wimmer was trying to impress us and for most of us, he succeeded. (And I’d have that opinion even if I didn’t get to attend a special showing with Kurt Wimmer.) Sure, the budget was not huge, but look at the talent he scored. What would it cost today to make a movie with Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Sean Bean, and yes, Taye Diggs?
Britt: This is the big one. Seemingly everyone thinks this movie was absolutely terrible, including the studio, as they are totally uninterested in bringing anybody back for the new impending reboot project, Man of Steel... Brandon Routh is actually not bad as Supe at all (and he really demonstrated his versatility in Scott Pilgrim last year!) Kevin Spacey is great as Lex Luthor…
Zablo: I agree with “seemingly everyone”. Superman Returns was really bad. It did have a couple of cool scenes and I liked Routh but Spacey [and I am a fan] wasn’t right for Luthor and the overall movie was just bad.
Other Action Sci-Fi Movies that could have been included in the article: Cyborg [Jean-Claude Van Damme], Omega Man [Charlton Heston], and The Ultimate Warrior [Yul Brennor].
TruTV recently posted a piece about called 10 Conspiracies About the Moon (Not Including the Big One). Here are some tidbits that I thought interesting:
i would love for friendly (big smile) intelligent alien life to be discovered. Until then, I’m going with the Hitler and Nazi army on a moonbase as my favorite moon conspiracy theory.
Jeremy Treece has created art for comic books, trading cards, animation and independent films. Today we have Treece’s take on Jack Carter from one of my favorite Stallone films, “Get Carter”.
You can see more of Jeremy’s art here… and hopefully again here at the SZ in the future.
Now that Rise of the Planet of the Apes is here, the next movie that I can’t wait to see is Contagion. It premieres September 9th. Below is a trailer to hold us over.
Movie stunts today have never been bigger or more exciting, right? Of course most movies use computer graphics and the actors are in no real danger… but back in the silent era of films, when movies were just getting started, stunt work could cost an actor his life.
Mental Floss takes a look at Six Dangerous Stunts from the Silent Movie Era. You might want to as well.
One of my all-time favorite comic series was 100 Bullets. Written by Brian Azzarello with art by Eduardo Risso and covers by Dave Johnson, it was simply, a comics team that always hit on all cylinders. Guess what? The same team is coming back this year with a new series called Spaceman. That’s a prelim character sketch above and the first cover art below.
Count me in.
In honor of Harrison Ford’s 40th big screen role in Cowboys & Aliens, Steve Murray at the National Post created a headshot of Ford in each of his roles.
While taking a stroll around the CNN tower is no where near as crazy as free-climbing up a tower or speed climbing up a mountain, it’s still pretty crazy.
Skulls are in. Skull tats. Skull bandanas. Skull motorcycle paintings. Skull t-shirts. So why not design a skull using your face as the model? It probably won’t be as creepy as mine, but then again… who knows?
That’s JK Woodward’s amazing take on Sly as Jack Carter. My buddy, Little John312 told me that JK was taking on some commissions. I’d never met or seen JK’s art, but once I did, I hopped on board. Now his site is a regular stop on my internet runs and I hope to get another Stallone commission in the future.