Archive for August, 2008

Guitar Hero: The Movie….no serious.

Director extraordinaire Bret Ratner was recently interviewed by MTV and talked about the possibility of bringing the phenomenon of Guitar Hero to the big screen. Ratner, you fucken hack! I really hope that Mr. Ratner can get this project off the ground and see what kind of artistic angle he can come up with as far as translating the video game experience over to the big screen and not turn it into a 2-hour long commercial for the product. Check out the story over here at Aintitcool for the details. Would you go see a Guitar Hero movie?

Transformers 2 explosion from filming in Long Beach; Chevy Volt makes it’s first public appearance during filming

So Shia got his hand smashed and they decided to write that into the script so the production is moving along and Transformers Live Action Movie Blog has been keeping track of everything. This week, the production has been filming some scenes in downtown Long Beach including the awesome action scene you can check out in the video embedded up there. Pretty cool, huh? It’s always cool to see shit blowing up. And although I couldn’t find embeddable video to post, you can click here to check out some more footage of the cars driving down the street in the LBC, including a surprise: it seems Chevy has let Mr. Bay use the upcoming, top secret, game changing Volt in the feature. The final production car is supposed to be revealed in November at the LA Auto Show but it’s shown up on the internets a couple of months early. If Chevy can live up to the projects lofty promises, I think I’m looking at my next car. Sure, it’s super good for the environment, gets 40 miles on a single charge, hardly uses any gas. But the coolest part? It was in Transformers 2! Be sure to hit up TFLAMB for a crapload more pics and info on the film!

ABC reporter arrested at DNC for shooting video on public property

I wonder how much of a furor this is gonna spark. After I attempted multiple times to write an entry to go with this post, I’ve decided to give up and merely go and listen to N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton (track #2) to calm down and try to figure out why shit like this is happening on U.S. soil. Breathe….Wait, the dude was just chilling in front of a hotel for like 2 hours and the owner filed a complaint? Maybe he should of moved his shit if he was causing a disruption with the business’ flow. Hmmm…. Still, it’s a weird image to see a proper looking, white man arrested and man handled the way he was. Social commentary? Perhaps. Check out the full story over here at ABC & let us know what you guys think.

Rain Of Madness documentary available for free on iTunes

A while back we posted the trailer for the faux-documentary Rain Of Madness for the film Tropic Thunder. Well the full, 30-minute film is available right now for free over at iTunes here. So if you were a fan of the film or just can’t get enough of Robert Downey Jr. as a black man, download it now and let us know what you think of the film.

This week’s Flashback Feature: Goldfinger

Well this week marks the beginning of Edwards’ Flashback Features theatrical series of screening some classic films and it begins this Thursday evening with Sean Connery’s James Bond film Goldfinger. Unfortunately, I probably won’t be able to make it out there for the screening but I hope to go to a lot of these this year. You can’t go wrong with this people: Classic films, $5 movie ticket, 10pm showtime….awesome! Maybe down the road we can arrange a pre-movie meeting up at an area watering hole to get a few drinks with some fellow movie fans. If you guys head out there, let us know how it went and give us a report!

Zero Puncuation: Braid Review

Earth vs. Asteroid: Armageddon got it wrong

So back in 1998 when the Michael Bay classic Armageddon was released, I wonder if Australian Mary D’Souza was watching the film thinking “I will prove this movie wrong.” You see, Mary isn’t just a normal human being. Nope she’s a PhD student with the University of Queensland’s School of Engineering and she apparently knows her astro physics since she recently won an international contest for solutions to avoid a giant asteroid to impact our giant rock we call home. And what was the technique she came up with? The very one deemed stupid in the film by grand master Billy Bob: using solar sails to disrupt the path of the evil asteroid. In yer face, Slingblade! Swear if the earth is saved by going against something a Bay film has taught us to be stoopid, I sense no better poetic justice. A special shout out to Mary for saving (potentially) our home planet and our blog! Check out the full story over here at Slash Film.