In case you hadn't noticed, San Diego Comic-Con just happened. And lots of stuff gets announced and lots of trailers happen and it's basically just crammed with things. Here, I've tried to take the high points of the chaos and condense them into one huge post. There are lots of videos. You might want to go get a sandwich.
Takashi Miike is an absolute maniac. He brought you such films as Ichi the Killer, Audition and 13 Assassins. And now... Yakuza Apocalypse. Now, if you are a frequent visitor to this site, doubtless you are already ready to watch this film, based on the title alone. But now...you simply have to watch the trailer. It's a red band trailer, but mostly it's just...what I imagine dropping acid and watching Battles Without Honor or Humanity would be like. Enjoy.
A lot of pop culture news happens. Some of it you don't need to know. Some of it you only need the briefest bit of it. And pretty much all of it is not urgent. Welcome to an endeavor to save you time and sanity. Enjoy.
Why sift through a site where there's a news story for every time any project sneezes? We read it all and we give you a digest version of just the important stuff. You're busy and have a life. Everything else can wait. Enjoy.
There was once a time when every actor would get a crack at playing Hamlet. And now, it's Peter Parker. (Arguably at one point, it might have been Bruce Wayne...but anyway...) The good news is that Sony and Marvel are starting with a clean slate and giving us an MCU Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland (pictured above). The bad news is that I'm going to miss Andrew Garfield, because I actually enjoyed the hell out of his first film. And at last, we had a Peter Parker who could banter. And the sideways news is that a bunch of people are pissed that we're getting Peter Parker again and not Miles Morales, the second Ultimate Spider-Man. And I get where they're coming from: as the man said, it's deja vu all over again. Plus: people love the shit out of Miles and want to see the character they enjoy brought to the big screen.
So before I begin, let me say: I have no dog in this fight. I haven't liked Earth-616 Peter Parker since Civil War, which ruined him for me. I enjoyed the hell out of the Ultimate Peter Parker, but I left Marvel as a regular reader before Miles arrived. And I'm not necessarily saying I think like any of the points I'm about to make, especially the ones seemingly in defense of the studio(s)--since they're from the studio's perspective. I say this because I don't want you to expend your nerd-rage unnecessarily. Here we go.
Sir Christopher Lee, the last man standing of the Grand Horror Pantheon, has died at age 93. And it's sort of hard to put into words what we've lost. Not only was he an incredible actor but Lee had a voice that would chill you. I mean seriously. Go listen to him read stuff on Spotify. His laugh is scarier than even Rox's. And he worked his arse off. IMDB lists him with 281 credits to his name. And yet, he has more recognition from the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards than the Academy. In his honor, here's some of my favorite bits, some of which we've posted before during the Halloween season.
I know that he first got his huge break with Hammer's Curse of Frankenstein, but for me one of his first iconic roles wasn't even really a horror flick. It was Corridors of Blood, where he was supporting Boris Karloff. Karloff plays a doctor trying to come up with a method of painless surgery. Lee plays Resurrection Joe, your one stop shop for experimental corpses. Here's the trailer. Check out Lee. A stove pipe hat adds to his already formidable tallness. He's got that scarred face. And, well, the voice. He just looks like a guy who would club you with your back turned.
Well, we've been dreading has come to pass. Sir Terry Pratchett has made his exit. He did so at home surrounded by family, so we have that to hold onto at least. He had been doing battle with Alzheimer's for quite some time, and drawing much needed attention to the disease through the fact that he was, well, Terry Goddamn Pratchett. His writing lives on. He was 66 years old.
Rox, our chief Pratchettologist, called my attention to the fact that we have three DragonCon panels wherein she and others celebrated his work and life. Below you'll find the 2013 and 2014 Worlds of Terry Pratchett panels. The 2011 edition is here.
Leonard Nimoy--actor, director, writer, poet, musician, and elder stateman of the sci-fi geek community for his role as Mr. Spock--died yesterday at age 83. Chances are if you read this site, this is not news to you...since social media has been awash with memorials. And rightly so. An irreplaceable loss to culture, pop or otherwise.
Rox pointed out that bits of Leigh's interview with him from DragonCon 2009 has been posted on YouTube. So for a look back at the man in one of his elements, here you go:
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