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Magical

This photo reminds of The Return of the King in which Gandalf walks towards the steward of Gondor. It has that majestic, epic feel.

Prometheus vibe

That's what I see here. Sadly, the movie was awful.

Kal-El Returns

The new trailer for the Man of Steel is up.

The music and the imagery is very nicely done.

Justice League villain

Marvel has been hammering DC with their movies in the last few years. DC, it seems, is gearing up their Justice League for the big screen to face off against The Avengers 2 in the summer of 2015.

This site has got information about the main bad "guy" in the movie. If true, then finally we'll get to see an unleashed Superman.

Feminism is a dead end

Alpha Game:

[...] suppose that Cersei was cut from the Brienne mode. Let's make just one simple change in favor of the modern equalitarian perspective. Instead of being a conniving bitch working within the confines of a traditional female role, she's grown up to be a Strong, Independent Warrior Woman every bit as skilled with the sword as her twin and every bit as uninterested in propagating the species in the customary manner.

Read the interesting and logical consequences.

Celebrities in the air

Glenn Reynolds links to a gallery of jets which are owned by people in Hollywood. I was surprised to learn about a jet plane that retails for $8 million. It's, of course, tiny but I thought the minimum price for such luxuries was around $20 mil.

Anyway, it's cool to know that I can afford one in a hundred years.

Fear, anger, hate ...

Ed Driscoll wrote about the Star Wars prequels. It seems that Episode 7 is on the horizon. This can only lead to, er, suffering.

Update
Vox Popoli: 

Not that George Lucas hasn't methodically gone about ruining his creation for decades, beginning with The Return of the Jedi and those damned Ewoks, but the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney pretty much guarantees that the franchise will never, ever, return to its erstwhile glory.

What terrible news for the younglings of today.

A trip through Middle Earth

I love how the lost shot is of misty mountains.

What was DC thinking? The movie title is way too long.

The last scene in the trailer is cute.

Don't be an intelligent fool

Vox Popoli:

[...] the goal should not be to try to make the retards normal or the normals brilliant, (such efforts are futile), but rather, to endeavor to teach each group of individuals wisdom and strong moral character to the best of their capacity to understand and apply it. Even one conscientious and confident normal individual of good character can do wonders for correcting the ills caused by a gaggle of highly intelligent, evil-minded fools.

This reminded me of what Galadriel said in The Fellowship of the Ring: "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."

Faster skynet faster!

The end is near.

Like Tolkien

Vox Popoli:

Umberto Eco once said that he wrote The Name of the Rose because he wanted to murder a monk. I decided to do him one better and begin by killing the Holy Father.

Holy Schnikes! Though, I'm hoping the protagonist won't get into a crazy maze of books or bones. I've read Summa Elvetica and felt that it was too short. I saw glimpses of some fascinating characters in a cool world and then ... it's over!

A Throne of Bones will be on my reading list for 2013. 

Chivalry is dead

Feminists killed it. Check out this video; the part at 00:32 is awesome.

Magic

One of the greatest movies ever made, and one of my favorites, will be released on the big screen for only one day. Watch it if you have the chance.

No other movie director comes close to making the epics that were crafted by David Lean. It's incredible what he did: not having the benefit of computer special effects, he shot at real locations. His movies took years to make and one could see the hard work that went into making them.

Link via Ed Driscoll at Instapundit.

Dude!

Some greats make the funniest movies list here: The Big Lebowski, A Fish Called Wanda, and Grosse Pointe Blank.

A cut scene?

How the Dark Knight got his voice.

The journey begins

I consider it to be one of the greatest books ever written. Soon, we'll get to watch its translation on the big screen.

Sentient being

A Transformers tatto! That's not going to look good with age.

T Man?

The JLA is impressed with his awesome power.

Nick as Neo

The Matrix as you've not seen before. It would have been clever had the animation used a tank from L4D2 to play Tank.

An unexpected trilogy

The Hobbit will be released as three movies.

I concur, repeatedly, profusely. Ergo.

Image via You didn't build that.

A token woman

The Hollywood Reporter:

Co-producer Philippa Boyens addressed some changes made for the movie adaptation, especially the addition of a new character or two, something that could be seen as heresy by the literary community or Tolkien fans. Boyens said the story felt weighed down by males, so they created a female elf, being played by Evangeline Lilly and seen briefly in the footage.

Vox Popoli has the proper response:

What. The. Fuck? Tolkien's novels are a masterpiece. A classic. They define a genre. So Philippa Fucking Boyens decides she can improve upon them by adding a female character to do what, discuss tampons and boy bands? Does Tokenlass spend her screen time regaling the dwarves with tedious gossip about elves that none of them have ever met? Does she have sex with Borin before making a hypergamous upgrade to Thorin [...]

I wonder if Hollywood wanted to make Lawrence of Arabia today, then would a woman be included in the movie to, you know, bring that ridiculous "feminine energy"?

The Dark Knight Trilogy

James Berardinelli reviews Nolan's epic:

Batman is more heroic, more flawed, and more conflicted than in either of the previous two movies. At times, he makes Hamlet look decisive. In the end, we get the character we yearn for, but a lot has to happen for the movie to get to that point. Jonathan Nolan admits to having been influenced by Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities when writing The Dark Knight Rises, but one line more than any other became the seed that germinated the final story. You don't have to wonder about it; it's referenced explicitly.

Sigh. I haven't read that work of Charles Dickens.

Duke Nukem

As you've never seen, er, heard him before.

Innovative trailers

1. The Dark Knight Rises. The Prestige version.
2. The Lion King Rises. The ending is awesome.

Very bat idea

Crazy, colorful infidels!

Stating that "the time has come for a tonal shift" in the blockbuster series, director Christopher Nolan announced Thursday that the forthcoming Batman film The Dark Knight Rises would take a lighter, more humorous tone than its predecessors, and would be filled with "slapstick, primary colors, and just plain old fun."

Are you kidding me!?

"Needless to say, no one could ever replace Heath Ledger as the Joker," Nolan added, "but I have to say that Rob Schneider stepped up like a pro. He's just naturally funny and a real cutup, which is what you want in the Joker."

OMG.

Opening July 20, The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and the yet-to-be-announced winner of the Nickelodeon/Capri Sun "I Wanna Co-star with Batman" Sweepstakes as either Robin or Batgirl.

NOOOOOOO!

Leaning ships

Quite a rare Disney perspective.

Not another reboot

Hollywood wants to remake another action classic. Here's a small video to give you an idea of what's coming next year.

The new actor will need to have mountains of talent and skill to better Peter Weller's iconic take on the character.

Why so citrus?

Some men just want a tangerine.

Back to red

CBM:

MAN OF STEEL Kryptonian armor for Jor-El and Faora plus, get a super close look at the new Superman suit in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.

I'm glad the cape is red as it should be. The last movie used a dark brown color for the cape for no good reason. However, in the posters of the movie, the cape was shown to have a crimson hue which was a clear example of false advertising.

Game over, man

If by "better worlds" one means dying in an acid-drenched inferno, then yes.

I would have been very interested in that

Batmobile The Tumbler in ... Toronto!?

I missed it. It would have been nice to take a few snaps.

Flying feline

I want one -- preferably in the form of a lion.

What could be cooler than a flying Aslan!?

As they say, here's the rest of the story.

Prometheus lacks fire

David Thompson didn't like the new Aliens kinda-sequel Prometheus.

Too bad. I would have like to have watched it in the theatres. I'm now waiting for Nolan to finish his trilogy.

Oh, this movie would be quite entertaining as well.

Smash!

$200 million in three days for The Avengers.

Damn.

The Avengers!

I watched it. Marvel's risky strategy has paid off. The movie was immensely entertaining. There were many good parts; both in terms of dialogue and action.

The first hour can at times seem sluggish as there's a fair amount of setup and exposition that needs to be endured. And there are times during the final battle when the special effects take over and things edge toward Bay's fetishistic fascination with hardware over everything else. Yet those are isolated moments in a jaw-droppingly intense 50-minute battle royale (with cheese). Every hero gets his/her time to shine, although some shine more brightly than others.

The Hulk got tremendous applause just moments after Dr. Banner shared his secret and later the audience was laughing out loud when he faced the main villain.

Another part I liked was just before the movie had started: the new trailer for The Dark Knight Rises.

Is the BBC raciss?

Mail Online:

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen claims the BBC have placed a ban on his latest character from new film The Dictator.

The 40-year-old alleged that top TV and radio shows have all mysteriously pulled out of talks over interviewing him as Colonel Gaddafi-style leader Admiral General Aladeen.

The Dictator is not amused:

While I am a huge admirer of state-sponsored censorship, the BBC banning me from their meagre channels is an outrage.

Another teaser!?

The Dark Knight Rises.

The skynet orchestra?

Today it's music, tomorrow mayhem!

Avengers goodness

The latest trailer is up and it, finally, shows lots of action. Though, I did laugh at the Black Window's cute little gun. The poor girl looks so misplaced in the group. Of course, she's not completely without, er, talent:

She relies on her smoking hot body to distract the enemy so she can do that thighs around the head take down thing she does.

Mm hmm.

So predictable

6 rules of modern poster design.

The superhero movie poster is often the biggest, er, offender.

Just take a look at this poster for the Avengers. Those who're not familiar with the Marvel universe will likely be left confused by it.

Lincoln hunted what!?

Stunning.

I want to see Hollywood make Mohandas Gandhi: The Terminator. I bet Connor won't see that one coming!

Avada kedavra me now

Alpha Game on short hair vs. long hair.

Long hair wins! I don't think I've ever found a woman with short hair attractive. I know it takes some work and effort to make long hair look good otherwise it gets kind of a wild look but its attractiveness should be a consideration for women who're thinking of cutting it.

The best example for the preservation of long hair follows.

Before:

After:

Why Hermione, why!?

Simply precious

Boromir Explains MMORPGs.

"I guess you wear red then!"

Geeks are Sexy:

Imitation is the sincerest form of annoyance.

I played this game in arcades in Pakistan. Brings back memories. The Sagat comment and Blanka dragging Balrog's drunken ass makes it hilarious.

REDUCE!

Totally awesome: Cooking with Walken. 

Very old Nazis

Steve Sailer:

Larsson fearlessly exposed the true plagues menacing contemporary Sweden: rich Nazis, Christian male chauvinists, rapist legal officials, and two generations of billionaire serial killers—the first preying on Jewish women, the second on immigrant women.

Fortunately, two human beings dare stand up to this fascist tsunami engulfing Sweden. One is a middle-aged leftist journalist (in other words, Larsson’s sockpuppet). Although persecuted (and possessing no discernible personality), he’s still dynamite with the ladies.

Even with all the ridiculous liberal spice, the first novel was an interesting mystery / thriller. The Trinity reference is right on, however.

Nolan finishes the trilogy

"When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die."

That's a very interesting line. I wonder, is he speaking to the Dark Knight? If so, then he knows his identity.

Smaug has guests

One of the greatest fantasy books of all time will be making it to the big screen in late 2012 and 2013. The first trailer is out.