I’m grateful to be living in a golden age of sorts for geek material, but the flipside of that is not unlike the flipside when music scenes have exploded. When the Seattle music scene blew up in the early 90s, we got to enjoy the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains….and … Continue reading
In the normal Marvel Universe, Nick Fury is a WWII vet with one eye, a cigar habit and a big flying ship called the Helicarrier. That last item comes to him as part of his job* as the director of SHIELD**. In the Ultimate Universe, Marvel’s rebooted line of comics designed to appeal to modern … Continue reading
In news sure to blow Mark Millar’s hair right off his head*,Terence Stamp, who played General Zod in Superman II, has signed on to appear in the adaptation of Millar’s comic book Wanted. We have no idea what role Stamp will be playing in the movie version of the darkly funny, hard edged comic about … Continue reading
Instead of just bumping the one article for the CHUD Podcast, I’m going to give each installment their own so that we can build this thing up a little better and keep it fresh. Of course fresh isn’t exactly on the menu with these shows due to the meandering craziness of them, but you get … Continue reading
Jason stalks death.
I never thought I’d actually be looking forward to the film version of a video game I’ve never played, but having read and enjoyed Skip Woods’s draft of Hitman, I can honestly say I’m expecting something… entertaining at the very least. Though everyone had fun with the early, unofficial, off-the-cuff images of Timothy Olyphant as … Continue reading
Never underestimate the fickle oddity of Hollywood. Two years ago, Bruce Willis was deeply involved in adapting Carsten Stroud’s novel Black Water Transit. A cheery tale of prison, smack, gun running and shipping, it might not have been a new Striking Distance, but it’s easy to see how Bruce might have made something out of … Continue reading
The Crop: Righteous Kill The Production Company: Millennium Films The Director: Jon Avnet The Writer: Russell Gewirtz The Actors: Robert De Niro and Al Pacino The Premise: Two New York City detectives hunt a morally indignant serial killer steadily knocking off perps with whom the officers have a history. The Context: Much as we all … Continue reading
Wizard Magazine visited the New York Licensing Show today and got some pictures of the new toys for The Dark Knight, including a look at the lifesize Batpod. The question of why Batman is wearing a fishnet shirt has not been answered… yet. Click here for all the pictures from the show.