Digesting And Spewing Pop Culture Into Your Face

I literally let out a slight nerd squee when I read this on Ain’t It Cool News. Apparently the rumor mill is a-churning that Joss Whedon has written in the Skrull race as the the main threat in the upcoming Avengers movie. This rumor appears to be the result of an Avenger’s teaser trailer currently being shot in which Loki, the main villain in the Thor movie, enlists the Skrull to attack Earth. This set my fanboy heart aflutter and the possibilities of how this would open up the overall Marvel Universe into the galactic realm it deserves is amazing. Here’s to hoping The Watcher is narrating the whole affair. I might just go and cry if it all comes together. (via Ain’t It Cool News)

P.S. I tried to explain the joy of this to my girlfriend and the stares I got back were priceless.

Let’s start off the post with a great picture of an AT-AT snow fort. This guys apparently wanted to make it too scale but threw that idea out the window once he got started. Who cares though, because you can actually crawl through it which is just cool. (via Geeks are Sexy)

Also, today, the release date and price was announced for the upcoming blu ray collection of the entire Star Wars saga. It’s up for pre-order on Amazon as well as the two trilogies being available separately for you hateful beings that believe there is no redeeming quality to the prequels. If you are of the that sort then I’ve got the guy for you. No seriously, those movies were shit but I’m still somehow entertained by them. The blu rays will come with over 30 hours of bonus content of which I’m sure will include the original uncut masterpieces of the first trilogy. Probably not though cuz Lucas is an asshole. Han shot first!!!!!! Here’s the press release: (via Gizmodo)

THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE

THE MOST ANTICIPATED BLU-RAY RELEASE IN THE GALAXY

IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR WORLDWIDE PRE-ORDER STARTING TODAY

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 6, 2011) – The most anticipated Blu-ray release ever – the Star Wars™ Saga – emerges from light speed this September 2011. For the first time, all six of George Lucas’ epic films (Episodes I-VI) are united in one complete set. Fans worldwide are able to pre-order now with online retailers.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Star Wars in three distinct sets to meet the needs of every Star Wars fan:

Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray (9-disc Set includes all six films)
Star Wars: Prequel Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes I-III)
Star Wars: Original Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes IV-VI)

STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA ON BLU-RAY will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films utilizing the highest possible picture and audio presentation, along with three additional discs and more than 30 hours of extensive special features including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes, an exploration of the exclusive Star Wars archives, and much more.

Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray will be available for $139.99 US/$179.99 CAN and the Star Wars: Trilogy Sets for $69.99 US/89.99 CAN. Pricing for each set will vary by international territory.
Flanked by a legion of his finest Imperial Stormtroopers, Darth Vader himself joined Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment President Mike Dunn at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to announce the release, vowing “The forces of the Empire will be at your disposal to assure the success of this endeavor.”

“The Star Wars Saga is the most anticipated Blu-ray collection since the launch of the high-def format,” Dunn said. “The epic franchise pioneered sound and visual presentation in theaters and is perfectly suited to do it again in the home, with a viewing experience only possible with Blu-ray.”
“With all six episodes available for the first time in one collection, this is a great way for families and home audiences to experience the complete Saga from start to finish,” said Doug Yates, Vice President of Marketing, Online, Distribution, Lucasfilm Ltd. “And with the quality of high-definition, Blu-ray provides the most immersive home experience possible.”
“The Star Wars franchise has been one of the most anticipated Blu-ray releases by Amazon’s customers,” said Bill Carr, Vice President of Music and Video at Amazon. “We think that Star Wars will be incredibly popular with our customers, and we expect pre-orders to be very strong.”

His name may not be the most recognizable, but his face graced the screen in over 90- movies in many varied roles. Probably most remembered for his amazing turn as calm and cool Kobayashi, in the seminal film The Usual Suspects, he had an uncanny acting ability that transcended his somewhat unusual features and made him compelling to watch and sympathetic to his motivations. This was readily apparent in his role as Father Laurence in the modern re-telling of Romeo & Juliet. Most recently, he was in two of the best films of the year, Christopher Nolan’ s Inception, and Ben Affleck’s The Town. In The Town, he looked a little worse foe the wear but it transitioned into a brilliant performance as a small time crime lord who held sway with his commanding Irish brogue and dead pan threats to geld you like horse. He was a young 64 at the age of his passing and his talent will be sorely missed.

That lengthy video up there is just part 1 of 3 of the crotchety and somewhat disturbed Mr. Plinkett and his popular reviews of the new Star Wars trilogy. His running commentary on the supremely flawed series is both insightful and entertaining.  I’ve talked about Mr. Plinkett before and I’ve also made my disdain for Lucas pretty evident. If you haven’t seen his other two reviews on The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, then you should definitely check them out. This last review of Revenge of the Sith, sums it all up pretty nicely and manages to be quite entertaining even with it’s movie length. (via Ain’t It Cool News)

Apparently, resident Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford, was quoted as saying he wants Indy killed off in the next film taht is currently in development. Almost immediately after that statement came out, Ford’s reps issued a denial about his statement. You can read about the whole story here and I have to say that I think this is a horrible idea. Harrison Ford has been open about his eagerness to see Han Solo killed as well. This all leads me to believe he is an asshole. Those characters aren’t his to kill as he likes. Fuck it, they aren’t Lucas’ or Speilberg’s, in the case of Indy. I’ll argue that these characters belong to the fans who love them. I know that sounds crazy, but seriously, it’s fucking true. Indy should maybe retire, but he should not fucking die. He’s already been around as an old guy in The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. In fact, somewhere in his life, he actually loses his right eye which would be cool to see in the next movie.

So here’s the deal. Leave him alone Lucas, Spielberg, and Ford. Jesus Fuck! (via The Huffington Post)

I think that this is how Yogi the Bear movie should end. Poignant and touching. Fuck the kids if it scares ‘em. It would probably redeem what may be an irredeemable movie (I wouldn’t know ‘cuz I’m that special breed of asshole that judges a shitty movie before I see it. In fact I’ll probably never watch it, so there). (via NeoGAF)

I always liked the look of J.J. Abrams production company mascot. I like robots though so that isn’t really a surprise. What is a surprise, is that the mascot has been licensed into a 10″ maquette and given a limited run of 1000. The sculpt looks to have turned out fantastic and at only $89.95 it seems like a pretty good deal. You can check out the detailed pics in the gallery below. As an added bonus an alternate arm with everyone’s favorite fake product, Slusho, is included in its hand. You can pre-order here. (via Tomopop)

I for one, think that this should be a new wave retcon movement in every movie sword fight ever.I see flashes of lightsabers and hear funky wooshing sounds in my head and see no reason as to why this can’t be implemented immediately. Get to it visual effecters. (via Boing Boing)

David O. Russell is quite the asshole. I usually try not to be too much of a fanboy when it comes to adaptations of things I’m into. I sat back while Michael Bay’s hair blew it’s load of conditioner all over my Transformers. I also shrugged my shoulders when Bryan Singer took a movie about a team of mutants and boiled it down into Wolverine lite. I even laugh off George Lucas’ fapping all over the Star Wars saga with a whiny Darth Vader (shit, I even went on to enjoy the prequels in their own disgusting way). Now that vomit up there is going to take the Uncharted movie and make it something it isn’t. Already, Mark Walberg, has been cast as the lead. I guess the fact that Nathan Fillion looks just like the character Nathan Drake is too easy.

Look at that picture. Shit. By the way Nathan Fillion’s previous roles are straight up Nathan Drake in all his snarkiness. I guarantee the developers of the game were influenced by Fillion. Instead we get Marky “fucking” Mark. His acting is on par with  some of the set dressing I’ve put into the scenery of movies I’ve worked on. Now, O. Russell has decided to take the games pretty cool story and boil it down to this shite:

This idea really turns me on that there’s a family that’s a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities … [a family] that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice … We’ll have the family dynamic, which we’ve done in a couple of movies now. And then you take that and put it on the bigger, more muscular stage of an international action picture, but also put all the character stuff in it. That’s a really cool idea to me.

Really? If you’ve played the games then you know what I mean, otherwise I’m sorry for the rambling. Christ. (via Joystiq and a bunch of other gaming websites)