#July2012

‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’: What do you honestly f**king expect?

The Dark Knight Rises drops tomorrow at midnight, amid an avalanche of geek hype. It’s the sequel to the best superhero movie ever made, a movie that featured a once in a generation performance by Heath Ledger. With that in mind, the movie enters into our pop culture psyche facing unfathomably unrealistic expectations. Insurmountable standards.

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Ronald D. Moore Turning ‘OUTLANDER’ novels into a TV show. Wee?

Ronnie Moore! I miss you. You can’t seem to get shit onto television, with pilot after pilot vomiting up all over itself. Now you’re adapting a TV adaptation of some fucking series of novels I have never came across.

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SAM CLAFLIN cast as Finnick in ‘THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE’, and I don’t know the guy.

Here’s some more casting news for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, featuring more people I don’t know.

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The FDA has approved the first drug proven to HELP PREVENT HIV infection. Say, word?

Key phrase: “help prevent” HIV infection.

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AMANDA PLUMMER joins the cast of ‘THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE’, Tarantino fans nod knowingly.

Amanda Plummer may be best known for work as a fucking crazy lady in Pulp Fiction, but that could change very soon. There ain’t anything like getting cast in an enorme vehicle flick to alter your perception in the public’s eyes.

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‘RESIDENT EVIL 6’ COMIC-CON TRAILER: Run quickly, shoot shit even quicker.

Boom! A new Resident Evil 6 trailer, fresh out of the Comic-Con Madness.

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Image Publisher Eric Stephenson on AvX: Who will care in 10 years? This dude rules.

Eric Stephenson continues to dominate both the comic landscape and my heart. The Image Comics publisher has lobbed some bombs at Marvel’s current assy Super Event, pointing out the obvious: no one is going to give a shit in a decade.

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Cosplay: DOUBLE CATWOMAN, what could it mean?! Latex euphoria, yo.

My Dark Knight…is rising! I know, terrible pun. Whatever. Leave me alone. It’s God-Damn Bat-Man week, and I can barely hold it together as-is.

ANTHONY MACKIE is totally playing FALCON in ‘CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER’

Captain America’s second cinematic jam didn’t just get an official title, it’s also snagging itself some casting news. Anthony Mackie is in talks to play the mofuckin’ Falcon.

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Monday Morning Commute: murder the cubs.

Old hands to the back, newcomers to the front. This here’s an introduction and I want to make sure there ain’t no damn confusion! My name is Rendar Frankenstein and I’m a hack-writer, born-again optimist, and caffeine junkie.

It ain’t a perfect life, but I like it just fine.

The quaint piece of scrap metal I’m currently tryin’ to lodge into your brain is the Monday Morning Commute! I’m goin’ to show you the various bits of entertainment I’ll be pouring milk over and chompin’ on in the hopes of warding off ennui-illness. Then, you hit up the comments section and tell us what you’ll be doin’ for esses and gees.

It’s a big, sweaty, nerd-based version of show’n’tell.

Let’s dance.

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