#May2012
Mauro Perucchetti Sculpts Batman and Superman Like Famous Work Of Michelangelo. Awesome.
All sorts of twisting ideas into one sexy knot of pop culture riffage. Comic books as modern myth meet creation myth meet Michelangelo courtesy of Mauro Perucchetti.
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DC’s New Gay Character Will Be ‘Major’, ‘Iconic’, ‘Male’, And More Descriptives!
Cyeah! DC has to be loving the tidal that is sloshing around their ankles over their announcement of a prominent character of theirs being gay in the New 52. Here’s some more information regarding the character, who hasn’t been introduced into the New 52. Yet.
The Dude’s High 5s: Top 5 Most Important Comic Adaptations
In celebration of me attending my first ever Comic Con this weekend, I figured I may as well tie my High 5 into the category of comics. Problem is, I’m a comic lackey. I’m not out there discovering new comics; I’m not hip to the indy artists or things that have buzz. When it comes to comics, I do what I’m told. Oh I have to read Preacher, ok. Oh, Planetary is awesome? Sure I’ll read it. I have to read Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns, ok, I’ll buy them. So then how do I connect my shitty poser comic geek self to the world of the REAL comic geeks? Through movies of course!
What I have here are my top 5 important comic movies. Don’t agree? Then come and argue the point with me at Boston Comicon. I’ll be at the 5 & Dime Table both days.
Check That Bought SUPERMAN RIGHTS Sells For $160,000. G’damn.
The check that bought the rights to Superman has sold, and for quite the pretty penny. Imagine having so much money that you spend over $100k on a check? Yeah, I can’t neither.
Strange Moments in Solid Movies: Can You Read My Mind, Superman?
In 1978, a year after Star Wars catapulted audiences into the alien cosmos, Warner Brothers did humankind a solid by bringing the alien to modern-day America with Superman: The Movie. With the appropriately rousing–if not a bit biologically misleading (it’s marketing, people!)–tagline “You’ll Believe A Man Can Fly”, Richard Donner’s adaptation found the right balance between honoring the rich mythology of the character’s comic origins and reconfiguring it through the epic scope that only the big screen can hold. And thanks to this steady footing provided by the saga’s terra firma that stretches from the distant Krypton to Earth’s Smallville and Metropolis, it is no wonder why, when push comes to shove and heroics are called for, Superman can leap buildings in a single bound (and the like) into the stratosphere: the ground is set for success, which makes the flying leap that much more believable. Indeed, Superman takes off, soaring to immense heights as it is still one of the best comic book adaptations in film. (Slight tangent: its structure, still an unbeatable beacon for doing a great origin story, has “inspired”–or, more cynically, motivated the lazy–makers of subsequent comic films to follow Superman’s shining light too much, too closely, like moths to the flame. Some men just can’t fly well, it seems–and Superman’s mastery becomes all the more apparent.)
Theft of NICHOLAS CAGE’S ‘Action Comics #1’ Being Made Into Movie By Lionsgate. I Vote Yes.
Back in the day, right after the Y2k-virus was done finishing off the remnants of our civilization, Nicolas Cage’s copy of Action Comics #1 was stolen. It went on a journey for a solid eleven years, before being retrieved last year. This tale!, nay!, this saga of awesomeness is going to come to the screen courtesy of Lionsgate. Prepare for Action No. 1.
Superman To Be All Sad And Deadly On “Earth 2′, Rock On Dude
I don’t really vibe with Grant Morrison’s relaunched Superman. I know, heresy. In fact, I’ve gone so far as to drop Action Comics. From what editor Pat McCallum and writer James Robinson are spittin’ though, I may be able to get into the Earth 2 version of Last Son.
Video: Nathan Fillion and Tim Daly Get A Bit Too Into Their Voice Acting
Listen. Sometimes it gets a smidge difficult to differentiate reality from fantasy. Especially living in the Muiltiverse, where the first logical thing to think whenever anything gets weird is “Well, I’ve slide into an alternate dimension where these Goblin Men with soft serve ice cream coming out of their nipples must be the norm” , right? So I don’t blame Nathan Fillion and Tim Daly for having a bit of difficulty disconnecting from their roles as Green Lantern and Superman.
Hit the jump to watch the humorous struggle.
Robert Downey Jr. As Lex Luthor? In McG’s ‘Superman’ It Would Have Happened.
I completely forgot that McG was in the running for a Superman movie. He was among a cast of thousands all vying for the throne before Frat Boy Rock himself, Zack Snyder, snagged the opportunity. God only knows how Snyder’s “Superman: A Slow Motion Pop Video” is going to turn out, but McG has recently spread some deets on how his version of the mythos would have went down.
Video: Drunken Telling of ‘The Death of Superman’ Saga. It’s Lulz, I Swear.
Max Landis dropped a dope movie in Chronicle this past weekend (go see it!), and his drunken ranting recap of the Death of Superman is also tearing across the inter-teats like you wouldn’t fucking believe.
Hit the jump for the madness.
