There are very few times that I go to the movies with my son and leave as entertained as he was. That was my experience with Wreck-It Ralph. Cameos by your favorite video game characters populate the film. From Ryu and Ken’s trip to Tapper’s for a root beer at the beginning of the film, to an out of work and homeless Q-bert, nostalgia is present in abundance.
As a kid, I was a huge fan of the Lone Ranger. The Legend of the Lone Ranger was one of my favorite films. In fact, my parents even went so far as to try and make it more real for me. Normally, the tooth fairy is the one who leaves things under your pillow. However, when I was a kid I also got a visit from the Lone Ranger.
Argentinean Artist Nicolas Silberfaden has taken to documenting the economic, social and cultural crisis in the US. In order to document this, he brought in celebrity impersonators that impersonate actors such as Sylvester Stallone, Marilyn Monroe, and Harrison Ford along with superheroes such as Superman, Batgirl, and Aquaman. Each of the participants photographed live and work in the city of Los Angeles. In these photos he asked the participants to conjure feelings of deep sadness. Because of the high rate of unemployment, they suited up and went to the streets to find a means of making a living. Each of the portraits is photographed against a colorful background which is quite striking with the emotional tone of the images.
The Most Dangerous Game is a short story by Richard Connell. It was published in Collier’s Weekly in January of 1924. The story is that of a big game hunter from New York, Sanger Rainsford who falls from his boat in the middle of the night and ends up on Ship-Trap Island. The Island is inhabited by two Cossacks, General Zaroff and his deaf-mute servant Ivan. Rainsford soon finds out that Zaroff, also a hunter, is bored with the traditional game and has taken to hunting humans. The two enter a battle of wits and survival as Zaroff seeks to hunt down and kill Rainsford. It is a great short story!
What if you could take a drug that would allow you to fly? Would you do it? Being able to soar amongst the clouds sounds like an exciting prospect. This is the concept behind the comic Fly. In this series by Raven Gregory, the drug is as real as its effects. By injecting yourself with the designer drug FLY, you are able to do more than just leap tall buildings in a single bound, you can actually fly. However, the joy of flight comes with dangerous consequences. In this entertaining and powerful series, Gregory explores the hold addiction can have on a person and what happens when there is an intervention by someone they love.
It should come as no surprise that the Oogieloves was just awarded the worst movie opening of all time. “The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure,” earned a piddly $448,000 over the holiday weekend when it opened on 2,160 screens, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. The film was developed as a family film from a former marketer for the Teletubbies.
On his latest movie set in London, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, chased down thieves wearing hoodies while waving his fake police badge. According to the New York Times, The Rock single-handedly tackled a gang of burglars on the set of his latest movie. He saw the burglars breaking into a van containing equipment.
Yesterday on the podcast we discussed the a horrible script that was almost utilized for Paramount for the new TMNT movie. Some key points of the script are listed below.
Ok, this would normally be a story more for Micah, because I have, in fact, never played Grand Theft Auto or GTA as the young people call it. I am aware there is more than one GTA game in the series, but that is not the point of this article. The point of this little post is to show you what I think is the most amazing modification of GTA EVER!