MetaFilter recently had a couple of cool links on Asian pop culture topics. A discussion of Japanese director Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill) Visual Kei band X Japan embarks on first-ever US tour An awesome gallery of posters using pop culture images (Superman, Marilyn Monroe) to promote manners on public transit Share and Enjoy!
Swimmingly, according to this piece at MSNBC. Frankly I’m not sure how appealing a 3D skin flick would be – any kind of pornography that requires gear to enjoy seems a bit off-putting. Then again, when you factor in the segment of the population that dresses up as cartoon animals to have sex – maybe this isn’t all that wierd. [...]
According to her Twitter feed, Filipino cosplay hottie Alodia Gosiengfiao is auditioning for a role in Sam Raimi’s World of Warcraft flick. Okay – now I have a reason to watch it. Met up with Legendary Pictures yesterday at Warner Boulevard re: their new Warcraft movie! ♥ ♥ ♥
Not enough time today for a full post, but here’s a roundup of stuff I thought worth mentioning. Akira Film – One Hughes for the Price of Two and PG-13 Big Trouble in Little China + Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth Equals…the Lo Pan Express! Philippine Mystic Dwarfs LUIS, Armand & Angel Meet Healing & Psychic Judge Floro Toru Iwatani’s original [...]
Yay. Michel Gondry’s Green Hornet looks entertaining enough, but I’m still not feeling the love. Is there something wrong with me? There are shots in this trailer that make me giggle a bit, and Jay Chou is certainly a worthwhile choice to play Kato – but…ehhhhh… And 3D? Is this really where we’re going? Will every big-budget action flick in [...]
This week we interview with Zebediah De Soto – director of the upcoming 3D animated film Night of the Living Dead: Origins. Show Notes Night of the Living Dead: Origins official website Night of the Living Dead: Origins Facebook page Yellow Menace Interview: Dawn of the Dead’s Ken Foree
I’ve played a handful of Monsterpocalypse games at the last few Gen Con’s; it’s interesting, though I find the rules to be overly complex for it’s genre and the collectable nature of the game turns my stomach. I will say that Privateer Press’ kaiju minis game is fun in concept, and the thought of the game providing source material for [...]
Some context, in case you haven’t been paying attention… Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy So – predictably, things haven’t gone quite as planned. In addition to the usual kvetching about the importation of Western popular culture, there is also a competing interest in Huangshan who claims that Cameron namechecked their mountain range as [...]
Aint-It-Cool-News reports that directing duo the Hughes Brothers have signed on to bring Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira to the silver screen. I can’t say I’m a fan – From Hell was an abomination, but only because they jettisoned all the cool mystical stuff that made the original comic so amazing. In all fairness, I can’t see a major studio letting anyone [...]
A decade or so ago, finding anime and other Asian media used to be hard. Fans had to settle for whatever mediocre dubs made it onto television, mail order from small suppliers like AnimEigo, lurk Usenet for fansub contacts or scrounge for low-quality videotape dubs at fan conventions. Today, though, one can pick up DVDs of the new Astro Boy [...]
Back when my Jackie Chan fandom was in full swing, I rented Fantasy Mission Force expecting yet another tour-de-force stuntfest from Mr. Chan. Those of you who have seen FMF are snickering already, but bear in mind this was the late 80′s when the only way to find out if something sucked was to actually rent the damn thing…and that [...]
The Will Smith / Spielberg (no need for a first name there, I presume) remake of Oldboy is dead. I presume Dreamworks couldn’t wrap their head around the concept of Will Smith fucking his daughter. Neither could I, for that matter.
Gratuitous use of CGI + samurai = awesome, in my book. Not sure if the story holds together, but who farking cares. This looks amazing. The Cup of Tears film trailer. Dir. Gary Shore from Gary Shore on Vimeo.
I’ve been running a James Bond 007 RPG campaign for some friends lately, so I’ve had Bond on the brain for the last few weeks. That said, I thought it fitting to note the passing of actor Joseph Wiseman, who portrayed the nefarious German-Chinese mad scientist Dr. No in the first (decent) Bond flick, Dr. No. Though Wiseman’ portrayal of [...]