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Avengers: Age of Ultron Concept Art, With Special Guest Appearance By Stan Lee

Avengers: Age of Ultron Concept Art, With Special Guest Appearance By Stan Lee

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Marvel Studios has revealed a batch of new concept art for the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, revealing the cinematic versions of everyone’s favorite uncomfortably close brother and sister duo, Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch. Plus they threw in a picture of the Hulk and Black Widow. The new characters are clearly modernized, without much in the way of the visual style of their comic book counterparts. Scarlet Witch is simply wearing a red jacket, and Quicksilver’s blue running suit is nondescript. If you told me these were original characters and said their names were, let’s see, Witchy Woman and Lickety Split, I’d believe you. The characters were revealed on the Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe special that aired last night on ABC. But forget about that, what does Stan Lee think of Age of Ultron? Playboy asked him in what may be his final interview. When you get to Stan’s age, 91, every interview may be your final interview. “I don’t have any idea who the hell Ultron is,”

Flash Flashback: How Does the New Costume Stack Up to the Old?

Flash Flashback: How Does the New Costume Stack Up to the Old?

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It stacks up pretty well. Not gonna lie. Personally, I don’t like the rubberiness of it, or the way it bunches up, and I think the colors are too dark. But I think the creators of the new Flash pilot, a spinoff from the CW’s popular Arrow series starring Grant Gustin as the Flash, have their hearts in the right place judging by what they told The Hollywood Reporter. “I hope the fans who treasure the character are as excited as we are by what costume designer Colleen Atwood has achieved with this latest version of The Flash’s iconic suit,” said pilot director/executive producer David Nutter. And anyway, it could be worse. Let’s take a look back through other attempts to bring the Flash to your living room in live-action, in increasing order of WTF. John Wesley Shipp’s Flash costume from the original 1990 The Flash TV show is not too shabby. It’s a remarkably straight take on the comic book costume, except for slightly darker colors. But the fake molded

R.I.P. Harold Ramis

R.I.P. Harold Ramis

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Harold Ramis, one of the finest comic actors (“Ghostbusters”, “Stripes”) and directors (“Groundhog Day”, “Caddyshack”) of his generation, died early Monday due to complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis.   Autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis is a rare disease involving the blood vessels swelling. It was caused by an infection in 2010, causing his health problems. Harold Ramis had a long string of hits he wrote and directed for many years, from 1978’s “Animal House” (which he wrote), to “Analyze This” (1999) and “Analyze That” (2002), both of which he wrote and directed. Beforehand, he was a major influence and performer in the legendary Second City group of comedians, including launching the skit show “SCTV”, eventually moving onto the “National Lampoon Radio Hour” in New York City with many of the ensemble. Perhaps no other movie stands out more than the 1984 smash “Ghostbusters”, which launched a huge franchise that persisted throughout the 1980’s and a 1991 sequel. It was one of many teamups with actor Bill Murray, whose deadpan facial expressions and voice

Tom & Jerry: The Friendly Feud

Tom & Jerry: The Friendly Feud

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Cartoon icons Tom & Jerry have been trying to kill each other for more than 70 years. Their weapons of choice include “everything from axes, firearms, explosives, traps and poison” [- Wikipedia.org] in attempt to maim, maul and murder each other. With such a long and glorious tradition of cartoon violence, I don’t understand how anyone could watch a T&J ‘toon and get the impression that they are BFFs. But apparently the designer of this key chain decided they were. And this T-shirt too… …and this kids’ book: ..and even an ad for a Windows Phone app: Of course you could accuse me of being too literal, but that’s part of my nerd heritage. And even arguing that cats and mice are natural enemies is just more nerd rage (although Japanese scientists found a way to make cats and mice marginally friendly). It’s just that when I think of friendship, a cartoon cat and mouse trying to off each other over and over again is the furthest thing from my

Batman Following

Batman Following

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The 1998 indie thriller Following is notable for more than the fact that it’s a critically-acclaimed, award-winning independent film. It also happens to be the first full feature film written/directed by Christopher Nolan, who has now written/directed three of the most popular and successful comic-based movies ever. Seven years before Batman Begins scored big-time with Bat-fans and movie audiences worldwide, Nolan’s Following premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and over the next year achieved a following of its own. Made on a wafer-thin budget of $6,000, Following managed to earn nearly $50K at the box office even with extremely limited distribution. But like you care about any of this. What you might care about, however, is that Following includes a subtle reference in the background that foreshadows… perhaps even predicts the Bat-legacy that Nolan would later achieve. Note the sticker on the door as it appears in the film:

So THAT’S How It’s Spelled (or, Fun With Subtitles!)

So THAT’S How It’s Spelled (or, Fun With Subtitles!)

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If you don’t watch movies or TV shows with the closed captioning or subtitles on, you are missing out. Well, sort of. Let me explain. Captions/subtitles aren’t just beneficial for the hearing impaired or hard of hearing. After all, foreign films without subtitles would be… well, a lot more foreign. (Also, the people who can read might find them handy.) But I have discovered another use for captions and subtitles that will give movie fans back their lives. Sorry, not that they didn’t have lives before. But you know all that boring stuff in movies you don’t have the patience for? You can turn on the subtitles and scan through all that crap. And provided you can read the subtitles as you fast-forward, you can still get the gist of what’s going on without having to suffer through stuff like the opening credits, music video montages, and whole entire romantic comedies. Subtitles are also a huge time-saver for scrolling through mediocre to crappy movies you’ve just lost interest in, but

Funny Flea Market Finds: Episode One

Funny Flea Market Finds: Episode One

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For some, Love is their drug. For others, drugs are their drug. For me, it’s flea markets. They’re addictive — once you’ve experienced one, you feel the need to visit regularly or else you might miss some junk you don’t need that you wouldn’t have found otherwise. I love the discount deals on household items and the occasional rare score of a vintage geek collectible for a great price. But what I love most about flea markets is the amusement to be found in odd and unusual knock-off and/or bootleg products, particularly cheaply-made imports with their crudely designed artwork, garishly colored packaging, and “Engrish” product descriptions. There are whole websites devoted to the showcasing and collecting of these products (hereafter referred to as “KOs”). But I just photograph them for others’ amusement. First up is this knock-off toy based on Pixar’s Cars movie franchise, with its creepy, ventriloquist dummy-type bulging eyes. (Note the packaging says “Funny Car” and unintentionally so.) You have to give the designer some credit for the