Good news, Michale Bay has announced that the contoversial autobot twins Mudflap and Skidds will not return in Transformers 3. YYYAAAAYYY!!!
Kick Ass writer Jane Goldman is rewritting the new X Men movie-
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/11/kick-ass-screenwriter-jane-goldman-rewriting-x-men-first-class/
They didnât bother me, but how were they âcontroversial?â
Mudflap and Skidds?? Good lord! I meanâŚMudflap and Skidds!
I mean
Those twoâŚtheyâŚ
they were annoyingâŚ,but thats about it
A lot of people read them as black stereotypes.
Iâm black, but I just thought they learned English from Yo MTV Raps (dating myself, I know). They were speaking the slang, but they were more like Eminem and whatnot.
Heh. And most of the people who were making that complaint were white. So, there you go.
What made me go âHmmmâ was that one of them had a gold tooth, which isnât unheard of on white boys, but is much more associated with poor blacks.
That looks OSSIM!!!
IIRC, one of the voice actors was black. Dunno which had the gold tooth. shrugs Why canât there be ethnic diversity among among robots? There already divided by Autobots and Decepticons.
And, this is me talking. If youâve frakked with me, I find racial/ethnic stuff all the time! d:
Yeah, itâs sort of the Jar-Jar thing. A Carribean (/American?) actor does a voice based on accents heâs familiar with, and it gets called racist, b/c the director is white.
Thereâs a lot of baggage in weird places.
A few weekends ago Europeâs biggest Sci-Fi convention, the FedCon was held in Bonn. Iâve found a video reporting from there, including costumed fans and many BSG/Caprica alumni and you can understand them cause they arenât dubbed: http://www.serieasten.tv/SERIEASTEN/SPECIAL/Eintrage/2010/5/10_FedCon_2010.html
And I found out about the release of the trailer of Robert Rodriguez newest movie slated out for later this year, named MACHETE starring Danny Trejo and many other familiar faces from flicks like the Grindhouse movies: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44943
This looks interesting, it is based on a Phillip K Dick short story. The trailer and info are at the link-
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/12/movie-trailer-the-adjustment-bureau/
Gary Whitta has come a long way in a few years. Once the editor of PC Gamer magazine, Whitta wrote The Book of Eli and at least one draft of the live-action Akira movie(s). Now another script of his, Reaper, has been given a new title, Undying, and found a star in Kurt Russell.
THR describes the story as a âneo-noir creeperâ and says it âtells the story of private investigator Virgil Lone, who gets pulled into a surreal underworld when he is hired by the mysterious Delia.â No director is yet on board.
We donât know much more about the story, but thereâs the suggestion that Russellâs role wonât be ambiguous in any way, thanks to a quote from producer Stewart Hall: âKurt Russell is perfect for this roleâŚHe is truly one of the few actors who audiences continually embrace as a real hero.â That quote sorta forgets Death Proof, but I guess you could make the argument that audiences didnât embrace Russellâs role in that. Which is crazy, I think, but Iâve long since come to terms with the dismissal of Death Proof.
Meanwhile, Iâm madly enthusiastic about putting Kurt Russell in a âneo-noir creeper.â Iâm envisioning something vaguely like a companion piece to In the Mouth of Madness that stars Russell instead of Sam Neill. But thatâs just an impression; this could be something quite different.
Given Whittaâs gaming background and the new title of this film, I expect some will immediately suspect a link to the underrated game Clive Barkerâs Undying, which was released in 2001. And the idea of a PI who is pulled into some underworld is very vaguely similar, but that seems to be it. Iâd guess the title change is coincidence more than
George Romero may produce two more âDeadâ moviesâŚ
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/12/george-romero-has-ideas-for-two-more-dead-films-possibly-to-be-shot-back-to-back/
The winner of the 2010 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest is âImpossible Motion: Magnet-like Slopes,â a three-dimensional object with slopes that appear to defy the laws of gravity when viewed from a certain angle. Created by engineering professor Kokichi Sugihara from the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences.
The viral campaign for âSuper 8â has begunâŚ
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/14/new-super-8-viral-details/
It may not be âGentle Uterusâ, but it is still pretty cool⌠I would watch this over âHeroesâ any day!
Power Rangers meets Cutie Honey??? Heh heh it is just too cute!!
Bleep my Dad says
Really? Tell me thatâs a working title.
The âTales from Earthseaâ movie will finally be coming to the US, while it is not up to the usual standards I have come to expect from Ghibli Studios I am still looking forward to it.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/18/disney-releasing-studio-ghiblis-tales-from-earthsea-this-august/
My favorite into was the one in the old folks home. I couldnât find a youtube of it. But, basically and old man was sitting eating food. He transforms into a monster and starts trying to eat the old person next to him. But, he canât because he has no teeth. So, the transformed old man just gums at the other old person while the one being gummed on remains oblivious. Way funnier watching than my explaining.
It was an odd seriesâŚ