Dork At: No Strings On Me

Just a few hours after the Age of Ultron trailer hits, the fan art flood began.  Glad to see folks getting pumped for the big bad James Spader & the Pinocchio remix.  "No Strings on Me" makes for an excellent meme or hashtag.  Bring your best fanboys & girls.  We've featured deviant artist Doaly before, but this is my favorite piece I've seen from him so far.

--Brad

Dork Art: Patrick Connan's Godzilla

Hero Complex is selling three versions of Patrick Connan's stunning Godzilla poster.  Want.  Want!  WANT!  We're just a few short weeks away from Gareth Edwards's Godzilla remake and the anticipation frenzy is reaching new heights in the ITMOD household.  I've got the new blu rays, I'm still plugging away at some borrowed DVDs; I am well on my way to being a proper Godzilla freak like co-dork Matt.  But what happens if this new film sucks...or worse yet it's just meh....like Pacific Rim.  *shiver*  Expectations and nerd culture go hand-in-hand, it's a terrible burden.

-Brad

"God Help Us All!" - Godzilla & Friends Send Us Back To The Stone Age!

Speaking of remakes...

I am seriously loving these Godzilla trailers being concocted by the good folks over at Legendary Pictures.  Focusing on the real world devastation, as well as Gareth Edwards's Christopher Nolan styled approach to Kaiju Horror rather than the beast itself.  We get glimpses of Godzilla (plus other big bad monsters), but just enough to tease without spoiling the effect.  I'm done with the marketing from this point forward.  I want to go into this Monster Epic with as little knowledge of the creatures as possible. Time to start closing eyes in theaters.  I'm committed (in more ways than one).  OH!  And I am sooooo happy that they've kept the H-Bomb horror.  Dare to dream folks, this Godzilla might be the real deal.



--Brad

The Oldboy Trailer - Break Out The Parachute Pants Cuz It's Hammer Time!

Hmmmmmmm...this looks a lot like the original.  And already people are bitching and moaning that it looks too much like the original when just days ago (me included) they were bitching that there was no way Spike Lee's remake will be as hardcore as Chan-wook Park's feature.  The Red Brand trailer delivers blood, boobs, & hammers.  Josh Brolin & Sharlto Copley are inspired choices, and even though I'm not the biggest Spike Lee fan, I am pretty darn excited for this fall release.



--Brad

Spike Lee's Oldboy Gets A Poster!

This is certainly one of my most anticipated - or feared - films of the fall, but I gotta give props to this screengrab poster for Spike Lee's Oldboy remake.  I certainly don't believe that this redo will reach the levels of depravity of the original film (Elisabeth Olsen certainly won't be succumbing to one particular revenge), but I love the nemesis pairing of Josh Brolin & Sharlto Copley.  I could watch those guys all day long, and I know they can reach the levels of rage experienced in Chan-wook Park's neo classic.  The trailer will launch Wednesday, but those who haven't experienced the terror of the original should do so immediately.  I often cite it as my A No. 1 Revenge Film.

--Brad