TRAILER FOR THE JSA SMALLVILLE STORY ARC

I have to say that Smallville has been getting better as it rockets towards this big JSA movie event on January 29th. The last episode before the bullshit hiatus actually kicked ass even featuring Lois Lane. Now comes the trailer with for the JSA event and I have to say, it looks pretty frickin awesome. Dig it



OH YEAH THAT'S SANDMAN IN THAT BITCH!!

LARRY CUBA REMINDS ME WHY I LOVED STAR WARS

It's been a few years since I've been able to call myself a fan of Star Wars mainly because I grew to loathe episode I-III so much. I also hated all the shit Lucas rained down on the special editions as well as many of his "improvements" on the original films. Watching this 70s video about how effects man Larry Cube created the simulation that Dodonna plays for the Rebel fighters before they attack the Death Star is so great and so genuine it reminds me why I loved those movies. Thanks to the folks over at Topless Robot for finding it.

EDWARD WOODWARD PASSES AWAY.

The first time I ever saw Edward Woodward I was 15 years old and a friend of mine showed me The Wicker Man. After sufficient time to recover from watching it (if you've seen it you know what I mean) I became obsessed with the movie. A few years later Edward Woodward became The Equalizer and I instantly became hooked on the show. I was a kid getting picked on a lot so a show about a guy who would even the odds appealed to me right away.

During the second season The Equalizer started shooting constantly outside my building on the Upper West Side. I would constantly leave for school and watch huge trucks and people with headphones milling about getting ready to shoot the show. I would always look to see if I could find Mr. Woodward but I never saw him. One day I walked outside and there he was, just standing outside my building like it was no big deal. I walked right up to him and told him what a huge fan I was and how I loved the show and the Wicker Man.

He was so awesome, so kind and just stood there talking to me for ten minutes before he had to go off to shoot. I never saw him outside my building (though they continued to shoot there) but I never forgot that meeting. Sadly this was way before phones in cameras or even digital phones so I didn't get a picture. As the years went on I also became a fan of Breaker Morant and Mr. Woodward's other works.

He'd been kind of quiet over the years and as of yesterday he is no longer with us. He was a great actor and a kind man and I will always remember our talk outside my building.

VIEW HAWKMAN FROM SMALLVILLE

As the two or three of you who check out my blog know I've been rattling my saber pretty hard about how bad Smallville has been sucking this year. As I continue to watch it is getting better but the two big blisters on the big toe of the program remain formidable enemies to anything resembling the show being great. The first is obvious, Lois Lane, she sucks and is sucking the soul of the show out with her. The second is really the guy that's playing General Zod. He's playing it all wrong plus somebody needs to hold him down and give him a shot of the old "Over Acting Anti-Venom" because this guy is way too much right now.

Zod is a soldier, a planner, a strategist and a kick ass motherfucker. Callum Blue is playing Zod like a little bitch, a conniving princess who has more of a place on Gossip Girls than Smallville. This guy also tries to play ever scene like it's the final act of some Shakespearean tour de force. In short, like with Doomsday, he sucks balls as a villain. BRING BACK LUTHOR!!!!

But I digress....

The above picture is the first of Hawkman from the January 29th Smallville TV Movie featuring the JSA. As you can see Hawkman looks pretty much like, well, Hawkman which I find bizarre since Smallville prides itself on going outside the comics on the characters both origin and look. I think it looks cool and I'm also interested in what Dr. Fate looks like. I know I'm in the minority here but I'm amped for this episode.

I just wish they had brought Sandman to, think how cool he would've looked!!

RESERVOIR TURTLES

I know, I know, there's been a lot of video posting this week but that's not my fault, there's been a lot of cool shit out there to view. I disliked both the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie and Reservoir Dogs (once I found out Quentin Hackentino ripped it off of a Japanese film) but this version of those movies I would see. Dig it!!

THE FIRST DECENT STAR WARS THING IN YEARS

Anybody who knows me knows I went from being the biggest Star Wars fan ever to wanting George Lucas dead in a stream. The abomination of Episode I-III has even managed to taint the original films for me. That being said I'm not above loving a Star Wars themed animated video that kicks ass. If you think "we got Death Star" was good dig this:


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SMALLVILLE JSA TWO HOUR MOVIE--OK WHAT THE FUCK?

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Apparently the CW has announced that the Geoff Johns penned JSA Smallville story featuring Hawkman, Dr. Fate and a few others will not be a two parter but rather a two hour movie airing on January 29th. The CW has also said that they're giving the two hour movie a much bigger budget than originally slated. This new information is confusing but then all the weirdness going on outside of Smallville has been almost as dramatic as the show itself. It's as if the CW doesn't know exactly what to do with the show because while it may not be crushing in the ratings it is one of the few shows on the CW that's stood the test of time. I think the honchos over there would find it a real feather in their cap if they could give Smallville a ten season milestone before pulling the plug.

The problem is mainly that season eight and thus far in season 9 Smallville has sucked gigantic donkey balls (though I will admit I liked the episode involving "Speedy"). Part of what makes the show so expensive is Tom Welling (Clark/Superman) and his back-the-brinks-truck-up-to-my-door salary. Outside of that they have special effects and all kinds of shooting issues and so far haven't seen a huge return on it. Mainly the problem is that the whole "Blur" thing is lame, the big built up fights usually come across as seriously anti-climactic and of course the swollen puss filled canker sore named Lois Lane who now the show is starting to focus on.

However with all this going on CW maintains they want a tenth season, the actors say they're on board and with this two hour movie bigger budget deal whose to say what's right. One day Smallville is a ratings sink hole and we'll be lucky if season 9 doesn't end using sock puppets and cardboard cut outs and then the next we're looking at big budget JSA movies. Of course it's not like the CW has much more going on TV wise but still, I'd like to know if the show is coming back for a tenth season or not way before they shoot some cliffhanger they then can't resolve.

Oh and CW, wanna make season ten kick ass? Bring back Luthor and have Tess & Lois fight to the death and the winner gets to be killed. I'd much rather see Clark end up with Chloe anyway.

CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS ANIMATED MOVIE TRAILER

DC is rolling out another of their animated movies again and while I'm ready to give this one a chance I'm a little wary of it. I haven't been flat out disappointed with a DC Animated movie since Superman Doomsday but I think this new one is coming out too close to the Superman/Batman Public Enemies film. I'm also incredibly tired of the entire Multiple Earths thing. I know I'll see this but I don't know if I'll buy it. Here's the trailer





I hope DC goes back to doing animated movies of already published works like Superman/Batman Public Enemies. That kicked ass.

KICK ASS AND CLASH OF THE TITANS TRAILERS

Two big movies coming in 2010 are Kick Ass based on the Mark Millar comic book series and the remake of Clash Of The Titans. Kick Ass is the story of a kid who decides to become a super hero with no powers or real training. He meets up with other wanna be heroes and the fun begins from there.

I wasn't a huge fan of the comic simply because as much as I love Mark Millar's straight comic work, when he tries to do more violent adult fare it becomes really silly and overdone. The movie looks to be making the film a comedy which doesn't sit too much better with me. Here's the trailer.

KICK ASS



I was a huge, gigantic, incredibly insane fan of the original Clash Of The Titans movie and when the announcement came that a remake was being done I was pissed. For all the bells and whistles CGI just isn't as cool as the Ray Harryhausen style animation. That was what gave Clash Of Titans its other worldly feel, that was the fantasy element.

The new one does look great and might be really good but it just isn't Clash Of The Titans to me. Here's the trailer, it looks like a Manowar video with a huge budget.

CLASH OF THE TITANS