Tuesday, January 3, 2012
More Watchmen Art From The Prequel
Monday, January 2, 2012
The Avengers International Posters
Art posters don't get used to often anymore as everything is digitally
photo shopped together to create movie posters now days. This poster
for The Avengers in international markets uses art, well at least
digital art, but it's still refreshing to see this rather than the actors
spliced together on a one-sheet.Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Unused Footage From The Dark Knight
Apparently this video has made the rounds in the past but I had never
seen it before! It features alternate angles and some unused footage
from The Dark Knight
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Watchmen Prequel Art
These two pieces of art leaked out featuring The Comedian and Nite Owl II over at Bleedingcool.com. They have since been asked by DC to have them taken down, but for now check them out in case I'm asked to do the same. They are drawn by J.G. Jones for The Comedian, and Joe and Andy Kubert for Nite Owl II. They are from the long rumored in the works Watchmen prequel comics due sometime in 2012.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Movie Of The Week: Alien (1979)
Synopsis: A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
Released May 25, 1979
Director: Ridley Scott
Domestic Box Office Gross: $78.9 Million
Running Time: 1 Hours 57 Minutes
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, & John Hurt
Why You Should Watch It: First off it's a classic. Second, the Prometheus trailer just hit which is a prequel to this movie, so why not revisit where it all began.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Prometheus Trailer
Along with The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, and The Amazing Spider-Man, this film is also high on a lot of people's lists to see. Ridley Scott's "Alien" prequel, Prometheus.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
First Trailer For The Hobbit Is Here
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits theaters a year from now and here is the teaser trailer and poster!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
We Have Movie Posters!
Amongst all the new movie trailers lately, there has been new posters
also. Here we have posters for The Phantom Menace 3D, Ghost Rider 2,
Prometheus, The Hunger Games, and more!
New Avengers Still
Everyone is talking about Batman, but The Avengers are still coming in May and Marvel Studios isn't leting you forget by releasing this new still images from the film!Wrath Of The Titans Trailer
The sequel to Clash Of The Titans hits this March and here is the first trailer for Wrath Of The Titans!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Marvel & Disney Launch New Toy Story Comic
Thursday, December 15, 2011
New Ghost Rider: Spirits Of Vengeance Trailer
The new trailers keep coming, this time a new trailer for Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance!
New International Avengers Banners
These banners have been released for the International markets for The Avengers, which hits theaters next May!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Anime Contamine': Blu-Ray Review Evangelion 2.22
Anime Contamine' is back with a blu-ray review of a popular anime series and it's latest film in that series!
Evangelion 2.22 Blu-ray Review
By LT Tran
Grab your progressive knives, crank up your Eva, and strap
on your plug suits because Hideki Anno's cinematic re-telling of the seminal
anime tv series continues with this domestic Blu-ray release of Evangelion
2.22.
Story
If you remember all that's happened in the original tv
series, prepare yourself for a wild ride!
The story of Shinji Ikari continues and revolves around his desire to
find acceptance with his father Gendo.
Along the way, a new character appears who's name Mari Illustrious. Also joining the cast is fan favorite Asuka
Langley Soryu Shikinami. Though
the former has only made a few brief appearances in the movie, they are no less
interesting and dramatic. There are big
hints in stored for Mari's role as the series continues. While Asuka, different from her original TV
motivations, plays a rather alternate role within Eva 2.0. She's still rambunctious and maybe even more
anti-social but her reasons for being so are subtle and unique to this Rebuild.
Shinji is still Shinji with a tad bit more backbone. The poor kid tries so hard to get closer to
his father, Gendo and you can't help but feel for his plight. As far as Gendo is concerned, he just makes
you want to make a voodoo do1l version and stab it without remorse in response
to the man's utter ruthlessness.
Characters aside, the plot of the movie itself starts with a
bang and the pacing is better balanced as compared to the plodding of the first
Rebuild (re-hash) movie. The quieter moments
of the movie are peppered with humor and character drama. However, when the action starts, elements
that were mentioned during the serene moments are either put to the test,
elevates a character's standing, or immerses the viewer into a moment of awe
and emotional involvement. Basically,
everything that happens in this movie is relevant and moves forward in a way
that benefits the quadrilogy as a whole.
Animation
Epic, that's all I have to say. Epic. Anno is the master
of conveying larger than life images and not because he uses giant towering
Evas but also in capturing the ideas that are often bigger than our lives and
of ourselves. With the aid of computer
animation and a sizable budget, you can really see that the animators under
Anno were really having a go at uninhibited storytelling.
On top of all this, it's in high definition! The transfer is clear, colorful, impeccable, and there are no signs of
aliasing or jaggy jagged edges. The
lines are clean and the blu-ray format is ideal for the effects heavy and uber
dramatic cg battles. Oh, and speaking
of CG battles, I have to give special mention
that each of the angel designs and battles are a glory to behold! The CG animation is very fluid and the
textures of the characters are detailed. The implementation of motion capture
on the Evas are effective and convincing.
Sound
As expected, the Japanese voice cast is top notch and the
sound mix is well balanced. Though,
personally, I was more curious about the English dub. What's really interesting about this localization is the fact
that they brought back the original voice actors of Shinji, Misato, and Asuka
from the original AD Vision release! My
sense of continuity with these actors feels nostalgic and it's almost like a
reunion with old friends. Spike Spencer
has mastered his role of Shinji and you can really feel the intensity in his
voice more so compared to his earlier days back in the nineties. The same can be said of Allison Kieth
(Misato) and Tiffany Grant ([Asuka]No German spoken, unfortunately).
The English sound mix takes advantage of the surround sound
effects much different from the original Japanese sound mix. Let's just say that with the Japanese mix,
its more oriented towards dialogue while the US mix is more suited for a home
theater setting which allows for an immersive experience.
Special acclaim should also be given to the film composer,
Shirou Sagisu whose music drove and elevated the drama and action of the
movie. Particularly, the scene where
Mari goes into battle with the tenth angel and the melding of animated fury and
a choir accompanied orchestra comes into cohesion with great effect. His inclusion of two popular Japanese pop
songs were memorable due to their juxtaposition against some of the most
violent and visceral images ever captured on celluloid.
“But Long,” you say.
“I see nothing but compliments and praise in this review! Isn't there anything about this release you
didn't like?” Why sure there is! The movie is too short. The disc itself is an off-plum color. Special features are limited (but the audio
commentaries are interesting). There.
Those are my complaints.
Overall, I've heard purists complain about the alternate
path of the second rebuild movies being way too different. It is and were are headed into territories
unknown come the third and fourth movie. However, it really doesn't matter in
the long run (though I will acquiesce
that the first movie was a re-hash).
They can't argue the fact that this re-envisioning is just as
entertaining and substantial as the TV series.
In some way, due to a more limited time that they are allotted in the
cinematic format, it seems more visceral to me. So there you have it, the score is below and I am now ejecting
from the entry plug.
Score 9.5
Monday, December 12, 2011
Amazing Spider-Man Teaser Poster
This new poster for The Amazing Spider-Man has been premiered by Super Hero Hype. The teaser trailer wasn't all that impressive, but this poster is pretty bad ass.New Dark Knight Rises Teaser Poster
This is an incredible poster...next summer cannot come soon enough.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Movie Of The Week: Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Welcome to a brand new Movie Of The Week, a new weekly feature at the
Blog! How does this differ from Trailer Park, well one it is
weekly and two I hope to get interaction from YOU, the
Comicpalooza fans. I want you to email me a pick for Movie Of The
Week, and I will use them and post those picks as the weeks go
by! Email me your picks at comicpaloozablog@yahoo.com! Start thinking of your Movie Of The Week and send it to me!
Synopsis: An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.
Released April 3, 1968
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Domestic Box Office Gross: $32.6 Million
Running Time: 1 Hours 52 Minutes
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, and Kim Hunter
Why You Should Watch It: The new reboot/prequel hits DVD/Blu-Ray on Tuesday, so why not revisit the original classic film now and see where the phenomenon all began!
Dark Knight Rises Viral Marketing Coniinues
The movies official website has also launched at thedarkknightrises.com and features a sound bite with a woman repeating several numbers. As I know more so will you!
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