Human Interest: Man Dresses Up Like Deadpool. Man Gets Shot in the Leg

11 May 2011 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Agents of G.E.E.K.

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This just might be one of the weirdest and stupidest things I have ever heard and I can’t stop laughing. I’m always down for fans that make fan-made films, but I don’t like them enough to want to see a guy get shot. 23 year old, Sam Vestey and his buddies Casey May and Michael Galusick decided to film a fan-made ‘Deadpool’ film. Knowing that the “Merc with a Mouth” is huge on firearms, they decided to use a real gun. Unfortunately, one of Vestey’s dear friends dropped the gun (which was loaded with REAL FUCKING BULLETS!) and while picking it up, accidentally pulled the trigger and shot Vestey in the leg. Now, I have to stand back and find some humor in this tragic event (not really tragic, because no one died), but this is a good warning to all would-be filmmakers in the world. DO NOT USE REAL GUNS LOADED WITH REAL FUCKING BULLETS! I think the message is pretty clear.

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Illustrations: Stunning ‘Red Skull Incarnate’ Cover Art by David Aja

27 April 2011 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Eye Candy

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With all the attention from ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’, the Red Skull is getting the attention it deserves. Marvel will be featuring a new five issue story titled “Red Skull Incarnate” which will tell the story of Johann Schmidt, who becomes the Third Reich’s very own “super soldier”, the Red Skull. New York Times best seller, Greg Pak and artist, Mirko Colak will be helming the comic, but the jewel of the series has to be five covers by Spanish comic artist, David Aja.

Due to the nature of the story, I wanted to portray the historical aspects on the covers,” said Aja. “In doing so, I approached the covers as if they were real posters, newspapers and Nazi propaganda from that time, kind of in a documentary style. To make it work, I utilized different typographic techniques for each issue, emulating different typefaces in real work; so I needed a uniform tone, technique and color in the finished art to identify all the covers as a whole collection.

I have to say that I always love Marvel’s variant covers, but these have to be some of the coolest in years. Aja’s awesome merger of World War II propaganda posters and Red Skull is brilliant and a must buy.

The first issue of ‘Red Skull Incarnate” is out July! Hit the jump and check out David Aja’s awesome Red Skull covers!

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Marvelous: “Kid Vader” Stands No Chance Against the God-Like Powers of “Little Thor”

22 April 2011 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Agents of G.E.E.K., This is Epic!, Watch It!

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During Super Bowl weekend, we got to meet “Kid Vader” in the now classic, VW Passat x Star Wars commerical. Well, now with the release of ‘Thor’ just couple weeks away, the creative guys at Marvel released an epic video parody called “Little Thor”. Unlike Kid Vader who goes around the house trying to use the “Force”, Little Thor wields the “mite-ty” Thor’s hammer. Unlike Kid Vader who had the assistance of his parents to be able to successfully use his Force power, Little Thor can do it all by himself, like a big boy. Unfortunately, such godly powers in the hands of a little tyke can lead to bad situations. I don’t know about you, but as a die-hard Star Wars fan, I want to like Kid Vader more, but I can’t resist the power of Little Thor. Little Thor wins, hands down… or is it “hammer down”?

BTW, the child playing ‘Little Thor’ looks freakin’ god-like with his golden hair and vicious stare. Well done Marvel.

Hit the jump and check out the video for ‘Little Thor’!

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You’re Doing It Wrong (Again): The New ‘X-Men: First Class’ UK Poster

19 April 2011 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Eye Candy, OMGWTFBBQ!, Watch It!

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Geez. 20th Century Fox just can’t seem to get it right can they? First, Fox released a set of INSANELY terrible poster where it’s the silouhette of Xavier and Magneto with their heads floating around their crotch, and now Fox released a poster in the United Kingdom featuring the cast of First Class that looks like an amateur graphic artist did while drunk on a liter of tequila. The poster features the cast randomly placed around the poster which look innocent enough, but if you look closer, it seems like each character is lit from different light source from each other. Sure, they have the same reflection, but whats up with the brightness and contrast between Xavier and Magnetos versus Emma Frost and Dr. Moira MacTaggart? It’s obvious that the poster was created from multiple different pictures and the artist didn’t take the time to make sure each picture looked similar to each other. Come on Fox. Even I could do that and I suck on Photoshop. Please create a poster that is fitting to the amazing trailer you released before. You’re doing it wrong. If I ever see a graphic designer’s resume or portfolio and see that they worked on the ‘X-Men: First Class’ poster, I’m going to kick them in the shin and laugh at them.

Hit the jump and check out the hideous ‘X-Men: First Class’ UK version poster

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Geek Chic: These Marvel Pajamas Gives You a Superheroine’s Physiques

19 April 2011 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Geek Chic

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I do have to admit that these look pretty damn silly. The super heroines of comics has been well known to feature impossible body proportions that is not found in real life. So what do you do when you make costume themed pajamas for Marvel’s mightiest superheroines? Well, you get creative and design some of the most wacky pajamas I have ever seen. Spencer’s Gifts are currently offering five different pajama sets that include a tank top and shorts that are themed to the costumes of Emma Frost of the X-Men, Black Widow, American Dream (the female version of Captain America), Spider-Girl, and She-Hulk. I find it pretty odd that instead of just creating the top to look like the costume all around, the designer decided to just draw the signature big boobs and thin waist on the front of the shirt. Any open and blank areas are filled in with a themed background. I not sure about you, but even though these pictures are fun to look at, I’m am not sure what percentage of the general consumer fits these proportions. It’s a good idea, but terrible execution. I do like the Emma Frost pajamas though. You can pick these up at Spencer’s online shop for $24.99 each.

Hit the jump and check out Marvel’s Super Heroines Pajama Collection

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The Opening of the New ‘X-Men’ Anime is Pretty F*cking Epic

5 April 2011 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Watch It!

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A few days ago, the new ‘X-Men’ anime released over in Japan. A lot of us (including myself) have been patiently waiting for the new anime to release and now that it has, I have to say that I am in awe of the quality of animation of the new series. Considering the animation will be done by MADHOUSE (the team behind ‘Trigun’) and Warren Ellis and Jeph Loeb will be advising, the show will definitely be something special. I’m not going to put out any spoilers on whats to come because that would just be a dick move, but what I can do is show you the opening credit sequence for the new anime series. It is much different and cannot be compared to the opening of the old school X-Men animated series on Fox a long time a go, but I seeing the mutants in action makes my mouth water. It’s THAT freakin’ good. The song isn’t as great as the original though…

Hit the jump and check out the opening sequence for the new ‘X-Men’ anime by MADHOUSE.

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Chris Hemsworth’s Manly Pecs and Muscles Wouldn’t Fit Into His Thor Costume

30 March 2011 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Watch It!

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I’ve been talking about Chris Hemsworth’s manly pecs for quite some time now. At CinemaCon, Hemsworth spoke to Hero Complex about the daunting task of bulking up to play Thor.

I got the part and immediately started looking at the comic books, and the guy is 500 pounds or something and looks like Schwarzenegger. And I thought, ‘OK, I’m not gonna get to that.’ But I have to get bigger.

Hemsworth goes on to talk about how he bulked up so much that he actually didn’t fit into the Thor costume during the first fitting.

The filmmakers kept saying ‘Yeah, get as big as you can, as big as you can.’ And then I came back right before Christmas, just before we started the movie, and had a final sort of camera test and put the costume on and within a couple of minutes, my hands started going numb,” he recalled. “And everyone was like, ‘Yeah, that’s not cool.’ And I started getting pins and needles and you’d touch the skin and the blood wouldn’t return to that area so quick. And I thought, ‘OK, it doesn’t fit.’

Now that is dedication to the role! Putting on an insane amount of weight is not uncommon in Hollywood (look at ‘Christian Bale’ in ‘The Machinist’ and than ‘Batman Begins’), but I’m not sure if anyone went overboard and bulked up so much that they couldn’t fit into a costume that they got fitted for just few months before. I guess that’s the difference between being human and a Norse God. From what is being reported from CinemaCon, many movie bloggers are raving about the 20+ minutes of footage they saw of ‘Thor’. Apparently, the footage was so good that many are jumping on the Thor bandwagon. I wasn’t a believer, but had hopes. Now, I think I believe Thor indeed can be made into an entertaining and well done film. On that note, Chris Hemsworth is also being honored with the title of  “Male Star of Tomorrow” at CinemaCon.

Hit the jump and check out the video interview with Chris Hemsworth at CinemaCon with Hero Complex. Did you notice how the interviewer (Amy Kaufman) kind geeks out in front of Hemsworth? It seemed like she was about to pass out whenever Hemsworth was using words like bigger, thick, skin, size, big, etc. It was crackin’ me up!

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