X-Men Wolverine Movie Trailer www.clevver.com/movies/videof/227465/xmen-origins-wolverine-trailer.html - new movie with hugh jackman, in theaters on 5-1-2009
The awesome ladies from SarahConnorSociety.net and Multipleverses.com have put together a fantastic article talking about the problems with Monday nights and it’s not just about Sarah Connor but all shows in general. Specifically Kate, who wrote the article, makes a shit load of right on points about the packed schedule. I’m not going to repost her entire article but I will post a couple quotes.
The ratings blogs and entertainment publications are in a quandry wondering what is going on. The answer is simple. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!
A lot of people in the media have a pre-conceived idea of the average sci-fi fan. They see us as geeks, dweebs and dorks who go to comic book conventions. That may be but we are also the most educated and diverse group in the tv and movie viewing landscape.
The television landscape has gotten more and more crowded with more choices and people watching a great variety of programming than ever before. We also watch on more than just television. Online viewings, video on demand, iTunes, Amazon Unboxed and yes lets not forget the bane of the studios- torrent downloads mean we as viewers have other places to catch our favorite shows.
That’s all I’m going to steal from Kate but you should really read what is written there. It makes sense and it should be spread around the net. All networks need to rethink their programing and start respecting their demos because they don’t know what the deal is obviously.
I think The Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton was the biggest surprise of the year. People weren’t expecting anything good coming from it because of the disaster of a movie Ang Lee did a couple of years before. Part of me still enjoyed Lee’s Hulk by the way. There isn’t any doubt here that this Incredible Hulk turned out to be an awesome movie. I think when the year is out, The Incredible Hulk will end up on my top ten list.
After this film made its theatrical run, its box office total world wide brought it to $262 million bucks on a $150 mil budget. Although a profit was made, the problem is that the domestic take was only $134 million. Studio’s like breaking even domestically before movie along with a sequel. So because of this, there wasn’t any sequel talk at all. A lot of people including myself thought another Hulk film was less likely.
The head of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige had something to say about that. The Hulk will eventually come to the big screen again. He tells MTV, “Now we have a Hulk that we can be proud of and that is a better match and fits more with the tone of what had been in our comics and what we want him to be in our films going forward.” Feige wants us to be pacient while other Marvel characters get their shot. “The truth is that Hulk has had two films in the past five years, and it’s time to give some of the other guys a turn. But certainly what we are doing is suggesting and cross-pollinating the characters between films, and like reading a comic, I’d like to set that expectation that anything can happen - and anyone can pop up - in anybody else’s story,” he says. “I would expect that people may see the Hulk again soon before he is again carrying his own film.”
This is great news. I’m glad that The Hulk will get another film for himself but I’m also pumped that he’ll be able to get cameos in the next couple of Marvel films. I do hope very much Ed Norton will be willing to return to play the character. His involvement with the film is honestly why it was so good. Since the next Marvel film doesn’t come out until 2010, I think it’ll be a while till we hear anything else.
Let’s recap this incident for all of you who aren’t up to speed. In July of last year, Lindsay Lohan carjacked the SUV of a guy that she met, to chase her assistant who had just quit. She took two passengers hostage and ran over another guy’s foot. Her assistant quit at a party they were at, and she snatched the guy’s keys to chase after her.
There were initially three guys in the jacked SUV with Lindsay, but one of them jumped out and she ran over his foot, and she never went back to check on him.
The other two guys said that they were terrified as a drunken Lindsay sped through traffic, saying things like, “I’m a celebrity, I can do whatever I want.” Eventually, the assistant drove to a police station, where Lindsay was arrested and caught with a small amount of cocaine.
Got it all now? Well, those three guys are suing Lindsay, claiming that she endangered their lives. They are seeking more than $25,000 in damages. Lindsay’s attorney is calling the lawsuit “absurd” and claimed the men were having fun during the chase. He also questioned why they waited so long to file suit. He added, “It just doesn’t make sense. They had ample opportunity to get out of the car. It’s three guys who want to get a lot of headlines and want to make some money.”
I disagree with her attorney, it’s the one guy’s car and he has to get out because she took it over? I don’t think so, pal. Even though, if I were Lindsay, I would’ve thrown the $25,000 at each of them and settled already.
During the Scream Awards, which I didn’t watch, Zack Snyder presented the crowd with a new trailer for Watchmen. It’s really an extended trailer for the first one but it has a lot of new footage. Thanks to Watchmencomicmovie.com we can see the trailer.
This movie looks just incredible and word from an early screening has been great. Take a look below.
This is something interesting. Blockbuster held a vote on what TV President would get the nomination. According to votes, President David Palmer played by Dennis Haysbert on 24 won the vote with 17%.
Of course President Roslin wasn’t part of the list but whatever. Yea… she’s not an American but who cares. If I had to chose from the 8 on the list, I’d pick Andrew Shepherd.
Here’s the 2008 ballot:
1. President David Palmer, “24″ (Dennis Haysbert) 17%
2. President Mackenzie Allen, “Commander in Chief” (Geena Davis) 16%
3. President Josiah Bartlet, “West Wing” (Martin Sheen) 16%
4. President James Marshall, “Air Force One” (Harrison Ford) 12%
5. President Thomas J. Whitmore, “Independence Day” (Bill Pullman) 12%
6. President Andrew Shepherd, “The American President”
(Michael Douglas) 8%
7. President Mays Gilliam, “Head of State” (Chris Rock) 8%
8. President Tom Beck, “Deep Impact” (Morgan Freeman) 7%
The awesome ladies from SarahConnorSociety.net and Multipleverses.com have put together a fantastic article talking about the problems with Monday nights and it’s not just about Sarah Connor but all shows in general. Specifically Kate, who wrote the article, makes a shit load of right on points about the packed schedule. I’m not going to repost her entire article but I will post a couple quotes.
I think The Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton was the biggest surprise of the year. People weren’t expecting anything good coming from it because of the disaster of a movie Ang Lee did a couple of years before. Part of me still enjoyed Lee’s Hulk by the way. There isn’t any doubt here that this Incredible Hulk turned out to be an awesome movie. I think when the year is out, The Incredible Hulk will end up on my top ten list.
This is something interesting. Blockbuster held a vote on what TV President would get the nomination. According to votes, President David Palmer played by Dennis Haysbert on 24 won the vote with 17%.