We’ll be writing a whole lot about Kick-Ass this week, in the lead up to Friday night’s opening (check out our spoiler-free first look here), but one thing that I’ve already started hearing from just about everyone who’s seen the movie early is this: The music seals the deal.
Here’s a thriller that knows a thing or two about both …
March seemed to drag on forever, no? But it sure was packed full of kick-ass items of nerdery.
Not a whole lot going on in gadgetry, but HTC did announce the EVO 4G for Sprint. It has a kickstand, people! We picked the 10 best camera apps for the iPhone. Sony officially unveiled the PlayStation Move.
Speaking of video games. So God …
Welcome back, me!
This week, Steve and I break down the 96th day clause, Warlock lovers, Hit-Girl’s foul mouth, my love of sound manipulators and Lucy Van Pelt.
If anyone has seen Lev Grossman, please give me a call. I’m worried.
Have a great weekend, kids!
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Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010
Today in Techland: Techie Doug offers his thoughts on the upcoming Samsung slate, and what they’ll need to do to prevent a flop. Our fearless leader Peter Ha lets you know just how in Wonderland our Monster Madness bracket is going to work and Evan gives us his log of last week’s GDC: good, bad and the …
Last night, we posted our first (spoiler-free) Kick-Ass review – our first glance at one of the darker and more interesting superhero thrillers of recent memory. I don’t think I’ll be ruining much if I tell you it ends on an ambiguous note that leaves wide open the possibility for a sequel.
But that being said, it’s not a …
I believe it was Herzog who said that we are a culture starved for new images. I’d go even further, and say that what we’re really grasping for are new experiences. Something that skews against the routine, that mashes together familiar elements into something wholly fresh and unexpected.
Not to wax poetic here, but there’s a …
Monday, Mar. 15, 2010
Today in Techland: Hey, who needs basketball? We unveiled our March (Monster) Madness bracket, featuring face offs between the most nefarious villains in history. Who will win? The Jabberwocky? Darth Vader? The Joker? Dr. Horrible? MCP? Tune in to find out, fellow nerds.
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Last week I spoke with John Romita Jr on the phone about his involvement in the upcoming film Kick-Ass. The film, for those of you who don’t know is based on a comic book that was drawn and co-created by Romita Jr. (There’s even a making-of book from Titan.) The book was written by Mark Millar who Lev interviewed last week.
I talked …
Part 1 was Wednesday. This is the second and final part.
Here we discuss why the Kick-Ass movie was almost a huge disaster, Millar’s three favorite comics, Dr. Manhattan’s giant blue dick, what he learned from being punched in the face, twice, and the failure of a generation of comics writers.
It’s important to imagine Millar …
Last week I got to talk to Mark Millar on the phone. Even if you haven’t heard of Millar — which you probably have — you know his work. He did major work on X-Men and Captain America. He did Marvel’s Civil War. He did Wanted. He did one of my all-time favorite graphic novels, Red Son, wherein Superman lands in Soviet Russia instead of …
I was going to title this post The Techland Show: The Sell-out Traffic Whore episode. But wait — isn’t that every episode?
Apparently not. We’ve been instructed to “punch up” the show and give it more “viral” potential by organizing it into a list of the week’s top five topics. There — happy now? Isn’t this what you wanted? You did …
You can’t tell me that Big Daddy isn’t the spitting image of Batman. At least he’s a fighter.
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