Australian TMNT Poster Features Exploding Skyscraper, Falling Bodies... and a 9/11 Release Date
OOPS!Tweeted by the official Paramount Australia Twitter account (UPDATE: Tweet deleted, here's a screengrab)
Too bad, too - artwork wise it's among the better advertising this has had.
Oh, and regarding the (otherwise reasonable) point that this is an Australian poster not meant for U.S. audiences more likely to be sensitive about this particular juxtaposition: Ten Australian citizens died in the 9/11 attacks.
The Weekend's News: SDCC 2014 Edition
Long week/weekend, so you probably missed SOME news. Catch up with it now by clicking through these lovely links!
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES trailer brings things full circle
Flashback: HARVEY BIRDMAN is Adult Swim's overlooked classic
MOCKINGJAY - PART I has a trailer
The Asylum assembles MERCENARIES, all-female takeoff on THE EXPENDABLES
MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES animated series coming to Adult Swim
First trailer for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Woman injured, handicapped family's car attacked during SDCC Zombie Walk
AGE OF ULTRON footage debuts at SDCC
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY sequel already announced for 2017
ANT-MAN characters and story revealed by Marvel
5 minutes of THE SIMPSONS vs FAMILY GUY crossover
WONDER WOMAN revealed
BOX-OFFICE: The Rock gets beat up by LUCY
Uncut Japanese POWER RANGERS to make U.S. debut
All three CAPTAIN AMERICA directors will work on AGENT CARTER
GAME OF THRONES Season 5 has a new cast
I interviewed the makers of hipster-Creationism dud I ORIGINS
Racial satire DEAR WHITE PEOPLE has a full trailer
Do you remember the 70s DOCTOR STRANGE movie?
MARVEL will have an unnamed third movie in 2018
Adult Swim's BLACK JESUS Draws Protests
WALKING DEAD gets a Season 5 Trailer
STAR WARS REBELS first trailer reveals new cast
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES trailer brings things full circle
Flashback: HARVEY BIRDMAN is Adult Swim's overlooked classic
MOCKINGJAY - PART I has a trailer
The Asylum assembles MERCENARIES, all-female takeoff on THE EXPENDABLES
MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES animated series coming to Adult Swim
First trailer for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Woman injured, handicapped family's car attacked during SDCC Zombie Walk
AGE OF ULTRON footage debuts at SDCC
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY sequel already announced for 2017
ANT-MAN characters and story revealed by Marvel
5 minutes of THE SIMPSONS vs FAMILY GUY crossover
WONDER WOMAN revealed
BOX-OFFICE: The Rock gets beat up by LUCY
Uncut Japanese POWER RANGERS to make U.S. debut
All three CAPTAIN AMERICA directors will work on AGENT CARTER
GAME OF THRONES Season 5 has a new cast
I interviewed the makers of hipster-Creationism dud I ORIGINS
Racial satire DEAR WHITE PEOPLE has a full trailer
Do you remember the 70s DOCTOR STRANGE movie?
MARVEL will have an unnamed third movie in 2018
Adult Swim's BLACK JESUS Draws Protests
WALKING DEAD gets a Season 5 Trailer
STAR WARS REBELS first trailer reveals new cast
Escape to the Movies: LUCY
Heh. Long SDCC-monitoring weekend, should've posted this on Friday.
ALSO: I interviewed the I ORIGINS guys. It went... interestingly.
ALSO: I interviewed the I ORIGINS guys. It went... interestingly.
The Day's News 7/21/14
A new NINJA RAP for a new era
GUARDIANS post-credits scene won't be shown until opening night
Will THE ROCK play SHAZAM?
THE STRAIN kind of sucks
ALSO: I predicted a bunch of stuff that might come true soon, some of it this weekend at SDCC. Might as well read it now, so you'll know what I'm never gonna shut up about if I'm right.
GUARDIANS post-credits scene won't be shown until opening night
Will THE ROCK play SHAZAM?
THE STRAIN kind of sucks
ALSO: I predicted a bunch of stuff that might come true soon, some of it this weekend at SDCC. Might as well read it now, so you'll know what I'm never gonna shut up about if I'm right.
MOVIEBOB'S OFFICIAL CONBRAVO SCHEDULE
Hey there!
I'll be making my first ever appearance on the Canadian convention circuit at ConBravo this weekend! If you're going, here's the places and times you can find me in terms of panels and events.
I'll also be out and about and will likely find at least a few hours to set up for autographs and selling copies of SMB3: Brick By Brick; but even if you just see me walking the floor by all means feel free to say hi (I might have books with me then, too.)
Here's how things look...
FRIDAY 7/18 8PM: Game OverThinker Panel
Location: Room 314
FYI: This is happening right after Linkara & Mike Dodd's Marvel Cinematic Universe panel in the same room. Like previous OverThinker panels at SGC and MAGFest, this is going to be Q&A/audience-interaction time - however, depending on some things that are still up in the air please, it's highly possible that people attending this panel will be the first members of the public to hear some big news concerning the future of this series.
FRIDAY 7/18 10PM: World's Most Frustrating Game Show
Location: Webster ABC
I'll be honest: I have very little idea what this actually is or entails, but there's a great crew of folks lined up and I'm looking forward to doing something fun and wacky.
SUNDAY 7/20 10AM: Exploring The Platformer
Location: Chedoke A
Gaijin Goomba and I will talk the history and appeal of the platformer genre. Should be interesting.
In addition, it tends to happen at these things that I run into colleagues and friends who're looking for extra deckhands and I usually say yes (wound up on a reviewer panel with a huge chunk of Channel Awesome last MAGFest - that was a treat!) so keep tuned to my Twitter @The_MovieBob for updates as to where I am and where I plan to be.
Looking forward to seeing everybody there!
I'll be making my first ever appearance on the Canadian convention circuit at ConBravo this weekend! If you're going, here's the places and times you can find me in terms of panels and events.
I'll also be out and about and will likely find at least a few hours to set up for autographs and selling copies of SMB3: Brick By Brick; but even if you just see me walking the floor by all means feel free to say hi (I might have books with me then, too.)
Here's how things look...
FRIDAY 7/18 8PM: Game OverThinker Panel
Location: Room 314
FYI: This is happening right after Linkara & Mike Dodd's Marvel Cinematic Universe panel in the same room. Like previous OverThinker panels at SGC and MAGFest, this is going to be Q&A/audience-interaction time - however, depending on some things that are still up in the air please, it's highly possible that people attending this panel will be the first members of the public to hear some big news concerning the future of this series.
FRIDAY 7/18 10PM: World's Most Frustrating Game Show
Location: Webster ABC
I'll be honest: I have very little idea what this actually is or entails, but there's a great crew of folks lined up and I'm looking forward to doing something fun and wacky.
SUNDAY 7/20 10AM: Exploring The Platformer
Location: Chedoke A
Gaijin Goomba and I will talk the history and appeal of the platformer genre. Should be interesting.
In addition, it tends to happen at these things that I run into colleagues and friends who're looking for extra deckhands and I usually say yes (wound up on a reviewer panel with a huge chunk of Channel Awesome last MAGFest - that was a treat!) so keep tuned to my Twitter @The_MovieBob for updates as to where I am and where I plan to be.
Looking forward to seeing everybody there!
The Weekend's News 7/14/14
ALSO: Did you know there were PLANET OF THE APES TV shows?
GHOSTBUSTERS comes back to theaters
Andy Serkis and CGI animators are arguing, again
MTV greenlights Terry Brooks' SHANNARA to series
Tracy Morgan will sue WAL-MART for crash that nearly killed him
APES rule weekend box-office
Tumblr Convention DASHCON collapses into near-anarchy
MARVEL to make "thundering title" announcement on THE VIEW
GHOSTBUSTERS comes back to theaters
Andy Serkis and CGI animators are arguing, again
MTV greenlights Terry Brooks' SHANNARA to series
Tracy Morgan will sue WAL-MART for crash that nearly killed him
APES rule weekend box-office
Tumblr Convention DASHCON collapses into near-anarchy
MARVEL to make "thundering title" announcement on THE VIEW
Escape to The Movies: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
The Day's News 7/9/14
So. You've probably noticed that the blog has been a bit sparse of late, owing to me doing more news-item posts for The Escapist than for here.
Starting today, I'm going to try and change that by doing (when possible) daily summary-posts of news I've reported there - please, feel free to comment and chat about them. Note: there will be some "older" stories on this once, since it's the first:
First Promo Image of Superman From DAWN OF JUSTICE
Opie & Anthony's Anthony Cumia Fired For Racist Rant
Brandon Routh Will Play The Atom on ARROW
TRANSFORMERS Writer to Script Disney's Live-Action DUMBO
Christian Bale is Moses in Ridley Scott's EXODUS: GODS & KINGS
Greenpeace Viral Vid Spoofs THE LEGO MOVIE Over Shell Oil Partnership
Starting today, I'm going to try and change that by doing (when possible) daily summary-posts of news I've reported there - please, feel free to comment and chat about them. Note: there will be some "older" stories on this once, since it's the first:
First Promo Image of Superman From DAWN OF JUSTICE
Opie & Anthony's Anthony Cumia Fired For Racist Rant
Brandon Routh Will Play The Atom on ARROW
TRANSFORMERS Writer to Script Disney's Live-Action DUMBO
Christian Bale is Moses in Ridley Scott's EXODUS: GODS & KINGS
Greenpeace Viral Vid Spoofs THE LEGO MOVIE Over Shell Oil Partnership
Real Evil.
Addendum to Tuesday's show: You think Michael Bay is evil? You think TRANSFORMERS movies are civilization on the brink? No. On balance, Michael Bay is harmless. You want to see evil onscreen? Rick Santorum is making movies now:
You want to talk about evil? A feature-length propaganda movie celebrating a culture's slide back into dark ages barbarism is evil. Agitating AGAINST the improvement and progress of a society via the lessening of the influence of superstition and pointless "moral" self-denial/self-hatred is evil. Advocating for ignorance is evil.
There are two kinds of people in the world. Thinkers and Believers.
You want to talk about evil? A feature-length propaganda movie celebrating a culture's slide back into dark ages barbarism is evil. Agitating AGAINST the improvement and progress of a society via the lessening of the influence of superstition and pointless "moral" self-denial/self-hatred is evil. Advocating for ignorance is evil.
There are two kinds of people in the world. Thinkers and Believers.
