Punisher 2 News

I think I was one of a few people who enjoyed The Punisher from the comic book community. I think it was brilliant, money wise and story wise, to move the location to Florida. The crime bosses down there are still as vicious as they have ever been and brings a bit of reality to the story. Plus not every Marvel movie can be set in New York City can it?

I didn't know much of Thomas Jane before the movie, I knew him from Deep Blue Sea but other then that nothing sprung to mind. See I have always been in the camp of Henry Rollins needs to play The Punisher. Myself and many others believes he is a dead on ringer for our favorite vigilante. That being said I LOVED what Thomas Jane did with the character and I believed in it, I really really enjoyed the flick.

Ever since then he has been the biggest supporter of The Punisher 2. He has always been involved in the direction of this film and was trying desperately to get this film made. Well, apparently that is all over.

What I won't do is spend months of my life sweating over a movie that I just don't believe in. I've always loved the Marvel guys, and wish them well. Meanwhile, I'll continue to search for a film that one day might stand with all those films that the fans have asked me to watch.

The stinks of someone who really doesn't know shit from shinola messing with the script and going away from the source material that the fans and Jane love. He has been a die hard fan of the fans and wanted to do this right. Him pulling out of the picture tells me they're working on an abomination, and no I'm not talking about the Hulk 2 villain.

Fantasy Island

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 10, 2007

Eddie Murphy is attached to star in Columbia Pictures' big-screen adaptation of Fantasy Island, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Murphy will play multiple roles in the film, which is based on the popular TV series that ran from 1978-84 and starred Ricardo Montalban.

Described as a family-oriented comedy, the project will be written by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, who most recently teamed with Murphy on Norbit.

So basically it will take a decent show and bastardize it, much like Charlie's Angels. Of course, this is also the movie that Eddie Murphy has made for the last ten years save Dreamgirls and Shrek. I've heard of mailing it in but jesus christ on a pogo stick, I mean Rob Schiender stretches more acting in an Adam Sandler movie then Eddie Murphy does now a days. Then again we shouldn't be shocked, 48 Hours and Beverly Hills Cop were more or less the same character as well. Hell, last I checked Khan Noonian Singh was still alive...just like you left me...buried alive!!!

While you're at it, take a look at these Star Trek Inspirational Posters

Random Meme

week of April 22: name 3 of each....

1. favorite tv programs
All Time
Farscape
Twin Peaks
Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Current
Law and Order: SVU
Heroes
24

2. favorite foods
Ribeye Steak
My Death by Pizza
Four Cheese Macaroni

3. favorite books
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

4. favorite people
Anita
Father
Mother

5. favorite movies
Fight Club
The Godfather
Patton

6. favorite vacation spots
A cabin in the mountains
Northern California foothills
San Diego

Spidey 4

My co-worker and I began brainstorming about Spiderman 4 today since a good amount of movie news is covering this subject. I can see why since Sam Raimi may leave to go film The Hobbitt, Toby might turn it down as he sees it as a trilogy, and Kirsten Dunst thinks she's more important then she really is to the story. Sorry hun, most die-hard Spidey fans don't care for you and we'd much rather see Gwen Stacey anyways (which we finally get this time in 3).

So we began theorizing about what we actually would do in Spidey 4, since the really important villains are covered after this coming movie. We basically had three ideas before us and I think they're all doable, but I will tell you where we finally landed after we mention the three ideas we discussed.

Kraven The Hunter and the story of Kraven's Last Hunt. Kraven was the world's best big game hunter and naturally wanted to go after the ultimate prey, which was Spidey. I think it could really pull at the heart strings of the fans who don't know the story to see him buried and then crawl out of his own grave. The only down side is that it isn't as flashy as the fans are used to by now of a Spidey film.

The Sinister Six. This one you can play with because there are so many side and minor villains that the fans love you can get the majority of them with this movie. It doesn't really need a deep meaningful theme, just a full blown action movie that appeals to all of our nature to see bigger and better. No deep introspective by Parker, which is rare, but you could use it to introduce The Black Cat which every fanboy around the world is still waiting for.

Maximum Carnage. If pro wrestling has taught me anything it's that some of the best matches of all time are a three way dance. With this in mind, Maximum Carnage would up every ante. It pleases the Venom fans by keeping him still there and shows how he becomes an Anti-Hero while creating a complete psychopath who is given these powers. You could put into the story of Spidey saving Venom's ex-wife's life and how he understands and becomes the Anti-hero.

The Decision
The Sinister Six
Why, cause ideally you could start a new trilogy at number four and as such you want to save the other two stories for later. This is also a way to appease the old school fans who want to see some of the original villains on screen. They have had Lizard in the movies since 2, but still no green scales. So my thinking is since you can't get Kingpin since he's in the DD movies, get Silvermane or Alistair Smythe to fund a group to take down Spidey for some reason. They hire Dr. Connors to work on something, but it brings about the chemical changes that turn him into Lizard eventually. In the meantime you would have Chameleon, Vulture, Rhino, Hobgoblin, Scorpion and Electro. It's a nice mixture of talents where none of the creatures really resemble each other. Then towards then end Lizard is transforms and they all must battle him to stop his rampage. We feel it would be a good start that would lead into Kraven's Last Hunt and ended with Maximum Carnage.

Throwback Thursday Colon Edition

Hey, the movie comes out this weekend, gotta support it

A Bit Busy Today

Yeah, it will be a hectic week so my posts may not be as much. As such here is my Ten for Tuesday. Sadly I cannot put ten movies that have made me cry, so I'm going to include TV Episodes as well.

10.Titanic-Yes, I cried at the end of this movie but not for the reasons you think. It was tears of joy seeing Jack sink to the bottom of the Atlantic. A quick note, that is not the time to jump up and cheer when surrounded by teenage girls who are weeping.
9.Return of the Living Dead 3-I kid you not, I balled at the end. It was a very touching death scene between two people who were so in love.
8.Farscape The Peacekeepers War-When Dargo dies, anyone who watched Farscape understands that Dargo going was even more traumatic then when the pilot died on Serenity.
7.Twin Peaks:Fire Walk With Me-The final scene, for those of us who are obsessed with the show.
6.Varsity Blues-Laugh it up furball, but I grew up on high school football and that scene after they win they game touches me right down to the cockles of my heart.
5.Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan-Maybe the first movie I even cried at, I cried when I was a kid when Spock died. I mean come on, it's mother fucking Spock!
4.BTVS, Season 7:Chosen-Spike gave his life to save Buffy and everyone else because unlike Angel, he choses to be a hero.
3.Buffy, Season 3:Becoming Part 2-Buffy has to kill Angel to save the world, how can you not tear up at that moment?
2.Buffy, Season 5:The Gift-Giving ones life to save the world...speaks volumes about me, maybe too much about me, I'll be quiet now.
1.Armageddon-I'm sorry, John McLain speaking to his daughter one final time is just heartbreaking. I don't care who you are, but that shit if fuckin emotional.

Super Sunday...

Super Bowl Sunday, a National holiday for the majority of the USA, and sadly I had to watch Peyton Manning win a ring...god I hate that douche bag. Yes, I was cheering for the Bears, despite the repugnant nature of their fans during the NFC Championship game. Add Peyton Manning with a coach I respect for his abilities but not his beliefs (hardcore Christian, very anti-gay) and you have a team I can easily cheer against. It was a decent enough game until the fourth quarter when Rex Grossman remembered he was...Rex Grossman. Of course Devin Hester returned the opening kickoff, he's a Hurricane back in Miami, and it naturally made sense. A part of me is still shocked Manning was able to beat a Florida QB in Florida though.

Commercials were decent enough, with Bud Light and CareerBuilder.com as the front runners for the funniest commercials. Bud Light threw a perfect game, and I loved the gladiator office, sounds way to fun to me. Yes, I want to do a gladiator office in this place, could alleviate many things in my head. It was also nice to see Carlos Mencia get introduced to the national audience, he deserves to get very well known, damn funny comedian.

I know many are talking about how awesome Prince was, and I sure he was, but I was outside smoking a clove and didn't really hear any of it. Though I'm sure there was no music from Batman and so naturally I'm disappointed. I understand wearing the Dolphins colors because you're in Miami, other then that I have no idea why he wore what he wore. I mean, was he afraid of getting hit in the dark by a car?

On a side note, I understand that the NFL doesn't want to play the Super Bowl in any stadium where weather may be a factor, but does that matter any more? I mean yesterday's game was played in a monsoon, why can't they play in a blizzard in Green Bay? I think the Super Bowl should rotate to every NFL stadium, it’s only fair. It helps generate revenue for cities that don't have the usually large tourist base, which places like Miami and San Diego already have. I would love to see San Diego vs. Tampa Bay in Buffalo with snow falling six feet deep. Also, lower your ticket prices so that the real fans can actually afford to go to the Super Bowl. Yesterday was ridiculous; the Super Bowl should not be so empty that it looked like a Dolphins home game.

Anita and I went and saw The Messengers on Friday night, and as entertaining as it was we couldn't shake the feeling that we had seen it before. Was it the smoking man from the X-Files? No, that wasn't it...perhaps the leading man from My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Still, just not quite close enough...oh I know what it was! It was the fact that the movie could have been called The Grudge: North Dakota. Decent movie and all, we enjoyed it, but it was still The Grudge: North Dakota.

Haven't you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?

So here you go, the ten baddest muddas of all time baby...least to me these are the then villains I get the biggest kick out of.

10. The Hunter-Bambi

Yes, let the hate mail begin. Yes, the Hunter from Bambi is one of my favorite villains ever. Why, do you really need to ask yourself that? Sure he isn't an unstoppable killing machine like a Jason Voorhees or a Michael Meyers, but this bad man killed Bambi's mother! He must have ice water for blood.

9.Frank Booth-Blue Velvet

Dennis Hopper is an icon when it comes to creepy, bad assery, but it may have reached its zenith when he played Frank Booth. The man is truly demented in the ways some people could never imagine. In one part of the movie with abusing nitrates and abusing a singer he says "Don't you fucking look at me!" and "Mommy, mommy, baby wants to fuck!" Dude is the kind of sick along the lines of Alex from Clockwork Orange and easily earns a spot on my top ten list. It is also fitting that someone so bad is killed by someone who...well he isn't really completely good, but Dale Cooper makes his first capture before joining the FBI and after he had conquered the galaxy on Arakis...desert planet...Dune.

8.John Doe-Se7en.

Kevin Spacey has done so many beautiful roles over the years it was hard to pick just one. He brought Lex Luthor to level he always should have been, and was beautiful in The Usual Suspects. This role however is deeply disturbing on the level of psyche this person had to have. I mean this guy brought new meaning to the word sick; he used acid on his own fingers to eliminate finger prints! Course any man who beheads Gwyneth Paltrow is a hero here in the asylum.

7.The Shark-Jaws

I pick only the original, not the bastard children it begot in Jaws 2, or the cousins, aunts, nephews, former roommates for the other two sequels. It has kept people out of the water for so long it has to be placed for longevity. Hell, I still don't into the water that much...and that includes pools. I'm sorry, I saw this movie WAY too early in life and it definitely damaged me. Thankfully I can watch it now and enjoy the hell out of it...not like Poltergeist.

6.Freddy Krueger-A Nightmare On Elm St. Series

Freddy Krueger, the son of a hundred maniacs, killer of the children of Elm St., burned alive by vengeful parents and turned into the creature of our nightmares. A great and original premise that has kept going strong for over two decades now. Not only is he creative, but his villainy wit may be second only to the Joker. He killed Johnny Depp long before anyone had ever heard of Jump Street or the Black Pearl. Never at a loss for words, the man ever skewered Zsa Zsa Gabor.

5.Hans Gruber-Die Hard

Here there, Mister Cowboy. Hans Gruber, a man not afraid to kill a whole lot of people just to get his German hands on a few million dollars. Hey, I can't blame him, there were plenty of people in that movie that needed some killing and he was more then happy to oblige, even with a few quips while he was at it. How can you go against a man who says, "When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer." The benefits of a classical education. and; I wanted this to be professional. Efficient, adroit, cooperative, not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way, so he won't be joining us for the rest of his life.

4.Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious-Star Wars

Yes, the Emperor deserves to be up here. Who else has destroyed an ENTIRE world? Well, Gran Moff Tarkin destroyed it, but it was his battle plans, his money, and they all worked for him so in a sense he destroyed it. Now it could be argued that he wasn't evil at all, that he merely was seeking peace throughout the galaxy...through dominating it. Then again River said it best, "People don't want to be meddled with." Never the less, he did introduce the world to Darth Maul, and you can't go wrong there. Hell, maybe I should just make this entry The Sith...

3.Hannibal Lector-Silence of the Lambs

What best villains list wouldn't be complete without our good Doctor Lector? The man was a sadist, cannibal, but he had an excellent singing voice and loved a great party...or was the Boss Grissom? At any rate, he almost made everyone's body run cold at even the sound of his voice. I think we do ok when killers are just machines, but when there is true genius behind it, then we are REALLY afraid.

2.General Zod-Superman I&II

General Zod, the only man on a highly evolved planet to really keep those dark urges and have the desire to rule the world with an iron fist, and he only needs two other people to do it. No grand army, no death star, just a mute and a muse. We all know Superman II had to be a lie, there is no way that that all powerful and mighty Zod could be that easily defeated by the son of Jor-El. Hell, maybe I shall name my son Zod so it can battle Nicolas Cage's son on the playground...if I ever have a son.

1.The Joker-Batman

How can you go against Jack Nicholson's personal favorite role of all time? True, I may not see it as the most accurate portrayal of The Joker, but it is much better then anything else that has been done. He really does bring the Joker to life, and as time goes on I am really looking forward to seeing what Heath Ledger is going to do. I keep reading his interviews and he's saying all the right things, so we shall see. Until then, Jack owns as the best live action Joker we've ever had (Mark Hamill is THE voice of the Joker, period). Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But remember, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile.