The time has come...

The Hobbit movie inches closer to production. I am more frightened by the day. If this isn't great, Guillermo's stock will go down. And I'm afraid Jackson might try a coup. I would rather have In The Mountains of Madness any day of the week, or week of the year. It's now surely delayed. http://www.deltorofilms.com/ProjectPage.php?projectid=9 Read up if you are not familiar.

NIN is truly gone

Reznor and his touring group are now selling off their tour equipment. Is this what happens when you release your album for free? Probably not, I think he wants us to know he's serious. Which is unfortunate. Guess I'll start a tribute band...or not. Never saw a NIN show? You should, what a way to go out though!

Was this necessary?

No offense to bzzurkk, because I like those guys, but Why did DC release this to the net? Was there a person who didn't already see this? And while on topic, Freddie Williams is a great great artist, and I am very fond of his work (heck, he drew an adult Iris West [Wally's Daughter] for me and apparently was the only person to ask for a twin, hmmm) but, this title is in need of some serious artistic readjustment. It's a mess. JSA needs clean clear art, there are too many characters to have a cluttered picture, it just doesn't work.

Summit Speaks Even Sooner!

Bigger Saturday, America really wants to see New Moon. 140 Weekend, 258 Worldwide 5 day.
Facts- One day total (72) larger than Twilight's entire first weekend (69). 5 million more than Pirates 2 opening weekend. 18million less than the Dark Knight. Opening day is 18 less than Iron Man's first Weekend. 50 million less than Halo 3's worldwide launch. Highest 2 Day Total of All Time 115 million  (Beat Dark Knight's 114 million).Biggest Non Summer Opening, Biggest November Opening (Beat Goblet of Fire's 102).
I dislike the franchise, message, and author of the series, but as a Box Office Analyst/Nerd I am fascinated by its debut. The films opened up a new segment of the movie going public: mom/daughter. Its a pretty amazing showing for the weekend, I am very interested in the rest of its week. 300 million by next weekend? Possibly mega drop off? Probably.
Wasting My Time So You Can Too.

Summit Spoke Too Soon!

New Moon: 125 million, 72 opening day. West Coast does not love Twilight as much as analysts thought! Here We Go!

The Worst Has Happened

Sure, it was going to be huge. Massive even. This big? Not even a box office guru like me is not afraid to admit his blindness. 80 million first day, 135 weekend. With a first day like that, it should be 180 million weekend. We are inching closer to a 100 million first day, and when that day comes we will have reached a milestone of hype that will be hard to back away. Not sure if Twilight 3 (Eclipse) can recapture the hysterical heights of New Moon, but 80 million on first day is the amount of money Summit Entertainment (its distributor) made last year without Twilight.

In Case of Apocalypse...

Excellent new game coming to the Wii (presumably), Mass: We Pray. Click the link, watch the video, come back.

Done? Can't wait? Well continue, because it is viral marketing for Dante's Inferno. Whew, bullet dodged.
But can EA really be that far off? Walk into a Christian Book Store (if you don't burn first) and see the amazing array of Christian related mass market items infected the marketplace. EA (or more accurately their marketing department) has created a sad and hilarious send-up. Remember this guy?

Wednesday!

Yep Comic Day! (SPOILERS!!! Not like anyone reads comics...)

Flash Rebirth 5: Wally's new costume is just his Justice League outfit? Nice redesign... Impulse... Not that I have a problem with her being Impulse (Iris, the other one) but, its just the old outfit. In a typical sense, I would like that, but I was hoping for a new costume for Irey. But, Jesse Quick's new outfit? Awesome. Love it, don't mess with it for a few years at least. Nice twist with Thawne and Mama Allen.

Adventure Comics 4: Great issue. Good slam on the internet!!

A True Music Genius!

A legend in the nerd world, The Steel Battalion Controller earns its reputation for being massive, amazing, and unnecessary. Is there truly a person that loves robots that would not want to use it? Released at a time when $150 was waaaaay too much to pay for a video game and controller (when there are no less than 7 games that cost over $100 dollars), it failed to burn up the charts. Failed, dare I say, in a legendary way. Well, I will stop that now. Steel Battalion will now cost over $300 to own, but this man, this brilliant beautiful man, has created art and science into a blissful, harmonic symbiont relationship.

VJ with Steel Battallion Controller (2) from Bonsajo on Vimeo.

Corman Recognized[Finally] By The Academy

A man that launched a thousand careers. Created classics, created unclassics. Roger Corman is legendary, and any one that has a decent love of film verily respects the man. So he finally got recognition from the snobs eh? He didn't need it. He never did. But it's nice to know that true craftsmanship can be recognized. What craft? Giving smart guys a chance.


Wasting My Time So You Can Too,
Jaysun