Jul 7 2008'Tyrannosaursus Rex' Concept Art Sadly Dinosplosion-Less
Being a consummate artist and showman, Rob Zombie has remained tight-lipped on the plot of his next film, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and has denied the rumor it will be based on his comic, The Nail. In all likelihood, he's doing us a favor: if he were to tell us his raw, unrefined genius without first filtering it through the imperfections of film, it would probably blow our minds and/or sound like his music. So instead, he's started posting concept art to acclimate us to whatever Tyrannosaurus Rex may be.
The last peek he gave us came was this poster, which implied the movie would be about some badass '70s gang shooting people from a psychedelic bus while the shape of a dinosaur exploded behind them, which seems like a sound idea. Now there's this seemingly unrelated concept art, and I don't know what to think. In addition to being about dinosaur explosions, it's also like if Rob Zombie made a George Bellows painting more "X-treme"? I have no idea.
Reader Comments
1. Dave - July 7, 2008 8:24 PM
I know that it's all the rage to be more funny than honest here, but I'm going to be 100% truthful:
The poster and the concept art are so incredibly trite, they practically negate anything interesting within a 20-foot radius of my screen. Seriously, what drives this idiot to imagine such dumb schlock? I've seen pirated copies of straight-to-the-truckstop books on tape that look a billion times smarter and more interesting.
2. Matthew Lenz - July 7, 2008 11:13 PM
The Nail would have been a GREAT movie *sigh*. Its a great comic albeit driven largely by Nat Jones artwork. Basically a gang of satan worshiping murderous-as-fuck bikers screw with the wrong pro-wrestler (think the pro-wrestling events that travel from town to town and perform in the local highschool gym (yes its a thing of the past)). Like Rambo but with more rape, torture, body hair and people getting gutted by a trailer court version of wolverine :).
3. Liz - July 8, 2008 12:02 AM
I don't even know what Rob Zombie is doing anymore. Back before House of 1,000 Corpses came out, he was all over talking about how he wanted horror movies to be gritty and repulsive and REAL like it was back in the day. What happened?
He seems like a nice guy, but I just can't support his terrible art.
4. momboelitist - July 8, 2008 10:14 AM
"He seems like a nice guy"
Satan seems like a nice guy.
5. ahha - July 8, 2008 10:52 AM
I don't get it. Rob Zombie has the comic focused on raping, murderous bikers set against a pro-wrestler, movies with laughable plots and focused mainly on total body count rather than actual content, and he lives (as seen on CRIBS) in some sort of wannabe vampire den. Is it possible he's actually completely insane and needs help? If he hadn't somehow managed to fund these projects and people somehow managed to want to pay to consume them, he'd have to get a normal job. Would you want to work with a guy with that crap running through his mind all day?
6. wedeman - July 8, 2008 11:49 AM
Dude, way to name-drop George Bellows.....