April 19, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Character Images
Have you ever wondered what it would look like if street artists drew caricatures of homeless vagrants as mermen? You're in luck! The artists down at Disney have done just that for you, though they claim it's from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest:
Here's a first look at conceptual designs and maquette busts of two members from Davy Jones' crew. Hadras & Maccus sail aboard the Flying Dutchman, their bodies assimilating elements of the sea itself under the curse of Davy Jones.
I know a lot of people are going to come down on how shitty this art looks, but I know from personal experience that this kind of thing looks better in a real life, since I've actually seen them in person. My high school's mascot was the Fightin' Sea Hobo.
See another under the cut.
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Monarch of the Moon Trailer
Now at the official site, you can see the trailer for Monarch of the Moon, a mock b-movie about America's greatest superhero, Yellow Jacket, and his battle against the Japanese super agent, the Dragonfly, who has formed a deadly alliance with the Monarch of the Moon. When I first heard this idea and saw a few images, it seemed like it had a lot of potential, but the more I see of it the worse it's starting to look. It's like when I decided to adopt a kid; it looked cute at first, but the closer I got, the more it started to stink and make noises I didn't like. Though that problem took care of itself, will it be so easy to ditch Monach of the Moon in a mall bathroom?
The Omen Poster
The new poster for The Omen reminds us how to tell if our children are anti-christs. If you suspect your kid is a Satan, try to get him to walk into a sunset or towards headlights (maybe just drive at him) and pay careful attention to his shadow. If it's child shaped, you've got a kid; if it's cross-shaped, you have a Satan. Either that, or the kid might just have his arms out like a cross, so make sure his arms are down before trying to kill him for being a Satan. There's also another possibility, which is that the "child" you've been raising has just been a wooden cross.
More Stills From Marie-Antoinette
As any respectable Sofia Coppola fan is, I'm really excited about the auteur's stylized look at the life of the young French queen, Marie-Antoinette. So, in anticipation of the film, here's a shot of Kirsten Dunst doing an impression of Garden State. Come back next week and I'll have a video clip of her driving away with a gas pump to indie music.
See more here.
Silent Hill Video Clip
If you can't wait until Friday to see video game adaptation Silent Hill, here's a minute long clip to tide you over. In it, the main character, Rose, is pursued by some creepy miners until their special bird alerts them that the walls will turn to flesh and begin decaying. The clip is bound to cause some debate on whether or not staying in a room that's turning into flesh and decaying until a specially trained bird is alerted is the only way to avoid mutant miners, or if there are other methods that might not involve birds or walls made of flesh. I'm afraid that's a question I can't answer in this forum. Some questions can only be answered in your own heart.
Clerks 2 Official Trailer
After a teaser and Internet exclusive, the official trailer for Clerks 2 has finally been released. It's filled with the kind of jokes Kevin Smith is known for, so if you liked or hated the earlier trailers, you'll probably feel the same about this one, except cumulative. The part I like is how it transitions from black & white, then to de-saturated color, before going into full color, because I've heard that at the two-thirds point of the movie, it becomes super-saturated color, then ultraviolet, until it ends with pure energy shooting out of the screen and everyone in the theatre is screaming, and the entire audience wakes up an hour later on a small raft with no memory of any of it. Also, the color thing in the trailer is cute because it reminds me the first one was shot in black & white. But mostly the first reason.
