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By Jon, February 4, 2010 5:28 am

Last summer at San Diego Comic Con, Big Bang Pow! unveiled their line of the action figures from the hit series LOST. The prototypes were very impressive and excited a good number of LOSTies (myself included). Finally, after the lackluster McFarlane line, we would be getting a properly designed and articulated collectible line.

A couple of days ago, Big Bang Pow! announced that for several of their licenses: Venture Bros., Flash Gordon, Dexter, The Big Lebowski, and LOST would be getting the Mego treatment. Remember those cloth action figures with the big plastic heads from the 70’s? Well that’s what were getting instead of the fantastic prototypes we saw last summer. This was all but confirmed by e-retailer Entertainment Earth indicated via their twitter feed that the prototypes we saw last summer at SDCC are simply that. This Mego line is IT, and I’ve posted some official pictures.

I wouldn’t be so bothered by this other than the fact that the sculpts on these LOST Megos are frightening. So scary looking that I’d be afraid that little Mego Ben would come to life while I’m sleeping and try to steal my breath like that Troll from Cat’s Eye.

If you are a braver individual than myself, head on over to Entertainment Earth where all of them are up for pre-order.

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By Jon, January 31, 2010 10:44 am

At the tail end of last week, the trailer for The Losers popped up on the internets. Based on the comic series of the same name from Vertigo, The Losers were special forces team that were betrayed by their CIA handler and left for dead. Eager for revenge, they regroup working to undermine the CIA in every possible way.

As a comic property, The Losers have been around forever, dating back to the 1970s where they were a WWII fighting force. They were revamped by Andy Diggle (he of the current Daredevil run) back in 2004, which is where this movie draws its inspiration from.

While there appears to be some overlap with 2010’s other special forces team gone renegade … cough cough .. The A-Team. This movie has three actors that I love: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, and Idris Elba.

Morgan was the best thing in Watchmen and I think he’s going to be the action star that George Clooney never was (see Peacemaker). Saldana … she’s just ridiculously hot. And Idris Elba … STRINGER FUCKING BELL. How can you go wrong?

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By Jon, January 28, 2010 12:30 pm

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock rules for many reasons: Bones channeling Spock’s Katra and acting the fool, Doc Brown as a Klingon, and the emotionally charged destruction of the NCC-1701.

Watching the hull of the Enterprise burn up in the atmosphere of Genesis always makes me tear up. However, there is nothing that makes me happier than when Kirk and his loyal crew steal the Enterprise from Space Dock. Maybe it’s James Horners fantastic score or maybe it’s the lonely space janitor watching the Enterprise glide towards the space doors.

I have no other reason for posting this other than it fucking rules. Enjoy.

If anything, this proves that James T. Kirk > Jean Luc Picard. When did Picard ever have to steal his own ship? NEVER. He may have disobeyed orders, but he never stole THEN self destructed the flagship of the United Federation of Planets.

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By Jon, January 28, 2010 5:14 am

I get bonus points for alliteration right? Anyway …

Mad Max: The Road Warrior remains one of the most bad-ass films to exist. While I acknowledge that the last film in the series, in which Max went beyond Thunderdome with Tina Turner was kinda shitty … I liked the hopeful ending, and I’ve always hoped that they’d continue the story.

Apparently George Miller is firing up the long delayed fourth Mad Max film with Tom Hardy to star as Max (He was the guy who played Picard’s clone in Nemesis) According to AICN, the story is set to take place not long after the demise of Master Blaster, and that Charlize Theron has also been signed on as well.

Ok, at least it’s not a reboot. I just hope Miller hasn’t lost too much with all of his Happy Feeting and can remember how to pull such bad-assery off once more.

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By Jon, January 28, 2010 4:37 am

The Jesus Tablet isn’t even out yet and the Mac fanatics already hate it [Gizmodo]

There’s a new Transformers game coming out this year, and Hasbro’s toy line for it looks to be the tits. Topless Robot]

Marvel Comics’ “Heroic Age” kicks off the launch of Avengers #1 with Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man at the center. Looks shiny. [PW The Beat]

I’m having trouble not oggling the latest quasi nude Lindsay Lohan pictures from LOADED Magazine. TOTALLY NSFW [WWTDD]

I get drunk and jump off of things. Some people get drunk and meet the most hard-ass Mexican in the history of film, Danny Trejo. [Film Drunk]

Some really cool concept art from Green Lantern has me hopeful for the final product. [Comic Alliance]

Avatar is officially the highest grossing film in history. James Cameron’s pile of fuck you money continues to grow. [I Watch Stuff]

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By Jon, January 25, 2010 11:47 am

I’m actually pretty excited for the upcoming The A-Team feature film from Joe Carnahan (Smoking Aces, NARC) . While purists may argue that it is a bastardization of a classic television show, I would raise the point that the show was pretty much shit and written like a mad-lib. I cannot wait to see Liam Neeson ham it up as Hannibal and the crazy that is Sharlto Copley after his turn in District 9. The movie may not be high-brow, but it looks like it will be stupid fun.

I was crusing the RyallTime blog, the internet home of IDW Publishing’s Editor-in-Chief, Chris Ryall and found out that IDW will be publishing an A-Team prequel miniseries, A-Team: Shotgun Wedding. Ryall has posted scans of the covers, and it much like its cinematic counterpart … this looks to be retardedly good fun.

Is it just me or is cover artist John K. Snyder III channeling his inner Venture Bros.?

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By Jon, January 22, 2010 4:50 pm

After having played Batman: Arkham Asylum, I was kind of bummed that DC hadn’t put out any action figures or other collectibles given the overwhelming success of the game.

I was pleasantly surprised when looking over the DC Direct solicitations for September 2010, where the latest entry in the Batman: Black & White statue line is based on the character design from the game.

Batman: Black & White - Arkham Asylum

Now, if only we can get DC Direct to get a Harley Quinn from Arkham Asylum, I’d be a happy boy. While I have yet to start collecting this line, I may have to start with this piece right here. You can preorder over at Big Bad Toy Store and save a few bucks right now.

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By Jon, January 19, 2010 2:28 pm

One of my favorite all-time comedians happen to be the late Bill Hicks. He was a dark comic, whose work was highly controversial and acerbic. Since his death in 1994, his material has been released and re-released. I encourage you to pick up a copy of Arizona Bay or Relentless …

If you are familiar with Hicks’ work, there were several recurring topics: his seething hatred of Republicans, his seemingly endless conspiracy theories, and his general disdain of Jay Leno.

While I’m not covering the latest goings on over at NBC in regards to the Leno v. Conan, but I can tell you that I am in fact, with COCO. I do believe that NBC is run by a bunch of fucktards, and that Conan will emerge on top when this whole thing implodes.

What I find extremely funny is that in the early 90’s, Bill Hicks knew that Leno was an unfunny hack, who was pissing on legacy that Johnny Carson built on The Tonight Show.

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By Jon, January 18, 2010 3:40 pm

To say that I have been MIA would be quite the understatement, with all but a handful of posts during the last two months, I have been rather preoccupied with occurrences in both my professional and personal life. With that behind me, I’m working on getting back a to a regular schedule here at DDOY HQ.

And to make it up to you all, here’s a video montage of kittens doing cute things.

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By Jon, December 21, 2009 4:54 pm

This past weekend I was finally able to see Terminator Salvation, the latest entry in the venerable franchise. As a whole, I found it to be moderately enjoyable. The fanboys may hate him, but I think McG was competent in the execution of his vision of the Terminator universe.

Much furor was raised when the original ending was leaked. In this version John Connor actually dies and his likeness is grafted onto the body of Marcus Wright, who was revealed to be the prototype Terminator Infiltrator Unit. The Human Resistance felt that John Connor meant more as a symbol. The ending, a description of which can be found over at /Film, goes even darker. When I heard that … I was stoked. That would be a totally fucking badass way to end the new chapter in the Terminator mythology. Instead we got an ending that was pulled from the King Kong Lives … which smells like a cop out to me. McG should have sacked up.

I give credit to McG in utilizing the in camera effects when possible. Stan Winston Studios came through in a big fucking way in redesigning the Terminator endoskeletons. For what it is worth, there was nothing more terrifying to the 9 year old version of me then the opening “future war” sequence of T2, when that T-800 crushed that human skull.

My favorite part of the movie was to be the nod to T2, which I embedded below. It goes to show that even after the world has burned out, Guns N’ Roses still fucking rules.

I’ll give McG a solid B. It was hovering around B- until the GnR bit … but he won me over. Unfortunately for him, I don’t think he’ll be making any more Terminator movies.

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