The other would be a Whopper. Â I have to admit, this Dubai Burger King ad has won my heart. Â It would just be a cheesy tie-in, but the dead girl sells it. Â Sure it’s a little odd that Jason was hunting a cheerleader (maybe Crystal Lake reopened as a cheerleader training camp?) Â And it’s weird to see him driving, though I’ll let that go since the whole point is how late BK’s drive-thrus are open.
Check out the Chucky, Freddy, and Ghostface variations over at /Film.
Here at Critical End! we recognize the importance of the fans. Hell, we’re fans ourselves! Who else but Ryan would own a piece of the MST3K film set (I’ve seen it.)? And who else but myself would own an album of songs recorded by Chevy Chase? And who else but this guy would build a Bill Paxton pinball machine? Whoa, wait…what?
Oh, crazy Bill Paxton pinball fan…will you ever learn? Perhaps not, but no matter how crazy you may think he is, consider your average TRON fan. Sure, we may all recall that nutty TRON guy from a few years back, but despite popular notion, not all TRON fans are complete losers with no girlfriends lame. Take for instance the guy who made this amazing modern trailer to the original film.
So, today your pals here at Critical End! would like to salute you, fans! Sure, some of you may live in your parents basement and smell slightly like old Cheetos, but to us…you’re family.*
"Come, Forest! We're late for our codpiece-enlargening appointment!"
When I was in high school, I did a few movie review segments for the campus close-circuit TV show. My best work was when I skewered the John Travolta travesty Battlefield Earth, calling it out for one of the worst scripts in film history.
Well, head on over to /Film for the true story of the movie’s inception, told by the screenwriter himself. Â According to J.D. Shapiro (who gave us Robin Hood: Men in Tights, so a little respect, please), he showed up at Scientology H.Q. because he heard it was a great place to meet chicks, and ended up in a meeting with Travolta by complete chance. Â An entertaining read.
It doesn’t surprise me that James Cameron and FOX are releasing Avatar on DVD and Blu-Ray on Earth Day. Despite the fact that Cameron’s past explosion-filled films most likely accounted for more carbon emissions over the last few decades than Al Gore’s house in one summer, Cameron obviously realizes that there’s money to be made in this whole green movement. Nevermind that the DVD and Blu-Ray are both bare bones, I must support Mother Earth by buying James Cameron’s Avatar on Earth Day!  That will show those evil Republicans!
As for the rest of us: Cameron himself is already talking up two, yes, freakin’ TWO, other editions that are going to come out later this year if you think you can wait that long to support this amazing grassroots movement…oh, and Cameron’s bank account. Because let’s face it: That new back deck overlooking the slums isn’t going to build itself now, is it?
Avatar hits DVD/Blu-Ray on April 22nd…which is also Earth Day…hippie.
So, Fox is releasing special editions of some of its classic films on Blu-ray and DVD to celebrate its 75th Anniversary. I’m all for this, especially for classics like The Day the Earth Stood Still and Butch Cassidy, but the more you look into the selection, the more the veneer of class washes away, revealing the old coat of “marketing ploy” underneath. Ice Age? Walk the Line? That movie’s less than five years old, is it a classic already?
Eh, who cares, just buy the ones you like. The folks who should really be pissed are owners of the Alien Quadrilogy box set, who now have to buy a new edition of Alien. One day, scientists will perfect whatever instruments we use to determine when a disc is truly the “definitive edition”.
Honestly, I’m beginning to think the joke’s on me. There’s no way that anyone could think this shit looks watchable in the first place, but then they twist the knife even more with a terrifying CG dog dance, and the most overused licensed music in trailer history.
I feel like I’m going to show up at the Marmaduke premiere to discover that it’s actually a big, twisted surprise party for me like at the end of The Game. “You bought the whole Marmaduke thing?! We thought for sure you’d figure it out!” And then I commit suicide. It’s not exactly like The Game.
It’s been a VERY long time since Michael Cera has done anything of interest. However, I’m working under the impression that with Edgar Wright directing, even an Adam Sandler film could possibly be awesome. Long story short: It looks like Wright finally found a great use for Cera’s one note performances, and I can’t wait.
No Joke: This has to be one of the worst posters I’ve seen in a long time.Â
I guess Summit Entertainment realizes that nobody actually sees these movies for the plot anyway (there was a book for that), so let’s just have our stars hang out in a dense fog and stare the public into submission. Oh, and “It all begins…”?! Isn’t this the third film? They really should start warning me about these things so I don’t have to sit through the first two. Also, I guess Stewart wasn’t available to pose that day, as it looks like they cropped two completely different images of her face together. Check out those eyebrows!
Since our recent bashing of Tim Burton’s career is still fresh in your head, I thought I’d go ahead and share some more Burton news: Recently, Don Hahn confirmed at SXSW that Burton will direct a feature length animated version of Frankenweenie as his next project. Hahn is executive producing. The news of this remake is really nothing new, as it’s been rumored for some time now, but it’s still somewhat upsetting for a couple of reasons.
I have to ask: What was wrong with the original?  I thought it was quick and funny. Has Burton reached the point in his career where he’s going to start remaking (and consequently ruining) his own films now? And for Disney? And in 3D?
Speaking of 3D, WHY Burton? Didn’t you used to be a unique director who was anything but conventional? You do realize that this 3D thing is a passing gimmick, right? I’m about to just give up on you, dear sir, which is rather sad.
If you’re like me (and I know I am) you’re a fan of Garfield Minus Garfield, the web comic that removes the titular cat from his comic strip, leaving only a sad, addled, mentally unstable Jon Arbuckle behind. It completely changed the way I look at the comic, and it even won the approval of Jim Davis who eventually agreed to a book compilation.
Anyway, some enterprising soul gave the terrible movie the same treatment. Breckin Meyer’s peppy spirit results in a Jon Arbuckle who is more creepily deluded than clinically depressed, but the end result is roughly the same.
With the release of both Tron Legacy and Predators, 2010 is really shaping up to be a nerd’s delight. If you caught the first Legacy trailer before Alice and Wonderland, you already know how many socks it’s mostly likely going to rock off of various nerd feet. However, little is know about Predators, besides the cast.
Last week at SXSW, producer Robert Rodriguez showed some select footage which has now been posted on the official site. I must say that I’m now even more excited about this. Rodriguez has put together a great cast and it’s clear he’s going to respect the past films as well.
Tron Legacy opens in December while we only have to wait until July for Predators. Yay!
