Wa-hoo. British sci-fi. British sci-fi with Nick Frost (who looks like he has Paul hair). This is a film from Joe Cornish and the production team of Scott Pilgrim and Shaun of the Dead. The movie pits aliens against kids from the inner city. Let’s hope the aliens win… oh? What? Sorry. Let’s hope it’s […]
Archives for March 2011
CAT-CAT: Unstoppable death machine
One day artist Mike Mitchell decided that we would have made the Empire unstoppable. He started by re-designing the infamous AT-AT Walkers. What they needed was an even better defence system. Mitchell came up with this – the CAT CAT. Behold! As Mike asks himself, “What person would want to take this adorable vehicle of […]
Robot or advertising wanker?
Here’s a little test you can do. Watch this video and try to decide whether you’re watching either a robot or a wannabe hipster and advertising wanker? The disclaimer here is that I work in digital marketing so I’m allowed to tease advertising folk. I’m allowed to tease robots as well. so there. What did […]
Dylan Dog trailer
Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Scott Piligrim vs. The World) stars as Dylan Dog in the film Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. Dylan Dog is a horror comic that was first published in Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore. The character was created by Tiziana Sclavi. The popular comic is re-printed in Crotia (by Lundens), Serbia, Denmark, […]
Uniqlo swag bag with Edinburgh We Love Anime festival
Here in sunny Edinburgh the Filmhouse will be hosting another We Love Anime festival. There’s a few good names involved; Scotland Loves Animation, Manga Entertainment, Kaze, Optimum Releasing and Beez. There are four films in the anime weekend. There’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky, King of Thorn, Summer Wars and Sword of the Stranger. Tempted? […]
Barista Rorschach whispers, “Okay”
We have a challenge to the title King of the Barista. Back in 2009 we had Barista Ackbar warned “It’s a frap!”. The challenger has a warning of his own. Barista Rorshach reminds us that; “You will cry out for a soy chai latte with one shot of expresso… and I will whisper back: okay”
Excel Mario
At the start of the day we had the clever geeky joke and art of Excel Batman. While I’m not going to say that the Batman art wasn’t sophisticated (it’s certainly far better than I could do) I am going to suggest that other talented people could do better. For example, Mario fans might be […]
Caution: Floor is lava!
I’m not normally a fan of offline marketing. I’m a digital dude through and through. That said, I’ll give respect where respect is due. Mattel is due some respect for their “Reconnect with your Inner Child” campaign. In particular, they’re due some respect for turning the floor to lava. Don’t you just hate it when […]
Tron Uprising trailer
The teaser trailer for the animated Tron series – Tron Uprising – is out. I suddenly understand why they had Bruce Boxleitner as Tron in the movie. They were thinking ahead by, er, thinking back to what they should show off the franchise in the time between Tron and Tron Legacy. The cast looks pretty […]
Catherine trailer: Sexy or scary?
Catherine is a controversial game. I think it’s officially described as a “relationship horror” – it just so happens to have lots of overt sexual imagery. At one point, Atlus USA was quoted saying; “Catherine is a Japan-only game and there are no plans for a NA release at this time. Sorry about that!” but […]
