Pop Culture for Fun

You’d think that, with everything going for it – gods fighting titans, impregnating women, heroes killing monsters, wars, incest, orgies and all the sword and sandal adventure you could want, there would be plenty Greek mythology movies. But, even though there are plenty of references (the Odyssey is referenced in movies such as 2001:A Space [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Movies | 12 Comments »

I was wandering the web today and I ran over an image depicting none other than Mickey Mouse as an Alien hybrid. Which sent me on a wild search for horror versions of cartoons. Here’s what I found: Is it a regular alien, or is it a Queen? That would add to the horror. Unofficially [...]

Posted on March 24th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Cartoons, Internet, TV | 3 Comments »

Remember that scene from Toy Story, when the kid got Buzz Lightyear (of Star Command) and started to ignore his old pal, Woody, the cowboy? Well western movies are somewhat a thing of the past – not like you see many Rio Bravos or High Noons these days. What you do see, more often than [...]

Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Gossip, Movies | 2 Comments »

p {text-align:justify;} Must…not…go…full retard!   Well, mental disorder is one of the most reliable material sources for movies. I almost forgot that for a while, until I saw Shutter Island (I like Scorsese and DiCaprio, something tells me that, given a decade or so, it could edge out Scorsese – De Niro). Shutter Island promptly reminded [...]

Posted on March 20th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Movies | 5 Comments »

Some of these projects are in pre-production, some are not more than rumors, but you can be sure that at one point or another, they will be made (considering Hollywood’s lack of original screenwriters, or maybe it’s stubbornness of tapping into existing material). Most of these present a challenge and I’m not sure there are [...]

Posted on March 15th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Literature, Movies | 1 Comment »

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me. Last year LucasArts surprised me with The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. It was an update of the original 1990 video game. And it was just that: an update. No remake, just the same game under a different packaging. Now, who’s to say that what [...]

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Games | No Comments »

p {text-align:justify} h3 {color:green} Well, there’s less than a week to the big night when we’ll get answers to some big questions, like: Will Smurf Hulk war trump the Iraq war? Will commercial success (The Blind Side) win over acting chops (Meryl Streep)? Will there be any suspense when announcing the Oscar for Best Performance [...]

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Movies | 1 Comment »