Pong.

Pretty proud of our effort for Liz's dress-up housewarming last weekend. The theme was 'games' - my original plan was to hire a gorilla suit and go as Donkey Kong, but after looking into the cost of hiring a suit (ridiculous!) I started thinking of a backup plan.. I had thought of pong earlier but seeing as Liz had already planned to go as Spyro that idea was quickly discarded. The it turns out that Simon had no idea it was a dress-up and was open to ideas...


And well... You can see where it went from there.

I am a Man, made of Steel.

So the teaser trailer for Man of Steel has hit the internet. Whilst it reveals very little, it shows a Clark Kent on a fishing boat and hitchhiking - seeming to avoid using his powers (a lot to read into it I know). The most notable thing about the trailer is the lack of the standard Snyder-isms that the director is well-known for. The colours are muted and the world is gritty, Superman has a beard...


Looks nice, the two different voice overs for the two versions of the trailer is cool (Jor-El and Jonathon Kent). Otherwise we need a bit more to be able to judge with any sense of conviction what the film looks like.

Scott Pilgrim's Colourful Hardcover Rebirth

Scott Pilgrim is getting hardcover colour editions! They looks absolutely superb, and although I have the black and white, newspaper smelling editions - I will certainly be picking these up. The question is do I go for the Colour Edition or the Evil Edition?? Check out Bryan Lee O'Malley's site for more sneak peaks at the colour panels etc etc. Also, you should check out the art for his upcoming book 'Seconds'.

Season 5

Starship Troopers: Invasion

I must admit I'm quite excited for another Starship Troopers movie, even with the impending 'toned down' reboot of the franchise. The original Troopers is one my guilty pleasures; sure it's not the greatest film of all time but damn is it enjoyable. I'm interested to see where they take the original characters in the latest installment, my only complaint thus far is why isn't it live action? And why aren't the characters being voiced by the original cast? Or at the very least Rico.. considering Casper Van Dien has clearly been quite involved...


Hopefully the release date is the same for Australia...