Caturday

It's caturday month here on the corner, so expect more of this:


Maybe I should have kept this one for next years Star Wars day...

Luke 15:20

"And he arose and came to his father"

May the 4th be with you.


On a side note:
Ever since reading this comment on another blog-

"Well, I didn’t find anything specific on the bit about kissing scenes as sex in Star Wars, but did see that it was Lucas, not Kershner, that said it."

I can't help but wish for some brain bleach whenever I think of Leia kissing Luke.

Caturday

In honour of the 'nets secret mascots a caturday special:

Picture perfect moment(s)

I’m pretty sure that it is no secret that I like the remake of The Wolf Man,
I would even go as far and say I’m a positive fan of it.
Which doesn’t stop me from niggling mind you:

The first time I saw Sir Hopkins transformation sequence I felt awfully reminded of Michael J.’s dad's in Teen Wolf, probably not the effect they were aiming for.
*j/k*

But seriously, some of the cheaper looking CGI FX tipped the balance and prevent the movie from becoming a true classic, more pathos and a few more memorable lines wouldn’t have hurt either. More choice pieces like Hugo Weavings:
“Rules Mrs Kirk. They ‘re all that keeps us from a dog-eat-dog world, you know.”
(Great delivery there)

But there's a lot to love about this movie, from steady paced action to brooding atmosphere and a great cast. Like Sir Anthony Hopkins taking on the role formerly played by Claude Rains, and not making a bad figure doing so. Then there's Emily Blunt who can easily compete with other female leads in the field, like Yvonne Romain or Nurse Alex, Jenny Agutter; and truly, I think nobody suffers more beautiful these days.

Not to forget the movies fun and action packed homage to the legendary Piccadilly carnage scene from An American Werewolf in London.



Speaking of which, it sure is not necessary to mention that Rick Baker worked on the creature FX for both Wolf Man and American Werewolf. I would like to insert here though that he also worked on the vastly underrated Wolf; and seeing how the formidable make-up FX he used there are clearly a tip to the hat towards the Universal Classics, I feel that Rick came finally full circle with his work on Wolf Man*.


*Please do not take this as me saying that we are going in circles in this genre, nothing could be further from my mind!

Art comparison

It's quite obvious that the designer of this cover for a omnibus edition of Meg Cabot's Mediator series was very fond of The girl with the dragon tattoo.

I'm very likely way off with my assessment, but if asked, I would say we are looking at the work of the same design team here.

Yeah, yeah ... filling space by pointing out the obvious. Sue me.

In memoriam Diana Wynne Jones

British fantasy and science fiction writer Diana Wynne Jones has reportedly died. Jones, author of the wildly popular 1986 fantasy novel Howl's Moving Castle, is said to have passed away on Saturday after a long battle with cancer.

Happy St Patrick's

*Artist Unknown

More Boris

Boris Vallejo is one the artists whose work keeps popping up here, as you may have already noticed. No other artist comes readily to mind that influenced the scene so heavily during the 80's. His work has been frequently used as inspiration, for countless video covers and movie posters, though, not all of them went about it as blandly as in this mash-up and blend.


















Thanks go to Videotopsy for this heineous British VHS cover to one of Amando de Ossori's Blind Dead movies.
Honestly I'm not sure if I'm more annoyed with the bad quality of the reproduction or more amused with how completly pointless and misleading the used illustration is.

Art comparison

There’s probably a shortage of poses going round, but I prefer to entertain the idea that in a shocking twist-end we learn that Liam Neeson’s Unknown character turns out to be Alex Pettyfer’s father: “I am your father, number four!”

















I'm a fan of the first Sisterhood movie, liked it better than I did the book (which is not meant to say that the novel was pants *giggle*, I just had higher expectations of it after watching the movie).

















It might be just me, but I like how here one poster mirrors the other as if they came from the same place of imagination. Being both tied to the werewolf myth they even might. Now, if only the idea of "twilight" director Hardwicke at the helm didn't curb my enthusiasm for Red Riding Hood so much...
BTW: Make sure to check out the spanish version of Red Riding Hood I added to one of my older posts.

What's on their wall...

Now, now, what's this we see hanging at the back of the room, doubtless left there by his much younger self, when Roger Cobb (William Katt) opens in his mother's now demon infested House the door behind which a raging flurry of, uhm, flying garden tools lies in waiting?
Why, it's the poster to the original The Blob (again).
How ... flattering I guess, a suggestion this must be to make for a demon mommy monster from hell.