Keep Timesplitters alive!

This is kind of dorky and pretty much off-topic but I must include it for the greater good of the video-gaming world.

Timesplitters, the famed FPS-parodying shoot 'em up with a sense of humor, has been halted in its production of a fourth entry due to the acquisition of designer Free Radical Design by Crytek UK. A fan outcry has been making the rounds over the last month, and being a huge fan of the series, I just have to keep the ball rolling. Watch(!):



This series is the Last Action Hero of first-person shooters, and on multiple levels. Not only is it a parody of the genre, but it truly is the last of its kind—the last of the old-school FPS's.

If you too want to be a part of the movement (infinitely more important than any other), make sure to sign the petition and then follow all the action at Timesplitters4.net.

Thank you and good day.

Source: Timesplitters4.net

Good

I'll say it clearly and for the record. I'm very much in agreement of Mr. Polanski being shipped homeward, and I say this as a huge fan of his arguable masterwork, Chinatown.

Let me put it this way. I have no problem enjoying the films of the egomaniacal Quentin Tarantino, or the perverse Woody Allen, or of Polanski himself, but the lives they lead are a different matter. And though the law isn't without its flaws, Roman Polanski broke it, and needs to face the consequences.

The blogosphere has been rampant with the fact that Samantha Geimer, the victim of the rape, openly admitted that she had 'gotten over it,' but that doesn't change the ramifications of the case. Nor does the somewhat botched trial. Even in his old age, Roman Polanski is guilty, and deserves to be punished.

Anyone arguing for the sake of his art is just ridiculous, and others arguing on behalf of the shady proceedings need to revisit the details of the crime, and take a quick morality check.

In addition to her 'moving on,' Geimer has also maintained that it was an "unpleasant" experience.

Review: Pandorum

There's just no other way to put it. "Freaky as shit."

Alien has spawned yet another offspring, and it's of a particularly nasty sort. Producer Paul W.S. Anderson, already having Event Horizon and Resident Evil under his belt, proves to be the life support of the genre, birthing the next step in its evolution with Pandorum. Grungy, dirty, gory, scary, crazy, and claustrophobic, and, above all, dark; it's sci-fi horror pushed to the extreme. Dark on steroids.

The lights are turned out and we're thrown in headfirst with Colonel Bower (Ben Foster), waking up in a more grittily-realistic hyperspace chamber than accustomed to. It's the future, and planet Earth has run out of gas. The ship Elysium (oh so cleverly Christened) is en route to an Earth-like planet called Tanis, but of course, something has gone wrong. Soon following is his superior, Lieutenant Payton (a formulaic Dennis Quaid), and that's it; even after seeing the above image, or the cast list, you will still genuinely feel that they're the only ones on the ship.

From there, it's a downward spiral into the deliciously-labyrinthine ship, deeper and deeper with your dark corridors, faulty communicators, and ultra-quick humanoid monsters, not to mention the usual runaround of plot twists for good measure. But the cast handles the clichéd material well, having a remarkable, workhorse quality to them: Foster more than holds his own in carrying the film. Antje Traue (somehow) pulls off the 'pretty-faced tough girl' role. Eddie Rouse looks like he's been holed up in a ship for years. Dennis Quaid feels like he was just getting another paycheck, but he gets a pass here. And Cam Gigandet strikes just the right nerve in creating a crazy under the titular ailment. It's your classic assemblage of sci-fi on a ship, a little bit of everything, and everybody.

At the heart of the fun is Pandorum's pace. Jumping around the ship, every new location a fresh one and sometimes in flashbacks at that, it's a rollercoaster that doesn't know how to stop, sometimes for the better, sometimes for worse. What this inevitably leads to is your typical third-act meltdown, but after seeing Danny Boyle's Sunshine, it seems to be a hallmark of the genre.

Like David Lynch's Inland Empire, Pandorum is a nightmare thrown onto the screen, even if of a more conventional variety. The world that Anderson, director Christian Alvart, and the writers create is not one that deserves a sequel, per se, but one which deserves exploration: discussion, imagination, fan fiction, whatever; it's brimming with potential, and exhilaratingly interesting. Many will hound the film for its 'pan and scan' of the sci-fi-horror canon, and yes, it's The Descent, it's The Abyss, it's everything you want from sci-fi horror and then some, but that's why it works: Freaky as shit.


**** out of ****

~ Patrick Fryberger

Not photoshopped

The Sith (and Darth Palin) will rise again. Our Jedi Grand Master will be ready.

Source: /Film

Bootlegged Expendables

Got a little wishy-washy about posting it, but I couldn't resist. The Expendables teaser trailer, bootleg style:



Dolph and Jet! Eric Roberts! David Zayas lookin' pimp! Can somebody say "yes!"

Source: Beyond Hollywood

Just great

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Patrick Swayze

...was, an actor, a performer who seemed to give it his all no matter what the part, from scrappy action flicks like Next of Kin and Black Dog to some equally-light romances in Dirty Dancing and Ghost. He showed his versatility and maybe was at his best in stuff like To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar and Donnie Darko, but what I'll remember him for is his earliest roles, where he demonstrated that uncannily-perfect sense of brotherly love and family in The Outsiders and Red Dawn, not to mention Point Break. There was no one like him in that respect. The brother we always wanted.


08/18/1952 - 09/14/2009

Takers trailer, poster

Would it be embarrassing to say that I'm excited for this? As I had once predicted, it looks like a ghetto/poor-man's Heat, with pretty boys Paul Walker and Hayden Christensen being chased by Matt Dillion. Call me crazy (or maybe just stupid), but I like it.



And even with this god-awful, ULTIMATE CRINGE of a poster:

I'm taken.

Source: Theater of Mine, Yahoo

The End

Black Dynamite trailer, filmed in "Cinemaphonic Quadrovision"

The only good thing is about this one is the quoted text in the title above. Otherwise it's just a fluff rehash of the far superior, original redband trailer.

'Black Dynamite' Theatrical Trailer @ Yahoo! Video

Either way, this is one to be excited about. DYNO-MITE!

Source: /Film

"In praise of the sci-fi corridor"

Perfect for running-for-your-life down

A fairly-thorough piece on, what else—sci-fi corridors! Head over to Den of Geek for the lowdown.

Found conveinently on the IMDb hitlist.

"What it's like to get a Voicemail from Sylvester Stallone"

There's a reason this man won an Oscar. Just listen to this shit.

Source: AICN

Rambo V: The Savage Hunt

Just as Rocky Balboa will never go down, it was recently announced that John Rambo, too, would be back for another round. But even then, the plot thickens. Unlike the bland/ugly/empty fourth Rambo entry, and its thematic predecessor, First Blood: Part II, this will not just be another jungle shoot-em-up. In fact, it will be something refreshingly different, (hopefully) opening up the series to go in a new direction.

This time around we have Rambo as the hunter instead of the hunted; being brought in to a top-secret military facility in the Pacific Northwest, Rambo and a team of black-ops hunt down a super-soldier (genetically-engineered?) through the woods and wherever else this Predator-esque killer goes.

What this does is open up the series for an Expendables-like cast, and yank some of the spotlight away from aging Stallone. A movie in vein of Predator is just what we need these days, and especially one set in the Pacific Northwest. Here's to hoping Stallone gets it right with Mr. Rambo after frankly making a mess of him in previous entries.

Source: AICN

New Machete photos!

Courtesy of JessicaAlba.net, here are some on-location photos from Robert Rodriguez's upcoming Machete:


Danny Trejo, M-Rod, and Alba


M-Rod lookin' fine!


Alba and Trejo


Alba and Steven Seagal(!!!)

For more, head over to JessicaAlba.net, M-Rod Official, or Unofficial Steven Seagal. I can't wait for this one.

The Man Behind the Damme: Frank Dux

A typically-great Kung Fu Cinema piece on Frank Dux, "the man behind 'Bloodsport' and the rise of J.C.V.D." Check it out here.

Photo Credit: Chasing the Frog