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LEGEND OF ZELDA Wall Decals Are Now Available...Great, Now I'm Going To Look Like An Even Bigger Nerd

September 18, 2013, 11:00 am
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For my decorating sensibility, there has been no greater feat in the home decor movement than the advent of wall decals.

Now, I know that you are probably picturing an abode filled with various quotes lining the walls of a house so that one is perpetually surrounded by affirmations, but I'm not (and if I was I would hope that someone would come and save me from that fate). What I am referring to is graphics and images that you can throw up on a wall that showcases your need to be creative without the commitment it would take to create the same effect with paint and talent.

And while I am not afraid to admit that my bedroom sports one of these:


I do think that I am in dangerous territory now that the home for awesome wall decals (Blik) has put out a series of stained glass-type wall beautify-ers sporting an image of Link from Legend of Zelda...eight of them in fact.

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Get Your September netFIX... LATEST NETFLIX RECOMMENDATIONS

September 18, 2013, 12:00 pm
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September brings some early Halloween treats (never too early) to NETFLIX INSTANT WATCH.

Some highlights discovered, detailed and dissected…

For starters, have a WES CRAVEN Festival this month with...


SCREAM • SCREAM 2 • SCREAM 3 • SCRE4M
It's great being able to watch scary movies on your smartphone, but it's extremely poetic if you're watching all four SCREAM movies while wearing a Ghost Face costume. The most recent sequel was a retro-satirical blast, if you haven't seen it yet. If you haven't seen the originals in a while, I highly recommend re-watching them before four. Still a ton of fun.

THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW
VERY loosely based on the non-fiction archeological account of ethnobotanist Wade Davis' experiences in Haiti, and filled with some twisted comedic horror. If you can, watch it as a double feature with the classic Val Lewton produced I Walked With A Zombie.

THE HILLS HAVE EYES PART 2
Famous for being shelved for years before finally getting a theatrical release, it's every bit unnecessary and bad as you've heard. Still, if you're a fan of the original Wes Craven film and can't get enough Michael Berryman in leather, this cult classic is worth cringing over.

THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
Not one of my favorites, but I do respect it though for having its roots in spooky story basics (shades of Grimm fairy tales in fact).

DEADLY BLESSING
Recently remastered for Blu-ray, Sharon Stone and Ernest Borgnine star in a horror movie light-years ahead of its time. Amish Mafia ain't got nothing on this.

MUSIC OF THE HEART
And scariest of all, Wes Craven's Oscar-nominated feel-good high school music program drama is also streaming this month.

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The HEAVY METAL FUN TIME ACTIVITY BOOK Will Help Keep Your Children Rockin' and Smart

September 18, 2013, 1:00 pm
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With the educational system decaying at a rate faster than my youth, it is imperative that we adults do everything in our power to help the younger generations stay on the path of learning and knowledge.

But there's no reason we can't make it fun.

Which is where the Heavy Metal Fun Time Activity Book comes into play.

With pages and pages of some awesome noggin' dexterity activities, kids will be on top of their game when it comes to solving word scrambles, mazes, crossword puzzles and even connecting the dots in order to give Buzz from The Melvins his proper hairdo:


Yep, educational funtivities have never been so righteously badass.
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'STAR WARS Volume 1: In the Shadow of Yavin' TPB (review)

September 18, 2013, 2:00 pm
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Review by Tony Pacitti
A New Hope ends with an iconic happy ending.

The Death Star was destroyed and the Rebellion had solidified itself as a legitimate threat to the Galactic Empire. Adrenaline can only carry a rag-tag group of freedom fighters so far, and as the films credits rolled our heroes were left to cope with heavy losses in private.

Consider what the characters lost.

What we see as an uplifting end to a thrill-a-minute space fantasy is only a moment’s pause from the harsh reality that these characters’ lives are forever burdened by the costs of their freedom.

In the Shadow of Yavin, the first volume in a new series from Dark Horse set in the era immediately following of A New Hope puts these themes front and center.

Brian Wood’s script puts these personal struggles in the spotlight, forcing our heroes to deal with their survivor’s guilt head on and shows us the Rebellion in a desperate state of “Now what?”.

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Jewtopia (review)

September 18, 2013, 3:00 pm
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Review by Caitlyn Thompson
The description of this movie has been that it is about "Jewish people and Jewish problems."  Really it’s about a dopey redneck who “doesn’t want to make another decision for the rest of his life,” so he proceeds to enlist his childhood Jewish friend to help him act as Jew-y as possible.

The goal – win over a nice Jewish girl he has just met after 9 years of moping over his college girlfriend.

Now I was raised Jewish and can appreciate the stereotypical jokes about the culture: Jewish guilt, overbearing tendencies, bossy over-preparedness, awkwardness, the insistence on finding a Jewish spouse, etc.

At first, Jewtopia is funny but pretty quickly gets repetitive and boring.

Ivan Sergei plays Christian O’Connell, not a Jew. He’s described as a “gentile” by his very, anxiety ridden, panic-attack prone friend, Adam Lipschitz, played by Joel David Moore – liked him better as a dorky scientist in Avatar.

Christian is supposed to be endearing but he’s a big doof. His delivery isn’t charming, just over-acted and tiresome. After nearly a decade of whining about his ex he decides the first Jewish girl he meets, Allison Marks (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is the woman he wants to be with forever.

Shouldn’t the chemistry have built a little? Their first date is spoiled for us because we were given the entire tutorial by Adam and Christian just one scene before. This is where the film fell weak.

Repetition.

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The 'JURASSIC PARK' Theme Song Now With Lyrics (by BRETT DOMINO)

September 19, 2013, 9:00 am
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John Williams is to movie scores as Jesus Christ is to the whole turning-water-into-wine thing...I'm not quite sure if that is technically a proper analogy but I think you get my meaning (meaning for those who do not "get it": Williams can turn a good movie into a great one simply through one of his instrumental pieces).

But sometimes I wonder what one of his iconic movie scores would sound like if someone added lyrics to them.  Would they improve, degrade or just stay the same?

And, after listening to YouTube star Brett Domino's take on Williams' Jurassic Park piece, well I'm going to have to with....well, I don't want to ruin it for you.

Take a listen after the break and come to your own conclusion.

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STAR WARS PRAYER CANDLES: 'Cause When You Really Want Something Done, You Have To Turn To The Gods/Saints You Trust

September 19, 2013, 10:00 am
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I often pray for bad things to happen to slow drivers, but I'm pretty sure that the traditional Gods and Saints aren't into that kind of retribution, so where can I turn for both spiritual guidance as well as an outlet in which to set all my bad wishes upon?

Hopefully the holy trinity of Darth Vader, Princess Leia and...a Stormtrooper? (Well, I guess I can't be too picky about who hears my calls can I?) .

For just $18.99 (plus shipping), I can freely ask my Lords and Lady of the Force to help me out when I get into a jam and hopefully, by igniting the sacred wicks, they will hear my call for murder and answer my prayers accordingly.

And if they don't, I'll just assume they are thinking it over.

Just like the other deities.

Source: Hi Consumption
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If You Have A Hard-On For Old School Side-Scrolling Games, PIXEL PRESS Has An Opportunity For You

September 19, 2013, 11:00 am
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Regardless of how amazing game graphics are getting, there's still something special about popping in a Super Mario Bros. game cartridge into your old SNES console and booting up some 16-bit extravaganza.

And for fans of those games there's no need to relegate those days into the hazy ether of nostalgia-filled afternoons. Not when you have the opportunity to design your very own side-scroller with some help from a downloadable app from Pixel Press that takes your simple drawings and helps to turn them into a game (it's available for ios or android for just $10) that not only you can play, but also your friends via the web.

It sounds weird, I know but take a look at a couple of the info videos after the break and be prepared to spend a crazy amount of time building and playing games of your own design.

Wasting time just got a bit more epic.

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NSFW: Mayberry Gets Naughty; Thankfully Aunt Bee Not Involved

September 19, 2013, 12:00 pm
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It may have been released over a decade ago, but Peaches' "F**k the Pain Away" still has legs, especially in Maybery which is the setting for this music video.

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Triple Shot With A Digital Chaser: NUMBER ONES!!! LEX LUTHOR, ZERO, BUZZKILL Plus THE CALAMITOUS BLACK DEVILS

September 19, 2013, 12:37 pm
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We end our nearly weeklong stint of boycotting the money grab lenticular cover to keep an eye on the Lex-Ticular Lex Luthor Comics #1 at Action, and check in on two awesome creator owned books from Image and Dark Horse.

Zero #1 is a buzzworthy future super-spyfi action tale and Buzzkill #1 showcases a hero that appropriately loads up on booze to get powers.   Knock back The Calamitous Black Devils over at ComiXology Submit to avoid the DTs.


LEX LUTHOR COMICS #1 (ACTION COMICS #23.3)
WRITER: Charles Soule
ART: Raymond Bermudez
Publication Date: September 18, 2013
Price: $2.99
Publisher: DC Comics
UPC: 76194131809723321
Buy it HERE

We were a bit disappointed with whatBizarro #1 had to offer us for Superman bad guys but decided to go back to the well this Villain’s Month for the Lex Luthor in a title you associate him with, Action Comics.

Heck, things ain’t been the same for old Supes since Morrison’s departure on the title, and lots of people have been given a shot at writing him. Charles Soule (27, Swamp Thing, upcoming Superman/Wonder Woman) is a rising star, and what better challenge than to take on Superman’s greatest foil, Lex Luthor?


This story focuses on Lex’s ability to ruin someone’s day, in a conniving way that exonerates him from blame, because the super genius plays his life like a game of chess, five moves ahead of everyone else. We see him get released from prison, get the reverse Nicholson-Joker face surgery to fix his scarred face, he ruins a small business, launches a space mission and suits up in his famous War Armor suit. All seemingly before lunch. The whole time, he’s trying to trap Superman, somehow but Clark’s alter-ego is no where to be found.

Soule gets to the heart of the smartest man in the New 52, in much the same way Abnett & Lanning did in Adventures of Superman #4. There’s not a moment or synapse wasted in Lex’s waking moments. He’s thinking about destroying the alien. He may well do it, too. Looks like this is a continuation of the Bizarro #1 story. Another iteration of a cloned Bizarro takes bullets from the War Armor.

Great art harkening to the clean look established by Rags Morales here from Raymond Bermudez as well.

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"With Original Songs by..." The Importance of Music In Video Games

September 19, 2013, 2:00 pm
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Everyone knows that damn song from the film Titanic by Celine Dion or before that, the extremely overplayed Bryan Adams song from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and of course, every James Bond movie has it's own individual song composed for it.

Throughout the film industry, this is common practice.

A film will not only have an orchestral score but individual songs to be promoted alongside the film and sold separately as original soundtracks.

While you may be familiar with Hollywood employing musicians and bands to sell their movies, it's not unique to film. You might be surprised at how prevalent this technique is in the games industry.

In video games, using songs to market individual titles or create original soundtracks is undertaken with much more subtlety. Unbeknownst to many, games have been seeking out musicians for years and understandably so, because music is crucial to video games.

Before there were voices or speaking characters in games, there was simply music or 8-bit noises that we interpreted  by us as a means of understanding our characters and building emotive relationships with them. Link from The Legend of Zelda and his occasional "Hyaaah"'s were all we had and yet, he's one of the most iconic characters of all time.

The importance of music is paramount and it has long been a part of video games but now there are songs specifically written for video games and I'm not talking about orchestral scores, but individual songs released for games or to accompany them.

In 2004, Halo 2 was released alongside a soundtrack for the games which was comprised of music from the game itself by composer Martin McDonnell alongside music inspired by the game from popular bands at the time, Breaking Benjamin, Incubus and Hoobastank.

The reviews were mixed, many feeling that the inclusion of these bands was unnecessary but some found it to be incredibly refreshing, back then video game music was only just beginning to be accepted and revered with the same level of regard as film soundtracks.

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'DON'T FEAR DEATH': An Animated Info-Tale That Makes Some Interesting Points On Why Kicking the Bucket Is Preferable to Living Your Life

September 19, 2013, 3:00 pm
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Personally, I'm looking forward to the day when I take my last breath and depart this mortal coil and no, I'm not suicidal, just bored.

I don't know what will actually happen to me once the darkness takes my hand and leads me away, but I'm sure it's going to much more preferable than living in a world where shows like Duck Dynasty are popular with the masses.

And from the point of view of this animated tale by Dice Productions (and featuring the voice of my favorite Young Ones, Ric Mayall), death doesn't look so bad.

Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to stand in the road and wait for a truck to hit me.

Animation after the break.

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Boston Cinegeeks! See 'WE ARE WHAT WE ARE' With Director JIM MICKLE

September 19, 2013, 4:00 pm
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Next Thursday, September 27th, director Jim Mickle is headed to Boston to participate in a Q & A following a screening of his new film, We Are What We Are.
In WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, THE MASTER) and Rose (Julia Garner, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years. 

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE also stars Michael Parks (DJANGO UNCHAINED), Golden Globe Nominee Kelly McGillis (WITNESS), Nick Damici (STAKELAND), Wyatt Russell (THIS IS 40) and newcomer Jack Gore.
The screening will be at 7:30 PM at the Regal Fenway.  Seating is on a first come, first served basis, so make sure you're there early.


You can find the pass after the jump.

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CRAFT GEEK: Turn A BARBIE Bust Into A Pin Cushion For No Good Reason

September 19, 2013, 5:00 pm
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When I was about eight years-old I received the head and shoulders of a large-sized Barbie doll placed upon a plastic platter as a birthday gift, and, after staring at this monstrosity for a solid fifteen minutes in horror, my mother explained to me that it was not, in fact, a threat against me, but a toy created specifically for the purpose of styling hair.

This explanation didn't do anything to curb my unease as I was not a fan of dolls or playing with hair. So, I did the only logical thing one could do when faced with a dismembered doll, I cut all of its hair off and slashed its face with a kitchen knife.

Looking back now, I see that my actions could be construed as psychotic, but really it was done as a warning to any demons seeking a vessel in which to set up shop in (which I believed was the true purpose of the Barbie Head in the first place) and who might be interested in taking the soul of an innocent child.

But now that I'm older and know better, the Barbie Head no longer holds any feelings of discomfort for me, especially since I found a delightful craft that involves turning said head into a pin cushion.

Of course, there's still an element of psychosis in doing this craft, but to tell you the truth, I've become comfortable with that aspect of me that borderlines on "serial killer", and I'm not ashamed of it.

And besides, this activity is so simple and fun that I could make an army of pin cushion barbie heads and work through my dissociative personality disorder issues without having to pay for therapy ever again. 

Win/Win!

For full instructions on creating the Barbie Head Pin Cushion click HERE.

You're really going to have some fun.

Source: Dollar Store Crafts
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Contest: Win 'LUTHER 3' on DVD!

September 19, 2013, 6:00 pm
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Idris Elba (The Wire) won a Golden Globe® for his depiction of John Luther in this smart, riveting psychological thriller from the BBC. In this new mini-series, a twisted fetishist is targeting young women in London, but Luther is called to another case. Will the killer escape? Meanwhile, Luther faces an even bigger threat as members of his own team will stop at nothing to bring him down. Finally, when a vigilante killer takes justice into his own hands, Luther questions his own sense of morality. Can he continue to walk the thin line between right and wrong, or has he finally met his match?
And we're giving away three copies on DVD!


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SALINGER (review)

September 20, 2013, 7:00 am
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Review by Caitlyn Thompson
Produced by Craig Fanning, Deborah Randall
Written and Directed by Shane Salerno
Starring Martin Sheen, Edward Norton,
John Cusack, Judd Apatow, Robert Towne,
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Wolfe,
Gore Vidal, Danny DeVito, David Milch

Weinstein Company / Rated PG-13


Shane Salerno’s documentary, Salinger, guides us through J. D. Salinger's early life, his time during WWII, as well as brief moments in the author’s later years.

We are given a smidgen of interesting information that is spliced sloppily amidst off-putting biographer rants and low-quality reenactments.

The documentary clings to and repetitively dances around the few gems it has, turning the weighty subject matter into an unintentional low-budget satire.

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The Golden Age of SUPERMAN Takes Flight at IDW

September 20, 2013, 8:00 am
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The Golden Age Superman At IDW!
Library Of American Comics Collects The Man Of Steel’s Sunday Strips

Continuing to set the gold standard in comics preservation, IDW Publishing’s Library of American Comics, in partnership with DC Entertainment, will release the amazing never-before reprinted adventures of Superman that appeared in the Sunday newspapers for more than twenty-five years. The strips will be releases in in chronological order in three sub-sets: the 1940s Golden Age, the 1950s Atomic Age, and the 1960s Silver Age.

The first volume in the Superman: Golden Age Sundays series will collect 170 sequential Sundays, from May 9, 1943 through August 4, 1946, beginning where the Superman Sunday Classic book by DC Comics and Kitchen Sink Press left off. These World War II-era stories feature work by legendary artists such as Wayne Boring and Jack Burnley.

“We’re printing the series in an oversized 9.25” x 12” format,” says editor Dean Mullaney, “so that readers can fully enjoy these glorious full-color tabloid Sundays.”

The stories include the complete “Superman’s Service to Servicemen” series, which ran from late Summer of 1943 until a few months after the Second World War ended. In these human interest tales, Superman responds to requests from men and women of the armed services, as well as their family members back home. In supporting troop morale, Superman travels from the Mediterranean theatre to the bleak Aleutian Islands to the steamy South Pacific. He helps a wounded Army Air Corps pilot return home to witness the birth of his twins; solves numerous romantic misunderstandings; checks up on mothers for their worried sons overseas…while simultaneously stopping enemy torpedoes, bombs, and bullets!

In a clever transition to the post-War world, there’s a flashback to Superman’s origin and Clark Kent’s first assignment at the Daily Planet, followed by a thrilling inter-stellar saga in which Superman comes face to face with Queen Arda of the planet Suprania, who threatened to kill Lois Lane unless the Man of Steel agrees to become her King!

These Sunday strips represent an important era in the development of the Man of Steel into an international phenomenon. Each book in the series features an introduction by Mark Waid and covers drawn by Peter Poplaski.

Superman: Golden Age Sundays joins The Library of American Comics and IDW’s line of archival DC classic newspaper strips, first started with Superman: Silver Age Dailies, which will continue into 2014, as well as the 1940s Wonder Woman and the 1960s Batman.

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PUT A STAKE IN IT: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 (Review)

September 20, 2013, 9:00 am
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If you aren't aware that the lives of the Scooby gang continued (albeit, unhappily) after the events at Sunnydale (via the television show) then you might want to pick up the entire season 8 comic series and start reading them before heading into this review.

I don't want to have to field a bunch of emails from pissed off people who are angry that I let slip plot points that they should have read years ago (and you call yourself a fan...)

Now, having said that let's begin with why Season 9 feels like a return to the Buffy we all know and love.
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THE LAST TYCOON (review)

September 20, 2013, 10:00 am
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Review by Tony Pacitti
Wong Jing’s gangster epic is an epic only in the most basic sense of the word.

It spans decades. Its characters eventually find themselves intertwined with a larger political conflict.

It has that whole star-crossed, doomed lover thing going on.

We’ve seen this in other epics; epics that also played out over the course of a life time, squared its cast off against Big Important Things, and showed love blooming innocently in youth and wilting with age and corruption.

The Last Tycoon garishly announces “I’ve got all that stuff!” without providing much besides dizzying window dressing and bad music video flair.

Cameras swoop and pan constantly; edits come fast and hyper-kinetic. The grace and subtly of the bigger, better films it’s aping are nowhere to be seen.

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$100,000 Will Buy You Your Very Own Sci-Fi Custom Car

September 20, 2013, 11:00 am
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If you've ever dreamed of tooling around in a car that looks like a bean, then welcome to reality my friend because for just $100,000 you can own a gently-used "Extra-Terrestrial Vehicle" that can be driven to your corner Starbucks for all the people to gawk. 

Created by a custom auto builder named Mike Vetter, this one-of-a-kind car has a "...270-hp supercharged 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine, tied to a five-speed gearbox"[Yahoo] and gets up to 26mpg (I was hoping that in the future cars would get at least up to 40mpg...sheesh).

And yes, from what I heard, it does make the owner's penis appear at least a full inch bigger.

So, if you are interested in perhaps purchasing yourself one these ETVs, then head over HERE to bid on it (yep, it's available on eBay).

After the break are a couple more pics of the car and a video showing it in action.

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