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OUR ROBOCOP REMAKE: 50 Filmmakers Divvy Up RoboCop And Re-Shoot It, Because If Anyone Is Going To Ruin RoboCop It's Them

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The new RoboCop movie is due out next week and for a lot of people, it is considered blasphemy to touch the original (unless of course it is to provide the fans with a lovely remastered version on Blu-ray) but what happens when a bunch of filmmakers decide that if anyone is going to ruin the holiness of Clarence Boddicker and ED-209 it's going to be them?

Well, probably this.

From the folks who made this particular version:

 Our RoboCop Remake is a crowd-sourced film project based on the 1987 Paul Verhoeven classic. Connected through various filmmaking channels (including Channel 101) we're 50 filmmakers (amateur and professional) from Los Angeles and New York who have split the original RoboCop into individual pieces and have remade the movie ourselves. Not necessarily a shot-for-shot remake, but a scene-for-scene retelling. As big fans of the original RoboCop, and as filmmakers and film fans admittedly rolling our eyes at the Hollywood remake machine, we've elected to do this remake thing our own way. 

Yep, it's a full version of RoboCop hacked up into 50 pieces, parceled out and reconstructed (not unlike Murphy himself).

So if you've got close to two hours to kill, why not check it out after the break...you might be pleasantly surprised.

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Retro Terminator, Pulp Fiction, Goonies, Buffy, Universal Monster & More Figures Announced

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Well this is pretty neat.

From the makers of the Alien line of retro figures, Super 7 and Funko have announced several new licensed properties, all of which will be released through 2014 through their ReAction 3 3/4 inch Figure line.

They include:

Universal Monsters

The Terminator

Firefly

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Escape From New York

The Rocketeer

Back To The Future

Predator

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

The Goonies

Pulp Fiction

Nightmare on Elm Street

Scream

Friday The 13th

Halloween

Hellraiser

Trick 'R Treat

The Crow


Each figure is stylized exactly as items from the “golden age” of action figures with approximately five points of articulation, accessories, and period-authentic blister card packaging.

Check out the Alien figures below for a better idea of what these figures look like.


The figures are available now for pre-order at Entertainment Earth.

WTF FRIDAY: Chimpnology by Cyriak...Yep, This Is All Kinds Of F*cked UP

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Say, are you in the mood to see a totally fucked up live-action animation starring a bunch of chimps from a 1963 short film called BflOggGX = STwWcfl x 2s4 (and no that is not a typo) all mushed together with visuals you are pretty sure were spawned from hell?

Great. Here it is.

Now remember, it is you who made the choice, I'm just the messenger and not responsible for your brain exploding.

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THE CAKE IS A LIE: How to Send Horrible News In A Delicious Way That Makes It Less Upsetting...For About A Minute

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Let's say that your relationship with another person has run its course (it can either be a romantic or platonic relationship, it doesn't matter) but having to tell that someone it's over presents a new set of problems like: crying, or yelling, or a physical confrontation that you won't win because you're a total wuss.

Now, do you stay with that person even though part of your soul dies every time you are forced to spend time with them? Or do you find a way to tell them the bad news in a way that doesn't seem so horrible?

Well, if I were you I would go with the former since you hate confrontation, but if you suddenly grow a pair I have always found that the best way to say "Get the hell out of my life" is through cake...yes cake.

And the cake in this situation is actually a faux cake that masks itself as a postcard:


Yeah, yeah, I know what you are thinking, "This looks incredibly hard and since we have already established that I lack any internal strength that allows me to make difficult choices, how am I supposed to make this?" But trust me you pathetic human being, this is actually a crazy easy endeavour that will not only surprise whomever receives it, it will also lessen the chance that when they track you down in order to throw it into your face, it will hurt (it's made from a sponge see).


Interested? Then click HERE for all the step-by-step instructions (including a How-to video) from SheKnows that will provide you with all the necessary info so that you can construct several of these (no reason why you shouldn't prune some more dead weight from your life).

Of course, seeing that we are talking about you and there's a fairly good chance that you are incapable of doing anything DIY, you can always buy some finished postcard cakes HERE in order to save you time and the embarrassment that your cake slices will look stupid.

Seriously, it should be you who are getting these slices sent to you on a daily basis...what's your address?

Source: Foodiggity


Double Feature Movie Show: ALASKA IS A BITCH

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Not everyone knows this, though.

Some folks just can’t seem to get it through their thick skulls no matter what happens.

Here’s a double feature with the true stories of two men who went to Alaska thinking that they could do anything they wanted.


But Nature had a different idea.

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HOMEFRONT Arrives on Blu-ray Combo on 3/11 & Digital Download 2/25

SEARCH: THE COMPLETE SERIES Arrives From Warner Archive

THE WALKING DEAD Returns: Everything You Need to Know in One Minute Video

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We're pretty darn excited for The Walking Dead mid-season premiere tomorrow night. 
Like REALLY excited. 
It's been a tough year all around with the mystery plague, Carol taking justice into her own hands, the mystery psycho killer in the prison, Hershel's death at the hands of the Governor, missing Baby Judith and of course, the fate of the Governor. 
Things have got to look up right? 
Probably not but here's a quick look back on the human (and formerly human) drama from Everything You Need to Know in One Minute.

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HE GOT GAME - A Look Back

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If, for any reason, you happen not to have watched He Got Game then put this right at once. If you love basketball – you’ll really love this movie – but if you hate basketball, you’ll still love this movie, it’s that good.

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WALTER WHITE'S Facebook Look Back...Oh the Memories

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When Facebook celebrated it's tenth anniversary by releasing personalized videos for everyone, my status feed erupted into a never-ending bacchanal of self-obsession where I was forced to re-live the most mundane life-events of family and friends (including myself) all scored in some Howard Shore-like instrumental.

It was brutal.

And I'm pretty sure that had Walter White booted up his computer and seen his own life splayed open like corpse of The Black Dahlia for all to see, it would have upset him just as much as mine disturbed me...seriously Facebook, stay out of my shit.

Video after the break.

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Here's Something That Should Make You Vomit...Happy Valentine's Week

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Because there is nothing on the planet that annoys me more than overt declarations of affection while I am in the middle of stuffing a burrito into my maw, here's a gif of what it really looks like when two people are kissing.

Watch it and then allow it to sear into your memory, because the last thing anyone wants to see while two-fisting a tube of Mexican food with their spouse, is your tongue spelunking into the facehole of another person.

Christ, we don't live in a Nicholas Sparks book people.


Source: Geekosystem


YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME AT OUR HOUSE: Proof Positive That 'The Muppet Show' Totally F*cked Up Kids In the 70s

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As a person who grew up in the 70s, there are many things that I believe contributed to my generation's mental instability...playground equipment embedded into concrete, lawn darts, parents giving their offspring NyQuil in order to enjoy a quiet night at home, and The Muppet Show.

Yep, if there was one thing that could pinpoint an entire population of kids who, after being exposed to it, would grow up and become the kind of pathetic people they are today, it would have to be the subversively mind-altering children's prime time offering The Muppet Show.

Think I'm kidding?

Here's an episode from that show that should give you pause. In it an obviously deranged woman sings a Shel Silverstein song called You're Always Welcome At Our House about a family who lives in a murder house where unlucky visitors are poisoned, bashed in the head with hammers, sealed up in walls and so on.

Watch the skit after the break and then tell me how someone my age was supposed to become a productive member of society...YOU TELL ME!

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Masters in Self Publishing, Neil Gaiman Gets Company, New Sci-Fi Imprint & More!

Corey + Corey = License To Drive

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So there I was, sitting across the table from Vladimir Putin at the underground Baccarat competition during the Sochi Games.

You see, this week I was fortunate enough to get ahold of the Forces of Geek press pass for the Olympic Games. 

Well, by “get ahold of,” I mean swiping it from my editor’s pocket after a few whiskies at the local watering hole; but that’s just semantics.

Anyway, seeing as how I’ve never played Baccarat before, and the FOG! editor’s Rolex was on the table (something I also “got ahold of”), and I was already sloshed, things didn’t look too good.

Damn, I looked down at my cards: I’m holding a four of diamonds, a Uno green number six card, and a coupon for ½ off Mane and Tail shampoo.

That’s it, it’s over.  I was going to lose everything and I have no idea how to explain to the editor that I lost his grandfather’s solid gold Rolex that was given to him by Winston Churchill after punching Hitler in the jaw.

That’s when I say something that changes the whole kit and caboodle, something that I say offhandedly all the time when I’m in a situation like this: “I am so dead they're going to have to bury me twice…”

The room goes silent.

Suddenly, the strangest thing happens.  Putin starts cracking up!  He nudges the eye patch wearing guy holding a white Persian cat next to him, repeats the line, and now they’re both cracking up.  Putin stands up, echoes the line and the entire room is rolling over in laughter.  Putin grabs me in his arms, kisses me on my cheeks, and bellows, “AH!  License to Drive!  I love that movie!”

In retrospect, his watch was a dead giveaway.

After he wipes the tears from his jovial face, his secret service ushers me to Putin’s private viewing room built adjacent to the Olympic Park that has an underwater view of the Black Sea. 

Thus, I’ll begin my latest “Flashback to the Present” review: License to Drive.

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Boston Cinegeeks! We're Giving Away Tickets To IN SECRET

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IN SECRET is a tale of obsessive love turned to crime and revenge in the lower depths of 1860s Paris.  Therese (Elizabeth Olsen of MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE) is a ravishing but sexually repressed young woman trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin Camille (Tom Felton of the HARRY POTTER franchise) by her domineering aunt Madame Raquin (two-time Oscar®winner Jessica Lange). Now, Therese must spend her days as a virtual shut-in, confined behind the counter of a small shop by day and watching Madame play dominos in the evening.  But when she meets her husband's alluring childhood friend, Laurent (Golden Globe nominee Oscar Isaac of INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS), everything changes.  What begins as a thrillingly illicit, clandestine affair will unravel into a shocking set of tragic circumstances for everyone. 
And we've got 25 pairs of tickets to giveaway to Forces of Geek readers for a screening to be heldon Tuesday, February 18th 7pm AMC Boston Common!

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Win DIANA Starring Naomi Watts on Blu-ray!

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Celebrated and adored by millions, she was the Queen of people's hearts, yet the bittersweet story of the last man to truly capture hers has never been told...until now. Taking audiences into the private realm of one of the world's most iconic and inescapably public women, the Princess of Wales (two-time Oscar® nominee NAOMI WATTS) in the last two years of her meteoric life, DIANA -- the eagerly anticipated Entertainment One (eOne) 2013 theatrical release -- arrives on Blu-ray ($29.98srp), DVD ($24.98srp) and Digital Download on February 11, 2014.

Sixteen years after her sudden death, acclaimed director Oliver Hirschbiegel (the Oscar®-nominated Downfall) explores Diana's secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan (NAVEEN ANDREWS, "Lost," The English Patient), the human complications of which reveal the Princess's climactic days in a compelling new light. Hirschbiegel directed from a screenplay by award-winning playwright Stephen Jeffreys, inspired by the book Diana: Her Last Love by Kate Snell, which was in turn drawn from extensive interviews with close friends and confidantes. The result is a window into the tumultuous, change-filled period from 1995-1997, in the wake of Diana's shattering divorce from Prince Charles, and at the moment when she stood on the cusp of a different life, evolving into a global humanitarian, a master of maneuvering fame and becoming her own woman.

And we're giving away three copies of DIANA to Forces of Geek readers!

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IT REALLY TIES THE ROOM TOGETHER: The Big Lebowski Dream Rug

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If there was a blue ribbon for the best representation of a cinematic ode to a Joel and Ethan Coen movie, that ribbon would have to be awarded to Etsy shop owner OldeTymeNotions for their most awesome Lebowski Dream Rug.

Made from thousands of pieces of acrylic yarn and taking over 220 hours to create, this Dudical representation of a super high will not only look great in your living room, it will totally pull the room together, man.


Now, I'm not sure how it will stand up to urine, White Russians, the ashes of a dead friend or nihilists, but for $800, it will at least last longer than a bowling game or an affair with an ovulating artist.

And in this day of disposable objects, that's really saying something.

Source: Geekologie


WATCH DAVID LYNCH'S Short Film 'The Amputee' Starring Lynch and The Log Lady, Catherine Coulson

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Maybe it's due to the rumors that Twin Peaks might be returning to the screen (in some form or other) that has risen the incomparable David Lynch's reputation back up to the status of "OHMYGODWETOTALLYHAVETOWATCHTHIS!!!" but as a fan of his weird and seemingly bizarre ouvre, I'm happy to see a resurgence of interest in his work.

And in this particular offering called The Amputee (created as a way for Lynch to help out the American Film Institute test two different black and white video stock back in 1974), Lynch and his co-star and frequent collaborator Catherine Coulson (AKA The Log Lady in Twin Peaks) portray a woman trying to write a letter while a nurse (played by Lynch) works on her stumps.

Weird? You betcha.

Check it out after the break.

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ODDITY AND PEEP-LOOKING CREATURES: Check Out Candice Gordon's 'Sound of Horns' Music Video And Enjoy The Weirdness

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I was not familiar with Candice Gordon's mellow-sounding old-timey garage rock before spying this incredibly bizarre stop-motion animation by Conor Finnegan (who, by the way did the super-weird- but hilarious- animation Asshole) but after watching the video and falling deeply entranced by Gordon's vocals, I have to say that there was probably no better way to get acquainted with her.

Now, there's a lot to like about both the song, Sound of Horns and the animation on their own, but put them together and what you have is a combustible and wacky adventure about one creature's search for what the hell happened the night before, something that all of us who took a lot of drugs in the 90s and went to after-hours bars by crawling there can relate to. FYI, as someone who has been in that headspace I can assure you that sometimes it's better to leave it in the murky ether.

Much better.

Video after the break.

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So Long, Philip Seymour Hoffman

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For some reason, the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman stings just a little bit more than other recent Hollywood departures.

It’s got less to do with the tabloid details of his demise and more to do with the fact that he was merely one year older than me.

More than Paul Walker, and so much more than Heath Ledger, I felt Philip Seymour Hoffman was truly an actor of my generation.


In his too-short career, Hoffman established himself as a character actor par excellence. Like the great supporting actors of earlier eras—the Jack Wardens, the J.T. and M. Emmett Walshes, the Philip Baker Halls, the David Strathairns, the Harry Dean Stantons—his appearance in a movie, no matter how limited, immediately elevates the material.

Like those great supporting stars of the silver screen, Hoffman rarely got the opportunity play the leading man—it just wasn’t his style, though the first time he tried, in Capote, he scored an Academy Award for Best Actor. There’s only one other film in Hoffman’s filmography where you could call him the leading man (Synecdoche, New York), and it’s a testament to his skill and dedication as a consummate character actor that even after winning the Oscar, he continued to shine in mostly ensemble pieces.

When I started to reflect upon his total filmography, I was astonished at the number of truly great films he made in his career, and how many times he worked with master filmmakers and Hollywood screen legends.

He will be missed.

In remembrance, here are a few of my favorite PSH performances.


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