Whoa, Inflammatory Rhetoric on the Internet about Nerdy Topics…
Animator Mark Mayerson takes a stab at the recent big business deal: “Disney and Marvel: Two Creative Failures.”
Carol
Carol Borden was editor of and a writer for the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She is currently an editor at and evil overlord for The Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. She has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and she has a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books including: Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
Grr, Argh, Trailer Round-up
Grr, argh! Here’s a little undead creatures trailer round-up from the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program: Daybreakers, Survival of the Dead and [Rec]2. Grr, argh!
RIP, Shing Fui-On
Hong Kong star Shing Fui-On has died of cancer. Most Gutter readers likely remember him as the psychotic Triad head in John Woo’s The Killer. Here’s a clip from his leading role in The Blue Jean Monster. (And speaking Hakka with Chow Yun-Fat).
Confessions of the B-Masters Cabal
The B-masters confess movies they haven’t seen. “My viewing of Zombie Lake was one of those events that lead you to question everything in your life that has lead up to it. I wouldn’t necessarily say that it was a “where did I go wrong” moment, because many […]
8 Bit Batman and Beyond
Laura Hudson looks at 8 Bit Batman and beyond through 23 years of Batman in videogames. (via the ISB)
Charlie Brown at 19, 35 and 65
“If the Peanuts characters aged like real people.” Scans!
The Cultural Gutter 