Good, Weird, no Bad
Tears of the Black Tiger, Sukiyaki Western Django and now Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, the Bad and the Weird, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun and Jung Woo-sung. Asian Westerns are where it’s at.
Dragon Emperor looks better than Crystal Skulls
Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, Wu Jing, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang and… Brendan Fraser? That’s right, it’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Who knew the Qin Emperor was a shapeshifter? (via Kaiju Shakedown)
Grant Morrison Sighted Off The Coast of Japan
Grant Morrison’s character designs for 2 Japanese superhero teams, “Big Science Action” and “Super Young Team,” are up at Scans Daily. “Most Excellent Super What?” and “Morrison, what the hell?” ask stunned manga, anime and tokusatsu fans.
Sebastian Faulk’s License to Kill
Chandler had his Poodle Springs. Ian Fleming might have his Devil May Care. Sebastian Faulk takes up James Bond on his centenary. Excerpt here.
Boring or Brilliant Out of Context? You Decide…
In the Youtube age, you can see all of the cutscenes from the entire Metal Gear Solid series, just to prep for excessively long cutscenes in the upcoming 4th title.
Saga of the Swamp Things
Alan Moore’s Saga of the Swamp Thing was my favorite comic in my younger, more gloomsome days. I probably liked it more than my other favorite comics at the time, Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. But Swamp Thing wasn’t the only swamp monster in comics.
The Cultural Gutter 