Antarctica and John Carpenter’s The Thing
Big Dead Place, a website devoted to Antarctica, offers a whole section devoted to reviews (and one boardgame version) of John Carpenter’s The Thing. (Actually, the whole site is swell).
The Modern Master of Suitmation
It’s a little Minoru Kawasaki retrospective: Calamari Wrestler (2004); Executive Koala (2005); Beetle, The Horn King (2005); Kani Goalkeeper (2006); The World Sinks Except Japan (2006).
2 Critics Hate 2 Movies
The Incredible Hulk reviewed in Hulk-speak: “Roth get injected with serum…. Smash cars. Tanks. Only with no trousers. Roth groin area ambiguous. Groin area look lumpy. Bumpy. Perhaps odd penis. Perhaps odd trousers. Critic … not sure.” And a deliberately spoiler-rich review of The Happening: “I’m offering an […]
Space Monster Guilala Awakens!
After a space sabbatical of over 30 years, Space Monster Guilala returns in Minoru Kawasaki’s Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit, aka Guilala’s Counterattack the Toyako Summit One-Shot Crisis. The Guilala song, the suitmation, the kaiju movie white guy–It makes me feel good in too many […]
Death Race 2000 Remake
Well, it’s not Robosaurus rampaging through Burning Man and it doesn’t have David Carradine assassinating the man, but Death Race does have modified mustangs. Pictures and a trailer from the upcoming Death Race. (via io9)
A CGI Godzilla that doesn’t suck
CGI almost catches up with the awesomeness of Gojira. And check out the Ifukube score, too.
The Cultural Gutter 