I know that a lot of people have gone after DC and Warner Bros. for their lack of action and vision in terms trying to compete with Marvel and Disney and the flood of super hero films that they are cranking out. I think that DC/Warner Bros. are fucking stupid for saying that a Wonder Woman film would “confuse” audiences, but that incredibly moronic statement aside, I think that Marvel/Disney is actually playing a bit of catch up.

I know that at first on the surface, Marvel has DC beat in terms of the super-hero genre. DC has only “Man of Steel” and the Christopher Nolan Batman films so far with vague plans of doing more. But in the past DC has made a ton of films of other genres based on comics from its subsidiaries. Examples: 

V for Vendetta

Watchmen

RED

Constantine

A History of Violence

Road To Perdition

The Spirit

Of course they have also had some major disappointments like “Jonah Hex”, “Catwoman” and “Green Lantern”; but they remain competitive in other areas. Their DC Universe animated films are excellent. Films like “Under the Red Hood”, “The Flashpoint Paradox” and “Superman/Batman: Apocalypse”. And, DC is excelling in television programs like “Arrow” and “Smallville”, with “Gotham” set to go. Against say, “Agents of SHIELD”. 

Even though DC is lagging in theatrical releases, they situation is a bit more even than it appears.

But seriously though, DC, what the fuck were you strung out on when you decided against a Wonder Woman movie?

Cecil Trachenburg explains why movies studios can’t seem to make a good video game or comic book adaptation film.

Friday night:

“Let’s get drunk and watch horror movies!”

“Yay!”

Saturday night:

“Lets get drunk and fuck shit up!”

“YAY!”

ramblingsofadeadite:

My Bloody Valentine double feature with the date tonight.

Halloween is coming up and many people want to watch a good horror flick to get into the mood for the season. Also, it can be a good way to raise some money. 

One way to avoid being slapped with copyright violations if you want to show a movie for free or charge admission to a crowd of people is two beautiful words: PUBLIC DOMAIN!

Movies lapse into the public domain for a number of reasons including their copyrights expiring or not being copyrighted in the first place. You can show these movies and charge admission or even make your own DVDs of them! They can be found at sites like Internet Archive or downloaded off of youtube with “Easy Youtube Downloader”. Use them to fund raise or to just entertain at a public viewing.

Here are some examples:

• Hardcore horror and gore;

Night of the Living Dead

Lady Frankenstein

The Driller Killer

Frankenstein ‘80

Horror Express

Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks

Silent Night, Bloody Night

Grave of the Vampire

Drive-In Massacre

Bloody Pit Of Horror

Don’t Look In The Basement

Leptirica 

Carnival of Souls

Spider Baby

Dominique is Dead

Savage Weekend

• So bad they awesome

Glen or Glenda

Plan 9 From Outer Space

Manos, The Hands of Fate

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians

The Violent Years

Night of the Blood Beast

Terror In The Midnight Sun

The Galaxy Invader

Snow Beast

The Beast of Yucca Flats

Reefer Madness

Marihuana

The Cocaine Fiends

Embryo

Assassin of Youth

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

Jail Bait

Bride of the Monster

-Martial Arts Mayhem!

Black Fist

The Street Fighter

Return of the Street Fighter

The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge

The Real Bruce Lee

Images of Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave

Laser Mission

• Kaiju! (Note: only the 'Americanized’ versions of Gamera are PD) 

Pulgasari

Gamera The Invincible 

Gamera vs Viras

Gappa: The Triphibian Monster/ Monster From a Prehistoric Planet

Gamera vs Guiron

Gamera vs Barugon

And various propaganda and training films.

Its a good way to raise money and find clips!

My friend Hunter came to visit me this weekend and it was great!

She spent the night at my place and we hung out and watched movies. She brought “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “Rise of the Guardians” for me to watch because I had not seen them yet. I like them both but my only complaint is the The Lizard looked like a goomba from Super Mario Brothers.

So anyway, we also went around town and got dinner before settling in for the night.

She brought me all this really cool stuff from BronyCon and DragonCon that she bought for me. I already posted a picture of it if you want to scroll down and see it. I gave her her presents that most consisted of comics and a Doctor Whooves figure. I think she really liked it. We also watched “Trick ‘r Treat”, “Creepshow” and some episodes of “Drawn Together”.

Like I always tell her. She is the instant cure for manic depression.

George A Romero. A man who almost single handedly started the zombie apocalypse genre. His rules are still the be all end all.

For HaunterHaunter.

Various pictures of Jeremy Renner weilding guns.

Torch and Totem from the “Puppet Master” film series. 

After talking to Hunter, who was going to make a day out of going to the movie theater, I decided to do the same. I went to see “The Hobbit” again because it is just that good a movie. I got out in time to see “Texas Chainsaw 3D” but I just got the urge to go home. I might see it next weekend. 

We had a phone conversation about the magic of movies and how much we love them. We both came to the same conclusion that it is inconceivable that people would treat movies like a form of disposable entertainment, from mistreating DVDs to not even giving some films a repeat viewing. How callously they look at them. 

Even when they are bad they have some value. At the movies there was preview of Riff Trax preforming “Manos, The Hands of Fate”. Bad food gives you an upset stomach, bad music annoys you, but movies can be a lot of fun!

Movies are magic.