Here are the other book, DVD and movie releases for the week!
HARDCOVER BOOKS
PAPERBACK BOOKS
DVDS
IN THEATERS FRIDAY
With May 2009 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, Angels & Demons and Up behind us, here are the 5 remaining sci-fi/fantasy movies I am looking forward to this summer!
#5: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Okay, this is a movie that barely made its way into my top 5. A part of me would almost rather see Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs! When I was young I did not avidly watch the cartoon of G.I. Joe—I was more of a Transformers / Voltron / Thundercats kinda kid—but there is a part of me that is curious if Stephen Sommers can pull off a movie based on a property that gave so much watching and toy-collecting joy! Sommers is responsible for The Mummy, which I thought was great fun, but he is also responsible for Van Helsing, which I thought wasn’t worth the film it was printed on. He is also slated as the director for the movie adaptation of Magic Kingdom For Sale—Sold! by Terry Brooks. I do like his casting for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and the trailer looks pretty slick. Which Sommers will show up? Did he peak with The Mummy? We will have to wait and see.
With New York’s Fashion Week just around the corner, it’s time to take a closer look at science fiction and fantasy fashion, long unfairly maligned as an unreclaimable wasteland of silver lame unitards and zippered monster suits. But I would argue that, at its best, it can serve as the fictional equivalent of a haute couture laboratory, in which the fashion of the future—and of our dreams—can be brought to life.
1. Jane Fonda in Barbarella
I must begin with Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy, in which outer space is imagined as a fur-lined, groovetastic after-hours lounge where Stereolab is always on the turntable. This film is the Retro Style Bible, more sixties than the real sixties could ever have been. And though Barbarella may be better known for slipping out of her fabulous outfits than wearing them, Jane Fonda’s good humor and intelligence in this role are the perfect accessories for this awesomely bizarre spider-monkey dress.
More after the jump!
Drawn links to cartoonist Gavin Ewing and his amazing project: Drawing comic characters from A-Z. That’s his “C Is for Captain Haddock.”
Which fictional sport should be at the Olympics? NY Metro’s Vulture Blog posts a highly entertaining list here. My vote’s for Pyramid!
A long-lost pilot for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer animated pilot leaks to Youtube, and Underwire has the goods.
Over at MTV’s Splash Page, comics luminaries including Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, and Tim Sale speculate on who the next Batman movie villain should be. Vote in the comments—and include your casting choices!
