Not much to say about this, other than it remains one of our favorite viral videos of the year. Nintendo fans everywhere will dig this spot-on reinvention of “Inglourious Basterds” taken into Mario World. Don’t expect this to be coming to the Wii anytime soon. But that doesn’t stop us from dreaming.
A friend of mine passed this along to me - there is apparently an orchestral tour of Final Fantasy music! It’s called the Distant Worlds Tour and they’re still playing now. See if they’re coming to a city near you!
Here’s a sneak peek of the battle theme from FFVIII (you can find plenty of videos of other songs on YouTube as well):
As I’ve said in the past, I’m not a zombie fan. I have problems with them. Namely, the scare me stupid and not in a fun way. Zombies break that cardinal rule in my book, when something is dead, it stays dead, inanimate, finished. It does not being to get back up and hunt you down with a mindless fury.
You can mutate, you can be cybernetically enhanced, you can graft yourself to another species, you can be cursed or transformed, fine, whatever, cast all the spells you want, but you do not rise from the dead to eat my thinking cap. It’s rude and nasty and wrong.
Now, I’m being a little hypocritical here as a couple of my favorite movies involve zombies or zombie-like infected folks, and I previously recommended a pretty kickin’ webcomic about Zombie Hunters.
And here I am about to break my own viewing habits again to bring you a new breed of zombie hunter. We’ve seen svelt zombie merchants of re-death, we’ve had cartoon zombie exterminators, and now we have one with a plush matte exterior and cuddly red nose. When you need someone willing to dive deeper than Fraggle Rock and into the bowels of hell, you need Agent Redfield…
Every comic con has a highlight for those who go—and a highlight for one person might not be for another.
For me, the 2009 NY Comic Con will always be remembered as the first time I met Robin Furth.
The Dark Tower series, written by Stephen King, is a foundational piece in who I am. I am a fantasy reader at heart, but the combination of fantasy, horror and western really gripped me at a young age and it followed me long into adulthood. Roland Deschain is probably my favorite character in literature and those he surrounds himself with—from David, Alain, Bert and Susan, to Oy, Jake, Eddie and Susannah—live inside of me like they do for millions of other Dark Tower fans (junkies).
I have two framed Michael Whelan prints, both with the Dark Tower in the background, both with Roland staring longingly at it from a vast distance.
To remind me of my own Tower I hope to gain entrance to one day.
Robin Furth has her own Tower of sorts. She is the person responsible for researching the Dark Tower series from The Gunslinger to Wizard & Glass, enabling Stephen King to finish his saga with barely a continuity glitch. She has worked closely with Stephen King and the Dark Tower series for years, and to talk to to her about her experiences was fantastic. She exudes Dark Tower lore and I always love being around people like that. She is also one of the sweetest women I’ve ever met—always carrying a ready smile, always willing to put people at ease.
Robin has recently signed on with Del Rey Books to adapt The Talisman, a novel written by both Stephen King and Peter Straub which is irrevocably tied into the Dark Tower series. Along with artist Tony Shasteen, Robin will bring the story of Jack Sawyer to life as he tries to save two worlds and two mothers.
And so far I love what I am hearing and what I have seen from this project!
Here is my Interview with Robin Furth!
Part I of VIII: The Mistress behind The Tailsman!
To watch the rest of Robin’s interview (Parts II-VIII), make the jump!
With Halloween around the corner, this is as good a time as any to make sure you understand just how zombies work — and how to deal with them. This remains one of my favorite viral videos, done by the makers of the popular “In Plain English” series on YouTube. “Consider heading to a Costco….” Classic.
Okay, not quite. But in what will go down as one of the most beloved fanvideos of the year, “batgremlin” has taken $3,000 and created an alternative 7-minute segment to replace the part of “Gremlins 2” where Gremlins break the 4th wall and take over the movie theater (or VCR, depending on what format you’re watching). Some phenomenal work here, and certainly whets the appetite for a proper Gremlins 3. C’mon Joe Dante — it’s about time you returned to feature filmmaking.
One thing I love about living in YouTubeworld is that it gives aspiring filmmakers a sweet outlet for putting out short projects and getting feedback on them. While you undoubtedly have to regularly wade through some pretty awful stuff to get to the fun ones, it’s worth it.
So I thought I’d take you through 3 ways to kill five minutes on YouTube while satisfying your undeniable craving for horror.
First up — a music video by French electronica band Zombie Zombie that remakes John Carpenter’s “The Thing” using G.I. Joe figures. Sah-weeeeeet!
Two more to check out….
It’s Stephen King’s “The Shining” — with robots. For your consideration, I give you my YouTube guilty pleasure of the day.
