Hakuoki ~Shinsengumi Kitan~: Okita Souji 03

Driven by guilty for being incapacitated by tuberculosis, Okita Souji drank the elixir and became a Rasetsu in order to continue with his duties as the Captain of the First Division. Unfortunately, despite having accelerated healing, it does not completely cure his illness. It does, however, allow him to live out his final days somewhat normally, even if it would seem to be arguably shorter.

I'm sorry, but after I finished Souji's route in the game, I felt really terrible. Then again, I don't think any of the routes in Hakuoki ~Shinsengumi Kitan~ ended happily knowing some of your comrades died in the war. Anyway, thanks to Jenny for sending this in!

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‘Cloud Atlas’ Sneak Peak – What’s Going on Here, Again?

Before we get too far I will let you know this clip has one darn, spoilery ending. That being said, I don’t believe it’ll ruin the movie for you – otherwise, why release it? – and it’s likely this event won’t play out as we’re led to believe. It’s my understanding Cloud Atlas is throwing the accepted rules of a narrative’s flow out the window.

Still, here at the risk of a slight spoiler? Good for you, watch away,

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Now tell me what the fuck is going on!? Intrigued me they have, but I really hope this flick isn’t too ambitious for its britches. I did like Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, which this reminds me a lot of, so maybe I’ll love Cloud Atlas and everyone else will hate it. That’s what happened with The Fountain, anyhow.

How are you guys feeling about Cloud Atlas?

Cloud Atlas opens October 26th.

Source: IGN

Stan Lee Lives! Gets a Pacemaker

Last week, our nerd alarms went into full alert, when word broke out that the all-father of comics Stan Lee had to cancel all convention appearances due to “serious circumstances”. Naturally, we assumed the worst. Was our friendly neighborhood “Stan the Man” meeting the end of his glorious and illustrious life? No. Not possible. Legends never die, right?

Worry not true believers. Stan Lee is doing A-ok!

Stan Lee released a statement to his fans letting them know why he had to cancel his appearances, and assured that he would be around for another 90-years to come:

Attention, Troops!

This is a dispatch sent from your beloved Generalissimo, directly from the center of Hollywood's combat zone!

Now hear this! Your leader hath not deserted thee! In an effort to be more like my fellow Avenger, Tony Stark, I have had an electronic pace-maker placed near my heart to insure that I'll be able to lead thee for another 90 years.

But fear thee not, my valiant warriors. I am in constant touch with our commanders in the field and victory shall soon be ours. Now I must end this dispatch and join my troops, for an army without a leader is like a day without a cameo!

Thank Jeebus he’s still kickin’. I really can’t handle thinking of a world without Stan Lee. I love how his life has impacted pop culture, and what a model of humanity he is. He’s the kindest, sweetest man alive. Always positive, cheerful, humble and funny.

The Ladies of ‘Arrow’ – First Look at Kelly Hu as China White & Jessica de Gouw Talks Helena/Huntress

When Green Arrow comes to the CW this fall he won’t be alone. There’s been a whole slew of DC characters announced to make appearances from Merlyn to Deadshot to China White and Huntress. I’m especially excited to see those last two ladies, because, well they’re lady superheroes. All right, one’s a villain, but still, lady comic book characters appearing in another medium! And there’s more than one, unlike the lovely but token Black Widow of The Avengers. What can I say, I take comfort in little victories like these. Here’s hoping Arrow‘s Laurel Lance gets a pair of fishnets soon.

Playing tough chick, mobster butt-kickin’ Helena Bertinelli, a.k.a. The Huntress, is Jessica de Gouw who recently shared with KsiteTV what it’s like playing both the secret identity and the superhero,

I play Helena, but I'm also The Huntress, so I have to be able to hold my own. The duality of the role, it's challenging. I have to be able to kick butt and all of that, and I'm quite feminine in my normal every day [life]... the fighting and all of that is new and interesting for me, but it's a good thing. I'm really enjoying it. I've kind of been thrust into it, so I might as well just jump in, right?" she says. Jessica teases that the Huntress is introduced into Arrow "with a punch." "She comes in strong."

I love that they’re playing up what a fighter Helena is but at the same time she’s quite the woman, just as comfortable in pair of heels as she is wielding a crossbow. Read the whole interview here.

Gouw hasn’t shared any details about her Huntress costume other than hinting there will be some of the iconic purples featured. China White (Kelly Hu) on the other hand, of her we’ve got our first look,

All right, so they’ve gone for the more traditional black catsuit look, but I like that they kept the bleached, white hair. She’s not called China WHITE for nothing.

What are your thoughts on Arrow and the DC characters they’re incorporating? Are you excited for the show?

Arrow airs on the CW October 1oth.

Sources: The Mary Sue, CBM

Fans Recreates ‘Ant-Man’ Test Footage Shown At Comic Con

Fans have been clamoring to see Edgar Wright‘s Ant-Man test footage that was shown at this years Comic Con ever since the word got out about the screening. We were told by Marvel exec Victoria Alonso that we’d get a look at a more polished version of the test footage soon.

That wasn’t enough for the Ant-Man fan and artist known as Samurai Jack on Deviant Art . He was present at the screening and decided to help a brother fan out by recreating from memory the footage in storyboard form. Then YouTube user Shartimus Prime stepped up and turned those story boards into an animated version of the footage that everyone wants to see.

It’s not the real thing, but it might help many of you out there get the gist of Wright’s ideas on the character. Would an Ant-Man movie get you to the theater or is there another Marvel Character that you would rather see first?

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Via: CinemaBlend

‘Looper’s’ Johnson Now Wants His Turn to Direct a ‘Who’

Perhaps it’s the flavor of the month for name film directors, or maybe the suddenly outpouring of Doctor Who love is timed to this week’s departure of The Ponds from the series, but a new name has emerged from the vortex, and it seems his heart’s desire is to direct The Doctor and an adventure in the TARDIS too.

Interestingly, this revelation comes as Rian Johnson is doing promotion for his latest film Looper, which is a sci-fi film about hit men who are hired by the mob from the future to kill marks sent back in time. Answering questions on one of Reddit’s “Ask Me Anything,” Johnson was asked if there was any TV series he might be interested in directing an episode of. Johnson has previously lensed episodes of Breaking Bad and Terriers, but he had a rather surprising answer for the forum:

I'd love to do a Game of Thrones.

But what I'd really kill to try, although it would be terrifying because I'm such a big fan of it? Doctor Who.

Johnson joins Peter Jackson in the ranks of big name directors outed as Who fans itching to direct an adventure of everyone’s favorite Time Lord. And the feeling seems to be mutual as Who executive producer Caro Skinner responded to Jackson’s spontaneous declaration of Who love earlier this week:

It is beyond wonderful that Peter is a fan of the show and it's beyond flattering that he'd even think about it... I'm absolutely sure that we couldn't afford him but, you know, we can always negotiate. His enthusiasm is just fantastic of course.

How about you Bastards? Do you want to see a Johnson directed Who?

Source: Bleeding Cool

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Producer Clark Spencer Spills The Beans On Skrillex Cameo

Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph is quickly becoming the animated movie to see this November. With stars like John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, and Sarah Silverman voicing the characters, this movie is sure to please kids, their parents, and gaming fanatics like myself. The attention to detail shown so far in the trailer and clips has been incredible.Producer Clark Spencer sat down with Sam Ashurst of Total Film to talk about the project how the project was able to get the rights to use all of our favorite video game characters that belonged to a myriad of competing video gaming companies.

“It was interesting part of the process, we talked early on about making the film authentic and the only way to do that was to have real game characters in the film as well as the characters we’d created, otherwise it would fell like an artificial environment.

But when you do that, you don’t know the reality of what characters you’re going to be able to license for the film.

Rich [Moore, director] and I went to E3, and pitched the movie to all the different game companies, talking about the concept.

What was great about that was we developed a one-on-one relationship [with the people at the game companies], and people warmed to the idea.

So they felt like it could be something interesting, but they were still a little skeptical, as they were giving their own creative characters over to Wreck-It Ralph.

And so we said we’d keep them involved in the process, and give them the script pages. We showed them the models, we showed them the early animation tests, and even the final animations.

We brought them along the entire way, and it made companies willing to participate, because they felt like we were going to be true to their characters.

As a result we got pretty much almost anything we wanted, because the companies started feeling the momentum and everybody pretty much said yes to us.”

Getting all those video game companies to agree is an amazing feat in itself, it must have looked like an almost impossible task in the beginning. I’m sure once one company agreed that the others most likely went with it so that their video game characters weren’t excluded from what could be a huge Disney movie blockbuster.

Spencer then went into detail about how specific those video game companies were about the use and appearance of their characters and how the production and animation team worked to include everyone in just about every step of the production.

“The games companies were very specific – there’s a scene in which Bowser drinks a cup of coffee, and they were very specific about how Bowser would drink coffee.

The other thing that was fascinating to me was that all of the companies know how tall their characters are.

There was lots of conversation about which character would be the biggest character in that Bad Anon scene. Even to the specifics of centimeters, but that was helpful, because we wanted it to be authentic.

We had a scene where we wanted the rings to come out of Sonic, and SEGA said the only way that happens is if he falls over, and we didn’t have him fall over in the scene, so we actually went back and re-animated it.”

There will be one HUGE video game character that won’t be making an appearance in Wreck-It Ralph, Mario will be curiously absent. Spencer addressed that issue by saying:

“The hard thing was, we were trying to work out the right way to use a character like Mario. It had to be organic to the film, we didn’t want to just paste him in there.

For Bowser, it made perfect sense for him to be a member of the Bad Anon group. For Mario himself we couldn’t think of the right way to incorporate him into the film, and so we didn’t do it.

Now we get to the human cameo in the film, Skrillex. It was announced at Comic Con that Skrillex would be contributing to the soundtrack for Wreck-T Ralph, but know we also know that Skrillex will be making his animated movie debut as well. When asked about this particular detail Spender said:

“We asked him if we could do it,” Spencer said. “We went to him first and said, ‘Hey, we have this party scene in the world of Fix It Felix Jr, and we have a DJ and we think it would make a nice cameo if we put you into it.’ And he was ecstatic.

We built his model, we put on his look, and we sent it to him to have him give us comments. And he said he would never wear non-black tennis shoes. He said “My tennis shoes will always be black.” So we changed the tennis shoes to black.

You don’t see them in the film, as he’s behind the DJ booth, but they were in the model. He has seen the animation, and he’s very, very excited about it.”

Who wouldn’t want to be in a Disney animated movie? This movie just keeps sounding better and better.The latest trailer is below, check it out.

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Wreck-It Ralph hits theater screens on November 2nd, 2012.

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About Damn Time: ‘A Knights Tale’ Being Developed For TV

Yes, I said it. It is about damn time someone adapted A Knight’s Tale for TV. The 2001 guitar rock driven, Mountain Dew spewing anachronism about a peasant (Heath Ledger) who fakes being a knight so that he can compete in jousting (the medieval extreme sport) and win the favor of a lady or win a bunch of money or save an orphanage or something… The movie wasn’t really deep on plot. Yes, it was a bad movie, but it was fun-bad. I hated it in theaters and now love catching it on cable when I am hungover on a Sunday.

Deadline is reporting that ABC has picked up a TV show based on the movie from Sony with Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica) to write. Expected to hug closely to what made the movie a box office success, it will undoubtedly be filled with power cords on guitars and be in no way shape or form even remotely be historically accurate.

And that is OK. No word on when A Knight’s Tale will see the light of day on TV, but I do look forward to watching it on weeknights when I am hungover.
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Gina Carano Is The First To Get On Board With The Female ‘Expendables’ Movie

You know you enjoyed my choice of photo for this post and that at this point, you don’t even care what the post is about. That’s fine. You’re welcome. Adi Shankar's company 1984 Private Defense Contractors is putting together an untitled film that is essentially the female version of The Expendables. They’re in the process of putting together suitable female actors for the film. Gina Carano, of MMA and Haywirerenown, is confirmed as having been the first to sign on for this project. According to Shankar, casting her was pretty easy:

I don't know how I'm supposed to make a movie that is supposed to be the female version of 'The Expendables' without Gina Carano in it. It would be like making Twix without caramel or Jamba Juice without jamba.

Sounds about right. What do you guys think of this casting decision and of this project in general?

Source: Variety

REVIEW/RECAP: ‘Doctor Who’ Episode 7.4 – “The Power of Three”

There’s no getting around the fact that this bunch of Doctor Who episodes is all one big buildup to the exit of Amy and Rory. We know we’re spiraling toward tragedy, and something in the behavior of these characters says that somehow they know it too. That makes it all the more refreshing that we get an episode like “The Power of Three,” a story with a focus on the Ponds’ home life, and how the Doctor, if only briefly, fits into the more boring side of their existence.

The episode begins with a meditation by Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) on just what their relationship status is with The Doctor (Matt Smith. Time doesn’t work the same way with The Doctor that it does at home, and things are beginning to fray. As they describe it, they’ve got two lives: their workaday lives where Rory is a nurse and Amy is a travel writer, and “Doctor life.” They come to the conclusion that they have to choose, but the adventures aren’t over yet.

When millions of small black cubes begin appearing around the world, The Doctor drops in on the Ponds and decides he should stay a while and figure out the mystery. But it’s not that easy, and he quickly reverts to his old come and go ways. When the cubes begin doing more than just sitting around, The Doctor returns to save the day, but will he be able to stop the “slow invasion,” and what will this adventure mean for Amy and Rory’s future as his fellow travelers?

The plot of this episode seems almost secondary. What we’re really interested in here, what we’re really watching for, is how what happens here will inform how Amy and Rory leave us. Nothing extreme is explored. In fact, much of it is the same stuff we’ve realized about the trio already, but what “The Power of Three” does do very successfully is bring it into sharper focus.

Last season Amy and Rory were put through the ringer, and The Doctor’s guilt over it rang out, so he tried to give them something calmer, a less demanding life with him and a more balanced life at home. Last season we were all wondering if the fate of the Ponds was proof that The Doctor would always hurt the ones he loves. It seems the answer is probably yes, but now The Doctor’s the one who seems to be hurting. He’s failing to adjust to this new relationship. He’s failing to let Amy and Rory go, if only for a while. Even when he does manage it, he comes right back and invites them on a new adventure. This is a Doctor who knows that traveling with him is dangerous for any human, but he loves them too much. It’s not that he wants to be Amy and Rory’s perpetual rescuer, or their perpetual travel guide or father figure or even surrogate son (because he is rather childlike). It’s just that, as Elton John once said, it’s lonely out in space, and this Doctor, more than any other so far, seems to feel that sort of thing rather acutely. He flits through the universe, meeting everyone but getting to know no one, but he has Amy and Rory, and he’s intent on preserving that at any cost, even if that cost is driving the three of them apart. It’s already happened once. He knows that. But can he keep it from happening again?

At the end of “The Power of Three” – which, plot-wise, is an episode with a cool concept that never really paid off for me – we’re left with a thorough re-immersion in this odd threesome that we’ve lived with for three years now. We see the strange co-dependencies that continue to add layers. We see the practicalities being canceled out by the flood of emotions every time they reunite. We see the inherent tragedy of how this must end. And we wait for next week, when it will.

Next Week: The Angels Take Manhattan

Amazing Make-Up Artist Makes Women Disappear Into The Streets Of London

Body painting is a very specific skill. Not only do you have to know the basics of being an artist – colors, lights, shadows, etc. – but you have to be able to make all of it work on a living canvas. Make-up artist Carolyn Roper does just that, and she does it with such talent that you can’t help but be impressed.

The UK channel Really took note of her skills and hired her to help promote their series Covert Affairs. They commissioned Roper to camouflage women in body paint to blend into London’s streets. She made models disappear into a vegetable stand, a bus, and a street. The results are almost unbelievable.

Have your mind blown by more images and check out a behind the scenes video after the break.

(Huffington Post via Laughing Squid)

Nerd Bastards’ Bountiful Bagginses Birthday Bash Bonanza

It’s time to slip off your shoes, put your hairy feet up, light your pipe if you’ve a mind and preference to, and raise your flagon to celebrate the birthday of two of the Shire’s most famous Hobbits; Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. You remember those Bagginses, they actually like to wander around outside the Shire among all those Elves, Humans, Orcs, Goblins, Giants, Wizards and what not. I know . . . I know, utter nonsense. What is there that any self respecting Hobbit could possibly need out there? Nothing I say, but when they came back they did tell a good tale, didn’t they?

Saturday, September 22nd marks the birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins (Bilbo is reported to have been born in the year of 2890 and Frodo in the year of 2968 during the Third Age, 1290 and 1368 respectively in Shire-Reckoning.). As most of you already know, Hobbits enjoy a good party and there’s no better party than the birthday party of a Bagginses. Why, there might even be wizardly fireworks!

We’ve collected a gallery of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobitt themed birthday cakes to celebrate the occasion. There are home made cakes and very professional cakes to admire in the collection below. I’m sure any self respecting Hobbit would enjoy a large slice of any of those cakes during breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. Hmm, I think I’ll go downstairs and see if there is any cake left in the refrigerator.

Which cake would you want a slice from? Let us know in the comments section below.

How Five Doctors are Helping One of Their Former Companions

Many of us are familiar with Janet Fielding for playing the Fifth Doctor’s companion, Tegan Jovanka. Recently she was diagnosed with cancer and Peter Davison is rallying the troops to cheer her up. See, she’s been an avid spokesperson for the the charity Project Motor House which seeks to turn an “old motor museum” into a cultural center for the downtrodden community of East Kent. Here’s their official proposal,

For more than two years, a group of residents has been working on a plan to save the derelict West Cliff Hall (aka 'the old motor museum') and turn it into an exciting mixed use venue where people of all ages can enjoy themselves and where Thanet's young people can be introduced to a business culture and get the hands-on experience they need to feel confident about starting their own businesses. We intend using low carbon techniques to renovate the building and foster interest in the burgeoning low carbon economy of East Kent.

To help with Project Motor House, Davison has devised Project Motor Mouth in honor of Fielding with all the proceeds from the event gong to the charity. And he’s enlisted some pretty big names to help out. In addition to Davison, former Doctors Colin Baker, Sylvestor McCoy, Paul McGann, and David Tennant will all be making appearances as the one day event. The booking of Tennant is especially noteworthy because he so rarely makes convention appearances. But could he really say no to his father-in-law? Didn’t think so.

You can visit their website for more information, but to no surprise the event is already sold out. Still, how swell of all those Doctors coming to together to help out not only Fielding, but the community in East Kent.

Oh! And if you haven’t heard Peter Davison (@PeterDavison5) has recently joined fellow Doctor, Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) on Twitter so you can thank them yourself for being such cool dudes.

Source: Blastr

Nail Decals In Batman, Superman, Darth Vader And More!

These decals are perfect for adding a little nerd to your manicure. Each is made of vinyl that you just peel and stick to your nails then cover with a few coats of polish to secure. They’re available in an assortment of colors so you can be subtle with black or scream your fandom with bright red or blue.

See more nail decals after the break…

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Alex Garland Talks about Another ’28 Days Later’ Installment

Alex Garland's 28 Days Later franchise has brought what are probably the best (serious) zombie flicks to the screen since George Romero's golden years. The sequel to the original, 28 Weeks Later may not have been as good as its predecessor, but it still left fans screaming for a third installment. Tentatively called 28 Months Later, people have been talking about it for almost five years and everything from production rumors to proposed scripts have been discussed in the unofficial capacity.

Now, Alex Garland is the harbinger of bad news, putting those rumors in the grave. In a recent interview, Garland had this to say about the franchise:

I’m still so proud of 28 Days Later and how well it’s been received over the years so I appreciate that. But in regards to another movie, no- there are no plans for a 28 Months Later or whatever they were calling it. This is a series I’ve always been heavily involved with between the original and the sequel so if there were plans for another movie, I would absolutely know about it.

Yeah, kind of a bummer. I really wanted to see the grand finale zombie apocalypse sweeping across the face of the Earth. But if Garland has no plans to be involved, there's really no point. The dreaded alternative would be to hand it over to someone else, which would inevitably end in sub-standard rubbish. At least we have the first two films to re-watch.

Thanks to ComicBookMovie for helping us lay this one to rest.

Nerd Art Dump- Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, 90s’ ‘Fight Club’, Mondo’s ‘Dredd 3D’ & MOAR!

Each and every week we scour the Internet for nothing but the best in nerd based art. We leave no digital stone unturned, we poke and prod every net based nook and cranny. Why? Because we love you, and we love to bring you weekly Nerd Art Dumps.

Dr. Teeth, Animal, Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Janice and Zoot, the one and only Electric Mayhem -before Lips came in and ruined it with his trumpet. Douglas Holgate made this kick ass looking tour poster that looks to be pulled from our parents closets. This must have been an early in their career though since Zoot is nowhere to be seen, either that or this was during the first of his many drug-related offences. [The House Of Skullduggery]

Hit the jump for the Black Cat, The Avengers as Dragons and MOAR

It’s every skin tight jump suit clad cat cat burglars problem, where do you hide the loot? You’re never carrying a purse while jumping from building to building. Someone like the Black Cat does the next big thing according to Amanda Conner, she stuffs her stolen booty down her skin-tight cat suit! Now that’s using your… head. [Comic Alliance]

First rule of Fight Club is never talk about Fight Club. Second rule of Fight Club is never allow anything created in the 9os’ in ’cause they will wreck your face. Tyler Durden may have been a bad ass (as far as hallucinations go,) but one round with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Tyler would go crawling back to that hole in Edward Norton‘s head. [Tony Bui Fan Club]

The cookies are up high and out of the way for a reason, that isn’t going to stop Skottie Young from having his baby super heroes try and go for the sugary goodness. Just… do these toddlers use their powers? Iron Man can fly or the Hulk could just push the fridge over, problem solved. Stupid babies. [Modern Age Comics]

Mondo makes some wicked alternate versions of movie posters and Jock knocked it right out of the park with this Dredd 3D poster. [Geek Tyrant]

Apparently just being The Avengers isn’t scary enough, so drawstillidie turned them intro dragons. So, there’s that. [Obvious Winner]

Nothing to see here folks, just two billionaires with expensive pieces of technology holding high-powered explosives, an everyday occurrence. Move along, move along. [Great Laziness]

These are not the old school Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles we’re all used too, but Mike Sekowski took our bright and colorful television friends and flipped them into a much more gritty and realistic setting. Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael are perfectly styled in such a way that even without their trademark masks the turtles are uniquely distinguishable. Turtle power dude. [Geek Tyrant]

This one’s pretty self-explanatory. At the very least the Joker should love Harley’s sense of timing, but cleaning up all that liquefied Joker gas is going to take forever and it’s a bitch to get out of purple suits. Thank god she’s pretty. [Deviant Art]

‘KICK-ASS 2′ Update: Check Out Hit-Girl’s New Ride

Batman’s got the Batmobile, Wonder Woman an invisible plane, even Spider-Man has a dune buggy that climbs walls, so it shouldn’t be any surprise Kick-Ass 2 will feature Hit-Girl’s new ride which I’m dubbing:

Hold . . . Hold . . . Wait for it . . .

The Hit-Girl-Cycle . . . No, that’s not it . . . The . . . the Hit-Cycle . . .

Yeah, that’s the ticket, Hit-Cycle.

Check out the gallery below to see the new Hit-Girl vehicle and some other unmasked shots of Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and her bike riding Hit-Girl stunt double. There’s also pictures of Olga Kurkulina as Mother Russia, and the first look at Claudia Lee as Brooke.

Kick-Ass 2 hits screens on June 28th, 2013.

Life is Complete: Manimal Movie Now in the Works

Somewhere between Battlestar Galactica and One West Waikiki, prolific TV producer Glen A. Larson co-created a series called Manimal, and because everything old is exploitable, we will soon be enjoying a Manimal movie on big screens everywhere.

It was the fall of 1983, Reagan was President of a crime plagued America and only one man could cut through the bureaucratic red tape was a man, who could become an animal… A Manimal! The series followed Dr. Jonathan Chase (Simon MacCorkindale), a good looking rich bastard who could shape shift into an animal, usually a hawk or a panther, and used it to fight crime alongside a pair of police officers.

In case that explanation went over your head, here’s the oh, so 80s opening sequence that preceded every episode of Manimal.

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Hard to believe NBC scheduled this beauty up against Dallas Friday nights, huh?

Well, apparently Larson is going to double down on Manimal as The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that he’s taking a position as producer on a big budget, big screen Hollywood remake of Manimal. Sadly, MacCorkindale died in 2010 so he won’t be able to be a part of the project, but let the casting process begin! Who might be able to fill the shoes, and paws and claws of Dr. Jonathan Chase? My money’s on Christian Bale because, well, that would be awesome.

Obviously, we’ll keep you posted with news as it develops.

Source: Bleeding Cool

Touhou Project: Yakumo Yukari

Known as the Youkai of Boundaries, Yakumo Yukari was first introduced in Touhou Project: Perfect Cherry Blossom as the sleepy mistress of Yakumo Ran. She lives a very youkai way of life and tends to sleep all day, living for the enjoyment of life. Although she rarely leaves her house, she is quite well-connected, acquainted with the most powerful of youkai as well as those who have anything to do with the Hakurei border or outside Gensokyo.

Another cute cosplayer from Japan Comiket 82! I have to say, every year there's always a lot of cosplayers from Touhou in Comiket. Maybe I should check it out for myself. Thanks again to 2chmod for sending this in!

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James Cameron Reviews ‘Prometheus’ & Talks About How He Almost Directed ‘Jurassic Park’

The “go to” guy of Hollywood, James Cameron is a director who can do know wrong. He could film a reboot of the worst movie on the planet – that sickly horrible film that is Troll 2 – and turn it into a feature film capable of winning Best Picture at next year’s Oscars. But I digress, Cameron, with his many years of experience has a keen eye for feature films and strong opinions of those directed by other. So how does he feel about Prometheus?

With his directorial work on Aliens, Cameron was the first director to take over the Alien franchise after the departure of director and creator Ridley Scott. So go figure, Cameron has something to say about the creator returning to the Alien franchise. In a recent chat with Moviefone, Cameron said,

I enjoyed Prometheus; I thought it was great. I thought it was Ridley returning to science fiction with gusto, with great tactical performance, beautiful photography, great native 3D. There might have been a few things that I would have done differently, but that's not the point, you could say that about any movie.

Turns out Cameron enjoyed the flick so much he watched it twice!

Oh, yeah. I'm a huge movie fan. I love watching films. I love watching films with the family, with the kids; I love watching films myself. I was out there opening night [for] Prometheus. I didn’t go to the Thursday midnight screening, but I was there Friday. I like to still get excited about movies and whether they pay off or not, that's not the point - the fact that there's still an excitement around a new movie, about the an unveiling of a new movie....Prometheus is a film I saw twice, and I thought about it ahead of time. The first time I would just enjoy it, go for the ride, not be too analytical and the second time I would allow myself to be a little more analytical about, you know, where the lights were and how they lit the shots with all the people in the helmets, how they probably had to do CG faceplates like we did on Avatar, things like that. But, sometimes, so that I preserve a fun, fan-like viewing experience, I won't get into that level. I'll just go for the ride, like, consciously.

Speaking of going for a ride, in a quote from the Huffington Post Cameron briefly touched on how he at one time almost purchased the rights to Jurassic Park before Steven Spielberg. And just like his films today, Jurassic Park would have included aliens,

I tried to buy the book rights and [Spielberg] beat me to it by a few hours. But when I saw the film, I realized that I was not the right person to make the film, he was. Because he made a dinosaur movie for kids, and mine would have been Aliens with dinosaurs, and that wouldn’t have been fair. Dinosaurs are for 8-year-olds. We can all enjoy it, too, but kids get dinosaurs and they should not have been excluded for that. His sensibility was right for that film, I'd have gone further, nastier, much nastier.

Imagine how different that movie would have been if Spielberg hadn’t gotten the rights before Cameron. Yeah, we’re shuddering at the thought of it, too.

Source: /Film

*Sigh* First Look at The New RoboCop Suit

Ermahgerd Robokerp!

Today, a few set photos snapped from the set of Jose Padilha's RoboCop reboot found their way online. From them, we see a guy in a cybernetic suit. We can assume that this is our first look at the new RoboCop. We can’t say for sure though.

Here’s the thing. We know, from script details, that OmniCorp -the evil corporation at the center of Robot Technology- has many failed attempts with its cybernetic drone program aka RoboCops). So, it’s possible this is a look at one of those failed designs. I for one, hope it is the latter and that the final design has some semblance to the original (1987) film . I mean, my god, did the the movies design team raid Daft Punk’s helmet closet or something? As for the rest of the suit, did they steal the Iron Man suit and spray-paint it black? Ugh, It’s awful!

I’m not going to judge this movie on the suit alone, that would be unfair. Imma hold out for the trailer before I go full tilt. The suit is not winning me over, though, I’ll tell you that much.

What do you readers think? Sound off in the comment section below.

RoboCop also stars Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The film is set for release on August 9, 2013.

In RoboCop, the year is 2029 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex's life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.

Director Jos Padilha (Elite Squad) reimagines the tale of part man, part machine, all cop starring Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) as the title character, Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) as the scientist who creates RoboCop, and Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers) as media mogul Pat Novak. RoboCop is being produced by Strike Entertainment's Marc Abraham and Eric Newman, with Eric Carraro as Executive Producer. The film is currently in pre-production and slated for a summer 2013 release.

Source: ComingSoon

Joss Whedon Speaks – Wonder Woman Fails and ‘Item 47’ Stars in ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Anyone who scans the daily geek-news knows that Joss Whedon positively loves to talk about his projects. As a consequence, people love to interview him and pretty much every word he speaks in the presence of another human being is recorded and placed within the vastness of the Internet. Here's a little more of what Whedon has to say about why Wonder Woman projects seem to be cursed, as well as his thoughts on possibly returning some already used characters to the S.H.I.E.L.D. television show.

When asked about the last incarnation of Wonder Woman (courtesy WB and David E. Kelley) and why it tanked:

I don't think that was a match. I just don't. I don't think that he needs to write about superheroes. You need to need to write about superheroes to write about superheroes. If that's not in your vernacular, you may bring something new and interesting to it, but at the end of the day, if you don't have that burning desire to talk about these people who have these insane powers, then some other agenda is going to come forward and you might accidentally turn off the dark.

And when asked about whether Lizzy Kaplan and Jesse Bradford will make their way to the new S.H.I.E.L.D. production because of their appearance in Item 47, a short film slotted to be included on The Avengers Blu-ray:

I honestly do not think they are available because I think she is on another show. We're building it with a new group of people. They were great and that had a lot to do with why we are making the show, but we are starting fresh.

So there you have it, the latest words of Joss Whedon. Listen, worship, obey and, most importantly, watch his television shows! Next week, Joss Whedon expresses him opinions on the viability of 1-ply vs. 2-ply toilet paper.

Read plenty more of Joss Whedon's words over at craveonline and a special thanks to ComicBookMovie for bringing us the good news.

Sagan Calrissian Tyson [T-Shirt]

This is so obvious that I can’t believe it’s never crossed my mind: Carl Sagan plus Lando Calrissian equals Neil deGrasse Tyson. Genius.

Unfortunately, this t-shirt was only on sale for 24 hours. Hopefully it will pop up again sometime soon.

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Nerdy Bits: R2D2 Kegerator, Beaker The Zombie Hunter, Batman Medley, Lady Thor Cosplay and MOAR!

Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we'll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

Cosplayer Lily Spitfyre dressed up as the god of Thunder. I’m off to polish mine hammer. [CMB]

R2-D2 Kegerator. At last, the droid I was looking for! [Geekologie]

Beaker; The Zombie Hunter. He “Meeps” in the face of death. [Geeks are Sexy]

Yep, so that’s what the inside of a Mogwai looks like. Gross. I hate innards. [io9]

I’ve seen plenty of Superman tattoos. Most are featured on ego-centric body builders, or Jersey Shore d-bags. This one, however, displays 100% nerdom. [Cheezburger]

Christian Bale flew the family of four-year old leukemia Jayden Barber out to LA for lunch at Disney Land, so he could meet Batman. This is so sappy. Imma cry my eyes out. [The Hollywood Reporter]

Minimalist Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle LEGOs. I admire the talent it takes in making something look so recognizable in the most minimalist way possible, but I thought the turtles were green fire-hydrants. [GeekoSystem]

Russian Millitary Intelligence Agency's insignia has Batman's logo right smack in the middle. [Reddit]

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A lovely sordid tale of a goblin working a shitty office job, which obviously leads to getting drunk at a bar and ripping a man to shreds with his bare hands. [ObviousWinner]

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