Tuesday, September 23, 2008

"Thar she blows! A hump like a snow hill! It is Moby Dick!"



A little sneak peek at the EWE-NIBOMBER for y'all. He is just one of the six characters that will be featured in Series 1 of the F. EWE BUDDIES!

Universal pictures announced a big budget reimagining of Herman Melville's classic literary tale 'Moby Dick' with Russian director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) to work from a screenplay being written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage. Some of the changes that are being planned for the new version of Melville's tale:

Gone is the first-person narration by the young seaman Ishmael, who observes how Ahab's obsession with killing the great white whale overwhelms his good judgment as captain.

This change will allow them to depict the whale's decimation of other ships prior to its encounter with Ahab's Pequod, and Ahab will be depicted more as a charismatic leader than a brooding obsessive.

"Our vision isn't your grandfather's 'Moby Dick,' " Cooper said. "This is an opportunity to take a timeless classic and capitalize on the advances in visual effects to tell what at its core is an action-adventure revenge story."

B-but what if I want my grandfather's 'Moby Dick'? Um... wait... that sounds extraordinarily bad.

Changing Ahab from a brooding obsessive to a charismatic leader!? WTF? The whole book is about OBSESSION!?

Of course ya wanna know something really sad? The only reason I even know the quote that I used in my subject title is because it was engraved on my brain by an old tv commercial for "Classics Illustrated" (comic book versions of classic books) that ran adnauseum when I was a kid.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

It Looks Good On Ewe!



Yeah... so that's happening.

Yup.

F. Ewe Buddy t-shirts series one!

Six characters, multiple shirt styles, perhaps some coffee mugs, mouse pads and other goodies? We shall see.



There will also be Planet Bierwagen and Mel & Al Gordon tees... once those comics get started.

Flash of Genius looks like a fascinating movie. I kind of wish that I hadn't read all about the TRUE story in the latest issue of GEEK Monthly. Damn you Greg Kinnear!

Flash of Genius depicts the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' (Greg Kinnear) long battle with the U.S. automobile industry. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who embraced Bob's creation unceremoniously shunned the man who invented it. Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his family and their future.

Flash of Genius opens October 3rd.

My SAVED BY THE BELL 2008 youtube video has generated almost 400 views in a relatively short time. I guess all you need to do is throw in some pole dancing and a little girl on girl action to make your videos a hit! I also find it amusing that both the comments left on it are about how big of a bitch "Jessie" is.

For some reason it also highly amuses me when someone goes through all of the trouble to leave a youtube comment and all it amounts to is an "LOL".

NEW How I Met Your Mother & Heroes tonight... WHOO-HOO! Though I don't know if I'm too excited about Heroes... but I'll give season 3 a shot.