It’s Transformers time!
In time for the opening of the movie Transformers tomorrow, I am linking to eva_guy01’s account of his escapades as a Decepticon. Original photo from eva_guy01’s livejournal account Teeth for Eyes. Resized by Flori for this post. For more Transformers cosplay fun, click HERE.
Dynamite Tommy’s movie
Here is another J-rock news from Tokyograph: Dynamite Tommy, the vocalist of early punk/visual kei band COLOR and former producer of Dir en grey, is writing and directing his first movie, titled “Attitude.” The movie is about rock music from the ’70s to the ’90s, and it will feature several artists as themselves, including Anarchy vocalist Shigeru Nakano and members of X JAPAN, ARB, BY-SEXUAL, and ANGIE....
More Transformers posters available
More Transformers posters are now available online. While it builds up the hype, it also gives a good glimpse of the details we can expect from the movie. And I say, from the trailers and the posters that they’re sugoi. If you expect little Bumblebee looking like a horny yellow bastard like he did in the old cartoon, you might get a bit disappointed. He really looks like a mechanical insect in this one. And Megatron really looks...
Movie adaptations bastardizations
Look who recently dropped out of the Punisher role. In an e-mail from the man himself, Thomas Jane shares this sentiments: I regretfully and painfully had to pull out of P2. I can’t tell you how completely broken up I am about it. Punisher fans are already fighting an uphill battle as it is. And I’ve always felt a responsibility to fight that fight for them and with them so that Frank Castle gets the treatment he deserves....
Writing about film workshop
Don’t have anything to do this summer (like moi)? Still trying to find out your niche in the writing world (like moi)? Want to write decent movie reviews but simply can’t (like moi)? This is one of the 2007 Multimedia Workshop workshops (er, that didn’t sound okay) offered by the University of the Philippines Film Institute. Writing About Film I: Audiovisual Analysis (6 days / 24 hours) Patrick F. Campos April 30,...