Looper Viral

Looper starring Bruce Willis is released on the 28th and I am looking forward to this as I'm a big fan of time travel movies.

The Looper viral was pretty cool and has proven to be popular with visitors to the well designed  The Looper Network site being encouraged to complete simple missions in return for behind the scenes goodies.

The final Looper viral is now out and leads to a reveal of a Looper feature

Don't Ever Quote Fight Club

You are not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world. - Tyler Durden, Fight Club.

Ok so Fight Club remains one of my all time fave films but here's an excellent piece by andmysidearm  I came across today while doing some research into 1990s advertising trends for my day job.

If you've ever felt the need to set up a Fight Club or set off your own Project Mayhem or maybe just love the bits in the film where Brad Pitt is super cool then do read this critique:

Fight Club quotes are so quippy and simple – they really elucidate nothing deeper. Durden’s one-liners (and they are abundant) are like easy-to-digest commandments that everyone clings to as profound. Funny thing about profound stuff – once it saturates the mainstream, it tends to lose its kick. We’re all grappling for ways to define ourselves outside the status quo. At the end of that day that’s what Fight Club is really about – considering the things we cling to. Nihilism and rebellion are still laced potently with self-definition and ideology. We put ourselves in box after box until the day we die – then it’s just one last box.

Tim Burton's Frankenweenie To open London Film Festival

Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, the black-and-white, stop-motion animated tale of a boy who brings his beloved pet dog back to life with monstrous consequences, is to open this year's London film festival.

This is Burton's first animated film for studio Disney as a director and centres on the disastrous decision by little Victor Frankenstein to revive his dead dog Sparky using the power of science.

"Funny, dark and whimsical, this gloriously crafted stop-motion 3D animation from Tim Burton – the reigning prince of outsiders – playfully turns the Frankenstein story on its bolted-on head," said Clare Stewart, BFI head of exhibition. "Frankenweenie is a perfect choice of opener – it's a film that revels in the magic of movies from one of cinema's great visionaries. Tim Burton has chosen London as his home city and hundreds of talented British craftspeople have contributed to this production."

The voice cast of Frankenweenie includes Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer and Robert Capron.

The London film festival is also presenting an accompanying exhibition titled The Art of Frankenweenie from 17–21 October. The festival runs from 10 October – 21 October.

Judge Dredd Viral

I've been a massive fan of Judge Dredd and the 2000AD comics since my parents first started buying my  Progs every Saturday  way back in the 1990s and while the first Judge Dredd movie is widely regarded as being a bit of a stinker I'm really looking forward to the September release of the Judge Dredd reboot.

If you're a fan of all things Dredd then you must check out the scrotnig* new viral site for Dredd 3D movie over at DreddReport.com. The site has tons of cool and funny stuff  that taps into Dredd's home world of Mega City One (born from the ashes of a post apocalyptic New York). There's a few hidden links to find, plus there's a cool viral video to watch.

Expect lots of posts from me in the future about old Joe Dredd plus other 2000AD characters past and present.

*if you've no idea what scrotnig means - Google it creep!