Weekend Round Up #14

Four days till school break...I promise I'm not counting.

It's been a rather slow week for me geek wise but busy marking wise...no comment on how that is going.

Anyway, we'll start with some more posters for X Men Days of the Future Past. Quicksilver designs aside I'm feeling a little excited for this one.

Admittedly I find it strange that Iceman is with Kitty rather than Piotr but then I remember the third film in the X Men series...and I shudder. I can't wait to see how it does. Especially since I've just re-read the comic arc and it seems completely different. (Yes there is a little sarcasm but I'm still hopeful!)

Secondly, apparently the important type people over at Universal are planning a Battlestar Galactica film. As a reimagining of the series. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure it's been done and done pretty damn well. If you don't remember I present the following image as evidence:

All I have to say is what the frak!

Next is a cartoon bite from Philip Defranco's channel. I'm a huge SourceFed fan and was lucky enough to meet some of the talented people at Comic Con last year. Someone has done some quaint animation to snippets of their clips and I just find them hilarious.



And another video - This is the behind the scenes of "Let It Go" from Frozen in 25 languages. I know people are getting sick of this but I find it fascinating to watch these ladies sing.



And, finally, the latest Godzilla trailer dropped...



This I'm going to see and I'm going to enjoy it because it can't be worse that that fiasco in New York that time that we should never speak of!

I just re-watched the trailer and now my flatmate is laughing at me for getting so excited...I don't care! I used to sneak up in the middle of the night to watch the classic films. So many memories.

So, I hope you all had a lovely week.
Until next time...
Peace and pancakes...
Jaime

Weekend Round Up #8

I'm diving right into it. The Godzilla trailer dropped this week and I don't care what anyone has to say, I can't wait to see it. One of the first films I snuck out to watch was Godzilla vs The Smog Monster so I have fond memories of this series. (Though the Matthew Broderick debacle was painful...)

Here is the trailer - I was sold when I heard that iconic Godzilla roar!

I have a strange fascination with photography of deserted places. There is something haunting about seeing decaying buildings and the like and it makes me curious as to what happened there when there was life...

Christopher Payne, a photographer and author has released a book with a series of shots from inside a  State Mental Asylum and some of the pictures are amazing. It's definitely on my order list from Amazon. 

Photos by Christopher Payne from the article at Brain Pickings 

You can order the book through Amazon click here.

I'm a huge fan of Spoken Word Poetry/Slam Poetry and the folks on the youtube channel Button Poetry have some amazing videos from some powerful speakers. This is one I watched recently and I found the power behind the words almost captivating. 

 Check out their channel. 

Okay - this is serious. I have to recommend this graphic novel series by the amazing Joe Hill with art by Gabriel Rodriguez. I'm just waiting on the final book to arrive from Amazon. Seriously, this is a series that has me hanging on every word, panel and page. It starts with murder most foul and has some of the most realistic dialogue between characters that I have seen in a while.  Plus, the Lovecraftian undertones make you check doors and cupboards at night. I'm not going to give too much away because you have to read it. You can check it out on Amazon as well. 

And, in sad news for Geeks, Harold Ramis died this week. 

This is a fitting tribute to a great actor and director and was drawn by Ash Vickers. Source MegaCynics

Hope this has brought a little enjoyment into your day. 

Peace and pancakes

Jaime