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		<title>Chinese Got A Lot Of Hells&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Here&#8217;s to the Army and Navy, and the battles they have won. Here&#8217;s to America&#8217;s colors, the colors that never run. May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather&#8230;&#8221; As of today, Six Demon Bag is going on indefinite hiatus. I just don&#8217;t have the time or the energy to update the blog on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Here&#8217;s to the Army and Navy, and the battles they have won.</em></p>
<p><em>Here&#8217;s to America&#8217;s colors, the colors that never run.</em></p>
<p><em>May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather&#8230;&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>As of today, Six Demon Bag is going on indefinite hiatus. I just don&#8217;t have the time or the energy to update the blog on a regular basis right now. Sorry to anyone who enjoyed the site. I&#8217;ll continue to write and if things change, I&#8217;ll be back.</p>
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		<title>Lo Pan&#8217;s Lunk Dump: 10-09-08</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, ripped off gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan! Notebook star Ryan Gosling the front runner to play Green Lantern, according to report.  Ugh&#8230;another [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><em>Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ripped off</span> gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan!</em></p>
<p><a href="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ryan_gosling1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="205" data-permalink="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/lo-pans-lunk-dump-10-09-08/ryan_gosling1/" data-orig-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ryan_gosling1.jpg" data-orig-size="318,414" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="ryan_gosling1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ryan_gosling1.jpg?w=230" data-large-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ryan_gosling1.jpg?w=318" class="size-medium wp-image-205 alignleft" title="ryan_gosling1" src="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ryan_gosling1.jpg?w=231&#038;h=300" alt=""   srcset="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ryan_gosling1.jpg?w=97 97w, https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ryan_gosling1.jpg?w=194 194w, https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ryan_gosling1.jpg?w=115 115w" sizes="(max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px" /></a><em>Notebook</em> star Ryan Gosling the front runner to play Green Lantern, <a href="http://latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-green-lantern-may-have-a-notebook-5506" target="_blank">according to report</a>.  Ugh&#8230;another case of a boy sent in to do a man&#8217;s job. When is Hollywood going to learn that it&#8217;s ok to cast someone over the age of 30 to play a freakin&#8217; superhero? I don&#8217;t know, maybe it was just the hyper-idealized way these characters were drawn when I was growing up, but I always picture heroes like Hal Jordan or Superman as chisled, 35-38 year old <em>men</em>, not skinny 20-something college kids who look like they should be in a Starbucks with their laptops surfing <a href="http://www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com" target="_blank">Stuff White People Lik</a><a href="http://www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com" target="_blank">e</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38654" target="_blank">Lethal Weapon 5 Is Being Fast Tracked?</a> Great Googly Moogly. If someone came up to me and asked me what the world needed more, another Lethal Weapon movie or an infestation of giant spiders that implanted our bodies with spider-eggs and destroyed the Earth with laser beams that shot out of their asses, I&#8217;d have to think long and hard about that spider thing. Fifty bucks says the bad guy Riggs has to bring down is a big hairy Jewish guy with a huge gold Star of David necklace.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/06/set-photos-a-better-look-at-kick-ass-in-costume/" target="_blank">Here&#8217;s some pictures and video from the set of the movie adaptation of Mark Millar&#8217;s Kick-Ass comic</a>. I don&#8217;t know anything about this story, but come on, it&#8217;s called Kick-Ass and Nick Cage is probably going to rock another ridiculous hairpiece. Sold!</p>
<p><a href="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unbreakable.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="209" data-permalink="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/lo-pans-lunk-dump-10-09-08/unbreakable/" data-orig-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unbreakable.jpg" data-orig-size="250,193" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="unbreakable" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unbreakable.jpg?w=250" data-large-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unbreakable.jpg?w=250" class="alignright size-full wp-image-209" title="unbreakable" src="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unbreakable.jpg?w=450" alt=""   srcset="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unbreakable.jpg 250w, https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unbreakable.jpg?w=150&amp;h=116 150w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></a>A sequel to <em>Unbreakable</em>? M. Night Shyamalan <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38654" target="_blank">confirms he wants to sit down and write it.</a> Unbreakable is the equivalent of Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s <em>Jackie Brown</em>. Both of them were great films, but idiotic audiences rejected them because they weren&#8217;t Pulp Fiction 2 or Sixth Sense 2. The characters Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis brought to life as a real-world supervillian and superhero deserved to be explored further, but in the wake of the backlash Shyamalan ran screaming away from the property and gave us shit-fests like <em>The Village</em>, <em>Lady in the Water</em>, and <em><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">The Crappening</span> The Happening</em>. In my eyes, this is the only move that can give Manny his credibility back.</p>
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<p>Finally, Zombie fans and Beatles fans now have something in common: <a href="http://io9.com/5060383/the-zombeatles-prepare-the-undead-british-invasion" target="_blank">Meet The Zombeatles</a>! Goo Goo Gaj&#8211;BRAINSSSS!!!</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sorry about the lack of updates. I&#8217;m currently trying to decide if I should continue the blog or not. I don&#8217;t have much time to write the in-depth articles and reviews that I would like to, so I&#8217;m going to have to mull it over. I should have a Lo Pan&#8217;s Link Dump posted by [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Sorry about the lack of updates. I&#8217;m currently trying to decide if I should continue the blog or not. I don&#8217;t have much time to write the in-depth articles and reviews that I would like to, so I&#8217;m going to have to mull it over. I should have a Lo Pan&#8217;s Link Dump posted by tomorrow afternoon if time permits. Sorry again!</p>
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		<title>Lo Pan&#8217;s Link Dump 10-02-08</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, ripped off gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan! Kirsten Dunst says she&#8217;s back on board for Spider-Man 4. I don&#8217;t share the vitriol [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><em>Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ripped off</span> gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan!</em></p>
<p><a href="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/10/01/watch-kirsten-dunst-simon-pegg-discuss-spider-man-4-villians-and-siblings/" target="_blank">Kirsten Dunst says she&#8217;s back on board for Spider-Man 4</a>. I don&#8217;t share the vitriol and contempt for Dunst that the rest of the Internet community has for her (constantly referring to her as &#8220;fug&#8221; or &#8220;Snaggletooth&#8221;, etc.), but I certainly wasn&#8217;t rooting for her to come back to the franchise either. The video clip in this interview isn&#8217;t going to win her any new friends or help her change her perception as a self-involved moron, that&#8217;s for sure. &#8220;That was two villains combinded, wasn&#8217;t it?&#8221; <em>Combinded</em>? WTF???</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Tron 2</span> TR2N looks like <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38575" target="_blank">it&#8217;s actually going to happen</a>. YES YES YES!!! No word on if <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3609OtM138c&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">this guy</a> is going to be in it though.</p>
<p>Check out the <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38575" target="_blank">music video</a> for Jack White and Alicia Keys&#8217; <em>Quantum of Solace</em> theme song &#8220;Another Way To Die&#8221;. Pfft&#8230;lame. Everyone knows <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsiBhQ60rJE" target="_blank">this</a> is the best James Bond theme and video. Alicia Keys is liquid sex though.</p>
<p>John Favreau <a href="http://movies.ign.com/articles/915/915192p1.html?RSSwhen2008-10-01_130700&amp;RSSid=915192" target="_blank">spills a whole lot of Iron Man sequel info</a>, and had this to say regarding Tony Stark&#8217;s alcoholism storyline:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll ever do the Leaving Las Vegas version, but it will be dealt with.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/drunk.gif"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="188" data-permalink="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/lo-pans-link-dump-10-02-08/drunk/" data-orig-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/drunk.gif" data-orig-size="206,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="drunk" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/drunk.gif?w=206" data-large-file="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/drunk.gif?w=206" class="size-full wp-image-188 alignright" title="drunk" src="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/drunk.gif?w=450" alt=""   srcset="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/drunk.gif 206w, https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/drunk.gif?w=103&amp;h=150 103w" sizes="(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px" /></a>I had a feeling he would pussy out when it came to Iron Man&#8217;s battle with the bottle. I&#8217;m sure he felt the heat from the Hollywood suits who didn&#8217;t want to have anything to do with a raging drunk superhero ruining their lighthearted cash cow. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, Iron Man kicked ass and Favreau did a tremendous job, but Stark&#8217;s struggles with booze is the defining aspect of his character and the story deserves the full treatment.</p>
<p>My ideal Iron Man sequel would go like this: In the wake of his &#8220;coming out&#8221; as Iron Man, Tony Stark sinks deeper and deeper into alcoholism, spiraling out of control, paving the way for Jim Rhodes to don the War Machine armor in order to stop the threat of the Crimson Dynamo or other villains that belong to the &#8220;10 Rings&#8221; organization. War Machine gets his ass kicked and needs help from Tony, who heroically returns as Iron Man at the end of the movie after a heart to heart with Pepper and defeats the enemies side by side with War Machine. Then in the third movie, the Mandarin reveals himself as the leader of the 10 Rings and the huge threat behind everything that has transpired. Hire me Favreau! I&#8217;m money baby!</p>
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<p>Finally, The CW <a href="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/10/01/robin-to-get-smallville-treatment-on-cw-with-the-graysons/" target="_blank">announced plans for a new show called The Graysons</a> which would chronicle the life of Dick Grayson and his circus acrobat family before they died and he became Robin. Think that &#8220;Dawson&#8217;s Circus&#8221; idea sounds like ass in a can? Well, it gets worse. Smallville executive producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson are behind the show and The Graysons will be similar in style and structure to that weekly televised abortion.</p>
<p>Ugh. I bet you a million bucks Dick &#8220;DJ&#8221; Grayson (Yes, that&#8217;s what they&#8217;re calling him) will be a sullen, rebellious, emo kid who resents his circus life and will find romance and solve crimes in each new town he visits with the circus. He&#8217;ll probably encounter lame, watered-down, non-costumed versions of classic Batman villains too. Wonderful. Wouldn&#8217;t a series about a young Bruce Wayne traveling the world learning martial arts and detective skills in his preparation to become Batman be a far better premise for a show? Oh wait, that idea actually makes sense. Nevermind.</p>
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		<title>My Top Five Choices For Green Lantern</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Carter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to this First Showing report, the long in development Green Lantern film took another step closer to seeing the light of day this week. The film will of course be an origin story, centering on white-bread test pilot Hal Jordan rather than soul brother architect John Stewart. (The Stewart version of Green Lantern will [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>According to this <a href="http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/09/26/green-lantern-movie-starts-shooting-next-spring/" target="_blank">First Showing report</a>, the long in development <em>Green Lantern</em> film took another step closer to seeing the light of day this week. The film will of course be an origin story, centering on white-bread test pilot Hal Jordan rather than soul brother architect John Stewart. (The Stewart version of Green Lantern will be featured in the upcoming Justice League film and will be played by Common).</p>
<p>Provided Hollywood doesn&#8217;t screw this one up with merchandising demands, script alterations, and hideous casting decisions, Green Lantern has the potential to be another <em>Iron Man</em> in terms of box office success. It should also be a spectacular special effects bonanza, with the variety of fun energy shapes (giant fists, axes, hammers, etc.) that Green Lanterns can produce with their power rings. The key to the movie&#8217;s success is finding a strong leading actor to portray the fearless Hal Jordan. Here&#8217;s a look at what I think are the top five choices:</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.usmagazine.com/files/mark-wahlberg-b_0.jpg" alt="" width="139" height="170" /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>5.) Mark Wahlberg:</strong></span> I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that I used to despise this guy. I looked at him and all I saw was a former underwear model/rapper/obnoxious wigger who wanted to add acting to his resume.  Things changed with his role as Dirk Diggler in P.T. Anderson&#8217;s porn saga <em>Boogie Nights, </em>however. He showed some terrific range in that flick, balancing humor and drama deftly, and since that breakthrough role he&#8217;s made nice career for himself with strong performances in films like <em>We Own The Nigh</em>t and <em>The Departed</em>. Wahlberg has yet to star in a huge superhero blockbuster (the upcoming <em>Max Payne</em> doesn&#8217;t really count), and GL may be the perfect vehicle for him.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/263982~Gerard-Butler-Posters.jpg" alt="" width="151" height="189" /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>4.) Gerard Butler:</strong></span> After <em>300</em> this guy has been rumored to be up for every superhero role from Captain America to Aquaman, but so far he&#8217;s shied away from any cape-and-cowl offers, choosing to mix it up on an island with Jodie Foster and Little Miss Sunshine for some mysterious reason. Perhaps the imposing Scotsman is just waiting for the right pair of tights to don, and Green Lantern may be the opportunity he&#8217;s been waiting for.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/premiere_photo/20050906/13/4043636426.jpg" alt="" width="102" height="138" /><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">3.) Thomas Jane:</span></strong> I know, I know, he&#8217;s already played The Punisher, but so what? Jane was the only decent thing about that festering dungpile, and he&#8217;s one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood (Don&#8217;t believe me? Check him out in <em>The Mist</em>. Awesome stuff). He has one of those faces that&#8217;s suitable for just about any superhero and you could sure as hell do a lot worse.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">2.) Aaron Eckhart:</span></strong> I never thought much of this guy, and as a matter of fact, I was always confusing him for Thomas Jane for some reason. He always seemed like a pretty vanilla actor, but then a little role in a movie called <em>The Dark Knight </em>came along and changed everything. People like to talk about how mind-blowing Heath Ledger&#8217;s performance as the Joker was, but Eckhart absolutely owned Harvey Dent and showed range above and beyond what anybody could have expected out of him. I don&#8217;t think audiences would have any problem buying Eckhart as the brash, cocky, fearless test pilot.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080407/Nathan-Fillion_l.jpg" alt="" width="144" height="192" /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>1.) Nathan Fillion:</strong></span> Yep, that&#8217;s right, good ol&#8217; Captain Mal himself. I&#8217;m sure I just made a ton of Browncoats happy (not to mention padding my stats with Fillion image searches, heh heh). Anyway, Fillion may not have the star power of the other actors on this list, but I believe if given the right opportunity, Fillion can become a huge leading star in Hollywood. As<em> Firefly</em> has already proven, Fillion has the talent, the looks, and the charisma to be a hero and a leader in a sci-fi setting. He certainly deserves a better fate than his post-Firefly career has dealt him, as he has languished in guest roles on LOST, and the abysmial <em>Desperate Housewives</em>&#8230;*shudder*. Fillion really needs the break and that is why he&#8217;s my number one choice for the role of Hal Jordan. The only thing that may stand in his way is another masked man role&#8230;fans are currently clamoring for him to take on the mantle of The Lone Ranger alongside Johnny Depp as Tonto in the upcoming Disney film.</p>
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		<title>Lo Pan&#8217;s Link Dump 09-25-08</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, ripped off gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan! Ratings for season 3 premiere of Heroes=EPIC FAIL. Wow, that&#8217;s quite a drastic turnaround in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><em>Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ripped off</span> gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan!</em></p>
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<p><a href="http://io9.com/5053869/why-has-heroes-failed-to-save-nbc" target="_blank">Ratings for season 3 premiere of <em>Heroes</em>=EPIC FAIL</a>. Wow, that&#8217;s quite a drastic turnaround in viewership. I continue to watch this show more out of habit and a desire to see Ali Larter in lingerie than anything else, but I&#8217;ve always maintained that it&#8217;s one of the worst shows on television. Characters constantly do idiotic things and switch allegiances and personality traits to accommodate the sloppy, plot-hole ridden writing.  At least <a href="http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&amp;q=malcolm+mcdowell&amp;x=12&amp;y=10" target="_blank">Malcolm McDowell </a>is back this year, that guy is just a bowl of badass.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38402" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/actors_films_images/Stephen_Chow.jpg" alt="" width="96" height="130" />Stephen Chow to star in and direct the <em>Green Hornet </em>movie</a>. This project just keeps getting weirder and weirder. It started life as a Kevin Smith film, who was going to treat it as a serious superhero adaptation, but he chickened out after writing the screenplay and the property floated around until Apatow cronie Seth Rogen decided to take a stab at it and turn it into a campy comedy. Now, the <em>Kung Fu Hustl</em>e guy gets on board? This will either kick unholy ass or suck harder than The Love Guru&#8230;*shudder*</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/news.filefront.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/star-wars-force-unleashed-thumb.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="214" /></p>
<p><a href="http://io9.com/5054345/force-unleashed-the-movie" target="_blank">Star Wars: The Force Unleashed-The Movie?</a> This pains me to say George, but it&#8217;s over. That dead horse you&#8217;re beating is just a bloody pile of guts at this point.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.latinoreview.com/news/breaking-news-on-lone-ranger-national-treasure-3-pirates-4-cars-2-alice-in-wonderland-5433" target="_blank">Here&#8217;s a report about a ton of upcoming genre projects from Disney</a>, including <em>The Lone Ranger</em>, <em>Pirates 4</em>, <em>National Treasure 3</em>, <em>Cars 2</em>, <em>Up</em>, Tim Burton&#8217;s <em>Alice in Wonderland</em>, and <em>Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride. </em>I learned two things from reading this report; Johnny Depp is owned by Disney and I&#8217;d rather set a basket of puppies on fire than watch <em>Wild Hogs 2</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Finally, <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-9/chevy-corvette-is-sideswipe-and-ravage-confirmed-for-tf2-165859/" target="_blank">here&#8217;s some Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen spoilers</a> featuring info on some new characters which will be familiar to TF fans.  And <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-9/new-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-megatron-pictures-165837/" target="_blank">here&#8217;s some concept art </a>of Megatron&#8217;s new tank mode. There&#8217;s also a rumor going around that this Transformers movie might actually be watchable, but there&#8217;s no confirmation yet.  <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attachment.php?do=fullview&amp;attachmentid=9922" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attachment.php?do=fullview&amp;attachmentid=9922" alt="" width="300" height="216" /></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Much like the ancient Greeks looked toward the heavens for guidance and wisdom from their Pantheon of Gods such as Zeus, Poseidon, and Ares, so to do geeks in modern society worship powerful beings who sit upon high thrones and dispense their wizardry to the masses. These powerful beings, however, are more apt to entertain [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Much like the ancient Greeks looked toward the heavens for guidance and wisdom from their Pantheon of Gods such as Zeus, Poseidon, and Ares, so to do geeks in modern society worship powerful beings who sit upon high thrones and dispense their wizardry to the masses. These powerful beings, however, are more apt to entertain their followers with retarded Rastafarian aliens or homoerotic hobbits than cast down thunderbolts or give fire to mankind.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Geek Pantheon&#8221; is primarily dominated by men whose physical traits consist of beards, glasses, and a large, unkempt mass of hair. The hierarchy of Geek Gods is as follows:</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/images.askmen.com/galleries/men/george-lucas/pictures/george-lucas-picture-1.jpg" alt="" width="136" height="176" /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>George Lucas (The Geek God of Star Wars, Indiana Jones)</strong></span>. With his towering mane of white hair, a mighty white beard, and a double chin the size of a fetus, Lucas bears more than a passing resemblance to the Lord of the Gods, Zeus. But instead of casting down thunderbolts to punish mankind or impregnating various women to create more Gods and heroes like Hercules, Lucas gave birth to Star Wars, one of the most beloved (and also heavily scrutinized) science fiction/fantasy franchises of all time.</p>
<p>Though he is still powerful and influential, Lucas&#8217; wisdom and judgment (especially regarding the Star Wars franchise) has deteriorated to the point where he believes Jabba the Hutt&#8217;s uncle should be covered in neon-colored tattoos, wear a feather headdress, and speak in a homosexual southern accent.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.pr.com/upload/article_image_1142277552.jpg" alt="" width="122" height="153" /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Stan Lee (The Geek God of Comic Books)</strong></span> Though many say his longtime creative partner Jack Kirby is the true power behind the early days of Marvel Comics, no other figure is revered or beloved in the comics world as Stan Lee. A jovial, kindhearted man with a penchant for alliteration, Lee is credited with the creation of dozens of popular and enduring superheroes such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk, The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, and The X-Men.</p>
<p>In his old age, Lee is little more than a mascot for Marvel comics, spending most of his time making brief but amusing cameos in the big-budget film adaptations of the characters he co-created over 40 years ago.  Lee&#8217;s most recent cameo was in <em>Iron Man</em>, where he was mistaken for Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner. This comparison isn&#8217;t much of a stretch, considering the last relevant contribution from either one occurred in the late 1970&#8217;s.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/images/Peter_Jackson.jpg" alt="" width="118" height="169" /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Peter Jackson (The Geek God of Lord of the Rings)</strong></span>, When the first of the Star Wars prequels failed to meet expectations in 1999, there seemed to be a desperate cry from the geek legions for a new fantasy franchise that would capture their imaginations and suck their disposable income dry. Enter Peter Jackson and his adaptation of one of the greatest literary works of all-time, J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>. Audiences thrilled to Jackson&#8217;s beautiful gay love story of Sam and Frodo, two tiny hobbits who braved a treacherous journey through a mystical land of evil wizards, orcs, and a giant eyeball, to frolic together in a fluffy feather bed with two other hobbits, a dwarf and an effeminate elf. Truly Moving.</p>
<p>Jackson has recently violated the geek idol appearance code by shedding 50 lbs, cutting his hair and getting Lasik eye surgery. For these crimes, and for the <em>King Kong</em> remake, he is dangerously close to being cast out of the Geek Pantheon.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.nndb.com/people/503/000022437/gene-roddenberry-210819-911024-2x3x96.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="182" /><strong>Gene Roddenberry (The Geek God of Star Trek):</strong> Though not bearded or bespectacled, Roddenberry is slavishly worshipped and idolized by Trekkies, the highest echelon of geek culture. When questioned about their great love and admiration for Roddenberry, Trekkies will undoubtedly regurgitate the standard cliches regarding Roddenberry&#8217;s &#8220;visionary&#8221; ability to &#8220;hold a mirror up to society&#8221; and use science fiction metaphorically as a means to explore controversial themes such as civil rights, racism, gender roles, interracial romance, military politics, and the mating habits of fuzzy balls.</p>
<p>In the mid to late 90&#8217;s the vast Star Trek empire began to crumble with the final episode of <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation</em>, a TV show so monumentally dull and nerdy that even the most socially retarded <em>Dr. Wh</em>o fans balked at watching it for fear of being labeled &#8220;uncool&#8221;. Despite this, Trek conventions continue to attract millions of unwashed virgins each year, and fans of the saga hold on to the delusional belief that <em>LOST</em> creator J.J. Abrams &#8220;re-imagining&#8221; of the Star Trek universe in 2009, which stars the bad guy from <em>Heroes</em> as Spock and Harold from <em>Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle</em> as Sulu, will somehow usher in a bold new era for the franchise.</p>
<p>Other lesser Geek Idols include Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, George Romero, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Anne Rice, Jack Kirby, Ridley Scott, and Gary Gyax.</p>
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		<title>Lo Pan&#8217;s Link Dump: 09-18-08</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, ripped off gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan! Well, here&#8217;s an interesting idea: Aint it Cool? News reporter Moriarty thinks the Coen brothers [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><em>Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ripped off</span> gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan!</em></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.geocities.com/backupclow/supes169.jpg" alt="" width="181" height="169" />Well, here&#8217;s an interesting idea: <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38353" target="_blank">Aint it Cool? News reporter Moriarty thinks the Coen brothers would make an awesome Superman movie</a>. I&#8217;m a big fan of the Coens, and there&#8217;s no question they can shoot the shit out of a movie, but I keep picturing Javier Bardem playing Superman with that creepy bowl haircut he sported in <em>No Country For Old Men</em>. *shudder*</p>
<p>Tahmoh Penikett (Helo on <em>Battlestar Galactica</em>) <a href="http://io9.com/5050794/bsg-ending-not-what-you-expect-claims-star" target="_blank">discusses the fate of his character in the series finale</a> and how brilliant the <em>Galactica</em> writers are. If I were him, I&#8217;d be happy with any final scenario for my character as long as it still involved banging <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=grace%20park&amp;rls=com.microsoft:en-us&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;startIndex=&amp;startPage=1&amp;um=1&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi" target="_blank">Grace Park </a>on a regular basis. In a related story, <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38369" target="_blank">the Battlestar Galactica franchise is 30 years old today</a>. Holy crap I&#8217;m old.</p>
<p><a href="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/09/15/edward-norton-uncertain-about-marvels-plans-for-hulk-franchise/" target="_blank">Will Ed Norton be back as the Hulk </a>in another sequel or in The Avengers movie? I think you&#8217;ll have a better chance of seeing a sequel to <em>Blankman</em> than another Hulk solo movie, but I think Marvel will throw some money at Norton, Downey Jr., Jackson, etc., to get all of them aboard for the Avengers. Speaking of Marvel&#8217;s super-team, is <a href="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/09/15/eva-longoria-researching-avengers-role/" target="_blank">Eva Longoria in the running to play the Wasp</a>? Please God no&#8230;</p>
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<p>Here&#8217;s some <a href="http://io9.com/5051438/the-audition-that-gave-us-megan-foxs-under+the+hood-shot" target="_blank">footage of uber-hottie Megan Fox </a>auditioning for the first <em>Transformers</em>. If you watch this and think, &#8220;Man, she is a God-awful actress&#8221;. Ask yourself this: would <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">your penis</span> you say &#8220;no&#8221; to her? Yeah, didn&#8217;t think so.</p>
<p>Finally, another Aint it Cool? News contributor attended the Paramount Pictures 2009 slate press screening, and <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38310" target="_blank">saw some nearly-completed scenes from the upcoming G.I. Joe movie</a>. To the shock and surprise of absolutely no one, it looked like ass in a can. Of course, <a href="https://sixdemonbag.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/" target="_blank">I already outlined in great detail</a> why this movie is going to be a giant piece of Rhino shit, and this report just confirms my beliefs.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Ed. Note: Lo Pan’s Link Dump is a weekly roundup of the latest geek culture headlines, <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">ripped off</span> gathered from various websites and news sources, all brought to you by your favorite 3,000 year old Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan!</em></p>
<p>AWWW HELL NAW!!! <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38249" target="_blank">Will Smith as Captain America</a>? Say it ain&#8217;t so! Oh, ok, <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38258" target="_blank">it ain&#8217;t so</a>. -Whew-.</p>
<p><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/09/sam-raimi-and-t.html" target="_blank">Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi &#8220;officially&#8221; back for Spider-Man 4 (and possibly 5)</a>. This is probably terrific news for a lot of Spider-Man fans out there, but I was hoping for a fresh start to this series. Part of the allure and staying power of comic books is that artists and writers come and go, but the characters endure because new creators come aboard with different perspectives and directions. In this case, any direction away from emo haircuts, jazz dance numbers, and the painfully mediocre and mis-cast Kirsten Dunst would be a good way to go.</p>
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<p>Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and the rest of the Judd Apatow boys as Ghostbusters? Looks to be that way, <a href="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_popmachine/2008/09/harold-ramis-co.html" target="_blank">according to recent comments</a> by <em>Ghostbusters</em> actor and co-creator Harold Ramis (Egon). There&#8217;s a part of me- a teeny, tiny part of me deep down inside, that thinks a Ghostbusters sequel/reboot with Bill Murray and the rest of the old school Ghostbusters acting as mentors to some of today&#8217;s top comic actors would actually be a fun and cool idea. In all honesty though, this would probably turn out to be one of the most epic disasters in movie history. You just can&#8217;t catch lightning in a bottle twice. <em>Blues Brothers 2000</em>, anyone?</p>
<p>Some people in Chicago see an early screening of <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38251" target="_blank">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</a>. Apparently it&#8217;s really shitty and isn&#8217;t very faithful to the book at all. Shocking.</p>
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<p><a href="http://io9.com/5047309/will-clone-wars-launch-thats-my-master-sitcom" target="_blank">New trailer for the Star Wars: Clone Wars CG-animated series</a> on Cartoon Network. 100% southern, homosexual Hutt free!</p>
<p>Finally, check out the uber-awesome<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Lebowski-10th-Anniversary-Limited/dp/B001AEF6CW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1220983750&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"> Big Lebowski 10th Anniversay Special Edition DVD</a>!</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well folks, the Labor Day weekend has come and gone, offcially marking the end of the summer movie season. It was a very lucrative summer, with two movies grossing over $300 million, and one giant behemoth of a flick shattering all kinds of records to become the second highest-grossing movie of all time. Here&#8217;s my [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well folks, the Labor Day weekend has come and gone, offcially marking the end of the summer movie season. It was a very lucrative summer, with two movies grossing over $300 million, and one giant behemoth of a flick shattering all kinds of records to become the second highest-grossing movie of all time. Here&#8217;s my thoughts on the summer blockbusters, divided into monetary categories:</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>$400 million +</strong></span></p>
<p>Only one movie cracked the $400 million barrier this year, blowing right by it to achieve a mind-blowing (for this theater-going era) $510 million and counting. I&#8217;m talking of course, about<em> Beverly Hills Chihuahua</em>, a funny and heartwarming masterpiece about a canine who&#8212;what? It was actually<em> The Dark Knight</em>? You mean that movie where Martin Lawrence travels back in time to Medieval England? I thought that came out years ago&#8230;</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>$300 million +</strong></span><strong>: </strong><em>Iron Man, Indiana Jones &amp; The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull</em></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://raincoaster.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/indiana-jones.jpg?w=81&#038;h=120" alt="" width="81" height="120" /><em>Iron Man </em>was the commercial and critical darling of the summer until Batman showed up and absolutely annihilated ol&#8217; shellhead. Still it was a massive hit for a third-tier comic book character that the &#8220;masses&#8221; were mostly unfamiliar with. Simply stamping the name &#8220;Indiana Jones&#8221; on a movie is good enough for a guaranteed $250 million, so there really isn&#8217;t much more I can say about how it performed. Considering that it was by far the worst entry in the beloved series, I think it&#8217;s actually quite surprising it took in over three bills.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>$200 million +: </strong></span><em>Hancock, Wall-E, Kung Fu Panda</em></p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/getout.amarillo.com/movabletype/goblog/images/blog/KungFuPanda032108.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="165" />The $200 million mark is nothing to sneeze at in terms of a summer movie gross these days, especially when you factor in the downturn the industry has taken and the competition from Blu-Ray DVD and High Def home theaters. Just like the &#8220;Indiana Jones&#8221; brand is worth an instant box-office paypay, slapping the &#8220;Pixar&#8221; name in front of any title is also worth an easy $150 million at the least. No Pixar film has ever made less than $160 million, and even with the semi-hard sell concept of a lonely Robot on a devastated Earth, <em>Wall-E </em>still racked in a ton of cash. I was really surprised to see Dreamwork&#8217;s <em>Kung Fu Panda</em> hit this mark, however, but a fantastic marketing campaign that emphasized the colorful animal characters and Jack Black&#8217;s antics, really sold this movie to the kiddies (it was also a very good movie to boot).</p>
<p><em>Hancock</em> is currently the fourth highest-grossing picture of the year, and it makes me absolutely sick to my stomach. I never bothered to see it because I, unlike the legions of gullible, ignorant mouth-breathers out there who flock to any Will Smith summer movie, actually saw this piece of crap for what it really was, a skillfully engineered and pre-packaged crapfest. You could almost see and hear the excutives planning this turd in some boardroom somewhere:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Head Exec:</strong> &#8220;Ok people, what can we make this summer, what&#8217;s been popular?&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Clueless Underling #1:</strong> &#8220;Superheroes!&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Clueless Underling #2:</strong> &#8220;Will Smith&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Clueless Underling #3:</strong> &#8220;Will Smith on the Fourth of July! He owns that date!&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Head Exec:</strong> &#8220;Okay, a Will Smith superhero flick on the Fourth of July. Get somebody to write a script. Now, what&#8217;s for lunch?&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>*sigh*</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>$100 million +:</strong></span> <em>Sex and the City, Mamma Mia!, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Wanted, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Incredible Hulk, Get Smart, You Don&#8217;t Mess With the Zohan, Step Brothers</em></p>
<p>$100 million used to be the gold standard for a successful summer movie, but nowadays that rarely even recoups the marketing budgets for these huge action/sci-fi/superhero pictures. Comedies, dramas, and musicals however, are still considered huge smash hits if they are able to reach this goal, and that&#8217;s what a good percentage of the films in this range are.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/media.justjared.com/headlines/2008/04/get-smart-movie-stills.jpg" alt="" width="132" height="132" /><em>Get Smart </em>proved Steve Carell could carry a summer blockbuster on his shoulders, and washed the bad taste of <em>Evan Almighty</em> out of our mouths. <em>Mamma Mia!</em> and <em>Sex and the City</em> were surprisingly massive counter-programming hits, proving that lots of women and gay guys go to the cinema in the summer. I don&#8217;t understand how a giant piece of runny, corn-riddled shit like <em>Zohan</em> even cracked $25 million, and I never got around to seeing <em>Step Brothers</em>, but heard good things.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://akiko.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/prince-caspian-narnia-poste.jpg?w=216&#038;h=319" alt="" width="216" height="319" /></p>
<p>On the action front, <em>Narnia</em>, <em>Hulk</em>, and <em>The Mummy</em> all were huge under-performers, especially <em>Prince Caspian</em>, which was predicted to do even better than its predecessor and generate <em>Lord of the Rings </em>numbers. Sadly, audiences didn&#8217;t flock to see more shitty CGI beavers and a lead character who looked like a Jonas Brother. The Incredible Hulk wasn&#8217;t able to shake off the rancid odor of Ang Lee&#8217;s ponderous 2002 <img class="alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.lahiguera.net/cinemania/actores/rachel_weisz/fotos/1895/rachel_weisz.jpg" alt="" width="107" height="141" /><em>Hulk</em> film, or the bad press it was getting right before release when Ed Norton complained that the director cut out too much of the film&#8217;s dialogue and story elements. <em>Wanted</em> came out of nowhere to do great numbers with some terrific action sequences and the allure of Angelina Jolie, and as for <em>the Mummy</em>, it looks like the absence of uber-hottie Rachel Weisz kept audiences away there. Learn your lesson, Mummy people! Rachel=box office gold!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Tropic_Thunder/tropic_thunder_movie_poster_3_sheet_jack_black__robert_downey_jr._and_ben_stiller.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="178" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>$50-$100 million:</strong></span> <em>Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Tropic Thunder, Pineapple Express, What Happens in Vegas, The Happening, The Strangers</em></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/R/k/Q/hellboy2pic5.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="140" />Well, here&#8217;s where the disappointments come in. When you spend hundreds of millions of dollars on marketing, special effects, etc. on what is perceived as a summer &#8220;blockbuster&#8221;, it&#8217;s devastating when audiences just don&#8217;t give a rat&#8217;s ass or the movie just gets lost in the crowded summer lineup. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;d like to believe happened to <em>Hellboy 2</em>, a great, imaginative, and gorgeous-looking movie that should be in the $200+ million category. It&#8217;s sickening to think this Guerillmo Del Toro sequel was out-grossed by the likes of <em>Hancock</em>, <em>Sex and the City</em>, and freakin&#8217; <em>Zohan</em>! It&#8217;s yet another shining example of the brain-dead movie-going public who continue to slurp up the sugary, pre-packaged pap the studios churn out.</p>
<p><em>Tropic Thunder </em>was also a disappointment. It had a massive budget of over $100 million (huge for a comedy), yet it failed to beat out more moderately budgeted comedies like <em>Step Brothers </em>or Christ, yet again, <em>the Zohan</em>. Simply incredible.</p>
<p><em>The Happening</em> was a giant turd, and many people are calling it the nail in Manny Shyamalan&#8217;s coffin. We&#8217;ll see. I have nothing to add about the other flicks.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.iwatchstuff.com/2008/03/25/meet-dave-poster.jpg" alt="" width="243" height="363" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">$0-$49million (A.K.A., The Shit List): </span></strong><em>Speed Racer, Meet Dave, The Love Guru, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Babylon A.D., The House Bunny, Space Chimps, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Disaster Movie, Death Race</em></p>
<p>Yikes, as wise old Ben Kenobi once said, &#8220;A wretched hive of scum and villainy&#8221;. Just looking at this list sends a tingling creeper up my spine. Awful, awful stuff here.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="https://i0.wp.com/community.fxuk.com/blogs/fox_insider/425_speed_racer6_120707.jpg" alt="" width="146" height="109" />It seems like after the Wachowski brothers delivered those two reviled <em>Matrix</em> sequels, they just can&#8217;t buy a hit. Their attempt to make the old <em>Speed Racer</em> cartoon into a  surreal, manic, strobing, colorful, seizure-inducing movie did not play well with audiences at all. It was a massive failure that many on the Internet say is destined to become a &#8220;cult classic&#8221; like <em>Tron</em> in the future.</p>
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<p>Everything else mentioned up there just really isn&#8217;t even worth discussing. Ciao!!</p>
<p><em>*All Box Office info was gathered from </em><a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com" target="_blank">Box Office Mojo</a><em>. </em></p>
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