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MUTANT HAIR SALON

April 28th, 2003 | by Tom
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MUTANT HAIR SALON

Am I aware that everyone and their brother will be making references to X-Men 2 this week? Yes. Do I care? Nope.

I’ve gotta say that I’m more jacked up for this round of mutant mayhem than I was for the first. I always had a mental block against the first picture because Brian Singer was at the helm. “Wrong choice”, I thought. It was confirmed when, in several issues, Singer confessed to have never been a read the comic books. “Oh, snap!”, I thought. “We’re doomed.” The fact that he kept pushing that Martin Luther King Jr. VS Malcom X ideology in regard to the relationship between Professor X and Magneto only exacerbated matters.

I always felt like the first movie was good, but flawed. It delivered in many regards – most notably bringing Hugh Jackman to the role of Wolverine, who slam dunked it. Kudos also for bringing aboard Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan as the aforementioned Professor X and Magneto.

But the remainder of the film felt cobbled together. Like they tried to make more of it, but just couldn’t.

James Marsden as Cyclops was a dud. Ditto for Anna Paquin as Rouge. Ray Park, Tyler Mane and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as villains Toad, Sabertooth and Mystique were gimmicky additions at best. Darth Maul, a pro-wrestler and a supermodel? Please.

Halle Berry, of course, was the worst casting possible for the role of Storm. It should have gone to Angela Basset, if you ask me. She was offered it, but I guess she turned it down. Can anyone name the last movie she was in? Supernova? The Score? Yeah… good work, Angie.

But I have high hopes for the sequel. I know this is probably the most naive statement I can make considering A). It’s a sequel and B). It’s a comic book movie. But for some reason, I have a feeling it’s going to turn out more polished. I know they definitely had more money to spend. My wish is that it will make me turn around and appreciate the first a little more. Kind of how The Two Towers did for The Fellowship of The Ring. I think that will be the case since they don’t have to waste time on exposition and can just jump right into the action.

We’ll see.

Good news. Selling more posters. We’re inching ever closer to the half-way point of what’s left in the series. I don’t think you want to be left without one, do you?

I gotta give props to all the fine lads who have helped me pimp the wares as of late. Many thanks to Zach of No Pants Tuesday, Brian of Briworld, Carrington at Movie Punks, Aric from Fish Strips and Mark with Jayhoo and Jawhoo for spreading the good word.

Speaking of good ole Jay and Jaw, you need to check out this strip and look in the background of the second panel. See how cool these posters are?! Even THEY get cameos now!

I think this is going to be a pretty busy week for yours personally. I’m going to try and bring a forum to the site in the next week or two because I want those who have bought posters to have a place where they can discuss their experiences. Oh, and talk about movies.

I’ll also have an announcement regarding a new affiliation I’m considering. But the details will have to wait until later.

Thanks.

└ Tags: Bryan Singer, butter knives, costume, Hugh Jackman, razor, sideburns, Truman, Wolverine, X-Men 2
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MONDAYS SUCK

April 28th, 2003 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

Mitch from Nothing Nice to Say has announced that he is cutting back production on his strip from 3 times weekly to once each Monday for personal reasons. I am unbelievably bummed, but wish nothing but the best for Mitch and his emotional heath.

Here’s to Mitch Clem – a great talent much less deserving of the crap being flung his way. Chin up, man. And take care.

└ Tags: announcement, Mitch Clem, Nothing Nice to Say
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SPRING BROKE

April 28th, 2003 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

Cami and I narrowly avoided seeing The Real Cancun this weekend. We got in the car, drove to the theater to check for show times, grabbed dinner and then thought better of ourselves before deciding we should just go home. What can I say? We were bored. It was a moment of weakness.

I feared that any success that would befall The Real Cancun would bring nothing but bad tidings for the rest of us for all eternity. Billed as the first “reality” movie (suddenly documentaries don’t count?) The Real Cancun was filmed in 2 weeks in March of this year, edited in another 2 weeks from 80 hours of footage of a bunch of bronzed morons killing brain cells over their spring break.

We’ve already seen what reality programming to TV having wiped most produced dramas and comedies clean off the slates of most prime time rosters. Should The Real Cancun do any real business, a wave of this kind of material would surely follow. I didn’t want to be a part of that.

I mean, when you get down to it, what is The Real Cancun but a two hour long episode of The Real World where you finally get to see some boobs? Do you want to admit you carved out a block of time for that?

└ Tags: commentary, spring break, The Real Cancun
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