Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Ghost Rider
Another blow against comic creators and for the big companies. Marvel wins dispute over rights of Ghost Rider, a character whose motorcycle-riding version was created in 1972 by Gary Friedrich.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Mission Impossible 4
Fighting terrorism never looked so good. Cruise and company star in a long commercial for a myriad of brand products while doing preposterous (but pretty cool) stunts in glamourized Dubai and Mumbai. Some of the gadgets and the science behind them are hard to swallow even with a lot of suspended disbelief, but then again, Brad Bird directs cartoons for a living. Tom Cruise looks good for his age, despite his awkward body posture, and is in love with shots of himself running like a maniac through a variety of surroundings, the best being a sandstorm. And Jeremy Renner is bulked up from being Hawkeye in The Avengers.
Stan Lee's Chakra
Friday, December 23, 2011
New Batman trailer
The new Batman preview? Too pretentious and boring for
words.
What?
These guys had it right. Que pasa?
What?
These guys had it right. Que pasa?
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Brazilian Art Museums
Art Knowledge News acknowledged this week the importance of both MASP, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, as the finest art
collection in South America, and The Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil’s national art museum.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Alex Ross Exhibit
And speaking of Batman, Alex Ross is having his first major art retrospective at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. I always thought his Batman was a little chubby, but the man has done a great job being the Norman Rockwell of comics.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Batman & Son
Loving the new Batman and Robin. A delightfully new dynamic that feels so right for the duo.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Only in Brazil
A family of quatis (Brazilian equivalent of the raccoon) in the Boa Vista Forest in Rio.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Algae Green Loop
Proposal for an algae retrofitting of the Marina City Towers
in Chicago, by Influx Studio. The buildings would work as giant air filters, taking in CO2 from the atmosphere and releasing oxygen back into the city.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Diana of Themyscira
Still on Immortals, the movie leaves out the whole part where Theseus fights the Amazons.
Speaking of which...
Speaking of which...
Immortals
There’s a lot of things wrong with Immortals (John Hurt wasted in a minor role, Freida Pinto’s acting, Mickey Rourke's facial hair and hat choices) - and the 3D isn’t very inspired - but there’s a lot of stylized eye-candy and a closer look at the new Superman (who does a pretty good job at being heroic).
If you were looking for mythological accuracy, or an actual
story, look elsewhere. And even though Tarsem (director of The Cell and of the
impressive and unsurpassed Dadaist movie The Fall) has his shining moments,
they’re far too few. 300 remains the best Greek mythology/soft gay porn combo out
there.
Friday, December 2, 2011
My Week With Marilyn
Simon Curtis’ “made-for-TV” direction is heavy-handed, but Michelle
Williams is luminous and deserves the accolades she’s been getting, despite her
lack of physical similarity to Monroe.
Super expensive
A pristine copy of Action Comics No. 1 from 1938 (pretty much Superman's birth certificate), just sold for $2,161,000 at an online auction. The previous record for the book was $1.5 million.
Books in Kansas City
The façade of the the parking garage of the public library downtown Kansas City.
My new favorite picture
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Last year’s “Nelson's Ship in a Bottle,” by leading
Anglo-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
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