I just wanted to point out that earlier this week word hit the blogosphere that last summer, John Favreau flew Brian Bendis, Mark Millar, Joe Quesada, Tom Brevoort, and Axel Alonso out to the set of Iron Man in order to have them offer critique and input regarding the film as it was in production.  Apparently the comics braintrust convinced Favreau to focus on Stane/Iron Monger as the primary villain in favor of using the Mandarin, which was the original idea.  Bendis also claims he wrote the Nick Fury scene at the end (SPOILER ALERT LAWLZ).

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION HOLLYWOOD?  No wonder Iron Man was such a good blend of comics source material and popcorn movie presentation.  These people are the custodians of decades-old legacies.  Let them be involved in the film-making process.  Imagine if Warner ever actually attempted to get Batman writers or editors to contribute to a Batman movie.  Maybe one would eventually turn out actually resembling Batman in some way.  Hmm.

P.S. I officially declare this the Summer of Nick Fury.

I have been known from time to time to digress away from the review of a movie in order to rant about what I perceive as absolute unforgivable idiocy within the current crop of movie “journalists” and “experts”. This is certainly going to be one of those times.

After months upon months of brilliant marketing and less brilliant speculation, I give you Cloverfield.

It is alive, and it is huge.

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For the past few years, Hollywood has been so absurdly out of ideas that adapting comics onto the big screen has been one of the few things the industry has been able to bank on. Thus far in 2007, the trend has showed absolutely no signs of slowing. Now I don’t get out of the house much, but as a hopeless fanboy, it is my duty to go plunk down my $7.50 and watch these things. Tonight I’m taking a look at 300, the latest offering from the brain of the King of Hollywood himself, Frank Miller.

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For the past few years, Hollywood has been so absurdly out of ideas that adapting comics onto the big screen has been one of the few things the industry has been able to bank on. Thus far in 2007, the trend has showed absolutely no signs of slowing. Now I don’t get out of the house much, but as a hopeless fanboy, it is my duty to go plunk down my $7.50 and watch these things. First up is Mark Steven Johnson’s adaptation of everybody’s favorite Spirit of Vengeance.

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Fuck you. No, not you personally, I like you. I like you and I don’t even know you. Yet, you don’t know me. The you I was referring to is you, the reader. You don’t know shit about me. And frankly, I’m ok with that. So instead of the carbon-copy inaugural speech, why hello, my name is Mr. Who-gives-a-shit, and welcome to the bi-weekly Fuck-if-you-care, I’m treating this as I would treat any random encounter with a stranger…*scratches balls, and extends hand* Hi, I’m Mr. Irrelevant. Now enough with the formalities, let’s cut straight to the money shot, because you know that’s the only reason why you, or anyone for that matter, owns the internet. Well, that and WOW.

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