You may not know who Diora Baird now, but you might have if her scene as a green-skinned Orion slave girl hadn't been cut out of JJ Abrams' Star Trek. She's not the one who Kirk bangs in Uhura's quarters, she's a different, spunky chick who Kirk encounters in the hallway and confuses for his most recent conquest because, well I guess Kirk's a racist and all green skinned people look alike to him.
Diora's scene may not have made it into the movie but now it's online and, it's definitely worth your time. She's spunky and cute and Kirk's insincerity is exactly what you'd expect. Take a look after the jump: more...
Before the release of Terminator Salvation director McG spent a lot of time spouting ridiculous nonsense to promote his film. Some of it we bought into, some of it we didn't. In the bought it category falls his claim that Warner Bros. was forcing him to delete this incredible topless scene with the film's female lead Moon Bloodgood. Well now that deleted scene is available on the internet and... yeah... it's pretty awful.
The scene happens in the rain while Bloodgood is creepily watched by a pervs. You can't really see much and what you can see is, surprisingly, not that impressive. Sorry Moon, I just expected better. That must be a hellacious push-up bra you have on. The thing to remember here though is that, as usual, McG was exaggerating to make himself look edgier and more fan friendly than he actually is. Cutting this scene was a good decision. Watch it after the jump and see if you agree. more...
Ghostbusters 3 has been lusted after since the second one nearly two decades ago. Lately there seems to be the will to get it done, but the project continues sputtering around in development hell with Dan Akyroyd declaring that he’s already tuning up Ecto 1 and on the other side crotchety Bill Murray insistant that it’ll never get done. But Bill, we need it to get done. The world needs Ghostbusters 3 and I’m here to tell you why.
Science is in trouble.
On film our heroes are underage douche bags who befriend robots or children with mystical powers or worse, vapid bimbos who lust after fangless vampires. Peter Parker the awkward but brilliant student from the comics has been replaced by Peter Parker that emo kid who whines about relationships. Batman is still a detective, but he steals all his best gadgets from the hapless, underpaid inventors in his mega-corporation’s cellar. Indiana Jones, former man of science, hides inside a fridge to escape a nuclear explosion. Wolverine is a product of science, but he’d like the scientists who did it dead and spends most of the time trying to stab anyone who knows how to use a particle accelerator. Dr. Robert Langdon wastes his degrees solving cases to help shore up fervent religious belief in the corrupt Catholic Church. Star Wars has turned into a religion in which people worship microscopic aliens. Watching Jesus being beat to death by Mel Gibson’s camera was a moviegoing event of unparalleled scale and the less said about The Chronicles of Narnia’s Christ obsession the better. In WALL-E it was science that made everyone fat and in The Matrix we’re all just batteries plugged into science’s mechanical menace. Paranormal Activity is the number one movie at the box office this weekend because it makes a world full of mysticism and evil spirits seem like reality, a reality beyond our control. more...
I loved JJ Abrams' reboot of Star Trek as much as anyone. But if you're like me, when you walked out of the theater this summer you couldn't help but think something was missing. No, it wasn't William Shatner. Klingons! I need Klingons like I need Scotch, and trust me, I needs me some Scotch.
Oddly enough, it seems Abrams actually intended to include Klingons in the film. In the following deleted scene (which will be included on the impending DVD), they appear with Star Trek villain Nero. Nero, rather quickly, kicks their ass. Check it out after the jump: more...
I've long been an Ewok defender. Sure they look like lame ass teddy bears, but they're actually vicious, cannibal teddy bears with a penchant for violence and a sick sense of humor. They murder storm troopers and then play the drums on their severed heads! They're subversive, fuzzy little bastards and I've never understood what's not to love.
Case in point, they invaded the Today Show this morning as part of the NBC morning staple's Halloween episode. They were apparently supposed to wander around and look cute during a cooking segment, but instead they started drinking martinis, moonwalking, airhumping, and engaging in food fights. You have to see it to believe it. Check out the entire, must see video after the jump: more...
This week's episode of Dollhouse, titled "Belonging", dropped Echo to focus almost entirely on the character of Sierra and in doing so solved everything that's been so horribly wrong with this show all along. What's wrong is Eliza Dushku who utterly can not act. For two seasons now they've tried to write around her flaws, to find creative ways of dealing with it and rather than fix the show that's turned the entire thing into one big, muddle. With "Belonging" they finally did the only thing that will ever really make Dollhouse work: Let Dushku's Echo fade into the background.
It's a shame really that Dushku is the show's lead when nearly everyone else in it is an absolutely brilliant as a performer. Given a full episode all her own, Diechen Lachman proved tonight beyond all shadow of a doubt what we've all suspected all along: Sierra, not Echo is the best doll in the Dollhouse.
Next episode we're sure to be back to wallowing around in Echo's mediocrity but for now, enjoy what Dollhouse could have been without Dushku to weight it down. more...
You may not know who Diora Baird now, but you might have if her scene as a green-skinned Orion slave girl hadn't been cut out of JJ Abrams' Star Trek. She's not the one who Kirk bangs in Uhura's quarters, she's a different, spunky chick who Kirk encounters in the hallway and confuses for his most recent conquest because, well I guess Kirk's a racist and all green skinned people look alike to him.
Before the release of Terminator Salvation director McG spent a lot of time spouting ridiculous nonsense to promote his film. Some of it we bought into, some of it we didn't. In the bought it category falls his claim that Warner Bros. was forcing him to delete this incredible topless scene with the film's female lead Moon Bloodgood. Well now that deleted scene is available on the internet and... yeah... it's pretty awful.
Ghostbusters 3 has been lusted after since the second one nearly two decades ago. Lately there seems to be the will to get it done, but the project continues sputtering around in development hell with Dan Akyroyd declaring that he’s already tuning up Ecto 1 and on the other side crotchety Bill Murray insistant that it’ll never get done. But Bill, we need it to get done. The world needs Ghostbusters 3 and I’m here to tell you why. 
I loved JJ Abrams' reboot of Star Trek as much as anyone. But if you're like me, when you walked out of the theater this summer you couldn't help but think something was missing. No, it wasn't William Shatner. Klingons! I need Klingons like I need Scotch, and trust me, I needs me some Scotch.
I've long been an Ewok defender. Sure they look like lame ass teddy bears, but they're actually vicious, cannibal teddy bears with a penchant for violence and a sick sense of humor. They murder storm troopers and then play the drums on their severed heads! They're subversive, fuzzy little bastards and I've never understood what's not to love.
This week's episode of Dollhouse, titled "Belonging", dropped Echo to focus almost entirely on the character of Sierra and in doing so solved everything that's been so horribly wrong with this show all along. What's wrong is Eliza Dushku who utterly can not act. For two seasons now they've tried to write around her flaws, to find creative ways of dealing with it and rather than fix the show that's turned the entire thing into one big, muddle. With "Belonging" they finally did the only thing that will ever really make Dollhouse work: Let Dushku's Echo fade into the background.