Cool Art: 'Carnival Of The Monsters' by Charles Paul Wilson III

Doctor Who variant cover by Charles Paul Wilson III for Ultimate Comics' release of the new IDW series.

Cool Art: 'Palace of King Theoden' by Jian Guo

More Lord Of The Rings stained glass style art by Jian Guo. See the previous 'windows' here and check out his Deviant Art page for more quality art.

Palace of King Theoden by Jian Guo

Movie Review: Dredd (2012)

With another recent reboot that I was looking forward to seeing (Total Recall - and I enjoyed that too), along comes Dredd by director Pete Travis, written by Alex Garland and starring Karl Urban as Judge Dredd and Olivia Thirlby as new Psi recruit Judge Anderson, the two Judges called out to investigate a crime at 'Peach Trees', one of the 200 story vertical slum neighbourhoods, which just happens to be controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma (Lena Headey) and her ruthless clan. When Dredd and Anderson capture one of the clan’s inner circle for interrogation, Ma-Ma takes control of the entire block and wages a dirty, vicious war against the Judges that proves she will stop at nothing to protect her empire. With the body count climbing and no way out, Dredd and Anderson must confront the odds and engage in the relentless battle for their survival.

Dredd is a much more grittier, violent and darker film than the previous Sylvester Stallone Judge Dredd film, and more similar in tone to the original 2000AD comics. And that is a very good thing, as it needs to be. Director Pete Travis keeps the atmosphere and the pace of the film at the right tempo.

As an action film, it didn't really feel like a Sci-Fi film despite it's futuristic setting, it is very violent, hence the certificate given. But the violence isn't gratuitous and there for the sake of it. It's where it needs to be to carry the story. If anything, it felt like a video game, where you have to blast your way through each level to reach the final boss level at the top.

One of the main highlights was the way slow motion was used, to show the effects of the drug in the movie 'Slo-Mo', that gives users the perception of reality at 1% of real time. It wasn't overused, and worked well during the set pieces and the 3D. The end of the film with Ma-Ma in slow motion is some of the best cinematography I've seen, - broken glass, shattering in slow motion and in 3D glistening in the light, cutting to real time and back to slow motion again - beautifully shot!

I certainly enjoyed it, and if you enjoy shoot-'em-up video games, and enjoy a darker action (but not necessarily sci-fi) film, then I would recommend this to you!

**** out of 5

The Geeky Nerfherder will be back at the weekend

I've been away this past week on family business, so no posts. Lack of access to a computer to blame! I will be back at the weekend though, so normal Geeky Nerfherder business will resume then.

In the meantime, I am still on Twitter @Residentclubber, and on Pinterest as geekynerfherder, so you can still keep up with a kind of watered down version of this blog there, lol.

See you soon.

Movie Poster Art: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Continuing my look at movie posters and fan art with James Cameron's 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'.

Cool Art: 'Kurt, I Am Your Mother' by Rey Arzeno

A cool X-Men/Star Wars mash up from Rey Arzeno.

Gambit as Han Solo = Han LeBeau
Rogue as Princess Leia = Princess Leianna
Nightcrawler as Luke Skywalker = Kurt Skywalker
Beast as Chewbacca = Coybacca
Mystique as Darth Vader = Darth Holme
Destiny as Emperor Palpatine = Empress Destitine
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Stop Motion Jonny Quest Episode

Roger D. Evans, the guy behind the stop motion video of the Jonny Quest opening sequence is back with a Kickstarter project. The goal of this project is to reproduce an entire 20 minute episode of the classic 60's animated adventure show, Jonny Quest, using stop motion with models.



Hit the link to find out more about this project and help make it happen (you have until September 26 to pledge).

Roger's original stop motion animated opening titles is after the jump, along with the original series as comparison.

Movie Poster Art: The Terminator (1984)

Continuing my look at movie posters and fan art with James Cameron's 'The Terminator'.

Lots more after the jump, click to embiggen.

Cool Art: Sherlock Series 1 by Jonathan Eveson

Check out Jonathan's Deviant Art page for more quality artwork.

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Second 'Cloud Atlas' Trailer Released

Animated Short Film: 'The Colors Of Evil' by Alyse Miller & Phillip Simon

'The Colors Of Evil' is a student short animated film by Alyse Miller & Phillip Simon, produced at RIngling College of Art and Design, and tells the story of a boy who summons up a demon to help get rid of a problem, but the demon isn't what he expected!

Love it.

Animated Short Film: 'The Cats Of Mars Meet The Toy Car' by Jacob Stålhammar

Originally written in 2004, the Swedish version of this Dr Seuss style animated short by Jacob Stålhammar, the story of the cats of Mars meeting a Mars Rover, opened at the Göteborg International Film Festival 2010. He then translated it into English and got his friend, Jeff Crackower, to narrate the tale. Check it out below.

Animated Short Film: 'The Song For Rain' by Zheng Yawen

This animation, from Zheng Yawen, tells the story of a boy meeting a fox in the rain, holding a bag in a gloomy city. The boy then helps the fox with his plight and discovers a new world.

Check out Zheng Yawen's blog for some quality artwork too.

Short Film: Red

In the dark districts of the metropolis, a mysterious serial killer strikes down red dressed women. Del, a crime scene photographer, has lost his own wife in the human hecatomb. Through the silence of the streets at night, he is about to encounter the next victim, followed by a strange man...

RED is a 2011 psychological thriller short film inspired by "film noirs" and graphic novels, produced at Supinfocom Valenciennes and directed by Alexandre Charleux, Amaury Brunet, Ning Zhang and Victoria Bruneel.


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Animated Short Film: 'In Between' by Gobelins

A young woman is being shadowed by a crocodile, who represents her shyness. As he makes her life a living hell, she tries by every means to get rid of him.

Created by Alice Bissonnet, Aloyse Desoubries Binet, Sandrine Hanji Kuang, Juliette Laurent, Sophie Markatatos, all 3rd year students at Gobelins in Paris, France.


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Movie Poster Art: The Secret Of Kells (2010)

Continuing my look at movie posters and fan art, with a favourite of mine, 'The Secret Of Kells'.

More posters and fan art after the jump. Click to embiggen.

Cool Art: Pulp Covers by Tony Fleecs

I've previously featured Tony Fleecs' comic book heroines art in the style of the retro pulp novel covers. Here's a few more heroines getting the pulp treatment.

Be sure to check out his Deviant Art page for more awesome art.
Hit the jump to take a peek at the others.

Cool Art: Star Trek TOS Set 2 by Juan Ortiz

Artist Juan Ortiz, a big Star Trek fan, has followed up his first Star Trek: The Original Series prints with a second set.

These retro style Star Trek prints were commissioned by CBS and will eventually feature every episode from the original series! Each set of the four prints will be released over the following 20 months as strictly limited edition prints - once sold out, they won't be repeated or reprinted!

Each set, available on the 1st of each month, consist of plated-printed lithographs on 100-pound, aqueous-coated, satin-finish paper. Each print measures 18 inches x 24 inches. They will available from QMx for $34.95.

This month's episodes are:
E02: Charlie X
E14: Balance Of Terror
E59: And The Children Shall Lead
E66: Wink Of An Eye

Hit the jump to take a peek at the others.
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E02: Charlie X by Juan Ortiz

Cool Art: Jurassic Park & Looney Tunes Posters From Mondo

Mondo will be releasing Kevin Tong's 'Jurassic Park' and the latest in Tom Whalen's Looney Tunes series sometime tomorrow (Thursday September 6) on their website.

As always, if you want a copy you have to be very quick (and hope that Mondo's website doesn't crash!), so follow them on Twitter @MondoNews as to when they actually drop.

Hit the jump to take a peek at Tom Whalen's 'What's Opera, Doc?' poster.
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'Jurassic Park' by Kevin Tong.
24"x36" screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 275

Dredd Motion Comic

Lionsgate has created a new motion comic, as well as a regular comic (unedited compared to the motion comic) for those who'd like to read it themselves in their own gruff voice, for the impending release of Dredd! The comic, written by Matt Smith (current editor of 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine), with artwork by 2000AD regular Henry Flint, provides a backstory to Ma-Ma, Lena Headey's villainous role in the film.


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