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Avatar Movie Review
16 December 2009 8:00 PM, PST
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I firmly believe that one cannot judge a movie on first viewing. I like to review a movie after watching it a second time, after a week of my first viewing, preferably a month later. So may be I should not write this review an hour after seeing Avatar. A second viewing shows me things that I might have missed the first time. I like to form my opinion after several days, but but But... the initial opinion never changes.
I can watch a movie any number of times, but the first impression is, my dear movie aficionados, Always the best impression. So here it is, the first impression. You know the feeling when watching a really great movie, that awesome realisation that you are watching a masterpiece, the fuzzy feeling in your heart that you will be waching this movie again and again with your kids and grandkids?
Well,
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Avatar Review
15 December 2009 5:39 PM, PST
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James Cameron, don’t leave us for this long again.
What’s encompassed in the 161 minutes that the King of the World has crafted shows us a seasoned veteran who knew what he had all along. The feeling called back to something I felt at the 1996 Olympics when I witnessed Michael Jordan and the Dream Team make their way to another gold medal. Jordan effortlessly handled the ball unlike anyone who had played the game before him and ever will, no matter how many Kobe’s or LeBron’s come our way. I couldn’t help but be breathless as I witnessed a legend show why he was a true master of the art.
Simply put; Cameron has done things in Avatar I have never seen before in a film.
Never before have I used that phrase to describe any movie these eyes have ever seen, and maybe it’s
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- Philip Barrett
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Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Collection Hits DVD on October 20th
5 October 2009 7:18 AM, PDT
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You can bring home the entire series of your favorite animated robots in disguise in a mammoth DVD set this October. Transformers: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Edition will be released on DVD on Octoebr 20, the same day Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will come to DVD and Blu-ray. This 16-disc set will include all 98 episodes of the original animated series along with loads of special features and a 60-page collectors book, magnets and much more. Click below to watch 11 brand new videos from this set, plus you can take a look at the packaging for this set and the special features below as well.
Four million years after crash-landing on an unfamiliar planet, sentient robots with the ability to disguise themselves as common vehicles awaken on present-day Earth. Engaged in a crucial race to find a new energy source for their home planet of Cybertron, Optimus Prime and
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Warner Brothers No Longer Master of He-Man's Universe
10 September 2009 7:08 AM, PDT
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With the box office success of movies based on toys like Transformers and G.I. Joe, the re-invention of another iconic toy line, Mattel's Masters of the Universe, seemed like a no-brainer. But adapting the adventures of He-Man and his battles against the evil Skeletor have proven to be quite the challenge, and it looks like these difficulties have finally taken their toll on Warner Bros. Variety reports that WB and Mattel reached a mutual agreement to let the studio's option on this property expire so that Mattel can take the project elsewhere. But what exactly does this mean for director John Stevenson and producer Joel Silver?
Word on the street is that Stevenson will stay attached to the project, but Joel Silver and his company Silver Pictures (being exclusive to WB) will stay behind. More than likely this separation should benefit Mattel in that they'll get the project they want.
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- Ethan Anderton
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Destroying the World to Save It
9 September 2009 7:03 AM, PDT
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Is it too late for "9" to be the action movie of the summer? Shane Acker's dystopian fable shares a subject with the latest entries in the "Terminator" and "Transformers" franchises (not to mention "Battlestar Galactica"), but his direction is a model of clarity and grace, and his animated, inhuman protagonists are more life-like and individuated than those of the average blockbuster.
Acker's feature, an expansion of his Oscar-nominated short, is set in a sandblasted future littered with desiccated bodies and shattered buildings. There are no humans -- the last dies just before the film begins -- but life, of a sort, still stirs amidst the rubble in the form of nine tiny figures, each with single digit etched into its back. With their burlap bodies and zippered torsos, they're like toys from the pre-industrial era, part mechanical and part organic. Although they're all the product of the same hand,
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[TV] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Season 8
1 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT
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The pleasure of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could be easily epitomized by any number of lines of dialogue, visual details, or questionable pieces of logic, but I’ll be lazy and go with the one that comes in the very first few minutes of the first episode in this collection. The Turtles (Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo; all named for Italian renaissance artists) are talking to crack reporter April O’Neal, who informs them that a gang of car thieves are hiding in the ‘old warehouse across the street’. She then points to the warehouse, which has a large sign at the front with simply the word ‘warehouse’ across it. I spent several moments wondering why that would ever be necessary, but by that point I had already missed all sorts of crap about Dimension X, and had to rewind.
The premise of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is fairly
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- Anders Nelson
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The new Batman videogame: Does 'Arkham Asylum' deserve all the accolades?
25 August 2009 12:56 PM, PDT
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Reviewers and gamers are going c-r-a-z-y over Batman: Arkham Asylum. The game, which went on sale today, is terrific: It masterfully weaves together a compelling storyline by veteran Bat-scribe Paul Dini, bone-crunching fisticuffs, vintage Bat-gadgets, oft-neglected detective work, and a satisfying turnout by the Dark Knight’s colorful rogue’s gallery (headlined by a Mark Hamill-voiced Joker). But I'm still surprised by how much attention it's getting.
The shocker, of course, is that the game has risen above the skepticism people usually have with movie- and comic book–licensed games. Just in the last few months, games based on Wolverine, Transformers, Terminator, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, G.I. Joe, and Ghostbusters have underperformed, underwhelmed, or have flat-out flopped. Some of the backlash against these games was overly harsh — I actually enjoyed a lot of them, and I think the majority of the gaming audience didn’t give these games
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- Gary Eng Walk
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Sdcc 2009: Excl Video: Gregg Berger Talks Transformers and G.I. Joe Complete Series Box Sets!
28 July 2009 1:27 PM, PDT
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If you were a kid growing up in the 1980s, your afternoons just didn't get any better than watching the wonderful animated adventures of Transformers and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and yes, I was one such kid. Yes, I loved both of these series and one man was at the vocal center of both of these series. Gregg Berger provided the classic voices of the feisty Grimlock in Transformers and the Native American hero Spirit in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and you can find the Complete Series of both of these wonderful cartoons on DVD shelves now ( and to find out all the details on these massive new sets).
While I was down in San Diego for Comic-Con 2009, I had the honor of sitting down and talking to Berger for an exclusive conversation about these classic characters and his career in voice work as a whole.
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Comic Con 2009: Avatar Live Coverage
23 July 2009 3:11 PM, PDT
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Spoilers Below – Read At Your Own Want.
Update – Avatar site is now live: http://www.avatarmovie.com
Recap – Um, damn. Damn damn. That’s all that can really be said. What we saw explained why Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) becomes a Navi and basically showed off the world he’s created and some of the action sequences. There was no mech, but there was an Aliens throwback, a fight with a hammerhead looking beast, and Jake becoming “initiated” with the Navi tribe. The Navi’s themselves look ok, but everything else is nothing but flawless. Transformers or any other effects-fest is not winning the Oscar for visuals next year. Bottom line, this is the film you want to see the rest of the year. Period.
4:17 Pm Pst – They’re taking over IMAX 3D and 3D Theaters worldwide on August 21st to see 15 minutes of Avatar for free. Avatar Day indeed.
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- Philip Barrett
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Transformers and G.I. Joe together at Comic-Con in San Diego!
21 July 2009 4:35 PM, PDT
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If you’re heading to Comic-Con and want to work on your nerd, I mean, toy, I am priceless collectibles from the 1980s, here’s a new release you need to read. It’s complete with sales speak like “Don’t Miss Out!”
Signed by Frank Welker, Megatron himself, these Limited-Edition Comic-Con Exclusive Lithographs will be a Gift-with-Purchase for the first 350 Collector’s sets sold of the Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition Collector’s Set
Also available will be the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero The Complete Series Collector’s Set, with the first 350 copies sold featuring a limited edition lithograph autographed by G.I. Joe: Origins
comic book artist Tom Feister
Don’t miss out! These must-have complete series collector’s sets of both G.I. Joe and Transformers will be available exclusively and for the 1st time in person at the Shout! Factory booth! (#3749 in the main Hall)
Also,
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- Jeff Bayer
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Loesch to Head Discovery Kids, Hasbro TV Channel
16 July 2009 12:14 PM, PDT
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Former Fox Kids CEO will lead new network.
By Amy Kaufman
Margaret Loesch, formerly the head of the Fox Kids Network, has been named as the president/CEO of the yet-to-be-named Hasbro/Discovery Children network set to premiere in fall 2010.
The network will reach approximately 60 million U.S. households on what is currently the Discovery Kids channel.
Loesch has worked on the development and production of popular kids shows like the "Smurfs," "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" "Animaniacs" and "Transformers."
She became the founding president and Ce
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Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Coming to Blu-ray
30 June 2009 8:13 AM, PDT
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Warner Premiere has announced plans to bring, by my count, the third Scooby Doo live action/CGI blend film to Blu-ray Disc and DVD.
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins is scheduled for a September 22 release which marks its debut in any format. It is a prequel to the previous films with a younger cast and Transformers' Frank Welker voicing CGI Scooby Doo.
Bonus features will be shared between formats and include the following:
Coolsville Yearbook - Character Time Capsule The Mystery Inc. Personality Quiz
Deleted scenes
Gag Reel
Character Pop Up Factoid Track
Coolsville News Network
Check out the Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Blu-ray cover art below and expect pricing around $28 based on the $35.99 Srp.
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Transformers – The Complete First Season 25-Year Anniversary – DVD
29 June 2009 5:33 AM, PDT
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DVD Review
Transformers – The Complete First Season 25-Year Anniversary
Directed by: Peter Wallach
Cast: Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Scatman Crothers, Corey Burton
Running Time: 16 episodes (22 minutes each)
Due out: June 16, 2009
Complete coverage of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Features
Scorecard Review
Video Review
He Said – He Said
Soundtrack listing
Interviews
Megan Fox
Josh Duhamel
Tyrese Gibson
Ramon Rodriguez
Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar
Plot: Four million years after crash-landing on Earth, sentient robots known as the Autobots (good guys led by Optimus Prime) and Decepticons (bad guys led by Megatron) wage a battle for energy to gain control of their dying home planet of Cybertron.
Who’s It For? Kids, kids kids … and then after that, guys who grew up loving the cartoons and toys.
Episodes: Look, this isn’t like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, that’s trying to appeal to teenage boys and mainstream audiences everywhere.
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- Jeff Bayer
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Lr's The Blu Room: Review of Transformers Season One DVD!
17 June 2009 1:36 PM, PDT
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The Transformers: The Complete First Seasonshout Factory Home ENTERTAINMENT1984-85/General Audiences/6 HoursNow Available . List Price $29.99Has it really been twenty-five years since 'The Transformers' hit the scene? Man I feel old. I was actually into the 'Go-Bots' toys for a (very) brief period before this far more interesting story of alien robots waging war on Earth came to my attention in the fall of 1984. The animation was what one would expect from Marvel/Sunbow productions who had previously done great work on shows like 'Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends'. Basically 'The Transformers' animated series and comic books were created for the sole purpose of selling Hasbro's new toy line, but try telling us kids that. The writers came up with such likable characters and interesting stories that the line between fiction and reality would often be blurred for a ten-year-old. The character of heroic Autobot leader
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Jose Padilha Picks Up The Controller For Lionsgate Video Game Adaptation
4 June 2009 9:00 AM, PDT
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Lionsgate has nabbed director Jose Padilha and writer Braulio Mantovani to develop a live action adaptation of “Agent in Place,” an upcoming video game from Union Entertainment. Variety describes the project as “a character-driven action thriller” based on the until-now-unannounced game from Flint Dille, who has previous game writing credits on “Dead to Rights” and Starbreeze Entertainment’s excellent “The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay,” itself a spin-off from David Twohy’s “Riddick” films.
Union Entertainment, the company that previously brought comic book publisher Top Cow Productions’ “The Darkness” to Starbreeze for an Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 game, is working with Dille on “Agent.” Mantovani will produce a script based on Dille’s concept while Padilha finishes up with his current commitment to “The Sigma Protocol,” an adaptation of the same-titled Robert Ludlum novel. Padilha and Mantovani also previously worked together on “The Elite Squad,” an action/thriller set in Brazil.
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- Adam Rosenberg
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Mattel & Universal Announce Monster Musical Movie
2 June 2009 8:53 PM, PDT
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Good, bad or interesting, the strange ideas from Hollywood for upcoming films keep coming at us like a runaway train and it’s time to grab on or get out of the way because it would appear that this train cannot be stopped. I, for one, have decided to get my ticket punched and grab a window seat because I’m curious to see where it’s heading next.
The next train pulling up belongs to Mattel - The toymaker that has given the world such classic toys as: Barbie, Hot Wheels, Chatty Cathy, Pound Puppies and my personal favorite, Rock’em Sock’em Robot. Mattel has recently inked a deal with Universal Studios to produce a live-action musical for a yet-to-be-named Mattel toy property.
Not much is known about the new movie other than it will be a musical and that Mattel’s new toy line that it’ll
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- Paul Young
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Transformers: The Complete Series Brings The Robots to DVD on July 13th
29 May 2009 2:10 PM, PDT
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You can bring all the animated robots in disguise home in one complete collector's set this July. Transformers: The Complete Series will be released on DVD on July 13. This 16-disc set will include all 98 episodes of the animated series along with a 60-page collectible book and magnets. The set will be priced at $140.00 Srp. Take a look at the special features below.
Four million years after crash-landing on an unfamiliar planet, sentient robots with the ability to disguise themselves as common vehicles awaken on present-day Earth. Engaged in a crucial race to find a new energy source for their home planet of Cybertron, Optimus Prime and the heroic Autobots must defend the innocent people of Earth against their archnemeses, Megatron and the power-hungry Decepticons. In 1983 a fateful trip to a Japanese toy fair uncovered a phenomenon that would soon rule not only the world of toys, but also the realms of comics,
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He-Man Movie - Now Called 'Grayskull' - Gets Another New Writer
13 May 2009 3:48 PM, PDT
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The Transformers effect has already led to a G.I. Joe movie, there will
be a Thundercats movie in a couple of years, and, as you probably know, they're reintroducing He-
Man with a flick called Grayskull.
The Hollywood Reporter says that Warner Bros. has changed course on Grayskull, bringing in
relative newcomer Evan Daugherty to put together the latest draft for director John Stevenson (Kung Fu
Panda), and this one not only reimagines the backstory of the He-Man alter ego, Prince Adam, but is
also supposed to be much grittier than previous versions.
It seems obvious that Warner Bros. will work with Mattel to develop a second generation toy line in conjunction with the film, which is still on the docket for 2011, but will the trend still be hot then? Will it even make it through this summer, with two toy franchises released within six weeks?
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Grayskull gets writer
13 May 2009 2:30 AM, PDT
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Not content to let Transformers and GI Joe have all the toy-to-movie fun, Warner Bros. is still moving ahead on Grayskull, their planned He-Man movie. John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda) was recently hired to direct and now it looks like they're ready to start from scratch on the script. WB and producer Joel Silver have hired writer Evan Daugherty to rewrite the script. For all you budding screenwriters, Daugherty was a freelance video editor not a year ago but he entered a writing contest, his
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- Mike Sampson
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New Live Action Ninja Turtles Movie Really Happening
23 April 2009 3:23 AM, PDT
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles attempted a comeback in 2007, with their first all-cgi movie Tmnt. It wasn't exactly a Transformers level success. Now they're going back to what propelled the franchise to lofty heights among pizza-lovin kids in the 80s and 90s: Rubber suits.
Well maybe not rubber suits, but The Mirage Group is working on a new live action, ninja turtles movie. They've talked about doing this for awhile, but Variety says it's finally moving forward as a prequel. The film, which they're targeting for a 2011 release will be an origin story for Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, and Splinter.
An origin story seems a little strange. I've never really thought of the turtles as having a particularly film worth origin. Weren't they just a bunch of snappers who accidentally fell in radioactive ooze? How do you get an entire movie out of that? An origin montage maybe, but not
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