Dangerous Universe

The Best TV Series of 2011

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:59:39 -0500

The best TV series of the 2010/11 season is the NBC series Community.

It’s heart-wrenching to watch a series as funny, compelling and dare I say brilliant as that of Community and to know that very few other people are watching. Very, very few. So few that NBC has decided that after the first of the year it will temporarily pull Community from the schedule in the new year so they can air other shows in their timeslot.

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A Game of Thrones World Map

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:05:01 -0500

Just $20.

John Carter (of Mars) Movie Banners

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:05:30 -0500

Here are some nice banners promoting the upcoming John Carter movie.

The Best Movie and TV Posters of 2011

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:59:56 -0500

I’ve been picking what I think are the best movie posters of the year each year since 2006. And while I’ve always been able to find many interesting movie posters, it wasn’t until recently that posters for TV series started catching my attention. So, this year, I’ve decided to include TV posters in this “best of” list. Goodbye “The Best Movie Posters of the Year” and hello to “The Best Movie and TV Posters of the Year.”

The best poster of the year is actually a series of posters for the movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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Haywire Movie Poster

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:09:37 -0500

This poster for the upcoming movie Haywire is pretty nice.

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:10:14 -0500

Not Quite Hollywood is an outstanding film, and Machete Maidens Unleashed is a pretty good one. I can’t wait for documentarian Hartley’s next one; Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films.

Drafthouse Films has acquired the rights to Mark Hartley’s newest documentary ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS, and we’re very excited about this! Hartley’s previous two awesome documentaries, NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD and MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED, were both super popular at the 2008 and 2010 Fantastic Fests, respectively.

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Prometheus (Alien Prequel?) Images

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:24:20 -0500

Here are images from the upcoming Ridley Scott film Prometheus, which either is, or is not, a prequel to his 1979 film Alien depending on whom you believe.

John Carter (of Mars) Full Movie Trailer

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:28:23 -0500

This looks really nice!

Kenner’s Robin Hood Toys

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:38:51 -0500

Its not uncommon to find examples of genetic engineering within the realm of parumplasticus populus [Latin: little plastic people]. In fact, the re-purposing of action figure DNA happens frequently within a species. What’s not as common is to see unrelated species share the same genetics. Rarer still is to find that elusive action figure line that is bred almost entirely from foreign DNA. Some within the scientific community call this kitbashing. And Kenner’s 1991 line of figures from the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves took this practice to new heights.

Click here to read the entire article about the ‘91 Robin Hood series of toys.

John Carter of Mars Movie Poster

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:46:58 -0500

This poster for the upcoming John Carter (of Mars) movie is pretty incredible! It gives me hope for a movie I’d all but written off a few months back.

James Earl Jones as Anakin Skywalker

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:58:20 -0500

Great concept, what would James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader from Star Wars, look like as an age appropriate Anakin Skywalker?

Community and their three-year old Beetlejuice joke

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:01:27 -0500

Community just became the best-ever comedy in my eyes. From Wired:

If there was any doubt that Community was one of the smartest half-hour comedies to ever air on network television, allow us to enter this into evidence: The show spent three years setting up a joke about Beetlejuice, and that joke was simply an Easter egg hidden amongst other already amazing gags.

Here’s how it played out. Over the last three seasons of the show, the writers have worked the word “Beetlejuice” into three separate scripts. On the third utterance, what happened on the show is exactly what’s supposed to happen when you say the ghost’s name three times.

Superman the Movie Poster

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:29:15 -0500

I really like this poster for the 1978 Superman movie.

John Carter of Mars White Ape Image

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:11:51 -0500

Here’s a new image from the upcoming John Carter (of Mars) movie. From EW:

How has John Carter come to find himself in this predicament?
I don’t want to give any spoilers away, but basically he needs an army to solve his big problem in the third act, and the only army he knows was his previous captors. When he goes back, the game has changed, and he gets incarcerated. This is what he has to get out of. He has to get out of jail and not get killed by these apes in order to get his bigger problem solved.

The Dark Knight Batman and Bane Images

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:59:50 -0500

Here are some more images of Batman and Bane from The Dark Knight Rises.

The Thing Comic Book Art

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:18:12 -0500

This piece of art from a comic based on the 1982 movie The Thing, or at least taking place in that universe as that movie, is pretty amazing/messed-up/awesome.

The Hunger Games Production Design Art

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:47:32 -0500

This looks like a piece of production design for the film that’s several different concepts for the trains used in The Hunger Games.

The Dark Knight Rises Batman & Bane Photos

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:44:43 -0500

Here is a good look at both Batman and Bane from the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises movie.

Hilarious "Save Community" Fan-Posters

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:32:07 -0500

Some of these are pretty sweet!

Falling Skies Second Season Set Pic

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:08:37 -0500

Link.