Archive for July 6th, 2009
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Jul
2009
Cobra Commander Finally Spotted in a G. I. Joe Trailer
First we saw him on a poster, now it’s confirmed in a Japanese Trailer, Cobra Commander looks like an idiot in Stephen Sommers‘ crap-buster G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.
Where’s the hood/facemask? You ask. Well, Cobra Commander (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) starts the movie off as The Doctor. He doesn’t become Cobra Commander until the very end of the film in the inevitable sequel set-up.
View the trailer after the jump. What a crap Summer it’s turned out to be. But, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra should be hands down better than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (which has settled at a measley 19% on RottenTomatoes Tomato-meter).
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Jul
2009
Robo-animal Vehicles That Run on Plants? Meet Project Nomad.
Project Nomad is a concept that gives us Robo-Animal machines that run on plants. Check out the concept art by designer Jason Battersby at his website: Coroflot.
Cool idea? Maybe in 2067 we’ll see a concept vehicle. Keep this fingers crossed!
View the concept artwork after the jump:
6
Jul
2009
Michael Jackson’s Brain to be Left Behind
Michael Jackson’s body will be buried this week without his brain, which will be held for further testing. It will be tested for clues on the exact cause of death.
Jackson’s body was handed over to his family soon after the three-hour autopsy was completed and the Jacksons went on to order a second forensic examination.
But Dr Wecht said: “The brain cannot be properly examined at the time of the autopsy. You cannot test it while it is in the body. So it is cut off at the spinal cord and removed.”
The brain would usually be placed in a plastic bucket, suspended in formaldehyde fluid, and put in a refridgerator at 4C to preserve it. [mirror.co.uk]
Jackson died on Thursday, June 25th from a cardiac arrest after a suspected overdose of painkillers.
[Source: mirror.co.uk via Hardcore Nerdity]
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Jul
2009
Movie Trailer [Red Band]: Jennifer’s Body
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Here is the Red Band Trailer for the horror flick Jennifer’s Body written by Juno’s Diabo Cody and directed Karyn Kusama, starring Megan Fox.
A “serious horror” trailer was released before Bruno, however the film is a lot more of a campy/fun type of horror movie. So the filmmakers have decided to cut their own trailer to reflect the tone they’re going for. Here’s a message from them:
“Fox is putting a trailer of Jennifer’s Body in front of Bruno this Friday. Great right? Only problem is it’s not our trailer. It’s kind of a straight horror preview and while we’re sure it’ll appeal to many of you, we wanted to make sure you guys got to see our cut… Lets call it the ‘filmmaker’s cut’.
We think it captures the comedy and scares of the horror films we grew up on – a kind of nostalgia for when horror films were fun. Can’t wait to show you the whole film… In the meantime, here’s the red band trailer we wanted our fans to see.”
