An asshole superhero!
Looks like this one is the sole new contender for the #1 spot during 4th of July weekend.
Can it top the power of Wall-E? Only time will tell.

Shit just got real.

Hancock – Will Smith is one of a kind. He finds out he has superhuman abilities but falls out of favor with the public. He becomes an alcoholic screw-up bum… but still has powers. So a public relations professional (Jason Bateman) presents some ideas that can get him back in the good graces of the people. Charlize Theron also stars as the woman that comes between them.

Vantage Point – The President (William Hurt) is shot while giving a speech in front of a large crowd. The movie shows the point of view of five different people to see if the assassin can be found. Also starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forrest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, and more.

Drillbit Taylor - Owen Wilson is an out of work bodyguard who gets desperate and takes a job protecting three teenage dorky kids and also tries teaching them a thing or two about defending themselves. Written by Seth Rogen among others. Produced by Judd Apatow.

Whoa. It’s been a little while, yes? I’m not going to lie. I haven’t worked on the new short for two weeks. I spent the week before painting a skateboard for the 3 Feet High show which was a lot of fun. Then last week…well a certain game came out that I’ve been waiting for three years to come out called Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. It’s pretty rad. On top of the fact that my back was shot last week, I basically played MGS4 practically nonstop. I had to otherwise I would’ve lost my mind. Now I’m constantly thinking about it (and how great it is), but I feel confortable in the fact that I can move on in life now that I’ve run through it at least once. I certainly plan on playing it to kingdom come.

However, the past few days have been pretty productive on “The Last Copy”. Phil and myself spent a majority of the weekend and tonight working on it. Out of 39 shots only 6 are left. Most of the remaining shots are pretty easy, but there are one or two left that are a little more involved. However, they shouldn’t be too hard to pull off. Above is a final still from the ending. Its getting there!

Shamoozal’s state-of-the-art prima donna, Man-bot, has sent in a prerecorded statement for his fans regarding his feelings about WALL-E and his absence from the Hollywood scene. As usual, Man-bot is full of piss, vinegar and whatever else he runs on. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from Man-bot in the very near future! Hit play on the flash player below to hear the message, and if you’re subscribed to the podcast feed you’ll be getting it as a download soon!

An animated robot.
A secret group of assassins.
Two more summer flicks join the box office showdown.
Last week Get Smart took the #1 spot; can one of these knock it down?

Will kids think a robot is cute?

Wall-E – a robot specifically made as a trash compactor soon realizes there is more to life than cleaning up after humans. He falls for another robot and sets out on a journey through the galaxy to be with her. Animated film by Pixar.

Throughout the years, professional wrestlers have tried making the transition into the acting world. And why not? Their jobs are to act on television already so why not try to launch that into a movie career. Well, there have been some good, some bad, and some UGLY! This is the best and the worst (in no particular order) of movies starring wrestlers.

Suburban Commando – Hulk Hogan was the most popular wrestler of all time. He was a household name in the 80s and most of the 90s. Hell, you could even say he’s a household name still today. Most people know the name without ever watching a single professional wrestling match in their lifetime. He attempted a movie career starting with a small part in Rocky III as Thunder Lips. Stallone hand picked him for the role of the wrestler who challenges the boxer. His movie career didn’t exactly pan out but he has a good amount in his Filmography.
Suburban Commando is a family comedy from 1991 where Hogan stars as Shep Ramsey, an alien whose ship is damaged in an interstellar battle and must hide on Earth until he can make repairs. He befriends Christopher Lloyd and lives with his family. So he tries fitting in with the Earthlings and helping out with daily activities. If you’ve seen it then you’ll probably remember the skateboard scene where the Hulkster shows off his moves to the neighbor kids. Or maybe the cantaloupe scene where he “finds a good one”. This is one of my favorites from the ‘so bad its good’ category. Hogan is a terrible actor but you can’t help laughing at the ridiculous plot. Extra tidbit of information: the movie also has a cameo from The Undertaker as a bounty hunter in his only movie role ever. He has one line, You’re A Dead Man Ramsey!

I bought the late GBA title Drill Dozer a few months ago based on the fact that it was made by GameFreak (the Pokey-man guys) and was super cheap at Target. Aside from that, I knew nothing about the game other than what I heard from EGM’s glowing review a few years ago.

Drill Dozer is essentially an SNES game that somehow got stuck in limbo and emerged 10 years later on the GBA. Well, that’s how it feels anyway. It’s a somewhat slow paced action/puzzle platformer that features a rag tag group of some rather unlikable character designs. The game reminds me of an SNES title (aside from graphics) because the whole concept is designed around the L and R triggers, sort of like the first few SNES games where Nintendo built games around those two triggers (see F-Zero and Pilot Wings).

It’s funny, we hyped the absolute shit out of Metal Gear Solid 4 around these parts, and since the actual game has dropped we haven’t written a single Nerdlog post about it. I’m here to remedy that.

Steve and I have already beaten the game. We’ve talked about it at length through the Smorg and through IM. To cut to the chase, we love it. Frank is currently in the middle of it, and I let Sith borrow my PS3 and the game so he can play catch up. I guess that’s the thing about MGS4, it’s hard to talk about the game without going into specifics. Once you go into specifics, you go into spoilers.

In Bruges – Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are hitmen who screw up their latest job. Instead of paying for their mistake, they run and hide in a small city in Belgium. Eventually the man (Ralph Fiennes) that is helping them decides he might be better off without them.

10,000 B.C. - a young mammoth hunting caveman journeys through uncharted land trying to track down his lady and secure the future of his tribe. From Director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow).

Like I mentioned during the latest and greatest Shamoozal Radio Podcast, I was submitting a skateboard for this year’s annual 3 Feet High show. I haven’t used actual paint in over eight years, so I was a bit daunted when I was about to start working on it. However, I had a blast doing this. Hopefully after GFG#3 is finished and I get through a certain sneaking mission I’ll be able to paint some more. Head here to check out previous year’s entries. There’s a lot of really great work by some amazing artists a few of which I am happy to have worked with both in the past and present.

Above is my submission titled “Hang’n Out”. I have a few other pics over at my blog. If you live in the area, head on over to Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ at 7PM this Monday June 23rd and check out the show. See ya there!