And they said it wouldn’t last. We’re back for our second episode and we’re talking (naturally) about the San Diego Comic-Con. SDCC had the internets abuzz last week with new information about upcoming movies, comics, and games, and we wanted to chime in with our two cents. This episode clocks in at an hour and 20 minutes and we still only barely scratched the surface of everything we wanted to talk about.
As always, you can listen to this episode using the player below or you can download it directly to your PC using the links provided. Timestamps and reference information provided after the break.
00:03:57 — Alice in Wonderland – We kick off our discussion with our thoughts and opinions of Tim Burton’s take on the classic children’s story. Oh, and Matt gets called out big time when he speaks incorrectly about another Tim Burton film.
Alice in Wonderland Official Trailer (boo disabled embedding) | Slashfilm’s coverage of some of the viral marketing for the film.
00:11:43 — V – Dan went gaga over this one as it brings back fond memories of his childhood. But how do you play V exactly?
ABC’s Upfront Trailer
00:15:47 — Human Target – A new television series starring Mark Valley and Jackie Earle Haley based on a lesser-known comic. Also witness Matt being forced to give up his man card.
Human Target Promotional Trailer
00:19:59 — District-9 – One of our most highly-anticipated movies. Just watch the trailer below and you’ll get it.
00:27:42 — Ninja Assassin – If nothing else this looks like a fun action movie. And just what exactly is wrong with Hard Target?
Ninja Assassin Official Trailer (Double-boo disabled embedding)
Fight choreograhpy video that Matt mentioned
00:34:04 — Kick-Ass – Once again we talk about this awesome comic-turned-movie, but this time we talk more about the movie and also try to sound like we know what we’re talking about when it comes to marketing movies.
Slashfilm’s coverage of the Kick-Ass panel
00:50:53 — Avatar – A young boy named Ang who can bend air Jame Cameron’s 14-years-in-the-making FINALLY shows some footage at Comic-Con. This sounds like this will be the most visually stunning movie we’ve ever seen, but can even this movie live up to the massive (and we mean MASSIVE) hype?
Slashfilm’s coverage of the Avatar panel… | …and their own thoughts of what this movie could be
01:01:19 — Tron Legacy – A follow-up to the 1982 classic. We were all pretty young when the first film came out but Opey comes out of nowhere and drops some big-time Tron knowledge.
Tron Legacy Trailer (this looks so badass)
01:07:48 — Iron Man 2 – Last year this little independent film called Iron Man premiered in a few theaters around the country. It made a decent amount of money so the little-known Marvel Studios decided that we might like to see another one. They finally showed some footage at Comic-Con which can best be summed up with two words: War. Machine.