Kick-Ass does indeed Kick Ass
Yes, I went out and saw this movie on opening night. I am one of those dorks. However, it was entirely worth it. This movie is great, and surprising bloody considering one of the main characters is an 11 year old girl (who really kicks ass).
They also showed a trailer for Iron Man 2. It looks pretty good. As long as they don’t Hollywood it up too much it should be great. I had the opportunity to order Iron Man 2 t shirts the other day, but have found that the shirts from the movies kind of all suck compared to the classic ones like this Tetsu Punch t shirt from the comic book t shirt section.
Of course, that could be my personal bias, but to be honest the new ones really don’t sell that well. My gut tells me that these are the shirts that they make for Walmart to sell to the inbred morons who comprise the bulk of the American movie going audience, while the true fans (including, I hope, most of the visitors to my site) are shopping for the classics and “true” comic t shirts.
Anyway, I just wanted to blog about that movie while it was fresh. I’ll probably see it a second time soon.
How to paint rusty metal and the Dark Knight
So I painted my first Skaven using my new stippling technique to simulate rusty metal. Basically you start off painting a red brown (I used GW dark flesh) on the metal bits. You then take a round brush and cut it off flat. Then you stipple on (like dry brushing, but instead of brushing you dab it on) with first black, then bright orange. After that you stipple on a metal and do a hard line metal on the sharp edges. Brown ink and good to go.
The results are impressive, but I have to ask myself if I am willing to go over my entire army with this labor intensive technique. I think I have to, as my new army is based around maximizing soft points and that includes paint. I’ll go unit by unit I think.
I played the Dark Knight while painting on DvD. Great movie, but if I had the remote control in hand I would probably fast forward to all the parts with Heath Ledger in them. He really carried that movie. I am a huge Batman fan but Christian Bale doesn’t really do it for me. Plus I heard him bitch out that poor lighting guy on the set of the most recent Terminator movie and he sounds kind of like a D-bag. I will stick with classic Batman as featured in this Batman hoodie until the next movie comes out.
Looking forward to Kick Ass
I am probably going to get crap from 100% of my friends, but I have been looking at trailers for the new movie Kick Ass and am really looking forward to it. It looks really fun. I am a big Nick Cage fan as well, and he is looking very Raising Arizona-ish in this one. I hope I am not setting myself up for disappointment, but I will definitely watch it in spite of how it’s reviewed, and will probably put shirts into my comic book t shirt section.
Of course, I loved Mystery Men, so this one will have to really suck to disappoint me.
Anyway, just got done uploading some new Star Wars shirts, including this particular gem. I love this one. Stormtroopers are so freaking cool. I’m going to be adding more girls shirts tomorrow too.
That’s pretty much it. I just wanted to comment on Kick Ass after having seen the trailers.
Avatar losing at the Emmies
So I was thinking this week about Avatar losing out to Precious at the Emmies and, like most geeks, feel that James Cameron got ripped off. I mean, I’m sure Precious was great and all (haven’t seen it yet. Looks like it could be a bummer, and not in the cool “aliens win and destroy humanity” bummer. I’ve seen Avatar 4 times) but I have to ask myself, “What movie will I buy on DvD and watch another 100 times in my lifetime?” The answer to that is, of course, Avatar.
I think Avatar will end up making perfect painting background material, much like the whole Lord of the Rings is. I can only hope they offer an extended version with a lot of deleted scenes inserted into the body of the movie. I hate it when you have click on each extra scene in the menu and then try to figure out where it was supposed to go. If I wanted to interact with my TV I would be watching cable and channel surfing.
The other 3D movie I need to see is the new Alice in Wonderland. The Johnny Depp poster looks kind of freaky, but I think it will be great. Speaking of that poster, I have it coming in as a t shirt soon (I hope). Meanwhile, I just got this cool Alice in Wonderland Zenescope t shirt, which will have to go into my comic book t shirts section, as Zenescope is a really cool indy comic book producer. I think I am going to look for a couple of trade on this series.
