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Incredible Hulk Trailer Smashes Onto the Interweb
The teaser trailer for The Incredible Hulk is now available for viewing online, and it is every bit as cool as the teaser teaser I mentioned in Monday’s FiveCast seemed to suggest it would be. Comic Book Resources suggests that this is a “restart for the franchise” but I don’t see anything in this trailer that completely disavows all knowledge of the previous film. I don’t see how you can completely ignore that film, imperfect as it was. It came out too recently.
Newsarama has a good (but poorly written) summary of which versions of the Hulk this trailer suggests the new film is borrowing from:
From the looks of the trailer, The Incredible Hulk borrows some from the version of the Hulk as established in Marvel’s Ultimates (as well as nods to the television series): a man on the run from a government that sees him as a living bioweapon, a hunger for more creatures like the Hulk to fight for world powers, and Banner ultimately conceding that he is the only thing that can stop the Abomination.
As I’ve mentioned before, I am very excited about the possibility of a Hulk film that nods to the television series. So far, so good on this one, Marvel.
Geek Force FiveCast 003 (Video)
The third episode of a semi-regular show/podcast from GeekForceFive.com, this time complete with screaming toddler ambience! Today, we cover 1) Steve Jobs on the cover of Fortune; 2) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts A and B; 3) Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead dominating Last.fm; 4) A possible Widmore flashback on Lost; and 5) the wrapping of Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
You can watch the video here, and on a couple of other video sharing sites across the Interweb. And, if you’d like, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast via PodShow.com. I hope to get it listed in the iTunes Store soon, as well.
Topics: Apple, Lost, View Askew, Nine Inch Nails, Geekforce Reserves
Is The Word ‘Porno’ Dangerous?
USA Today has some early scoop on Kevin Smith’s next flick says FirstShowing.net. But, aside from the photo I’ve included above—which is quite amusing, I must admit—color me disappointed. Most of the article focuses on how calling the film Zack and Miri Make a Porno could be damaging at the box office.
Seriously? We’re worried about the American public staying away from a film with the word ‘porno’ in the title. It’d be one thing if it was Zack and Miri Shoot a Gangbang or Zack and Miri Film a Circle-Jerk. But Zack and Miri Make a Porno? We’re seriously worried about that? Didn’t the Academy Award for Best Screenplay just go to a former stripper. Do we not live in a world where a sex-tape actually increases the popularity of a somebody who should still be a nobody? Red light culture has been on the rise since at least 2003. Porno is not a naughty word. The word piques interest. It’s not going to drive people away, not any more. It’s going to bring them in. As that dude from the Men’s Wearhouse commercials says, “I guarantee it.”
On the other hand, USA Today’s Dispatches from the set feature is well worth checking out. Topic #1 is “Preparing for a sex scene,” and both Banks and Rogen offer some amusing thoughts on the subject.
Prince Caspian is a Stud
I enjoyed the 2005 version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, but I didn’t love it. Even so, I am pretty darned excited about the impending arrival of Prince Caspian, the second film in the series. The trailer looks awesome and the promotional pics obtained last night by Spoiler TV are cool beyond words. I owned all of the books as a kid—okay, so I only ever read TLTWATW, but whatever—and I feel like this is a series that could definitely turn out very cool. What do you think, Geek-Forcers?
Full-Frontal Mewes
News Askew’s got the scoop that Jason Mewes does full-frontal in the new Kevin Smith film. If that tease of “little Jay” in Clerks II wasn’t enough for you, then it sounds like Zack and Miri Make A Porno may be the film for you later this year.
