No, he doesn’t make that look good at all.
Ah, Sly, you and your crazy ways. Too bad you got busted in Australia for importing restricted hormones into the country. Muscle-building hormones, that is. And if that shit is what’s causing you to look as goofy as you do lately (or is it the hair?), then it’s time to lay off, man. Game over, dude.
Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:
1) Shrek the Third: $122 million
Somewhere in Hollywood, Mel Brooks is thinking to himself, “If I set the campfire scene from ‘Blazing Saddles’ to CGI animation, I’d be rich! Rich, I tell you! Muaaaahhh ha ha ha hahahahahahaha!”
2) Spider-Man 3: $28.5 million, $281.8 million to date
Only $220 million to go before it recoups the promotional budget.
3) 28 Weeks Later: $5.1 million, $18.6 million to date
Eeek. We’re guessing there’s been a rage outbreak at Fox Atomic over the performance of this movie.
4) Disturbia: $3.6 million, $71.3 million to date
Like we said, Shia LaBeouf is about to become the Biggest Star on the Planet.
5) Georgia Rule: $3.4 million, $12.6 million to date
Wave goodbye to women in movies, everyone. You’ll see them again in the fall.
11) Next: $1.1 million, $16.5 million to date.
Look at that again. This $70 million Nic Cage movie has made $16 million to date. We can hear the conversation already. “Sure, Cage is interested, but he’s no Shia LaBeouf.”
Here’s a tip for all you struggling actors out there: If you even get the slightest whiff of a comic-book-inspired or superhero-themed script, screw the whole “reading it beforehand” thing and jump straight to the “try desperately to get an audition, no matter what” phase, because that’s where the money is these days.
Yes, friends, we said it last summer, and it still holds true today: it’s a beautiful time to be a comic book fan. Even better, it’s no longer the domain of the kind of guy who’s already pressed and folded his “My Virginity Is In Mint Condition” t-shirt for the opening day of Comic-Con 2007. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) When one of the most buzzed-about original dramas on network television centers on people with abilities beyond those of mere mortals – and if you haven’t jumped on the “Heroes” bandwagon yet, you’re really missing out – even the most macho of men can probably stop claiming that they only watched the “X-Men” flicks because they wanted to see Rebecca Romijn covered in nothing but blue body paint.
Comic books and superheroes have taken a long and winding path to get to their current position of mainstream acceptance, however, and nowhere has that been more evident than on the silver screen. In fact, when speaking of the comic book film genre, you can very easily divide cinematic history into two parts: before “Superman: The Movie,” and after “Superman: The Movie.”
To read the rest of our historical retrospective, click here.
To investigate the status of future comic book flicks, click here.
To read the first of our three roundtable discussions about various and sundry comic book film related topics, click here. (You’ll find links to the other discussions on that page as well.)
And, lastly, to check out a shopping list of graphic novels and trade paperbacks to check out after you leave the theater, click here.
Oh, yeah, and if you’ve got any feedback, feel free to leave it below…
Well, if we’re using the stats based on how many shows have been cancelled versus how many shows have been put back on the air after they were cancelled, then the realistic answer would have to be, “Probably.”
But, then again, I’m one of the people who participated in the “Save ‘Angel'” campaign after it teetered on the brink of cancellation at the end of Season 4. Now, since I’m the proud owner of that show’s 5th season on DVD, that’s proof enough for me that, yes, sometimes making your opinions known to the network really does make a difference…and, as such, the very least I can do for “Jericho” is to trumpet the details of the various campaigns that are being established to try and save it from permanent destruction.
Merrick, a regular contributor to Ain’t It Cool News, has put together a hell of post for that site where he does the same thing…which means that mine will inevitably pale in comparison, especially since most of what I’m going to post comes straight from his text. But since we’re all working toward the same means, I hope he won’t mind…
* Click here to sign the petition to save “Jericho.”
* Click here to visit Jericho Lives, a site that’s dedicating itself to keeping the show alive.
* Click here to check out the “Nuts” campaign, its name inspired by the defiant cry from the show’s season finale.
I think those are the biggies…though if you’ve never watched the show and want to find out what it’s all about before committing to anything, the Wikipedia entry for the series is decidedly comprehensive.
All I’m saying is, it can’t hurt to try, and it won’t take much of your time, either. So let’s all keep our fingers crossed, shall we?
Seriously, people, there’s currently a small but really, really devout chunk of the population who’s currently ready to just firebomb the living shit out of The CW. I mean, statistically, just about everyone who watched one of those shows watched the other. Now, okay, losing “Gilmore Girls” was something you could kinda see coming; after the Palladinos were shown the door, it felt like the lifeblood of the show had gone with them, despite the best attempts of David Rosenthal to fill their shoes. But Rob Thomas was scrambling so desperately to keep “Veronica Mars” on the air (my interest was definitely piqued by his pitch to fast-forward the show a few years and put Veronica in the FBI Academy) that, damn, I can’t believe they didn’t throw him a bone for at least half a season or something…
Oh, well. Let us shed our tears and move on to The CW’s fall line-up and see what we can expect.
MONDAY
Hooray! Another season of “Everybody Loves Chris” at 8 PM! Why, that almost makes up for my complete indifference about the return of “Girlfriends” and “The Game” during the 9 – 10 PM timeslot. At 8:30, we get a new sitcom: “Aliens in America.” But not the good kind of aliens. Damn.
“ALIENS IN AMERICA” – Justin Tolchuk (Dan Byrd, “The Hills Have Eyes”) is a sensitive, lanky 16-year-old just trying to make it through the social nightmare of high school in Medora, Wisconsin, with the help of his well-meaning mom Franny (Amy Pietz, “Caroline in the City”), aspiring-entrepreneur dad Gary (Patrick Breen, “Kevin Hill”), and his popular sister Claire (Lindsey Shaw, “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide”), who is sweetly unaware of how good-looking she is. When Franny signs up for the school’s international exchange student program, she pictures an athletic, brilliant Nordic teen who will bestow instant coolness on her outsider son. However, when the Tolchuk’s exchange student arrives, he turns out to be Raja Musharaff (Adhir Kalyan, “Fair City”), a 16-year-old Pakistani Muslim. Despite the cultural chasm between them, Justin and Raja quickly develop an unlikely friendship that just might allow them to navigate the minefield that is contemporary high school. It’s going to be a very interesting year for Raja, Justin, his family and the entire population of Medora. ALIENS IN AMERICA is from CBS Paramount Network Television Inc. and Warner Bros. Television with executive producers Tim Doyle (“Jake in Progress”), Moses Port (“Just Shoot Me,” “Mad About You”) and David Guarascio (“Just Shoot Me,” “Mad About You”). Luke Greenfield (“The Girl Next Door”) directed the pilot.
Meh. There’s really not much about the concept that sounds all that interesting to me…which means that it should fit right in with the majority of The CW’s sitcoms.
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