RIDLEY SCOTT TO DIRECT ALIEN PREQUEL

Previously it was announced that the thought-to-be green-lit ALIEN PREQUEL was to be produced by Ridley & Tony Scott, with commercial director CARL ERIK RINSCH to direct. But then I heard FOX was not going to green light it unless RIDLEY was in the director's chair.

And so it is - Ridley Scott will direct the Alien Prequel. (via Variety)

This gives me some hope, although I'm still very cautious....

In previous interviews, Ridley has said he'd been toying with the idea that the Aliens are not of the Natural Order of the Universe, but instead are organic weapons created by other Species. I really hate this approach as I've always loved the theme of "Nature vs Technology". The idea that the Aliens are merely natural creatures in the universe really appealed to me and helped make me the ridiculous fan I am today.

Here are some things I do NOT want to see in the Prequel:

* Any mention of Weyland, Yutani, or Weyland-Yutani..... unless its at the very very end where we see the Company pick up the Derelict's "distress" signal.

* Any mention of the "Ripley Family". I can see it now - Ellen Ripley's grandmother first encountered the aliens and its now a family curse.

* Any humans. The Nostromo Crew should be the first human encounter with the Aliens. It's been that way for 30+ years, don't start retconning shit now.

* Any Space Jockeys acting in any sort of readily identifiable pop culture way (watching TV, playing a video game, etc)

* Any link to the 2 abysmal AVP movies - which do not exist in the true mythos of ALIEN.

Of course I ask for the impossible.
But atleast its Ridley Scott....

previous Alien Prequel post

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*thanks for the tip, JasonG & BryDev!

CONAN BEHIND THE SCENES

Wilt Chamberlain, Arnold & Andre The Giant
on the set of Conan: The Destroyer

*thanks, Shane!

REMEMBER WHEN DAREDEVIL WAS LIKEABLE?

Since its relaunch in 1998, DAREDEVIL has been a solid book every month. That's a pretty good era for a book - 11 years! But looking back, I've realized that I really don't like MATT MURDOCK anymore. While the book is a good read and entertaining, I'm beginning to grow tired of Murdock's self-destructive douchebaggery. I remember when I used LIKE the character. Kevin Smith, David Mack, Bendis and Ed Brubaker have done a great job these past 11 years, but I'm hoping new oncoming writer ANDY DIGGLE can make Murdock a character I give a shit about once again.

E.T.A - ALIEN PARODY

720P HD Version + more info available at http://junkworks.org/

Direction: Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen
Modelling & Character animation: Søren Andersen & Michael la-Cour
Original Music & Sound Editing: Rasmus Kudahl Kaae Munch
Production: JUNK

Originally premiered at BreakPoint '08 in Bingen, Germany where it won the 1st prize in the animation competition.
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Heh, cute! Reminds me of Dr. Mayakovsky's robot Alien from Dark Horse's "ALIENS: HIVE" Mini-Series:

(love that painting by Dave Dorman!)

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*thanks AlienCollection.Com & JamesK!

LIGHTSABER FLASHLIGHT

Remember when you were a kid, before cool lightsaber extendie-toys & Force FX lightsabers were available, and you had to use a simple flashlight as a lightsaber?

Well the circle is now complete.

Yours for only $25

3 REMAKE/PREQUEL NEWS THAT MADE MY HEAD EXPLODE TODAY

THE SECRET OF NIMH
Remake will be live action with cg characters.
Add this to the "completely unnecessary" pile.
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
No way this remake can be as funny as the original.
Seriously? They're remaking this? Bah.
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KONG OF SKULL ISLAND
This one's a prequel, spotlighting Kong's many adventures
before the events of "King Kong".

If its 120 min of just Kong fighting giant creatures,
no dialogue, it could be fun.
But if there's a single goddamn Westerner....grrr

DARK KNIGHT CYCLEWEAR

Yep, they are making full motorcycle riding gear, replicating Batman's threads based on "The Dark Knight". Dunno if they will also be making helmets with bat-ears.

Here are some related pics to share:

SOUNDWAVE SNEAKERS

*via SneakerNews

JIMSMASH AT THE SDCC - FREE TSHIRTS!

Several lucky readers will receive a FREE JIMSMASH T-SHIRT at the San Diego Comic-Con. That's right - I'll be there tomorrow (saturday) wearing a JimSmash tee. The first x-amount of JimSmash readers who find me will be handed their FREE t-shirt (while limited supplies last!). See ya tomorrow!

JAMES CAMERON REVEALS 'AVATAR' AT SDCC

jus' pokin' fun.

JONAH HEX MOVIE

Yay, they're making a JONAH HEX movie! Hmm, its directed by the dude who did "Horton Hears A Who"... Yay, Jonah Hex is JOSH BROLIN! Hmm, it also has Megan Fox...

JIMPRAISE!

I've seen an increase of hate mail lately, which is always lovely. One of the many common attacks is that I'm "always negative" and "bash everything". While yes I do smash things from time to time - it is called JimSMASH, not JimPRAISE - I feel most of the posting I do is geeking out on things I LIKE. But who am I to argue with faithful, albeit hateful, readers?!

So I thought I'd add some interactive fun: for 1 week, I will do a post a day that lists only GOOD things about whatever YOU CHOOSE! Want me to do "Top Good Things of AVP"? Your wish is my command. Post your choices in the Comment area of this post and/or email me (jimsmash@gmail.com). I will then JimPraise the 5 most requested! Let's hear em, ya freakin jackals!

TODAY'S GOOGLE IMAGE

nice!

TRANSFORMERS & GIJOE: THE COMPLETE SERIES

You know you want - nay, NEED - them.

SNAKE-EYES & STORM SHADOW STRIKE A POSE, VOGUE

2 new GIJOE movie posters above.

They remind me of the awesome GIJOE #46 cover by Marvel:

Rad.

FAN ART: REYNOLDS GREEN LANTERN

by Josh MC

yeah, this just confirms my opinion that Ryan Reynolds is completely wrong for the part of Hal Jordan.

Reynolds should be The Flash!

*thanks, Scott!

SOUL STORAGE COMPANY?

*thanks, Maker!

SCOTT CAMPBELL: ALIEN & POWERLOADER

I need to commission Campbell to make a JimSmash Exclusive Alien print.....

previous Scott Campbell posts:
Friendly Alien Great Showdowns Friends With E.T.

LUCAS: THEN & NOW

*thanks, Woo!

TIE FIGHTER PLAYHOUSE

Excellent.
£44.99 HERE.

Now where's the huge backyard DEATH STAR playset?!!

POWER GIRL STATUE

This is a the latest POWER GIRL statue from DC Direct. If I was a huge Power Girl fan... and one to buy such a statue, I'd get this. But I'm not either, really.... atleast, not enough to shell out the $100 for it. Nonetheless, its probably the best Power Girl I've seen so far.

RIP: WALTER CRONKITE

"UNCLE WALTER"
1916-2009

COMIC GLASSES

Toon Tumblers are making comic pint glasses like yesteryear! Most of them are Marvel, but there are some DC in there, too. What I like most about these is that [most of] the images are from the 60s-80s (none of that 90s-now crap). I'm definitely going to pick some up. They will go nicely with the vintage glasses I still have (& use!) from my youth; Star Wars movies & Superman. And will look great filled with blue beverages from the previous post!

TOP 10 BLUE BEVERAGES

I've always had a thing for blue drinks. Dunno why.

So, that added to it being Summer, I give you the
TOP 10 BLUE BEVERAGES:

10) BLUE GATORATE

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9) THAT GENERIC GALLON JUG OF BLUE PUNCH
FOUND IN THE GROCERY STORE

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8) BLUE KOOL AID
(OH YEAH!)

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7) HAWAIIAN PUNCH BERRY BLUE TYPHOON

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6) BLUE RASPBERRY SLUSH PUPPIE

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5) MT DEW GAME FUEL: WoW: ALLIANCE BLUE

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4) BLUE MANA ENERGY POTION

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3) SMURF BLOOD

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2) BLUE ROMULAN ALES

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1) BLUE MILK (STAR WARS)

*thanks for the assist, Jason!

1979 KLINGON HAPPY MEAL COMMERCIAL

*thanks, johnny!

RANDON FIND: SITH SQUIRREL

NEWS OF THE DAY: NAKED TERMINATOR

A man found naked at a casino claimed he was a Terminator sent from the future.

19-year-old Sean Stanley Smith was arrested on the Nevada border after he was spotted by a motorist wandering around the highway nude. He was ordered by police to stop but proceeded into a nearby casino - where he was then tasered in front of a group of children.

Smith claims he was a Terminator sent back in time from the future - a reference to the film character made popular by Arnold Schwarznegger in the sci-fi franchise. The films usually start with a naked man being transported to the past.

However, it turned out that Smith was not a time-travelling Terminator but was in fact suffering from the effects of LSD and marijuana. He was charged with indecent exposure and resisting a police officer. (article)

Nice.

Which leads us to CollegeHumor explaining
why Terminators time-travel naked:

and just for the hell of it, an awesome screenshot from
the 1st Terminator (my favorite):sweet.

TRAIN VS TORNADO

The slugfest starts around 1:00
*thanks, Pepsilover!

COOL LAGOON CREATURE PIC

by Vincent DiFate

SIDESHOW POWERLOADER & ALIEN QUEEN

If I had the money.... and the space... and the money....

TUESDAY COSPLAY: HYDRA AGENTS

yeah!!!

BOLLYWOOD HE-MAN

Someone repost this but with some classic Queen!

*Clip swiped from Scott King's site.

RYAN REYNOLDS IS GREEN LANTERN

Apparently RYAN REYNOLDS has been cast as GREEN LANTERN.

Good grief, do they even READ the comics? (no). Reynolds is no where NEAR right for the part of Hal Jordan. At all.

Ryan Reynolds was born to play 2 parts: Deadpool and WALLY WEST FLASH. Reynolds is completely wrong for the part. It's like having Christopher Reeve play Batman.

Last week it was reported the casting choices were down to three: Reynolds, Bradley Cooper & Justin Timberlake. Of those 3, I would have gone with Cooper. But all 3 are bad choices for Hal.

This casting makes me sad.

*seriously, Justin Timberlake???

RANDOM FIND: WINNIE THE POOH ! ! ! !

FANART: THE REAL MEGATRON

by "Neurowing"

PREDALIEN CONCEPT BUST

SideShow Collectibles and Amalgamated Dynamics Inc have teamed up to produce Alien/Predator/AVP merchandise. Here is their latest outing: One of their unused Concept Designs for the PREDALIEN seen in the unwatchable AVP-R. You can buy it for $180 here. They've already produced a full-body statue of another unused Predalien concept design (here).

The sculpt & paint job is really nice and while I don't necessarily like this design, I do prefer it to the one that made it up on screen (review).

You all should know by now my disdain for the Predalien, so I'll spare you another regurgitation of my rant.... (if you don't know, click here: HATING THE PREDALIEN).

Instead I thought I'd share with you some JimSmash Hate Mail I received awhile back from "anonymous" regarding the Predalien and my intelligence:

"Fuck you. you couldn't come up with anything that successful. besides the alien-predator-AVP movie s made billions of dollars so obviously someone liked it. oh and JIM SMASH jim also not speak full sentence as jim have 5 brain cell."

Awesome.

*I receive hate mail all the time. Yippie!

MIRROR, MIRROR ENTERPRISE

Ha, nice. Diamond Select Toys is making an electronic ENTERPRISE based on the slightly altered version from the classic episode "MIRROR, MIRROR".

No, I do not know the episode number.... yet.

*Update: It's Episode 39. You're welcome.

As an added treat, here is your very own Mirror, Mirror evil goatee!
Just print and cut along the dotted lines!

WHAT TV ALIENS ARE WATCHING

*click image to enlarge*

"If extraterrestrial civilizations are monitoring our TV broadcasts, then this is what they are currently watching."

SDCC: X-FORCE WOLVERINE BUST

Check out this X-FORCE WOLVERINE bust by Kotobukiya. It's only available at this year's San Diego Comic Con and limted to only 500 pieces (gah!). If you're fast enough and lucky enough, you can score one at the ONLY place available - Kotobukiya’s booth #2601. Here's the schedule of of its release and amounts:

300pcs for Wednesday, July 22nd (preview night)
150pcs for Thursday, July 23rd
50pcs for Friday July 24th.

Purchases will be limited to only 2 busts per person, and is priced at only $80. So that means you can buy one for yourself and one for ME.

Seriously, someone get this for me.

TIME & DATE RIGHT NOW

12:34:56 7/8/9

FACEHUGGER SONOGRAM

*thanks, Scott!

INDIANA JONES: ROOM BOOBY TRAP

"While you defend your room against nasty friends and little brothers, you will learn about the science of gears and levers. Use a latched and spring-loaded Mayan idol to shower intruders with realistic plastic bugs from atop your door, or encounter an idol which launches darts at intruders."

I can't decide if this is Smash or Praise-worthy...?

YOU DECIDE!!!!

TUESDAY COSPLAY: JONAS VENTURE ! ! !

YES!

ALIEN BY SCOTT CAMPBELL

Nice!
Previous Scott Campbell

IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666

Your Metal Homework is to RUN and buy the dvd & soundtrack cd to IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666.

Also, on the blu-ray dvd.... during the Los Angeles (The Forum) footage portion of the tour, you can see me in the crowd a few "rows" back in the Pit. Fuck yeh!

UP THE IRONS! \m/

MICHAEL JACKSON'S MEMORIAL SERVICE

Ha! I scored tickets to tuesday's Michael Jackson Memorial Service in downtown, LA.

Tickets were randomly handed out to only 8,750 people who signed up yesterday (+1 guest = 17, 500 total). On a lark, I threw my name into the hat alongside 1.6 million other people.

Circus!

SOME TOP AMERICAN HEROES (UPDATED)

In honor of the 4th of July, here are some "Top" American Heroes that I could come up with off the top of my head:

SNAKE PLISSKEN
*thanks, Timewaster!
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RED DAWN WOLVERINES
"... In the early days of World War 3, guerillas
- mostly children - fought alone and gave up their lives,
so that this nation should not perish from the earth."
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BIONIC WOMAN & SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
"DUN-NUH-NUH-NUH..."
(bionic sound effect)
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THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO
Oddly enough, not the #1 on my list.

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TEAM AMERICA
Fuk Yeh!

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ISAIAH BRADLEY CAPTAIN AMERICA

Sole survivor of his test group in Operation: Rebirth.
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THE EX-PRESIDENTS
"Rock N' Roll!"
---DR. ZIRA
"Gorillas are cruel because they're stupid! All bone and no brain!"
(she was on American SOIL!)
---um... JOHN WAYNE, ROCKY BALBOA,
INDIANA JONES, JOHN RAMBO, HULK HOGAN,
FREDDIE MERCURY, CLINT EASTWOOD
& JOHN MATRIX...
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FRENCH NAVY
Couldn't have done it without ya!
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STEPHEN COLBERT
Fighting terrorist bears for your freedom!
---ASTRONAUTS
Cause they rule!
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BARACK THE BARBARIAN
"What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you,
and to hear the lamentations of their women."
---G.I. JOE
Who, ironically, would now be flagged at the airport.
---EASY RIDER DUDES
"What the hell is wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about."

"Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what's it's all about, all right.
But talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different things..."
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CLARK KENT
He is what makes Superman a HERO.
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AL BUNDY
Scored 4 touchdowns in a single game!
Polk High Panthers, 1966.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

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Captain America is still dead....?

FETISH FRIDAY: FEMTROOPERS

iPHONE COMIC COLLECTOR APP

I'm incredibly lazy, so instead of rephrasing from the ad, here's simply the ad text:

Did you ever come home with a new comic, only to find out that you already owned it? Annoying isn't it? And costly too.

And did a friend ever ask if you have this or that comic...
... and you couldn't remember?

Comic Collector and this companion iPhone app Clz Comics can help you avoid embarrassing situations like these, in 3 easy steps:

1. First catalog your comic collection with the Comic Collector software
2. Then export your collection list to the Clz Comics software on your iPhone or iPod touch, including comic information, creators, characters and the cover image.
3. Now just always take your iPhone or iPod touch with you to the store, so that you can check which comics you already own and which ones are on your wishlist.

• Avoid Duplicate Comic Purchases
• Manage your comic Wish List
• Show off your comic collection
• Have cool comic facts at your fingertips

You can buy Clz Comics in the iTunes App Store here for $9.99

Requirements:

• Comic Collector 4.4.1 PRO for Windows
• Wi-Fi connection to the same local network that your Windows computer is in.
• Apple Bonjour service (comes with iTunes, or download here)

I don't have an iPhone... so I expect my iPhone carrying geek friends to get this asap and show it off to me.

REMAKE HELL: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON

Argh!!! That's right, they're remaking AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON.

I don't think I really need to go into a rant here, right? Ya'll feel my outrage and disgust.

Why not simply make another sequel, like they did with"An American Werewolf in Paris"? Sure it sucked (although I still enjoyed it) but it was both sequel &remake all in one. So just have a 3rd outing in a 3rd city.... like say "An American Werewolf in Tokyo" or something*.

Here's the classic transformation scene:

*I originally had a "Tokyo Drift" joke line in there, but quickly deleted it.

FUTURISTIC MOVIE TIMELINE

(source)

ALIEN NATION CONTINUATION SERIES

Yep, The Sci-Fi Channel (sorry, "SyFy") is producing a new ALIEN NATION series, much like Battlestar Galactica and the upcoming V remake mini-series except this badboy is going to be a CONTINUATION of the previous series. The trade says it's "set roughly 20 years after the first alien ship landed on earth, when the Newcomer population has reached 3.5 million."

I have a special place in my heart for ALIEN NATION, so I'll check this out... especially since it's a continuation and not a remake.

Don't know if the original cast will be involved, but I'm thinking not.

BLACK STORM SHADOW ! ! !

Kickass! As a belated birthday gift, I just got Hasbro's new(?) STORM SHADOW in BLACK Ninja Garb! Hell yeah! (Although the card artwork could be better. Don't get me wrong, Black Storm Shadow squeezing one out is cool n' all....)

Why didn't they make this figure back in '83 when I wanted an epic fight of WHITE NINJA VS BLACK NINJA? Better late than never, I suppose. Now, does anyone have a totally rad backyard, preferably with both small creek & rock structures?

...oh, and check this out: His new bio says:

"STORM SHADOW can trace his family history through thirty generations of ninjas. He can scale sheer walls with bare hands and feet, move with blinding speed, and endure unspeakable hardship and pain. Qualified expert: Long bow; Samurai sword; Throwing stars; Nunchaku sticks; 8th degree black belt in five martial arts. As a high-ranking member of the elite and elusive Ninja-Ku clan, he is specially trained to blend with the shadows and slip past his enemies without ever being detected."

"Ninja-Ku clan" WTF?

His clan is actually called "NINJA"? And I thought its been well established he comes from the ARASHIKAGE clan - his real hame is Thomas S. Arashikage. (Arashi = "Storm" and kage = "shadow" in Japanese). So what's with this "He comes from the NINJA DISTRICT CLAN" crap?

* A "ku",conventionally translated as "ward", is a district in a large Japanese city.