Movie Madness

Watch the trailer for Surrogates, one of many films that is/will be based on a graphic novel. It seems like Hollywood has become very comfortable taking advantage of these pre-story boarded writings. This one by Rob Venditti, a survivor of the Florida State University System, is focused on a future where humans can live life through robotic puppets. However, as I am sure you imagined, things go horribly wrong.

What exactly? Well, you can read the comic or drop $12 when it hits the theaters (or watch the trailer... it is pretty much all there). All we know for sure is that Bruce Willis plays the hero, apparently modeled after your Uncle Billy. Spanking new teaser poster is from comingsoon.net. Oddly enough, this isn't the most awkward look Willis has sported of late. (some parts are NSFW)

Heads up sent my way from reader Tenaka Khan. Thanks!

This 'Transformers' Phenomenon

Hate to do it, but need to chime in on this Transformers thing that has everyone all hot and bothered to the tune of over $200 million in five days ($214m through Monday). Now I know that, as humans, we are imperfect. Chief among those imperfections is the willingness to return to movie theaters for a sequel en masse, even if it is a follow-up to an average movie. This held true with a certain pirate-based franchise in its third installment, and a couple of movies about a matrix. There are, of course, cases where a sequel is better than the first and deserves the financial gains, but those instances are rare at best.

So imagine my dismay with humankind when a ROBOT-based movie nearly shattered box office records. The prospect of watching robots murder each other is very tempting, but worse than pandering to the robot sympathizers (now dubbed pro-bots), those who flocked to the theaters have helped keep this man in business! You should be ashamed!

Watch your seat.

Sorry, is this a joke? This robot not only proves what a waste of valuable human time they can be, but how dangerous they are.

Should people really be spending resources developing a chair that falls apart and fixes itself? How much did you spend on that? If you made a chair out of wood, there is a good chance that it wouldn't randomly crumble beneath you.

And this invention now presents us with the horrifying possibility that, at any given time, you are sitting on a robot chair designed to break your neck.