Showing posts with label Things I'm Fired Up For. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Things I'm Fired Up For. Show all posts

Thursday, March 18, 2010

My New Employment with Encom!

Yesterday I came home and this was in the mail! I was very excited and decided whatever it was, deserved to be blogged about. So i took a few pictures to chronicle my first experience with an ARG!!


Inside the package was an Encom badge (with Group 7 Clearance). It is super freaking cool looking!


So i threw the badge in my scanner, so that i could get a clean image of that barcode to the right of my picture from 1982.


As my picture was scanning, i downloaded a barcode reader app on my iPhone. The barcode on the Encom badge sent me to this link! Damn i love technology!! Looks like i need to charge my phone.


I input the site listed in the barcode. I don't know the last time i actually typed out http://www, but i didn't want to screw this up. I logged in to the site using my Badge ID as well as my super secret FlynnLives.Com password.


Once i was in, this page was displayed.


This was the most interesting part of the main page. I wish i was going to Wondercon. On the main page there was nothing to click on, with the exception of my email inbox which is located on the upper right hand side of the page!



This is my inbox, which displayed the five emails i had received. Here they are in order.


This must be in reference to a pre St. Patrick's Day party. Who has a party on a Sunday?


Screw this "stick in the mud". I want my Tagalongs!


You will have to come grab them out of my cold dead hands!


Uh Oh! I think that the Flynn Lives supporters need to be more subtle.

And Finally....


This got me pretty freaking giddy!!

I will keep you updated on future events, such as these.

$1,516.23 in Two Hours!

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY SEGMENT ON SUNDAY 3/21/10
9:00-11:00am (est)!!


click here to listen to the announcement!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

TRON Legacy: The Teaser Trailer

I haven't really posted a lot of TRON news up on this site, but anyone following me on Facebook knows that i am incredibly fired up for the sequel. For a while now, people have been able to look at the VFX CONCEPT TEST done for the film.

This past weekend i went and saw Alice in Wonderland (review to come?), but more importantly i saw the new trailer for TRON Legacy. Although it is just a teaser, it still shows a lot from the world of TRON and i am incredibly excited. I have a feeling that it wont live up to the hype that i am setting myself up for, but i also feel that it wont diminish the 1982 film. It looks like TRON and the music by Daft Punk is great. It is shaping up to be a cool looking movie!



CLICK HERE for HD and Downloadable versions!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Casinoskunk.Com

That's right folks, i just acquired the domain CASINOSKUNK.COM. As you can see it is just my blog, but maybe i will have a full blown site in the future.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

BethanyShady.Com

My friend Bethany Shady has a brand new website that promotes all of her endeavors. When i checked out her site today, i noticed that there was a link to this very blog. To show my appreciation for adding me to her friends links i have posted a link to her page in my "Things i fully endorse" bar to the right. Check out her site as well as her book, "Matilda Turnip's Endless Belly Button".

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

492 Days Left

Another bit of casting news has surfaced for the Green Lantern film. Tim Robbins has now joined the cast as Hector Hammond's father.

So, here is the cast breakdown thus far:

Ryan Reynolds - Hal "Highball" Jordan/Green Lantern
Blake Lively - Carol Ferris
Mark Strong - Sinestro
Peter Sarsgaard - Dr. Hector Hammond
Tim Robbins - Senator Hammond

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

A New Lost Podcast

If you are in the market for a new LOST podcast, check out my friends' podcast Geronimo Jack's Beard. They have been talking about this since the summer and it will finally drop tomorrow!

Because the first episode hasn't aired yet, the show will not show up in the iTunes' search bar. If you want to subscribe, go to iTunes go to the ADVANCED TAB then select SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST and input the following link.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/geronimojacksbeard

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Guardian & Sinestro Concept Art?

Here are some more supposed concept designs for the Green Lantern film. Sinestro looks like Diedrich Bader in Office Space or A Vampire in Brooklyn. The Guardians look like tall retards, which would be the opposite of how they are portrayed in the book. I am beginning to suspect that all these concept design pieces are not actually from the movie. I liked the Tomar-Re, Kilowog and Abin Sure designs, but these look really dumb.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Chuck Cast vs. First Class

Check out the latest episode of Chuck Cast, in which i co-host with Colleen. It has been a while since i have Podcasted, but doing Chuck Cast reminded me how much fun it was. Hopefully i will be able to return to a show in one form or another.

CLICK HERE to listen, or RIGHT CLICK to save.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Abin Sur, Tomar-Re & Kilowog Concept Art?

"Well, Kilowog will be..." "Tomar-Re is in it. Sinestro is in it. Abin Sur is in it. All the origin people."
- Martin Campbell (dir. Green Lantern)

ComicBookMovie.Com has posted the images above and claim that these are actual concept designs for Abin Sur, Tomar-Re and Kilowog from the upcoming Green Lantern motion picture.

I have no idea if these are real leaked designs from the production or not. If they aren't, I am sure the actual designs will look very similar. Another thing, even if these are actually designs from the production it doesn't mean that these are the final designs. In any case, they are still fun to look at. Kudos to whoever "brought these characters to life".

Consider me stoked!!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Season 6

I have to tell you that I am pretty fired up for LOST in one week, but at the same time a little sad. Much like Charlie knowing that he was going to die toward the end of season 3, it is sad knowing that we are coming to the end of the show. Although I am glad that the producers are getting to tell the story that they want to tell, I am not looking forward to all of these characters being expendable. Since day one I always said,"I hope that Hurley makes it all the way to the end". Well, with the end drawing near it means that no matter what happens, these characters are all gonna be gone. I hope that this season blows me away all the way until the end!

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Highlights of 2009

What Geoff John's did with this Green Lantern story is nothing short of spectacular. Better than anything hollywood had to offer!

This has to be my favorite comedy of the year! Paul Rudd is brilliant!

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
Even though this series began in 2008, the Bluray release of season 1 was stunning and great fun. Star Wars as a Serial!!

Each episode is better than the previous. The Office and 30 Rock are getting a bit on the stale side and Community is a great shot to the arm that my Thursday Night Comedies need!!

UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES There is a reason why this won VGA's game of the year. It is absolutely amazing. I would lend it out to friends with PS3s, if the online multi-player wasn't so damn fun!!

LOST: THE FIFTH SEASON
Time Travel + LOST = a surprisingly easy to follow narrative!! Best show on television!!

Classic gameplay and enough bells and whistles to keep you interested. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a great addition to the side scrolling franchise!! Now i just need the Sonic Team to get the ball rolling!!
Michael Giacchino continues to impress. He put out another great season of scoring LOST and his score to Land of the Lost was really fun (even though the movie disappointed). Star Trek and Up have to be my favorite scores of the year and Giacchino continues to climb the ranks of my favorite film composers currently working!!

Hands Down my favorite film of the year. It has some familiar themes, but takes them and makes them their own. Never have i considered an asshole, good for nothing, racist, alien aborting, low-life, lackey a complete badass!! Wikus is a tortured soul who deserves every minute of hell that the MNU and Alien "Prawns" have to offer!! Yet you feel bad for him. Fantastic Film!!!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Take That, Moon!

I am not sure what the purpose of doing this is, but tonight NASA (Need Another Seven Astronauts) will launch some rockets at the moon to see if there is water under the surface. This is officially the most badass divining rod in the history of divining technology!

I don't know if NASA is feeling the heat of the recession or if this is their way of getting us out of it, but this sounds like the craziest plan to put our money towards. Maybe in addition to finding delicious moon water, they will find a ton of gold that will shower down on America!

OR, maybe they are using this as an excuse to "accidentally" blow up the Lunar Lander that they claim went to the moon. I am sure with all of the technology around nowadays, someone would be able to prove the moon landing hoax with a telescope purchased at any telescope outlet. This is the perfect way of NASA saying, "Oh shoot, now you won't be able to see the lunar lander that clearly went to the moon."

Either way, i can't wait to watch the video of this going down.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

623 Days Left

I am sitting at work and i am bored. There is not much left for me to do here today, so i figured that i would post a blog. I really don't have much on my mind and i just read a chapter of my Green Lantern Archives and it made me think of the GL movie that is eventually going to come out.

I checked a countdown clock to see how much longer i had to wait and it looks like there is a lot of time left. I am glad that Where the Wild Things Are comes out soon and that LOST: Season 6 as well as TRON: Legacy are on the horizon! I guess we will get another Iron Man movie before then as well. Hopefully my brain can be preocupied enough so that i don't go insane by June 11, 2011.

I guess i can just keep reading all the GL related comics up until then.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Gauntlet Films

I am going to start VHS hunting again!!

Let me know if you come across any "winners"!

SEE MY VIDEOS

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Ryan "Highball" Reynolds!

I mentioned on Facebook about how excited i was for Ryan Reynolds to play Hal Jordan in the upcoming Martin Campbell film, The Green Lantern! I thought that i would post something over here, seeing how much of this blog is dedicated to one of my favorite comic characters ever.

I cannot wait for this movie to come out and i was really nervous about who they would get to play the Emerald Crusader. Although Ryan Reynolds was probably not the first person on my list, i have to tell you i am really excited (and at ease) about Warner Bros' decision to cast him.

I mean, think of how bad it could have been. Ryan is a good actor who has great comic timing. I could not ask for anything more in an actor for Green Lantern. And you have to admit, Ryan Reynolds definitely looks the part!

6/17/11 can't come soon enough!!

Only 700 days left!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Ghostbusters 3

If i had any kind of pull in Hollywood i would use my powers to invade the producers who are making Ghostbusters 3 and force them to make my version of the film. I am sure that this could be considered Fan Fic, but i think of it as more of a kick as idea that should be a real movie. So far from what i have heard, this new Ghostbusters film is along the lines of what i had in mind.

First off, i think that 20 years after the events of Ghostbusters 2, that the Ghostbusters have become Corporate and all of our favorite Ghostbusters from the past now work in New York at "Spook Central" aka the Ghostbusters Corporate Offices. Ghostbusters is now a thriving business and many franchises are popping up across the united states.

My story starts with a small group of college graduates and slackers that decide to start up their very own Ghostbusters Franchise. This story will expand on what was shown in the first Ghostbusters, with the struggle of starting a new business. But this time around, we will get to see what it is like to become a Ghostbuster. We will follow the crew as they pick out a location for their HQ and we will get to see the Franchise Package provided from Corporate. This packet will have instruction manuals (Tobin's Spirit Guide Cliffs Notes), Computer Discs to upload your Franchise into the GB Mainframe and the best part is an introductory DVD that has the legal ins and outs of starting up your franchise, hosted by Lewis Tulley and Original Ghostbusters ("We're Ready to Accept You!"). A training manual and instructional video will also be included, along with some Ghostbusting tests and tips.

You will also learn about the Storage Containment Cleaning that happens on a weekly basis. A large truck will show up at your Franchise location hook up to your Spirit Storage Containment Grid and clear it of all entities and dispose of them into one main facility that is monitored in the middle of the Nevada desert.

The story of these guys will follow them as they struggle through their new business. The ups and down of being a franchise and the rivalries that come with competing Ghostbusters. The new Ghostbusters keep encountering a "free repeater". They start to realize that this "free repeater" is trying to send a message to the Ghostbusters. The Ghostbusters figure out that they are able to communicate with this ghost through EVP. They find out through this ghost that there is a weakness in the main grid and that there is an entity in the grid that is swallowing up other spirits and intends on gaining enough energy to break free from the facility through sheer force. This entity grows stronger with each containment grid drop off from all of the nation's Ghostbusters.

In the end this entity has manifested itself into a physical form the only way a ghost can, by way of ectoplasm. This ectoplasm entity is ten stories high and it is up to all the Ghostbusters franchises around the united states, to band together and stop this creature in an all out war. With their backs up against the wall, the Ghostbusters cannot think of a way to stop this threat. In a last ditch effort, there is only one place to call, Ghosbusters Corporate. After making their way through the automated phone system (Janine's voice), the New Ghostbusters contact Ray Stantz in the Applied Sciences department. Ray gathers the rest of the original Ghostbusters to figure out how to stop this creature. They suit up and join the fight! I am pretty sure that by the end of this story, every last person in a Ghostbuster uniform is covered with slime.

THE END.

I have thought about this version of GB3 for a few years now and i hope that whatever the guys come up with for the actual part 3 is anywhere as cool as what is in my head.

Fingers Crossed.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Geoff Johns Signing!

I recently found out that in one month from today, Geoff Johns will be signing copies of Blackest Night #1 at my store! If you haven't been following this blog, Green Lantern has been kicking all kinds of major ass the past few years and it seemingly has all been leading up to this point!

Pretty soon i will be doing a large window painting of The Green Lantern along with the blackest night logo. The image of the Green Lantern i am going to use is a simple one, but not cartoony. It will be the version from the cover of "The Batman Strikes" #48. It is a simple drawing with a classic GL pose. I am looking forward to getting the shop ready and meeting my favorite comic writer working today!!

You have to come to the store if you are in the area.