“Anika’s Odyssey is a magical adventure deep into a lush and enchanted land. Break away from reality to enter a mystical world inspired by Aotearoa, New Zealand, as you meet the curious spirits and exotic creatures that inhabit this wondrous wilderness. Anika’s Odyssey is an enchanting point-and-click adventure game, full of a surprises and charm. Help Anika explore her colorful landscape as she journeys to reclaim her beloved friend.”
We’re here to aquire breeding stock for our planet!!! What’s intersting to me about this classic 1965 drive-in movie is that the uncredited space monster is played by well known character actor Bruce Glover who went on to have many bit parts in every tv series from Mission: Impossible to T.J. Hooker. Although you might be more familiar with his famous son who is Crispin Glover. By the way hardcore fanboys might get a kick out of this cute collectable showing Frankenstein knocking out the Space Monster.
“Doctor Who’s first producer, and the BBC’s first female TV producer, Verity Lambert, has died aged 71. She was also the youngest person to take charge of a BBC television show when the sci-fi drama started in 1963. Lambert oversaw the first two series of Doctor Who before leaving in 1965. Russell T Davies, the current writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, said: “There are a hundred people in Cardiff working on Doctor Who and millions of viewers, in particular many children, who love the programme that Verity helped create. This is her legacy and we will never forget that,” he added.”
I’d love to see this reimagined anime inspired Wonder Woman Vinyl Figure in an actual comic book! The statue is designed by Udon Studios and goes on sale July 23, 2008. There are also some other nice figures in the Ame-comi manga inspired line put out by DC Comics.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 23, 2007 in Comic Books
This cover by Dustin Nguyen for Detective Comics #841 reminds me a bit of Vargas with the lady in red in the center of the illustration, although I also like the health dose cartoonish chaos that brings a sense of humor to the cheesecake. It’s not what you’d expect for a typical Batman cover from DC Comics and I find that quite refreshing.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 22, 2007 in Animation
This video is from 1997, an era when MTV was still showing music videos and had some entertaining animation. Who would have ever thought that we’d wish for the good old days of Beavis and Butt-Head?
“I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn’t a person in the United States who couldn’t identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make”.
About Donald Duck. Interview by Donald Ault and Thomas Andrae,
4 August 1975. Carl Barks Library, page 8C-597.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 21, 2007 in Videogames
Cosmic Fantasy was a NEC PC Engine Super CD-ROM2 role playing video game from 1989. The game featured a futuristic science fiction/Fantasy theme with some humor. The game series did pretty well in the early 90s and even managed to inspire a OVA (Original Video Animation) anime title in 1994. You can also find some great screenshots of the follow up game Cosmic Fantasy II at this website here.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 21, 2007 in Science
This is a very interesting article from Scientific American on the idea that there may already be aliens living on earth, although as a fanboy you may be let down that E.T. is the size of bacteria:
Are Aliens Among Us? In pursuit of evidence that life arose on Earth more than once, scientists are searching for microbes that are radically different from all known organisms
“No planet is more Earth-like than Earth itself, so if life does emerge readily under terrestrial conditions, then perhaps it formed many times on our home planet. To pursue this tantalizing possibility, scientists have begun searching deserts, lakes and caverns for evidence of “alien” life-forms—organisms that would differ fundamentally from all known living creatures because they arose independently. Most likely, such organisms would be microscopic, so researchers are devising tests to identify exotic microbes that could be living among us.”
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 21, 2007 in Comic Books
My favorite touch in this cover for Tiny Titans by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani is the cute little bee girl character in the upper left. This book is part of a new line of DC comics aimed at younger kids which should appeal to overgrown fanboy and fangurl parents.
This is too cute! Shown above is an Alien vs. Predator Cosbaby by Hot Toys. There are six in the series (Alien Warrior, Grid Alien, Scar Predator, Chopper Predator, Celtic Predator, and Alexa Woods) and they each stand about three inches tall (perfect for terrorizing your desk) and will be available early in 2008.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 20, 2007 in Videogames
Chasing Ghosts is a film that takes a look at the video arcade scene in the early 80s. It’s funny I remember finding arcade centers from everyplace from my hometown to my local shopping mall. If you’re near New York City on Saturday, December 15th at 6 p.m. you may want to catch the film at the New York United Film Festival.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 20, 2007 in Star Trek
Behind every great heating company there’s a fanboy heading up the marketing department! I love this Star Trek themed parody/commercial from 1982. There’s also a Star Wars reference when they introduce the robot slideshow.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 19, 2007 in Comic Books
A nice, simple mission for She-Hulk has gone horribly wrong as, deafened and reeling, she finds herself facing the combined might of the Absorbing Man and Titania! Maybe her trusty sidekick Aloe Vera can help?
“Strap the Chewbacca Plush Backpack to your back and he’ll be carrying your books in style. His arms wrap around you to let you know he’s secure – even his legs will secure around your abdomen, for some extra cuddly fun. Who needs real friends when you have a Chewie on your back? And there are two extra features the Chewbacca Backpack has to offer. First, his bandoleer bag can hold some smaller accessories such as cables, business cards, or Ewok jerky. And second, there can be no bigger thrill than asking someone if they want to pet your Wookiee. Trust us – it’ll get you smiles every time.”
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 17, 2007 in Star Wars
The above illustration by Michael Flemming reminds me of fanboy take on a Cassandre poster. The illustration is part of a series titled the Star Wars ABC set (which we’ve covered before). It’s funny to me R5-D4 always looked like R2-D2 with a lampshade on his head!
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 16, 2007 in Animation
I got a kick out of Happy, an animated film which was created by Michael Lewicki as part of a course on character animation at the Vancouver Film School. I tracked down Michael on Facebook and asked him what inspired him to make his film:
“There really was no inspiration for the film other than just getting a job. I went to VFS to make a film for a demo tape to work as an animator and then it just blew up on YouTube. When thinking of the idea I wanted to keep it clean and simple with classic jokes…like the ones I grew up with (Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, Ren and Stimpy, Spongebob, etc…) I just wanted to make something that everyone can enjoy no matter what age.”
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 16, 2007 in Television
Andy Kaufman played the character of Andy the Robot in the pilot episode of Stick Around, a Sleeper inspired comedy show set in the year 2055. Pretty much everything i read about Stick Around claims that it never aired, but the odd thing is that the theme song sounds very familar to me so I’m wondering if the show did air or if the theme song was somehow re-used. The funny thing about the pilot is that there are so many references to the 70s to things like inflation.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 15, 2007 in Comic Books
At long last! For weeks I’d keep looking at lackluster comic book previews, but nothing was catching my eye, but I’m happy to report that Killing Girl #4 by Image Comics has cracked my boredom streak. In this latest issue the plot seems to involve Sara and her family, in the panel shown above Sara is dealing with both her Mom AND mob hitmen.
The artwork is wonderfully fluid, as is also the storytelling and sense of humor. I love Killing Girl because different than the typical superhero stuff you still see all over the place, yet it’s action packed and entertaining. Shown below is a good example of this, in which Sara needs to talk her Mom into giving her the cellphone:
![From Popular Science: Courtesy Dr. Godfrey Louis- E.T. Under the Microscope: Scientists have yet to identify the unusual particles [above, magnified 500 times] isolated from India’s mysterious red rainwater.](http://www.fanboy.com/archive-images/alien-bacteria.jpg)
