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Will Bronies Make the Switch? It’s Super Best Friends Forever!
Posted by Michael Pinto on Mar 14, 2012 in Animation
Here’s a preview clip of Super Best Friends Forever from Lauren Faust who is the evil genius behind My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. And from what I can see Lauren has brought her magic tricks over to the DC Comics universe. This show will appear on Cartoon Network… An Interview with Fred Seibert This Thursday in NYC
Posted by Michael Pinto on Mar 13, 2012 in Animation
If you’re lucky enough to live near NYC this Thursday Joe Strike will be interviewing animation legend Fred Seibert at MoCCA: “After putting MTV on the map with a series of unforgettable, no-two-alike animated ID spots, he took over the creatively exhausted Hanna-Barbera studio and engineered a turnaround that brought some of the country’s most innovative young animators to its doors. Their creations – The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo and others – put Cartoon Network on the map. Moving onto an association with Nickelodeon, Fred midwifed second batch of creator-driven cartoons including Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Fanboy and Chum Chum and The Fairly Oddparents; Frederator Studios’ latest series, the surreal Adventure Time with Finn and Jake is a major Cartoon Network success.” Red Alert! Space:1999 to be Reimagined as Space 2099
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 9, 2012 in Television
This is either going to be great or terrible: It looks like there’s a deal in the works to do a reimagined version of Space:1999 which is currently titled Space 2099. It looks like the project is a joint venture between ITV Studios America and HDFILMS which is based out of Hollywood. Above is a promotional poster which looks cool — although we’ll have to keep our fingers crossed that the scripting and the casting are good. World of Warcraft Addiction: The Definitive Documentary
Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 6, 2012 in Fandom, Videogames
IRL – In Real Life is a warmhearted look at one fanboy’s journey from being a non-stop World of Warcraft addict to getting a real life. What I loved about this film is that it’s a video diary of how one fan fall in love with game — leaves his non-virtual friends behind — meets the fangurl of his dreams — is then dumped by the fangurl of his dreams — and then, well here is the result: Read more… The Daily Beast Confirms the Existence of Doctor Who
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 28, 2012 in Dr. Who
As seen in this breaking headline The Daily Beast has confirmed that not only isn’t Dr. Who a fictional character but that he played a key role in taking out Bin Laden. It’s about time that the lamestream media got honest about this sort of thing… The Wrath of Fantasy Island
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 28, 2012 in Star Trek
I’ve got to admit that I’ve never seen this shot before! It’s a photo from the set of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan featuring Ricardo Montalbán reacting to a small blow up doll that has the face of his Fantasy Island co-star Hervé Villechaize. For you younger Trek fans Fantasy Island was super popular in the 70s and from time to time veered into supernatural themes. Read more… Ozma: A Look at the New Leiji Matsumoto Anime Series
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 24, 2012 in Animation
If you grew up with Star Blazers, Captain Harlock and Galaxy Express 999 the new Leiji Matsumoto series Ozma will bring a smile to your face! This new show will have a science fiction theme (of course!) and will start airing in Japan on March 16th this year. Below is a look at some of the character designs which remind me a great deal of Captain Harlock: Read more… 50 Comic Books from 50 Years Ago: A Fanboy’s View of January 1962
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 23, 2012 in Comic Books
What were fanboys and fangurls reading fifty years ago? Well here’s a selection of over fifty comic books from January 1962. The first thing that’s interested about this selection is the variety of genres — superheroes only represent a percentage of the titles that were on newsstands: In 1962 you could find comic books that took place in the old wild west, World War II, outer space and there were also romance comic books for the ladies and quite a few cartoony kid friendly titles as well. Read more… The Star Trek Communicator Wallet: Don’t Beam Down Without It
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 23, 2012 in Hobbies and Collections, Star Trek
This Star Trek inspired card case/credit card sleeve is the handy work of CbSew. They also make quite a few other geek friendly items including a vintage Nintendo inspired iPad case and a Dr. Who inspired Kindle case. Read more… Thirty Years Ago Today: Videogames Make the Cover of Time Magazine
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 18, 2012 in Videogames
On January 18, 1982 the cover of Time magazine proudly proclaimed “GRONK! FLASH! ZAP! Video Games are Blitzing the World”. The article went on to give an interesting picture of a new industry that was coming of age: Read more… Bunny Bashing: A New Cartoon from John Dilworth
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 17, 2012 in Animation
Here’s a new animated short by John R. Dilworth who’s the man who brought Courage the Cowardly Dog to life: Read more… Happy 60th Birthday to J-Pop Genius Ryuichi Sakamoto
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 17, 2012 in Cinema
Since the late 70s Ryuichi Sakamoto has been a musical powerhouse of J-pop and numerous film soundtracks. He got his start playing the keyboards with the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) from 1978 until the group broke up in 1983. After that he went solo and also produced records for quite a few other artists in addition to working on movie scores. One of his first soundtracks was for the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. Of course as an anime fanboy my favorite from the 80s was the soundtrack to the 1987 film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise. Read more… The Golden Age of MTV: Twenty Amazing Animated Logos
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 17, 2012 in Animation
It’s hard to believe but twenty years ago The Real World debuted on MTV and slowly the cable channel which was beloved by a generation went from from showing creative music videos to bland reality television. But before that there was a golden age of a cable channel which dared to be a bit artsy and take some chances. Even though the channel started out with small budgets from the early days they always had animated bumper spots that were just as entertaining as the music videos which were showcased. Here are a small selection of those spots which made a generation tell tell their parents that “I Want My MTV”: Read more… My Little Pony Fandom Steps Out of the Stable
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 5, 2012 in Animation
When I first came across the Bronies my first thought was “this has to be some sort of 4chan scam”. But then I started following them on Google+ and was shocked to see a wealth of amazing humor and a fan culture that in many ways reminded me of shows like Ren and Stimpy in the 90s. Yet I still thought of this as some fringe movement lurking in the dark corners of comic cons — however then I stumbled upon BroNYCon and was blown out of the water! Read more… Anime Voice Actor Kyle Hebert Deserves to Be Heard
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 5, 2012 in Anime
Earlier this week Bandai announced that they would cease production of video and manga aimed at Americans: This is huge news as this is the company had amazing A+ titles like Cowboy Bebop which you could hardly say were niche. Is this the end for anime in America? No, but the era of dubbed anime titles and translated printed manga seems to be in very bad shape to say the least. Now you can argue that this is part of a larger transition from physical media to digital — and you can also question how good Bandai was or wasn’t at marketing — however to be fair one has to admit that piracy hasn’t helped the industry: And that’s exactly what Kyle Hebert is talking about in this video: Read more… Star Wars Burgers to Debut in France
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 4, 2012 in Star Wars
The French fast food chain Quick is about to introduce a line of Star Wars themed burgers in the first quarter of 2012. For one month three different burgers will be offered: The Dark Burger (red), the Jedi Burger (green) and my favorite the Darth Vader Burger which features a black bun. Read more… Happy Birthday to the Man Behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 26, 2011 in Television
The talented puppeteer Caroll Spinney turns 78 years old today! Several generations know Spinney as the man behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch thanks to his collaboration with the talented Jim Henson. Spinney first met Henson in 1960, but sadly Spinney didn’t get Henson’s hint that he’d like to hire him. Then in 1969 the two bumped into each other at a convention and then went on to make history with Sesame Street. Read more… A Long Time Ago in an 8-Bit Galaxy Far Far Away
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 26, 2011 in Hobbies and Collections, Star Wars
It’s funny I always remember my sense of disappointment as a kid when looking at the amazing realistic cover art on videogames of that era and seeing what I perceived as the terrible lack of quality as to the 8-bit images that I’d see on the screen: So it’s a bit of a joy to reverse that in my later years and embrace the ugly pixels of days past. This 8-bit t-shirt collection does a nice job of taking Star Wars characters and converting them down from 70mm to good old fashioned 8-bit: Read more… Desert Island: My Favorite Christmas Comic Book Destination
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 19, 2011 in Comic Books
Desert Island is a very dangerous comic book shop for me to visit — I always find myself wanting to buy every book that I see in the shop! What makes the store so special is that every inch of it is packed with a wonderful selection of indie comics from all over the world. But in addition to their wonderful selection of books and zines they also have beautiful window display which is a work of art on to its own: Read more… Futurama Graffiti Spotted in NYC
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 19, 2011 in Animation
While walking down Bond Street I spotted this cute Leela on a truck… A Vintage British Star Trek Advert Featuring William Shatner
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 15, 2011 in Star Trek
This very silly British commercial for National Power must date from at least the early 90s judging by the C+C Music Factory track at the very end. The spot features William Shatner and James Doohan in a transporter mishap: Read more… Bleach Figures with Style
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 15, 2011 in Anime, Hobbies and Collections
In March 2012 Bandai will be releasing the Bravism: Bleach Styling set of Bleach figurines. You can buy them individually or in a pack, and if you’re lucky enough to be in japan on December 17th at the Jump Festa 2012 you can see them in person — but if you can’t make it here’s a preview: Read more… Want to Pretend You’re on the Enterprise?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 12, 2011 in Star Trek
Granted that most of us mere mortals who weren’t born in the future can only dream of serving on board the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, but if you want to get one step closer here’s a 24 hour sound loop of the ambient background sound effect for the Enterprise used in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Read more… The Latest Dark Knight Rises Poster
Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 10, 2011 in Cinema, Comic Books
Well have to wait until next Summer to actually see the new Batman film, but here’s a preview of the poster for The Dark Knight Rises which features the tagline “The Legend Ends”: Read more… |
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