"The Goon"

Saw this over at cgchar:

Blur Gets a Film

Friday, 11 July 2008

The Hollywood Reporting is saying that Dark Horse Entertainment, David Fincher and animation house Blur Studios are teaming up to bring cult comic "The Goon" to the movies as a CG-animated film. Created by Eric Powell in 1999, the comic follows the adventures of a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for a feared mobster. The stories have a paranormal and comedic edge to them and concern ghosts, zombies, mad scientists and "skunk apes." Dark Horse has been publishing the comic since 2003.

Messin' around...

I hates me some lawnwork...

....yeah, not a fan.

Crap or No-Crap....

Wanted: Mix 1/2 awesome gun porn with 1/2 crap, toss is the awesomeness of Angelina. Bake for 20 minutes too long and you get "meh"

Horton: All the Suess, non of the crap. Mmmm, delicious.

HB2: More crap free than the first one.



Iron Man looked crap right in the face, then melted it with his repolsors...Hellz Yeah!!!

Kung fu Panda: Dung Fu?.....Noooooo. This Kung Fu is stronger than yours! Two for two on the animation front....niiiiiiiice.


Primer: That's some trippy shit, yo.


Step Brothers: Laughed till I pooped a little.


The Incredible Hulk: Only the faint aroma of doggy bombs in a couple places. The rest is like a big, green, ass-whoopin, summers breeze.


Wall-E: Genius...three fantastic animated films this year. Makes me excited for the industry again.


The Dark Knight: Batman beats the crap out of it. Joke scares the crap out of it...what more can I say. Plus it has the single best magic trick ever put on film.


Ok, that's about it. More to come....eventually.

Fun with friends....

So the holiday weekend was a blast. My wife and I had our best friends from Dallas up and we got to show them around town. Fun was had by all as well as a nice get together at our place that included some grillin' action and a nice, polite game of poker...just between friends of course. It is sad to have to borrow cash off of your 7 year old so you can pay the buy-in. On the plus side, daddy won (or co-won) and I was able to repay her with interest (thanks to my lovely wife for adding in that extra bit-o-fun.)

Anyway, our friends flew back today and we already miss them Hopefully we will be making our own trip to Dallas soon so we won't have to mope around the house for too long.

Damnit, that hurts...

About a bazillion years ago when I spent quality time with Uncle Sam and my wonderful brothers in green, I had a disagreement with a large piece of equipment. The piece of equipment won (well him and his friend gravity....gravity can be a real sonovabitch.) Since them I'm occasionally reminded of this incident when my back decides to sit back in it's easy chair, drink a beer, give me the finger and take some time off. This time has been a doozy but with the wonders of modern medicine, physical therapy and a wife so freaking awesome she mowed the lawn so I could lay on the couch and whimper (like a small, malnourished chihuahua with a nervous condition and weak bladder) I'm making the slow move towards recovery. I'll let you know how it goes.

Spy's bloggin' my sentry...

Team Fortress 2 has it's own blog. Here's some insight as to why:
"Now that we've settled into regular releases of content, we've found ourselves wanting a better way to talk directly to the TF2 community about the state of the game and some of the reasoning behind the choices we're making...."

Not to much is up yet but there will be as we keep churning out quality, wholesome bloodshed and violence.

**UPDATE**

Duh, guess it would help if I actually gave the link. You can read all the TF2-ish goodness here.

Meet the Sniper

This is the newest in the "Meet the ..." shorts for the TF2 characters. Andrew, Aaron and the rest of the guys that put this one together did an outstanding job. This is probably my favorite but they're all so damn good it's hard to decide. I hope you enjoy this as much as i do.

Ok, ok, ok....

So the other day two of the three people that actually read this thing I call my blog held me down and beat me with a sock full of quarters and interrogated me under harsh lighting until I cracked and told them why I hadn't been posting...ok, by "beat me with a sock full of quarters" I mean "sat next to me at a friend's bbq this weekend" and by "interrogated me" I mean "handed me a beer and said, why don't you post on your damn blog you lazy bastard?"

Either way I got the point. I say two of the people because the third is ordered by law to stay at least 100 yards away at all times (I love you too Andrew, just not "that way".)

So, yeah...I need to get my lazy ass moving. I think I'm just gonna go ahead and give the whole site a overhaul while I'm at it. I hope things are well in your neck of the woods...if you don't happen to live by woods then insert your own appropriate geographic settings.

"Juno I like dis film..."

God that sucked balls but you work with what your brain cells give you...and mine have been giving me a lot of stuff that sucks balls lately. Thank god for "Juno". My wife and I made it out on a much needed date night and since we'd managed to pawn both our midgets off to a friend under the guise of a "sleep-over" we didn't have to make the choice of either dinner or a movie. Anyway, I am so glad we didn't have to choose because dinner was fabulous (the undone button of my jeans can attest to that) and Juno is my favorite movie of the new year and I'm pretty sure it's gonna be pretty damn tough to knock it off it's high horse for a while. Plus, as Juno, Ellen Page has solidified her status as one of my current movie faves in addition to her turns in both "Hard Candy" and as Kitty Pryde in X-Men 3. She is definitely too cool for school. And you don't have to believe me...my wife liked it too and except for a brief laps in judgment when she said "yes" she's got a good head on her shoulders about these kinds of things.

AM Fall 2007 Student Showcase...

I'm taking a break from mentoring at AM this quarter...first break in a couple years. It's good to see this and remember why I love being a part of it all in the first place.

Movie "Recrap"...

Been catching up on some flicks...some were ok...most were pure shite.

Here's the rundown:

crap

crap

crap...but with boobies and a "Bobbitt" for good measure


not crap...until the last 15 minutes. then mildly crap-esque.


definitely crap-free...unless you hate fun

Meet the Demo...

Andrew says he'll buy a beer for whoever can guess what he's saying under the beep...oh, and Jamaal rocks the block.

ZeroPunctuation!!!

Funniest reviews...makes me feel like my daughter's "baby alive" doll...I want to giggle and pee myself.

In Loving Memory...

Joe Riley died yesterday. For those of us lucky enough, blessed enough to have known him, worked with him, talked to him about all things nerdy, stupid and fun...Joe was a great person. Joe was one of those people you're always happy to see, always make time to talk to. One of the most talented artists I've ever known.

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We miss you Joe.

No Mo...

In case any of you were wondering (and I know some of you are) there is no motion capture of any kind in TF2 (the game or the videos.) It's all hand crafted keyframe goodness.

Meet the Engineer!!!

...watch it, live it, love it. You're my hero Andrew Burke....you are the wind beneath my wings.

Meet the Soldier!!!

This is the newest class short for the TF2 crew. I love this one...Aaron Halifax is my hero. And for those that are curious....yes, there will be more. :D

Purdy thangs to look at...

Every time I go to Sarah's site I'm always amazed at how great her work is...plus I like flying bunnies...now if I could just get one that has a missile launcher.

Fjorg ahead!!!

Siggraph 2007 once again had the thrill of competative animation with the "FJORG!!!"...I added the caps and exclamation points because it was pretty damn cool. From the Siggraph site...

"SIGGRAPH 2007 officials, along with DreamWorks Animation, HP, and AMD, announced the winners of the world's first international FJORG! Competition - an "iron animator" event in which 16 competing teams from around the world had 32 hours to create the most impressive character-driven animation of at least 15 seconds in length adhering to at least one of two themes and using at least one of 16 sound bites. Based on storytelling, animation talent, use of resources, creativity, and technical skills, the judges selected Team Mocap from Bowling Green State University for their animation "Switch" as the first place winners. The team consists of Jim Levasseur, Tomas Jech, and W. Jacob Gardner. Picture This, a team from Miami International University of Art & Design came in second place and Impulse, from The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg, won third place."

...take a sec and look through these...there's some really fun stuff and some, er, really interesting stuff. But even the "interesting" stuff is cool considering all the constraints involved.


Can't wait till next year.