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Fan-Made Film Adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns

Fan-Made Film Adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns
I really enjoyed Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, and like so many fans I always wondered what a movie version would be like. We’ve seen some elements worked into movies here and there, but never a completely faithful live-action version. Well, filmmaker Wyatt Weed has made his own film adaptation of the 1986 comic. Surprisingly, it is pretty entertaining and well done. He gets so much right here. He made the film with only $2500 over 24 days, over 17 months. It just goes to show you that a movie with heart beats a big budget film any day. Give this guy a meeting with Warner Bros.

via Geektyrant

Scifi Staff by — August 15, 2017 in Movies/TV 0
The Doctor Who Clue Board Game

Doctor Who Clue Board Game
The classic Clue game now has a Doctor Who twist. There are 6 characters: Amy & Rory Pond, Strax, Clara, Jenny, River Song & Madame Vastra. Players must reveal who amongst them the Daleks have conditioned and mind-controlled to mislead the Doctor, what powerful weapon was used in the crime, and where The Doctor has been taken. Then he will be saved. The game board features famous planets visited by The Doctor and the game has 6 custom weapons: Lipstick, Sonic Screwdriver, Vortex Manipulator, Strax Gun, Clara Cyberman Gun, The Moment.

Doctor Who Clue Board Game

Scifi Staff by — August 14, 2017 in Toys/Collectibles 0
New Batplane From The Justice League Unveiled

New Batplane From The Justice League Unveiled
The new Batplane from the Justice League movie has been unveiled and it is huge. It is called the Flying Fox, which is actually the name of a type of bat. So how huge is it? Well, production designer Patrick Tatopoulos told EW that “You can put three Batmobiles in the lower part of it.” There’s also a “cultural center” with computers on the second floor and the cockpit on the third. Batman always has new toys, but damn! This is crazy.

via io9

Scifi Staff by — August 11, 2017 in Movies/TV 0
The Last Jedi: The Porgs and The Caretakers

The Last Jedi The Porgs and The Caretakers
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
L to R: Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) and a Porg

Meet the cutest creatures to hit the Star Wars universe since the Ewoks. Porgs are the small penguin-like creatures who live on Ach-To, the planet where Luke Skywalker is. Writer/director Rian Johnson gave Entertainment Weekly more details about the Porgs. They were inspired by the puffins that inhabit the island where they filmed. However these cute creatures aren’t the only new and unusual creatures in the movie. Another alien species can be found at the primeval Jedi temple. They are called The Caretakers.

“They’re kind of these sort of fish-bird type aliens who live on the island,” Johnson says. “They’ve been there for thousands of years, and they essentially keep up the structures on the island.”

“They’re all female, and I wanted them to feel like a remote sort of little nunnery,” Johnson says. “Neal Scanlan’s crew designed them, and costume designer Michael Kaplan made these working clothes that also reflected sort of a nun-like, spartan sort of existence.”

I’m liking these little touches. If they treat the rest of the movie with this much care, we are in for a great treat.

The Last Jedi The Porgs and The Caretakers
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Caretakers on Ach-to Island

via EW

Scifi Staff by — August 9, 2017 in Behind The Scenes 0