Showing posts with label invaders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label invaders. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

SPACE NAZIS! Official Iron Sky Trailer



Holy S#!t this looks amazing! It's incredible to think this is NOT a Hollywood film, but an independently produced feature from Finnish filmmakers. In case you haven't heard of it, or just want a refresher, here's the synopisis:

NAZIS ON THE MOON!

...oh, the official synopsis:
In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.

When American astronaut James Washington (Christopher Kirby) puts down his Lunar Lander a bit too close to the secret Nazi base, the Moon Führer (Udo Kier) decides the glorious moment of retaking the Earth has arrived sooner than expected. Washington claims the mission is just a publicity stunt for the President of the United States (Stephanie Paul), but what else could the man be but a scout for the imminent attack by Earth forces? The Fourth Reich must act!

Two Nazi officers, ruthless Klaus Adler (Götz Otto) and idealistic Renate Richter (Julia Dietze), travel to Earth to prepare the invasion. In the end when the Moon Nazi UFO armada darkens the skies, ready to strike at the unprepared Earth, every man, woman and nation alike, must re-evaluate their priorities.
The fact that German character actor Udo Kier makes an appearance is a stroke of sheer genius--on his part and the filmmakers'.

The film opens sometime this April.


Iron Sky official website

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Falling Skies + Red Dawn = Marketing Genius!


Click to see a preview of tonight's episode.

TNT is showing Red Dawn right now--and plastering every free second of commercial time with spots for their new Falling Skies series. I haven't seen it yet, but the parallells are hitting me over the head like a giant cushy cartoon hammer. Here's a recap of last week's episode (the first one) in case you missed it like me.

Okay fine...I'll watch your alien invasion series!

/planning to anyway

WOLVERINES!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Scalzi scores the space invaders


Award-winning sci-fi author and interplanetary badass John Scalzi wrote a great piece about alien invasion films where he grades the invaders on their success or failure.

Speaking of which, anyone going to see Battle: Los Angeles this weekend?

You know it's based on a true story, right? ;)

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Webcomic: KILL ALL MONSTERS!

What if Godzilla's family came over for dinner and never left? What would happen to humanity if they'd won the planet and we took runner-up in the food chain? Why we'd build giant robots to take the planet back! This is the premise of KILL ALL MONSTERS! a recently launched web comic set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, after the kaiju have divided and conquered us puny humans.

The creative team is made up of Twin Cities comic writer Michael May (who I've had the pleasure of meeting several times) and Jason Copland (art) and Ed Brisson (lettering).

From May's blog:
In Kill All Monsters! the giants have already won. It's a post-apocalyptic setting in which the world has been completely overrun by giant monsters. Pockets of humanity are hiding and surviving as best they can, but no one's found an effective way to defeat the beasts...until now. Operating out of a hidden temple deep in the jungle, the African Defense Force has created a small until of giant mechs, operated by an international team of the best pilots humanity has to offer. The story begins with the unit's first trip out of their home continent as they try to assess some of the damage done to Europe. What they learn there is even more terrifying than they imagined.

In keeping with the post-apoc genre, KAM is more than just big baddies trading punches. May also promises "...mutant animal-people, barbarians, and secret societies of mad scientists...". As a lover of massive collateral carnage and content in the gamma strain, this is right up my alley--especially since I've been on a Gamma World tear for a while now. It's exactly the kind of stuff that gets my Megathrusters going!

While it's got plenty of panel-breaking action, the base storyline about the human characters is solid and well plotted. It's great to see a really fun idea well executed. The online version publishes a page-at-a-time format employed by many web series, but printed copies aren't far behind. This is pure inspiration for a game, but I can't help but think it'd make for an even more spectacular MOVIE! I particularly love the way the landscape is used as more than just a backdrop...

I can dream can't I?

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Monday, February 7, 2011

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Trailer Invades Your Visual Cortex



Just a quick note to let you know I'm still alive, though a massive project for work has taken over my life for the last month. I really can't even describe how invasive it's been on my personal time--but I can, perhaps, illustrate my point thanks to this incredible video game (yes VIDEO game!) trailer featuring jaw-droppingly cool visuals from Michel Gagne.

It's called Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, and it drips wicked awesomeness from its slithery black tendrils.

Enjoy!