Captain America's Costume Design on the Upcoming the First Avenger Movie

Just saw the trailer of Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 movie. I couldn't quite see the new costume for the hero so I looked for a clear image and stumbled upon the image above. Chris Evans in his full Captain America uniform. When compared to the 1990 classic Captain America look which Matt Salinger plays the iconic hero, its strikingly different.

They designed the new Captain America costume maybe too realistic. The movie's setting is in 1942 so I guess if you look at it, it seems appropriate for that time. Captain America is a soldier after all. 

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His mask is like a soldier's helmet, and his pants is from an airman’s jumpsuit. The wings are just painted on his helmet and the star is smaller. If you look at it at a certain point of view, you can actually imagine it being part of G.I. Joe. But if you don't like the costume, don't be too disappointed. They say that the costume will most likely be upgraded or changed in the most awaited The Avengers movie. 

Now how about the Red Skull? They made simpler and it works for me. 

Captain America: The First Avenger will be released July 22nd starring Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Hugo Weaving as Red Skull, Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter and Samuel L. Jackson as Nicky Fury.

1942, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) deemed unfit for military service, he volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals. - IMDB

After comparing the costumes. Compare the movie. Below are two youtube videos showing the 1990 Captain America Trailer and the upcoming 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger

More Images of the Captain America franchise:

1990 Captain America (dailypop.wordpress.com)

1976 Captain America (dailypop.wordpress.com)

1940's Captain America (dailypop.wordpress.com)

Source: www.imdb.com

Twilight Breaking Dawn Should be Rated R Because of Sex and Childbirth Scenes

Robert Pattinson says that Breaking Dawn is for more mature audiences. Breaking Dawn focuses on Edward(Pattinson) and Bella(Kristen Stewart) marries and have a baby. If there's a baby, this means hot sex scenes and not to mention the half vampire half human childbirth scene. Seems like even having these scenes Breaking Dawn will be rated PG-13 like the first installments of the Twilight saga.

Robert also added that Breaking Dawn is like a horror movie and said in an issue of Entertainment Weekly that

"There's some interesting and weird stuff going on -- really very, very, very strange." Robert Pattinson laughed at the decision that Breaking Dawn will be released with a PG-13 rating. "I just can't see how it's going to be PG-13... unless they cut everything out," he said on a an interview.

There have been a pair of photos leaked from Breaking Dawn and was circulated through tweeter. Summit Entertainment quickly removed the images but failed to prevent it from circulating. The images shows Edward and Bella in bed making love. Notice that Edward is grabbing the headboard. Other than the sex scenes, the birth scene is also said to be "not for young audiences" with the caesarean on dying Bella and the fake placenta and all.

So far Twilight Breaking Dawn will be rated PG-13. Still fans argue that it should be rated R to stay true to some graphic scenes in the book. But screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg disagrees and is standing by the PG-13 rating.

Source: www.thehollywoodgossip.com  ; www.mtv.com

Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman in New NBC Series

Adrianne Palicki showed off her newly designed wonder woman costume for the upcoming pilot episode of NBC's Wonder Woman. There have been changes made to the costume from the 1970s Wonder Woman made famous by Lynda Carter. The short shorts is now replaced with blue leggings/pants and blue boots instead of red. What do you think of the costume?

Source: marquee.blogs.cnn.com

Megan Fox Fired from Transformers Franchise

Paramount Studios confirmed the rumor that Megan Fox has been fired from the cast of Transformers 3. She will not return to the series when the third installment opens in 2011. They say that the "official reason" is that the third movie is a new chapter and they don't want the lead character to have a girlfriend. But it seems there may have been another reason. 

Megan is known to have tense relations with director Michael Bay and some of the Transformers cast and crew. He compared Bay to "Hitler" and "Napoleon." The actress said in an interview with Britain’s Wonderland Magazine’s: “He’s like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation" and “He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is."

After which, some members of the film crew posted a letter on the director's site criticizing  her. But Director Bay did not like what the crew did and replied: "I don’t condone the crew letter to Megan. And I don’t condone Megan’s outlandish quotes. But her crazy quips are part of her crazy charm. The fact of the matter I still love working with her, and I know we still get along. I even expect more crazy quotes from her on Transformers 3."

There still no update on who will be the new love interest of Shia LaBeouf’s character.

Source: www.deadline.com

New Avatar Series: The Legend of Korra

Nickelodeon has just announced a new spinoff of the Avatar franchise. Nickelodeon 's president, Brown Johnson said that the mini series currently titled The Legend of Korra will have new cast of characters and will be set roughly 70 years after the Avatar: the Last Airbender series. It is currently under development, and is expected to have12 episodes and will start airing sometime in 2012. The creators of the original series, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are still involved. 

The Legend of Korra will have a teenager Avatar from the Southern Water Tribe, a girl named Korra. Having already mastered three of the four elements (Earth, Water, and Fire), she sets off to find someone who would teach her air bending. She eventually came to the metropolis of Republic City of the new Avatar world. Korra then begins her training with the help of Aang and Katara's son, Tenzin.

The image above is Korra looking at Republic City. Konietzko said that the the actual city will not entirely look exactly as the concept art above, but will have the same feel to it. They are drawing inspiration from Shanghai in the 1920s and 30s and Hong Kong and even Western cities like Manhattan and Vancouver.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com ; http://tv.ign.com ; http://avatar.wikia.com

New Superman Henry Cavill for 2012's Superman: Man of Steel

The 27-year-old British Henry Cavill will be Clark Kent on 2012's Superman: Man of Steel. He is best known for his role of Charles Brandon on "The Tudors". The new reboot of the Superman franchise will be directed by Zack Synder, who directed 300.

Henry is said to have auditioned for the role as the clark for 2006's Superman Returns, but the role eventually went to US actor Brandon Routh. Cavill also auditioned to play Edward Cullen for the film adaptation of the book Twilight. Author Stephenie Meyer wants Cavill to become the actor for the role of Edward Cullen but by the time Twilight was filmed, Henry was 24-years-old and could no longer could portray a youth of 17. Robert Pattinson was cast instead of Cavill.

The late Christopher Reeve, who starred in four of the feature films of Superman in the 1970s and 1980s. Reeve had a horse-riding accident in 1995, which left him paralysed from the neck down. He later died of a cardiac arrest in 2004 at the age of 52.
 

Brandon Routh didn't achieve the same fame as Reeves. He starred in films such as 2010 comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and the third season of action-comedy television series Chuck.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Spartacus: Liam McIntyre as New Lead Actor for Season Two

Spartacus has a new lead actor. Starz confirmed to Access Hollywood that Australian actor Liam McIntyre would be playing the role of spartacus. This comes just days after Starz announed that they are recasting the lead role left by Andy Whitfield, who has been battling cancer.

Liam McIntyre, born February 8, 1982 in Adelaide, Australia will take over the role of Andy Whitfield for Season 2 of Spartacus, which begins shooting this spring. He is known for his roles on the long-running Australian soap "Neighbors" and had a small role in

HBO's "The Pacific." Liam is currently in New Zealand training and shaping up for his new role as spartacus.

"Since no one can really replace Andy, we realized that we should instead find an actor who can truly lead 'Spartacus' forward," Starz President and CEO Chris Albrecht said in a statement. "It was important to us to have Andy endorse the idea of recasting this part, which he did in the same heroic manner that he's dealt with his whole ordeal. And that, coupled with our fortune in finding a young actor with the gladiator credentials and the acting ability of Liam, makes it easier for us to keep this hit franchise going."

Andy Whitfield left the series due to his battle with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

"Spartacus: Gods of the Arena" will begin to air January 21, 2011 starring Lucy Lawless and John Hannah.

Source: omg.yahoo.com ; www.imdb.com

President Obama in Mythbusters Episode

The President made a guest appearance on the December 8 episode of Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters". More than 2 million people tuned in to show. 

The December 8 episode of Mythbusters was taped on July 27. The episode is called "Archimedes Solar Ray."

President Obama  challenged "Mythbusters" hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage "to revisit an ancient and somewhat-controversial myth: Did Greek scientist and polymath Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using only mirrors and the reflected rays of the sun?" in short asked the mythbusting duo to solve the legend of Archimedes' solar ray.

Discovery Channel's "MythBusters" is a reality series that sends adventure-seekers to discover the scientific truth behind famous urban legends.

President Obama was seen with hosts "MythBusters" hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage in a White House Science Fair where the President announced "I can announce today that I taped a special guest appearance for their show, although I didn't get blow anything up...I was a little frustrated about that."

The said myth was said to be already tested by the show twice in episodes in 2004 and 2006. A discovery channel representative said that "Regarding the Archimedes myth, fans are constantly asking the MythBusters to re-test it under different circumstances. Archimedes Solar Ray was ultimately chosen by the White House because it provided the greatest opportunity to get students involved in STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] in the most real way possible. We enlisted the help of 500 middle- and high school-aged students from Alameda, California, to help with the testing."

Source: news.cnet.com ; www.washingtonpost.com ; www.cnn.com

Harry Potter's Real Life Quidditch

Some Harry Potter fans made "Quidditch" into a real life sport. Although, not as exciting as in the movie, it is still competitive and tiring. Quidditch is a fictional sport in the Harry Potter book series. It is played by wizards and witches around the world. Matches are played with 2 teams, each has seven players riding flying broomsticks.

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"The sport has been adapted under the name of Muggle Quidditch or simply
"Quidditch" to the real world. Since at least 2003, Harry Potter fans have played ball games resembling the Harry Potter sport. In the United States, teams from more than 200 colleges are affiliated with the International Quidditch Association and play tournaments. Furthermore, high-level Quidditch tournaments are a mainstay of Harry Potter Conventions, such as Nimbus 2003, The Witching Hour, and, most recently, Infinitus 2010."

True Blood: Bloody and Still Sexy

I know, its Season 3 already. But it's a great series, so watch it again and again. Alan Ball's True Blood is sexy and mysterious. it's full of violence, blood and occasionally funny and offers intense sex scenes. The setting is in a world where vampires are part of our society. Thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood, vampires no longer need humans for food. In turn they can live freely with us humans, though not yet fully accepted and being criticized as to any human beings.

The focus is in the  backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps where Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a waitress at Merlotte is working. She has somehow acquired the power to read minds which makes her life interesting.
Sookie's life becomes more complicated when Merlotte’s gets its first vampire customer, the 173-year old Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). They were immediately drawn to each other.

The series follows Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid living in Louisiana who can read people's minds, and how her life is turned upside down when the Vampire Bill, walks into her place of employment two years after vampires 'came out of the coffin' on national television. [imdb]

Cast

Anna Paquin - Sookie Stackhouse 

Stephen Moyer - Bill Compton 

Sam Trammell - Sam Merlotte 

Ryan Kwanten - Jason Stackhouse 

Rutina Wesley - Tara Thornton 

Chris Bauer - Andy Bellefleur 

Nelsan Ellis - Lafayette Reynolds

Jim Parrack - Hoyt Fortenberry 

Carrie Preston - Arlene Fowler 

Alexander Skarsgård - Eric Northman 

Todd Lowe - Terry Bellefleur 

Created and executive produced by Alan Ball, creator of the Emmy-Award winning HBO series “Six Feet Under”.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Take on The Social Network Movie

The Social Network takes the No. 1 spot and takes in $23 million. I guess lots of people were wondering who's the makers of facebook and how did it start. The Social Network is a dramatization about the founders of Facebook and how the site came into existence. Mark Zuckerberg's character, as portrayed by Jesse Eisenburg. Mark Zuckerberg wasn't exactly the good guy in the movie. So what did the inventor of facebook say about the movie?

"It's interesting what stuff they focused on getting right," Mark Zuckerberg said during an interview at the Y-combinator event. "Like, every single shirt and fleece that I had in that movie is actually a shirt or fleece that I own." Zuckerberg said there was quite a bit the movie makers got wrong and "a bunch of random details that they got right." But one of the things that Zuckerberg mentioned that was wrong in the movie was the

portrayal of a girlfriend at the beginning of the movie who ends up dumping him. According to Zuckerberg, she doesn't exist, though he has been dumped before "in real life, a lot."

Zuckerberg also said that he did not create Facebook just to meet girls. "Movie makers just can't wrap their heads around the idea that someone might build something because they like building things," Zuckerberg explains.

Mark Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American entrepreneur known for co-founding the popular social networking site Facebook. Zuckerberg created Facebook in February 2004, initially as an exclusive network for Harvard students at his form room. Today, Facebook is the world’s largest social network with over 500 million users. 26-year-old Zuckerberg is worth over billions dollars and is the Youngest Billionaire in the world. At that age, wow right?

Visit Mark Zucjerberg's Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/markzuckerberg 
Facebook is also one of the reasons why Filipinos ranks at fifth as the "most engaged social networking audience" in the world. (Click this link for full article)

Jesse Eisenburg shares his thoughts on the movie "The Social Network."

Date Night Review - Starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey

Date Night is wonderful date movie. The movie isn't that great but with its two leads, Steve Carell and Tina Fey, you won't notice its flaws. Date Night is funny and in a way reflects real married life. They really look great as a couple. You'll likely know Steve Carell and Tina Fey based on their previous work. Steve Carell stars in NBC's comedy, The Office, and Tina Fey is the star and head writer of NBC's 30 Rock.

Date Night is about an ordinary married couple who decide to have a special date night in New York City classy restaurant. Having no reservations they took someone elses reservation. In a case of mistaken identity, they become
targets of a sindicate and spend their evening on the trying to get out of trouble.

Movie Information
Genre(s): Action|Comedy|Romance
Director: Shawn Levy
Writter(s): Josh Klausner
Rating: PG-13 "sexual and crude content throughout, language, some violence and a drug reference."
Theatrical Release Date: April 9, 2010
Running Time: 88 minutes
Origin: USA



According to RottenTomatoes.com as of April 14, 2010
Reviews Counted:139
Fresh:91
Rotten:48
Average Rating:6.1/10

According to metacritic.com as of April 14, 2010
Rating: 56 out of 100
Based on 37 critic reviews and 55 votes

Click on the publication to read some of the critic's full review. [Examiner]

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal:

"The movie's stars, Steve Carell and Tina Fey, are exactly what they seem. They're perfect casting in a short, sweet comedy that makes the most of their genial gifts until it loses its sense of proportion."

Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine:

"It's a lively, often astute piece of marital sociology wrapped up in an action frolic involving an extremely average New Jersey couple."

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone:

"Here’s proof that Tina Fey and Steve Carell could squeeze laughs out of a phone book."

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly:

"Carell and Fey project an intellectual sharpness and an understanding of what's important in life — and what's ridiculous — that are the hallmarks of endearingly sane adults capable of sustaining both a hot career and a warm marriage-with-children."

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times:

"A movie like Date Night encourages Hollywood comedy to occasionally dial down, and realize that comedy emerges from characters and situations and can't be manufactured from manic stunts and overkill."

Lael Loewenstein, Village Voice:

"A romantic comedy with action, edge and genuine chemistry between its leads, Date Night scores a home run."

Fake 3D in Clash of the Titans

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3D is so popular that any movie that comes out with a 3D label is automatically marked as a must a must watch movie. But I guess we can't be fooled forever. Not all 3D movies are really made originally for a 3D theater. They can actually fake it in post-production.

Basically making a 3D movie requires two cameras, where the other camera is a little offset. And people who knows how to do this are expensive to hire. So most 3D movies coming out in Hollywood is actually made in
post-production. An example is the recent film Alice in Wonderland. More about how they make post production 3D movies with this link.

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Alice in Wonderland was actually a good 3D film. But with Clash of the Titans, it was so awful. I do hope that movie makers in hollywood don't make their movies 3D for the sake of it being 3D. They should also consider the quality of the 3D movie. If they can convert it well, they by all means. But if they do crappy convertion like what happened in Clash of the Titans 3D, don't bother. First I thought all movies that are 3D has great graphic details and visually worth the money. Now I think I would be more carefull on what 3D movies I'd be watching and spending extra money in cinemas.

Maybe some the old Clash of the Titans would be better. Available in DVD and Blu-ray.