I have a new project. And it’s not a new book. Can you guess what it is? Probably not. But it’s something that me and a buddy of mine came up with, a joint-venture of sorts. It looks to be A LOT of fun for us, and it will be for you, too! Want details? Well, unfortunately, you are just going to have to wait for a while. We have to get all the details ironed out before we reveal what we’re up to, but rest-assured, we will let ya’ll in on the secret soon…
In other exciting news, District 9 will be out on DVD and Blu-Ray before Christmas. Ya-hoo! Now, which one of ya’ll is going to get that for me as a stocking-stuffer…?
Oh, and I have to throw a plug in for another movie real quick: I watched The Mutant Chronicles last weekend. Yeah, I know…the title sounds suckish, but the movie was actually pretty good. It stars Ron Perlman and Thomas Jane, as well as several other familiar faces.
The plot is as such, from imdb.com:
At the end of the Ice Age, The Machine came from the outer space with the purpose to change men into mutants. However, a hero defeated the device and a great seal was laid over The Machine. In 2707, the depleted world is ruled by four Corporations: Mishima, Bauhaus, Capitol and Imperial that are in constant war. During a battle between Capitol and Bauhaus, the great seal is broken and The Machine works again transforming soldiers and civilians in hordes of mutants. A small part of the population escapes to Mars, leaving millions of people behind. The man of faith and leader of an ancient brotherhood Brother Samuel is a believer of God and the Chronicles, a bible about the mutants. With the city under siege of the mutants, he visits the Corporations’ leader Constantine asking for an aircraft and twenty men for a suicide mission to destroy The Machine, planting a bomb and a detonator following the knowledge of the Chronicles. He recruits the tough Major ‘Mitch’ Hunter; the Bauhaus Lieutenant Maximillian von Steiner; the keeper of the Chronicles Severian that is under a vow of silence; the gorgeous and lethal Corporal Valerie Duval; Corporal Juba Kim Wu; Captain John McGuire; and Corporal Jesus ‘El Jesus’ de Barrera. Together they become the last hope of Earth against the evil mutants.
Ron Perlman towers over everyone as Brother Samuel, while Thomas Jane plays the raw-edged Major Mitch Hunter. The movie is visually perfect; there is a lot of CG incorporated into the movie, but it’s very well done and never hokey or crappy. Not to mention the effects for the mutants/zombies themselves. I especially like the twist on the mutant genre where every one of them has a razor-like appendage for an arm. Nice.
Give this movie a go, for sure, and let me know what ya think.
That’s all for now. More later.
MSB
