Chow Yun Fat

Posted by Rob M. Worley on Aug 18, 2008 in Movie Talk | 1 comment

Here’s me hanging out with Chow Yun Fat in a Mexican bar…

That’s it. No story.

Robbo meets Spider-Man at IMAX this Saturday

Posted by Rob M. Worley on Apr 30, 2007 in Movie Talk | 0 comments

Come see me this Saturday at the Henry Ford IMAX theater as part of their SpiderMania event. Webby festivities start with the midnight screening of “Spider-Man 3″ on Thursday. There’s a costume part on Friday and then a whole mess O’ stuff happening on Saturday, including the “Comic Book Forum” from 1:00-2:00pm in the Anderson theater.

Not sure who else sits on the Forum. I know my buddy, local comic writer Paul D. Storrie is the one who referred me to the museum folks, so he’s on the panel for sure.

So anyhow, if you’re in Dearborn, stop by and pose some tough questions to us at the forum, check out “Spider-Man 3″ on the HUGE screen, and then swing by Green Brain Comics because Saturday is Free Comic Book Day!

Those comic book movies are gonna catch on some day

Posted by Rob M. Worley on Apr 28, 2007 in Movie Talk | 0 comments

Here’s me in yesterday’s USA Today blabbing about the terrific casting of Robert Downey Jr. in the “Iron Man” movie. There’s also a cool photo of Downey with the Tony Stark atomic pacemaker in his chest.

The movie looks coooooooooooooooooool.

Negadon Attacks!

Posted by Rob M. Worley on Mar 14, 2006 in Movie Talk | 0 comments

Sometimes it pays to click on banner ads, that is, if you want to see a trailer for a new cool-looking, all-CGI Kaiju mashup.

Smart-Popcorn podcast is up

Posted by Rob M. Worley on Oct 26, 2005 in Movie Talk | 3 comments

‘Batman Begins’ restored Robbo’s waning faith in movies. Now he tells ALL in the SMART-POPCORN podcast episode 6!

Batman Besmirched!

Posted by Rob M. Worley on Oct 18, 2005 in Movie Talk | 0 comments

So, I’ve been invited to sit in on next week’s Podcast at Smart-Popcorn.com, as they’ll be talking up the ‘Batman Begins’ DVD and they want me to lend my Comics2Filmy voice to the proceedings.

I ran out to Best Buy to grab a copy of the DVD so I can watch the movie again before our chat. Now…I didn’t know it until I got into the store, but Best Buy has an exclusive version of the deluxe edition. Their’s has special 3D Lenticular artwork on the front.

It’s the same image as the normal deluxe edition, with Batman looming in the dusk and a swarm of bats beneath him. However, when you look at lenticular art straight on you only see the swarm of bats. Then, as you tilt it, the bats form into the image of Batman. It’s quite cool

…except…

The rocket scientists at Best Buy glued a price sticker right ON the lenticular art. In addition, they didn’t bother to shrink-wrap the deluxe DVD sets. So, the cool, exclusive, Best Buy-only artwork is automatically defaced before you even pick it up off the shelf.

Don’t they know about comic fans? We like our stuff MINT, baby!

I did try to peel the sticker off, but it just left a smear of sticky glue and torn paper residue behind.

What is the point of having a cool exclusive, and then damaging it like that?

I asked a blue shirt if he had any that weren’t “defaced” so, but he said they all came from HQ like that.

So I moved on the Circuit City and bought one there. It didn’t have he lenticular art, but they do give you an exclusive “lithograph” with your purchase.

OK…it’s a piece of crap, but at least they didn’t break it over their knee before handing it to you.