Thursday, December 29, 2011

Top 5 Movies of 2011...

Well 2011 is almost in the books and I've been trying to compile a list of my top movies for a while now. Nothing was over-the-top stupendous this year but there were some REALLY good films in the last 6 months or so...my Top 5 for the year:


A few thoughts...

I Saw The Devil - best modern day serial killer movie in a long time. Asks the question how far would you go to catch the killer of the one you loved. Sometimes we may not want to know...

ROTPOTA - far exceeded any expectations I had. Great prequel story that sets it all up without crapping all over what came before. Humans suck!

HOBO - one of my most celebrated films of the year - very fun to watch with others than are into this sort of thing - campy, bloody mayhem. And Rutger Hauer is still a badass.

XMFC - again, expectations surpassed and stomped on. Might be the best X-Men film ever. Great casting and cameos. I hope they continue this storyline in a future film(s).

BATTLE LA - not the most original but one of the most fun I've seen all year. One part ID4, one part Black Hawk Down and one part Aliens with a slight peppering of Starship Troopers. Aliens invade and try to take our planet...we hit back and kick their asses.

HONORABLE MENTIONS -
Super 8
Melancholia
The Thing
THOR
The Man From Nowhere
13 Assassins
Troll Hunter

UNRANKED DUE TO BEING MISSED - (I hope to see these soon)
The Divide
Cowboys & Aliens
Green Lantern
Captain America
Tucker & Dale Versus Evil
Attack the Block
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

New Comics...12.28.11...

Cover of the Week - Monocyte #2 - very dark and horrific - epic, painted tale - "its out there" for sure.


Superman Secret Identity #2...very cool Supes story...


American Vamp 22 - new story begins here...


Star Trek Ongoing 4 - the writing is keeping this together but I hope a new artist comes aboard soon...

500 Posts! Wow...

I just noticed that my last post with the latest group of Predator pictures was my 500th post. Wow. I guess that is some kind of record or milestone. But anyway - here's to another 500!

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Lost Tribe...expanded Group shots and randoms...

First picture is the best of the new bunch and my favorite...the rest are different angles and stuff...I aim to get better pictures over the coming week so stay tuned, but for now, the Army is STRONG.







Gotta be da shoes...











TRU Exclusive 2 pack - City Hunter and Berserker...

Cloaking Berserker with matching forest/jungle backdrop...not a bad figure but still not as good a sculpt as the later series models.



Masked City Hunter from Predator 2....with extended Hunting Spear...



The accessories included...retracted spear, throwing disc, and a Berserker skull with working mandibles!


Monday, December 26, 2011

Coming Tomorrow...

Toys R Us 2 pack exclusive featuring Cloaking Berserker and Masked City Hunter. Awesome. Opened up pics coming tomorrow...

The Lost Tribe...Group Shots...

My favorite shot of the day so far...the new trio plus the Elder, Falconer, and the Wolf...





The Lost Tribe...the Army is growing...NECA Preds...

Shaman, City Hunter, and my favorite of the new bunch...The Boar! In package and action shots below...













Friday, December 23, 2011

The Minimalist Approach...Fighting the good fight...

A fun poster for one of my favorite comics - Uncanny X-Force.

The Minimalist Approach...xenomorph...

Two versions of my ALIEN poster...the first being regular and the second is how it would look if it had been printed back in 1979 and survived to 2011.