I don’t really like posting stuff like this, but I also like explosions. So here are a few images and a video capture of an explosion on set of the new The Dark Knight movie. The reason I consider them spoilers is because in the video it tells you what it is that is exploding; and you may not want to know. But if you don’t care, you can check out the pictures and video by unwrapping the text below…

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     For the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, Movie Patron contributed by hosting our very own blog-a-thon; which actually turned out to be quite a success. Well, the folks at Southwest Airlines and NASA were thinking a little more grander than myself (of course, they also have the funding for something like this). They’ve managed to secure a spot on the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120 for Luke Skywalker’s “original” lightsaber.

     Launching October 23rd, the saber will be in its rightful spot aboard the international space station. Once the mission has been completed and the saber has traveled 6 million miles, it will return home to be on display at Houston International before going back to Skywalker Ranch.

     You can see video of the announcement over at CNN.com. It appears Vader, R2-D2, Boba-Fett, R5-D4 and a host of other Star Wars characters were on hand for the event.

     Although the story claims it is Luke’s “original” lightsaber, it technically isn’t. The one in the presentation anyway, is the saber from Return of the Jedi. Luke’s original lightsaber was given to him by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episode IV: A New Hope; which he loses when his hand is cut off. Anyway, that saber is not the one going into orbit. Just thought I should clear that up.

     As always, I never watch these things before I see the movie because I like to go in fresh, but the interview ones are cool. The first is my boy Paul Giamatti (he likes it when I call him “G thang”) talking about his character and the weapons he gets to use and more. The rest are more interviews from the other stars (Belucci and Owen) and the director and a few clips from the movie.

Can’t wait for the film which opens wide release on September 7th. See you at the theater!
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     Over the past few months I have been delving into the world of David Lynch. I just can’t get enough of the man’s mind and his films. Anyway I was recently browsing YouTube for any videos that I hadn’t seen already of interviews with David Lynch. I watched a few of them and he spoke very cryptically - as he always does….or does he? It seems that he has broken that trend by finally giving an answer that was as straight as an arrow. Take a look for yourself:

     I have just finished watching the first series of Twin Peaks. Man have I been missing something not seeing it until now. It’s an excellent, highly addictive show and I can’t wait to get my hands on series 2 (which unfortunately isn’t available in Region 2). I just wanted to do a post on Agent Cooper’s dream from episode 2. It is the scene where he see’s the strange little man dancing and speaking weirdly (backwards?). I just wanted to post that clip here to get all your impressions and what you thought of it when you first saw it. Now remember I haven’t seen any of season 2 so don’t give away any spoilers.

     This is only for the people who are not going to see Transformers anytime soon. If you are save this trailer for the theatre. Otherwise here is the trailer for the project codenamed Cloverfield by J.J. Abrahms. Oh and just so you know it the reason it is a crappy pirated version of it is that the trailer is not being released on the web. The movie doesn’t have a title yet. Truthfully this is really cool viral marketing that is going to pay off big time in the end. Hopefully the movie is actually good.

ADMIN NOTE: In other news, why would Paramount NOT want people to see this? Why are they bullying other sites to take it down? They can’t bully me. Go after Google you dickheads. They’re the ones hosting it. I’d LOVE to get sued by Paramount. A) they can’t. B) No publicity is bad publicity. C) I have nothing they could sue me for.

     To be perfectly honest, Romero’s last take on the zombie genre, Land of the Dead, left me wanting a little more; to put it lightly. Still, I’ma zombie film-oholic and nothing will stop me from seeing more - especially by the master himself.

     So here’s some old news, but I hadn’t ever seen it before, so I thought I’d post it. A short doc. on the first week of shooting for Romero’s newest picture, Diary of the Dead. There’s nothing terribly exciting or news-flash worthy in this short, it’s just some quick interviews with crew memebers and cast and some quick shots of props and things. But it does get me excited for yet another zombie movie from the great George A. Romero…

     Here is a cool little ad for European Film:

     You may have seen part one (which was much funnier). But Pearl is back and she’s kickin ass and taking names…

Current Mood: Happy & Happy

     Coming straight from the horse’s mouth in other words from the official Indiana Jones website we have the first video of the first day of shooting on the fourth film in the series. Click here to view the video

     As you can see by my mood icon I am extremely happy and content that finally we have the show on the road with this film. (Sorry to users for my previous incorrect post about the first four official pictures on the Indy 4 set!)