The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Films

Good: More 3-D Terror!

According to an article at techeye.net, a porn film shown in 3-D was the reason a woman got pregnant while her husband was fighting in Iraq. This sounds pretty far-fetched, but some technophobes will buy into anything. Like photographs stealing your souls, or Satanic messages on songs played backwards. Speaking of 3-D Porn, Hugh Hefner is jumping into the craze with the latest Playboy Centrefold getting the Red/Green Glasses treatment. I don’t get it… that’s ancient technology! Why didn’t Playboy ever think of that before? I remember reading National Geographic in the 1980s with 3-D Pictures; not to mention many attempts at the format by comic books over the last few decades. And you know this was coming: Avatar Porn. I’m too disgusted to provide any links to the latter – This is just wrong… But I’ll gladly take any pics of Michelle Rodriguez.

Bad: Lego Gambles on Persia

There was this article a few years ago about how the Lego Company took a big hit in its revenue by releasing licenced stuff that didn’t sell. Star Wars will always bring in the bucks – because it’s a format that appeals to the Lego Universe. Cool spaceships and vehicles work really well, even though I hate some of the weird plastic bricks that come with the new stuff. What the hell am I gonna use a brown plastic bendy tube for, other than the hub of my Sandspeeder model? Harry Potter wasn’t as good of an idea for Lego. Many of the kits remained unsold. Who really wants to recreate Hogwarth’s Castle? And there aren’t many types of vehicles to go along with it. Strangely, even with losses due to Harry Potter, a new video game is being released a la the popular “Star Wars Lego” series. Then there’s Indiana Jones Lego, which I don’t know how well it’s selling. Same problem: Building big Lego brick scenes (like the Temple of Doom) just don’t translate as well as vehicles. Vehicles can be turned into hundreds of cool variations… Castles and set pieces can be turned into other same old environments. So what the hell are they doing with a licence for “Prince of Persia” now? The movie hasn’t even come out, yet you can pick up a few kits that recreate castle scenes and stuff. I took a look at the new stuff at ‘Toys R Us’, and it looks totally BLEH Boring. This just reeks of a major misfire – And I’m saddened to think of other cool ideas that get dumped to make way for these silly film tie-ins.

Ugly: No Iron Man Slurpee in Canada?

I’ve looked everywhere the last few weeks, but still no Iron Man slurpee. I don’t get it! We’ve been getting movie tie-ins every other year – But nothing so far. All I get to play with are NHL Fun Straws for now. Dammit!