Archive for July, 2008

More than one hundred and twenty thousand people went to Comic-Con in San Diego this year, and three of them were Electric Children. We’re covering the convention with multiple posts, because it really is too huge to cover all at once.

Here are a few new convention revelations just to get things started:

There’s a new Zatanna series written by Paul Dini of Batman: The Animated Series fame starting soon.

After Grant Morrison’s run on Batman ends, Neil Gaiman will be writing for the series.

Grant Morrison has a new animated web series coming soon from Virgin Comics called MBX, based on the Mahābhārata.

These are two pictures that were made at the Con.

The pictures are of Grant Morrison, and the art is by Art Baltazar, co-creator (with Franco) of the Tiny Titans and Patrick the Wolf Boy. Check them out at their Electric Milk Creations.

jBot and Miriam were running around Comic-Con dressed as Robin and Duct Tape Wonder Woman, and during their travels they ended up befriending the Tiny Titan’s creators. They also managed to swipe Grant’s name card from the Grant Morrison/Gerard Way (creator of The Umbrella Academy) panel which, like all Grant’s panels, was incredibly interesting. They got Morrison to autograph it later on, and then had him sign two blank papers as well. Then they took them to the Tiny Titans.

If you’re not reading Tiny Titans yet, you should be.


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The Astronaut says Aliens are Real

Posted by KirkUltra7 on July 30th, 2008

Edgar Mitchell has walked on the moon. He is one of the only twelve human beings in history to do this so far. He is an astronaut from NASA.

And now he’s talking about UFO’s.

Edgar Mitchell says that the aliens are real, and the government has been dealing with them for the last 60 years.

Click here for an interview.

Heat Vision and Jack – THE MOVIE!?

Posted by KirkUltra7 on July 30th, 2008

According to an interview which is no longer online, Heat Vision and Jack is being made into a movie.

What is Heat Vision and Jack?

Only the most epic single-episode TV series of all time.

Starring Jack Black from Tenacious D, the greatest band on Earth, as Jack Austin, former astronaut and super-genius, Owen Wilson as his talking motorcycle, and Ron Silver AS HIMSELF.

Written and executive produced by Rob Schrab, creator of Scud: The Disposable Assassin, and Dan Harmon, co-creator of The Sarah Silverman

Directed by Ben Stiller.

Heat Vision and Jack on YouTube.

Or click here to watch it on the official site.

Futurama Walking Among Us

Posted by KirkUltra7 on July 30th, 2008

The second Futurama movie has just been released. It’s called The Beast with a Billion Backs and it’s even better than the first. An extra-dimensional comedy Lovecraft romance with religious overtones. You have to see it. It’s brilliant. The DVD even has a version of the Futurama video game included that has been edited into a half hour episode as a bonus feature. It’s been dubbed “The Lost Episode,” because the game’s cut-scenes were all written by the writers of the show, and it comes together perfectly. I still recommend playing the game itself though, it was very underrated. The secret codes for it are here.

The third Futurama movie will be out in November. It’s called Bender’s Game. You can watch a preview here, but be warned, it looks like it gives away a lot.

Into the Wild Green Yonder, The fourth film in the series, has a release date of April, 2009.

Bonus Links:

Yivo on Facebook
Yivo on MySpace
Yivo’s Blog
The Futurama Language

These are some pics of the team they’ve had walking the Earth to promo the movie. Included amongst their ranks are an inflatable Yivo, and what is by far the coolest Bender avatar I’ve ever seen so far in our dimension.


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Revolutionary Subway Stripper Monserrat Morilles

Posted by KirkUltra7 on July 28th, 2008

She would show up on the train in her trenchcoat and black leather boots, looking to make sure the law was not around as she suddenly stripped down into her tiny bikini and started dancing for the crowd. She acted quickly, performing on the pole for her fellow passengers while the train was in motion and then disappearing back out the door at the next station.

She turned away all tips, however, as Monseratt Morilles was stripping for the people.

[Monseratt] said she was protesting a lack of tolerance in Chile, one of Latin America’s most conservative societies where the first generation since the Pinochet dictatorship is reaching adulthood.

“This is just a beginning. We are starting an idea here that will grow and be developed further,” she told Reuters as police and subway guards surrounded her.

Link

Sexual repression is a madness that to this day is still feeding on the souls and neural tissues of almost every human, religion, and society on the planet, so I consider what this woman is doing to be an important act of revolution. I must support her cause.

In Chile she has been dubbed La Diosa del Metro, “The Goddess of the Subway,” but this did not stop the police from tracking her down. Monserrat was quick and she was careful, but after a week of her adventures the police were onto her. They were waiting for her on the train and on that day arrested her before she’d even had a chance to take off her clothes.

It is not clear yet what punishment awaits Monserrat, but she was defiant of the authorities, and unafraid of speaking her mind as they slapped the cuffs on her and dragged her away, so I know The Goddess of the Subway will return.

. . . And the revolution lives on!

Links to Videos:

Monserrat on Reuters
Monserrat on YouTube
Monserrat on YouTube
Monserrat on YouTube – The Subway Goddess in Action
Monserrat on YouTube
New York City Metro Dancers – THE POLE-ITE GIRLS!
Subway Strip Japan
THE POLE-ITE GIRLS! Channel on YouTube

More updates as they come.

Aloha Kiddies!

The fabulous Mr. Grant Morrison posted a blog regarding ” The Dark Knight”
You must join his site http://www.grant-morrison.com

Totally worthwhile, for those of you heathens who have not done so already. DO IT!

Additionally, there is a trailer up for the new Watchmen movie coming out in 2009 view it here.

CON is this week…… Arise, Go forth and Conquer!~

- Em

The Meridian Trust

Posted by KirkUltra7 on July 16th, 2008

A trust for Buddhist films

The Meridian Trust is a charity dedicated to preserving Buddhist culture on film and video. The archive holds over 2,500 hours of footage, focusing primarily on the endangered traditions of Tibet. Our archival footage is available to film and documentary makers, as well as Buddhist students and other interested people.

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Out of Bounds – Documentary Short

Posted by KirkUltra7 on July 14th, 2008

Out of Bounds – the new short film about Alabama artist Manion Adcock, directed and edited by James Wardlow and Ryan Pierce.

The music is great and the art is amazing.

Check it out

H2O Detected in the Moon’s Volcanos

Posted by KirkUltra7 on July 14th, 2008

Another Beautiful Discovery For Our Future

The distribution of H20 in the samples is consistent with the original material being relatively rich in water, about as much as the Earth’s upper mantle, but the volcanic processes causing 95% of it to be lost. While most would have escaped into space, some is thought to have collected at the lunar poles in shadowed regions. Ready-made ice-banks just waiting to be tapped by future lunarnauts.

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A Very Mysterious Short Film – The First Angel

Posted by KirkUltra7 on July 14th, 2008

Albert Einstein (or is it Mark Twain?) introduces three children to The Devil.

Link

How strange. I’d love to know what children’s show this came from.

via Neil Gaiman Fan