To check out yesterday’s reviews of “things that should stay dead”, make sure to click here for yesterday’s The Pull List.

Fall Out Toy Works #1 – Image – $3.99

Score: 7.0

When Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance had a hit on his hands with two successful runs of The Umbrella Academy miniseries with more on the way, it was inevitible that other musicians would give it a go in the comic world. Like Claudio Sanchez from Coheed & Cambria who will be debuting Kill Audio soon (whom we will be posted an interview with soon), Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz has thrown his hat in the ring as the co-creator of a work “inspired by the ideas & lyrics of Fall Out Boy” called Fall Out Toy Works. A struggling toy maker who only makes one of a kind robotic toys is approached by a man referred to as the Baron.

The Baron, who has made his money through somewhat questionable means as well as mass production wants the Toy Maker to create a robotic woman for him as his team’s previous attempts have ended less than favorably, like the most recent robotic wife letting herself fall out the window of a high rise building. Inspired by the Fall Out Boy song “Tiffany Blews”, the book also features one of the Toy Maker’s other creations a depressed robotic boy in a bear suit as well as a sentient cell phone who looks like a bee in a bowler hat and acts as the consciousness of the Toy Maker at times.

While well written by Brett Lewis, the concept doesn’t feel new. For the most part, the story feels like a traditional Japanese anime or manga story. Not being a huge fan of manga, it takes a little while to get in to the story as even the futuristic landscape shares that style at times. At the same time, there are a lot of deep layers examined throughout the course of the issue especially focused on creating “a woman” and basically playing God.

These questions are looked at subtley and are often repeatedly hit over the head of the reader as the Toy Maker faces this moral dilemma to work for the Baron or let his factory go under. Through the issue, the Toy Maker is explored thoroughly as he questions not only his ability to make what the Baron is looking for, but also the effects doing so might have on him as he succeeds. This is accomplished really well as he sits with a Japanese server at the Baron’s Doll House establishment.

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Though its a viable source of daily information, we all accept that watching the news can be pretty boring. Whether it’s C-SPAN, CNN, or Fox News, unless you’re really invested in the subject matter, it can put you to sleep in a matter of minutes. Back in April, a few clever college students found out that the news can be so much more, if only sung in the right key.

The first Auto-Tune the News started on April 11th, with a series of clips taken from news networks, cut up, and auto-tuned to a beat. The outcome was pretty impressive, and they’ve been cranking out new episodes on a nearly monthly basis.

Yesterday, the 8th episode went live, and it includes a range of topics from dragons to geese to Michael Vick. Take a look at the video below, buy the MP3 here, and you’ll probably never listen to Joe Biden the same way again.

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I’m sure you went to your favorite gaming store and purchased your very own copy of Guitar Hero 5 as soon as it came out this week. But just in case you haven’t gotten around to it or are having second thoughts, we’ve got the final release trailer for the game to perhaps overcome your hesitation.

As with many of these trailers, this one is well done and helps visualize the fun and excitement you experience when playing the game. Say what you will about “marketing” but sometimes, the marketing is done so well its almost entertainment itself. Although, as far as game trailers and marketing go, nothing can really beat the Blur racing trailer. If you haven’t seen it, you should really check it out.

In the meantime, be sure to watch this Guitar Hero 5 trailer, get psyched, and go out and buy the game. You’ll be glad you did because the game is a lot of fun. Guitar Hero 5 is out now.

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A few years back, when FX decided they wanted to branch out into comedy, they put out two shows. One was about a group of people with different eating disorders and how they were dealing in comedic ways called Starved. The other, which seemed pretty low budget, was about a group of no-good residents of the Philadelphia area who constantly get themselves into self-inflicted situations that mock things like race, gender, abortion, and all things “taboo”. Needless to say, the latter show made it past the first season.

The show struggled in it’s second season, before veteran actor Danny DeVito decided to come on as producer and co-star. Now the show is bigger than ever, selling out panels at Comic-Con and entering their fifth successful season later this month. A new clip has popped up online, highlighting season five, but more importantly, a naked DeVito.

Check out the blooper of a leather couch giving birth to a naked Danny DeVito after the jump, and enjoy the next season of It’s Always Sunny next Thursday, September 10, on the FX Network.

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Unfortunately, due to a scheduling snafu, I didn’t get my comics this week until late Wednesday night. As a result, I wasn’t able to get through them all in one sitting so there won’t be a Pull of the Week this week. But that won’t stop me from getting you two full days of comic reviews from the books I did get a chance to read this week.

Exiles #6 – Marvel – $3.99

Score: 4.0

And finally, Exiles comes to a bittersweet end. And it’s not bittersweet because we will miss our heroic team as they are shown off in classic fashion. It’s bittersweet because the book that was so lacking in story and character development after dragging the name of one of our favorite series through the mud has finally ended and we don’t need to see it dip even further away from the quality it once was. After only four issues, it was revealed that Exiles‘ second volume, which somehow trumped New Exiles for being the worst use of the Exiles team, would be coming to a quick end. So to “celebrate” the series finale, they decided to make it a “mega-sized” final issue to help tie up all those loose ends that originally should have been spread out over an ungodly number of painfully written issues.

Much like the rest of the series, Exiles #6 just isn’t good. After finding out their first mission was not a success, the Exiles return to the world to break up the alliance that was keeping mutant kind united and would ultimately lead to the end of the world by driving the wedge of Scott Summers’ infidelity between Jean Grey and Emma Frost. When this happens, a series of events plays out that explains the “true” origins of the Exiles teams and how the Timebroker, the bugs and the old couple weren’t ever really behind their formation.

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We’re big fans of the i.TV application for the iPhone and iPod Touch here at The Flickcast. Previously, we clued you in on some of the exciting possibilities for this application when it reaches version 2.0.

Now, that day has arrived and the update to i.TV is now available in iTunes.

Here’s a look at some of the new features:

Remote Control:  i.TV now combines the TV guide and the remote control on an iPhone or iPod touch. Remote controls are powered by the i.TV Remote Control Framework, which allows third parties to develop remote controls for use on the i.TV platform.

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It’s no secret we here at The Flickcast are big fans of this summer’s Xbox Live hit, ‘Splosion Man. In addition to getting a score of an 8.5 in the review, we got some time back at San Diego Comic-Con to speak with the CEO of Twisted Pixel, Michael Wilford and even got a play through of one of the first levels.

Now it’s your turn to ‘splode. Our good friends at Twisted Pixel have sent us some download codes for XBox Live Arcade which you can redeem for the full game of ‘Splosion Man.

We’re going to be doing this givaway a bit differently than our last one. This time, through the power of Twitter, all you have to do is Retweet this story when it goes live, and a random Tweep will walk away with a download code good for this summer’s hottest XBLA game!

Keep your eyes on our Twitter account to win!

By now, anyone frequenting The Flickcast has seen our reports about Avatar’s tickets already on sale for its December 18th release, our thoughts on its early footage and of course spent hours dissecting every second of the initial trailer. But there hasn’t been much talk with either the cast or crew of the film since Jim Cameron’s appearance at the E3 convention back in June. That is, until now.

Recently, we got the chance to speak briefly with stars of the film Sigourney Weaver and Steven Lang as well as Producer Jon Landau about their experiences working on the film. Rather than asking them what we should expect to see as the trailers and revealed footage have already given us an idea of that, we wanted to know what it was like for these film veterans to work with the new technology Cameron developed specifically for this project.

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Zachary Quinto went from obscurity, to rising star, then all the way to blockbuster actor in a matter of months. In that time, we got to see him as a good guy, a bad guy, a bad guy pretending to be a good guy, and a Vulcan. Not once have we seen Quinto stretch his comedic muscles. . . until now.

Funny or Die has developed a great niché by taking some of our favorite actors and putting them in some pretty outstanding skits. You may remember the Ballad of G.I. Joe a few weeks back. Well now, the site has left room for Zachary Quinto’s debut as a crazed criminal who takes a liking to one of his hostages.

Check out the very NSFW video after the jump, and enjoy Quinto’s Spockian ways when Star Trek hits DVD stores November 17th.

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Woody Harrelson seems to have had some pretty good luck with roles in his long career — especially lately. From playing the undead-bashing hero in next month’s Zombieland to the crazy conspiracy theorist in November’s 2012, Harrelson has accumulated 18 film roles in the past three years alone. It looks like Woody is finally taking on the world of superheroes, as he takes on the lead in Defendor.

The film was produced entirely out of Canada by actor-turned-writer/director Peter Stebbings, who’s only other film was 2008′s Jack and Jill vs the World starring Freddie Prinze Jr. The premise follows three characters, a teenage prostitute (Shorts‘ Kat Dennings) a psychiatrist (Sandra Oh) and a mentally disturbed man named Arthur who decides to fight crime as the dark crusader The Defendor (Harrelson).

With films like Kick-Ass hitting theaters and giving the general audience a glimpse at a super powerless superhero story, it makes sense that something like Defendor will do well, especially with it’s dark comedic undertones.

Check out the first full trailer after the jump. Defendor is screening at the Toronto Film Festival next week so expect to see it at your local theater soon after that.

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We haven’t covered Rob Marshall’s upcoming musical Nine much here at the site. Not that we’ve got anything against musicals, its just that all the big budget action, sci-fi, comic book, games and general geekery news keep us pretty busy.  So, to try and remedy the situation and provide some cool tidtis about the film, we’ve got two brand new stills from it to share with you today.

The film, loosely based on Fellini’s 8 1/2, tells the musical story of film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who’s facing a mid-life crisis. As he struggles to complete his latest film he examines his career, his life and the relationships with the various women in it. In addition to Lewis, the films stars Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson and Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson.

Nine hits theaters on November 25th. Check out the photos after the jump. And as an added bonus, we’ve included the trailer for the film as well. Enjoy.

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Over at IGN, the trailer for Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day has finally hit the internet. Screened at Comic-Con back in July, buzz about this sequel has been generating for years, ever since the first film became a cult classic. And now, the new film is almost here.

Ten years has gone by since the first Boondock Saints film was released. Written and directed by Troy Duffy, the film is about two brothers who, after running into their own problems with the local mob, decide to unleash their own brand of justice. The film did poorly in theaters, but became a cult classic after being released on DVD.

Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day takes up where the first film left off and was written and directed by Troy Duffy. It stars Sweeney MacArthur, Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Connelly, Julie Benz, and Clifton Collins, Jr. and is set to hit theaters October 30th.

Check out the trailer after the jump.

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