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First Trailer for ABC’s ‘V’ Is Live

Posted on May 20, 2009

In case you weren’t around back in 1983 when the original V was broadcast on television, here’s a little background. The show concerned alien invaders that come to earth to, well, invade and take over our planet. A small group of humans, with the help of a few aliens who don’t like what their race is doing, chooses to rebel and fight against their alien overlords. The show debuted as a well-received mini-series and then went on to a rather short-lived regular series, lasting only one season.

Now, V is back on ABC with an all new, sleeker look and some familiar cast members from some of our favorite tv shows including Joel Gretsch from The 4400, Elizabeth Mitchell from Lost and Morena Baccarin (sporting some sexy short hair) and Alan Tudyk from Firefly. Sadly, there’s no sign of Robert Englund — at least so far.

The new series debuts in the Fall on ABC. Until then, check out the trailer.

Brand New Deadpool Video from ‘Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2’

Posted on May 20, 2009

In addition to all the other things we love including movies, tv, comics and other geeky goodness, we also love video games around here. Fortunately, the video game business is booming and there’s always some great games coming down the pipeline for us to see, experience and, most importantly, play. One of those cool games hitting stores soon is the sequel to one of my personal favorite games Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

This time around, Activision and Vicarious Visions have teemed up to produce Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 which follows the same basic tenents of the first game and follows Marvel’s Civil War story arc. In the game, players will choose who they want to be and take up their cause, fighting all along the way.

To demonstrate just how cool this game is going to be, Activision has released another video from the game featuring the character Deadpool. And yes, it looks pretty awesome. The game drops in the Fall. Meantime, check out the video because, well, it rocks.

Another ‘Terminator: Salvation’ Clip Hits the ‘Net

Posted on May 20, 2009

Sure, you could wait until this Friday to see Terminator: Salvation, the latest film in the Terminator saga. You could also ignore the other clips and bits of info we’ve shown you in the past about the film and just go in cold. But really, what fun would that be?

Instead, why not take a look at another clip from the film, courtesy of MTV’s Movie’s Blog, featuring Sam Worthinton and Star Trek’s Anton Yelchin as Marcus Wright and the young Kyle Reese.

This clips has a bit of cool Terminator action as well as a line of dialog you may be familiar with — that is if you’ve ever seen any other Terminator films. Of course, if you haven’t seen any other Terminator films, you’re probably not reading this right now. For better or worse, Terminator: Salvation opens this Friday. Meantime, enjoy this clip. . . or not.

Stan Bush Really Wants On the ‘Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen’ Soundtrack

Posted on May 20, 2009

In the 1986 animated classic, Transformers: The Movie, guitarist and songwriter Stan Bush gave us the musical classics known as “Dare” and “The Touch“.  Apparently, Bush also submitted tracks for director Michael Bay’s 2007 live-action Transformers film but was told by the filmmakers that they weren’t interested. 

This time around, and in hopes of landing a spot on the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack, Bush has recorded an updated version of “The Touch”, dubbing it “Sam’s Theme” — obviously referring to Shia Lebouf’s character, Sam Witwicky. But that’s not all.

He’s also put together a music video as well to help sell the idea to Bay and company. On May 14th, this version hit YouTube and received, shall we say, a less than stellar reception from fans. Undeterred, Bush posted a re-edit 2 days later and included more footage from the  the live-action Transformers films. 

 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hits theaters on June 24th. Until then, check out this video featuring a guy you have to admire for not taking “no” for an answer.

The Flickcast – Episode 8: Special Victims Unit

Posted on May 20, 2009

the_a_teamPreviously on The Flickcast, Chris, Matt and Christina talked about all-things Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation, casting news and took it home with some great picks like Smallville, Five Dollar Cover and Donnie Darko.

This week, the team takes on new topics like the exciting new Fox TV schedule, the renewal of some their favorite shows like Dollhouse, Fringe and Chuck, the fate of shows like Scrubs, Better Off Ted and ‘Til Death and how many of these returning shows will deal with having reduced budgets and casting conflicts next season. Plus, the team also talks cool casting news from the worlds of Thor, Red Dawn, the A-Team and a whole lot more!

Plus, they make some great picks including Chris’ favorite “Teens repel Russian Invaders” movie Red Dawn, Christina’s new favorite Fox TV show So You Think You Can Dance and Matt’s pick, the movie that reminds you just how disappointing The Phantom Menace was: Fanboys.

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques or offers of sponsorship, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter and at Facebook, MySpace or via email.

Thanks for listening.

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Dave’s Weekly Comic Recommendations

Posted on May 19, 2009

These days its sometimes hard finding good comics to read every week and even harder finding the money to pay for all of them. There are a lot of comics coming out each week but fortunately, we here at The Flickcast care about what you read and what you spend your money on.  So, with that in mind, there’s a lighter load of comics this week from a superhero mayor of New York City, to a jerk from the future to gigantic fighting robots.

ex-machinaMy first recommendation this week is Ex Machina #42, written by Lost writer/producer Brian K. Vaughan and drawn by the brilliant Tony Harris (Starman). Easily my favorite book on the stands now, it tells the story of Mitchell Hundred the first super-hero known as the Great Machine who can get machines to do anything he wants. 

After 9/11, Hundred decides he’s merely maintaining the status quo as a superhero and decides to reveal his identity on national television and declare his candidacy for Mayor of New York City. Of course, he wins, and this comic is about his time in office.

Part West Wing and part super-hero action, with only eight issues left, I can’t wait to see how this story concludes.

My second recommendation is X-Men Origins: Wolverine producer and friend of The Flickcast Jeff Katz’s book Booster Gold is a high flying adventure telling the story of the 25th Century football star who travels back in time to fill his large ego.  Co-written with Flash: Rebirth star Geoff Johns the trade paperback, out tomorrow, is a classic fun adventure comic where Booster must act exactly as he normally does, like a dick, in order restore the timeline. 

Also, but probably inadvertently, he causes the creation of the Sinestro Corps. They don’t make comics this fun anymore.

robotMy third and final recommendation is Rick Remender and Eric Nguyen’s comic Gigantic. Which is part Japanese Giant Robot vs Giant Monster Battle Royale and part Mojo-verse storyline from old 80’s X-Men comics. 

To be honest, I don’t know what to make of this comic besides saying “You remember this guy: Ultraman?” Yeah, its kinda like that, except not cheezy.

If these comic recommendations don’t suit your fancy, be sure to check out the excellent Midtown Comics list and order there. They will even mail your comics right to your door.

First Poster for ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ Debuts

Posted on May 19, 2009

new-moon-teaser-smallMy former colleagues over at Cinematical have gotten their hands on the brand new, first ever, teaser poster for Summit Entertainment’s upcoming sequel to the tween vampire drama Twilight. The new film, called The Twilight Saga: New Moon, picks up pretty much were the first film left off and continues the story of Bella (Kristen Stewart), her vampire boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson) and their tumultuous relationship amidst the trials and tribulations of high school and all that entails.

Sadly, in this new film Bella and Edward are having some problems (him being a vampire and all) so in an effort to get some time to think, Edward has taken off for a bit for “me” time leaving Bella all alone. Naturally, as often happens, Bella decides its not so fun to be alone and begins to find comfort in the arms of another guy, Jacob Black. Of course, in true Twilight doomed tween romance fashion, Jacob isn’t “just” another guy, he’s actually a werewolf and an enemy of the vampires. Which, of course, will cause all kinds of problems once Edward returns.

Geez, you thought your life was complicated, right? What will happen and who will be left standing will all be revealed when the film opens on Novermber 20th. Until then, check out a larger version of the poster after the jump.

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First ‘Human Target’ Trailer Hits the ‘Net

Posted on May 19, 2009

mark_valleyLast week we brought you news of this new Fox series before and were able to drop some details about the show based on the DC comic, its stars Mark Valley (formerly of Fringe and the under-appreciated Keen Eddie) and Tricia Helfer (from BSG, of course) and some other tidbits. But sadly, at that time, we didn’t have anything to show which would help you, and us, get a feel for how the show would look and help figure out if it might be good or not.

Fortunately, that’s no longer the case because today there’s a brand new trailer for the show to fill in those missing pieces. In this new trailer we finally get to see not only Mark Valley as Christopher Chance, but several of the other series cast including Jackie Earle Haley and Chi McBride. We also get to see Tricia Helfer looking great as usual and doing action which is good fun.

The three-minute trailer offers a pretty good first impression of the acting, tone and action the series is going to offer. Looks pretty good to me. I guess we’ll find out for sure when Human Target debuts on Fox in january. Meantime, check out the trailer below.

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