comedy

FableForge's Foundlings #28: THE DARK KNIGHT meets TOY STORY 2

FableForge — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:11:03 -0700

I know I've done fake trailers before, but I think this is the best of them all. Shot By Shot, this thing stands up.

Enjoy!

Oh, and for comparison purposes, the original:

Bonus: The Lego version:

There. Consider thyselves entertained :)

Long Live The Dark Knight!

Napoleon at Waterloo

nathji — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:09:00 -0700

This video narrates what really happened at Waterloo on that fatefuld day.

Tropic Thunder

Turzman — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:53:23 -0700

Ben Stiller hits the cinematic trifecta as co-writer, co-producer, director and star of Tropic Thunder; a film that is laugh out loud funny, creative, beautifully shot and features perhaps the most impressive supporting cast in recent memory. It's not as star-laden as say, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (not even close), but the performances are memorable. Combine that with a plethora of hilarious one-liners, and Tropic Thunder delivers an instant classic. That's huge praise considering I'm not as easy to please at the movie-going experience as most people.

The film opens with three mock trailers introducing our main players (Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey, Jr.). They are, respectively, the hottest action star, comedy star and Oscar-winner in Hollywood, and they're teaming up to shoot Tropic Thunder, the most realistic, big budgeted, blow em up war flick, ever. On location in Viet Nam, the production is a mess as the crew face problem after problem, and the chemistry between these superb thespians, in a manner of speaking, just ain't there.

The director (Steve Coogan) is taking the brunt of the blame from the executive producer (Tom Cruise. Yes, the Tom Cruise. Who is, for the first time in my opinion, absolutely brilliant!) So the director, under advice from the author of the book that inspired this film (Nick Nolte!) decides that dropping his cast into authentic harm's way will produce the chemistry he needs. Stupid? Yes. Would that really happen? No f*cking way. But luckily for us, it happens here, for what follows is a string of hilarious mayhem and calamity that never grows tiresome.

The mix of Stiller, Black and Downey is effectively divided up, as each are able to showcase their particular talents evenly and effectively. Jack Black is the standard Jack Black, raised to the power of ten, rather than diluted as he was in Nacho Libre. Robert Downey, Jr. could not have hoped for a better follow-up to Iron Man, as he has done the equivalent of hitting two grand slam home runs in a row. Of course, there's Stiller who proves he can be brilliant both behind and in front of the camera, and Thunder is a refreshing break from his recent string of turds (ie: The Heartbreak Kid, Night at the Museum).

The trio is directly supported by Jay Baruchel and Brandon T. Jackson (as the other actors in this movie within a movie), Danny McBride (as the special fx guy) and Steve Coogan as the film's director. Throw in the support of Cruise, Nolte and Matthew McConaughy, and pepper in cameos from Tyra Banks, Jon Voight, Tobey Mcguire and others of their ilk, and you've got yourself one pretty enjoyable film.

Don't wait to rent this. Tropic Thunder should be experienced on the big screen. We, as audience members, owe the price of admission to a film that truly entertains at this level.

Consider the suggestion that Tobey McGuire and Robert Downey, Jr. play a pair of homosexual monks that use the rosary as anal beads in a film entitled Satan's Alley. Nuff said.

FableForge's Foundlings #17: This hits too close to home

FableForge — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:19:26 -0700

This hits so close to home, it hurts.

Behold: http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/

Then it hurts from laughing.

Then it just plain hurts again.

I dont think anyone else will -get- it as much as I do, but if you want to glimpse into what was my world when I was working for Citibank, this is it:

Heh.

A new project: BLACK FANTOM

FableForge — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:59:59 -0700

Hector gave me green light to brag about this, so brag I will!

After our first project together FURIA, which is doing really well (but I'll let Hector share those news, he deserves the right to brag about those), we got started on a second project, which will likely be financed the same way, but this is not animation, but Live Action.

Its a wrestlers movie :)

In Mexico, masked wrestlers are what cowboys represent in the US, or kung fu masters in Hong Kong. There's a whole genre of masked wrestlers being champions of the people, superheroes, always defeating some nefarious plot. The movies are CHEESY as hell, but people love them just like that. And Hector and I have decided to create a movie that pays homage to the whole genre, just like KILL BILL was Tarantino's ode to the Hong Kong martial arts flicks.

Our movie is called BLACK FANTOM VS THE DEVOURER OF WORLDS.

Actually, I'm just the humble writer, Hector, as with FURIA, is the real engine moving this project from the realm of dreams and ideas, into the realm of business deals and contracts and money and getting things made. But he and I enjoyed a long evening of brainstoming dreams and ideas back in Mexico, and we'd like to share some of the artwork inspired so far.

Without further Ado, a sneak peak at some of the concept art for BLACK FANTOM:

Trapping the Wind

victorpeceno — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:22:25 -0700

Trapping the Wind

inspiring all the Critters

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Hellion Teaser 2

veenotph — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:56:42 -0700

Here is another teaser for Hellion, this is a prolog. The delightful Elisabeth Carlton was excellent, and really into the idea. Great scream.

IT is just a little rough right now. And yes the title is done like that as an hommage to the cheesey horror films of the1970's

Getting a Head in the Movie Biz - FINISHED

cpparker — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:59:00 -0700

Here it is guys the whole enchilada. Hope you enjoy it. We definitely had a blast making it!

1st half of Getting a Head in the Movie Biz

cpparker — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:15:24 -0700

Well I hope this works. I had to upload it to my own site because Revver is down, Metacafe won't take it because of copyright infringement (?), and it's too long for YouTube.

Let me know what you guys think. I'll have the second half done next weekend but wanted to get some input from you guys on this. I know I need to make some color adjustments in a couple of places too.

If the url doesn't work you can go to it here:

http://www.fistfulofbrains.com/1stha...

I'll get it up on Revver as soon as they get it back up.

You can Vote for our Submission Video!

tamrey — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:50:57 -0700

This is a video submission for the distribution contest "From Here to Awesome." This contest aims to put control back in the hands of the filmmakers. Winning films actually get to keep some of the revenue from festival screenings. How cool! If you have time, take a look and vote for us at www.fromheretoawesome.com/johnnyappl.... We also get points for having subscribers and favorites on our youtube video www.youtube.com/johnnyappleweedmovie. Thanks everybody for your time!!!