Honestly, Momoa's Conan would have been fine if they'd clipped out that awful, awful melodramatic 30-minute prologue thing and just gone straight for the awesomeness of Momoa being badass. They should have opened with the slave liberation thing and sprinkled the backstory in through dialogue instead of wasting Ron…

"I'll keep it short and sweet. Family. Religion. Friendships. These are the demons you must slay if you want to succeed in business."

Oh sure—they'll claim they're "going back to REH" and all that stuff about "heart" and "mysticism" and then they'll churn out another laughably-bad script like that one that poor Jason Momoa (who actually made a halfway-decent Conan) got stuck with. God, what a waste that film was.

Yeah, it looks like the textures and the lack of motion capture are really what's doing this in. Can you image a big-budget adaptation with Gollum-style face capture and some real texturing? It would be awesome! =)

It's really too bad, because as I recall the script for this Ultramarines "flick" is written by Dan Abnett, who's one of the better 40k universe authors. They must have pretty well trashed his treatment. =(

Yeah, I thought the production values on Space Marine were really pretty high and the game was overall just a blast to play. Sure, the story was definitely written like Ultramarines propaganda (bastards) but it was fun! =)

I haven't seen Ultramarines, but based on that trailer, I'm pretty sure that THQ's "Space Marine" blows it out of the water as a cinematic experience. Anyone who's seen/played both care to comment?

You know, it's weird... I would swear that when I first saw the trailer for this way back when, the CGI looked downright amazing. Honestly, the animation in that trailer above really doesn't look that great... has CGI really come so far in just a couple of years?

I cracked up out loud at the phrase "Gelatinous Cube Wrangler". That's probably the funniest thing I'll hear all day! =)

I was mostly talking about the Bela Lugosi part, but I think the point stands. Meyer is a cloistered Mormon who, by her own admission, can't stand reading or viewing anything too close to or too far away from her own work... which basically means anything.

I don't know any characters named Blanda, but I do know one named Blonda...

What an awesome article =) Naming is something I struggle with constantly... trying to find a balance between normal and striking, particularly for main characters. Luckily, it's a little bit easier when writing fantasy and sci-fi like I tend to... fantasy you've got much more room depending on the world, as long as…

I'm pretty sure she's stated in interviews that she'd never actually read or viewed any vampire fiction prior to writing Twilight.

The time gap between the deaths of the people involved was what struck the chord for me, but I'm not familiar with either of the other two films you mentioned, so that's probably why.

Several years ago I recall driving through Connecticut (probably on I-84) and somebody had been pulled over by what looked like a bright red Corvette with no visible external markings. I remember thinking 'man, that's just mean...'

I loved loved LOVED the Gollum scene. I would seriously watch Andy Serkis just talk to himself for two hours, if they wanted to film that.

Does anyone know anything more about All I've Got than what we see here? Google ain't giving anything up, and its basic premise seems familiar somehow...

Truth. I can see it now — a Dreamworks-esque animated adventure comedy romp starring Bruce Willis as Gizmo...