How to Drive Away Comic Book Fans

Want to actually encourage comic book fans to be excited about your comic book movie?  Hint: Don’t compare it to Twilight.

With the new Spider-Man coming up, and tales of a possible new Buffy the Vampire Slayer, we’ve been hearing a lot lately about the relative merits of reboots. But I can’t help but think that Matthew Vaughn, the director of the upcoming X-Men: First Class, might have shot himself in the foot in saying that his film will appeal to fans of a certain vampire franchise.

In a recent interview, he told Entertainment Weekly: “It’s got a lot of teenage angst. The Twilight girls will like it.”

On the bright side, at least they didn’t cast Taylor Lautner as Beast, though there is one vampire in residence.

The release date for First Class is June 3, 2011.

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TMNT Fan Film: Fight The Foot [Video]

An awesome fan-made TMNT short film set before the first movie took place. Enjoy!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heroes in a half-shell
Turtle power!

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Incredible 3D Models of Star Wars Ships

We all have our geeky hobbies. Some of us collect Pokemon cards, others enjoy reading comic books, and some of us like to play video games. Ansel Hsiao likes to spend hours upon hours obsessively creating insanely detailed 3D models of spaceships from the Star Wars universe.

So far he has specialized in numerous models of Star Destroyers and Tie Fighters, as well as an Imperial Gunship, and a Clone Wars-era Walker called an AT-SE. I’d love to see him take on an AT-AT or, the ultimate in awesome, the Death Star.

Check out his website for more really great shots of these incredible pieces of 3D art.  Then come back and tell us which one’s your favorite, and what you’d like to see him work on next!

Epic Half-Life Inspired Fan Movie: Beyond Black Mesa

We’ve showed you the trailer back in November, now the full movie is out! Enjoy!

Optimus Prime Amigurumi [Picture]

This absolutely awesome Optimus Prime amigurumi was made by Flickr user voxmortuum. Enjoy!

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