Chris Evans, aka the Human Torch in the two Fantastic Four films, told MTV there will not be a third. Instead, it sounds like Fox wants to use the Silver Surfer’s appearance in the second film to spin him off into this own movie.
That jibes with comments former Babylon 5 scribe J. Michael Straczynski made last month at Wondercon, saying he would write a Surfer film featuring Galactus. JMS said Fox purposely held off showing the Big G in that movie to have a “big reveal” in the Surfer’s film debut.
The first two FF films were pretty bad. Perhaps every …read more

I Could Be a Skrull – But Then So Could You

That, in a green nutshell with a misshapen chin, is why I’m looking forward to Marvel Comics Secret Invasion crossover. According to Marvel writers the Skrulls have been planning this for years, slowly using their shapeshifting powers to work their way into Earth’s most strategic locales. The whole allure of changeling characters, a sci-fi staple, is that they could be anyone and anywhere. Yes, it’s been done before and that’s because when done well it works brilliantly.
My favorite shapeshifters of all-time were the Changelings from Star Trek: Deep Space …read more

Battlefield Earth is no longer the worst movie of all time, at least according to the 2008 Golden Raspberry Awards. Lindsay Lohan vehicle I Know Who Killed Me earned a whopping eight “Razzies,” besting (or would that be worsting?) Battlefield Earth. The dreadful adaptation of the L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi novel held the previous record of seven Razzies, a shame Battlefield Earth shared along with Showgirls.
Lohan brought home Razzies for Worst Actress and Worst On-Screen Couple and I Know Who Killed Me also won in the new category of Worst Excuse for a Horror Film.  Eddie Murphy and Norbit …read more