It’s time once again for another installment of The Big Movie Mouth Off, starring Jeff Vice from X96′s Radio From Hell and Jimmy Martin from SLUG Magazine (and both are regular panelists on The Geek Show Podcast)

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These are available exclusively on Comcast: Utah On Demand, and then after their exclusive run there, they will be appearing on Big Shiny Robot! and across the Internet. (iTunes/podcast versions coming soon by popular demand.)

Without further delay, let’s get to the reviews:

The Sundance documentary Catfish:

Zack Snyder’s Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole:

The Impossible True Story of Secretariat:

David Fincher’s The Social Network:

You Again:

And finally, Let Me In:

It’s time once again for another installment of The Big Movie Mouth Off, starring Jeff Vice from X96’s Radio From Hell and Jimmy Martin from SLUG Magazine (and both are regular panelists on The Geek Show Podcast)

You can friend the show on Facebook here.

These are available exclusively on Comcast: Utah On Demand, and then after their exclusive run there, they will be appearing on Big Shiny Robot! and across the Internet. (iTunes/podcast versions coming soon by popular demand.)

Without further delay, let’s get to the reviews:

First, M. Night Shyamalan’s production of “Devil”

Next we have the Emma Stone vehicle “Easy A”:

The mockumentary from Jaoquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck, “I Am Here” is next:

Then we have a review of Ben Affleck’s “The Town”:

Last on the list is Oliver Stone’s sequel to his own classic “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”:

Check back for more soon!

I’m jealous. And it’s showing. Some of the big shots in the Ghostbusters fan community were cruising with MC Chris around New York City and got a police escort to Times Square.

Joining us in the Ecto-2K were the Denver Ghostbusters and rapper mc chris (and his assistant bothans!). We were ushered into Times Square and were immediately surrounded by hundreds of screaming fans. Check out the video for the ride up, and our debut on Times Square.

Via: GBfans.com

We attended the press conference at Star Wars Celebration V that Jon Stewart held. As soon as we get the good audio from this, we’ll upload the whole thing, but I figured everyone would want to see this.

Right after this press conference, we went to “The Main Event” where he interviewed Star Wars creator George Lucas.

You can read my original report about his press conference here.

One of the highlights of going to the Red Carpet premiere of Clone Wars was getting to talk to Seth Green and Matt Senreich about the new Star Wars TV show.

No one has been able to pin down what the show is going to be like, exactly, because there have been so many different conflicting reports, and this interview is going to just add to the muddle.  But we’ll get to that later.

According to Seth, “We’re hard at work on the show right now, full time.”

Matt explained that they’re doing all of the development and production up front and then they’ll be looking for distribution.  They won’t even begin looking for a distributor until the first season is finished, just like Clone Wars, and we shouldn’t expect to see any indication of what the show looks like or what it’s about (aside from what they told me) until after that process is completed.

When I asked them what the show is about, I got a flurry of responses:

Matt: “It’s a surreal experience.”

Seth: “It’s comedic.”

Matt: “It’s short form comedy,”

When I asked about the comments George Lucas made about it being like a Spongebob show, Matt gave a pretty interesting answer.  “That’s not entirely a false statement.  I mean, what kind of Spongebob are we talking about?  Are we talking about the 4 years olds who watch it because it’s goofy?  Or the college age kids who watch it because it’s hilarious?”

Seth chimed in saying, “The best analogy I think is that it’s Star Wars without the wars.”

“But that’s not entirely true, either,” Matt corrected him.

“How about this, then.  It’s the funniest television since Lucille Ball?”

“Could be.”

“Or maybe like…  Jon Stewart on steroids mixed with Dave Chapelle?”

“I can see that.”

Of all of the descriptions, I think the Jon Stewart mixed with Dave Chapelle is the most radically different we’ve heard the show described, but evokes the most stimulating thoughts in my brain.  Something that sort of has a tongue in cheek look at the universe, but parceled out in sketch comedy bits with a host.  Who knows until we see it, but they were pretty overwhelmed with excitement talking about it, and had a hard time keeping their mouths shut.

I then asked them about the look of the show, 2D or 3D, etc.  Seth provided a pretty straight answer to that question.  “It’s all CG, but it’s unlike any established Star Wars you’ve ever seen.  It has a look that’s completely on it’s own.  It’s not like the movies, it’s not like the other cartoons, it’s not like Clone Wars.  This is new.”

Scarlett RoBotica, who accompanied me, asked quite bluntly, “Is Yoda going to be on the show?”

To which they both froze.  Dumbfounded.

“Uhhh…” Seth said.

Matt closed his lips and made a motion like he was locking his mouth and throwing away the key.

It was then that a voice over my right shoulder said, “Don’t tell these guys anything.  And don’t listen to a word these guys say.”

It was George Lucas, who came over to heckle, with his son Jett.

At that point, I was a little dumbfounded and stopped taking notes, so I’m not exactly sure what was said, only that there was much joking around.   After that, we had to head into the theatre, but it was probably the most fun I’ve ever had having an interview get crashed.

I’m not sure how much of this information is actually new, but I do have to say that it’s great to get it all condensed and straight from the horses mouth.  And I would say it’s safe to say you shouldn’t expect many details to leak until the first season is finished and a distributor has stepped on board to pick it up.

I’ll report more on this as I find it out, though.

Be sure to read the rest of my report from the Season 3 of Clone Wars and it’s red carpet premiere.

You may be asking youself, “Why is Arse-Bot writing about this?” Well, it’s simple, I’m sure there are more than a few closet Twilight fans out there in BSR! Land who would like to be in the know of when this hits DVD shelves, and who am I to neglect them of this information? So, for all of you responsible for bringing this horrible age of mopey, whiney, pussy-ass, don’t-drink-human-blood, pedophile “Vampires” upon the rest of the population, here you go.

It’s coming to DVD December 4, 2010. There’s two editions, a single disc, and – for all you true Twitards out there – a two-disc edition. The two-disc edition will probably feature a fuck-ton of special features that aren’t worth my time copying and pasting here. But I’m not an unreasonable man, so here.

Also, becuase I am such a nice guy, for all of you out there who would like to go waste another $8.50 to see this in theaters, it’s coming back to theaters on September 13. Why? Because apparently that’s Bella’s birthday. In case you’re wondering, the appropriate response to that statement is, “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.”

Judas, I can’t wait for the last movie to come out so this nightmare will end . . .

Wast this necessary? Absolutely not. Did this entertain Arse-Bot for 10 minutes? Yes it did.

We have a new feature here at BSR! that is fully interactive. You ask Sextelligence a question and she answers. Any question about whatever you want. Not sure how to let that girl in the Scott Pilgrim shirt know that you’re into comics but aren’t a creepy hentai collecting freak? She’s got you covered. So read her FAQ below and ask away over at our Facebook and Twitter

Sextelligence: I totally know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking there’s only one reason to make a chick robot. To have sex with. Well, screw you, robot chick stereotyping sexist pig. Chick robots have feelings too. It just so happens that while my lady robot parts are about average, my advice parts are world-renowned* and award-winning.** So, on top of getting all your geek street cred here, you can now find out what to do if you ever find a girl willing to have sex with you. Or maybe get my best robot friend’s prized lasagna recipe, which I got her drunk to steal. We’ll see what haps.

To get this party started, here are some Frequently Asked Questions.***

Are you a real person?
Not at all. By the time I’m 50, I hope to be at least 70 percent plastic and 100 percent pickled in vodka.

What kinds of questions should we ask you?
If you’re wondering where to hide a corpse, I totally can’t help you. Mainly because I am awful at giving driving directions but also because that would be illegal. This is actually a good time to say that nothing I recommend should ever be done by anyone. Unless we’re talking about the aforementioned lasagna recipe or how to keep your girlfriend from shredding your copy of Red Dead Redemption. Actually, if you need that disclaimer, go ahead and stop reading now and turn on some Golden Girls reruns. Good day.

What do chick robots eat?
Apart from the occasional sausage, corn-on-the-cob, cucumber, and hot dogs, just vodka. Also, little known fact: unlike humans, chick robots do not suffer from robot penis envy. No, seriously.

So that’s that. Ask me anything. I’m all yours for at least five minutes a week or so-ish.

*A drunk guy in Spain told me I look like Britney Spears. Back when she was hot.
**I won the”Most Likely to Get Shanked in Prison” award, Robot Mountain High School Year Book, Class of 2000
**Also known as “Never Actually Spoken but Things You Would Have Asked if You Had Known I Existed Questions”

Greetings robots! We’re here with another edition of Tee Time with Dr.Cyborg! In which I take a few minutes out of my busy golf schedule to give you your opinion about something I’ve read. Accompanied by my trusty caddie, Slugtron,  this time we’ll be talking about the newly released Sea Bear and Grizzly Shark. So pour yourselves a Robot Cocktail, (1/2 pint Jack Daniels, 1/8 pint Vodka, 2 drops Grenadine. Mix well, add ice, and serve.) And let’s go golfing!

Sea Bear & Grizzly shark is a combination of Jason Howard, and Ryan Ottley’s 24-hour comic projects, complete with an origin story written by Robert Kirkman, and some gray scales by Cliff Rathburn.

I was really shocked when I heard that Kirkman fidgeted his name onto the back of the comic. -Slugtron

One of the reasons I was so compelled to read this book, was not only the killer premise, but also the gimmick of picking a side.

In fact I think it’s such a great gimmick that by the eighteenth hole, I pledge to have picked a side once and for all. “Bear”ing in mind that sharks scare the hell out of me, and I loved Yogi bear as an adolescent robot. Anyway, let’s get on with the review…Well, actually… before we get all the way started I just wanted to mention that I’ve grown up a lot since last golf season, and I’m no longer going to participate in juvenile games such as bikini golf, or laser golf… Now I play a much more mature game that I call “The essence of golf”. Which is essentially the same as regular golf, but I’ve dug eighteen holes throughout an elephant sanctuary that’s wired to blow if I don’t hit the kill switch hidden in the final green in a half an hour… there are also flamingos.

The first half of the comic was Jason Howard’s Sea Bear. Out of the two, I’m glad that Jason Howard chose to do Sea Bear, I think it plays into the strengths of what he’s used to drawing. (The Astounding Wolf-Man) After all, what is a Wolf-Man, if not a glorified sea bear? Whether I was attempting to be sarcastic or not, I felt like Jason Howard did a good job… Keeping in mind that these were at least attempted 24-hour comics, I think the art on Sea Bear was good. It predictably had a few good scenes of gore, and enough killing spanned over 24 pages that you would have to be suffering a stroke during an Earthquake at Disneyland, in order to be entitled to complain about it’s pacing.

The pages were pretty simple, but they took the story far enough… In fact, I was really surprised to see how far from the sea Sea Bear went. A revenge tale that spanned twenty years, it included what I would easily consider random elements. From cybernetic assassins and mutant bears, to an oddly disfigured female alien woman. Strangely, with all of these oddities it really didn’t seem to be funny, but in its defense, it didn’t seem to try to be. I thought it was a great 24-hour comic, my only complaint is that I wish the actual Sea Bear was in it a little more. I’ll keep the ending a surprise, but at least at this point I have to say I would pick Urkel from Family Ties to fight at my side before Sea Bear.

If grizzly bears could live in the ocean, why are the polar bears doing such a lousy job? -Slugtron

There is literally not even a blank page to separate the books, so therefore I feel as if I should just go directly into the review of Grizzly Shark!

Grizzly Shark is both drawn and written by Ryan Ottley of Invincible fame. I’ve read and liked his past 24-hour comics, but I have to say, this one blew all of the others out of the water. (Which is kind of a pun right?) Grizzly Shark was so good, and not just as a quick side comic, but one of the best comics I’ve read in a long time. I hardly ever laugh out loud, but during this comic I came close! Everything was so over the top, but I loved every second. It was a lot of fun, and I could tell that Ryan had a lot of fun drawing it.

The violence in Grizzly Shark is inspirational to us all! …We should bring back national punch your grandma in the face day! Thanks Ryan Ottley! -Slugtron

Since I called Sea Bear a revenge tale, I feel obligated to label this b-horror movie, complete with a hillbilly named Jonbob. The art was really good, definitely better than I expected, and it was filled to the brim with a mountain of ingenious fatalities. My only possible complaint was that it was established that Cinnamon Bear Jubilee was the sharks kryptonite, but it didn’t aid in his killing at all. I find this to be the worst possible complaint because the ending was so rad anyway. Seriously, this was one of the funnest reads I’ve had in a long time.

Holy mackerel! – Slugtron

Both of these books were well done, but ultimately I’ve decided to vote, “I’m with Shark!” Mostly because Grizzly Shark is eating a baby on the front cover.

Sea Bear & Grizzly Shark is being distributed by Image, and comes out today, (June 23rd) I highly recommend going to your comic book shop and picking it up. The cover price is $4.99, but it is worth every single penny twice!

I haven’t been reading comic books lately, and I have to say, I think “Siege” is the biggest reason why… It was a book that pretty much took over half the Marvel universe, but only managed to keep one four part book interesting. And the hugest thing that came from Siege was the fact that it reunited the Avengers. Which is arguably pretty cool… But then Marvel had to turn the Avengers into a blatant money making vehicle  for themselves… (The Avengers, Avengers Prime, New Avengers, Secret Avengers, Avengers Academy. Not to mention, Avengers the Origin, Avengers Spotlight, Ultimate Avengers 2, New Ultimates… And there are more!)

When did George Lucas take over Marvel? – Slugtron

On top of all of this financial nonsense, they’ve got all of their writers writing ten books at a time… I mean, I used to think Bendis was okay… but there is a major discrepancy in his books… For example, I thought Siege was awesome, but I tried reading an issue of Ultimate: Enemy, and it was completely uninspired and boring… I think this is simply because he writes too many books. This isn’t my only beef with Bendis, but I’ll leave it there for now… Basically what I’m saying is, putting out a hundred of the same book, and then putting it all in the hands of only a few writers, is a bad idea. It’s probably a sound financial move, but it really makes me not want to buy Marvel  books at all… And since I’ve pretty much stopped reading DC books since Batman R.I.P., I just don’t have that many comic books to read anymore… And the final straw— in the midst of these unfortunate transitions, most of the comic community has adapted to a price hike, paying $3.99 for every main stream book.

Steve Wiebe would roll over in his grave if he saw what Marvel was trying to pull. – Slugtron

I still pick up a few titles, (Rasl, Usagi Yojimbo, Walking Dead, Invincible, and a few others.) But I’ve essentially stopped caring about all the monthly books. As a Robot doctor lawyer with a great ass, I’ve been able to maintain some semblance of a regular life without the majesty of reading stories where the protagonist is either a man with an unearthly masculine jaw, or else an unrealistic woman with huge boobs and an I.Q. but I think the comic book companies should be the ones adapting to what we want, not the other way around.

How do we remedy this comic book apocalypse? My fellow robots would tell you to just enjoy the ride… but I disagree. I’ve decided to list some solutions to this problem.

1. Stop buying over priced books!… Spending four dollars an issue turns out to be a ridiculous price to pay for a comic book… I hope I didn’t just blow your mind… Get the graphic novels instead… I’ve never had to pay full price for a graphic novel, and neither should you… If people stop buying individual issues, maybe they’ll return to a reasonable price? (I’m probably wrong in this case because the people that make the decisions at Marvel are such fucks they would probably just raise the price again. But then you wouldn’t be buying them anyway! Win, win.)

2. Don’t support Bad books… Stop buying all these kitschy titles, how many fucking Avengers books do we need? These companies are putting out such shitty material, and you’re still buying it… This is unacceptable… Every single one of us needs to get mad. If you see another issue of Marvel Zombies on the shelf, tear it to shreds! You’ve got to get mad!

3. Final reason, and probably the most important. Never read another comic book written by Brian Micheal Bendis ever again! He is the new Judd Winick… which means Kirkman gets his regular position back!

In Brian Michael Bendis’ defense, he’s only as stupid as he looks. -Slugtron

In closing, I was inspired to write this post after reading a comic book that Robert Kirkman wrote… Destroyer…I suggest buying it and not just taking my word for it, but it was a cool looking book, (Art by Cory Walker) and it had an awesome and original story… It’s what we should expect out of our comic books! Lets stop settling for less!

I know it’s been a while since my last colonoscopy– long story short, there were some malpractice hearings, and I was forced to hang up my colonoscopy scalpel until I agreed to wash my hands before procedures. Thankfully I was able to bribe the judge, and now I’m back!

First up: Nemesis

The new book from Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. It follows a criminal that hunts down law enforcement, and kills them in less than humane ways. (You know how to humanly kill someone? Well it’s even less humane than that.)
There really wasn’t much to the first issue, just a bunch of very bad ass things happening very rapidly, and then it ended. I would also like to mention that it ended on a very generic Mark Millar cliffhanger. (This is at least the third time he’s had the President of the United States humiliated in front of the world at the hands of his enemy.)
Basically I don’t have anything bad to say about this book, it was gory, quick, and fun to read. But not bad doesn’t mean good. Based on the first issue, I wouldn’t call it a must read. Whereas I thought Kick-Ass felt like a must read immediately. Although judging from past history, I’ve acquired some blind faith in Mark Millar, so I will definitely be picking up the next issue to see if it gets any better.

Overview: I wish Mark Millar would eat more fiber before coming into my office… His ass is as powerful as ever, but everything on the inside is indistinguishable mush. After today’s colonoscopy I’ve set two new rules: The first, that Mark Millar isn’t allowed to fart while on the table… Second while examining Mark Millar, goggles and turd galoshes are a must… You live and you learn.

Prognosis: The bunghole is in good order, my only problem is, I shouldn’t have to preform colonoscopies with a shop vac!

Next, Invisible

Before giving this comic a colonoscopy, I had to ask it if it was eating hamburger with its butt…. Written by the poor man’s Jeph Loeb, (Robert Kirkman), and illustrated by the illustrious Ryan Ottley.

Invisible is one of my favorite comic book series of all time. My only problem with the series is that now and again it’s known to hit a lull. I believe this is due to the fact that Robert Kirkman spreads himself too thin. (Haunt, Invisible, Astounding Wolf-man, Walking Dead, and I believe he’s also writing Archie?) To alleviate any misinterpretation I would like to lay it down really clearly. I am a huge fan of Robert Kirkman, I just think he is burned out lately and that the series is suffering for it. At this point I would fully support Judd Winick taking over for a few issues until Kirkman can get his groove back. Now, I’m not suggesting that Judd Winick could do any better, but simply that he couldn’t do any worse…

You don’t have to stop reading Invincible… it would be much easier to just lower your expectations –Slugtron

Overview: I would never suggest that Kirkman’s ass has any STD’s. Though I did make him sign a waver before leaving my office that he would agree not to have sex with anyone ever again without first giving them illicit warning that in seven days a little girl would likely walk through their television to murder them.

Prognosis: Thankfully there is a cure, the common butt plug.

And finally, Ultimate Avengers 2

In my opinion Mark Millar has a serious problem. He starts out series in the best way possible, and keeps making them better issue after issue, but then ultimately fails to procure an ultimate climax. This was a major problem for me with Ultimate Avengers 1. The first issue was great and by the fifth issue I thought it was one of the best books coming out… And then issue 6 rolled around… it resolved everything, but wasn’t a fraction as cool as any of the previous books in the series. He did the same thing for Old Man Logan. It was awesome, then awesomer, and then it was never awesome again.

Mark Millar books and sex with Dr.Cyborg sound like they have a lot in common.  –Slugtron

Ahem…. Thankfully, at times he’s been able to break this chain, Ultimates 1&2, Civil War, Ultimate X-men & Fantastic 4. Therefore, all I can do is hope that this series happens to be cool… But just like the pre-cogs, Mark Millar is very  capable of a false positive, and I worry.

Overview: I wake up in the morning and I go to work. My secretary tells me, “I tried to stop him, he wouldn’t listen.” I tell her to put on a pot of coffee and I walk into the office. I wasn’t surprised to see Mark Millar…again…  lying over my desk with his pants down. “Mark,” I said, “Pull up your pants, I just checked you out. You’re shit is exactly the same as the last time.” and I think that statement sums up how I feel about this new series.

Prognosis: I think Mark Millar has a very attractive ass-hole, but I’ve seen it so many times now it’s hard to get excited… down there.

Until next time, Keep those asses clean!