Wednesday, December 23, 2009

PENCILHEADS Episode 3: "What's Happening?"

Pencilheads Episode III






THE HAPPENING

Directed by M Night Shyamalon. Starring Mark Wahlberg, and Zooey Deschanel.

"A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it." -Imdb

What do we here at the Pencilheadquarters say? A lot, since the movie is so unbelievably bad. So bad it's good.


SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS

Released in 2005 for the Playstation2.

"Shadow of the Colossus is a majestic journey through ancient lands to seek out and destroy gigantic mythical beasts."

We discuss one of the greatest games ever made.




WATCHMEN MOVIE

Lastly, we tackle Watchmen directed by Zack Snyder: starring Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson.

"When an ex-superhero is murdered, a vigilante named Rorschach begins an investigation into the murder, which begins to lead to a much more terrifying conclusion." -Imdb

Watchmen is, in fact, an adaptation of a 1986 graphic novel of the same name- written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons. We chat about the film's direction, VFX work, set design, and acting.

Best,
Chris


Music Credits: Depreciation Guild "Butterfly Kisses" / In Her Gentle Jaws (2007)

1 comment:

Tim Mucci said...

Good stuff gents (and lady)! Makes me want to run out and purchase a Playstation to experience the ambiguous good v. evil of 'Shadow of the Colossus' meself.