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21st Century Breakdown
Today I just found out that Green Day has finally released details on when their next album will be coming out. Come May I'll be listening to their new album entitled 21st Century Breakdown. I'm sure alot of people will be trying to compare it American Idiot, but I, for one, will not be. I love AI but I also know that each of their albums have their own distinct sound to it and I'm looking forward to it being different. I've read comments from "fans" saying that they've waited so long for new music by them but true fans like myself know they have already released a new album under their side band Foxboro Hottubs. I'm totally stoked for it and cannot wait. Green Day never disappoints. And by the way, I've been a fan since before Dookie so step off... (not sure if I can pull that phrase off.)
Watchmen Wallpapers
As you can tell, I am very excited for the upcoming theatrical release of the Watchmen. Only two weeks away! I've created a few wallpaper backgrounds in Photoshop of Rorschach's mask, Doc Manhattan's hydrogen atom logo, and Nite Owl's crescent moon logo. Click the pictures for larger versions. Feel free to email me at ryan@noirgraphicdesign.com if you need a bigger size or uncompressed version since Blogger likes to limit the size of photos you can upload. On to other Watchmen news, I've read that the running time of the film is going to be just over 2 and half hours. That's good to hear since last I read, the studio wanted to cut it down closer to 2 hours. The first release of the director's cut DVD will be over 3 hours but that won't be until July. Once you think the waiting is over...it's not. 5 months and 2 weeks away. It will be worth it.
Watchmen Portrait Book
I went to Barnes & Noble on Tuesday to check out the new Watchmen book and in addition to the art book, two other books came out as well. I bought two of them- the Film Companion and the Portrait Book. I just started reading the film companion and so far so good. I'll let you know more when I get through it all. The portrait book is just amazing. Still photographer Clay Enos who was responsible for taking ALL still photography on the set, which included promo shots and even imagery used in props (such as newspapers and framed photos), released a book of black and white portraits of cast, crew and a few props. No text or copy- just oversized photos. It's not so much an insight into the movie's plot or structure like the film companion is but rather just a great collection of photographs. Clay is the guy who took the iconic Minutemen photo I posted a little while back. The photos are great although I assumed there would be more photos of the main ensemble. Check out these photos I took...of the photo book.
Nite Owl Winter Costume
I just found this image of Nite Owl in his winter costume when he and Rorschach head to Antarctica to confront Ozymandias. Friggin' sweeeeeeet. Less than a month away from the theatrical release on March 6th but coming up even sooner on Tuesday is the release of the book entitled Watchmen: The Art of the Film. I'll be swinging by Barnes & Noble to take a look see and decide if it's worth buying. I'm sure it will be.
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock.
Scissors cuts paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard. Lizard poisons Spock. Spock smashes scissors. Scissors decapitates lizard. Lizard eats paper. Paper disproves Spock. Spock vaporizes rock. Rock crushes scissors.
T-600 Terminator Image Released
A new photo has been released of the T-600 Terminator in the new Terminator: Salvation movie out this summer. The T-600 is the predecessor to the more familiar T-800 which Arnold has made so famous. The T-600 is more crude, bulky and is less believable as a human than the T-800. I believe a main plotline involves the discovery of the new T-800 models which poses a threat to the resistance since they would be almost impossible to detect. Below is the concept art of the T-600 and a screenshot from the movie of John Connor in the T-800 factory.
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