It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here on CounterAgent, but I’ve been busy working on this web project called the SuperLame! Comic Balloon Engine. We’ve just launched it in a public Beta. So, let me take a few moments to explain what it is that’s taken up most of my time as of late.
What is SuperLame? Well, I’m glad you asked. You may have heard the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. So, if a picture alone is worth that much, how much more can you say with a picture that actually has words too? I’m betting at least a few more than a thousand.
You may have noticed a number of word balloon pictures on this site, amoung others. Before the SuperLame word balloon image creator web app this was a time consuming process. Enter SuperLame and the Comic Balloon Engine. Basically, it’s a simple web tool that gives users the power to easily and quickly add word balloons, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, whatever you want to call them, to your pictures.
Best of all, the entire tool is free for anyone to use. However, if you would like to donate to the SuperLame cause, we wouldn’t turn you down, of course, and hey, it’s a tax right off, right?
The above picture is an example of what you can do at SuperLame. But, don’t take my word for it, check out the SuperLame Word Balloon Web Tool for yourself. Enjoy.
Boom!
Well the big game is over. It was a big upset. That pretty boy Brady got smacked in the mouth alot ( that was awesome). The Giants won.
But thats not the best part, right? The best part is the commericails, at least if you don’t like football they are right? So how was last nights ads? Personally I was disappointed, there were a couple of funny ones, E-trade and Bridgestone (would have liked the Bridgestone one more if he’d actually hit Richard Simmons but I guess that would have been in bad taste) were my favorites. The beer ads were pretty good as usual, Bud Light with Will Ferrell as Jackie Moon was my fave “SUCK ONE!” I liked the Doritos ad with the giant mouse busting through the wall but that was a repeat although I don’t remember it. My question is if your gonna spend 2.5 million on a Super Bowl ad, why wouldn’t you have a new ad for the spot?
The best part of the night though were the movie ads. It’s official “I CAN’T WAIT FOR IRON MAN!!!!” What a great little trailer that was. We’ve been screaming about Iron Man allot around here and that trailer just raised the hype for me. The other movie I’m pretty excited for is Wanted. Maybe that movie has been on your radar but that was the first I’ve seen of it and WOW!!!! It looks pretty darn cool.
Another Jumper preview was there. YAWN!! Jumper looks crappy and I just hope that Mace Windu gets his revenge on Darth Vader. Is anyone looking forward to Wall-E? I haven’t actually seen anything from the actual movie but right now the best part for it was having Woody and Buzz Lightyear on the commercial.
All in all I didn’t think it was a good year for ads. What did you think? What was your favorite? Let us know.
I’m pretty stoked on the upcoming Iron Man movie. The Hulk movie not so much but hey I never even bothered to see the last one so I really have no expectations. It looks like there will be a cross over between them though. Marvel will have S.h.i.e.l.d agent Nick Fury popping up in Iron Man, oh yeah it’s Sam Jackson by the way. Then in The Incredible Hulk guess who’s stopping by, none other then Robert Downey Jr or Iron Man himself.
William Hurt drops some tid bits on the movie in a recent interview with MTV. He gives a few spoilers so beware, but you can see it all here.
Thanks Rotten Tomatoes
Heath Ledger was found dead today at his Manhattan appartment. Discovered by the housekeeper and a masseuse who arrived in the afternoon for an appointment. [About.com Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog] Signs pointed to a suicide or an accidental overdose, police sources said. [NYTimes City Room Blog]
For an even more detailed and in-depth rundown of the events of today’s tragedy, go to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Not to sound cold, but, where does this leave the upcoming batman sequel The Dark Knight? Well, Ledger recently completed work on The Dark Knight. The movie wrapped principal photography in November and is currently in post-production. Meaning we’ll all still get to see his gritty portrayal of the Joker, except now it’ll be just a little more creepy.
Tragic!
I love Lego’s! There I said it . Yea that’s right I love em. Nothing brings me back to my youth as all the sweet Lego stuff that flows around the Internet. There are some really good ones and some really bad ones, but as they flow into my feed reader I can’t help but feel warm. So I decided I would make my list of my favorite Lego’s that I’ve run across. Wether it’s an official Lego creation or something custom they are all great. So here we go……
This is pretty much how the entire movie looks. Awesome.
I just got back from the much hyped (over hyped) Cloverfield monster movie. First, you probably want to know if this article will contain spoilers, right? No, no spoilers here, as there is nothing to spoil. That’s right, if you’ve seen any number of trailers or the first three minutes of this movie, you’ve seen about all the plot you’re going to see in the full length feature. No big news, but, there’s this giant monster terrorizing the city of New York, because that’s where monster hangout. The Statue of Liberty loses her head. Then there’s these people and they run from the monster. The end. Thanks for coming, I hope you enjoyed wasting ten dollars and two hours of your life.
Seriously. I’m being one hundred percent honest. That’s the movie. From start to finish the camera shakes only slightly less than riding down a rocky mountain on top of a washing machine strapped to a paint shaker. Slightly less. I highly recommend not eating before you see this movie. Then again, I highly recommend not going to see this movie in the first place.
Maybe if they would’ve put as much time into a story as they did the “mystery” of marketing Cloverfield it could’ve been good. Oh, and they never even tell us why the freakin’ movie is even called Cloverfield. Seriously! And the Star Trek trailer before the movie does NOT make up for the craptasticness of the movie. It’s more of a teaser than a full trailer.
Am I noticing a trend with J.J. Abrams? Like the fact that he can’t end a story maybe? He started Lost, it was great. Never ended it, and left before he could be blamed for never revealing anything. Before that he started Alias, also great. Then he left before that had a real ending. Now Cloverfield. Someone stop him before he ruins another good idea.
Fail!
We mentioned it in our podcast this week that Warner Brothers had until the 15th to decide the fate of the Justice League movie. Well its fate has been chosen…. it’s delayed. The official word is that Warner didn’t get the official word on the tax breaks it wanted from Australia and that the script needed some work and that was not possible with the strike going on.
The actors who were committed to the movie were informed that their contracts have lapsed. Although it seems that all who were cast are still wanted for the movie. How long the delay will be is unclear at this point but we’ll keep you posted. There is allot of buzz around here about the movie. Personally I don’t mind the wait if it will make it better. With the glut of crappy super hero movies we’ve had recently I don’t want another.
Well file this under no surprise. Make a game that everyone praises. Put it in a great atmosphere with a great story and next thing you know its a movie.
This comes for Joystiq they said:
” A reliable source within a major film production company has told Joystiq that the two have been getting along famously, with a movie adaptation of 2K’s successful franchise already being discussed by the Big Daddies internally.”
I could make the usual “video game movies suck” speech but hey you all already know they suck.
The Justice League has gone through many revisions, variations, and re-imaginings over the years. The Victorian Gaslight Justice League has to be one of the most unique versions of the Justice League. It’s inspired by the comic book, Gotham by Gaslight by Mike Mignola and Brian Augustyn. Set in 1880’s, Batman attempts to stop Jack the Ripper, who has come to Gotham. These figures where designed by Sillof’s Workshop. The funniest one has to be Aquaman with the whole fish bowl head thing. Boy, he just can’t catch a break.
Steampunk!
Tags: Steampunk, Comics, Gotham, DC Comics, Justice League
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