There are all sorts of rumors floating around about who will play Wonder Woman in the Just League of America flick. Variety has Jessica Biel in talks to play the mighty Amazon. But Angry Zen Minion S. Blue and AZM Allies Valerie and Dave Reimer point to a BBC article in which Beyonce said that she’d love to play Wonder Woman:

I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman? And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. It’s time for that, right?

Let’s put aside for the moment that she diva’d out and went all Diana Ross on her Destiny’s Child friends which is always, ALWAYS a dick move. Normally I think I’d call foul and yell that Diana should be played by a Greek woman. But for some reason, I don’t hate the idea of Beyonce playing Wonder Woman. I kind of look at it like Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin. He was the best part of that movie and played the role so well that now it’s hard for me to imagine anyone else playing Kingpin. If Beyonce turns in a great performance, I think I’d feel the same. ‘Course, if she botches it’ll end Wonder Woman’s movie career for good.

The thing is, out of all the superheroes, I feel that Wonder Woman is such a strong icon that she has the potential to transcend race. I think all women of all ethnicity can look to Wonder Woman for inspiration. That being said, I feel she deserves her own damn movie. She should have a solo pic before joining up with the JLA. If Catwoman can get a flick, surely Diana deserves her shot in the spotlight.

[Via Variety and BBC]

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Most of us will have to wait for the DVD to come out, but as it turns out, two Angry Zen Minions have actually seen Repo! The Genetic Opera.

Our first guest review comes from Angry Zen Minion Tyler Anderson:

It’s a big steaming bowl of meh. And while I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t particularly like Paris Hilton or any of the Saw films, I had at least a little bit of hope for this having some good music. Nope. And unfortunately, the presence of Paris Hilton is part of what makes it so terrible. There are several good actors in this film whose careers will hopefully not suffer as a result. And I see now why there are only a handful of available music numbers online. The movie is almost entirely an actual opera in the sense that they sing almost everything. But sadly everything you’ve seen online is basically the extent of what’s enjoyable. Almost all of the pertinent exposition is done via comic book styled panels. In my opinion, it’s not worth seeing. Watching this movie should somehow be featured as one of the tortures of the next Saw movie.

Yikes! Let’s see what Angry Zen Minion Brian Dirk has to say about the Repo:

Hey!

Figured I Would pass along a Repo! review, since I was lucky enough to see it here in Las Vegas.

Just figured I’d pass along a review of Repo! The Genetic Opera.

It is necessary to say at the get go: if you can’t handle gore: don’t see Repo! Pretty much every major plot element has some sort of macabre or gory moment associated with it. The viscera adds to the fun factor, but my wife had to close her eyes at some of the worst bits.

Anthony Stewart Head is *brilliant* as the Repo Man, and his transformation from killer to conflicted family man and back in several scenes is nothing short of magical. Paris Hilton rocks the house down as her character. To be honest, she was type-cast, and it worked well for this picture. The supporting cast, what little performances they had, were spot on as well. There were moments where Alexa Vega didn’t fully own the suspension of disbelief necessary to carry some of the more outlandish plot elements of the movie. But overall, her performance was decent: and her interaction with Anthony Head felt very genuine.

I really wished this had been a two hour movie (it is roughly 90 minutes). Some of the cuts from scene to scene felt very rushed, and some plot elements seemed to have been compressed or not fully fleshed out. This made me a little sad, as I would have sat through another 30 minutes to an hour of the movie to get some satisfaction on these points. Even despite these roadblocks, the story still maintains enough power and force to keep the viewer enthralled to the bloody (literally) end.

The soundtrack is pervasive and exceptional. The songs that have a defined length are catchy and fun, yet also expository and develop the characters. The characters, however, sing nearly all their lines: which makes some of the more mundane moments of the movie sound like they were attempting Gregorian chants in English. Unfortunately the theatre I saw Repo! in forgot two things about awesome rock music: 1.) Rock the Bass! 2.) Turn it up! So the music didn’t have the fullest impact it could for my audience. Fortunately I bought the soundtrack from I-Tunes and was able to hear the songs with full impact later.

All in all, Repo! is a grand experience full of campy fun. It is fun to see, fun to talk to your friends about, and fun to listen to the sound track on your way to work.

Now that sounds like something to see with a bunch of friends!

So there you have it. AZM, fair and balanced for once. I suspect that people will either really love this movie or absolutely hate this movie. Audrey already rolls her eyes when I tell her to check out my posts about Repo. I think I’ll still check this out on DVD when it drops. The closest showing to me is this Friday in Pittsburgh. I’m not that hardcore unfortunately.

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AZM Ally Hawk sends word that Joe Johnston will be directing First Avenger: Captain America. Johnston’s previous directing credits include Godzilla vs San Deigo (aka Jurassic Park III) and Hidalgo. No word on writers or actors but the movie will be set in WW II so we can expect some righteous Nazi smashing and plenty of Jap bashing. The movie is set to release on my birthday (*glee*) May 6, 2011.

Have we done the casting game for Cap? I honestly can’t think of someone who would fit. I think a no name is probably the best bet, but if you guys have any idea, casting game GO!

[Via Super Hero Hype]

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I use Photoshop so much that sometime when I’m drawing real life, I’ll often finger keyboard short cuts to save or to undo. Thanks to AZM Ally Jana, looks like real life Photoshop is closer than we thought. The above photo was created for an ad campaign for Sofware Asli, an Indonesian site that sells software. There’s a flickr series documenting the creation of the image.

The only thing missing is a bunch of little marching ants!

[Via Gizmodo]

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This is a bit old but its awesomeness stands the test of time. Angry Zen Minion Samuelistherobot (awesome nickname) sent along this clip of Norwegian Lasse Gjertsen playing drums. He filmed each hit one by one and cut it all together in post to make the beat. Freaking awesome. And look, here’s Lasse doing the same thing with beat boxing!

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AZM Ally Kensei Dave writes in with the horrifying news that Warner Brothers has acquired the rights to make a live action Ninja Scroll. The script will be written by Alex Tse who wrote the screen play for Watchmen. Leonardo DiCarprio’s production company Appian Way will co-produce the film with Mad House.

I suspect that the execs who approved this acquisition never ever saw Ninja Scroll. This thing would have to be rated XXX or at least NC-17 to do it right. It’s ninja porn. Blades, blood, and boobs. If any of them had seen Ninja Scroll they would have thrown Leo out on his ass. This is a really bad idea. Honestly, there’s not much plot to Ninja Scroll. Without the hyper violence and copious boobage, it’s not too compelling a tale. Jubei saves girl made of poison. Jubei ignores girl made of poison. Girl made of poison falls in love with Jubei. Girl made of poison dies.

Okay, so that actually sounds pretty interesting. But I still think this is a bad idea. If the anime was shown in theaters, there’s no way a simple R rating would cover the insanity. Translating that into live action would be completely balls crazy.

Hell with it, let’s play the casting game. Who would you like to see as Jubei and Kagero?

[Via Variety]

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Name and/or Alias: Jeff Haut

Location: on ur internets, redin ur blogz

Occupation: Lab Bitch

Top five favorite movies: Dark Knight, Spidey 2, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Stargate, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Worst movie you’ve ever seen, ever: Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. Oh yes, I witnessed that travesty. IN THEATRES, no less.

Best shitty movie you’ve ever seen: Snakes on a Plane. Cause Samuel Jackson is the fucking MAN.

Where do you prefer to watch your movies, IMAX, theater, computer, television, or iPod? Nothing beats the theater, but Ipod gaining steam.

Favorite movie moment: Dark Knight: “Want to see a Magic Trick?” I know, I’m going to hell.

Top five favorite comics/webcomics: Sandman, Watchmen, Order of the Stick, Questionable Content, Erfworld

Comic/webcomic you’d like to see as a movie: It’d be shit, but I’d pay good money for Questionable Content.

Favorite artist: Dave McKean

Favorite writer: Three way split between Neil Gaimen, Terry Pratchett, and Alan Moore.

What’s worse, Clone Saga or One More Day? Both can die in hell for eternity, but One More Day is the STUPIDEST IDEA EVAR

Floppies, trade paper backs, digital downloads, or webcomics? Digital Downloads or webcomics. My poor hard drive is just about to explode from all the crap I put on it.

Favorite comic moment: The entirety of the Sandman issue “24 hours” Couldn’t sleep for two days after reading that shit.

Mac or PC? Elitist Mac Bastards! PC all the way.

Henshin device: My homemade Tom Servo Life-sized actual-working puppet allows my snark factor to jump to 11.

Battle cry: THIS….IS….CAKETOWN!!!!

Mighty finisher: My barrage of personal daggers, rapiers ,and other sharp pointy objects I own turning my foe into a pincushion. A bloody, messy, pincushion.

How did you discover the Angry Zen Master? Isn’t Gooooooooooooogle wonderful?

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So there’s this Capoeira game coming out in February 2009 and I feel I should be really excited. But after looking at this gameplay footage, I feel somewhat underwhelmed. I guess playing a game is not as fun as actually doing Capoeira. If I didn’t find rock climbing, I would have enrolled in Capoeira classes. Maybe I’ll still do it sometime. Who knows.

Anyway, this thing is coming out for PSP, PS2, DS, Wii, and PC which is why I think it looks kind of bleh. I mean, you should want to get off your ass and do the moves after seeing Capoeira! You know, that feeling you get after watching Chairman Dacascos in Only the Strong!

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AZM Ally Kensei Dave sent along this clip of “Chase the Morning” from Repo featuring Sara Brightman and Alexa Vega. Sexy holo eyes, win. The music itself? Hmmm…

Well, lets face it, we’re only half interested in the music. I’m actually not expecting to fall in love with every song. There are some musicals that I really like that feature a song or two that I just can’t stand. I think the concept of Repo in and of itself is enough to get me into the theater.

Anyway, here’s another song from the flick, “Zydrate Anatomy.” We get to see Ms. Hilton as Amber Sweet and she’s honestly not horrible.

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And they didn’t have to strap anyone to a bomb to do it!

Angry Zen Minion S. Blue writes in with the exceedingly great news that plans for CW’s “The Graysons” have been scrapped. So relieved! “The Graysons” was to have taken the place of “Smallville” once that show ended. In a statement, the studio said:

The studio has opted not to go forward with the development of “The Graysons” at this time as the concept doesn’t fit the current strategy for the Batman franchise. Warner Bros. Television is currently working on several replacement options for the CW.

Whether this has anything to do with the possible outcome of the current Batman RIP storyline is unknown. But it is HIGHLY suspicious that Robin, Nightwing, and Birds of Prey have all been canceled. Speculation aside, I’m so happy this show got yanked. Get this, the show would have followed DJ (*groan*) as he dealt with love (meh), rivalry (meh), and his famous juggling act family (whuuuu?). Right, cause when I think flying through the air on a zip line, I think juggling.

Looks like the CW will have to scrounge for something else to fill the “Smallville” void. I vote for a Big Barda wrestling show!

[Via Variety]

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