The inaugural entry for the eponymous Undead Monday. Before anyone go all maniacally wild over Megan Fox's involvement here, well, it's Jonah Hex, movie adaptation, so what's the undead connection?


Well, you'll see. Early reports indicated that John Malkovich will be playing the role of a voodoo master antagonist, who plans to liberate the Confederate South with an army of the undead. At least, that's for starters, as director Jimmy Hayward and good'ol Jimmy Palmiotti (the current writer for the DC comic of Jonah Hex) proved otherwise, setting the records straight by saying, "I don't know where the voodoo practitioner raising the army of the undead came from, but that has nothing to do with the film, John Malkovich's character is more of a terrorist who's upset about the Civil War than he is someone who's trying to fight and re-win the Civil War.".

Either way, Jonah Hex is a classic Western character who is a pioneer of the archetypal anti-hero, way back in 1972, heavily influenced by Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name in "The Dollars Trilogy", sharing his cynical and uncaring personality while bound by an extraordinary code of honor. Later directions for the character in the 1990s, written by Joe R. Lansdale and drawn by Tim Truman, brings Hex towards a darker realm, exposing himself to black magic, zombies and lovecraftian monsters.


Josh Brolin will be portraying Jonah Hex, complete with his half-disfigured look, while the aforementioned John Malkovich will be Quentin Turnbull, Hex's long-time nemesis in the comics.


And yes, Megan Fox is also cast as the romantic interest, Leila, a gun-wielding prostitute.


A look at the poster that was released.

Superhero movie is getting an ass-kicking treatment, as Mark Millar's runaway hit creator-owned series gets its hollywood release.

Rumored to have its film rights sold even before the first issue were off the shelves (goes a long way to illustrate the monster appeal of the superhero genre to Hollywood), Mark Millar's creator-owned series, published by Marvel Comics under the its Icon imprint alongside Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips's Criminal, has been a breakout hit series since its release in April 2008.

With a refreshingly intriguing take on superheroics, Mark Millar introduces the tale of an ordinary comic-book-reading kid who took his inspirations from the "funny books" a little too serious. Having zero abilities and training, Dave Lizewski, an otherwise average high school student took on the role of a costumed crime-fighter with the titular codename, Kick-Ass, with obviously disastrous results. What got this tale going is its unique realistic writing, putting together daily modern elements such as Youtube (when a bystander recorded Kick-ass's "heroic" antics on his mobile and posting it on Youtube) and MySpace (where Kick-Ass sets up a MySpace account for people seeking help from the hero), and realistic response from the usual people.

Perhaps this is what that had gotten Hollywood's enthusiasm rising. Despite the participation of Nicholas Cage in the cast as Big Daddy, the trailer of the film, which has just been fully released (it was released earlier in its teaser form during Comic-Con), does seemed appropriately well-made, probably due to the total absence of Nic Cage, I must add. Nevertheless, viewers who are unaware of the source material might write this off as another superhero spoof comedy with the trailer's overt concentration on its comedic strengths but not its dark, violent side.





For those interested in knowing further details on the adaptation, do check out the official site. In the meantime, the official trailer, as embedded below.

A major wrestling tour that is taking place over the week over Australia, brought to the Aussies from the prayers-saying, always-training, and vitamins-eating, Hulk Hogan.

Touring over Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, "Hulkamania - Let The Battle Begin" is a wrestling event exclusively for the Australian fans. PWTorch, ever the dependable online wrestling source, had released a review on it, so do check it out here.

A look at the roster and matches below:

1) Tag Team Match - The Pimp Fatha (Charles Wright, AKA The Godfather) & Nick Dinsmore
(Previous ring names U-Gene and previously contracted to the WWE as EuGene)
defeated Rock of Love

2) Best of Three Series for $25,000 - 'Spartan 3000' Matt Cross defeated Shannon Moore

3) "Down Under" Street Fight with Falls Count Anywhere stipulation - Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs & Jerry Sags w/Jimmy Hart defeated Vampire Warrior (Gangrel) & Black Pearl “The Count Of California”

4) Singles Match - Brutus “The Barber" Beefcake (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated John Heidenreich

5) Bikini Challenge Match - Lacey Von Erich defeated Koa Marie Turner, Stephanie Pietz, and Kiara Dillon

6) Singles Match - Mr. Ken Anderson (Mr. Kennedy) defeated Sean Morley (Val Venis)

According to PWTorch, Ken Anderson did his usual pose mid-ring waiting wait for his mic to fall until he realized this isn't WWE. The ring announcer then gave him his own mic, which got a great response. He did his usual promo on the mic. Instead of doing the long "Kennedy," he climbed the top rope and said, "Nah, Kennedy is dead... it's 'ANDERSON ... ANDERSON.'"

7) Tag Team Match - Solofa Fatu Jnr (Previous ring names Kishi and formerly contracted to the WWE as Rikishi) & Brian Christopher (Grand Master Sexay) defeated Orlando Jordan & Edward Fatu (Previous ring names Aumaga and formerly contracted to the WWE as Umaga)

8) Main Event: Singles Match - Hulk Hogan defeated Ric Flair

A rather decent roster, comprising old school 80s icons, WWE Attitude era's midcards, with some surprise addition along the way (Mr. Kennedy). A interesting attraction ought to be the official in-ring return of RIc Flair.

For those interested in the event, do check out the official site for more details.

Revolution is Coming...

...to an outstanding toy shop near you.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che, or simply Che, an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, military theorist, and major figure of the Cuban Revolution. Or rather, the counterculture pop icon many recognized now.

Just the kind of legend requiring an action figure all his own. Spotting an outstandingly authentic head sculpt of Guevara, the amazing DID Corporation has added another remarkable figure into their stellar roster. For those interested, do check out the link on their official site.

Something for the new year.

Of sources unknown, had stumbled upon a set of Tekken 6 calendar wallpapers for the year 2010. Pretty sure these are Bandai Namco's official releases, based on the nifty resolution.

Just click on the respective image to download a higher resolution of the picture.