Pacific Rim

Been a mad few days here in the Kiwi capital.  

Since Friday, central NZ has been enjoying multiple earthquakes of mostly low intensities until Sunday and the arrival of both a 5.7 MM, and later a 6.5 MM quake.  This has been mine and Carys' first taste of such phenomena, and what started out as novelty did turn a tad more serious as parts of the city were closed for 24+ hours as windows smashed, pipes burst, and roads cracked.

We were the lucky ones by comparison; bookshelf toppled over, few ornaments/ boxes and art tools smashed.  In fact the lives most affected in our apartment were those of my transformer collection, which unsuspectingly received a elbow drop from the aforementioned wardrobe.

Seriously... I've only just finished putting the Dinobots back together again...  that's what one should expect when living on the fabled "ring of fire" which circles the Pacific rim...

Yes, yes I DID just do that.... and on to the "jump!"

Despicable Me 2

Popped along to the cinema with Carys and some younger members of her extended Kiwi family this week, and what a great reason to go!

I have to admit that I'm already a fan of the original 2010 Despicable Me movie, and so was always going to see it's sequel.  Also, I've found animated sequels these days to have a near 100% record of being as good, if not better than their predecessors (not counting Shrek the Third & every sequel to a Disney "Classic" EVER MADE), so hope for a good time was high... and quite frankly YAY!!!.

GODZILLA teasers

So....  All our stuff has finally arrived in Wellington and we've managed to shoe horn *most of it into our apartment, also we may very well have jobs from next week, and we 're starting to discover a social life (tonight FIRE DANCING!!!)

Meanwhile it's San Diego Comic Con this coming weekend, and the only thing thats got me loitering on the internet for clues, teasers and wot-not is the impending arrival of the king.. of monsters that is.

Due for release May 2014; Gareth Edward's (writer/director of 2010's "Monsters") Hollywood reboot of Toho's atomic titan is making a huge appearance at the con, and hopefully trailers will be coming too, but meantime check the poster art Legendary and Edward's are releasing in the run up!!!

Yes, people still fear that the plot may turn out to be a ropey affair with no relevance or similarities to the original, but it's unlikely Emmerich/ Devlin's massive error will ever be allowed to occur here (please no).  Fingers crossed Edwards and the joint team of Legendary & Toho staff will unleash a Godzilla flick that is going to be a mad monster action joy to watch (2 other monsters are rumoured to be in this mash up!)

Check out http://www.godzilla-movies.com/ for future updates on promos, Godzilla con info or movie snippets as they come in!

Ps: saw Despicable Me 2 yesterday.. more on that laters!

Man of Steel (spoiler alert)

Look to the right folks.
  
This is the origin of an icon: summed up in 8 words & 4 beautiful panels (gotta love Frank Quitely art).

There are always going to be reboots, retellings, and reimaginings in comic book movies, but with Superman these are the 4 points NO ONE MUST EVER SCREW WITH... Mind you, the finer detail will always apparently be "fair game" (sigh), and so came Warner/DC's Superman reboot: "Man of Steel".