Action Features: March 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Action Features Podcast Episode 9:
The One Where We Put James Cameron In His Place 3/29/2012

We aren't faking the funk on a nasty dunk... This really is Action Features Episode 9. It has some great stuff built all up inside of it. The boys chat about James Cameron being a big ol' Jerk, January Jones weirdness, and toy-stealing big sisters. Oh yeah, there's a Top Five in here too: Top 5 Favorite Movie Scenes. So plug it in and get down with your bad self.

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Monday, March 26, 2012

1989Batman.com-
Video Feature!

Head over to 1989Batman.com for their latest vintage video feature-

A Current Affair: "Adam West or Michael Keaton?"

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Toy Talk Review:
Hot Toys DX08
Jack Nicholson Joker 12" Figure

DX08 Joker has arrived! Here's a video offering our thoughts on the figure, followed by a gaggle of pictures. Enjoy!

Herb Ritts Publicity Shot Tributes-

1989Batman.com-
Hot Toys DX08 Jack Nicholson
Joker 12" Figure Review

Head over to 1989Batman.com for a review of the new Hot Toys Nicholson Joker figure!

Hot Toys DX08 Jack Nicholson Joker 12" Figure Review

Action Features Podcast Episode 8:
The One Where We Support Our Local Girl Scouts 3/22/2012

Hello listeners. How are your ears doing? Oh... They're lonely you say? Well perhaps they'd like to meet a friend of mine. His name is Action Features Episode 8. I'm sure they will get along swimmingly. After all, Episode 8 of Action Features has Mike and James discussing things like the Prometheus trailer, werewolves, crying at movies, comic books, and awesome television shows that Mike isn't watching. Oh yeah... and James sold Girl Scout Cookies as a kid. Poke fun at him all you want. But first- Listen to the podcast. You won't regret it. Ever.

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1989Batman.com-
Vintage Newspaper Clipping

1989Batman.com hits us up with another vintage newspaper clipping! Check it out-

Vintage Newspaper Clippings: San Jose Mercury News Review

MOTUCFigures.com-
Creator Interview With
Scott "Toy Guru" Neitlich!

MOTUCFigures.com sits down with Mattel Brand Manager Scott "Toy Guru" Neitlich to discuss his upcoming figure "The Mighty Spector"!

Creator Interview: Scott "Toy Guru" Neitlich!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

INSANITY (not the work-out program)

I was reading up on the film 'Drive' (which I will be reviewing shortly), when I came accross news that a woman named Sarah Deming was suing FilmDistrict (a company that produced the film) for "damages suffered", as she felt the movie was marketed in a misleading way, to cater to the 'Fast and Furious' crowd. She also said that "Drive was a motion picture that substantially contained extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith, and thereby promoted criminal violence against members of the Jewish faith." I've seen the movie, and this is digging deep. There is a character who happens to be Jewish. He is a bad guy. In NO WAY does the film promote criminal violence against members of the Jewish faith. This was yesterday, when I read this.

Today I see in Yahoo "news" that one user on the Bioware forums has complained to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) about the ending of a video game called 'Mass Effect 3'. .... The FTC!???...

Does anyone else see a problem with this? Back in the day is was suing McDonald's for the coffee being too hot. That was ridiculous. Try not spilling it. But coming accross these two stories in a row made me want to call out the problem. This is a minority, of course. But I also believe it is a mentality that is creeping into our culture and our world as a whole. Where did this sense of entitlement come from? What makes these people think that they are owed entertainment? So you didn't like the movie... BIG. DEAL. If you really care that much, you should've done a little research before just accepting whatever TV spot you saw as being the whole film. Of course the most exciting parts of a movie are going to be used for the trailer! Did they use footage that wasn't in the movie? No. So was it really false advertising? No. So the video game didn't end how you envisioned it. How mad can you possibly get? Pretty mad, apparently.

These forms of entertainment are, essentially, art. And we are all emotionally tied to art. I have to admit that I myself have gotten steamed about things that didn't go the way I had hoped on the big screen. But to take action is a horse of a different color (pink, I think...). Its absurd. You get over it. You move on. You spent an hour and a half and you didn't like it. YOU TAKE A CHANCE WHEN YOU SEE A MOVIE. This type of reaction is evidence that 1) You are now being controlled by your entertainment, which should be supplimental to real life, not the substance of life. Which means that 2) You need to get your priorities straight and 3) You have a lot of growing up to do. This also sheds light on another problem, which is that there are people willing to hear these people out. Theres a lawyer somewhere who took on this ladies case to sue a movie company for not making a movie she liked (she is also trying to get a law in place to keep companies from misrepresenting films in the future). There is a judge somewhere who is willing to waste time on this JOKE.

I love these forms of art. I can understand how one would love a form of recreation such as video games. But if it is affecting you so much, it is controlling you. How very unhealthy. To let it get to this point is to lose the beauty of it and get wrapped up in ourselves and all we incorrectly believe we are owed. I like to joke around, and James and I have fun talking about these things daily, and on our podcasts. But it isn't our entire lives. We enjoy the ride. Its escapism. Thats it. Part of me feels sorry for these people, because they probably have a big empty hole in their lives, and they are trying to fill it with these things and it gets too personal. The other part of me doesn't feel sorry for them at all, for they are responsible for themselves and their own contentment. Still, a smaller part of me is inclined to find these people and smash their kneecaps with a golf club, but they won't learn that way....

My point in all of this is simple: we would do well to be aware of these things happening around us so that we don't find ourselves suddenly in these same, sad mindsets.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Action Features Podcast Episode 7:
The One Where We Skipped A Week 3/15/2012

Did you miss us? Well, we're back so quit complaining. In Episode 7 of Action Features, Mike and James eat some pretzels, talk about a few new acquisitions, and get loco for some new tacos. Those are all just appetizers though. The main meaty course of this episode is the next "Top 5" list: The top 5 movies you were really looking forward to but were ultimately disappointed by. So grab your popcorn, put on your 3-D specs, and prepare to get disappointed.... By the movies I mean. Not the podcast. Well, maybe the podcast too. But listen to it anyway. Yeah.

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