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2005-03-18T20:20:00.000-08:00

We FINALLY are pleased to announce that M+R in it's current incarnation is closed. Visit our message board at R3 for new content every day, in all the super-duper subjects you've expected from this blog: film, TV and comics news and reviews from the M+R Staff, plus wrongrobot's robotic root and our links section. These, and more, have been folded into the R3 Forum, the message board for Third

M+R Migration Underway!

2005-01-19T13:28:00.000-08:00

True Believers! Robot Readers! Monkey Minions! It only LOOKS like we have been cheesing off. In actuality, the new Monkey+Robot Reviews is nearly complete. Check back soon for a link to the new and improved site which includes, at the very least, more fatbits per minute. More fatbits! We're about 75% finished migrating content over at the time of this writing. In the meantime, take a moment

Monkey + Robot Updates!

2004-12-03T15:07:00.000-08:00

Construction in Progress! Dedicated readers will have recently noted that our daily post traffic has halted for the week, due to a disc quota issue, which I'm certain is an insidious terrorist plot. We have begun redistributing our content to three sub-sites, which will soon be dynamically linked here. However, in the meantime, updates will be posted daily to Monkey+ Robot Reviews, like this one

We're BACK!

2004-11-29T10:54:00.000-08:00

Aeon Flux: ...which, unfortunately, as this photo offered up by IronLung proves, might very well be the only decent-looking side of the new Aeon Flux costume. Why the hell... I mean... who does this? Who spends all that dough to sign Charlize Theron, and clearly, not for a strong thespian performance in this particular project... and then goes out of their way to not utilize her natural assets

Site of the Week: Starship Dimensions

2004-11-14T07:50:00.000-08:00

Starship Dimensions: Alert! Greekout warning! Alert! Visit Starship Dimensions here. Jeff Russell has put totgether a SCALE diagram of ships from various science fiction universes, and compared them to recognizable real-world objects, like the Statue of Liberty or a football field. The page is broken up into scale factors, each representing a unit length, and each scale factor section shows

Trailer Review: Star Wars Episode III

2004-11-12T15:29:00.000-08:00

It's time once again for trailer reviews... this time, it's Star Wars Episode III- the teaser trailer so hyped that a record number of fan-boy types actually ate their own heads in reaction. Your reviewers: IronLung and Wrongrobot, two halves of a complimentary bad-ass robotic representation, not unlike the...two halves of... Darth Maul... criminally cut short... and in half... in Episode I...

Fast Times at Hero High

2004-11-12T15:26:00.000-08:00

Fast Times at Hero High: The buzz of last years summer Con was this short fan film about a certain school for super-gifted youth... mirroring the seminal Cameron Crowe classic. Watch for several of Marvel and DC's characters in action... with each other, or themselves... so to speak... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Elektra Official Trailer

2004-11-12T15:20:00.000-08:00

Elektra: The official trailer is up at Yahoo and boy, it sure is swell. Watch for Typhoid Mary, the clear front-runner for scene-stealing with the deadly touch sashaying, and check out Johnny Annimal-Tattoo-Guy. Great looking F/X. Promising, promising... but then again, trailers can be deceiving. Remember, even Johnny Mnemonic looked tolerable in trailer form... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Darth Shills for Target!

2004-11-10T13:24:00.000-08:00

This comes straight from IronLung via a cerebral tap... Darth Vader shills for Target... follow this link to download the commercial. It's good. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Fantastic Four's Dr. Doom: Concealed Dope Alert!

2004-11-10T11:21:00.000-08:00

You have to admit that they've done a fine job so far of translating the Fantastic Four to screen, visually anyway. Yes, there's some question about the otherwise-hottie Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, whether the bleached blonde look is going to pan out, and yes, Doom appears, so far anyway, to have shed the tacky Medieval cloak... but all-in-all, the team looks very much as Bryan Hitch designed

Global Frequency

2004-11-10T11:01:00.000-08:00

Global Frequency: Regarding WB passing on the Gloab Freq. pilot: "In the wee hours of the US morning, Warren Ellis broadcasted some news via his Bad Signal email list: "So the news got out while I was away. The WB passed on the GLOBAL FREQUENCY pilot. From what I can gather, we fell foul of a change of network execs and general network politics. Which happens all the time, without rancour.

Blast from the Robotic Past: G.I. Joe

2004-11-09T11:42:00.000-08:00

So I was talking with another artist today about old characters and redesigning them years later... another topic for another day... and he sent me an illustration of a character he drew back in the early 80s... and I mentioned it reminded me of the original G.I. Joe "Covert-Action Specialist" Snake-Eyes, which was one of my earliest figures in my Deliberate Collecting Phase (as opposed to

TV Review: Ghost in the Shell- Stand Alone Complex

2004-11-08T22:33:00.000-08:00

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Cartoon Network, happy home of such surreal fare as Space Ghost, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, has been slowly buying domestic broadcasting rights for various high-quality japanime and showing the series on late night weekend blocks. They've made Cowboy Bebop a household name (well, very few houesholds, but anyway) and now

Doris the Thinkasaurus

2004-11-08T18:21:00.000-08:00

So says...Wrongrobot! "> Who?

Kids-In-Mind Review: The Limey

2004-11-08T16:52:00.000-08:00

Kids-In-Mind.com Review of The Limey, one of the five best films ever made. "After his release from prison, Englishman Terence Stamp goes to L.A. with a vengeance to find the person responsible for his daughter's "accidental" death. Also with Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Barry Newman, Joe Dallesandro, Nicky Katt, Amelia Heinle and Melissa George. [1:30] SEX/NUDITY 3 - A

Comic Review: WE3 2

2004-11-08T13:40:00.000-08:00

WE3 2: This block-rockin mini-series continues to astound me. It is very possibly Morrisson and Quitely's best work totgether... ever. Mammalian Death Machines 1, 2 and 3 are on the loose, with the military lighting up the forest around them, and as they do what their mutated-bio-engineered-combat-trained-instincts guide them to do, and soldiers and helo pilots are soon being brained all over

Superman

2004-11-08T13:38:00.000-08:00

...see what I'm sayin? So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Willy Wonka in Paradis

2004-11-08T13:24:00.000-08:00

That was a bad pun, I know. No fatwas, please. These are from Iron Lung who acually dresses this way all the time... IronLung and Raj from Apprentice... birds of a feather. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Comic Review: Human Target 15

2004-11-08T09:05:00.000-08:00

Human Target 15: The first issue of this arc set up some interesting concepts to be explored: religious cults populated by the youth, faith healers, a photogenic young messiah-figure, seasoned handlers of the lucrative church and the jealous, fearful parent of a young woman from a money family who has joined the cult to be near it's leader. In all of this, we see Christopher Chance again

Comic Review: Losers 17

2004-11-08T08:47:00.000-08:00

Losers 17: Part 2 of "The Pass," the long-anticipated origin story of the Losers that has been hinted at for the past year, and it's beginning to look like something ba-ad is gonna happen soon. Thanks to Andy Diggle's consistently clean and edgy dialog and the triumphant return of Jock to art chores, this arc is reading like a bookshelf-edition classic Losers story, referenced and imagined so

Comic Review: Ultra 3

2004-11-08T08:34:00.000-08:00

Ultra 3: The third of seven issues in this inventive mini-series, this issue centers on the first date between Pearl, known to the world as the popular Ultra, and a normal guy, so normal I can't remember his name. It's a detour from the Sex and the City/We Channel approach used so far in the series, and a page out of Notting Hill, exploring both the unusual pressures of celebrity/normal person

Sin City - New Posters

2004-11-08T08:32:00.000-08:00

Sin City: Looking for something new on the highly-awaited Rodriguez/Miller opus? Have you watched your 50Mb teaser trailer one thousand times (IronLung!) and need a fix on something, anything new? How about new movie posters? So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Crow 4: From the Grave to Blockbuster to the Grave

2004-11-08T08:28:00.000-08:00

Crow IV: hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha... sob... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Lets Fondly Remember Ashlee Simpson

2004-11-05T17:01:00.000-08:00

Ashlee Simpson's Lip-Synch Disaster on SNL: This robot was suffering through Saturday Night Live's dreary second half when Ashlee Simpson, the meticulously fabricated alt-hip-Simpson Sister, stood paralyzed on-stage as her band began playing the title song from her album, Autobiography, but an audible lip-synch track played through with the lyrics for the previous song played. With no way to

Global Frequency not Picked Up!

2004-11-05T16:50:00.000-08:00

Global Frequency: As if the recent Election Day fiasco wasn't enough, this from John Rogers, producer of the GF pilot: "You can make it official. The WB has passed on the pilot. However, they've also been real gentlemen and released it back to the studio to be taken elsewhere. Many networks hold onto pilots out of spite, fearing that if it succeeds elsewhere, they'll look bad. Luckily the WB

NYPD: Blue is Officially the Crappiest Show in History

2004-11-05T16:47:00.000-08:00

NYPD: Blue: Oh brother what a bloated sack of an idea. I mean, I know they now advertize it as "NYPD Blue: The Final Season" as if people will rejoice and tune in just to watch it flame out, but... but... ...Jimmy Smits as the GHOST COP? Hahahahhahahhaha ahhahahahaha ah aha ha ahah aahaha [tear] What a thesp. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Watchmen

2004-11-05T16:42:00.000-08:00

Watchmen: So the bad news trickling out today is the unceremonious boot of Darren Aronofsky from the Watchmen project. Sigh. From the Beat: "Has there ever been a more problematic comics-to-film translation than THE WATCHMEN? Setting aside the idea of whether the Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons masterpiece can even be filmed, a planned film adaptation has had 15 years of stops and starts. First

The Late Late Kilborn-less Show

2004-11-05T15:41:00.000-08:00

Late Late Kilborn-less Show: Over the last number of weeks, they've had a rotating string of guest-hosts on The Late Late Show, ever since Craig Kilborn's bizarre, leering condescending exit from the show. Many have clearly been crowd-pleasing fill-ins from among his friends, peers and former guests. But apparently, for some this was an on-air job interview. Interestingly, a few of the best

Star Wars E3 Mania

2004-11-05T14:27:00.000-08:00

Star Wars E3: Madness, they call it madness! Star Wars is everywhere today. Starwars.com revealed the trailer. Mirror sites went up, came down, went up and came down again. Our own IronLung fronted me the teaser vid, and I've watched it three times, not deciding just yet how I feel about it. Over at The Beat, she put it pretty well: "The march of technology has given us access to many

Elektra

2004-11-05T14:20:00.000-08:00

Elektra: Lots and lots of Elektra stuff is looking tip-top and getting totally overshadowed by everything else, despite it containing kung-fu, colorful costumes, bad mojos, Terrence Stamp and the mega-tight uber-action heroine, Jennifer Garner. If you want to get caught up, see the official site here, and then come here for a load of new photos. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Fantastic Four

2004-11-05T13:02:00.000-08:00

Fantastic Four: Things are heating up! And yes, bad pun. Piss off, you. I tole and tole people, the Human Torch would actually get to BE a human torch, but no one would listen, so fearful of that teaser image with Chris Evans' flaming fingernail or whatever. NOW you believe this robot! Believe everything I type. Do it! DO IT! Here's a link to CBR, where you can download a fantastically

Comic Review: Ultimate Nightmare 3

2004-11-02T13:25:00.000-08:00

Ultimate Nightmare 3: This issue is neither ultimate nor nightmarish, really. I'm not being snarky, much, either. Regualr artist Trevor Harsine is missing, and the usually competent Steve Epting has picked up the reins. Unfortunatel, his art is flat and murky in these darl compositions. It's very difficult to get a sense of space, and even harder to differentiate the action occurring with both

Comic Review: Doctor Spectrum 3

2004-11-02T13:18:00.000-08:00

Doctor Spectrum 3: Oddly enough, this was the first issue of this mini-series to fall flat from cover to cover. The cliche continues, with Dr. Spectrum's Gem-Consciousness communicating with him, AS him, taking him on a painful journey through his darket memories. Travel Foreman's art is a little shakey this time around, though several stand-out sequences remind the reader of how good this guy

Comic Review: X-Men 163

2004-11-02T13:01:00.000-08:00

X-Men 163: This issue, unlike the last seventeen Austen X-Men books, is all action. That doesn't mean it's suddenly readable or accessible. And that baffles me, because how can an action book, pencilled by a top-tier artist with a solid understanding of story structure, pacing and dynamics, be inaccessible?! And yet, here it is. X-Men are scattered in clusters around the Westchester Estate, in

Nintendo Threatens Suicide Girls Over "Turn Ons"

2004-11-02T09:48:00.000-08:00

Nintendo vs. Sex-Loving Video Game Playing Alternative hotties: "LOS ANGELES - Alternative/goth Adult Web site SuicideGirls.com was sent a cease and desist letter from Nintendo of America Tuesday ordering the company to remove references to Zelda and Metroid from their Web site. On Thursday, the video game maker followed up with an apology letter, offering free video game systems. The

Global Frequency, Iron Man

2004-11-02T09:29:00.000-08:00

Global Frequency: According to CBR: "The team at Kryptonsite have another project going on ... but there's bad news. According to an unconfirmed rumor they have posted at FrequencySite, "it seems that the "sure thing" of a March 2005 launch for Global Frequency may not happen after all, as we are hearing that the WB has passed on making 'Global Frequency' beyond the series pilot." According to

Comic Review: Uncanny X-Men 451

2004-11-01T16:01:00.000-08:00

Uncanny X-Men 451: Once again, another issue of X-Men has come and gone and made me feel like I got tricked, fooled, bamboozled. I swear, wasn't this already published in, like, 1983? It's got the usual Claremont redundancies (unbeatable, ultimate foe, all the X-men fail before somehow reaching new power levels and skills to defeat said foe, a misunderstood young mutant on the run who's also

Hoi Hoi, Cockaroach Killing Cutey Doll!

2004-11-01T14:55:00.000-08:00

Hoi Hoi Manga: This comes to us from Hentai Kid, and seemd worth posting here, because it's weird. "Hoi Hoi is a cute little household doll, whose function it is to go around the house and massacre cockroaches with her cute little machine guns and katana..." And, surprisingly, no tentacled sexual assaults, so it seems... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Is Superman Singer's Secret Subversive Weapon?

2004-11-01T14:34:00.000-08:00

Singer's Clever Agenda, as Predicted by Rich Johnston: "With Brandon Routh being confirmed as playing the new Superman, and all sorts of online speculation about his sexuality going round the message boards, I'd like you all to remember where you heard it first. A few months ago, when I reported on the Miller/Knowles challenge and named it as, actually, a battle between Warner Brothers and

Comic Review: The Authority: Revolution 1

2004-11-01T13:22:00.000-08:00

The Authority: Revolution 1: I haven't read Authority since a smattering of issues after the mild, neutered relaunch in the post Seth-era, which had really turned me off. Knowing this was Ed Brubaker's attempt to inject some interesting new ideas into the stale Superheroes without Consequences theme of this title, I picked this up and gave it a try. The good news is that it's worth sticking

Comic Review: Daredevil 66

2004-11-01T13:03:00.000-08:00

Daredevil 66: This issue marks the beginning to a new, and hopefully richly explored chapter in the Marvel Universe, and Hell's Kitchen in particular. We see the origin of the new Kingpin, Alexander Bot, as told through flashbacks. Alex Maleev's art continues to astound me, as each flashback wields a different art style and the color scheme associated with it also changes to match botht he look

Comic Review: Iron Man 89

2004-11-01T11:06:00.000-08:00

Iron Man 89: I can't decide what flattened the tires on this one: Rickett's discomfort with characterization and continuity, or a rushed, forced resolution to the arc before the celebrated relaunch, or the jarringly sloppy fill-in art. But man, what a wasted opportunity. Let's look at the basics: Tony Stark is locked in a violent clash with a mysterious foe in another, irrationally duplicate

Face/Off!

2004-11-01T11:02:00.000-08:00

Face Transplant OK'd: Yup, for real! Read all about it here. And have fun doing so, because I chose a Russian news report to link to because it had the best headline of the lot: "Would you like to change your face? You are welcome!" So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Ben Affleck Bites Geeky Small Cabage-Smelling Hand that Fed Him a Hot Girlfriend

2004-11-01T10:32:00.000-08:00

Affleck/Smith Feud?: This, from an unidentified source, appeared in my inbox over the weekend: "Ben Affleck has made an astonishing swipe at long-term pal, director Kevin Smith - accusing him of exploiting teenage fans of his cult films. Affleck has appeared in five of Smith's films, starting with 1995's Mallrats and most recently this year's Jersey Girl. But Smith was reportedly upset Affleck

Happy Halloween from Wrongrobot!

2004-10-29T15:15:00.000-07:00

Stay away from the applecore razorblades, kiddies! For more such magical comic illustration, come visit Thrd Rail Design Lab here... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Isotope Comic Lounge's Election Day Giveaway

2004-10-29T15:10:00.000-07:00

Isotope Election Day Party: Are you voting on Tuesday? Like free comic scratch? Stop by Isotope comic lounge in San Francisco on Nov 02 with your "I voted" sticker or ballot stub and join the party. Ex Machina scribe Brian K. Vaugh will be in the shop, handing out a free, limited edition "Making Of..." DVD of Ex-Machina's creative process, and you can be sure the party will be lively. Free comc

Iron Man Film

2004-10-29T15:09:00.000-07:00

Iron Man: And the unpleasant rumor of the day: Rob Lowe in talks for Tony Stark?!? I actually quite liked Lowe in West Wing, but can't tolerate him in Dr. Vegas. He tends to have a more self-aware, genuine delivery. He OCULD pull it off, but he'd have to crank the indifference and cavalier attiude to eleven, frankly. It sure would be keen if the scriptwriters looked to Millar's Ultimates

Rolling Stone's Batmobile Spread

2004-10-29T14:52:00.000-07:00

Batman Begins: Rolling Stone magazine has offered a nice, lush, well-lit breakdown of the Batmobile [The Tumbler] and SuperheroHype has a scan uploaded here. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Comic Interviews: The Intimates

2004-10-29T14:05:00.000-07:00

The Intimates: CBR.com has posted a three-part interview and preview series on the upcoming book The Intimates, which this robot susepct might be kinda swell. See them here, http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=4367 and http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=4374. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

MEAT hats and maggot vats

2004-10-29T13:59:00.000-07:00

Meat Hats: Our friend IronLung has ruined my lunch once again, with this putrid link. Pretty good designs, though. This reminds me of StinkyMeat.net, which was the ingenious site in which the guys left various meats on the lawn for weeks at a time and chronicled their horrific decay... but at the time of this posting, it's as dead as a doornail, with promise of an arhival restoration... of

Batman Costume, in full Effect

2004-10-27T14:56:00.000-07:00

Thank you, Joblo... thank you. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Scientist Grows Brain in Petri Dish, Inserts in Robot Against Advice of Knowing, Imperiled Female Assistant

2004-10-27T14:47:00.000-07:00

Seriously! The future is now, and it's weird! So says...Wrongrobot! ">

The Last Starfighter- The Musical

2004-10-27T13:44:00.000-07:00

The Last Starfighter- The Musical: You remember the film... it made total sense in 5th grade! Now comes the Musical... someone woke up abruptly from their 'Lude haze and declared: "The time is now! I must finance a musical production of the Louis Gossett Junior feature film! Louis Gossett Junior not required!" And so, they did. So says...Wrongrobot! . And surprisingly,. it's received at least

Kojak Remake

2004-10-27T13:35:00.000-07:00

Kojak: USA has financed a new drama (I think) for the network, on the heels of Monk, Dragnet, Raging Id Cop (or whatever it's called) and sure enough... it's a remake of KOJAK, because they learned nothing from Dragnet (which was actually well done, just was hurt by the Dragnet-ness of the production. Had they just used different music and named Ed O'Neill's character Detective O'Malley or

[Latest] Best T-Shirt Ever

2004-10-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

From our friends at Glarkware... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Superman, Fantastic Four

2004-10-27T10:21:00.000-07:00

Superman: Two small buzzbits of interest today: Shawn Ashmore is rumored to be cast as Jimmy Olsen. Ashmore was last seen as the promising young Iceman in X2, and has had the rarified honor of making out with Anna Pacquin. And according to SupermanV, Routh signed a three picture deal for the Superman franchise... but the third is possibly to be a Batman/Superman combo-special. Hmmmm. :::

Monkeylander

2004-10-26T10:52:00.000-07:00

Monkeylander: Thank IronLung for this job-killing time-sukage which totally kicks ASS. The monkey skulls on stakes give me the chills though. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Votergasm.com

2004-10-26T10:05:00.000-07:00

Votergasm.com: Funny, funny...Funny! Sex, voting technicalities, registration services, more sex. Not too shabby. There's even a pledge to withhold sex from any non-voters. Not a bad idea. Favorite quote: "Having filled out her absentee ballot request form, there is only one step left: "licking the stamp." Derek takes care of it." So says...Wrongrobot! ">

2004 Season Premiere Round-Up Part 1: Returning Shows

2004-10-25T13:53:00.000-07:00

Season Premiere Round-Up, Part One: Returning Shows CSI: So this season started pretty much the way last season ended: in an effort to keep up the futile effort to up the ante in the Shocking! Plot! Twists! the writers seem to now be routinely hurtling murderdeathkills into the CSI machine three and four at a time in the hopes that while the stretched out

TV Review: Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

2004-10-25T13:20:00.000-07:00

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: This show is quickly becoming my favorite of the current ME Productions Adult Swim line-up. Where Space Ghost once ruled, cobwebs remain. Where Aqua Teen once thundered my spinal column with block-rockin weirdness, tedium remains. Where Sealab 2021 once bewildered me with non-sequitors, now consistency remains. However, Birdman, which started a bit soft, has

The New CSI

2004-10-25T11:36:00.000-07:00

CSI: SOme critics have complained that the police procedural drama has not just killed the popular sitcom format, but strangled it slowly with a frictionless fiberoptic wire in a reverse hold, minimize prints and identifiable ligature marks, while digitally recording the eighball hemmhorages in the eyes of the victim as they slowly lose brain activity... ...um. So yeah, 4 Law and Orders, 3 CSIs

X-Men Legends on Penny Arcade

2004-10-25T10:55:00.000-07:00

"...People who are fanatically devoted to eviscerating miscreants should investigate Raven's X-Men: Legends. If they are unable to bring the full four players to bear, however, they need to be prepared for the fact that sometimes Cyclops is going to bite it and it's not my fault. Bragging about your full retinue isn't going to help us battle the Brotherhood of Evil Fucking Mutants. That breaks

Elektra vs Typhoid Mary

2004-10-25T10:02:00.000-07:00

Elektra: Have you been up late the last few months, fretting and festering over what Typhoid Mary's going to look like, fully-realized on-screen? Fret no more. Doesn't show you much, other than that they're going for the risque lipstick lesbian-lite demographic. Or, more specifically, the posion lipstick... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

5 Shitty Movies That Everybody Loves

2004-10-22T16:22:00.000-07:00

5 Shitty Movies That Everybody Loves: Check it out here... includes witty commentary and fun mouseware drawings! So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Iron Man

2004-10-22T10:32:00.000-07:00

Iron Man: Reel good news... ahh I didn't do that... on the IM film front. Haytner's script was approved and sent out to directors for a production start daye in 2005, according to IGN. "Sources advised IGNFF that this draft of Iron Man is very Tom Clancy-esque in tone and involves the conflict between Tony Stark and his father Howard over Stark Industries. The Armored Avenger's origin has been

Fantastic Four

2004-10-22T10:26:00.000-07:00

Fantastic Four: Entertainment Tonight showed some footage from the new film, currently being shot under the helm of Tim Story. There are some interesting scenes in the video, including Thing under the trenchcoat and fedora, Mr. Fantastic messing around but not stretching, and Jessica Alba complaining about her ass in spandex, which is the only time you'll hear anything negative about it, no

Robots Will Pick Your Nose for You in 2007, Guaranteed

2004-10-22T10:11:00.000-07:00

Rise Robots Rise: According to this, and a number of other news outlets, we will need more robots around the house to pick up crap and get bossed around, come 2007. I'll tell you one thing right now: I already do all that in my household. I'm not about to get replaced with a smaller, cuter model bot that does the same stuff and holds it's tongue! I was here first. Plus, can they work the

Superman, Girl Gamers, Astroboy on Ninjatune, Beauty Week in China and a Pathetic Bitter Pill Comics Writer

2004-10-21T09:59:00.000-07:00

Rumor Day... Superman: First, a growing consensus about the man in tights... but follow this link to learn about the planned integration with the first two films (erasing the last two from continuity:) he's still young, he's been gone a long time, and there will not be yet another origin story. There is also talk of... ...Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor... ...Jude Law as a certain

Comic Review: Orbiter Hardcover

2004-10-20T13:08:00.000-07:00

Orbiter HC: Ladies and Gentlemen, there are SPOILERS in Space... Loosely, the story of "Orbiter," dedicated to the astronauts of Columbia by Garth Ennis in the foreword, is about a US space shuttle which returns to earth after 10 years missing. Not destroyed, not taken -- missing. As in it just 'disappeared.' Every good story starts somewhere other than the beginning, and I thought this one

Video Game Sex Revolution

2004-10-20T11:18:00.000-07:00

Sex in Video Games: So it all started with a few curious toggles in Atari's 'Custer's Revenge', then blossomed with potential in the classic Leisure Suit Larry sprite-based role-playing games... and suddenly, with little warning, sex in video games is everywhere, from the physics-manipulating jiggle factor in Dead or Alive, to the elaborate deviant shenanigans available in SimWorld... what's it

Superhero Identity Quiz

2004-10-20T10:41:00.000-07:00

Superhero Identity Quiz: I mean, you're a legend in your own shower, but if you were all-spandex, all-the-time, who would you be? Here's your chance to find out... or at least be mildly amused by the zany choices and then perplexed by the outcome. For example, this robot has been identified as The Human Torch... ...which is odd, unless it was the ORIGINAL Human Torch, who we know was an

Really Good Paris Hiton Pics

2004-10-19T13:48:00.000-07:00

Good Girl Paris Hilton: We've seen some of th nastiest, raunchiest, sluttiest taudry imagery come from that young "hot" media-fluffer... but where's the GOOD stuff? I mean, REALLY good stuff? Here's a contest to find out! So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Evangeline Lily as Lois Lane?

2004-10-19T13:33:00.000-07:00

Superman: Oh, here's one more... We here at Monkey + Robot reviews haven't had a chance to review LOST on ABC this season, but it's good stuff, and in no small part thanks to newcomer Evangeline Lily. According to some recent Superman film buzz, she may be on the short list for Lois Lane. Let me tell you one thing: Put Lily in a smart business suit and a pair of specs, and condescending Clark

Comic News: Superman Cast? Batman at Last?

2004-10-19T13:16:00.000-07:00

Superman: OK< I can't resist, because the photo was so classic. According to a few sources this weekend, this is the guy... ::: Batman Begins: ...and they finally released a photo of R'as al Gul (sp) in full attire. Looks 'hot' as good-girl-paris would say, fumbling with herself under the nun's habit. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Comic News: Image Comics Moves to Berkeley

2004-10-19T13:10:00.000-07:00

Image Relocation: Erik Larson pulled them out of the San Diego vortex of bikinis and Roberto's Tacos and has sealed the deal to bring Image Comics to the Bay Area. But Berkeley wasn't the first choice, just the whole-wheatiest... "Stephenson told CBR News that Berkeley wasn't their first choice for a new location, but it worked out for the best. "We were considering a space in San Francisco

Burlyman Comics: Tastee Wheat?

2004-10-19T13:04:00.000-07:00

Tastee Wheat: Those Matrix goons are at it again, creating something either terrifyingly clever or inexplicably idiotic, and they're too hip, and we're too droll, to know the difference! I have learned nothing from the Matrix debacle. I look at this site over and over again, read the articles, scan the recipes (with serving suggestions of crumpled paper) and regard the clip art... and wonder.

Film News: Miami Vice Remake

2004-10-15T11:22:00.000-07:00

Miami Vice: The ink is blotting, though the deal ain't signed, but Universal is in final negotiations to put together their dream team Miami Vice film project, with Michael Mann writing, producing and directing, and starring Colin Farrell as Crockett and Jamie Foxx as Tubbs. Monkey + Robot goes on record here as fully supporting this project, thankful that Tom Cruise wasn't handed the Crockett

Beatbits: Bill Shatner Sings about Ass Gas, New Monkeys Sing Better

2004-10-14T15:07:00.000-07:00

Beatbits: Heidi has touched on a few bits and pieces worth noting here, because they make the brain tissue swell. First, Shatner's new album: "Produced by legit musician Ben Folds, Has Been finds Shatner crooning Pulp's "Common People" as well as several original compositions, and teaming with folks like Henry Rollins, Aimee Mann, Brad Paisley, Adrian Belew and Joe Jackson. Don't miss the

City of Heroes in Mourning

2004-10-14T14:55:00.000-07:00

City of Heroes in Mourning: In a surreal first for avatar-based flash-mobbing, the City of Heroes online community stopped and saluted the ghost of Christopher Reeve, as news of the actor's death emerged. Read about it here. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Film News: Batman Begins

2004-10-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

Batman Begins: This batch of news is brought to you by Newsarama, and offers some good stuff to whet your lips in anticipation... "According to Moviehole, there will be two new batches of photos uploaded to the official site in the next week. On Friday, October 15th you'll be able to see Linus Roache, Tom WIlkinson and Ken Watanabe as Ra's al Ghul. On Tuesday, October 26th there will be photos

Film News: Elektra Film Poster

2004-10-13T13:30:00.000-07:00

Elektra: Not bad, eh? Hope hope hope it don't suck... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Comic News: More Granov Iron Man Pages

2004-10-13T13:25:00.000-07:00

Iron Man: Are you not yet convinced Adi Granov paints a wicked Shellhead? Check Newsarama out for more samples... I'm telling you, i've been wanting to see matte materiality for the IM armor for years and years and years, and I finally get my feverish desire. Next, I'll set my sights on a fair national election. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Star Wars: Battlefront

2004-10-13T10:57:00.000-07:00

Star Wars: Battlefront: This fellow points out the single best detail in the new SW shooter. Amen to that, brother! So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Film News: Rogue in Wolverine Spin-Off?

2004-10-13T10:12:00.000-07:00

Wolverine: The word on the street is that X-Men spin-off Wolverine will have Anna Pacquin on the roster, so there's some hope that the troublesome twosome may get to share some action sequences sooner than later. Pacquin has expressed her desire to kick skulls in the X-leathers since her debut in the first film, and the relationship between Rogue and Logan, in both comics and film, has always

TV News: French Connection TV Series

2004-10-12T10:20:00.000-07:00

French Connection: According to EW.com, NBC is going back to the well... of violence, car chases and snarling borderline manic detectives... "With all the Law & Order series on the air, and so little actual crime in present-day New York City, NBC scribes may have more primetime hours of crime dramas to fill than contemporary ripped-from-the-headlines stories to fill them. Maybe that's why the

Wrongrobot's Root: The Trilobite

2004-10-12T09:39:00.000-07:00

Trilobite: OK fuck. I'm anal and love robots. So how can I resist THIS. Oh, seventeen hundred bucks. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Film Review: Hero

2004-10-11T16:58:00.000-07:00

Hero: It's no 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' but 'Hero' is a beautiful visual piece just the same. The story is not complicated, but the telling of it is. It's told through two people's perspectives, one of whom is lying and one of whom is guessing. (Eventually the truth comes out, too, in yet a third version.) This really makes the film a set of similar stories rather than one story.

MC Escher Models

2004-10-11T14:46:00.000-07:00

MC Escher Models: Come check out the work of this guy... building 3D models of the supposedly unbuildable optical illusions of Escher's work! Granted, it only looks right from one angle, but incredible that the geometries were worked out this way... So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Wrong News: Loch Ness Monster Real? LiveStrong Yellow Bracelets Illegal; John Woo Directing He-Man; Pop Mahn to TokyoPop

2004-10-11T10:09:00.000-07:00

Loch Ness Monster Totally, Like, Real, And Stuff: Not one month after the amusing preview we saw before Ghost in the Shell, about a mockumentary on a film crew searching for the Loch Ness Monster who get devoured, like that, comes this news: "The fossilized neck bones of a 230-million-year-old sea creature have features suggesting that the animal's snakelike throat could flare open and create

Comic News: Star Trek Manga Anthology from Tokyopop

2004-10-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

Star Trek: The Next Generation- MANGA: Well, Marky Mark Paniccia has threatened it for weeks, and now the first images are out... manga Star Trek looks pretty sweet so far, in this robot's opinion. Granted, all we've seen thus far is concept art by Shin-Ichi Hiromoto, which is a small fraction of the 250+ page count of this anthology. But what initially sounded like hooey is looking more and

Comic Reviews: Avengers 502, X-Men 159-162, Ultimate Nightmare 2, Pulse 5, Powers 2-4

2004-10-05T13:14:00.000-07:00

Avengers 502: So far, this seems to be the most criticised of Bendis' recent superhero comics work for Marvel. I'm not sure why. I mean, yes, it's heavy-handed and over-the-top, and yes, when the Big Event Pratfalls roll-in (literally) one after another it feels forced and choreographed, and yes, the characters that are supposedly dying left and right are dying senselessly and frequently

Comic Reviews: Ultra 2; 100 Bullets 52, 53; We3 1

2004-10-05T11:58:00.000-07:00

Ultra 2: The Luna Brothers continue their interesting experiment in Ultra, as a look at the life of young, single superheroines portrayed not only with far more realism and sensitivity than you find in mainstream comics, but even moreso, from a couple of young guys like this. The script is comprised of work from both brothers, and the pacing is even and mellow, emphasizing both action and still

Comic News: Interview with Cliff Chiang of Human Target

2004-10-05T11:26:00.000-07:00

Interview: Cliff Chiang talks Human Target: Follow the link to an interview with Cliff Chiang who, along with Javier Pulido, handles art chores on the critically acclaimed Human Target, written by Pete Milligan. This book is consistently highly reviewed here on M+R, and a bit of insight into the creative process Chiang brings to the book can be found above. Great stuff! So says...Wrongrobot!

Comic News: Interview with Mark Millar

2004-10-05T10:50:00.000-07:00

Interview with Mark Millar: Newsarama has posted an enjoyable interview witht he prolific writer yesterday, in which he discusses the shipping delays on some of his Millerworld titles, working with various artists, the controversial subject matter in some of his scripts, and what glorious good news Ultimates fans are in for... check it out. So says...Wrongrobot! ">

Comic Reviews: Losers 16, Daredevil 65

2004-10-04T15:13:00.000-07:00

Daredevil 65: This anniversary issue offers the NuMarvel team another shot at the composite, collaborative storytelling experiment which was tried once earlier on this title with mixed results. While the one-page, one-creative-team method that caused the first round (Daredevil vs. Kingpin) to feel fractured and uneven has been replaced with fewer creators each handling larger portions of the

TV Reviews: Season Premiere Round-Up

2004-09-30T09:27:00.000-07:00

Film Review: The Punisher

2004-09-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

The Punisher: Things I learned from "The Punisher." The first thing i learned from "The Punisher," is that apparently you can retire in your late thirties from the high-paying job of undercover government agent. Riiiight. I was also astounded to learn that a direct gunshot to the heart is easily survivable, as is a massive pressurized gasoline explosion. This was fantastic news, as you

News: Akira, Twinkie Comics, Avengers Dissembled Toy-style

2004-09-29T11:20:00.000-07:00

Akira: Pitof, director of the critically-acclaimed Catwoman film... pause... has been attached to the live-action remake of the seminal anime classic, as stated by Akira's Katsushiro Otomo in this interview (get out your AltaVista Babel translator, or much more fluent fiances, everyone...) Now aside from whether or not Pitof can generate product that is more art than arse, the real question in

IronLung's Bachelor Party

2004-09-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

IronLung's Bachelor Party: commences in a minute or two. Since robots can't technically get inebriated (unless they're Bender from Futurama supposedly blotto on motor oil, which we know is bullshit, he's just trying to fit in...)and can only fake it like those whimsical scenes in early Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which Data would slur and laugh and retch in his own flight suit in an

Robotic Root: Chindogu- the art of the unuseless idea

2004-09-24T13:52:00.000-07:00

An IronLung review not havin a damn thing to do with movies or comics. Chindogu -- the art of "the unuseless idea." From the introduction to "101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions" by Kenji Kawakami. [ISBN 0-393-31369-7] "The Japanese word chindogu literally means an odd or distorted tool ... And while every chindogu is an almost useless object, not every almost useless object is a chindogu."