If yesterday was "May the 4th be with you", does that mean today is known as "Revenge of the fifth" ?

NOTE: this post should have been posted yesterday but I was out of town

With the casting news of  the newest STARWARS film officially released [check out this awesome news here!] it's no shock that many original cast members are coming back! [this isn't a bad thing at all!] With all this in mind, fans [myself included, obviously] everywhere were wondering what STARWARS day [May 4th] would bring.. What it was is something I - personally - have been excited for since the released news of a 7th STARWARS film: confirmed proof of a certain [yet iconic] character is coming back for ! Which character is it? I'll give you a hint: he's brown, tall, fuzzy as all hell, and awesome: [see below]

Disney Chairman/CEO Bob Iger posing with [it can only be assumed to be] Peter Mayhew in full-out Wookie costume! [originally posted on Iger's Instagram account]

 

 Peter Mayhew, [who played Chewie in the original films] will be returning in J.J. Abrams' next installment of the STARWAR.S franchise. It's especially great knowing that Mayhew is returning [assuming as Chewbacca] to the series [in full costume] since Directors now-a-days like to use CGI for things bigger characters/monsters/etc , and that just won't do, I can only imagine the anger on fans faces!

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for those keeping track at home: Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford are returning for STARWARS Episode7 as well !!

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DID I MENTION IT'S 2014 NOW? [first post of 2014]

[hey look - it's me on Christmas. ~ an actual nice photo of me.]

First off, I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and got a bunch of kick-ass stuff! However, now with Christmas finally over, [and finally me finally getting a day - or in this case weekend - off work; I've been working nearly every day since December 26th -_-] I can get back to what I enjoy doing most: writing about crap that most people either already know, or don't have time to look into! However, this is why I write here, so let's move on from me at work/Christmas, and get down to it!

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• Wait, it's HIM getting married?!

  

If you look carefully enough at the photo abovee, it looks like everyone has shown up to the wedding; from Wolverine, to Captain America! Even the fucking She-Hulk is there, with Nightcrawler as the priest?? But who's wedding is this? Is the picture too small? Sorry, let me zoom in on the blushing groom and his wife- that should help, right? [below]

 

Yep. The Merc With The Mouth is getting married! [do I see Cable as the best man? haha oh, Marvel.] But to whom is the question [as you can see, she's being left a secret for now..]; any guesses? I haven't read enough recent Deadpool to hazard any guesses. [let me know in the comments?] Marvel even gave us an 'invitation' , which is both weird and cool. I take that back - it's too badass NOT to share [below]

 

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•   I'm actually willing to go see The Marked Ones?

In my family, it's no secret that I am the horror fan of the bunch; but if there's one horror series that I'm not that a huge fan of: it's Paranormal Activity. Now before you shoot me for saying that, I can't just say this without mentioning that I actually really enjoyed the first film- it was shot well, felt real, and got a bunch of people scared of living in their own home.. which is where [in my opinion] they should have stopped. They had a good thing going for them, and they've dragged it out to a whopping 4 sequels [including 'The Marked Ones' which is a side story?] ! BUT, I've heard loads of good things about The Marked Ones, and based on trailers- it actually looks half decent. This is why I've decided that I'm going to bite my tongue until I've seen the film; which I'm doing sometime soon. Whether or not it's worthwhile, is to be determined.

 

[hey, isn't that the Deathly Hallows symbol?]

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•  [and for the sad news of the week] James Avery passes away at 68 years. [RIP]

 

As a '90s kid, I feel like I grew up with some fucking cool shows: I watched shows like Family Matters, Full House, The X-Files, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, TMNT [animated series], and most importantly; The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. Watching these shows often times made me happy to know that people could write such an awesome script and create such loving characters. Fresh Prince was no different. I would always laugh when Uncle Phil [played by the wonderful James Avery] would give Will Smith trouble for sneaking a girl into his room, or anything/everything ridiculous that only Will could do. According to sources close to the actor, he had recently gone through open heart surgery - and apparently things took a turn for the worse. To make this post more upsetting, Alfonso Ribeiro- who played Carleton Banks on the show posted the following post to his Facebook [below]

 

 As well as playing Uncle Phil, James Avery also did the voice work for Shredder and Splinter in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon! [the one I used to watch too.. ouch /:] So long Uncle Phil, RIP.

 

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So to get away from the sad news, and onto the better news; what did you think about Deadpool- The Merc With The Mouth- getting married?! [weird, right? I mean, what the fuckkkk?] Or what about The Marked Ones? Have you seen the film yet? What were your thoughts on it? Let me know in the comments!
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Emily The Strange movie gets a new script writer

 

From KICK-ASS to Tim Burton's Dark Shadows, to [the one I'm super excited for] the new Carrie remake, Chloe Moretz [above] has been in a good handful of good movies; with even better ones to come. [Did I mention the Carrie remake?] Although I wouldn't expect everyone to know who I'm talking about; Chloe Moretz is attached to an Emily The Strange film! Even though it's been in development since 2008, the Emily The Strange movie has gone and hired Kealan O’Rourke to do a rewrite on movie's script. The film is set to be released by Universal Pictures and originally had Melisa Wallack [who worked on such scripts for films such as 'Mirror Mirror'] write the prior adaptation of the Emily The Strange live action film, but I suppose that's been switched and now is being re-worked with Kealan O'Rourke's version of a script. 

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 The story line is [still] being kept quiet, although I would assume the idea is to explain the origin of Emily The Strange and how she ended up gaining her powers that combine both technology and imagination. The story will more than likely focus on her relationship with her four cats; the troublemaker Sabbath, the one schemer Nee-Chee, the imaginative Miles and the leader Mystery.

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First World Problems [of living in Canda].

 

 I'd just like to throw it out there before anyone attacks me with messages, that I love the fact that I'm Canadian. I love the people, the snow [until I feel like I'm freezing to death..], and most importantly the beavers. However, if there's one thing that I find is irritating beyond a doubt is the fact that we've only had [in my area anyways] 2 comic-cons in total.. and even if there were people like William Shatner or Lou Ferrigno; sometimes I feel I want more than that. [call me selfish]. That's what brings me to the point of "San Diego Comic Con; International". This place is definitely on my bucket list. Not only do they attract millions of people every year but they get some insane guests that come to Comic Con for questions&answering. Who are some of these guests? Allow me to list off a few that were there this past weekend [up until tomorrow].

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NUMBER ONE; Neil Gaiman [writer of 'Sandman' and 'Coraline']

 

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NUMBER TWO; Chuck Palahniuk [author of 'Fight Club'] 

 

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NUMBER THREE; Irwin Keyes [actor in Rob Zombie's 'House Of 1000 Corpses']

 

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 I guess what I'm trying to say is that [in my opinion anyways], the 'San Diego Comic Con' gets all the more recently known actors/writers/artists. [they had the cast of Dexter a few years back.. I'd have LOVED to have been there] I guess I should be thankful for the fact that us in Ontario now have our own smaller version of a comic con, I'm just hopeful that one day it'll expand- and we'll ultimately get even more awesome people like Neil Gaiman!

 

[any author who draws an epic such as 'Sandman' -above- is someone I have to meet!] 

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So now I'll leave it to you. Have you ever been to a Comic Convention? Maybe it wasn't a comic convention, but another kind of convention? What was it like- did it live up to your expectations? Let me know in the comment section below! Be sure to 'like' the fan page for Firework Eyes & Haunted Hearts on Facebook; which you can find here, or even follow me on Twitter. [visit my profile here] If you have a Tumblr, be sure to follow me here or my more horror explicit Tumblr here [please be aware, that my second Tumblr page has inappropriate content for readers/viewers under 18] Have a suggestion for a new post/movie review? Send me your comments and/or ideas anywhere mentioned above. Until my next post though, CHEERS.

SHUT UP & TAKE MY MONEY! [Reasons I NEED to get a Blu-Ray Player.]

Maybe it's just me, but lately I've caught myself noticing that DVDs are [slowly, but surely] becoming obsolete.. To make matters worse, the companies that make the awesome Blu-Ray boxsets know this, and make fucking awesome looking sets, to make you want their beautiful sets over the plain black and plastic DVD case. Below, I'm going to mention just a few of the boxsets that I think are going to be reason for me to get a Blu-Ray Player; you win this time, Hollywood.. this time.

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• Assuming you can't see the fantastic boxset above; this is Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase One: Avengers Assembled. All this for $150 [which comes with all six Marvel Studios movies, on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D in a suitcase replica with a glowing Tesseract- goddamn] this crazy set is finally coming out just in time to pump you up for Iron Man 3...and [apparently] some surprise glimpses of future projects are also rumored to contained inside. I gotta say, this looks quite perfect, and if I had a blu-ray player; it'd probably be number one on my "new DVDs to buy list". [after season 7 of 'Dexter' of course]

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• This set here is none other than the Universal Classic Monsters: Essentials Collection. This 8 disc blue-ray boxset follows the era of  the older horror movies. This collection [and man do they ever mean 'collection'] hass 8 of the most iconic monsters in film history which includes Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy,  The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man, Phantom Of The Opera and Creature From The Black Lagoon. As if that wasn't enough to keep you satisfied; the movies each come with over 12 hours of revealing bonus features- and to top it all off, there is also an exclusive collectible book which is only available through buying this boxset!

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• This is probably the one which caught my attention the most; this Limited Edition Blu-Ray boxset of Season 3 of The Walking Dead is probably the coolest looking thing I'm going to mention here. There is literally no words that describe how fucking crazy it is to know that this is actually holds the discs to season 3.. I guess this means I should probably catch up on the show, right?

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• Although this has technically already been out for some time now, I figure that it's worth mentioning.. The boxset above, is for The Amazing Spider-Man and although it isn't as awesome looking as The Walking Dead one- it's still pretty sick. It comes with the film in a limited edition steelbook cover [the movie comes in both in 3D and 2D], a disc with special features, a [small but still nice looking] figurine, and the comic book the film is based on. Although I enjoyed Tobey McGuire's Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield ultimately was the Spider-Man I've been looking for since I was a kid [as someone who reads the comics]

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 So I guess as you can see, I most definitely have to get a Blu-Ray Player, because these boxsets are really really nice looking. [if I may refer back to The Walking Dead Season 3 set] I guess we'll have to wait and see.. Also, to go off topic for a second, I figure I should share that I [hopefully] am going to go see the new Evil Dead film sometime very soon. Due to working at a theater, I can check ahead of time how many tickets are sold, and last I checked [being Monday]- there was only 15 seats sold. So if this falls into place; expect a review to come up on that shortly!

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