War of the Worlds 2 (Electric Bugaloo)
Have you ever wondered what if the Martians in H.G. Wells’ seminal science fiction novel The War of the Worlds hadn’t been huge pussies and were immune to colds and other Earth diseases? (No? C’mon, asshole, work with me here.) Well, Joe Pearson did, and he’s directed this independent, full-length animated feature set 15 years after the original story, as humans have gotten organized and begun to fight back using captured Martian tech. It’s called War of the Worlds: Goliath, and it features bi-planes and blimps and steampunk and some odd-looking 2-D animated but some awesome-looking CG. Although most independently produced animated films are terrible, doomed, or terrible and doomed, I’m digging both the premise of Goliath and the quality work that clearly went into it. The movie is due in 2010; goodness only knows if it’ll make it to theaters, but I’ll keep you posted. Thanks to D. Smith for the tip. (Via First Showing)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.