Hellboy and Abe Sapien





the first live action Hellboy pic was sweet... now with Abe as a leftover from the X-Files and Hellboy as a stupid cartoon, I have my doubts. Nothing's ever as good as it seems.

WATCH the BRILLIANT Music Video for Coldplay's 'The Scientist'!

The Robot Revolution is HERE!

Weeeeeeee!

Artist of the Day
Angus Oblong



Creator of the Oblongs, artist and author. See his site.

READ Creepy Susie: And 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children

Brilliant Advertisement for the new Honda Accord

US Plans Death Camp

read and judge for yourself. like everything on the net I take it with a grain of salt...but...

50 Reasons to Reject the Matrix Reloaded

An article by someone so stupid, its funny. I don't care if you like or hate the Matrix, or its sequel... but this is idiocy...point-and-laugh idiocy.

This guy, is telling people that both Matrix films are crap. And not to go see it. Yet what's saddest, is this moron has obviously watched it many many times, yet still doesn't grasp ANY of it. He explains how he doesn't understand one line from the first film. The part where Agent Smith says to Morpheus he can't stand "this... zoo. It's the smell" except this genius on his list thinks agent smith says "its the smelt". He goes on about how the only reason he and friends went to see it in theaters in 99 was because they're big Morgan Freeman fans. I don't fucking remember Morgan Freeman in the Matrix. He believes that Aaliyah and Gloria Foster had extensive scenes cut because they were black, makes a big thing about how many white people are in the film, and how both actresses were unavailable for comment. Well... that's probably because they're both DEAD. He believes that Cypher returns at the end of Reloaded, not the guy with Agent Smith in his noggin. And check #40
"Interesting that the stunts on Jackass must carry a "do not attempt at home warning," but in Reloaded Trinity is shown smashing through a skyscraper plate glass window and shooting pistols into the sky as she plummets to the pavement below. Is this something you want your eight year-old doing? Where is the disclaimer?"

MULE CLONED



It took 305 implanted embryos to produce this bastard of nature.

Which level of hell do you belong in?

Mysterious box of the day. Click if you dare.

Stephen's Faustian feeling today? He needed to read that joke over again below.

Ha ha, this is for Rob. Penny Arcade rocks!

Alyson Hannigan: Fucking shit man, all the UK mags seem to get the hot shots of celebrities. Plus the short hair is a definate plus for me.

Stephen's May-ian feeling for today..Happy cause I's got's a's PS2's.

Stephen's Faustian feeling of the day...wounded.

I have made one of my best mix CDs yet the other day. And because I feel like it, and stole the idea off of Rob, I shall give you the track listing, at least half of which is from selections friends have sent me. Prompting the title "things I'm given".

Bandages - Hot Hot Heat
The Only One - The American Analog Set
Third Planet - Modest Mouse
Ridehot - Indian-hi
You're So Damn Hot - OK Go
Lupin III - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Drunk - Silkworm
I'll Only Sleep - Swearing at Motorists
That's the Punchline - The Walkmen
Crystal - New Order
Walking with Thee - Clinic
Section 4 - The Polyphonic Spree
Shit Luck - Modest Mouse
Don't Ever - Operation Makeout
Independant Woman - elbow (Destiny's Child cover, although you'd never guess... sounds more like the Amelie soundtrack and a xylophone.)
Wild Surf - Ash
Save the Day - The Living End
Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth - The Dandy Warhols
Center of the Universe - Built to Spill
Grown Men Don't Fall in the River Just Like That - Liars
Clone High (full 3 min version) - Abandon Pools
When Everything was Alright - Sam Roberts
Flowing - 311
Wasted and Ready - Radish
Problems - Ben Kweller
Baby Bitch - Ween

Hey Boys and Girls! Check out da Gangsta Rap Coloring Book!

The Paintings of Isabel Samaras
great works of art based on sitcoms of the 60s, as well as other pop culture icons.


Raft of the Minnow

KURT VONNEGUT'S 'CAT'S CRADLE' MOVIE BY DARREN (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) ARONOFSKY AND RICHARD (Donnie Darko) KELLY!

Cat's Cradle, one of Vonnegut's most entertaining novels, is filled with scientists and G-men and even ordinary folks caught up in the game. These assorted characters chase each other around in search of the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature.
-Amazon.com

Do you remember Nintendo's Punch Out?

GEORGE W. BUSH'S RESUME
things you need to know

excerpts:
-Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie
-First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record
-First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history
-Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history
-Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any president in US history
-Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market
-Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury
-Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history

much more here

Strange Weather Lately
by KURT VONNEGUT

Artist of the Day
DANIEL CLOWES



Dan Clowe's comic Eightball has been called 'the greatest ongoing comic' by Entertainment Weekly, Matt Groening has often sited it as his favorite comic, his graphic novels are lauded by the best in the industry, and his film Ghost World is a work of genius. The kind of genius we'll soon see again, as he is adaping his short story Art School Confidential into a screenplay for Terry Zwigoff to again direct. More about him here. Check out the brilliantflash animation ad for David Boring here.

Dan Clowes is an incredible artist, and an incredible writer. His talents first stood out to me after watching Ghost World, I had an immediate connection to the type of story it was, the kind of characters, and situations were so funny and interesting to me. A long time had passed but when my girlfriend Michelle had gone to Mexico a few months ago I was suddenly very lonely and bored, so after work I stopped by the Chapters to pick up a book. I saw his book David Boring, which I had for a while thought looked interesting. I brought it home and ended up reading it in one sitting. Not getting up or putting it down till I was finished the entire thing, it was that good. And since then I've been buying his other trades that I can get my hands on, such as Like A Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, and his collections of shorts Caricature and 20th Century Eightball. They're great little cynical tales, full of witty dialogue and characters that we can easily see ourselves as being like, then at the same time wishing we weren't like. Things we think only we think or do it turns out... others do it too.

I just got back from a special Wednesday showing of The Matrix Reloaded. The secret to enjoying it... is wait in the lobby for 40 minutes, then go in. Just warning you in advance. The rest is great.

MKZ Song suggestion

I hope to start somewhat of a new trend here at MKZ. In the increasing state of downloading music, entire CD's seem more and more a moot point as sometimes albums have only one good single and the rest is shit. So this is just a suggestion for *one* song to listen/download. Quite a suitable thing since explaining an entire CD might take ages to complete, but one song it opens a door to express what we feel about it, and hope that you might get similar if not different POVs. We do hope you do enjoy it, but the main this is a way to experiment in music, while not laying this entire *commitment* of listening to an entire CD onto your lap.

Appealing to those of our viewers with A.D.D. and such. Note that I won't try to force any my more personal tastes onto people here. More of music respectable yet still broad in appeal. So don't fret my friends...no Tea Party would appear on this page. Of course this is completely different from my Song Review which I would put on my personal blog which I would put up both good and bad. And now onto our first guest!

The Sky is a Landfill by Jeff Buckley

I already played this to death to my friends. In fact Mike already has it. The fact is, Jeff Buckley is I think a great lyricist, with beautiful tone. I think in general, this song encapsulates all the music Jeff Buckley has made (sadly only one real album has been released, he died a few years after the release of it). Personally I feel that this is a song quite like Rage Against the Machine's, but softer. It is like the peaceful/passive agressive rally against the establishment. This song really goes through a range of his vocal talents, but really doesn't do what he's best known for: his rich falsetto. I don't mean some stupid "hollow" high pitched voice ala N.Sync or BSBs...but a really rich falsetto that can be compared to the greatest of opera singers.

I really do have only two thoughts of this song...three if you count when I think about "magician performances" that could be produced to this song. The first one is I envision WW2 and how Hitler is supressing people in order to further his goals:

This way of life is so devised
To snuff out the mind that moves
Moving with grace the men despise
And women have learned to lose

The second one in general is a simple anti-estalblishment song. The lyrics above seems very anti-war (and drug usage):

Throw off your shame or be
a slave to the system

I see you take another drag
One more lost soul to raise your flag
The sky is a landfill

And when I hear the lyrics below, it just reminds me of the mass-consumer. With starbucks, McDonalds, Gyms and Tony Little (the informercial muscle guy) representing the steroids, feedbag, stable and trainers. With the inclusion of the "mail bomb" I always pictured a magician in a show tossing small parts of these symbols and then making them disappear in a puff of smoke.

With your steroids and your feedbag
And your stable and your trainer
I got a mail bomb for you Mister Strong Arm.

Needless to say, this song has great composition and has great flow. For me this song has this essence of hope, despite on how depressing it is. It might not instill hope in me particularily, but it just makes me feel great that at least someone else out there can have hope, and somehow I might as well.

Artist of the Day


(In 1959, when she was nominated for a Tony for
Gypsy but lost to Mary Martin in The Sound of Music):
"You can't buck a nun."

Ethel Merman, famed broadway musical star (as seen above in "Anni Get Your Gun) and forever the base for any animation of tough old broadway actress. Never heard of her before? Like a nudging forgotten memory, she's the original person who sang "There's No Business like Show Business". Yes..it's all coming back to you now eh?

A petite woman with a not-so-petite voice, she is IMHO the Queen of Broadway. Her brassy voice didn't need a microphone and her loudness was that of pure art. Much like the confidence behind a drill sergeant's yell, her loud voice was beyond annoying, it was pure character. Passed away in 1984, she gone man...GONE...but don't fret, she still lives in our lovely eardrums, brassing away.

Her IMDB.com bio.

In furthering my task of insulting my friends in playful ways. Here's the newest one.

Rob = Dante

A Clerks article unlike any other. In someways a real eye opener, well at least for me.

The TRUTH about Subway's Jared.

CONCENTRATION CAMP CANADA
My good friend, and probably Moon Karma Zero's only reader, Andrew West has suggested you all check out Concentration Camp Canada. I'm still trying to muck my way through Yahoo Groups sign-up. let's just say I fucking hate Yahoo. But I'm gonna do it as soon as blood pressure drops a few notches. You should too. Unless the only person reading this is Andrew... in which case... uh... never mind.

Coming in July:
CRAIG THOMPSON'S 'BLANKETS'

From the author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling graphic novel, Good-bye, Chunky Rice comes Craig Thompson's all-new masterpiece. Clocking in at 592 pages, BLANKETS may well be the single most anticipated graphic novel of the year. Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, BLANKETS explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith. A profound and utterly beautiful work from Craig Thompson. 'Good-Bye, Chunky Rice' is one of my favorite graphic novels. Craig Thompson's art and storytelling are among the best I've found in the medium of comics. And more importantly, I'm not using hyperbole. He's garnering praise you wouldn't believe from the likes of Brian Michael Bendis and Neil Gaiman, and I have virtually no doubt in my mind that it is well deserved. GO HERE for a PREVIEW and when you're done if you have the time read the extensive picture-filled review on Kevin Smith's Movie Poop Shoot here. And come July, buy, borrow, steal... just read 'Blankets'.

ACHEWOOD

This is a crudely drawn comic strip that I stumbled upon because James Kochalka did a guest strip. It is one the funniest strips I've read on the net thus far, and I sincerely recommend it to anyone who comes here.



(I know you'll dig it Stephen.)

POLITICS and BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

The best of both worlds in a damn good blog entitled Page 3 Girls.

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and while you're at it, this is a beautiful photography site: DOMAI.com

NEW WAYS TO POOP

When Mike was a love sick puppy during the times his GF and him were apart, Sloan's music reminded of his state of mind...at least what I thought of his state o mind a the time. Of course people are going to pick apart this song saying that what is really reality is not represented in the song....so get a life...it's metaphorically people.

*Bold part is what really stood out for me likening the song to Mike.


DREAMING OF YOU
(J. Ferguson/Sloan)

You, I wish I knew you better
Then again I can wait 'till next September
Slowly buying time
These conditions make me restless
Then again I admit that this will test us
'Cuz everywhere now
I can see the number one followed by the nine
I wonder if a year or two will matter because I'm...

Dreaming of you, all day
Hardly seems appropriate
Just drifting through, all day
No one seems to notice it

You, I dreamt the seven towers
Were slowly falling down
And in the last remaining hours
Still everywhere now
I could see the number one followed by the nine
Just this once I think that I might cast the rules aside

Dreaming of you, all day
Hardly seems appropriate
Just drifting through, all day
No one seems to notice it

Everyone's behind us
We don't dare lead the blindest
Still the promise of the victory
Eliminates stakes against me

Dreaming of you, all day
Hardly seems appropriate
Just drifting through, all day
No one seems to notice it

You, I wish I knew you better

HA HA HA RORRY.

VANCOUVER

360º view of Vancouver, BC

HEY LADIES! NOW YOU CAN STIR YOUR HONEY POT WITH THE WINNIE THE POOH VIBRATOR

The official Winnie the Pooh Vibe features the famous, loveable bear atop a yellow plastic rocket-style "body massager". Disney must really need money...

Viewtiful Joe's veiwtiful screens!

I'm Batman!

Geeky or Nerdy?

If it wasn't meant to be, it's beyond too late. Geek junk food for the geeky masses. Granted expensive as gilded shit, the worst part is that there are things probably availble through commonplace. Think Geek is the place for this lovely land o sugar and caffeine highs.

Urban Dictionary

Fucktard: conjunction of Fuck-up and Retard, indicating that the individual being refered to not only has an IQ of three, but that the two braincells they're rubbing together are confused and don't know wtf they're doing anyhow.

Do you feel like adding some own personal words or slang to the world....the Urban Dictionary might be your place then. Look up ALL the up-to-date slang, even some that are only in people's minds.

The Propaganda Remix Project.

Props to Stephen Notely of BTAF in posting up this link. Fucking great site that satires old Propaganda Posters of yester-millenium. I liked this poster in particular cause it kind of shows the saying of "Means to an end", much like how patriotism seems to appear *after* the prospect of money. That and mainly because I was too lazy to look at any others, also considering that the word 'fuck' appeared as well. Heeeeeeeee.

My God people....would Jean Claude Van Damme be Gambit????!!!

Interview: Van Damme on upcoming films
04.15.2003 - (Thanks to "HamsterMan," a Kung Fu Cinema reader in Belgium who sent in this recent interview with Jean-Claude Van Damme.)

Jean-Claude Van Damme spoke to sports magazine, Sport et Vie, here in
Belgium. I like your kung fu website, so I retyped for you the interesting
bits..

AK: We're hearing rumors of a sequel to Streetfigher. Is this true?

JC: Yes we will be doing a sequel to Streetfighter. In my opinion, it is one of the finest movies of my career - lots of fun for everyone. It has [a] nice blend of action, comedy and even elements of the video game. We are casting now and some big names are interested.

AK: When we talked last, you said no sequels though?

JC: True. I didn't like doing sequels before. I always wondered why the need to go back and play a character you already have. But in this case, it's a franchise that is begging for more. The computer games are still popular, so what's to say this movie wont be?. I've passed on Time Cop sequels, and Kickboxer 2, and Bloodsport because they were the same story. Its got to be different, you know, to get my attention.

AK: How do you select your roles?

JC: There are lots of movies still to make. Some of my movies, I can admit, have not been that great. Not always my fault, sometimes I sign for films that read much different on paper than they end up. This year, we have SHU [renamed Hell] coming out and I'm doing not only Streefighter, but also The Tower, which is a really exciting thriller, and After Death, which is going to also very good. I have to please the fans you know, and I deliberately do chase movies with lots of action and martial arts. No one wants to see Jean-Claude Van Damme in Shakespeare you know?

AK: But have you ever been tempted to try something new?

JC: Yes, plenty of times. I'd like to try some more Science Fiction, something like we did with Time Cop. I'm going to definitely try and get in the next X-Men movie - that would be fun, and [I] would love to do something like an Aliens or even Terminator. One of my all-time favorite movies is The Great Escape and I've been talking to Ringo Lam [a film director] about modernizing it, and doing a remake. He
thinks it would be a great idea. It's going to be hard to get a script that will surpass the original film, because it's so great, but maybe we don't want to copy it, but to try something new with it - add more stunts, more martial arts, a different take on it - but still in the epic adventure genre.

AK: Are you worried about trying to remake such a classic movie though?

JC: Of course. That movie is beloved by many. But, as I said, if we adapt it for modern age and put a new spin on the story, people should really enjoy it. There's so many young people out there who have never discovered this film, you know!

AK: What about a comedy?

JC: In time, maybe, of course. I mean Arnold has done comedy, and so has Stallone. But they not work out the best you know. It would have to be a really good and funny film. A long ways back, after Arnold did Twins, they wanted Joe Pesci and I to do a sequel. I didn't think it would be that funny though - the joke had already been done.

AK: Your son is an actor too, yes?

JC: Yes, and becoming quite a good one. If we do Great Escape, I
told him we have a good role for him in it.

if u use this, please call me 'HamsterMan'

Artist of the Day



This isn't so much an official "Artist of the Day" as so much a shameless plug for one of my favorite comic strips ever. If you haven't seen any of Stephen Notely's work before, I don't blame you because afterall it is Canadian. But he's the genius behind Bob the Angry Flower. A comic strip dipped from pure insanity and ludicrousnesslessness it's funny until the last bite. Check him out ever fucking Friday or I'll personally kill you all. Thank you.

Why yes, yes I thought it'd be cool to have a pooping action figure.

Wal-Mart had officially banned Maxim, FHM and other 'Lad Mags' from their stores.

Due to Christian groups complaining they be showing pornographic covers and such, Wal-Mart has officially banned Maxim and other men's mags from their store shelves. Oh yeah, this is just another shameless excuse for me to show off the wonderful Sheryl Crow. I'm so evil.

...while we're on the subject of pooping...

Ever thought it'd be cool to have a pooping action figure?
No? Too bad, here it is.

You will experience the Ninja Burger difference!

(this one's for you Stephen)

Its the new trend in US Politics...
THREATENING CANADA!
(all the cool americans are doing it)

On the heels of Jean Chrétiens announcement of legislation decriminalizing possession of marijuana in Canada, the US was quick to threaten retalliation.
And the most disturbing yet, a US State Department report says that "Canada cares too much about liberties" and "some U.S. law enforcement officers have expressed concern about Canadian privacy laws."

To that I say loudly and proudly to the facist dictators in Bush's cabinet FUCK YOU. Its not your fucking duty or even right to criticize our policies.

the trailer for BATTLE ROYALE 2
The film legendary director Kinji Fukasaku died making.

BEAUTIFUL, WEIRD and TITILLATING PHOTOGRAPHY
(found on the Reverse Cowgirl's Blog)
I'd love to show a sample, but I figure its best if you just see for yourself. Check your IDs to make sure you're over 18.

Seriously though... I love these photos. Brilliant I say.

www.annuaires-net.ch wrote: "Le photographe Suisse René Felderer sublime ses modèles comme des saintes, il en fait les icônes d'un monde magique."

Rodents are Really Smart


I always suspected my mouse, Number 6, was smarter than she let on...

Sperm Facts
new diet plan for your girlfriend (or boyfriend if you're so inclined)

The average ejaculate, laden with between 200 and 300 million sperm, amounts to about about 5 calories. These are derived from protein, including enzymes, and sugars (mainly fructose) secreted into semen by the prostate gland to provide the sperm with the energy to swim. Other ingredients present in semen include : Water Vitamin C Citric acid Phosphate and bicarbonates, to regulate acidity Zinc Prostaglandins

HEY KIDS! COMICS!

Gabriel Frizzera, one-time artist of the day, now has a daily comic book on his website that I encourage you all to go check out. Its called SAPIENS, and on his site you can also find the video file for his animated promo of the same story. He's a good friend and an incredible artist, so go check it out here.

What I find interesting about the whole blog experience is that even though people might read out blog, or if we invite people to partake into it, the fact remains that they most likely not go back too far in seeing all that we have written. The increasingly funny thing is that in effect, I could personally fuck around with my previous posts, thus rendering a secret little "inside joke" for which it'd be my own personal evil delight. Of coruse I wounldn't really do that would I? Bwa ha haw. Yes I would. HA!

Chinese language, the language of God?

Now personally this makes a decent point to some degree. But you do have to understand that they take some incredible liberties in how the words are done here. The word "mouth" is also seeming dubbed for "breath" or other things. Besides, even though continuous, the characters had evolved over long periods of times, and not to mention having to go through multiple dialects and changes. I mean long ago there were several different "forms" of Chinese written by different kingdoms, so it's really impossible to truly say which one is the "direct" decendent of the original Chinese language, if they are or just versions of other languages at the time.

Not to mention that they used modern Chinese as a reference. Despite what they say, Chinese language has been around a long time yes, but that's kinda like saying that Nintendo's been around a long time as well. The comparison is kinda futile because Nintendo has changed a lot over the years which Chinese has done so as well. Perhaps not as much as other languages, but a significant amount in order to really differ each other from the next. Lastly, sometimes the inclusion of other characters into one character doesn't mean anything or means very little. At one point of time it could have meant something, but it isn't necessarily a direct correlation to what this website might imply, it's more of fancy of who originated that character in the first place.

You do the math