As 80s kids, my brother and me were blown away when we first watched James Cameron’s epic ALIENS (1986) and then we had to grab a VHS copy of Ridley Scott’s ALIEN (1979) to fill in the blanks, because Sigourney Weaver played the iconic scientist hero Ellen Ripley who was such a bad-ass. In our minds Aliens 3, Alien Resurrection and Aliens vs Predator never happened, just like Brett Ratners’ X-Men 3. My head hurts just thinking about this, but I digress. After watching the first two films, you wondered if anything happened to Ellen Ripley during her 57 years of sleep? This “official novel” enlightens ALIEN fans on what happened to Ripley from the end of the first ALIEN film and the start of the second ALIENS film.
Alien: Out of the Shadows
January 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Frankie’s Garage: JDM Fighters
January 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I never knew that a small Mazda Miata MX-5 can hold a big V-8 engine. This is what CJ Wilson Racing does, they race Mazadas, specifically Miata MX-5s. This episode of Tuned on the Drive Network, they take a look at a street tuned MX-5 and track ready MX-5.
Snowpiercer Vol. 1: The Escape
January 27, 2014 by 1 Comment
After 30 years, the wait is finally over, the French sci-fi graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette has now been translated into English. Inspired by reading the graphic novel, Korean director Bong Joon-Ho turned it into the film Snowpiercer which stars Chris Evans, Jamie Bell and Ed Harris. Snowpiercer Vol. 1 – The Escape takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth where the entire planet has been covered in ice and the only human survivors are left are on a train that runs forever.
FOLK GUITAR: One man band talent – Shakey Graves
January 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I love classic Folk Guitar music, but there’s nothing better when it’s mixed with original creative pop riffs, smooth vocals and an entertaining way to play. I should have blogged this video awhile back when I was personally surfing for the latest Folk jams and stumbled across-ed it. Here’s Shakey Graves performing at the SXSW Utopia Session with his song Dusty Lion.
Hayao Miyazaki Resin Statue
January 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Hayao Miyazaki is a living icon, his animated films have brought fun, joy and tears and now a cute tribute statue is available.
Viral Video Friday: LEGO Microfighters Animation!
January 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
LEGO presents their Star Wars Microfighters line-up with this Microfighters Animation. I want them all!
The most looked forward to Indie Game for 2014
January 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
One of the most looked forward to Indie Game for 2014 is The Witness, created by Jonathan Blow, who also created the popular game, Braid, a game based on the simplicity, the innocence and the motivation of an teen-adult life in the magical realm of forces and struggles. Hence, life isn’t simple, but it’s attainable when you search and struggle for it. Jonathan rendered the nature of life in Braid , but what to expect from The Witness and what will it’s theme really mean overall – we hope to find out soon from players, reviewers and the creator himself. Here’s a snippet interview from Game Life WIRED
Click here for the list of most looked forward Indie Games for 2014
STAR TREK – Phase II web series continues the original “five year mission”
January 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
For those of us that don’t know, there are Star Trek fans of the original 1966 series that have chosen to boldly re-create and go where a fan must go in order to fulfill the five year mission that the original series never completed for the final frontier. The original series was cut short of two years and Star Trek fan, James Cawley, founder of Retro Film Studios, has produced episodes as if the show hadn’t been cancelled!
Star Trek Phase II (formerly known as Star Trek: New Voyages) Click here Star Trek New Voyages to go to the website
Fun Everyday Art by Javier Pérez
January 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
We see various objects in our daily lives, like a toothbrush, a cup and other things and think nothing of it, but artist Javier Perez sees art. He breathes fun into boring objects.
Pixel Pancho: Murals of the Robot Future
January 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Art about robots is art about our future culture as artist, Pixel Pancho, conveys humanity emotionally interconnected and intermixed with androids and pop icons. 
As with any art like the classics of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci to Mexican mural artists such as Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, we can see the glorification of humanity in all its elements of beauty, love, chaos, destruction and yes, even the propaganda – that art leaves you to think and feel your own thoughts of what is the meaning of this?
LEGO Sydney Opera House
January 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
One of the world’s most iconic architectural buildings is the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia and here we have a super detail build of the building using LEGOs by Ryan McNaught aka The Brickman.
Bandai’s 40th Anniversary Mecha Hello Kitty!
January 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If the Revoltech Hello Kitty action figure wasn’t enough, Sanrio has teamed-up with Bandai to make a special mecha Hello Kitty action figure.
The Best Swap Meet for Geeks: Frank & Sons
January 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
When I lived in Los Angeles, I had friends always telling you got to check out Frank & Sons. One of friends got tricked into going thinking it was an Antiquing event, boy was he wrong! If you need to get that baseball card, back issue comic book, or Transformers toy then head to the best swap meet on the West Coast – Frank & Sons!
Kids Logic Optimus Prime
January 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
There are many variants and alternate versions of the famed Transformers Autobot leader Optimus Prime. This time he takes form at as super big-head action figure by HK toy company Kids Logic.
LEDLite LEGO Keychains
January 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
With the LEGO movie hitting the multiplexes February 7th, 2014, there’s bound to be a bunch of license products, like these LEDLite LEGO Movie Keychains. From HK company IQ, the LEDLite line-up announced so far will be Emmet, Uni-Kitty, Lord Business and Bad Cop.
NECA Robocop ED-209
January 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
One cool action figure or robot I should say to get this year is the limited run Robocop ED-209 by NECA. This action figure is from the original Robocop 1987 film. We ’80s kids should remember this kick-ass flick.
Now That’s a Fraking Pencil Collection!
January 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I honestly never knew collecting pencils can be a hobby. My grandfather collects stamps and I collected baseball cards, but this is totally another level of collecting. This Indian teenager Tushar Lakhanpal loves pencils and he thinks he has over 14,000 pencils from over 40 countries.
NUMBERCRUNCHER
January 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
My first trade I get to read this year is Numbercruncher from Titan Comics writer Si Spurrier (X-Men Legacy) and artist PJ Holden (Judge Dredd). Numbercruncher was released as a 4-issue mini-series last year and now it’s all collected into one volume. This is not your typical mainstream superhero comic like Batman or Spiderman, Numbercruncher is life-after-death, love, something spiritual and comedy of sorts all wrap-up in one, well kind of.
Frankie’s Garage: Kia GT4 Stinger Concept
January 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Detroit Auto Show 2014 is a few days in and Kia known for practical and boring automobiles unveils their GT4 Stinger Concept. It will be a rear-drive platform at an entry-level price. I hope so. The PR reps from Toyota and Subaru say their rear-drive cars, the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ, are entry-level, but when you walk out of the door at the dealerships, you are spending upwards of $28,000 or more for “entry-level.”
Badass Fanarts: Pop Art with Attitude
January 14, 2014 by 2 Comments
Looking for some fun dark humor pop art? Check out French artist Sylvain “Tohad” Sarrailh’s Badss Fanarts page.
Frankie’s Garage: Tokyo Auto Salon 2014
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
2014 automobile shows are already in full effect and this past weekend the Tokyo Auto Salon 2014 took place in Chiba, Japan. More than 400 foreign and domestic companies were on-hand and 800-plus cars were on showcase from car manufacturers and tuners.
Frankie’s Garage: The Nissan Sports Sedan Concept
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
With the 2014 Detroit Auto Show already off and running this week, Nissan unveiled their Nissan Sports Sedan Concept which might be the next Maxima. The last couple of generation of Maximas have been kinda of boring and tame. Hopefully, a Nismo tuned version will be down the line.
Frankie’s Garage: 2015 Corvette Stingray Z06
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Motor Trend takes a first look at the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z06. It comes with a 6.2L supercharged V8 producing 625 horses and Z06 aero-package. The engine should sound amazing.
Frankie’s Garage: The Next Generation Toyota Supra
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This Downshift episode takes a look at design factory Calty Design Research and their creation of the Toyota’s FT-1 Concept. This might be the next generation Supra.
LEGO Blocumentary – LEGO Hogwarts by Alice Finch
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
LEGO web-series Blocumentary interviews and takes a look at Alice Finch’s famous LEGO build Hogwarts Castle from Harry Potter films. A whopping 400,000 plus LEGO bricks were used!
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