Remember Sky Captain, the FIRST BlueScreen / CGI Flick? (Part 2)

To continue from my rant yesterday...

Now, how could a movie with Angelina Jolie looking incredibly-hot in black leather...

...Bai Ling equally hot in black leather and spandex...

...and really kool retro-styled cgi fighter aircraft fail?

Because they miscast the title character!

Instead of a strong, handsome, physical type like George Clooney or Ewan McGregor...we got pretty-boy Jude Law.

Picture Roger Moore instead of Sean Connery as the first James Bond.

Would the 007 series have lasted from 1962 to today?

Don't think so!

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow had everything going for it, except a decent lead actor!
Maybe it wouldn't have been as big as Avatar, but it could have at least broken even!

Thanks for letting me vent.
Back to the usual tomorrow...

Remember Sky Captain, the FIRST BlueScreen / CGI Flick?

'Way before Avatar, there was another big-budget flick featuring fantastic CGI enviroments,

futuristic technology

and weird creatures,

all done with blue-screen and cgi...

It was...

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

(as if you couldn't guess...)

and, it could have been one of the biggest hits of all time, except they let this man...

Jude Law, 

star as the title character!

More tomorrow...

Attack of the SuperPowers Sunday!

For the next few Sundays, we're going to present the nifty updated designs of the Project SuperPowers characters by Alex Ross along with links to a couple of Squidoo pages of background info and links about the series and characters...
Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers
(featuring characters who've been cover-featured)
Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers Strikes Again!
(featuring the other characters)
Erik Larsen's the Next Issue Project & Savage Dragon
(featuring several of the same characters as Project SuperPowers and others, but set in a different universe!)
as well as a solo page for
The Classic Blue Beetle

In addition, you can find Atomic Kommie Comics™ kool kollectibles emblazoned with the ORIGINAL 1940s classic cover art featuring these characters...
Blue Beetle (aka Big Blue)
& Sparky
Cyclone
(in Solo Heroes)
The Flame
The Grim Reaper
(in Solo Heroes)
RocketMan & RocketGirl
(aka the Zip-Jets)
Samson & David
V-Man
YellowJacket (aka Jack)
(in Solo Heroes)
at
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™!
(Unfortunately, neither Black Venus nor The Hood had solo cover appearances, so we don't have anything on them...yet!)

And don't forget to buy the Project SuperPowers comics and collections including Black Terror, Death Defying 'Devil, Masquerade, and Project SuperPowers Volume 2!

TODAY is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

VISIT YOUR LOCAL COMIC SHOP!
LOTSA FREEBIES!
MANY SHOPS HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS (COMIX CREATOR AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGS, CHARACTER APPEARANCES, CONTESTS)!
DID WE MENTION LOTS OF FREEBIES?

Design of the Week--SpaceHero

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week, a spaceman in the Flash Gordon / Buck Rogers mold, with rayguns and spaceships (not to mention scantily-clad women) aplenty.
A vintage image suitable for retro / ironic adults or starry-eyed kids, and available on clothing for both as well as mugs, messenger bags and other kool kollectibles!
Enjoy!
(And don't forget tomorrow is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!)