Once again, H.G. Wells’ classic invasion tale, The War of the Worlds, is being retold in a different format. This time the story is the inspiration for War of the Worlds: Goliath — an animated film that gives the Martian tripods and Earth’s defense forces a steampunk-ish makeover. Director Joe Pearson provided the following synopsis: [...]
Robot Invasion
A Robot Invasion. A Technological Armageddon. The End of Life on Earth! With Transformers 2 about to launch a spectacular robot invasion upon us, The Asylum has let loose its own lower-budgeted mechanoid invasion, in the form of a direct-to-DVD prequel to its own earlier film, Transmorphers — Transmorphers: Fall of Man (US-2009; dir. Scott [...]
Creating Robot 13
Undead Backbrain has just posted an extensive interview with Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford, creators of a new comic series called Robot 13, which features the existential wanderings of a robot seeking clues to his own identity and fighting giant mythological monsters in the process. The creators of the comic discuss their concept for Robot [...]
M.O.R.A.V.
A new independently created and published comic — along with a proposed and long-in-development TV series — has been announced. Created by SFX designer Fon Davis, M.O.R.A.V. Multi-operational Robotic Armoured Vehicle seeks to depict in a realistic fashion the development of a robot army as part of future global conflict. The first issue of the [...]
Giant Gundam Robot in Fuji Park
As real-life giant robots go, this one is the biggest. As the culmination of a long-running project, a Japanese team has built a 59-feet tall full 1:1 scale replica of the iconic manga/anime mecha Gundam at the Gundam Crisis attraction at Fujikyu Highland, at the base of Mt. Fuji — protecting Tokyo from evil robots [...]
