“The Maxx” streaming live (and free) on MTV.
I think I’m dating myself with this one. Way back when, I must have been in 8th grade or so, MTV had this spectacular late-night animation series called Oddities. (Think Adult Swim ten years before the fact). They aired such classics as “Aeon Flux” and this show, Sam Kieth’s “The Maxx”.
Based on Kieth’s Image Comics series, “The Maxx” was about a homeless man who dreams of defeating villains in an imaginary Outback. Taken in by social worker Julie, who thinks this Outback is just Maxx’s way of dealing with the harsh nights living in a box in New York City, she comes to realize that she is the Queen of this Outback and Maxx is her protector.
The series was extremely strange but like most childhood things that shape your mind at a young age, I was pumped to see the complete series on MTV. I know what I’m going to be doing the rest of the day.
[Via The Beat].
‘Watchmen’ Director’s Cut to be released in theatres.
Collider reports from a press screening of “Watchmen: The Director’s Cut” on Blu-ray that Zack Snyder’s full vision of “Watchmen” will have a brief theatrical run in four cities for one weekend before Comic Con International in San Diego. From the story:
Zack said the movie would show in theaters “the weekend before Comic-Con in Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, and New York.” He said the release would only be for one weekend and in one theater.
Now whether you liked the movie or not, I think this is quite possibly the best chance we have to see Alan Moore’s full vision on screen mixed in with Snyder’s hyper-violence.
The “Watchmen: The Director’s Cut” Blu-Ray hits stores July 21st.
