Ok, the title of this blog is so utterly ridiculous, but would you expect anything less from the self-proclaimed lord of lunacy? I wanted to call myself the Prince of Madness, but Sheogorath beat me to it, so I had to settle for lunacy.

Anyway, I think it's time for a look at upcoming movies for 2008 - and do we have a doozy or what?

There's a few titles i'm interested in that are minor news, and so i'll get to them at the end. The big stuff comes first.

First and foremost... THE DARK KNIGHT! Ooh-rah! Given Heath Ledger's recent demise, this is most likely going to be the biggest hit this year - mostly because he died, though there is no doubt in my mind that this movie is going to pwn. There's too many movies that we have to wait a few months for, and this is one of them. Shocking tidbit of news - The Joker is NOT Batman's main enemy...

Anyone remember Harvey Dent?

Up next, and possibly the movie i'm most excited about, is SPEED RACER. Being a fan of the anime as a child, I have no choice but to go see this one. It's being directed and produced by the Wachowski Brothers. Ya know, the guys who did the Matrix and V for Vendetta? They still have one Matrix sequel to redeem themselves for, and so far it looks like they just might with this one. Yeah, the plot's a little thin, but the casting is amazing - the main actors look so similar to their anime/manga counterparts it's a little creepy. That, and the special effects are IN-FREAKING-SANE. Trailer here -

http://speedracerthemovie.warnerbros.com/cmp/main.html

Also upcoming is THE INCREDIBLE HULK. The first movie was pretty decent, but this one is shaping up to be much better. I like the casting better (Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, which works better in my mind, and William Hurt as General Ross), and our super anti-hero faces a much more fitting opponent - The Abomination (though he will NOT be refered to as such in the movie, 'cuz 'tis a lame name). The Hulk himself is supposed to be closer to his comic version than the prior film - that is, he's much more violent and brutal. He truely is a being of rage.

What else is on the plate? Christians are getting universally excited about PRINCE CASPIAN. This is one I actually don't know too much about, aside from the fact that the tone of the movie is much darker than the previous one. It's supposed to be much more brutal. How much so, I can't say. So I won't.

Of course, who can forget STAR TREK?! Aside from the casting, there's virtually no information anywhere about this picture. Reports from saying that it will portray the crew's academy days, to recording their early adventures, and sometimes both. So, to be fair, i'm not gonna say anything. Saying, I would know; do not know, so cannot say.

I'm ridiculously excited over IRON MAN. The casting is great (so's the costume department), and the special effects... the suit feels real and has presence, which in itself is amazing. Not to mention the suit has to do some freaking crazy stuff, and the fact that it still feels real despite the fact he's outmanuvering F-22 Raptor's while going beyond the speed of sound gives me chills. Yeah, there's points were it's blatant CGI, even from the trailers, but it still is amazing. I also like the fact that IRON MAN and THE INCREDIBLE HULK have breif tie-ins with each other, to help lend credency to the planned AVENGER'S movie (but that's way down the line).

Beyond that, there's not a whole lot major going on. I'm personally interested in Jumper, a story about people gifted/cursed with teleportation; 10,00 B.C. about the "first hero", who just happens to be tribseman who's clan is mostly annihilated and/or sold into slavery (it's not necessarily an evolutionist film; the Earth is believed to be 7,000 to 10,000 years old and those animals portrayed did exist at one point in time), and a few other films interest me, like Indiana Jones 4 and The Mummy 3, but at this point, i'm sick of typing. G'night.