Jun
02
2011
02
2011
The Michael Bay Creative Process at Work
I'm not going to say this any better than Vince at FilmDrunk already did, but I do feel it's my duty to also present this behind-the-scenes video from Transformers 3: Turn Off the Moon regarding the film's vaguely heralded wingsuit ...
Jun
02
2011
02
2011
A New (Star Wars-Muppets Cross-Promotional Merchandise) Hope
Disney just unveiled their new line of Disney-exclusive Star Wars Muppets figures, due this November when The Muppets movie comes out. They'll be sold in two-packs for the upsettingly high price of $19, but supposedly, they're more articulated than the ...
Jun
02
2011
02
2011
Tekken. Tekken? Tekken!
I give Tekken and its fans a lot of shit on Topless Robot, but I will admit you guys didn't deserve the live-action Tekken movie. I mean, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li was awful, and Capcom just remained ...
Jun
02
2011
02
2011
You Don’t Know the Power of the Buttered Side of the Force
Okay. An elaborate video for a very simple -- maybe even stupid -- idea, which happens to be the nerdiest corncob holder in existence. That's the way you're going to play it, Thursday? All right. Well, you asked for it. ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Game Start, Man, Game Start!
Doesn't quite have the same ring to it as "Game over, man!" does it? Oh well. Here's a new teaser for a new Aliens game, surname Colonial Marines, developed by Gearbox. The teaser seems pretty groovy, although there's no game ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Isaiah Mustafa Really, Really Wants to Be Luke Cage
Deodorant pitchman and celebu-nerd Isaiah Mustafa has already gone on record saying he would love to play Luke Cage if a Power Man movie came out. What's the next step? Well, for Mustafa to release his own little fan flick ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Super Terrific Japanese Thing: Skyline Tenga
If you're one of the few people who saw the aliens-invade-L.A. movie Skyline -- you know, the one that wasn't Battle: Los Angeles -- you may have thought, "I enjoy this movie. I would like to stick my penis in ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
iCloud rumors: may be free to Lion users, movies and TV up in air
Apple's soon-to-be-announced iCloud service may or may not include movies and TV by the time it's introduced to the world next week, and Apple ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
The Harry Potter Cast Has One Word for You
Empire magazine asked the Harry Potter movie cast to sum up their massive movie experience with one word. It's the kind of weird, esoteric exercise I actually loved doing back when I was interviewing people regularly. The big winner is ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Hulu bringing Miramax films to free and paid subscribers
Hulu fans will soon be able to watch a plethora of films from Miramax, but most will only be accessible to
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
50 Movie Bad Guys (With A Couple Ladies)
Note: Full-res version HERE and a cheat-sheet for your low-down dirty cheaters HERE.
This is a stylized portrait of 50 notable bad guys throughout movie history by artist Robert Ball. I'd argue that some of them aren't so much bad ...
Jun
01
2011
01
2011
And Speaking of George Lucas…
I have a shit-ton of great fan-made videos to post today, but none of them come close to the awesomeness of this one. Seriously. I don't even want to talk about it, lest I spoil an iota of its awesomeness ...
May
31
2011
31
2011
New Green Lantern Footage
Green Lantern is easily one of the most anticipated movies in this summer that is just filled with sequels/prequels.The movie is based upon a DC comics character of a human that is chosen by an intergalactic police force, the Green ...
May
31
2011
31
2011
Donald Sutherland Cast as Villain President Snow in ‘The Hunger Games’!
Donald Sutherland has been confirmed as President Snow in the upcoming The Hunger Games movie. This nerdbastard thinks it’s a stroke of genius to cast Sutherland in this role. Snow is a political monster, all smiles to the public, but ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
TR Contest: The George Lucas Star Wars Name Generator
NOTE: Topless Robot will be off on Monday for Memorial Day. Just so you know.A week and a half ago, I posted some news on the new Star Tours ride at Disneyworld. Among the other details included was that wonderful ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
CmdrTaco Visits Pixar
A couple of weeks ago I scored a visit to Lucasfilm and half jokingly challenged the Slashdot audience to invite me to other cool places. Two brave Pixar employees took me up on my offer and showed me around for ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
A Link to the Past (and the Future, and Then Further in the Future, Then an Alternate Present, and…)
This video starts a bit slow, but it's well worth watching until the end. I mean, it stars the one person that can truly explain how all the Legend of Zelda games actually fit together... Doc Emmit Brown. Of course, ...
May
27
2011
27
2011
X-Men: First Class Is Gonna Be a Great Movie
All right, respect. Whatever qualities or problems X-Men: First Class is going to have, it really will feature a scene of January Jones as Emma Frost just hanging out in lingerie as if it was a regular, socially acceptable outfit. ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
Now the American Akira Doesn’t Have a Director, Either
From Deadline:The twists and turns on the Warner Bros adaptation of anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo's graphic novel Akira continue.
Director Albert Hughes is exiting the movie, I'm told. Insiders say
that it is an amicable creative differences parting of the ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
Mo’ Muppets, Mo’ Awesome
Actually, this second new teaser for The Muppets movie is actually some kind of take-off of The Hangover 2, and thus, it's actually kind of depressingly mediocre. That is, until the end, which explodes with pure awesomeness and fills me ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
Bioshock Movie Still Has A Chance!
I must admit, I fucking loved the first Bioshock game. Flat out LOVED.The action was great, the atmosphere and enemies were creepy and the twist at the end blew my mind! I can only think of one or two other ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
You Will Believe a Toy Can Fly
Two words: Hot Toys. Two more words: Holy shit. 33 more words: I'm not even a big '78 Superman fan and this thing made my jaw drop. He's due out at the end of this year; for more equally ...
May
25
2011
25
2011
When Hollywood Meets Mancave: Video Game Movies, The Informational Graphic
Note: This is nowhere near the whole graphic, click RIGHT HERE DO IT NOW to see the entire graphic and getcha swerve learn on.
This is an informational graphic all about video games that were made into movies (not just fan-films, ...
May
25
2011
25
2011
The New Cowboys & Aliens TV Spot Raises a Disturbing Question
So Daniel Craig's cowboy wakes up in the middle of the desert with no memory and an alien artifact stuck on his arm. The bracelet and amnesia implies that he was abducted by aliens previously. ......did aliens probe Daniel Craig's ...
May
25
2011
25
2011
Professor X: Before the Dickery
It's yet another clip from X-Men: First Class, this time showing Lil' Professor X and the utterly nightmarish Lil' Mystique upon their first meeting as tots. As it turns out, Chuck's mother didn't make him hot chocolate as a kid, ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
Yet Another New Scene Added into the Star Wars Blu-Rays!!!
A few thoughts:• Still better than "Jedi Rocks."• I am 99% certain the people who put on Star Wars Weekends fucking hate Star Wars.• If you were at all irked when the Jawa came out with the Stormtrooper helmet drums, ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
What are the Best (and Worst) Video Game Movies?
Let’s face it, video game movies are not the best.In fact, I dare you to name one movie based upon a videogame that stands the test of time as well as E.T., Star Wars, Forrest Gump or Gone With the ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
The Star Trek Experience Is Screwed
There was some talk of Las Vegas' Star Trek Experience bar/show/thing coming back this year, but I haven't heard much about it. They might as well not bother, because it's about to have some competition from something with a slightly ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
There May Be a Phoenix Wright Movie
That's not the big news, although a movie based on everyone's favorite "Objection!"-screaming Nintendo DS lawyer is pretty big. No, the big news is that it appears that the Phoenix Wright movie will be directed by Takeshi Miike, the man ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
The X-Men in "Days of Insurance Needs Past"
I don't have the faintest idea why Farmers Insurance has decided to do a tie-in with X-Men: First Class. And, the awesome J.K. Simmons notwithstanding, this commercial where wanna-be insurance agents tease Beast about his lack of insurance knowledge isn't ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
The 7 Nerdiest Roles of Brad Dourif
For the better part of four decades, character-actor Brad Dourif has played some of the creepiest sons of bitches to ever slither their ways onto both the big and small screen. He's made a name for himself portraying psychopaths, serial-killers, ...
May
23
2011
23
2011
This Is Supposedly a New Transformers 3 Trailer
I say supposedly, because the only new shot in it that I can tell is at the very end, where a jetpacked Optimus Prime fights some kind of giant robot anus-worm. If there's new footage of shit breaking and exploding ...
May
23
2011
23
2011
Poor Picture At Your Local Cinema?
The Hub writes "Have you ever noticed that the picture in your local movie theater is too dark or grainy? The Boston Globe does some good ol' fashioned investigative reporting to find the culprit. Apparently, the cause is linked to ...
May
23
2011
23
2011
Candyland Movie is Modelled After Lord of the Rings?
Do you remember the old board game Candyland … you know, the one with gum drop mountains and chocolate swamps?It seems like Hollywood does, as they are turning it into a movie!But not just any movie, apparently this movie is ...
May
23
2011
23
2011
Ghostbusters Firehouse Slated For Closure
Hook & Ladder 8, the Manhattan firehouse best known for being the Ghostbuster's place of business in the movie franchise, is scheduled for closure along with 19 others in the NYC area as part of budget cuts. But what ...
The Protomen - Rock Music and Mega Man Combined.
An Irrelevant Take on the Zombie Goodness of the Walking Dead
Halloween Fear Fest - Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus
Amnesia: The Dark Descent will induce heart problems.
Redline - 7 Years in the making and damn, it looks good.