Stan Lee – Page 2 – That Geek Thing

A round-up of some of the oddest and funniest images and videos that have been doing the rounds on the ’net we like to call inter over the past week or so. Enjoy.

••• What if Stormtroopers had been cloned from something other than a humanoid? That’s the inspiration behind a series of helmets by New York City designer Blank William. Called “The New Order”, has Stormtrooper helmets for elephants, hippos and rhinoceroses (although, we have to be honest, the hippo one looks more like a capybara). Scary concept, and the elephant one is glorious…

••• Stan Lee does an impression of Grumpy Cat at the ComiKaze Expo.

I just me @RealGrumpyCat at my convention @StanLeeComikaze w @HotTopic #comikaze pic.twitter.com/zbjqIEe1GE

— stan lee (@TheRealStanLee) October 31, 2015

••• Mondo has released two more prints by Phantom City Creative based on classic episodes of the 1990s Batman Animated series. One is for “Almost Got ’Im”, one of Buzz’s favourite episodes, in which the Dark Knight’s adversaries swap tall tales about the time they almost managed to beat the masked crusader. Sadly there were limited editions of 250 each and they sold out within minutes of going on sale on Thursday. But you can appreciate the images here…

••• Okay, try to get this through customs…

••• Your eyes do not deceive you. That is William Shatner as a stormtrooper. No, he wasn’t trying to sneak onto the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, after JJ Abrams cruelly decided not to let him have a cameo in his Trek movies. Shatner turned up to the Country Music Awards (CMAs) which had a Star Wars theme this year (you can see the opening here). Later, in the ceremony Shatner performed a version of Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” in his signature sing-speak style, but sadly that has yet to turn up on YouTube. What’s wrong with country music audiences? Too blue to surreptitiously operate a sneaky mobile cam?

••• Christmas is coming and so is the Christmas tat. Merchoid.com, has launched a range of “Ugly Christmas Sweaters” (their word, not outs) inspired by Star Wars. Prices range from $31.99 to $36.99. There are also seasonal superhero sweaters too.

••• We’ve had a lot of Back To The Future videos recently, but this one’s a little bit different as franchises collide in timey-wimey fashion. Yes Doctor Who meets Marty McFly… kinda.

••• Meet the female, black version of Captain America who’s being introduced into Radioactive Spider-Gwen #2.It’s all taking part in an “alternate” part of the Marvel universe, but we still demand the film version now!

Taking time out between movie cameo appearances Stan Lee has not only launched a new superhero universe in a music video, but he’s also created an all-new superhero set to be played by Chinese actress Li Bingbing in a film called Realm.

Debuting today on his YouTube channel Stan Lee’s World of Heroes, “No Hero Now” is a lavish, story-driven music video for a new track by Vy Nguyen featuring Jason Chu on rapping duties.

The concepts and characters in the video originally started as ideas for a series by Jennie Kong, who’s previously worked on other projects for World Of Heroes. Instead she was brought on board to write and direct the video.

“The concept and world I had originally was actually for a series I wanted to develop, which I condensed into this video,” Kong tells The Hollywood Reporter, adding that she wanted to create, “a memorable ‘music video event’ — and to create a world with characters that you cared about long after the four minutes of song, as that’s what usually sticks with audiences once the superhero sheen is gone.”

The characters include Leverage’s Beth Riesgraf as villain the Mantis and Jessika Van from the CW’s The Messengers as former assassin-turned-hero Rian Leung.

So will the story continue? Yes, says the project’s producer Ramon Govea. “I can only say that there is a larger world to explore here but how it manifests and, more specifically, which digital platforms we use to expand this story world are mapped out on a wipe board for right now. We will be sharing something very soon, though.”

Realm, meanwhile, is a new film from Chinese production and distribution company Fundamental Films and Stan Lee Global Entertainment. The plot – which is being kept under wraps – is based on an original idea from Lee.

“What a kick it has been to create our first Chinese female superhero, and an empowering one at that,” says Lee. “It has been such a fun experience bringing to life an international woman character, and the ability to do so has been different from anything we’ve ever done! I am thoroughly enjoying every minute of it.”

Alex Litvak (Predators, The Three Musketeers) is writing the script and Li Bingbing – whose recent credits include Resident Evil: Retribution, Transformers: Age Of Extinction and Zhongkui: Snow Girl And The Dark Crystal – will also act a producer.

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