Warner Bros put up the latest Man of Steel trailer, and it looks like they’re pulling out all the stops for the mistreated franchise.

Lots of death and destruction, and lots of mass murder at the hands of General Zod, who is going to be Superman‘s primary antagonist this time around.

Following in the footsteps of the Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel looks to be taking on a decidedly darker tone. Fucking finally, right? Since the character’s inception, no one (in film) has done enough to dispel this hokey, super-clean cut, hero-in-our-darkest-hour-but-usually-just-a-nerdy-journalist persona that keeps getting recycled. Give me a tortured, alienated, not-of-this-earth Superman rife with believable inner conflict, already.

Man of Steel hits theaters June 14 for U.S. peeps.

Set in some grim future where malevolent robots and monster bikers terrorize the populace of Limit City, Skull and Shark is Dave Rapoza‘s gargantuan personal project. Part Blade Runner, part Cyberpunk 2020, and part TMNT-inspired weirdness, the trailer is a 16-bit preview of all things future-occult.

Bonusssssssss!!!! Lazerhawk, who I rep’d just the other day, was cool enough to provide the trailer’s soundtrack.

Because of the massive scope of the project (Rapoza is writing, drawing, and inking everything himself) we might not see Skull and Shark for a while. But hey, at least we can just watch the trailer on repeat forever (it’s that good).

The burgeoning synthwave scene exploded within the past year and a half, or so. Thanks to films like Drive, the Internet is now crawling with retro-future Kavinsky-clones. And that makes for the difficult task of sifting through a lot of unoriginal, boring, and just plain bad projects.

In such an overcrowded scene, Lazerhawk shines as an example of every single correct thing to do. And he’s not a one-trick producer, either. Both of his LPs, Redline and Visitors differ wildly in sound, ranging from the outrun-electro that Lazerhawk helped popularize, all the way to outer-space disco soundtracks.

For those of you wondering, the movie is the 1989 anime classic Riding Bean. Appropriately and seedily enough, it’s about a team of for-hire thieves who drive around in sports cars.

We finally get a taste of things to come as the new trailer for Arkham: Origins is released after a frustratingly short teaser whet the appetites of fans. Origins delves into the fledgling years of Batman, immersing players in a kind of “Year Two” storyline. The trailer features appearances by Black Mask (!!!), Deadshot, and Deathstroke; the firearm-savvy assassin/sometimes-hero/fulltime asshole.

According to Eric Holmes, the creative director of Origins, the story will take place on Christmas Eve, which put a nice twist on the absolute hell that is Gotham. Due to conflicting project schedules, writer Paul Dini of Batman: The Animated Series, won’t be on board for Arkham Origins. Instead, some younger blood has been snatched up to steer the ship.

Hit up the 5-minute trailer and witness one of the best fight-scenes I’ve seen in a long time. And check out that shipping dock setting. A Batman Begins reference, maybe? Either way, I might have to fork over the cash to get on that console steez again. My PS2 just wants to sit on the porch and feed the birds in the park now, poor girl.

Finally, a song for all the dudes in the world jerking illz to cartoon titties. Josip On Deck‘s “Anime Pussy” is your anthem, your call to arms. When y’all march on Washington for the right to marry fictional characters, the chant of “Anime Pussy” will be your rallying cry. It’s really time we stopped oppressing the cats that want to put the smash down on cyborg ladies, cute elves, and kawaii schoolgirls with the lil short skirts; it’s a lifestyle choice that’s just as valid as being a furry, or an adult baby.

Besides “Anime Pussy” getting stuck in your head, forcing you to mutter it under your breath and look like an insane dude that gets thrown out of Forbidden Planet on the regular; the only problem I have with the song is the choice in “anime pussy”. Josip shouts out Misty from Pokémon, when everyone knows Jessie from Team Rocket was the one who could really put the fuck down. Also, my dude says he wants to suck on Chun Li’s tits, which is kinda like going to Red Lobster and ordering a chicken dish. Anyone who’s played Street Fighter for even a couple of minutes knows that Chun Li’s thighs are the real point of interest. While this song is really catchy, I gotta give bro a 7/10 on his lack of imagination in anime pussy.

Boil your whole life down to one walking trip through the mall, and it would look something like this short film, except this short doesn’t have a part where you go to Foot Locker and examine Jordans you’re not gonna buy for 45 minutes. The Circle Line is a short by Adam Wells which abstracts the human experience into a quick shopping trip in a future mall. The protagonist stops at the first impressions store, enters the rat race, hollers at a chick, and makes some art. This struggle, we all know.

The animation is shot in black and white, because it looks more official and artsy, but also because it adds a ‘lil bit of a depressive flair to a film that talks about the commodification and linearity of our lives. Appropriate, indeed. Take two minutes out of your day to check this out, then go back to listening drug fairy tale rap or trying to get that broad on Instagram with the sideboob to come to your band’s show.

My man Patton Oswalt, just spazzes out here and drops an eight minute long nerd freestyle about the new Star Wars movie on Parks and Rec. This should immediately be remixed with a series of Funkmaster Flex bomb drops and explosions. Shit is pure hot fire, if you’re really about that ComicCon life. For dudes that fuck around on that DragonCon wave, this rant is the equivalent of J.R Writer’s epic 9 minute freestyle from the early 2000s. Dude goes in real deep on the nerd references and fantastical theories, pitching a movie that ties together Star Wars, Avengers, and Clash of the Titans. I’d watch it. Honestly, if you had sex in high school, don’t even fuck around and watch this shit. I know everyone thinks they’re nerds these days, but your boy Oswalt is on some Rom, The Space Knight level arcana here. Strictly for live men, not for freshman.

You can look at the people in the crowd’s faces and see all of them glaze over. Lady with the red hair, in the front row really bringing that bored girlfriend realness. Try and explain the plot of Primer to your girl, know that face all too well.

^{* Not for nothing, but homeboy talks about the X-Men’s Quinjet, but, the X-Men have a blackbird. -1 points. But my man drops a Moon KNight reference, so that evens shit out.}

Yooooo! Christopher Nolan you crazy for this one my dude. The new trailer for Man of Steel aka Superman 6, looks fucking insane. Previous trailers for the movie focused on Superman with the ill beard looking really pensive, strong Terrence Malick Tree of Life vibes. It looked like a “real” movie, but not like a Superman movie. We barely saw dude fly. This trailer however mixes the pathos with Superman blowing shit up. I’m totally in. Opening day. Wild nerd shit.

A lot of movie heads were worried about a Zack Snyder directed, Christopher Nolan produced Superman. What the hell would that look like.? Nolan is known for the gravitas of his blockbuster movies, while to the movie while Snyder is known for having a “15 year old who’s really good at CGI” aesthetic. Could’ve easily been a clusterfuck. Judging by this trailer though, these two dudes are two tastes that taste great together. Cinematically.

Man Of Steel drops June 14th.

The Layzell Bros peer into the future of train travel and human interaction with their new animated short Future Travel. The animated video imagines a world where everyone is constantly plugged into the internet, technology hide us from the uncomfortableness of face to face contact, and quite possibly, the entire world is just north of being fullblown social retards. A startling and improbable future, I say, as I type this from a laptop in a darkened room.

Despite the social commentary, the animation is still full of shit jokes, neon colors, and dialogue like “my cat is dead, let me have your pussy to play with”. In other words, it is, in fact, art at its highest form. Within the two minutes of ADD riddled drawings is a message, “never give up on love”, which makes this exploration in weirdness, a romantic tale at it’s center.

Get off the internet. Go talk to someone in real life, and bring your A game when you approach someone on the train, or die alone.

Catch it while you still can, before Marvel scours this shit off of the internet, but here we have early footage of Edgar Wright’s upcoming Ant Man movie. While the movie hasn’t even been cast yet, the footage above was shown at last year’s Comic Con as a special effects test. Ant Man will presumably play into Marvel’s plans for Avengers 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, and eventually a Rom, The Space Knight flick.

The footage looks decent enough, but as with all superhero movies, the thing that’ll determine whether this is good, is never special effects. Hopefully, we get an Ant Man that’s kind of a dick, a wife beater, and a pervert. I say that because that’s true to the character, not just because I want an awkward scene between a drunken Ant Man and Iron Man about erectile dysfunction and spousal abuse. Obviously, this would be in costume. The toys would be amazing.