On a routine expedition...

How do I suck? Let me count the ways. Didn't post again yesterday, obviously.

Because I pick up my son from school on Mondays and Wednesdays, it's been messing with my schedule and I haven't quite adapted yet. I'll figure it out, but in the meantime, I appreciate everyone's patience on those two days.

Here are the monster/robot links that I should've posted yesterday:

Giant Monsters

I haven't even bought Beasts! Volume 1 yet and they're already announcing Volume 2. I gotta step up my game.

Will Ferrell's Land of the Lost movie is a go. My initial feeling is disappointment that instead of getting a cool, dinosaur adventure movie, we're apparently getting a silly comedy. But when Dan Taylor expressed similar concerns, writer Chris Henchy contacted him and let him know that "everything that fans loved about Land of the Lost will be in the movie… everything. Rest assured, we have the blessing of the Kroffts on this one." So... keeping an open mind.

In a review of Winsor McCay's The Complete Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, needcoffe.com reveals compiler Ulrich Merkl's assertion that "McCay introduced the entire 'giant monster attacks metropolitan city' genre, predating King Kong and Godzilla." I've loved McCay since I got that huge Little Nemo in Slumberland Sundays collection. Now I love him even more.

It doesn't get much better than Powerpuff Girls vs. Giant Monsters.

And I thought the Transmorphers movie was sadly hilarious. Little did I know...

Giant Robots

Some Chinese Transformers nerds have built an $8000, 1300 pound Bumblebee statue.

At least this person made one that you can actually get inside.

I've never really thought of the War of the Worlds Martian tripods as giant robots, but I guess they are as much as the ones in Kill All Monsters! (which are piloted by humans, at least at first). So, in that light, it seems kind of appropriate that I point you towards this cool gallery of War of the Worlds book covers with all manner of tripod designs on them.

Here's a review of Super Robot Wars OVA.

Giant Monsters Versus Giant Robots!

Negadon: The Monster from Mars is an apparently very good, short, CGI film. Just added it to my Amazon Wish List.