“Space Nazis. I Hate Those Guys.”
Iron Sky, the indie sci-fi comedy about space Nazis who come back to earth for World War II-2 (Square Enix style!) is finally complete, and has a new trailer. If I sound less than excited about it, it’s because this movie was made by the same people who did the Finnish Star Trek parody Star Wreck, which is even more unwatchable than you might expect a Star Trek parodied titled Star Wreck to be. Seriously, it’s terrible, and while the special effects for Iron Sky look excellent, if it’s going to include scenes of actors acting, actors speaking, or even just actors at all, I have a sinking feeling it’s going to run into many of the same problems that Star Wreck did. Specifically, being awful. (Via FilmDrunk)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.