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My biggest argument pro-phone hacks is that if I can purchase a PC or laptop and customize it in any form I wish, why don't phone manufacturers allow the same for mobile devices. It is a volatile industry were standards change daily, so concern for maintaining proprietary wares are down right unnecessary because there's a good chance it's gonna be outdated in 3 months.

Guillermo del Toro's Disney Haunted Mansion

On Thursday, it was reported that Guillermo del Toro would be producing a new version of The Haunted Mansion, but now we have the full discussion of the project from the man himself. Check out everything he had to say at Comic-Con after the break.

Guillermo del Toro: "I went to Disneyland the first time when I was three years old, and I was a lump of fat about this big. And I fortunately was there the year the mansion opened, and I’ve been there every year at least once for the rest of my life. It’s one of those places that I go to… Literally, that’s how freaky I am, unfortunately.

This is a place where I go to when I need to think, when I need to relax and unwind. When we were going through the worst process of Mimic in 1997, we were doing post in Los Angeles and I would go on the weekend and ride it over and over again.

And to me, my man cave, my little house that I have… I have my own Haunted Mansion room with the gargoyles, the wallpaper, original art by Marc Davis, and so on and so forth. And I always felt that the Haunted Mansion told such stories without having to be done solely as a horror film. I thought that the clash or the poignancy of Claude Coates, Rolly, and Marc Davis created a unique flavor for the Mansion.

I would love to say we are doing the movie, it’s live-action. It is going to be in 3D. And we’re making the Haunted Mansion the most haunted place on Earth. And we are doing it by being true to the spirit and the art and the aesthetic of the original Imagineers that created the mansion.

We are not returning Eddie Murphy’s calls.

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And we are not making it a comedy. We are making it into an e-ticket ride. We are going to make it scary and fun at the same time. But the scary will be scary. And to me, the mansion has to become the haunted house movie that a generation remembers and loves after being created by us. We are doing this by reintroducing… the mythology in the mansion will be done, and this is really for the hardcore fans, it is going to be created around the character we are reintroducing into the tale. And it is my biggest hope that we can reintroduce it right. And that is the Hatbox Ghost.

I always loved his image. I think he is one of the scariest creations, but he is also incredibly whimsical. What I decided was, in the talks with Disney, that this would be the pivotal character to reintroduce the mythology. And I said, please, this is going to be scary. If you take the children, they will scream. But we hope that happens.

And it’s a litmus test of character. This, to me, is a dream come true, and I hope to steal as many props as possible."

It is as if the film making gods blessed this man with the imagination of a 10 year old boy and the drive of a war torn veteran.  Guillermo del Toro's films are some of the most beautifully made and meticulously produce I've ever seen.  If you've never seen Pan's Labyrinth, I strongly suggest you invest an evening with it and Hellboy 2.

(Trivia: del Toro turned down a chance to direct Blade: Trinity, AVP: Alien vs. Predator and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to work on his dream project: Hellboy.  Thats how serious this man is about his films, he pursues his passions and not the movie the studios want him to make.)

Saw 3D

It will never be over.




And I am perfectly fine with that.  I think Saw is one of the best movie sagas of the last decade.  If you can sit through the gore or just fast forward through it all, the depth of Saw is intense!  If you can believe one dying man was the mastermind behind the Jigsaw legacy, you will understand my passion for these films.

The Walking Dead

I need this show as much as I need to constantly breath oxygen.  AMC's The Walking Dead will most certainly be the reason my DVR is filled this Fall.


Based on a comic written by Robert Kirkman, published by Image Comics, The Walking Dead is centered on Rick Grimes, a small-town police officer, his family and a number of other survivors who have banded together in order to survive after the world is overrun with zombies.


Coming to your television sets this Fall, I think I will most definitely have to have viewing parties