One word: WHY.

The Story

R.I.P.D. tells the story of Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds), a police officer who opens the film with the burying of some mysterious pieces of gold under an orange tree in his backyard. We quickly learn that the gold was found by him and his partner, Bobby (Kevin Bacon), during a drug bust, but Nick tells Bobby that he has decided to return the gold. Later that day, during a raid, Bobby shoots Nick, killing him and sending him to the office of Mildred Proctor (Mary-Louise Parker), head of the Rest In Peace Department, or R.I.P.D. for short. The organization’s purpose is…

Though the comic book world can be a very dark place, what with all those evil supervillains and bloody battles and heroic deaths and whatnot, a comic book movie director can only show so much of that stuff without risking the film’s commercial prospects. Mainstream superhero tales will push the constraints of the PG-13 rating as far as they’ll stretch, but it’s very rare that they’ll actually break through them.

But hey, that’s what unrated director’s cuts are for. In the case of The Wolverine, James Mangold states that while he’s “very happy” with the theatrical cut, he has plans to…

I’ve been looking forward to this film with some trepidation, and the first featurette below sends up some new red flags for me. I feel like the whole worldview may be all off and wrong. But that’s just my own personal opinion. You may be of a different persuasion. In any event there’s definitely a pitting of the have’s vs. the have nots. The question for me is why is this happening, is there actual oppression going on, and more. All these questions will be answered when we see the film on August 9.

In the meantime, check out these featurettes and clips.

Technically speaking, is this a sequel to Captain America or is this a sequel to The Avengers? The title suggests one thing, but the chronology suggests another.

Joe Russo: It’s a little bit of a sequel to both. I mean obviously the character has advanced. He’s been frozen for seventy years. It has narrative elements that tie to the first movie and it has narrative elements that tie directly to The Avengers and also has narrative elements that tie directly to Avengers 2. I think, and Kevin [Feige] has said this, it’s as big of a bridge of any of the Phase 2 movies from Avengers to Avengers…

I know litterally nothing about the show. In fact, I hadn’t really heard of it until the Kickstarter campaign that went through the roof so yay for viral marketing and kickstarters and whatnot.

I don’t know if I’ll have time to catch up on the show and subsequently see the film any time soon, but for those of you who are fans and looking forward to this, I think this sneak peek video might be right up your alley.

This video appeared at SDCC. It features a couple of minutes of Featurette type material, followed by what is essentially a teaser trailer for the upcoming film. Also, there’s…