The Claymation Werewolf: The League Of Extraordinary Bloggers

Introducing the League of Extraordinary Bloggers!

Cool & Collected came up with a devious plot... er.... idea; gather some of the most depraved minds of the blogging interwebs, give them a common goal/topic and see what they spin!

But I will pull a quote from the link above and let the man himself explain it:

Here’s how it will work…

Each Monday, I will announce a different topic here on Cool & Collected. For example, let’s say the first week’s topic will be the character of Snake Eyes from the G.I. Joe franchise.

Any blogger who wants to contribute to the weekly topic would write up an article about the specified topic (Snake Eyes) and post it on their site by the following Sunday. Once the article is posted, send me an email or DM with the link.

On Monday, I will put up a post of my own about the weekly topic (Snake Eyes) on Cool & Collected, and at the bottom of the post, I will write a sentence or two for each participating blog, pointing readers to those sites. At this point, I will also announce the topic for the next week.

Here, have from freshly-baked links!

Introducing the League of Extraordinary Bloggers!

Your first assignment from "The League" (February 4, 2012)

Update from the League: there’s still time to take part! (February 10, 2012)

Grab the popcorn and let’s watch a Saturday Matinee! (February 13, 2012)

Be sure to check out his illustrations!

(Goonies)

~Stacey Raider of Pendragon’s Post prefers the Temple of Doom.

I thought for sure that Predator was going to be the choice for Fiji Mermaid over at Sideshow Cinema but another horror movie took the honor. (Fright Night)

~Monsterfink’s Midnight Monster Spookshow totally surprised me for NOT choosing a horror movie. (Yellow Submarine)

~I swear, sometimes I think Shawn Robare and I were separated at birth. Branded in the 80′s chimed in with one of my all time favorite movies. (Red Dawn)

~The Claymation Werewolf never disappoints with his unique take on pop culture. Any Johnny Utah fans out there? (Point Break)

~Paxton Holley at the Cavalcade of Awesome chose a movie that I was sure would get several mentions. "Marty, we have to go back!" (Back to the Future)

~Dex1138 at the AEIOU and Sometimes Why blog has seen his "Go to" movie a lot. A whole lot! (Star Wars)

~And in closing, CT from the Nerd Lunch crew has the distinction of selecting the only movie on this list that I just don’t understand. (Buckaroo Banzai)

This week’s assignment from the League – Hollywood Memorabilia

If I had the money, I would go ape (February 17, 2012)

The League Responds: Hollywood Treasure (February 20, 2012)

~Apparently, Christopher Tupa needs a bigger boat, and thinks One Eyed Willie’s pirate ship from Goonies would be just right.

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why picked an item that I’m not even sure exists outside of CGI, but it sure would be fun to ride the Lightcycle from Tron.

~Shawn Robare at Branded in the 80′s would like to have a full-size AT-ST Scout Walker from Star Wars in his backyard (and who wouldn’t!).

~Monster Fink at the Midnight Monster Spookshow gets the prize for the most creative answer by wanting exclusive rights to all of the Universal monsters.

~Brian at Cool and Collected (yours truly) would love to go ape and have a ~Planet of the Apes soldier ape swinging around in his cave.

~Stacey from the Pendragon’s Post wants to redecorate her house to recreate the set from Pee Wee’s playhouse.

~Fiji Mermaid of Sideshow Cinema got his pick in just in time. Fittingly, his selection was the time traveling DeLorean from Back to the Future.

This week’s assignment from the League: "Where are they now?"

The Breakfast Club: Where are they now? (February 23, 2012)

The League has Spoken: Where are they now? (February 27, 2012)

This week’s challenge asked which movie from the 80′s or 90′s you would want to see a sequel for, where the actors had aged the same as you and me. Again, I was amazed at the variety of answers that were given, and some of us even veered dangerously close to fan fiction territory. There was a great amount of effort put forth in this week’s challenge, for example, check out this excerpt from the Claymation Werewolf:

"The Monster Squad stood together on the threshold of a new war. There had already been a casualty before they even knew the battle had begun. Some of the team had never thought that they would ever again fight monsters. Some had never stopped fighting." ~I hope Hollywood is listening! We should all be expecting royalty checks after the creativity that was poured into this week’s topic. Here are links to everyone who contributed…

~Shawn Robare, of Branded in the 80′s would love to see more hairy situations with a sequel to The Peanut Butter Solution.

~Christopher Tupa thinks David Bowie still has what it takes and wants to revisit Labyrinth.

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why also wondered whatever happened with the Labyrinth.

~Brian at Cool & Collected (that’s me!) was also curious about how the Breakfast Club spent the last 30 years.

~Paxton Holley at the Cavalcade of Awesome imagines Matthew Broderick as a top NSA cryptographer in the sequel to War Games.

~The Claymation Werewolf was surprisingly the first to chime in on The Monster Squad (but not the last!).

~Fiji Mermaid at Sideshow Cinema wants to revisit those nice young boys from Kids.

This week’s assignment from the League: March Madness (of Badassery)

~There Can Be Only One (part one)

March Madness: It’s just like the Hunger Games but better!

~There Can Be Only One (part two)

The League has Spoken: March Madness

Snake Plissken ~John at the Revenge from the Cosmic Ark

~Iok at That Figures

Jason Bourne ~Brian at Cool & Collected Bruce Lee ~Kevin at Team Hellions John McClane ~Harley at My Eidetic Memory Ash ~Tom at Freak Studios brought to light my obvious omission in leaving Conan off this list.

This week’s assignment from the League: Things that make you go "Whoah."

The "Halo 3: Believe" Campaign Made a Believer out of Me (March 7, 2012)

The League has spoken: Whoa! (March 12, 2012)

~Chris Tupa was thrilled to see the Star Wars re-release

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why was blown away at the never before seen footage from Star Wars

~Brian at Cool & Collected was made a believer by the commercials for Halo 3

~Shawn at Branded in the 80′s bought up all the G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary action figures

~FijiMermaid at Sideshow Cinema finally mentions an old friend with Alien Vs. Predator

This week’s assignment from the League: Your Hollywood Blockbuster

My Hollywood Blockbuster: "Western Skies" (March 15, 2012)

The League has spoken: Hollywood Blockbusters (March 19, 2012)

~Paxton Holley at the Cavalcade of Awesome loves those hackers.

~Brian at Cool & Collected thinks Hollywood needs more Westerns.

This week’s assignment from the League: Zombie Apocalypse

When the zombie apocalypse arrives, I’m calling my buddy Blain (March 22, 2012)

The League has spoken: Zombie Apocalypse (March 26, 2012)

~Christopher Tupa had an inspired pick. I just hope all those gold chains don’t attract the zombies’ attention.

~Brian at Cool & Collected will gladly cower behind a macho man when the zombies attack.

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why chose an entire zombie fighting team.

~Fiji Mermaid at Sideshow Cinema chose an indestructable ally.

~I gotta say, Tom’s selection criteria had me laughing pretty good, and Jeremy’s Photoshopped entry was genius.

This week’s assignment from the League: Everything’s better with Michael Bay

Michael Bay makes everything better (March 27, 2012)

The League has spoken: Everything’s better with Michael Bay (April 2, 2012)

~Chris Tupa was brave enough to admitting to enjoying MB films, and would like to see more. Some of his ideas don’t sound that crazy!

~The Claymation Werewolf was so excited for this week’s topic, that he actually wrote his response last November. (He must have a Delorean with a flux capacitor in his garage.)

~Brian at Cool & Collected thinks Michael Bay would have had an interesting take on hit films of the 80′s.

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why had another concept that might actually work under the skilled tutelage of Michael Bay.

This week’s assignment from the League: Baseball!

The League has spoken: Baseball! (April 9, 2012)

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why, went way back in time for his favorite baseball arcade game.

~Paxton at the Cavalcade of Awesome put on his GM’s cap and assembled an all-star team of movie baseball players.

~My head is still spinning after reading the Claymation Werewolf’s response. (Two points for being the first in the League to mention Tony Micelli.)

~Brian at Cool & Collected struggled with this week’s topic, but finally came up with a sappy nod to one of his favorite movies.

This week’s League topic: Holy Grails and White Whales

Talking holy grails and white whales (April 11th, 2012)

The League has Spoken: Holy Grails and White Whales (April 16th, 2012)

~Tommy at Top Hat Sasquatch joined the League this week and has two ambitious toy lines in his sights.

~As usual, Brian at Cool & Collected is on a quest for a giant gorilla.

~Paxton at the Cavalcade of Awesome gets two bonus points for mentioning the Misfits of Science in his list of holy grails.

~Shawn at Branded in the 80′s wants a complete set of everyone’s favorite trading cards and some other elusive treasures from the 80′s.

~Stacey at Pendragon’s Post is living the dream while looking for a Wonder Woman’s super foe.

This week’s assignment from the League: Prized Possessions

My Prized Possession (April 20th, 2012)

The League has spoken: Prized Possessions (April 23th, 2012)

~Shawn at Branded in the 80′s is rescuing his childhood companion.

~Brian at Cool & Collected is scaling tall buildings with a gorilla in one fist and a spaceman in the other.

This week’s assignment from the League: "When I was 12…"

1984: possibly the greatest year in pop culture history (April 27th, 2012)

When I was 12… (April 28th, 2012)

The League has spoken: When we were 12… (April 30th, 2012)

"What would you do if I sang out of tune…" What a great week for the League! We took a nostalgic, often painful, look back at the last official year of our childhood. We covered the 80′s pretty well, and even touched on the early 90′s…

~1982: Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why

~1984: Brian at Cool & Collected (part 1 – part 2)

~1990: Shawn at Branded in the 80′s, and Stacy at Pendragon’s Post

~1992: The Claymation Werewolf -

So many amazing memories, but I think Claymation Werewolf wins this week with the revelation that he married his childhood sweetheart.

This week’s assignment from the League: Sweet Ride!

Marion Cobretti’s 1950 Mercury is one sweet ride! (May 1st, 2012)

The League has Spoken: Sweet Rides! (May 7th, 2012)

~Shawn at Branded in the 80′s picked a motorcycle, and a helicopter, and then a combination of the two.

~Chris at Tupa’s Treasures made me smile with his bird-emblazoned selections.

~Brian at Cool & Collected likes his classic cars to have a bit of attitude.

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why visits a galaxy far, far away for his sweet ride.

~Paxton at the Cavalcade of Awesome dug very, very deep for a couple of his rides.

This week’s League topic: The ultimate crossover event!

The ultimate Western crossover event (May 9th, 2012)

The League has spoken: The ultimate crossover event! (May 14th, 2012)

~Fiji Mermaid at Sideshow Cinema: Boba Fett vs. Predator

~Shawn at Branded in the 80′s: The Dagger Games Project — and check out his comments for a mind-blowing idea from Manny!

~Chris at Tupa’s Treasures: Colt Seavers joins the A-Team, and more!

~Brian at Cool & Collected: Look at all those amazing mustaches!

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why: Dr. Who meets Dr. Jones

The Claymation Werewolf: Evil’s Castle (head. spinning.)

~Paxton at the Cavalcade of Awesome: Back to the Future, K.I.T.T. and more!

This week’s League topic: Geek Confessions

My Geek Confession — Live long and prosper. pffft! (May 18th, 2012)

The League has confessed. Forgive us. (May 21st, 2012)

~Chris at Tupa’s Treasure probably surprised me the most this week.

~Headline from 2022: The Claymation Werewolf was a quiet neighbor–kept to himself mostly–until…

~Fiji Mermaid at Sideshow Cinema took a torch to the longest running animated show of all time…and Pixar! What?

~While Brian at Cool & Collected turns in his geek badge along with his phaser set for stun.

~Stacey at Pendragon’s Post takes on some big Comic book artists (but she gets two points for her Star Trek apathy).

~Oof, that was a painful, gut-wrenching week for the League but if it hasn’t killed us, it has certainly made us stronger, right? Hello?

This week’s assignment from the League: Social Media

Tweets from Skull Island (May 23rd, 2012)

The League has spoken: Fictional social media accounts (May 29th, 2012)

~Brian at Cool & Collected starts tweeting from Skull Island.

~I have no idea what this Google+ thing is, and I have a strong suspicion that the Claymation Werewolf made it up.

This week’s assignment from the League: Top 10 Movies

The League has spoken: Top 10 movies (June 11th, 2012)

~Howie at UnderScoopFire! wrote his list before he even knew the League topic this week! He went a different route and listed 10 movies he hasn’t seen (shakes head slowly): http://underscoopfire.com/top-10-movies-ive-never-seen/

~Shawn at Branded in the 80′s came up with a great list of 80′s villains. "Sweep the leg, Johnny!": http://brandedinthe80s.com/new-league-assignment-my-top-ten-favorite-movie-villains

~Brian at Cool & Collected listed his top ten Simians in Cinema: http://coolandcollected.com/top-10-monkey-movies/

~Paxton at the Cavalcade of Awesome broke the internet with his list of time traveling movies (175 comments and counting!): http://blog.paxholley.net/2012/06/07/my-top-10-movies-featuring-time-travel

~Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why featured his top 10 Vincent Price movies: http://aeiouwhy.blogspot.com/2012/06/league-post-top-10-movies.html

~CT at Nerd Lunch made his triumphant return with a list of movies he can’t wait to watch with his kids: http://nerdlunch.blogspot.com/2012/06/lxb-top-ten-movies-i-cant-wait-to-watch.html

This week’s assignment from the League: Reality TV Treasure Hunters

The League has spoken: Reality TV Treasure Hunters (June 18th, 2012)

This week’s assignment from the League: Kurt Russell (June 18th, 2012)

The League has spoken: Kurt Russell is awesome. (June 25th, 2012)

~Nudity (finally!) makes an appearance in the League, and we have the Claymation Werewolf to thank for it.

~Make no mistake, Reis has some mad Lite-Brite skills. (Hey folks, we need more artists in the League!)

~FijiMermaid from Sideshow Cinema could very well win this week for actually appearing in a Kurt Russell movie! (maybe.)

~Cool & Collected visits the old west (again!) and heaps praise upon Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in Tombstone…

This week’s assignment from the League: Patriotic Pop Culture

I bleed red, white and blue — and you can too! (June 26th, 2012)