As far as introductions go, there are few as tightly controlled and crafted as the trailer, that vital piece of marketing which often represents a person’s first exposure to a film. Considering that trailers often determine the fate of multi-million dollar projects, it’s no wonder these three-minute elevator pitches have become just as important as the films they represent.
Tera takes the fight beyond your typical whack-a-mole monotony with enhanced aiming, dodging, and tactical timing to create intense and rewarding combat. Unlike other MMOs, you can use your controller or keyboard and mouse to control the action like never before. With all the depth you expect from a traditional MMO, plus the intense gratification of action combat, Tera changes all the rules.
Alcatraz reached another milestone with “Webb Porter.” The mystery surrounding Lucy was partly addressed in an episode that benefitted from all the improvements of the double feature, (“The Ames Brothers”/”Sonny Burnett”) and used violin music to dampen the violence.
If you groaned upon hearing the news that the short-lived 1980s detective series 21 Jump Street was getting a big-screen remake, prepare to be surprised. Not only does the film depart greatly from the series, but it’s also laugh-out-loud hilarious.
WonderCon 2012 was this past weekend. If you guys never have heard of WonderCon 2012 it is a comic book convention just like San Diego Comic Con. There are always a lot of big announcements from the convention and I wanted to bring you guys some of the announcements from this year’s WonderCon.
Trouble Point #0 is divided into four chapters, and the first chapter is so morally apprehensible and unintentionally offensive that it makes me adamant about not picking this book up. If the idea of seeing a stillborn baby with a placenta noose around it’s neck does not disgust you, nor it’s resuscitation process, then maybe you could get through the rest of the chapters which range from passable to poor.
This comic covers multiple time periods, making the narrative feel all over the place. As a 0 issue, it does successfully begin each story and introduce each characters (with little characterization). But there are so many stories going on it would have been easier to just make four separate comics featuring each of them. The way they are separated also makes it impossible to see their connection to each other. Each is given a chapter name and a sub name, both of which are useless and most of which don’t make much sense in the context of their respective stories (with the exception of “The Unstoppable Force”).
On this week’s rumor docket, we have rumors concerning former Knight and Day co-stars Tom Cruise and Viola Davis.
In spite of the film’s hefty price tag, use of latest in motion-capture technology, 3D conversion and all the other tell-tale signs of an ambitious blockbuster, John Carter is classic, old-school sci fi/fantasy at heart.
The man who broke the Bat is back… which would have been a shocking revelation had it not been advertised on the cover of this news and barely improved issue of Batman: The Dark Knight. The characters continue to bore, the interesting storyline gets shoved into the corner of the ring while action takes center stage, leaving this issue at a bland mediocrity that can’t be saved by cameos or corny jokes.
Batman deals with the aftermath of the drug and an ‘unexpected’ guest – Bane, hyped up on venom and ready to take Bats out with his super-strength. Will Flash and Superman make it back in time to save Batman, or will he (and the still infected Flash) perish at the hands of the powerful venom flowing through their veins?
I never played Mass Effect. I don’t know why, I’ve been given every opportunity, the game is a long, deep sci-fi epic, and is a virtual rape simulator according to some hilariously misinformed news broadcasters. So why is my twitchy trigger finger nervous to hit the start button? Well it probably has something to do with my irrational fear of inventory management. With Mass Effect 3 coming out, this seems like a perfect opportunity for a study on a storyline I know absolutely nothing about.
