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This is the Movies portion of the Slow News Day Filler. I don't know how I'm going to get through this, because there are a lot of movies I want to see. I'll try to boil it down a bit. (As a warning, you've got to have the Quicktime plugin in order to play the trailers I'm linking to.)
Movies:
1. 300- This movie is based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. The story is a highly stylized account of the Battle of Thermopylae. The movie mimics the visual style of the comic, much like with Sin City (though 300 is in color). Few movies these days just seem so completely awesome.
2. Casino Royale- The new James Bond movie mixes things up with a new actor in the spy's shoes. It's also the first entry in the series of movies for quite some time to be based on one of the original novels by Ian Fleming. Of course, they can never leave well enough alone, with the studio and writers opting to change various plot elements to modernize it. Frankly, I really just want a fun, interesting movie, and this looks like it will deliver. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
3. The Fountain- I really don't know a whole lot about this. The basic premise seems clear enough. What happens when two people find the real and true Fountain of Youth, allowing them to stay young for ages upon ages? Well, the trailer doesn't really seem to offer that much insight, but definitely looks cool. This could either be a great achievement in filmmaking and storytelling for director Darren Aronofsky, or a load of pretentious artsy bullshit. However, judging by Aronofky's resume, I'd bet on the former.
Et Cetera - Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny', Ghost Rider, Hot Fuzz, Spider-Man 3, and Transformers. There are, of course, various others, stretching out into timeless infinity. However, most of them are too far from release to really talk about, so I'll wait until a random point in the future.
Not too much going on today, it seems. In light of that, and while I'm waiting for Battlestar Galactica to come on, I present to you: The Things I'm looking Forward To, Vol. 1. I'll also explain a little bit why I'm looking forward to each item. Prepare to be amazed!
Hey, it'll happen some day, and you'll be glad I had you prepared!
Video Games:
1. Gears of War- This game looks amazing. Built on the newest version of the Unreal engine, this game really takes advantage of the machine. This is what we were hoping games would look like by now (At the very least, anyway. We still don't have Robo-sistants, flying motorcycles, or laser ducks, but one can dream, right?). I like shooters, not because I am inherently violent, but because I find fictional action to be entertaining. I'd rather see gigantic Futuro-Marines engaging in combat with hideous alien scum in an imaginary world, rather than the real world. I may not be terribly good at these games, but it's still fun. Hopefully the game won't be bogged down by laggy interference or long load times. (360)
2. Guitar Hero II- While I really don't need to explain myself with this one, I will elaborate for those savages who don't understand. Guitar Hero is the greatest goddamn game ever. It is so awesome (inspiring awe, so to speak), that it caused me to break out into alliteration in the last sentence. It is just that powerful. Anyway, Guitar Hero II essentially fixes the only problem anyone truly complained about in the first installment: There just wasn't enough. For fans of the game, there is never really enough, per se. However, GH2 promises more than just a new collection of songs. Gameplay is expanded upon, promising new formats for multiplayer mode wherein players can take on a song cooperatively, breaking it into different types of guitar (Bass, etc., etc.), and other new features. Plus, this time it has been confirmed to be coming out on the Xbox 360 (including a wireless controller), with a downloadable library from the first game, which could mean that further song packs could become available on Xbox Live. Not to mention, this time the unlockable tracks include what I will refer to as "gag songs" in the form of "Trogdor the Burninator" care of HomestarRunner.com and Thunder Horse, a song by Dethklok (the subject of Adult Swim's Metalocalypse). (PS2/360)
Honorable Mentions- Ok, so this portion of today's posts won't be that long. I don't believe in making individual posts longer than a full novel. There are a lot of games coming out that interest me. The following are those games: Spore (PC/more?), Blue Dragon (360), Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS),Team Fortress 2 (PC/360/PS3), Red Steel (Wii), Superman Returns (360/PS2/DS/PSP/GBA and probably PS3), Fable 2 (360), Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii), Lost Planet (360), Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC/Wii), Final Fantasy III (DS), and Children of Mana (DS). There's a lot more, but listing them all would be incredibly boring for all of us, and just plain unneccessary, don't you think?
