Hello all, this is the start of a new segment that I'm going to be doing about the Top 5 things in various categories I chose. Sometimes it could be very vague (like now) or very specific depending on what mood I'm in, or I feel like judging in a top 5 format. Plus if you ever decide to read I'm willing to take any suggestions about what you guys and gals want to see as well. Without further adue lets get started.
TOP 5: Most Disappointing: We are halfway through 2011 so I felt it appropriate that I begin to list my most disappointing, most surprising, and overall best entertainment so far this year. Now, entertainment can include anything from books, comic books, movies, music, and video games.
1: Green Lantern: This movie was disappointing to me because I'm a huge Green Lantern fan, and I had such high hopes for the movie, especially after seeing all the exciting pictures and trailers that were released beforehand. I will say that the special effects, and makeup work looked very good, and Ryan Reynolds did well as Hal Jordan, but Blake Lively is flat, and not a good Carol Ferris. Plus the movie tried to force some unecessary humor into some of the scenes and I was really looking forward to a darker, intense, drama more along the lines of Nolan's Batman films. Now just to be clear, this isn't my official review, I'm going to try to see it one more time before I post my official review of the movie as a whole. One viewing however, is more than enough for it to qualify for my most disappointing list.
2: Duke Nukem Forever: There's not much to say about this 12 year in the making disappointment. Plain and simple the game sucks so much that I couldn't even bring myself to purchase it and try to play through the whole thing even once. I canceled my pre order after playing the demo, and before you smite me down and tell me that a demo isn't a finished project I have played the real game, and the demo is pretty much the exact same as the finished project. I probably won't have a formal review for this game, but I am writing a formal Unrecommend post talking about all the things that made me so upset I canceled my pre order, and have almost lost faith in Duke...
3: The Hangover Part II: Don't see this movie. It isn't good. No matter what your friends tell you it isn't good. It is a direct re-hash of the first movie just in a different setting. Everything pretty much happens the same, and in the same order. Outside of a couple genuinely funny parts. There is nothing worth spending money to see in this sequel. I will also will be writing a review for this movie when I get a chance as well. I'm very behind and I know. Life has been pretty busy lately, and the blog has suffered because of it, but I'm working hard in the free time to catch up.
4: IDW Comics Infestation: Zombies, and Vampires are both very popular right now, and this story features both. Automatically makes it awesome right?! Wrong. Personally I was really looking forward to this story, especially since it crossed over into IDW's other comics such as Ghostbusters, GI Joe, Star Trek, and Transformers. The main story ended up being very lacking, and the actual standouts of this series were the Transformers, Ghostbusters, and Star Trek tie ins. All in all, if you missed this comic series this year, you didn't miss much. If you want to read more about what I thought of it personally just check the Infestation Blog Post on the main page.
5: Camelot: Starz's new original series Camelot started a couple months ago and I was eager to watch the first couple episodes. I slowly began to conclude as the season pressed on that the actor cast to play King Arthur is a whiny bitch and the show turned out to be something that I didn't expect. Action is sprinkled throughout, and it has ocassionaly been good but for the most part I felt that the series has just been lacking overall. I don't feel any emotion for any of the characters except for the young Arthur that makes me want to physically hurt him evey time he steps on screen. When I don't care if the main character lives or dies in a fantasy epic, well then we've got a problem. Also, the show started around the same time that HBO launched it's new original series Game of Thrones; which is based off on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice novels. I have enjoyed this series much more than Camelot and will be writing more about it soon.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
L.A. Noire
This isn't so much of a review, its more like a recommendation to play this game immediately. I have been having sooo much fun with this game. Its so realistic and lifelike. The facial animations on characters are great and they are an integeral part of figuring out whether or not someone is lying to you while you are questioning you for information. Rockstar games and Team Bondi knocked this one out of the park. While playing this game I long for more great Noire stories in movies, video games, comic books anything Noir I can get my hands on I want to be involved with.
I will say that it is a slow paced game, just like any really good noir story. That being said if your not into slow pacing or would rather play a game like GTA then this isn't the game for you. This is a very serious crime thriller with action sprinkled in when it makes sense with the narrative. You will spend a majority of your time interviewing, and searching for clues. If you appreciate story as much as I do, then this is the game for you. Its my pick for game of the year so far highly recommended
I will say that it is a slow paced game, just like any really good noir story. That being said if your not into slow pacing or would rather play a game like GTA then this isn't the game for you. This is a very serious crime thriller with action sprinkled in when it makes sense with the narrative. You will spend a majority of your time interviewing, and searching for clues. If you appreciate story as much as I do, then this is the game for you. Its my pick for game of the year so far highly recommended
Thor Movie Review
Let me just start off by saying that if your a huge fan of Thor this movie does a lot of things right. However if you don't really care for Thor than the movie pry won't change your mind. I personally like Thor as a character, and like the world and characters that surround him, and that's what takes center stage in the movie. The action sequences and scenes that take place on Asgard are so well done! Kenneth Branagh did a great job capturing the tension between Thor, his half brother Loki, and father Odin. Now I know I said earlier that if you don't like Thor this won't change your mind about him as a character but that doesn't mean that you won't enjoy the movie.
For starters, the story is very good and faithfull to the comics in the sense that Thor gets banished from Asgard for his actions and must prove himself worthy if he wants to become the hammer weilding God of Thunder again. While he's down on Midgard (Earth) Nattalie Portman's character Jane Foster helps save him and set him on the right path back to worthyness. They do end up falling in love, but that part felt kind of forced to me because they didn't even know each other very well and she seemed to be more infatuated by the fact that he thinks of himself as a god.
The Destroyer armor is also present in the movie as we all know but his battle seems fairly short. You can tell that they are trying to focus on Loki being the main villain and becoming the evil trickster we all know him to be but I still would hav enjoyed a bigger fight between Thor, The Warriors 3 and The Destroyer. There is also a couple of cool chameos worth mentioning, but I don't wanna spoil the film for those of you that haven't seen it. I will say that Stan Lee has one of the best chameos in a Marvel movie to date. Also stay past the credits for a little something extra that I now know was directed by Joss Whedon.
Bottom line: Go see Thor! If you enjoy it as much as I did you will be clammering for more and pry see it twice.
For starters, the story is very good and faithfull to the comics in the sense that Thor gets banished from Asgard for his actions and must prove himself worthy if he wants to become the hammer weilding God of Thunder again. While he's down on Midgard (Earth) Nattalie Portman's character Jane Foster helps save him and set him on the right path back to worthyness. They do end up falling in love, but that part felt kind of forced to me because they didn't even know each other very well and she seemed to be more infatuated by the fact that he thinks of himself as a god.
The Destroyer armor is also present in the movie as we all know but his battle seems fairly short. You can tell that they are trying to focus on Loki being the main villain and becoming the evil trickster we all know him to be but I still would hav enjoyed a bigger fight between Thor, The Warriors 3 and The Destroyer. There is also a couple of cool chameos worth mentioning, but I don't wanna spoil the film for those of you that haven't seen it. I will say that Stan Lee has one of the best chameos in a Marvel movie to date. Also stay past the credits for a little something extra that I now know was directed by Joss Whedon.
Bottom line: Go see Thor! If you enjoy it as much as I did you will be clammering for more and pry see it twice.
The month of May
Ok hello all 2 of you that read this blog, if you know me then you know that I have been gone for a while and haven't been posting. This is because I had a very busy month of May. I have been working a lot and scowering the world for all that is great in nerd entertainment this month. Its been a great month.
I'll be posting a couple other blog post about the comics I'm reading, what movies to see and to not see, and what Blu Ray releases that are good and what television shows you should be watching. I know its been a while but stick with me we're gonna be going to great places.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Infestation
Infestation by IDW started about a month ago and I have to say it has become a big disappointment. I don't know what they intended to do with this story. It spans multiple different universes...and that's about it. The idea seems cool to start with, and its an interesting idea introducing zombies into universes that have never interacted with them before but it falls short.
The first issue lays the groundwork, and the story is kind of confussing but it makes enough sense that you understand why the zombies end up in the alternate universes. From there it ends up becoming look at these characters fighting zombies affair.
The story kind of disappears, and I wasn't blown away by any of the art. The art in the GI Joe miniseries was probably the best out of the 4 (Transformers, Star Trek, Ghostbusters).
Having read the last issue of the entire Infestation spinoff today there was still nothing that makes me want to recomend people pick it up. I would say if your curious wait for the trade that will come out a few months down the road as it will most likely come bundled with all the spinoff stories as well.
The whole production feels rushed, and isn't even executed that well in the end. Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning have done much better work, might I suggest any of the annihilation series which you can find in paperback and your local store now. For more recent series by them I would recomend Heroes for Hire, they have done a great job so far and the first story arc has just recently finished in issue #4 check it out.
The first issue lays the groundwork, and the story is kind of confussing but it makes enough sense that you understand why the zombies end up in the alternate universes. From there it ends up becoming look at these characters fighting zombies affair.
The story kind of disappears, and I wasn't blown away by any of the art. The art in the GI Joe miniseries was probably the best out of the 4 (Transformers, Star Trek, Ghostbusters).
Having read the last issue of the entire Infestation spinoff today there was still nothing that makes me want to recomend people pick it up. I would say if your curious wait for the trade that will come out a few months down the road as it will most likely come bundled with all the spinoff stories as well.
The whole production feels rushed, and isn't even executed that well in the end. Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning have done much better work, might I suggest any of the annihilation series which you can find in paperback and your local store now. For more recent series by them I would recomend Heroes for Hire, they have done a great job so far and the first story arc has just recently finished in issue #4 check it out.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Brightest Day #23
Ok so can we talk Brightest Day for a second? I mean wow! This last issue was tremendous, and loaded to the brim with reveals. This is what it has all been leading up to, this is why we have been reading so faithfully for the last year. If you haven't been reading Brightest Day I suggest that you pick it up. Its truly a great story, and is supposed to lead into Flashpoint (as far as I know).
Ok so I'm gonna keep the remainder of the post spoiler free as well. I hate spoilers and I don't wanna ruin anything for anyone who reads this but hasn't picked up the issue yet. However, people commenting on what's going on and sharing their opinions might not be spoiler free so just be warry.
On to my review....
If you haven't guessed yet I loved this issue. Geoff Johns' storytelling really shines through and kudos to the various artists of the book for making destruction look bright and beautiful. There's only 1 or 2 issues remaining and I get the feeling that the reveals are far from over. Some very, and I mean VERY unexpected characters make an appearance as well and I literally hate the fact that I have to wait another 2 weeks for this book (thank god its not a month!)
The only gripe I think some people might have is that there might be too much going on. There has been 23 issues now, and this one stands out as one of the biggest ones to date. This issue also helps you understand why everything has been happening, and that White Lantern keeps promising its for a greater good.
In all, I think I'm going to make this book my pick of the week. This week was a relatively small week for me however as I can't afford to buy every book that comes out. Fear Itself by Fraction, and Immonen is a very close second because that book showed a lot of promise and is a great way to start a miniseries.
ALSO, please, PLEASE add Avengers the Childrens Crusade to your pull list. Its a great book and doesn't deserve to go unnoticed
Ok so I'm gonna keep the remainder of the post spoiler free as well. I hate spoilers and I don't wanna ruin anything for anyone who reads this but hasn't picked up the issue yet. However, people commenting on what's going on and sharing their opinions might not be spoiler free so just be warry.
On to my review....
If you haven't guessed yet I loved this issue. Geoff Johns' storytelling really shines through and kudos to the various artists of the book for making destruction look bright and beautiful. There's only 1 or 2 issues remaining and I get the feeling that the reveals are far from over. Some very, and I mean VERY unexpected characters make an appearance as well and I literally hate the fact that I have to wait another 2 weeks for this book (thank god its not a month!)
The only gripe I think some people might have is that there might be too much going on. There has been 23 issues now, and this one stands out as one of the biggest ones to date. This issue also helps you understand why everything has been happening, and that White Lantern keeps promising its for a greater good.
In all, I think I'm going to make this book my pick of the week. This week was a relatively small week for me however as I can't afford to buy every book that comes out. Fear Itself by Fraction, and Immonen is a very close second because that book showed a lot of promise and is a great way to start a miniseries.
ALSO, please, PLEASE add Avengers the Childrens Crusade to your pull list. Its a great book and doesn't deserve to go unnoticed
Tron Legacy Reconfigured
This isn't so much of a review, but a recomendation. The original Tron Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk is amazing, and if you don't have it yet you should go buy it as soon as possible.
Now, that being said Disney decided to release another version of the album with a bunch of remixed tracks by different artists. The execution is incredible. I just recently picked up my copy, and artists like The Glitch Mob, Boyz Noize, Moby, Com Truise, and the Crystal Method put their own spin on some of their favorite tracks and the mash up is pure harmony.
I highly recomend that you go pick this CD up, whether you liked Tron Legacy or not and if you haven't bought the original soundtrack yet then make sure to get that as well
Now, that being said Disney decided to release another version of the album with a bunch of remixed tracks by different artists. The execution is incredible. I just recently picked up my copy, and artists like The Glitch Mob, Boyz Noize, Moby, Com Truise, and the Crystal Method put their own spin on some of their favorite tracks and the mash up is pure harmony.
I highly recomend that you go pick this CD up, whether you liked Tron Legacy or not and if you haven't bought the original soundtrack yet then make sure to get that as well
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