It’s here. And holy crap does this look MEAN. I like that the trailer has some breathing room and isn’t all quick cuts. And that last shot gave me chills. December 15!
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Comic Book Resources or CBR.com had a great write up about the novelization of the film, The Return of Swamp Thing. Here is an excerpt from the author, Peter David, talking about the challenges of writing a novelization of a movie that they knew was dead in the water before it was even released. via CBR.com: And […]
via The SWAMP THING movie novelization that wasn’t – CBR.com — Paperback Cinema
Godzilla against Mechagodzilla (2002)
This is the 3rd time Godzilla has faced off against his mechanical foe, but this time is slightly different. As a little back story the original iteration was built by aliens to make it easy. This time around however the story has changed.
In the 2002 version This is an entirely different Godzilla than originally attacked Japan. Japan now in an effort to fight back has recovered the bones of the original and is using the DNA to build Mechagodzilla.
The story itself isn’t bad and the battle is fierce and like many of the previous Godzilla movies there is no clear cut winner. The thing I enjoy about these later movies is the stories are much more detailed and in depth than simply two monsters fighting each other which is nice and worth checking out. Definitely check it out, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
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Ever wondered what’s the difference between a “game mechanic” and “gameplay”? Here’s 10 examples to help you understand. Take with salt: ?
via 10 Different Gameplay Experiences Explained Using the Combat Mechanics — Game Cosmos Press
Star Wars Battlefront 2 beta
So I started up this bad boy with low to medium expectations. Honestly I was thinking the space battles would be fun, the arcade mode solid with the real excitement to be had in the land battles. But how did it it compare to expectations?
Well the space battles while a little odd are fun but a but repetitive boiling down to kill some ships blow up shields blow up more ships. Still the controls are responsive.
The arcade mode, well lets be honest we all thought playing an Darth Maul would be fun, and guess what? Playing as Darth Maul is fun. You run around with a double sided light saber force choking people and stabbing them. I could not ask for more.
Down to the part we all were waiting for. The ground battles. The beta contained a mode where you bounce back and forth between offense and defense basically. One side will attempt to steal an artifact while the other side attempts to defend it. If you like multiplayer games from DICE you will love this one as well without a doubt.
Now one thing I haven’t touched on was graphics. This will be short and sweet. They are absolutely beautiful. I experienced 0 frame rate issues or anything of the sort. That being said, if you missed out on the beta you missed out on a fun weekend. I for one however will be waiting for a sale if I buy it at all. May the gaming gods bring you glory.
Ghoulies 2 (1987)
My friend that requested the first Ghoulies movie will be taking the blame on this one too. Not because he requested this one but simply because i wasn’t going to review one and not the other. Now this one was slightly better. Visuals weren’t bad acting was still solid, and this time our little demons escaped to a carnival called Hells Den where the ran rampant in the haunted house, killed a few people and were they themselves defeated.
I wish this was a joke. They kill these lil bastards by summoning a bigger demon to show up and eat them. It looks like the others. Just bigger. Then they stiff a Molotov cocktail into a midgets gorilla suit, get him to eat it and he explodes…yup. I’m done. Don’t even care if there is a third one. May the gaming gods bring you glory,and may they make sure no one ever sees this movie.
Godzilla vs Mothra (1992)
Godzilla vs Mothra has been told many times, this time a meteorite awakens Godzilla and Mothra and Mothras dark counterpart Battra. As the movie progresses the three will occasionally fight until Mothra and Battra tranform into flying creatures to do battle. After Mothra is seriously injured,Godzilla attacks Battra until Battra and Mothra are forced to join forces to defeat Godzilla.
Despite the usual Godzilla formula the battle actually isn’t truly the biggest story going on here. The twin girls known to frequent Mothra movies are present and play a huge role, as well as an entire story arc about the purpose of Battra and its purpose for existing and its true connection with Mothra. As much as I love Godzilla movies this one may have the most in depth story of them all and is absolutely worth watching so if you have access to Hulu give it a watch, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
Saw 3
Ok, I’m telling you to stop at Saw 3. Seriously, don’t keep rolling down this rabbit hole. The ending is fine, not every question has to be answered, let it go. I wish I did.
Saw 3 picks up with Matthews’s team trying to find him. only finding more bodies. But there seems to be something different. These following traps were designed unwinnable, either by flaw or purpose. It doesn’t take long for the cops to figure out it ain’t John Kramer’s work. Matthew’s partner Kerry finds out the hard way when she’s caught, trapped and wins…but dies anyway. Meanwhile, a doctor gets nabbed by Amanda, Jigsaw’s apprentice, and taken to John with a very simple goal: keep John alive long enough for another victim to pass three tests or the bomb collar around her neck will explode. The man being tested is named Jeff, a grieving father whose son got killed by a drunk driver. Every test puts him face to face with someone responsible for the crime and it’s his choice whether to save them or not. Lynn is violently depressed and self medicating on pills while still working at the hospital, which got here in this mess. We begin to see Amanda ain’t quite (cough) stable. We find out she has killed needlessly and rigs her traps to be unwinnable on purpose. At the end she flips and suddenly all these lives are in Amanda’s hands for Jigsaw’s true finale…
Saw 3 would have been a fine end to a damn trilogy. Again the traps were memorable and cool; the angel and crucifix traps stick in my mind a lot. I felt for Jeff and was actually invested in his journey and actually felt for some of the accused too. I liked Amanda as a imperfect apprentice and the relation between her and John has it’s weirdly Star Wars moments. To me, it feels a little longer than it should and the color textures and set design of the series start to get on my nerves a bit, but if it was a TRILOGY I could ignore it. Sadly no. Overall, stop at 3.
Ghoulies (1985)
Until the other day I had never heard of this movie, and I really didn’t know two of them existed. An ex good friend of mine requested I review it. I say ex because a real friend would not have asked me to watch this movie.
That may be a little harsh, the sound and visuals for a movie made in the 1980’s weren’t bad and I have no complaints about the acting, but the story was just so damn stupid. Basically a dude tried to sacrifice is son and mom stops him. Years later he inherited the house, discovers a bunch of stuff including that he can summon little demon creatures and seemingly make it rain in his basement. While the idea sounds good it just wasn’t. The twist at the end when they revive his dad from the dead whom tries to sacrifice his son to the devil in return for eternal life isn’t much a twist nor did it save the movie from being mediocre at best. May the gaming gods bring you glory, and may the have mercy on my friends soul for this movie.
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991)
Any fan of the Godzilla franchise knows the movies are basically either CGI or a dude in a suit..or a mixture of both, and you can always tell. And the classic lips still move well after voices stop is well intact.
This time around a ship from the future has come to help rid Japan of Godzilla once and for all before he destroys their nuclear power plants and makes the island unlivable. One small problem, their intent is to make Godzilla not exist so they can use King Ghidorah to take over the world themselves. I won’t spoil the specifics but in the end our favorite fire breathing lizard is back bigger and meaner than ever before.
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