Henry Cavill is Superman?

Warner Bros. has bravely released a first look at  Zach Snyder's Superman, Henry Cavill, in costume and so far it looks serviceable.

Mr. Cavill's hair looks like something out of the Sopranos and the colors are once again the muted variety now favored by studio execs but over all not bad.

(Click here for HD image courtesy of Project rooftop)

Space Adventurer Cobra movie in the works.

The international edition of Variety has the first promo art for Alexandre Aja's film, now called Cobra the Space Pirate. The movie is still in the development phase so no casting news has been announced.

As A fan of the series, I can't see anyone presenting this movie to Hollywood without having the soul and humor completely sucked out of the final product by producers.

Aja, the director of Piranha 3D, The Hills Have Eyes and High Tension, bought the rights to the bestselling manga about a pirate who changes his own face and erases his own memories to hide from his enemies.

I just hope that this doesn't end with Buichi Terasawa committing seppuku in shame for selling the feature film rights to a Hollywood devil.


Cobra has a tentative release date of 2013 (Cover below):

The promo image gives me the impression that the whimsical aspects of the original property are out the window.

Here's Cobra as I remember the series:



Damn you Hollywood!

SUCKER PUNCH TRAILER

Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder's Fourth feature film ( you know the guy who brought us That awesome Dawn of the Dead remake, 300 and Watchmen ) looks like a it was made for those of us who suffer from a young ladies in cosplay fetish ( shhhhhhhhh ).

Story: crazy broads use their vivid imaginings to escape a harsh reality ( awwww that's so sad..sniff.)

The hell with the plot I say! Just give me the crazy visuals, scenery, action and fan service pronto!!

The Battle for Lost Angeles

It would take an awesome trailer to get my lazy ass to post again. What you fools doubt my refined cinematic taste!?!

Well you can stone me for enjoying TRON : Legacy but this trailer for Battle for L.A. looks sweet.

Still don't believe me eh?

This sucker has it all, Marines, Aliens, Mechs, Ships, Missle Explosions and best of all...NO MICHAEL BAY.

take a gander at the trailer and see for yourself:

Marvel vs Capcom 3 : Alternate Costumes Preview

By Seth Killian MVC3 developer

courtesy of Marvel.com

As far as career highlights go, working on Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for Marvel definitely ranks way up there for me. (And as far as obvious statements I’ve made go, my last sentence ranks pretty highly itself.) From the start, I’ve had the honor of personally working closely with Capcom to ensure everything Marvel in the game feels appropriately, well, “Marvel”—from character designs to environments to the phrases that come out of the characters’ mouths. Basically, I’ve acted as a fan on the inside, making sure that the stuff in the game is as cool as it’s always been in Marvel fighting games from Capcom—actually, to do my best to help it become even better!

That’s a tall order, too—they may be on the other side of the world, but the folks developing the game really know their Marvel characters! But one of the things I’m proud to say I’ve actively helped to influence was the creation of alternate color schemes for all of the characters. As a holiday gift to you—or maybe just to show all this cool stuff off on the internet—I’d like to show you the kinds of things I’ve worked with the team to bring to the game in this regard.

First, some back story of what I’m talking about here, in case you’re new to this whole Capcom fighting-game thing. Basically, a game like this allows you to pit the exact same characters against themselves, providing the need for differentiation of their visual presentation. With a few exceptions (such as Gray Hulk), this has always meant some sort of random color variation without a ton of thought behind why, leading to characters like the “mango Sentinel” that makes you think of the New York Knicks (hardcore MvC2 fans know exactly why that reference is so Pringles…). So…I took it upon myself to help in putting a ton of thought into the color variations this time.

If you know comics, you know most characters have one or two iconic outfits we associate with them...plus, in many cases, many others we don’t. What follows is a small sample of the color variations you can expect when you play MvC3, plus an explanation of the thought that went behind each, usually based on less iconic ensembles. There were two key rules we had to deal with as we selected each alternate color scheme:

1. Gameplay comes first, so the color scheme has to differ enough from the others to easily differentiate in the heat of battle. Because of this, we can’t do alternates like “Bucky Cap” for Captain America—they’re just not different enough.

2. The color scheme has to fit on the character model. For this reason, I hesitate to call these “alternate costumes” (although in some cases, they actually are). With so many characters, changing the models to get completely authentic alternates in there would delay the game quite a bit—and we think you want to play in February. You’ll see some examples of this below.

So, with that in mind, here are five characters, along with their three alternate color schemes, along with the story behind each. And yes—they all have a story.

IRON MAN

Here, we have Tony Stark’s primary suit of choice, based on the popular Extremis look he’s sported with regularity over the past few years. (Yeah, yeah… I know he’s not wearing it now—he’s just worn it a lot’s all I’m sayin’…)

The team would love to have gotten the “Tin Can” first-ever look for Iron Man from TALES OF SUSPENSE #39 in there… but adapting the color scheme to this character model will have to do.

The stealth suit is just plain badass. It hasn’t appeared much in the comics, but we don’t care. It serves the color differentiation purposes well, plus it’s actually a fairly close fit to the source material.

And, my personal favorite—the Silver Centurion color scheme. Actually, I think this combination of Silver Centurion colors with Extremis svelte makes for my favorite Iron Man costume ever.

WOLVERINE

That’s right, bub—this is the primary look Wolvie’s been sporting since ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 in 2004. You might not notice at first, but it’s actually quite different from his similarly colored MvC2 outing, especially in the lower legs and, uh, ear things.

I’m proud to say I’m friends with Craig Kyle, the co-creator of X-23, as well as the new take on X-Force that started in 2008 (and producer on next year’s THOR movie—guy gets around!). The new X-FORCE comic—which was recently relaunched as UNCANNY X-FORCE—introduced this great gray/black color scheme for Marvel’s most popular mutant.

Another classic! The brown suit is predictable, sure, but it’s gotta go in there. Of course, the ASTONISHING X-MEN model adds some variation to it we’ve never seen before, but I kind of like that, actually.

When it came to the fourth suit, the pickings suddenly got slim—so I resorted to expanding the idea a bit here by dipping into one of my all-time favorite (if all-time convoluted) X-Men stories, “Age of Apocalypse.” You might recall Wolvie was missing a hand in that one and didn’t have a mask. Well, this is what he looked like right before he lost the hand! Right? Two hands and a mask. The justification works for me, and I’m sticking to it. Frankly, I’m just glad I got some AoA love in there.

SHE-HULK

The classic look of Jennifer Walters.

Now, this might stir up a bit of She-Hulk controversy, but rather than go with the “She-Hulk in the Fantastic Four” costume you might predict, Capcom convinced us that the “Lyra in the Frightful Four” look was better for gameplay—Lyra having a red outfit and red hair and all. Plus, in a weird way you get an extra character (who just so happens to move and talk like Jennifer Walters). Wait, you don’t know Lyra? Read some SHE-HULKS then, written by the guy I could throw Pac-Man figures at from my desk if I wanted to, Harrison Wilcox.

And the “She-Hulk that isn’t Jennifer Walters” theme continues with this ensemble, which you may have seen in Damon Lindelof’s—yeah, the LOST guy—ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS. HULK. In the Ultimate Universe, She-Hulk is actually Betty Ross, not Jennifer Walters.

Oh, and speaking of Betty Ross…we’ve also got a take on Red She-Hulk.

SPIDER-MAN

You might have played a game or two wearing this suit before.

Maybe even this one.

And less likely, but still possibly, this one.

Definitely not this one, though. (Dan Slott, where you at?...)

MAGNETO

Behold, the Master of Magnet! …Uh, -ism. The Master of Magnetism! (Sorry about that, X-chickens—X-Men Arcade new on Xbox Live and PSN and all…)

In the Ultimate Universe, they spell “Erik Lehnsherr” as “Erik Lensherr,” and he prefers darker hues mixed with a deeper shade of red.

Mixing it up a bit is Magneto from the Mutant X Universe. No big yellow X on his belt, but hey…if you ask me, it’s an improvement.

Finally, you might know this version of a Magneto as a version of Magneto I can’t say on a family blog like this—let’s just call him “MAG-F#$%IN’-NETO”! That’s right. The MvC2 variant from that delightfully profane, wildly popular viral video. Gotta respect the old school (pardon me—OLD SCHOOL!), my friends…

So, there you have it—the first in what I hope is a series of blog entries like these that reveal all the alternate color schemes of all the Marvel characters, plus the thinking behind each and every one. Of course, your comments will inspire me to get off my butt and actually do it, so please, let me know what you think. The more thoughtful your comments, the more inspired I’ll be to reveal more. So, on that note…

Excelsioryuken!

Star wars force unleashed 2 demo impression

As a star wars fan, I really enjoyed the first game so much so that I still find myself playing the original from time to time, even though some of Starkillers moves where a bit choppy it still made for some of the best star wars gaming available on current consoles.

( Lucas arts, get to work on that x-wing vs tie fighter for Ps3 pronto. )

Well I'm pleased to report that it looks like Vader's secret apprentice has been training in-between games with Kratos cause the kid is swift! Dual lightsabers moving with enough speed and grace to make the god of war himself green with envy. he also borrowed the "rage gauge" from Kratos, string together attacks and you gauge slowly fills, once filled click down on your L3 & R3 buttons and you can dole out insane combo moves at twice the speed.

The new Jedi mind trick move is awesome, sending hapless weak minded fools leaping to their death. I'm told that once upgraded this new ability will allow you to actually turn stormtroopers against each other but this feature was not available in the demo.

I was able to fight a carbonite spewing battle droid trying to bring me in alive, force grabbing plums of the substance and hurl it back at the droid, freeze it and take it apart with a variety of force powers.

If the demo is any indication this one's a winner, my only concern is the amount of levels and the games length but that I'll save for the review.

here's footage of the demo in action available now on xbox 360 and ps3!

FIRST CAPTAIN AMERICA MOVIE COSTUME IMAGE

I 'm really digging the look, which looks like the Bryan Hitch Cap design for "the Ultimates"
Cap has always been one of my favorite characters and I'm actually glad that they're going back to WW2 to do some good ole fashion Ratzi bashing

(on a government issue Harley with mounted guns under the headlights!)

Sweet.

RARE TRAILER FOR AN UPCOMING FEATURE FILM

I'm in an attempt to keep this trailer up for as long as possible, I'm flying this one under the radar by not mentioning what movie it's for and avoid getting a "cease and desist" notice from a certain comic book company / Movie studio.

I PROMISE THEE, BY YMIR'S FROSTY BEARD, THOU SHALL BE ENTERTAINED!


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GREEN LANTER MOVIE DESIGNS

Some interesting Green Lantern movie production designs.

Here's a true to form Kilowog
(click for hi res)

And Lanterns Sinestro and Tomar Re

The movie is due out June 11, 2011 and stars Ryan Reynolds.

As a huge fan of the source material I'm hoping this doesn't turn out to be a disaster, but even thought the production material looks exceptional, I would get my hopes to high.

STAR WARS THE FORCE UNLEASHED 2 TEASER

The announcement of a equal to the best star wars action-adventure game ever made gets me all coco with anticipation.

Here's a wish list of things I hope to see in the force unleashed 2:

• Dual Lightsaber use ( I think that's a given considering it's in the trailer )
• A Degobah level with Yoda as an adversary and then a mentor.
• Mara Jade,Vaders apprentice vs. the Emperors apprentice.
• fighting Scout troopers on Speeder bikes.
• A Cloud City level with Lando Calrissian!
• Jedi Mind Tricks!!
  

As long as they don't eff up the gameplay I'll be more than eager to get Force Unleashed 2.

Here's the trailer

BAYONETTA DEMO (PS3) IMPRESSION

By GRANDAIZA


Bayonetta is a stylized multi-platform action game from Sega and the creators of the original Devil may cry that has gotten a lot of fan fair since it's initial announcement about a year ago.

I've been reading a lot of articles regarding Sega's decision to sub contract the PS3 version to a 3rd party developer and the negative effect that the choice had on the final product, so I eagerly downloaded the demo (1.4gb!) to see what to expect. ( as I write this, i've learned that Sony is working with Sega to correct some of these issues by the time the game is released )

Character and level designs are top notch, Beyonetta is able to dispatch enemies with a multitude of combos and weapons that are intuitive, pleasant to look at and fun. The enemies that I faced look like demons disguised as angels, if you evade their attacks at the last minute your rewarded with her patented "witchtime" that speeds you up and slows your enemies down.

I thankfully didn't experience any gameplay slow down at any time. The only issue that I had and mind you this is a demo of a work in progress so I hope that they're working on this problem is the camera, it focuses on your character rather than where the enemies are, which can be very frustrating when your in the heat of battle. To their defense the developers did include a camera reset on the R3 button but it's a nagging little problem that I hope is fixed before lauch.

Overall, A fun sampling that merits a download if you have the HD space.

here's a video of the demo for you.

enjoy.

WAR MACHINE IS A GO.

Fucking A

IRONMAN 2 TEASER

Here you go, the quality is shit but it's all we have until an official release


enjoy

IL*2 Stromovich: Birds of prey PS3 & 360

I've been playing the IL*2 Demo for about a day now and if you have a the slightest need to dogfight over a WW2 theater of war, this is your game.

I advise people to download the demo and give a go ( the demo on the PS3 has 3 full missions to tackle and 2 difficulty levels each to unlock! )

if your still on the fence, just wait for a used copy. I can see how younger gamers ( the Halo, ADD, quick fix generation ) will probably trade this game in quickly for something a little more flashy.

here's a video review from 1up.com to give a taste of whats in the box.

Video Games | IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey | Review

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Assasins Creed 2 : gameplay footage

The first Assassins Creed game was a blast to play, there was something about sneaking up and stabbing poor unsuspecting people that really made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

As always there were a couple of silly gameplay "flaws" for lack of a better term that made no sense for me, Like Altair not being able to swim ( he's a freaking assassin, swimming should be a mandatory class in assassin school ) and the pick pocket missions ( just kill the fucker and take whatever you're after, your an Assassin! )

Now Assassin Creed 2 looks to seriously improve on the originals formula, weapons, locals. I'll reserve my final seal of approval after I play the demo ( unless Ubisoft Montreal wants to send me a demo now accompanied by producer Jade Raymond, I would be more than happy to give it to her..I mean it a review)

TRON IS BACK BABY!

The movie could be a big steaming pile of Donkey shit and I'll still be right in line with ticket in hand and a big cheesy smile for Two very simple reasons:

LIGHT CYCLES........wheeeeeeee!

And Mr Jeffrey Labowski (The Dude abides......in Cyber Hell!)

Video Games - E3 2009 - Video Game Trailers

GI JOE RESOLUTE TRAILER

This looks better than any movie Hollywood would put out.

(keep the Joe's animate)

TERMINATOR SALVATION

This movie could be a steaming pile of shit and you would still find me on line,ticket in hand, on opening day.

I don't care if time travel in the terminator universe doesn't make a whole lot of sense. ( if they delay judgment day any further, John Connor will be 106 years old by the time skynet's online )

I don't care that Arnold isn't in it. ( that's actually a plus )

All I want to see for my $12 bucks are shiny red eyed robots big and small doing what they do best,Terminating humans ( oh and Batman is in it )

here's the trailer for those of you who haven't seen it..

bon appetite

STAR TREK TRAILER

For the 5 people out their who care and haven't seen it

here's a better version of the trailer

LEAKED STAR TREK TRAILER

Official release for the high def trailer : Nov. 17th

or you can see the shitty def version now.