[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I was just going to post a link on this, Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4 Billion.
Any guesses on whether Disney fucks this up or not ?[/quote]
Any worse than Lucas? The Star Wars universe pretty much sucks right now as is. If Disney fails it will probably be the final nail in its coffin which is no big deal at this point, or it will get some new life breathed into it and be a success.
[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I was just going to post a link on this, Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4 Billion.
Any guesses on whether Disney fucks this up or not ?[/quote]
Any worse than Lucas? The Star Wars universe pretty much sucks right now as is. If Disney fails it will probably be the final nail in its coffin which is no big deal at this point, or it will get some new life breathed into it and be a success.[/quote]
That’s the way I’m looking at it.
I’m mildly excited about new movies (and so soon!) but there’s no way I can get as excited as I did back in 1997 when the first pics of the new movie were released online. Sure the movies ended up being disappointing, but that anticipation cannot be rivaled by anything else that I can think of.
I mean sure I can expect Avengers 2 to be great and I’ve heard great things about Skyfall (which comes out tomorrow where I live and I will see it tomorrow) but nothing comes close to the way I felt for Episode I.
Any big Halo fans here? I was reading a review on gaminformer.com and they’re saying Halo 4 is probably the best Halo and maybe the best 360 game of the year.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Any big Halo fans here? I was reading a review on gaminformer.com and they’re saying Halo 4 is probably the best Halo and maybe the best 360 game of the year. [/quote]
And it’d better be! Hopefully, more superior than Halo 3 when it comes to story and character development.
Next week can’t come any sooner. MASTERCHIEF’s baaaack.
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Any big Halo fans here? I was reading a review on gaminformer.com and they’re saying Halo 4 is probably the best Halo and maybe the best 360 game of the year. [/quote]
And it’d better be! Hopefully, more superior than Halo 3 when it comes to story and character development.
Next week can’t come any sooner. MASTERCHIEF’s baaaack.
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You know… I was about to post a picture of a Native American with a tall chef’s hat but then thought I better look up Masterchief first. It’s just as well.
I want to be a part of this thread but I’m seriously outclassed lol…
Lol.
What game are you talking about Stern?
Assassin Creed 3 is out! That’s another one I shall get. But on ps3 though. But then, finding time to play both games is another issue I need to sort out.
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
Lol.
What game are you talking about Stern?
Assassin Creed 3 is out! That’s another one I shall get. But on ps3 though. But then, finding time to play both games is another issue I need to sort out.
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Assassin Creed 3 is on my Christmas list. Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 will have to hold me over until then. Of course all I play now is Borderland 2, I’m tryin to get at that pirate booty now!
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
Lol.
What game are you talking about Stern?
Assassin Creed 3 is out! That’s another one I shall get. But on ps3 though. But then, finding time to play both games is another issue I need to sort out.
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Masterchief - Masterchef?
I actually, for about a minute and a half (which coincidentally was enough time to find an appropriate Native American portrait to photoshop a hat on to…) thought you were getting excited about Masterchef…
It’s okay. Imma leave the Geek thread now. 
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Any big Halo fans here? I was reading a review on gaminformer.com and they’re saying Halo 4 is probably the best Halo and maybe the best 360 game of the year. [/quote]
You can’t trust game “journalists” they are paid to hype up and lie about games so consumers will buy them. Just a part of the publisher’s marketing team.
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[quote]roybot wrote:
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[quote]roybot wrote:
Warner Bros. are to throw down the gauntlet to Marvel by releasing a Justice League movie in 2015 - the same year as Avengers 2 is released:
http://collider.com/justice-league-movie-release-date-2015/204486/
Doesn’t sound like a wise move, not with Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel apparently being a stand alone franchise. They’re allowing very little time for the new Superman to breathe - and they’re planning to do the opposite of Marvel’s approach and deliver the team-up movie first, then solo movies afterwards.[/quote]
It could work, but only if it’s really good. I think Marvels approach was better, but had one or two of the films flopped, like Cap of Thor, Avengers wouldn’t have done as well.
If the Justice League movie is good it should help drive sales in all the solo movies. I;m stoked either way though. I love these movies…make em all I say! [/quote]
I don’t object to a Justice League movie. Two things concern me about the way WB is going about this; the main one regarding the intended release date. We all know Man of Steel is released next year. That gives WB a mere two years to tie up what is presumably supposed to be a trilogy. Compare that to the near decade Nolan had to conclude the Batman movies and you’ll see my point: WB are either rushing into this or they’ve written off MoS as a flop before its been released.
It’s highly unlikely that Man of Steel will lead into a Justice League movie (Chris Nolan already declined to even consult on a Justice League franchise). To present a separate incarnation of Superman in Justice League is a bad idea.
Then there’s Warner’s track record with JL charter members - patchy at best, with one exception.
Even if you’re the kind of fan who liked Superman Returns and Green Lantern, Marvel are still way ahead. WB can’t afford to rush either MoS or JL. [/quote]
I agree.
They could opt to reboot evey character off the Justice League movie. That’s a big gamble though. [/quote]
They’ll certainly have to present a heightened version of Batman for JL(wrote enough about that in the Dark Knight Rises spoiler thread). What they shouldn’t do is release a JL movie with another Superman (for all intents and purposes) while the previous reboot (Man of Steel) is still running.
In that event they wouldn’t be able to run two separate Superman franchises simultaneously. Let’s say they did complete the MoS trilogy by 2015 (one movie a year even close to the quality of Nolan’s Batman is unlikely, even if they shot 2 & 3 back-to-back).
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Hopefully they’ll go the route of the Avengers and not like the Nolan Batmans. I enjoyed the more realistic take, but I would rather see the aliens/supernatural elements in a JLA movie. [/quote]
They wouldn’t dare do another grounded Batman in such company. The potential is there and I’d like to see a serious, all-action Batman without so much personal baggage.
Joss Whedon made Avengers fun without being campy, and critics need to remind themselves that the last movies to juggle that many lead characters were Mortal Kombat and Streetfighter (it’s really the first comic book movie to be serious while mocking itself). WB/DC just ping-pong between extremes.
It’s either deadly serious or soap opera in tights.
Superheroes have enough exposure now that WB can start with a team-up movie then do solo movies (thanks to Marvel), but the risk is still there: when Marvel were a fledgling studio, they hired an indie director and cast a talented but troubled actor who a few years previously had to call in favors to get a job on Ally McBeal because nobody would insure him.
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Do you think the Green Arrow TV show is going to play into the JLA move at all? [/quote]
It’s a faux-Nolanization of Green Arrow (another rich guy with no powers). Haven’t seen it so can’t criticize it, but it seems to be a self-contained story. Probably has as much of a link to the JL movie as the new WW TV series - and WB had first dibs on Joss Whedon to write and direct a Wonder Woman movie, then let him go. Not a good sign.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Roybot you remind me a lot of the RedLetterMedia guys in that you are very insightful and come across with ideas that are really good and frequently better than that the ones the creators themselves did.[/quote]
Thanks, Nards!
[quote]Nards wrote:
To me the sad thing about this pic (other than the hair) is that he doesn’t fill out the T shirt’s sleeves. I mean even the wardrobe department should pin it if it’s too big or something.
(By the way this is apparently from some movie called Ten)[/quote]
It’s based on a racistly titled (though not inherently racist) Agatha Christie play with a twist. A ten-strong DEA task force are killed off one by one after they steal a hoard of cash.
Oh yeah! I’ve read Ten Little Wetback Chinks! It’s a goodie!
Sony 4k TV, I want one…
[quote]Nards wrote:
Oh yeah! I’ve read Ten Little Wetback Chinks! It’s a goodie![/quote]
LOL! You’ll know the twist, then.
[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Any big Halo fans here? I was reading a review on gaminformer.com and they’re saying Halo 4 is probably the best Halo and maybe the best 360 game of the year. [/quote]
You can’t trust game “journalists” they are paid to hype up and lie about games so consumers will buy them. Just a part of the publisher’s marketing team.[/quote]
Yup, there’s no doubt about it. I think the game looks awesome based off the videos. I’ve only ever played Reach though so I don’t know how it stacks up to the others. From what I’ve heard 2 is the best.
I just got back from seeing Skyfall as it came out today in Asia.
It was very good. One of the best i’d say. I’m one who really really didn’t like any of the Pierce Brosnan ones.
You can certainly see the influence of The Dark Knight on this movie, and that’s a good thing.
Also, the last 5 minutes were so very good. Those last 5 minutes make me see these first three Daniel Craig Bond movies as sort of an extended Bond origin story…you’ll see what I mean.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]Swolegasm wrote:
So I decided to hold out for MOH: warfighter and see what the review say. And what their biggest problem seems to be is that its generic and many reviews seem to have made an example of it which seems unfair as what FPS has done anything special in the last few years?
Anyone get their hands on it?[/quote]
I got it from Gamefly and turn it in pretty quickly. The game looks amazing and the gameplay was fine. It’s much better than the last one. I’d stick to Battlefield/Halo/COD if you like those though. It just isn’t special enough to warrant $60 for me since I’m getting Black Ops II and probably Halo 4. I didn’t play multiplayer though because of the huge patch so I might have missed out.
There is a neat option to lean out from behind cover, but it automatically makes you look down the sights, which makes it hard to locate where fire is coming from and get on sight. [/quote]
Yea tbh I’m tired of COD even though I know it’d the safe option. I see Halo 4 is getting great reviews. That is the only game that make me want to buy an xbox, played Halo on the PC and I really liked it. Its on its way to being a classic I think.
[quote]Nards wrote:
I just got back from seeing Skyfall as it came out today in Asia.
It was very good. One of the best i’d say. I’m one who really really didn’t like any of the Pierce Brosnan ones.
You can certainly see the influence of The Dark Knight on this movie, and that’s a good thing.
Also, the last 5 minutes were so very good. Those last 5 minutes make me see these first three Daniel Craig Bond movies as sort of an extended Bond origin story…you’ll see what I mean.[/quote]
I just got in from Skyfall and it didn’t really do it for me. I really liked the opening, the nods to earlier Bond films, and you’re right, the last 5 minutes were excellent. However, I though the script was a bit limp (borderline cheesy), there were too many explosions, and not enough sex (not even a hint of Berenice’s side boob). Javier Bardem does a good job as the villain though.
I sort of felt like they tried to put everything in, but overreached and ended up with a half-arsed Bond film. For me there was just a little bit of that Bond X-factor missing.