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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES first real trailer is out right now!!
New poster for THE HUNGER GAMES movie adaptation
I know practically nothing about The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, apart from this book being everywhere when I go into any of the local bookstores. In fact, the synopsis for the upcoming film adaptation – which I just read a short while ago – is all that I know about it at all…
...Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as
Fan-made BIOSHOCK movie trailer channels all the right vibes!
Okay, I gotta ask: am I the only fan of BioShock who is not really all that jazzed about BioShock Infinite? Because unless that game solidly connects to classic BioShock, I just can’t see counting this upcoming game as part of the canon (no offense to Ken Levine). To me BioShock is and always will be about Rapture: that mysterious city on the floor of the northern Atlantic, envisioned by Andrew Ryan to be the ultimate escape from a world surrendering itself to socialism and corrupted religion… before it all went horribly wrong. And there is sooo much more storytelling left in the classic BioShock franchise. I mean, BioShock 2 brought us to, what, 1968? Now you know that eventually the American and Soviet governments are going to come looking for Rapture. And when they do…
Well anyhoo, until we get a proper BioShock 3, behold this awesome...
“Dust to Dust”: GEARS OF WAR 3 trailer continues a grand tradition
From the very beginning of the franchise, Gears of War has been as acclaimed for its mesmerizing advertising campaign as it has for its intense and engaging gameplay, its story and its so-very-endearing characters who we couldn’t help but to feel for, to sympathize with, to cry for. The first game’s “Mad World” commercial is considered by many to be the best ad for a video game in history. Three years ago Gears of War 2 brought us “Last Day”: an ad that yanked our heartstrings hard. It also introduced me to the music of Devotchka (“How It Ends” subsequently became one of my favorite songs, for a lot of reasons). Then April of 2010 we got the announcement of Gears of War 3 with the “Ashes to Ashes” trailer, which had me looking for more music by Sun Kil Moon.
And then there was “What Have ...
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES teaser trailer is online!
And that ain’t even the best look at Bane that we get in the first trailer for The Dark Knight Rises! That comes at the end of the one and a half minute-long glimpse of next year’s surefire megahit.
Yes friends, Warner Bros. has officially released the trailer online (which you couldn’t see until now unless you went to see the last Harry Potter movie over the weekend, which I didn’t, so this is new to me too).
My only gripe is that this is going to be the last of the “Nolan-verse” Batman… which is easily my most favorite Batman continuity ever! I’d hoped that Warners might have let Nolan’s work be the springboard of an ongoing series, sorta like its own James Bond franchise. But we’ve had two excellent Batman movies from Christopher Nolan already and I’ve no doubt that he will end this trilogy in fine...
The trailer for THE THING prequel (which is called THE THING)
Not crazy about the title ‘cuz for a prequel to the 1982 original (which I watch every time that we’re hit by a major winter storm and get stuck inside), the name of the movie oughtta differentiate itself from… well, The Thing.
However that said, this trailer does make the prequel look awfully promising!
The Thing opens in October. Can’t wait to see it (hopefully at a midnight premiere 🙂...
Longer trailer for THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN!
Look! New trailer for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn!
I said it last time and I will say it again: this movie will make a billion dollars at the box office. Worldwide ‘course but maybe even domestically. Tintin is a huge crazy popular phenomenon across the pond and it’s dang high time that Tintin and his wonderful world burst onto the scene here in the states!...
New trailer for GEARS OF WAR 3!
And that was the gist of the seven e-mails that I found in my inbox this morning: about the new trailer for Gears of War 3 campaign!
And here it is! Featuring Marcus Fenix! Anya! What seems to be the VERY much alive Adam Fenix! Lambent! King Ravens! Locust Grubs! Underwater combat! More Lambent! The weaselish Chairman Prescott! Big guns! Brumaks! STILL MORE LAMBENT! All set to Black Sabbath’s classic 1970 song “War Pigs”!
The story of Marcus, Dom and the rest of Delta Squad arrives at its conclusion on September 20th. And I am stoked about this game like I haven’t been for a video game in a long time. The Gears of War franchise really does have a very human heart and soul to it and seeing this chapter of the saga end… well, I’ve got a lot of high hopes for it 🙂
(And I am still ...
The teaser and first posters for THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: SECRET OF THE UNICORN!
As of this writing I’m in the midst of an emergency that has me… well, occupied, to put it mildly. Can’t say enough how thankful my family is for the thoughts and prayers that a lot of people have been sending. And that’s all I should say for the time being.
But I’ve a dire need to post something upbeat. And all two of my readers (okay there’s more than that, and this blogger appreciates every one of you who takes time to read The Knight Shift on a regular basis 🙂 deserve something uber-kewl to tide y’all over until I get back to regular postin’.
So let me preface this by saying thusly, that you heard it here first: this movie will make a billion dollars at the box office. At least.
It was the summer of 1993, during my crazy two-week visit to a good friend ...
Look, new trailers for DOCTOR WHO Season 6, or Season 32, whatever!!
I’ve been in a horrible funk the past few days. Related to my having bipolar disorder? Yeah. But also, quite a bit spiritual. Depression and oppression together are a terrible, terrible thing…
But you know what cheers me up? And maybe this’ll help cheer others up too if they need it: two new trailers for the coming season of Doctor Who!
And if these are any indication… well, good lord this next season is going to be EPIC!
“This is the day he finds out who I am.” That line, spoken by River Song, gives me shivers. That and the “Fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of Time Lords”, “Fear me: I’ve killed ALL of them” exchange between the Doctor and some new foe, and the Doctor saying “I’ve been running my whole life. Now it’s time for me to stop”…
April 23rd can not get here soon enough!...