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First Trailer For Sin City: A Dame To Kill For

After nine years we are finally getting another Sin City movie. If there is one thing Robert Rodriguez is good on it is delivering on promises. Just look at the first two Machete’s as proof.

A Dame To Kill For takes place before the events in the first Sin City featuring some of the returning cast like Mickey Rourke as Marv, Bruce Willis as John Hartigan and Jessica Alba as Nancy. Some roles have been recast including Dennis Haysbert taking over the role of Manute for the late Michael Clarke Duncan. Josh Brolin plays Marv but it will be explained how he looks like Clive Owen in the first movie.

Confused yet? It’s Frank Miller, get used to it.

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For releases on August 22nd.

March 7, 2014
The Last Of Us Movie Is Really Happening

Sony has announced that they have reached a deal with Screen Gems and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures to bring Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us to the big screen.

Raimi will be one of the producers and the script will be written by the game’s creative director Neil Druckmann.

This gives me mixed feelings. The Last of Us was my Game of the Year last year because it was such an emotional journey watching Joel and Ellie’s relationship develop. It was perfect as it was and I don’t know if a movie can match the impact of the game. Of course, I am not saying it can not be made into a worthy film with good casting, direction and Druckmann writing the script.

What do you think about The Last of Us being brought to theaters?

March 6, 2014
This One Time, On The Internet- March 6, 2014

Here are the quick hits today in the world of movies, TV, games, cd rates, ammunition sales, whatever catches our fancy.

Movies

Annie

Here is the trailer for Annie starring Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Rose Byrne. Be warned: once you watch it, you can’t unwatch it. Personally I am waiting on the remake of Pootie Tang with Robert Downey, Jr., Jonah Hill and Zachary Quinto.

Captain America: The Winter Solider

Watch a four-minute preview of the new Marvel movie over on Fandango.

TV

Game of Thrones

There is a rap album based on Game of Thrones. Not just that, but it is funded by HBO. I can’t make this shit up. It features tracks by Big Boi, Common and others. The title? Catch The Throne.

You can listen to Big Boi’s track “Mother of Dragons” here.

Games

LEGO The Hobbit

The newest trailer for LEGO The Hobbit is in the style of Ocean’s 11 and you will be a better person for watching it.

Mario Kart 8

Nintendo will be releasing a limited edition of the Wii U game with a blue Koopa shell statue. It will look perfect next to my other shelves of limited edition game items I get for some reason.

March 6, 2014
Want Batman: Arkham Knight Screenshots? We Got Screenshots

Man can not live by trailer alone. He needs pretty, shiny pictures to stare at as his boss thinks he is deep into work at his computer.

Here are 18 screenshots from Batman: Arkham Knight in all their next-gen goodness showing off shots of Batman, Penguin, Two-Face, the redesigned Batmobile, new villain Arkham Knight and more.

Rocksteady is saying the game is five times larger than Arkham City. That is way too much Bat-fun.

Batman: Arkham Knight releases on October 14th.

March 6, 2014
Watch Dogs Release Date Announced With New Trailer

Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs will release on May 27th worldwide after a six-month delay.

The game was delayed only weeks before its November 2013 release date to give the team more time to polish the game and, one would assume, work out any last minute technical issues.

This is sooner than I was expecting for Watch Dogs to hit shelves. When it was delayed so soon to release last year, I thought there may be some serious issues with the game. I wasn’t expecting a release until at least July. Looks like Mario Kart has some competition in May.

A new trailer has been released with the release news. Check it out.

For some reason it gives me a futuristic Sleeping Dogs more than Assassin’s Creed.

March 6, 2014
Winter Soldier Gets His Poster For Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The man who used to be Bucky is the latest poster for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. This is easily the best of the bunch. With a little under a month to go until release, I am getting the nerd shakes because of excitement.

It could also be MS, but I hope not.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier releases on April 4th.

March 5, 2014
Uncharted Writer, Creative Director Leaves Naughty Dog. Possibly Forced Out?

Amy Hennig, the creative director and writer for the Uncharted trilogy, has left Naughty Dog after a decade.

Sony has issued a statement on Hennig’s departure:

“We can confirm that Amy Hennig has left Naughty Dog. Amy has made significant contributions to the game industry and we appreciate all she has done for Naughty Dog. The development timeline of Uncharted will not be impacted.”

The shocking part of this news is that those close to Naughty Dog have said that she was forced out by Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, the creative minds behind Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us.

It does seem odd that she would leave the company in the middle of development of Uncharted on PS4 so there may be some validity to the ousting.

Naughty Dog is the best developer in gaming right now and the last thing they need is internal problems like this. I loved The Last of Us (it was my GOTY) but Uncharted is their cash cow and she provided Nate, Sully, Elena and company their direction.

Whoever lands her is going to get a proven gaming great.

March 5, 2014
New Trailer For Transformers: Age Of Extinction

Who wants a new trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction?

Wait…before you answer, just remember, this is basically a reboot of the franchise with not a LaBeouf or pair of robot balls in sight.

Yes, it is still Michael Bay, but I will give it a chance with Wahlburgers and Grimlock.

Transformers: Age of Extinction releases on June 27th.

March 5, 2014
This One Time, On The Internet- March 4, 2014

Movies

The Avengers: Age of Ultron

Seems Scarlett Johansson went and got herself knocked up. She is due this summer and a growing belly does not exactly work with her costume in the Avengers sequel. To make sure they get her scenes in, she will begin filming her parts April 5th and finish as quick as possible so it will not affect the rest of the movie and Ryan Reynolds can cry himself to sleep knowing he is not the father.

Frozen

As popular as the song “Let It Go” is from Frozen, there are some times you just don’t sing the Oscar-winning tune. Here are some examples. Be prepared to laugh (or cry).

TV

Gotham

The series has cast its young Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. David Mazouz will play Bruce and Camren Bicondova is Selina.

Fargo

Here is a new trailer for the FX show based on the Coen Bros. movie. It is pretty much a normal shopping day in Alabama.

http://youtu.be/FBD-ZCiUd5A

Games

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Today, finally, see the release of Obsidian’s South Park: The Stick of Truth. We will have our review up as soon as we make our way through the demented adventure.

HBO Go

HBO Go launches today on the PS3 at long last. Now you can watch all the True Detective and Game of Thrones you want on your Playstation. Murder and incest for everyone!

Playstation 4

Sony has announced that the PS4 has sold over 6 million consoles since its launch last November. With sales continuing to be strong, could Sony get to 20 million by year’s end?

March 4, 2014
Fat Guy In A Little Singlet- Raw Recap March 3, 2014

Raw was in Chicago last night. The big show they were dreading and the one everyone of us was looking forward to the most.

Rumors broke a few days ago that CM Punk could possibly be returning to a hero’s welcome. Well in the realm of “shit that didn’t happen” that rumor reigned as king last night.

Yep, Punk was a no show.

OK, so Punk is still at home sulking and getting ready for his @midnight appearance. It was all good because WWE put on a really good show and even managed to use the whole “Highjack Raw” for their favor when they sent out Daniel Bryan to acknowledge it and use it to his advantage.

Trolling in its highest form. Bravo, WWE.

Raw managed to move forward a lot of its storylines last night despite the loud Chicago crowd. Let’s be clear, the crowd was insanely loud and chanted “CM Punk” most of the night as we knew they would, but it did not feel like the post-WrestleMania Jersey crowd that created absolute magic.

Bryan faced Batista and even slowing down his pace, Big Dave looked winded after about five minutes. This may be reason enough to put a third man in the main event of Mania. How good a match can he have with Orton if he is pulling a Warrior and getting blown up on his way to the ring?

It does look like it will be HHH and Bryan after last night. I still think WWE was holding out a few weeks to see if they could salvage something out of Punk, but now they have to look forward to salvaging WrestleMania.

The interesting part of last night is that I get the feeling that the Bryan/HHH match will lead to more. Something to the effect of “if Bryan can beat HHH, he gets in the main event at WrestleMania” sort of thing. He could overcome HHH with all of The Authority trying to screw him then he gets in the main event where you have Batista pin him, setting Captain Naval Tattoo as the main heel of the company as Bryan chases the title.

What is a shame right now is that Orton does not feel like he is anything of importance despite being champion. Feels like going into WrestleMania 25 where he was booked so weak and had a disappointing match with HHH.

Cesaro and Swagger played the blame game costing each other matches before hugging it out by the worst looking Ari Gold impersonator ever. Looks like Cesaro’s great run will end with a match against Swagger at Mania. That is if Swagger doesn’t fuck up again before the PPV like last year.

How fucking great was that Shield/Wyatt match?!!

It had just the right elements of tag matches and brawling and it made the crowd actually cheer and chant for the guys involved.

I loved the Rollins leaving bit. It was unexpected until he explained that he could not be the glue that kept the group together anymore. If they have a triple threat at Mania, get ready for a show.

Paul Heyman proved again why he kept ECW in business for so many years despite having no money.

How big a target was on his back being sent out first (to Punk’s music!) and talk about the tattooed, straightedge elephant not in the room and segue that into Lesnar’s match with The Undertaker. Whatever they pay him, it is not enough.

Fucking brilliant.

I loved Lesnar’s destruction of Mark Henry. It makes sense with Henry still looking for revenge for his broken arm and makes Brock look like the maniac he is for putting Henry down every time. That F5 through the table was good as well.

I have noticed that when WrestleMania comes around, no table is safe.

What I thought would happen a couple of weeks ago with John Cena and Bray Wyatt came to be. Cena came out and cut his normal cookie-cutter promo we have heard for a decade, then Wyatt appeared on screen and bitch-slapped Cena verbally with no chance of saving face.

This will continue because no one can touch Wyatt on the mic.

Paul Bearer in the Hall of Fame. This is the definition of right.

The Usos winning the tag titles was a good move. We knew it was going to happen and I think the WWE wanted to hold off a bit longer, but they used the Chicago crowd to pop for a title change. It helps the Outlaws gave them their best match since coming back.

#Emmalution #Emmataining

Aaron Paul should be on Raw every week. Ziggler will be champion inside of a month.

How out the door is Del Rio? He is past Batista and now he lost in two minutes to Ziggler to get a pop for the guest host? We all know he is heading back to Mexico so WWE is doing what they do; make him look like a loser on the way out.

By the way: why the hell even have Paul on if he is not going to say “bitch” once??

If you have the WWE Network and have not watched the NXT Arrival special, you are missing two hours of great wrestling. I enjoyed it more than I have any PPV over the past year. Just watching the Emma and Paige match shows the disconnect between Divas matches on Raw and NXT. The wrestled for 15 minutes and I was entertained by every moment.

Till next week!

March 4, 2014