MUST SEE MOVIES FEATURED AT COMIC CON

I unfortunately, for the second year in a row, underestimated the popularity of San Diego’s Comic Con and failed to order tickets in time for the major event. The only day I could have gone was on a Sunday and I figured since that was the last day of the Con, I could still get tickets a few weeks before the event. Yea, I’m stupid. Tickets sold out way earlier than last year. This won’t happen again next year! It’s like an hour away from me and I can’t go because I procrastinated. Now let this be a lesson to you all! I mean, because that’s why I did this in the first place. To teach you guys a lesson in putting shit off. Uhhh..yea, that’s why.

OK well, since I’m not going, you better believe I’ll be just like the rest of you who are not going. I’ll be monitoring every website and Twitter page I can to get the latest news from the event, just like E3 in Los Angeles. Cool thing is, even though Comic Con hasn’t started yet, the news and previews are already coming in.

If you head on over to Spike.com, you can see the Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies that will be on full display for the large crowds. The first footage of ‘Iron Man 2’ is supposed to be shown, and I know many are excited about that. ‘Toy Story 3’ was quite a surprise to see, especially seeing that is will be in 3D. I totally did not see that one coming. Also, most of you who have gone to the movies recently have probably already seen the previews for the movie ‘9’ (featuring some bad ass sounds from one of my favorite bands ever, Coheed and Cambria) but I thought I’d post it anyway. I’m surprised I didn’t talk about that movie already. Tim Burton will blow us away with that one, you watch.

So are you going to Comic Con? What are you most excited to see from the event?

‘INSANELY TWISTED SHADOW PLANET’ TRAILER

Have you ever wanted to fly around an insane looking umbrella and rein death upon an alien world? Me too! That’s not what this is unfortunately. It’s actually a spaceship that just happens to look like an umbrella, but you can go ahead and think that if you want. It depends on how you visualize these things I guess. All I know is, this is video game art at its best. Not a bad trailer considering the bad ass music/art combination. The right music goes a long way in games to help set the tone.

This game may soon make its way to PC and possibly XBLA thanks to Microsoft, FuelCell Games and specifically, Michel Gagne and Joe Olsen. The game is related to an old Nickelodeon show from 2005 that I’ve never heard of or seen, but imagine it was pretty awesome. My Nickelodeon days ended when ‘Double Dare’ and ‘Hey Dude’ ended. Ahhh.. memories.

You can check out their development blog to learn more about this interesting game. What do you think so far?

Credit: Destructoid

DISTRICT 9 TRAILER

I‘ll admit, when I first saw the original footage of this movie, back when Neill Blomkamp was introduced to the world as being the guy that would bring Halo to life on the big screen, this project and his past projects did not impress me. However, when he did the live-action short films based in the Halo universe, I was completely blown away. In fact, it’s the only video I have kept stored on my 360 hard drive and refuse to erase it. Returning to it every once in a while for inspiration and well.. it’s just so completely bad ass I wish it were a full on motion picture. But, we’re not going to get it. At least, not for a while. Until then, we have District 9 to look at and wonder… what if?

Check out the trailer above and tell me what you think. The first teasers that have come out have not been very detailed but after watching this, I finally.. after watching and reading everything else about this movie, I am finally excited to see this. It doesn’t matter that Peter Jackson is involved or not, I believe this could be something we haven’t seen before and Neill Blomkamp will deliver. I just hope this raises enough hype to where Blomkamp’s next project will be the one everyone is really waiting for… Halo: The Movie. Ahhhh man.. someday, right? Someday.

If this is the first time you’ve heard about this movie, this is what ‘District 9’ is all about:

“Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africas District 9 as the worlds nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United, a private company uninterested in the aliens welfare they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe, contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.”