Okay when I first heard about this project last year a lot of nostalgia hit me. Wes Craven has finally officially announced 'Scream 4.' With it comes all the original surviving characters.
My one hope is that Craven is able to bring the franchise out of its comedic direction. There was something so sinister about the first movie that was lacking in the two follow-ups. By the time of it's release (April 15, 2011) it will be 15 years since Scream and 11 years since Scream 3. This is a huge amount of time to pass between sequels but at least to me a fortunate time frame that the franchise should hopefully benefit from.
Writer of the first two Kevin Williamson is back behind the scriptwriting, which is either a curse or a blessing, but I guess since it is his baby it seems only right for him to continue what he started.
But the biggest question still remains.... Will Deputy 'Dewey' Riley still have a limp?
Rodriquez answers the call (though I really wish he would stop these side projects and make Sin City 2).
The official 'Predators' trailer has been released, and what we get is an eclectic group of varying actors thrown into the jungle landscape of the Predator home world.
The first thing I thought when originally coming across the production of this film is the title immediately reminded me of 'Aliens.' I know this is said to be a 'reboot' but I feel from everything I've seen and read (including this trailer) that it serves better as a sequel. So right off the bat it has at least to me a James Cameron homage.
Secondly I've always been a fan of Robert Rodriguez ever since his collaboration with Tarantino on 'From Dusk Till Dawn.' Originally he was meant to direct, but I think we still have a good chance of success due in part for the use of his original screenplay (even if it has been modified) and his watchful eye with him serving as executive producer.
The only thing I'm disappointed about is the jungle landscape. Don't get me wrong it looks cool and all and defiantly worked in the first film, albeit on Earth. What I mean is that as awful as Aliens vs. Predators was (and boy was it shit) they briefly showed an interesting look at a civilized city; a concrete jungle that I can only hope they will include in this feature film (though I doubt).
Okay, so I'm not entirely sure what to say about this post.
Lady Gaga's video clip for 'Telephone' is so strange and yet refreshing at the same time. I'm not sure if its the Tarantino-esque nature including the resurfaced cameo of the 'Pussy Wagon' (after Kill Bill and it's reincarnation in Death Proof), the inside jokes or, the blink-and-you'll-miss-it Michael Jackson homage but this 9 minute epic comes together so well.
Be warned though, it seems they had a casting call for the ugliest people in North America, and the unfortunate appearance of dancing 'tree trunks.' But hey! That's why it's called art. LOL.
You know I was just discussing this very scene last night and now I've randomly come across it which is odd, but I feel the urge to post it.
All you pencil pushers enjoy.
EDIT: Well no longer can we all enjoy this (what must have been all of say 8 sec clip) 20th Century Fox has claimed copyright to its usage. No, really!
EDIT II: I have come across another "extended" version of the clip. So enjoy before its gone (again)!
Okay so the second Iron Man 2 trailer came out a couple of days ago, but I just now got around to looking it up. And boy does it look amazing.
Whiplash, Black Widow, War Machine are all present and oh of course the man who is contractually obliged to appear in everything Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (who had been previously shown speaking with Tony Stark after the end credits of 'Iron Man').
Anyway check it out below if you haven't already and enjoy...
Based on the video game franchise of the same name what we get is what looks to me as a giant cut scene from Assassins Creed. The shot of him as a young child made me cringe and think of that awful flashback storyline in 'G.I. Joe.'
Although we all know how trailers can be misleading and I still hold out for some hope with the noticeable positive of the two lead actors, Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton.
You know there was a lot of high hopes when Steven Spielberg announced the live action adaptation of Hasbro's much loved cartoon and toy-line 'Transformers.' Little by little we got new information. some good, some bad, some different. Global outrage was heard when Michael Bay was picked to direct, myself included; I thought there and then this project was doomed. Then they started changing the appearance and voices of certain Transformers to geld into this modern world of ours. What was becoming of our hopes?
As it turns out I wouldn't have wanted anyone else to have made the movie, except maybe Spielberg himself. Bay was given a near perfect script, that not even he could stuff up, the visuals were outstanding his action orientated mindset really helped give the audience exactly what they were paying for.
Shia Labeouf plays Sam Witwicky a fast talking, hormone driven teenager who lives only for himself and the hope of getting the girl of his dreams. His dad has just bought him his first car, a completely run down old yellow Camaro, but Sam couldn't be happier as he now has acquired the first step to getting the girl, a ride. Unbeknownst to him however is this isn't any ordinary vehicle, no not even close, you see this car happens to be Bumblebee, an Autobot from Cybertron.
The Autobots (lead by the ever almighty Optimus Prime) and the Decepticons (headed by the evil Megatron) have been at war on their distant home planet for eons and now both have traveled a long way to Earth each trying to find and covet the Allspark, an energized matrix cube able to give it possessor ultimate power being able to create an endless army of Transformers out of inanimate electrical objects. But where the story really comes into its own is with Sam's interaction with not only these sentient aliens but also with Mikaela Banes (the High School love interest) played by the ever so beautiful Megan Fox; their chemistry together onscreen was perfectly expressed.
Sam's parents were absolutely terrifically cast and Josh Duhamels Capt. Lennox character was a nice added perspective to the warring chaos. Having also shown the story from the side of the "hackers" helped to bring the storyline together and blessed us with some nice eye candy in the form of Australian actress Rachael Taylor.
I'm aware a lot of people or 'fanboys' if you will, were upset and/or disappointed with the outcome due to so many details being changed but I just feel that what the writers came up with did the (at the time - dying) franchise justice. Some complaints of my own would involve comments regarding how many of the fast paced action scenes seemed to blur, especially in the final battle where if you were to blink you may miss out on seeing a characters demise. Also too many of the Transformers were silver/chrome which at times becomes annoying in following who's who. Lastly I would have liked to have seen more of Sam's best friend Miles, a character shown extremely briefly and whom gets ditched way too soon IMO.
