Online gaming is bad…MMO’kay

I have been MMO clean since August last year. I have been WoW clean for even longer.
It has been great. I save money, I speak with friends IRL, I spend more time with my wife (ok so most of its good) and then this happens.
My mate, Madman sends me links from E3 of upcoming MMOs……..I hate him now.

Jumpgate Evolution
AION The Tower of Eternity

And then Frog shows me this just to top things off…
M.A.G.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine….I drool

So this was a movie concept that I thought was going to be absolute crap. It was going to destroy the run of xmen movie goodness, make a mockery of Wolverine and just down right tripe.
Then I watched this….

And then I drooled, got the excited school girl shivers and drooled some more.

I of course ran over to the official site…which was disappointing except the part that says it hits our screens here in Oz, 30/4/09!
Much joy.

Now Hugh Jackman, even though he is an 6 foot 4 inch Australian playing a 4 foot nothing Canadian, does a fantastic job as Wolverine. Again, he looks like he will do a great job.
But I think what got me very excited is there seems to be a real fight with Sabretooth with a REAL actor playing the part, Liev Schreiber, it has Gambit (played by Taylor Kitsch), Deadpool (played by Ryan Renolds – which will be great) and The Blob! (played by Kevin Durand)

Watch the trailer and tell me you are not excited!

Bring on X-Men Origins: Wolverine!

Robert Downey Jnr makes all fanboys very happy

After his portrayal of Tony Stark in Ironman , much droolage over the hint of an Avengers movie was had.
Good news, not only did Downey Jnr sign up for Ironman 2 (2010) but he is also signed up for The Avengers (2011) AND Ironman 3!
Don Cheadle will be the new Rhodey in both Ironman 2 and Avengers.
And to top it off, Downey Jnr looks to be doing the voice for the lead character in a hero animated spoof: Master Mind

The original flick from DreamWorks, released in the fall, will be a movie with the current placeholder title of Master Mind. The flick is a superhero send-up. It follows a super villain’s (whose handle is also the title of the movie) crisis of conscience after he eliminates his heroic nemesis, Uberman.

The Dark Knight is the best night!

Hollywood has made another comic to movie flick, DC Comics have released another film and there is but one question?
Is The Dark Knight the best Comic to Movie film made to date?

Simply put……yes.

Myself and a few others saw The Dark Knight on Sunday. Included in the group were 2 comic fanboys (yes, me and IEKenner), 1 ex-comic fanboy and 2 joe publics.
We heard the reviews…4 stars here, Oscar performance by Heath Ledger…best comic movie of the year….best comic movie ever…
So since critics said these things, we expected the movie to be absolute crap.
We were wrong.

Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker is the most anticipated and talked about role ever. Was it worth the hype?

Simply put….yes

Sorry Jack Nicholson your crown has been stolen. Heath’s portrayal of the Joker was sublime. The insanity and madness shone through, the manically murderous traits were clear, overall, I can definately see why the are saying it is an Oscar performance.
Christain Bale is was again a great Batman and after this one, has removed Michael Keaton as my fav Batman.
YES! No bloody Katie Holmes! Maggie Gyllenhaal is great as Rachel Dawes, bringing real character to the role.
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent played a great role in the story telling. And then as Two Face! Damn!

Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman returned again playing the roles brilliantly. Specially Gary Oldman. As James Gordon he brought the realness and ‘human’ touch to flick. So strong a performance.

Now, how about this guy, Christopher Nolan? what, he has done how many movies now? 7…yes just 7 as a director. But he knows what he is doing. The film flows seamlessly, the character driven plot was beautifully mixed with action, surprise and wonderful effects.
I think when the Joker did his magic trick with the pencil, it just summed up the film. Expect nothing, everything and the unexpected.
Yes it is a long film at 152mins but you will be enthralled by the cinematography, the soundtrack (no surprise it had Hans Zimmer behind it) and the great storyline let alone the brilliant acting.

What was so great to see was a comic sequel that was not driven by explosions, an overload of new characters and stupid gimmicks. This film was just such a pleasure to see.

This is the best comic movie to date and even if you don’t like comics, you must see this film.

Overall:

Stark Industries stocks soar!

So for all of you who have not yet seen Iron Man go see it NOW!

Today was my wedding anniversary and my wife puts up with me soooo much, we went and saw Iron Man.
The woman is a hero!

So we thought we would do this in style and we went to see Iron Man at the Dendy Cinemas and we spoiled ourselves and chose the premiere theater. You know the one with the reclining chairs, food and drink service and bass boosted seats!
Twas very nice indeed.

Now I have been excited about this flick since seeing the 1st teaser so I had high expectations.
Just a note, this is not a review just a drool dropping ramble
Now to enhance my excitement for Iron Man, the theatre did 2 things…well 3 if you include bringing me meat on a stick! The 1st preview shown was….um….oh yeah a new Angelina Jolie flick, Wanted, another comic based film this time Mark Millar’s. Then we got to see Narnia 2….so far a big ho hum lets just get the movie started already!
Then they did something special…..
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Oh yeah! I know he is old…so old but this still looks damn good…and it has Marion in it!
So I’m pretty pumped and then……
The Dark Knight comes on…..oooooh baby , hell yeah and a goose-a-bumping! The comic-> film movie of the year!
So as you could imagine, I am pretty well damn pumped and keen and ..well all those other cool words that my age no longer allows me to use….Keen!
Bring on the IRON MAN!

And they did and I was hooked.
Great beginning dragged everyone in, great action scenes, superb storyline that follows the Ultimate universe more than the traditional. Robert Downey Jnr did a superb job as Stark, took me a while to recognise Jeff Bridges and hot damn did Gwyneth Paltrow look damn fine.
For all comic heads, this is a definite must see. For all action flick lovers, this is a must see. The story is well written that you do not need to know a thing about Iron Man to be involved in the happenings of Tony Stark.
Brilliant, just brilliant. Another Marvel gone movie hit and with the huge potential for a franchise of sequels.

The only thing I have to say to all who will be viewing this film…

DO NOT LEAVE BEFORE THE END OF THE CREDITS

I PROMISE YOU IF YOU STAY, YOU WILL BE PSYCHED THAT YOU DID

I already have one mate that left early and he is hating himself for doing so.
You have been warned. And I expect many comments on this to tell me of your experience watching Iron Man.
Now I must go watch the Invincible Iron Man cartoon movie to keep me going till dvd release.