So They Really Went and Made a Bumblebee Spin-Off
I never saw the last Transformers movie, the one with the King Arthur stuff. I loved the first movie, but every other one has been trash. I thought we all knew this. Of course, we also knew that they still made a lot of money.
So here’s a spin-off starring Bumblebee! It’s really going to exist!
Looks fine to me. Weird coming of age story starring Bumblebee. If that’s the movie you want to make, more power to you!
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The New Trailer for Wreck-It Ralph 2 Kind of Wrecks My Interest in the Film
I’m still going to see Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 opening weekend. There’s no doubt or hesitation. But the new trailer released today kind of…I dunno…annoyed me?
See for yourself:
So yeah, the only search result for a website that is “really intense” and “super nuts” is Disney’s own website? And then the trailer just becomes Ralph and Vanellope hanging out with Disney characters and making really obvious Disney Princess jokes?
Does the movie Wreck-It Ralph not exist in this universe? All these Disney characters can exist on the Internet, but but Wreck-It Ralph doesn’t exist as a movie?
I dunno. The trailer just bugged me. It was all self-referential Disney nonsense.
And I get the joke poking fun at itself for the movie name…but it still went with the wrong movie name. “Break the Internet” is not a famous enough phrase to not use “Ralph Wrecks the Internet”, no matter how “kewl” the blue lady was designed to be.
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Have You Heard of Hotel Artemis?
I hadn’t heard of Hotel Artemis until last week when I saw it on a list of interesting upcoming movies. And I finally saw the trailer in theaters yesterday in front of Action Point (which wasn’t that great). Hotel Artemis looks pretty fun!
It’s basically just doing The Continental from John Wick, but I’m fine with that. The Continental is fun. Why not turn that stuff into its own movie? With Charlie Day, Dave Bautista, Paper Boi from Atlanta, Jeff Goldblum as a crime boss, and more!
Hotel Artemis comes out this weekend and hopefully I can find a theater playing it nearby.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 6/2/18
Despite being a Fifth Wednesday, this was actually a pretty big week in comics! The first full issue of Brian Michael Bendis’ Superman came out, and I enjoyed it! Granted, I’ve liked Superman comics in the past and dropped them, so who knows if I’ll stick with it — but I’m going to try!
Comic Book of the Week goes to another landmark issue: Amazing Spider-Man #800! It’s the grand finale of Dan Slott’s decade on Amazing Spider-Man, and the issue lives up to the pomp and circumstance…though it’s not without its flaws.
Dialogue occasionally being one of them
In potentially disappointing news, I’ve decided to give up on Doomsday Clock. I just don’t like the comic, and the new issue this week reinforced everything I don’t like. And I don’t want to use this comic review segment to trash on comics just because I don’t like them. I find Doomsday Clock to be boring, with an undeserved pretentiousness. I might keep reading, just to see where it goes. But starting now, no more active reviews.
Comic Reviews: Amazing Spider-Man #800, Justice League: No Justice #4, Man of Steel #1 and Ms. Marvel #30.
Some Video Game News!
I haven’t had much I felt like writing about this week, but it’s Friday and I want to get something up, so how about some video game news?
The biggest news this week was the announcement of Fallout 76, the newest game in the much-loved Fallout series. I’m a huge fan and am excited about this game.
Of course, I’ve also heard that it isn’t a traditional single player Fallout game. Io9 tells us that it’s going to be a survival MMORPG, which kind of sucks. I’m not sure if I’m as interested knowing there will be other people involved. Those people are weird!
The world has also been introduced to Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, which is going to be set in Ancient Greece.
I think I’m more hopeful about this one. I thoroughly enjoyed Assassin’s Creed: Origins last year, after skipping several subpar games. The Ancient Egypt setting was phenomenal.
Of course, Ancient Greece sounds a lot like Ancient Rome, of which we’ve seen a lot. Or we’ve seen some Rome, I dunno. The point is, there were plenty of other historical time period options, is what I’m saying. I’m going to remain cautiously optimistic here.
We’ll know more about both games — and hopefully plenty of others — at E3 in a couple weeks.
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