The Evolution Championship Series is on the horizon. Here’s a quick guide to the nine games on tap for the show. Forget theDawn of the Planet of the Apes. Were on the dawn of Evolution! But not the Evolution that they talk about inPlanet of the Apes. Im talking about Evo 2014, this years installment of the annual fighting game Olympics, theEvolution Championship Series. If you havent caught Evo before, its a sight to see....
Nick talks us through Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom, soon to be a BBC Two TV series… So it seems Vikings are in this season. Whats it all about? Ad content continues below Is it worth reading? If youre a fan of Cornwells then its a given youll like this. Is it right for TV? Cornwell is no stranger to his work being put on screen. I likedSharpe, will I like this?...
As a proponent of the oft-criticised Mystery Box mode of marketing, JJ Abrams would be a prime example. But what about script leaks? But if youre reading a script before something has even come out, theres little context other than spoilers. Still, script leaks do happen and producers have gone to extremes to cover their tracks. Moreover, the experience seemed to actively put Tarantino off making the film. Its now the next film hell shoot, with principal photography scheduled for November....
Bonnie Arnold has had some career. Can you fill in some of the blanks there? Well, it wasnt really a writer as such. I studied journalism, but I actually started in publicity. I did unit publicity writing, so thats how I started really. Really it was in film, film production stuff. But I was writing press releases, bios, that kind of thing. But it served me in good stead! I dont consider myself a great writer, but I can recognise great writing!...
007, Star Wars, Marvel, DC and Spider-Man all seem to work on a movie franchise-runner model. But is that the way forward for film? Traditionally, we all accept that film is a directors medium and television a writers medium. In both spheres, there are producers. Spielberg and Sorkin are both examples of hyphenates within their main medium as a director-producer and writer-producer respectively. Of these precedents, the most obvious is the James Bond series....
The Sith aren’t the only bad guys in the galaxy far, far away. Here are 7 other villains we’d love to see in Episode VII. It is possible to have too much of a good thing. In both Legends and canon, Jedi reign supreme. Maybe this is why there are so many Sith antagonists. Theyre evenly matched and clearly distinguishable, and who can resist the sights and sounds of lightsabers clashing?...
It is, in short, completely bonkers. Why cant it be a bit more like the comics and animated TV shows of the past? This version of Prime is terse and ornery. He solves leadership problems by punching his usurpers in the face. Megatrons now Galvatron, and only appears in the film for about 15 minutes. How else do we explain the constant urge to crowd every movie with human characters?...
I think thats all really cool. Ad content continues below Yeah thats weird how did that happen? And thats cool also. But thats not whats going to happen things are just going to get all messed up. So now, hell have to lie in his bed, as they say. And its terrible now, because everyones mad at him. Its supposed to be that they still love him, but hes been making mistakes....
Roger Ebert once said Steve James made one of the best movies of his lifetime. With Life Itself, James examines what that life was. Roger Ebert considered himself first and foremost a journalist. Like that book, James provides an earnest (and mostly affectionate) look at Eberts life. The movie also tracks Siskels private decline almost as thoroughly as Eberts very public one. This saying could defineLife Itselftoo. Like us onFacebookand follow us onTwitterfor all news updates related to the world of geek....
So, what does mankind do? It sends in a robotic fly to fix the mess. Okay, so the premise is silly, but the game wasnt. Some power-ups, however, would also have negative effects. Visually impressive, with a great water system, the game also featured more than simple platforming. And what an ending… 22. UnlikeThunder Force, however, it was nowhere near as successful. Enemies attacked using fleets of ships, which had to be destroyed as quickly as possible....
In cartoons, baddies always lose, and goodies always win. It’s just not fair. Jenny argues Skeletor should have won… Ive undergone a complete personality transplant since I was a kid. Growing up, I was always terrified of He-Mans cackling arch nemesis Skeletor. Come to think of it, I was a bit uneasy around skeletons in general. I hate to think how I would have reacted to that revelation. Ad content continues below...
Which is a shame, because it might just be their masterpiece. ButBottomgoes so much further than that. Ad content continues below A contemporary sitcom thatBottomhas obvious analogues with isPeep Show. YetBottomseems like a gonzo, OTT pastiche ofPeep Show, despite being made a decade earlier. Why are they always dressed up when they clearly have nowhere to go? Its crushing when you think about it. Richie and Eddie dont even seem to be friends....
The Star Wars Expanded Universe has introduced many great Jedi into the lore. Here are our favorites! After Order 66, of course, Jedi couldnt appear in droves in the Original Trilogy films. Part of the appeal was Luke and Obi-Wans place as singular representatives of their order. Some characters, like Aayla Secura, have made the leap from page to screen. Now, that seems like a leap for survival. Mara Jade Mara arrived on the scene in the 1991 novelHeir to the Empireby Timothy Zahn....
