G.I.Joe: Retaliation Trailer!

The teaser trailer for G.I.Joe: Retaliation premiered online last Monday. Sorry if I've been late and haven't posted anything this week, but I had finals to finish up. Luckily I am on break and now I can update!

So, this trailer is amazing! As a Joe fan, I am already so psyched for this movie. This one trailer is so much better that 2009's G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra. So first I'll give you some time to watch it...
Done? Good. Now a couple things that I have to just turn the Geek-Out-Meter on for.
1.) More military aesthetic!
Even if Rise of Cobra is one of my guilty pleasures, I already said in my post earlier this year that I had wished for more military influence than...well...what we got.
2.) Realistic, gritty feel.
The desert assault scene in the trailer implies that there will be a hefty amount of casualties. I have always thought that G.I.Joe should have existed in a world where casualties are possible. Sometimes writers try to please everyone by killing one useless character, but this is on the Battle of Benzheen level of death. Retaliation seems to take place in a world where no one is guaranteed safety( but it's a safe bet that Snake-Eyes is safe.)
3.) Cobra actually does something!
In the first film, they put Zartan in office and...everyone else was captured. But not only do they kill many a Joe operative, but they take over the FRACKIN' WHITE HOUSE! Everyone better get ready for Cobra to be a serious threat on the big screen.
4.) Ninjas
Need I say more?
5.) Cobra Commander has is faceplate!
Again, 'nuff said.
And those are only the main things, all week I have been watching and dissecting every last detail. So I am pumped! YO JOE!

Doctor Who

        Here in America we have many native sci-fi shows sch as Star Trek, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, and others. All of these shows are brilliant and I love them. However, our neighbors from across the Atlantic have one show that I would trade all of these for! Okay, maybe not Star Trek but this show I discovered for myself about six months ago and I have a addiction to it that I don't want to let go! The show in question is none other than Doctor Who! If I could name a television program that is an example of perfection it would be this show. For those not familiar with the show the very basics you   need to know are this. 
        The Doctor is an extraterrestrial being known as a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. He travels the universe in a time machine called the TARDIS, this acronym stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space, to explore and sometimes fix problems that he sees in the universe. He usually does so with one or more human companions that keep him sane and act as the connection to the audience. During his travels he has many alien enemies such as the Daleks, the Cybermen, and more. Also another key component to this show that is the reason a show that started in 1963 is still going on in 2011 is that when a Time Lord is nearing the end of his life he can regenerate into a whole new body. He remains who he is but things like his interests, favorite foods, height, weight, etc are changed drastically. Overall that is the very basics of the show if you are interested. 
             This show is brilliant in writing, acting, special effects(for the time), and just....I love it and I cannot get enough of it! The first point I want to bring up though is that I will mainly be talking about the current seasons and the current cast and crew. Also, I will have to state this upfront, I will talk about The Doctor and I will mean the eleventh/most recent Doctor(and my personal favorite) Matt Smith. Tennant fans please don't kill me! So stay tuned for more posts pertaining to Doctor Who including reviews of the episodes, books, maybe even comics and figures.   
Stay Tuned!
(Also this show gets a 5/5!) 


For a video to better explain Doctor Who here is one that is done by a very capable reviewer sfdebris.
http://sfdebris.com/drwho/101.asp -this was NOT made by me! 
Also here is the official website! 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw 

Winnie the Pooh Review

Ah, Winnie the Pooh. *Singing*Deep in the hundred acre wood where Christopher Robin Plays...Oh! I totally don't know that whole opening...yeah..I am a man! Okay I do. Winnie the Pooh was part of my childhood as much as G.I.Joe and Batman: The Animated Series. Every time I see something having to do with the Hundred Acre Wood I feel a tidal wave of nostalgia. So when I saw that a new movie was coming out in a classic animated style I just had to see it. So my sister and I went today. Wow. Talk about feeling like a kid.
The whole gang is back in this enjoyable family fun adventure. The plot is very simple: Pooh and friends find a note that really says "Vry buzzey, bak soon. C.R." But they believe that he has been taken by a monster named The Backson! So an adventure to save Christopher Robin begins along with a side plot of everyone looking for Eyore's tail. So that was fun and I loved the fun yet simple story but they had to go further and almost make me emotional with nostalgia by adding a recreation of the original opening plus a new version of the original song! That was a brilliant move! The only problem I had is that I would have liked if Peter Cullen was back as Eyore but the person who did to Eyore was very good. Only thing I can say is if you grew up with Pooh Bear or if you have kids you should go see it.
I give it a 5/5

Captain America: The First Avenger Review

So I literaly just got back from seeing Captain America and it was...pretty spectacular. To start off with anyone who complained about Chris Evans needs to just see this movie and they will shut up. Evans does a fantastic job as Steve Rogers both Pre-Super Soldier weakling with a good heart and as the famous war hero. He and Sebastian Stan both are great in their scenes together as Cap and Bucky. Speaking of Bucky, he was awesome! In this Bucky is not the do almost nothing sidekick who is there to speak to the kids, no he was pretty boss in this.
The whole supporting cast was actually really good. All the acting from Tucci, Jones, and Atwell was very well done.
Dr. Abraham Erskine kind of serves as the mentor role to Steve when he's going through the training at the facility and I was very sad when he died. Not as much as my sister of course who did not know he was going to die so she was absoluley shocked, same with Bucky. Stanley Tucci played his part perfectly and I was happy with all of his scenes.
Tommy Lee Jones was very fun as Colonel Philips and I felt he was the perfect choice for the role. Haley Atwell also was great as Agent Peggy Carter who serves as both the strong female lead and the protagonist' love interest.
Now for the villain. Hugo Weaving is fantastic as the mad Johann Schmidt or better known as the Red Skull! He does Cap's arch nemesis justice. I was very happy with his performance. His accent was evil and menacing(Those bloody German villains always creep me out!) Also as a side note the Hydra soldiers looked amazing! As did Cap and Red Skull's costmes.
The action scenes were nice and the whole World War II setting was good, although I was hoping to see something dramatic along the lines of Cap at D-Day or something. So overall it was two hours of a very compelling story and very nice performances along with some awesome scenes of Cap and the Howling Commandos against Hydra.
I give it a 8.5/10
Stay after the credits

 

A look back at G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra

So with all of the G.I.Joe Sequel news I have had ROC on my mind. I recently re-watched the movie and I thought that this would be a good entry.

So to start with let's look back to the lead up. The summer of 2009 was full of fan revolution. So many Joe fans were shouting "DETH OF TEH LINE!" with their minds made up already that this would suck. Myself included. So I went the extreme and boycotted the movie with no reason to see it while a little bit of me eagerly wanted to. So after a year of boycotting I watched it because I was bored. I actually hated myself...I kind of liked it. Oh sure it wasn't perfect but I enjoyed myself but I kind of denied its good parts. So a few months later I watched it again and I finally realised...I like this movie a lot even with some big plot elements that I hate. So unlike my oldest brother I awaitfor the sequel with excitment!

So even though I like it, I have to say the few things that could have been fixed and could have made this a great movie.
1) Duke/Baroness/Cobra Commander: If they had not had this wierd everything revolves around Duke then I could have believed more of it other than "Oh he coincedentley knows all of these guys including Hawk." If they had just Duke and Rex(Who would not be the Commander) then it would have been more interesting.
2) We need a funny black guy: I feel as though they made Ripcord black so they could have a funny black guy. They could have fused Rip and Heavy Duty into Roadblock who is a heavy weapons expert but is a funny black guy. Simple. Although I am okay with black Ripcord I thought Rip was always a serious character in the comics. Oh well.
3) Destro has no honor neither does Storm Shadow: Enough said.
4) Accelerator Suit: I know everyone said they sucked and then said it made the chase scene awesome but I am not a fan of G.I.Joe relying on too many gadgets to save the day. It sounds weird and maybe it is just me but I thought that was pushing it. If the suits were not so invincible/superhero fast then I could accept them. Maybe this makes no sense to you. Oh well.
5) If you need CG and wires to do the stunt then don't bother: I always preferred my Joe Verse to be realistic and I think of the characters as real people who cannot flip over cars in the streets of Paris(I'm looking at you Snake-Eyes!).
So that is all the criticism that I have. Maybe you liked this post or not I don't care. So anyways let's get ready for the sequel!

My G.I.Joe Universe

So I am currently making my own G.I.Joe universe and to start with I am making filecards for my versions of the established characters so here are the first few.

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the General HQ. I'm Commander Steve and I'm here to post stuff that you will(hopefully) read. So stay tuned for...well anything really.