Game of Thrones Season 3: Inside the Wildlings (Before They Remove Your Insides)…

Posted on March 26, 2013 by geelw

Of course, in real life WInterfell, stopping to put on a pot of coffee and have a chat with a Wildling or two would probably have a few different outcomes (not too many of them good for you, dear reader), so be thankful these interviews aren’t done completely in character all the time. On the other hand, that WOULD make those dragon interview videos really something, right? Only five more days to go before Season 3 rolls around. Between this, The Walking Dead season finale and one or two other shows, that particular Sunday will be a BUSY one in terms of TV time for me, I think. Of course, I could just ignore it all and play through a game or two I need to finish up, but that’s probably not going to happen as I’ll be camped out writing for at least part of the day…

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Behind the Scenes: A Fantasy Trip for Today…

Posted on March 26, 2013 by geelw

Hey! Wouldn’t you like to be on a nice vacation right about now? OK, let’s go! Let’s say, hmmm… we’re now in Sweden with Josef Fares at Starbreeze Studios talking a little more about their unique game collaboration, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons coming to Windows PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 courtesy of publisher 505 Games? OK, OK… sitting in another room that’s different from the room you’re in now may not be much of a holiday at first glance, but think outside the box (or outside the building, in this case) and you’re on the way to your new destination with a fresh outlook. Um, Har en fantastisk semester – inte äta för mycket korv!

Game of Thrones Season 3: Outside The Show, The Show Goes On…

Posted on March 25, 2013 by geelw

I’m not one for this fancy red carpet stuff at all, as I prefer to imagine these actors in the realm of the show (whatever show they’re in) and not outside of it where they’re all preened up and look too pretty instead of gritty, but so it goes on the promotional train. Then again, I haven’t been what you’d call “starstruck” in decades, as I tend to treat everyone I meet the same way (unless they’re trying to run me over with some sort of vehicle for whatever reason).

And hey, look! Emilia Clarke is in Breakfast at Tiffany’s on Broadway! Go read the book if you’ve never, as it outclasses the film by quite a bit in terms of content. Still, I think the new version needs more DRAGONS or something, and I know you do too. Anywya, the show kicks off next week, so I can stop kicking my TV when I come home and keep seeing Al Pacino in that damned scary Bozo wig… Yeesh, my heart…

Riddick Teaser Trailer: Reasonable Follow Up, Or A Riddick-ulous Dim Weasel Production?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by geelw

Hmmmm… I guess this is good news, but I personally don’t know anyone who was dying to see a new Riddick flick. Granted, the best thing to come out of the films was the 2004 Xbox exclusive game from Starbreeze, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (which is NOT a traditional “licensed” game per se, as it’s an entirely original story that links into the narrative about the character’s history rather than tie into a specific film) and yes, Pitch Black was and is pretty cool after all these years. But that last film was kind of overblown to some degree and I’ve never been able to sit through it again after seeing it once. Eh, well perhaps the third time’s the charm, as it’s an interesting anti-hero and yes, some actors do get better as they mature. I’m just not holding my breath for greatness nor lining up early at this point, especially in this fast countdown to the home video release every new movie is on these days…

(or as usual, We Shall See…)

Game of Thrones Costumes Take A Little Tour (Cleaned & Hopefully Coming To Your Town)…

Posted on March 24, 2013 by geelw

A lot of very lucky people will soon get the chance to get pretty up close and personal with the costumes worn by their favorite or not so favorite cast members from the hit HBO series. I’m not one for huge crowds pressing me out of the way to get within sniffing distance (of the costumes, not ME, silly). So unless I can have some alone time, I’m not going to bother getting trampled by a horde of squealing fans while I try and snap a picture or two. I think this will be in NYC soon, so I may make an exception if it’s around when I go to see some games in April at a few press events I need to head to. We shall see, I suppose…

Game of Thrones Season 3: Carmelo May Be A Fan, But I Probably Don’t Need to Know This…

Posted on March 21, 2013 by geelw

Eeek. Um, OK? I guess (and HOPE) Carmelo Anthony is a big fan of the show and all, but I really don’t like these oddball crossover promotion advertising whatever deals because it almost seems as if someone thought it was a good idea to over-check the demographics of who watches the show, figure out who may NOT yet be a fan and make an annoying ad that appeals to that market (and may not be so annoying to that demographic or whatever). Or something like that. Yeah, it’s as clumsy as this post is (or clumsier, as I don’t cringe at my writing – I leave that to you, dear reader), but I guess that’s how it goes. It’s not TV, It’s HBO, you know… Bleh. Oh well, as long as there’s no attempts at putting any sportsball players IN the show as a marketing mistake, this video can be forgiven…

Star Trek: Into Darkness International Trailer #2: Going Around The World With The Enterprise

Posted on March 21, 2013 by geelw

And the hits just keep on coming in this latest international trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness. In fact, there are a bunch of these up on the official Star Trek web site that are all slightly different for each territory. I’ve always found that a tad strange, but that’s why I’m not a PR person, I guess. Anyway, the film certainly looks like it’ll be pretty relentless and gloomy where it needs to be, but I’m holding off any ACTUAL judgments until my butt is parked in a comfy movie seat. Some of the more Horta-headed fans of the Trekkie and Trekker varieties want the slower-paced style back from the original series, TNG and the other shows, but given that trailers for blockbusters condense events and are SUPPOSED to be thrilling, I’m betting the film does do some of what’s expected foe those die-hards when all is said and done. As usual, folks… we shall see…

Game of Thrones Season 3 Enemies Trailer: The Friend of My Enemy Is Probably Not Surviving The Season…

Posted on March 20, 2013 by geelw

I was going to use “Keep your friends close and your enemies six feet under” as the title of this post, but I flipped a mental coin (hey, I may be just about broke this month, but I do have some change of mind left) and that other one won out. Anyway, it’s almost here and doesn’t look as if will disappoint much, if at all. Then again, a good episode of GoT SHOULD be disappointing once it’s over simply because you didn’t want it to end and you’re left with your eyes and mouth wide open because something really innnnnteresting happened that you least expected. Well, that’s better it happens in the show than in real life… unless it’s the Publishers Clearing House van pulling up and you’d forgotten all about that stupid sweepstakes you filled out while half-drunk on some wine one late night…

Game of Thrones Season 3 Teaser: That Beast on Your Back is the Least of Your Troubles…

Posted on March 16, 2013 by geelw

As predicted, HBO is really rolling out the Game of Thrones promo war-wagon (and probably crushing a few lesser shows’ heads in the process), as we get two teasers in as many days. I expect a few more before the new season kicks off, but none of these will faze me either way. I actually prefer to go into each season cold and allow each episode to wash over me and do what it does best. I’m not one for the stupidity of betting real money in Vegas or wherever on who “lives” and “dies” on this or any show, as hey, I can separate my real life realities from my fake realities in TV shows I like just fine. That and my hard-earned dollars can go towards something a good deal more sensible (like food, for one thing)…

Star Trek: Into Darkness Teaser #2: Or: On Funding More Dream Therapy For J.J. Abrams…

Posted on March 9, 2013 by geelw

Hmmmm… Does J.J. Abrams have the same scary dream about falling every night? Seriously. I haven’t seen so many people jumping off high places into certain doom in a trailer in a while. OK, well… that silly trailer to the last Die Hard flick was lousy with stupidly impossible to survive jumps, but I’ll catch the full film once it hits cable and see if that’s just one sequence split into a few parts for the trailer edit. Still, I just laugh away merrily now when I see one of J.J.’s flicks because I’m EXPECTING someone to do a running jump off of something tall and into an action sequence. Of course, if there’s a big gust of air that carries the jumping human bean UP and onto something else for a one point safe landing as a cool twist, I’ll be even more thrilled. Well, as thrilled as one could be from seeing the same sequence repeated in a few different films. Anyway, nice teaser here, right? I say go pay to see this just so the director can eventually pay his way through therapy and find out what this falling fetish is all about.