Shmee.Me

August 11, 2014

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Events happen in real-time.

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That my friend is the sound of inevitability. For eight seasons we heard the reassuring movement of time despite the best attempt of foreign terrorists, domestic terrorists, madmen with nukes, foreign plots, bioweapons, and moles to bring down the U.S. of A. No matter what happened between hour One and hour Twenty-four you knew that Jack Bauer was going to burn it out of hiding, grab it by the throat, and crush its larynx. My wife watched the first two seasons and then just rolled her eyes whenever she’d catch me watching the continued adventures of Mr. Bauer and the CTU (which is also the name of my new Synthpop band). Yes, Jack is indestructible. Yes, there is always a mole in CTU. Yes, someone from Division wants a report. Yes, they just hacked a kernel.

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Like death, taxes, and Chief O’Brien having to suffer at least once a season on DS9, Jack is something that is always true… an absolute in a world without absolutes. 24: Live Another Day lives up to the grand tradition, embraces it, and delivers exactly what those of us who have watched Jack Bauer and a revolving door of field agents do day after horrible day – to paraphrase Patton, “Make the other son-of-a-b&%#^ die for his country.” I think Patton and Jack would have gotten along quite well.

There’s no reason to go into what happened in this 12 episode season which took place in London, England. You’ve either already watched it because you are a fan, dismissed it because you are not a fan, or are a communist pig. 24 brings out absolutes like that.

What I can tell you is it was 24 and almost an improvement because they didn’t have 24 hours to pad with silly plotlines. Oh, there are silly plot lines for sure, they are just easier to ignore. It also brought closure to a lot of plot lines seeded throughout the whole series.

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Inevitable. They will make another 24. And I know I will be watching it because like sands through an hour-glass so are the days of Jack Bauer’s life.

August 8, 2014August 8, 2014

BioWare Is Making A New Game!

BioWare is responsible for my favorite game of all time Knights of The Old Republic, and now they have released some live action teaser trailers for their new game. Here they are:

They have my interest peaked! They could be a setup for Mass Effect 4, but they don’t quite seem to fit that. Some people have been speculating that it is some sort of superpower based RPG, which I would be totally fine with. I guess we only have to wait a few more days until Gamescom or PAX Prime to find out!

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014

Bats V Supes Moves A Little Closer And It Isn’t Coming Alone!

Just yesterday I was talking about how I was going to be exited for Batman V Superman in May 2016, but then Warner Brothers went and announced the movie dates for their upcoming line up, and low and behold Batman v Superman has moved to March 25th 2016. That means I will not have to wait quite as long! They probably didn’t make this move for me, but instead did it so they wouldn’t be sharing a release date with Captain America 3. They want a whole month all to themselves to recoup the costs of this no doubt expensive movie.

They also released the date for the Harry Potter-verse movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them of 11/18/2016. Which is now a trilogy, and then they called dibs on all sorts of future dates. Here is the complete list:

Batman V Superman – 03/25/2016

Untitled DC Film – 08/05/16

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – 11/18/2016

Untitled DC Film – 06/23/17

Untitled DC Film – 11/17/17

Untitled DC Film – 03/23/18

Untitled Warner Animated Film – 05/25/18

Untitled DC Film – 07/27/18

Untitled WB Event Film – 11/16/18

Untitled DC Film – 04/05/19

Untitled Warner Animated Film – 05/24/19

Untitled DC Film – 06/14/19

Untitled DC Film – 04/03/20

Untitled DC Film – 06/19/20

Untitled WB Event Film – 11/20/20

The “Event Films” are no doubt the Fantastic Beasts sequels, and it looks like WB is going to try and cut in to Disney’s stranglehold on animation. If we look back at the list that leaked earlier here, we can probably fill in Shazam for 8/5/2016. The rest of the dates are moving around, but I would guess Sandman and Wonder Woman would fill in the next dates with the next Justice League movie showing up in March again for 2018. After that your guess is as good as mine.

Still it is impressive to see that many DC movies lined up. If you were worried that you would be without caped crusaders on the silver screen. Never fear it looks like DC has got you covered. Once you get to March 25th 2016 that is.

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014

I Have Decided To Be Excited About Batman V Superman!

The Batman v Superman movie has a few things against it: it has a bad title, a Batman from Boston, and its precursor Man of Steel had its issues. Still we are getting a movie with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and probably Aquaman all together. That is something I never thought I would see. Even if this movie is terrible, it will still be a must see event, and something geeks have been dreaming about for years.

Sure Marvel has been killing it with their movies for a few years now, but the DC heroes are the most recognizable superheroes on the planet. Everyone knew who Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman were before this comic book movie craze began. They are a legitimate part of American culture. Spider-Man is probably the Marvel hero that comes closest to them in notoriety, but he still isn’t that close. Wolverine? Maybe.

I know a lot of geeks are down on this movie because of all the reasons I listed above, but I think that is because this movie is such event that they don’t want to get their hopes crushed, so being pessimistic and snarky is easier. It is a little scary, but I would rather be looking forward to May 2016 instead of dreading it. I know where I will be Memorial Day Weekend 2016. Sitting in a theater cramming popcorn down my gullet, so I might as well be excited and happy about it.

August 5, 2014August 5, 2014

All Female Ghostbusters? I Am In!

So according to TheWrap the new Ghostbusters director Paul Feig wants it to be all female. This is a good idea. If they did a Ghostbusters 3 or a normal Ghostbusters reboot they would either have to try and get the old (and I do mean old) gang back together, or try and recapture the same “spirit” with a new cast, and both of those things seem to be impossible.

By using an all female cast it will create some excitement, and they will not have to deal with any preconceived notions of what the movie should be. They can do whatever they want because they would have changed things up enough. It may sound a little gimmicky, but sometimes a good gimmick is all you need.

Now the other argument is that we already have two good Ghostbusters movies (well a great one, and an okay one), so why do we need another one? Well those movies came out in the 80’s, so there is whole generation that still needs to be introduced to these movies, and by making a new one it keeps the franchise fresh and relevant. I hope this idea gets this movie rolling, because I would love to go to the theaters to watch the Ghostbusters!