Entertainment – “Reignite” Mass Effect Tribute Song
Well what do you know? Yet another post on Mass Effect 3 even though I previously commented that it was time to move on. While we can debate the relative merits of the Mass Effect 3 ending until the end of the universe it’s time for a bit of different news on the franchise that is not so divisive. Here’s a great fan made musical video by Malukah which remixes and combines five great tracks from the Mass Effect games with her own original lyrics to make a rather haunting and emotional song that fits the tone of the last game like a glove. Oh and it also doesn’t hurt that she sings it herself with great gusto.
Update: Galactic Pillow May 2012
After nearly two months of non-stop Mass Effect coverage it is about time this blog went back to its regular programming. While I am sure that there will be a lot more to be said about Bioware’s final installment in Commander Shepard’s story the next period of great interest will be when the extended ending director’s cut will be released sometime in the summer. Judging from the overall persistent negativity from some fans I really have my doubts whether or not many will be swayed by this new ending even though as of this writing I have really no clue what Bioware is going to do except keep their original ending the way it is.
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek 2 Finally Has A Release Date
After being delayed due to a litany of different reasons JJ Abram’s sequel to his enormously successful Star Trek reboot finally has a firm release date of May 17, 2013. For those who are keeping track of such things this means a whopping four year gap between Star Trek films making it the longest period Trek fans have had to endure between sequels. Additionally, Paramount Pictures has announced that the film will be released in both 2D and 3D which is not much of a surprise considering 3D surcharges will surely drive up revenue although one hopes that it doesn’t force JJ Abrams into shooting specific shots just for the sake of making something look cool in 3D.
E3 2011 – Will you look at that…
Now here’s something I was not expecting. Seeing as I am such an avid videogamer I’ve been following the start of E3 since yesterday and lo and behold here’s news that a new Star Trek game will be coming to Xbox 360s, PCs and Playstation 3s sometime next year 2012. In a surprise announcement the game isn’t going to be an adventure game or tactical space combat simulator but rather a first person shooter which at the present time looks very much like a cross between Mass Effect and Gears of War.
TV Review – Virtuality (2009)
Originally meant to be Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor’s follow-up television science fiction series to the just concluded reimagined Battlestar Galactica, Virtuality instead ended up not being picked up by the Fox network that decided to shelve the idea of turning it into a series therefore leaving this two hour pilot suspended in limbo making fans wonder just exactly what went wrong. Instead, Fox has decided to just televise the two hour pilot as a TV movie with minimal advertising on the wasteland that is known as the Friday night prime time period. You don’t really need more information to discern that Fox had lost all appetite for the show and had basically dumped it out there for all to see without any fanfare.
Movie Review – Star Trek (2009)
For those who are impatiently waiting my review of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie I present the following mini review in two simple lines.
Is it good? Yes.
Is it better than the all time franchise standard bearer, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan? No.
Satisfied?
Fire Everything!
The third and most probably final Star Trek trailer is out as of today. You can watch it in Quicktime HD on Apple’s movie trailer site or at the official Star Trek link here. For those who want to experience it in its full glory then you’re going to have to go and see the comic book adaptation of Watchmen, which opens today in North America.
There Will Never Be A Better Time
As regular readers of this blog might be aware of, I started it last November with three consecutive posts about Star Trek and have since then largely ignored my Trekkie tendencies although I’ve occasionally dropped references in my many blog entries.
Well, that’s almost four months ago so it’s about bloody time for another Trek centric post and what better occasion then to look over the new Trek commercial that premiered during the Super Bowl — not to mention that the newest and probably final theatrical trailer is suppose to premiere before the Watchmen movie on March 6. Ad time is ridiculously expensive during the big game with some 30 second spots ranging from $2.5-3.0 million so it is actually heartening that Paramount decided to even bother with booking time for Trek. Admittedly, the company also bought time for two of its other summer blockbusters in Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe so between the trio of commercials that’s about 9 million spent in advertising that lasted approximately 90 seconds. With three tent pole movies you can bet Paramount is salivating at the potential for dominating yet another summer season — last year they hit it big with both Iron Man and Indiana Jones 4.
You can find the new Trek commercial here from the official movie website in many Quick Time formats.
