On Sunday night, the shortened version of this trailer premiered during The Walking Dead. If you caught the trailer online the next day, you would have seen that an extended cut would be released today (via text in the trailer). It’s a little annoying I guess, but I don’t think they would have had the commercial space to air a three minute trailer. If you thought the first cut was epic, wait till you watch this version. More sunflowers, more Sheppard, and more dope-ass music. I doubt any of the footage shown will be in the game, but it’s still a great way to get pumped for the release of Mass Effect 3. If you have not played the demo yet, you might want to go download it right away, it’s pretty great.
Dead Winter Con: Year One
On February 17th and 18th, 2012, the London-Laurel Optimist Complex in small town, London, Kentucky, became a weekend getaway for rabid horror fans. Playing host to some truly legendary names of the horror and paranormal world, guests arrived in anticipation for the first ever Dead Winter Convention. Put together by Brian Sizemore and his wife Samantha Sizemore, Dead Winter Convention quickly became an unforgettable experience for all of those who made the trip. Continue reading
Save The World: Thoughts On The ‘Mass Effect 3′ Demo
In a couple of weeks, Mass Effect 3 will be hitting store shelves. There is a good amount of pressure riding on the third entry because it is a follow up to one of the greatest games of this generation. Mass Effect 2 wowed audiences with its complex narrative and deep fiction. While there might be those who do not care for the franchise, you still have to respect the technical accomplishments that BioWare (the developer) has made with the series. Mass Effect 2 is not perfect, the mining sequences are tedious and felt mechanical compared to the seamless narrative; and the combat, while enjoyable, is not the best part of the game. My love for Mass Effect comes from the deep character development and how my companions react to the choices I’ve made in the game. The fiction is engrossing as well, not since the Elder Scrolls games have I cared about the history of the universe or the background of each race. I have filled my head with so much Mass Effect mythos that I am almost ashamed of how much time I have invested in it; but hey, I have my hobbies. Continue reading
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Tagged BioWare, EA, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Sheppard
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Yeah, Bigfoot Made It: A Review of ‘DEAR GOD NO’
I’ve been hearing about the film Dear God No for nearly a year now. I don’t like to read reviews of films I’m interested in seeing for myself, so most of what I’ve read has been about journalist interaction with the creative team behind the flick at various festivals. Quite the motley crew, from what I hear. The film itself, I’ve always assumed, was a throwback to motorcycle gang exploitation films from the 70s. In a way perhaps, but as a whole, I feel as if my assumptions were way off. My initial reaction, as I shared with my Facebook friends directly after viewing the flick was, this is what you would get if a sasquatch swallowed every exploitation film ever made, and took a huge bloody dump in your face while you tripped balls. That was my first thought at the end of my viewing experience, and I find it to be an accurate recollection of the bat-shit insanity that awaits you. Continue reading
The Whitest Blaxploitation You Know: Doctor Detroit (1983)
I’m fairly certain that when you think actors in blaxploitation cinema, Dan Akroyd doesn’t top the list of performers to excel in the genre. For one, he’s not black. Furthermore, he doesn’t fit the role of the heroic African American man or woman who is trying to seek vengeance, fight crime or afford justice to a group of downtrodden individuals. And even further, Akroyd is a nerd. Yes, I said it. The man is one great big nerd pants. Hardly befitting of the kind of hero portrayed in blax films of the 1970’s, but one film crossed over the border between blaxploitation and fish out of water comedy in the early 80’s. That film is about a man with an M.D. from the north shore of Michigan. Say Hello to Doctor Detroit.
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Tagged Blaxploitation, Dan Akroyd, Doctor Detroit, Dr. Detroit, Fran Drescher, Smooth Walker, T.K. Carter
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THE FEAR OF THE YEAR IS HERE!: Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)
How many versions of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have been released on film? It’s an astounding number at 123 film versions. It may not be quite as many as Dracula or Frankenstein, but it’s in the running if not right on their cape tails. Each age of in horror history attempts to lay its own claim to this tale of chemistry meets the modern scientific man meets the MONSTER. Who of us can forget Frederic March with his near pompadour hairstyle slightly hunched over with eyebrows all-a-caterpillar? How about Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde; that was Hammer getting cheeky with all of us who had decided that simply redoing Universal horror stories wasn’t good enough in 1971. So what happened between 1886 when Stevenson first unleashed his epic literary tale and the 1970’s when Dr. Jekyll became Dr. Black and the symbolism that encapsulated the character of Hyde transformed into a more racially charged subtext. Only William Crain knows for sure.
Blaxploitation History Month: Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984)
Stranger things have happened—but that does not stop this from being pure weird! Chester Novell Turner cannot be stopped either. The future was still beckoning him into Tales from the Quadead Zone when he decided to start work on Black Devil Doll from Hell—a bizarrely ordinary story of corruption, death, and puppetry. Wholly fascinating and ironically irresistible, Black Devil Doll is supremely hated—but why?
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New Release Blu Ray Review – The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence Unrated Director’s Cut
Not many films develop the amount of hyperbole that surrounded The Human Centipede. Before the flick was even available to audiences, director Tom Six was touting it as one of the “sickest films of all time.” To be fair to Six, I think his intentions were pure. I think a lot of his theory relied on the fact that horror audiences still had an imagination. He also felt that he could exploit that fact, and leave some of the nastier aspects of the experience up to the audience to create in their own heads. This is a tactic that will work on some, but be lost on most. As expected, cries of the film being too tame, or “not going far enough” were prevalent among the reaction of most audiences, as well as critics. Apparently, the thought of people being sewn together, ass-to-mouth, and force-fed their respective fecal matter wasn’t enough for some viewers. No, these people were not going to be satisfied until they actually saw the shit exiting the ass and entering the mouth. This would become the nagging inspiration in the back of Tom Six’s head while crafting the sequel.
