Wednesday, June 30, 2010

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 TEASER

I'm at lunch right now a little bored waiting for my iPod software to get done updating and ran across this. I said about a year ago they were making a Paranormal Activity sequel well here is the teaser trailer. The trailer is playing in front of the movie that will remain nameless and made over $30 million dollars last night.

It picks up right where the last one left off. The thing that made the first one good was the fact that it was so minimalistic that it was charming. You didn't need big budget gore to make you feel freaked out. I hope it captures the same charm, but I think it's a grab for cash and will fizzle so here is the teaser.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

WOW EVERYBODY PILE ON TIGER

More bad news for Tiger now his old wing coach is getting in on the act. I got this story from Sports by Brooks, in a recent interview with Golf Digest's Guy Yocom Haney goes into details about the six year realationship that they had.

During the interview Yocom asked Haney about his relationship after The Masters:

Haney: I talked to him only two times after that. That was his way of blaming me. Maybe I’m reading too much into it; maybe I’m being too sensitive. But when someone doesn’t talk to you…

Golf Digest: You felt the onus was on him to call you?

Haney: Right. I sent him an e-mail on everything I thought he should do and work on. I got no acknowledgement at all, but that wasn’t unusual. Then it got to the point where I didn’t know what he was doing or thinking. Yet the whole time he was telling the media I was still his teacher and that I was going to continue to be his teacher and I was talking to him every night.

Golf Digest: It sounds like it became dysfunctional.

Haney: It didn’t get dysfunctional; it always was dysfunctional.
Golf Digest: Do you feel you went out at the top?

Haney: Absolutely. To come back from five months off this year and finish fourth at Augusta, I don’t think that was too bad. After Augusta, he was on his own.

More on the nature of their relationship:

Golf Digest: What were the demands that came with being Tiger’s coach that the average person might not be aware of?

Haney: One example is, he didn’t plan ahead a lot, and therefore I didn’t plan ahead because I didn’t want people to know his schedule. I would guess when he would be playing, and I’d block my schedule out in case he would call. I never wanted to say I wasn’t available. And in the six years I was with him, I never did say that. Whenever he called me, I was there within 24 hours.

Golf Digest: Can you describe other frustrations?

Haney: Every once in a while I sent him some pretty long e-mails or texts on things I thought he needed to do. I sent one after the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Tiger never even acknowledged he got the e-mail. That was just the way he was. He never responded that he even got it. There was one time when Elin told me, “Hey, Tiger got your e-mail, and he really liked it.”

Golf Digest: Was Tiger generous with you? Did he express his appreciation to you in unusual ways, such as signing flags for you or dropping you notes?

Haney: Generosity is relative. It was generous of him to give me the job. I don’t have anything signed by Tiger, no. Not one thing.

Golf Digest: Did Tiger pay you well?

Haney: I don’t want to answer that. There’s no reason for me to go there.

Golf Digest: It’s been said that Tiger views any association with him as helping that person out. Do you go along with that?

Haney: You said it, I didn’t.

By that last remark, Haney was certainly implying that Woods was tight with the wallet. Interesting comment from Haney considering he said this of being Woods’ coach at the beginning of the interview:

It’s not a job. Teaching touring pros has always been, and always will be, a marketing expense. It’s for personal satisfaction, for contributing to history, and for marketing your brand.

Now reading this it's pretty hardcore for a swing coach that no one knew until Tiger came along and made him a household name. Hell he may owe all the business he got to Tiger, now he gets to charge so much to wealthy dudes with shitty hadicaps like me. Just another day in the life of Tiger damn everybody hates the kid.

MAFIA WARS.IS BECOMING A MOVIE


Wow well I think people are running out of original material to make movies out of. Here is a little bit of news that will make facebook junkies (like me) and people who need to waste time at work a little more happy. One of your favorite apps is becoming a movie,according to Pajiba Mafia wars is becoming a feature film.

For all of you who haven't played or just refuse to get a facebook account here is a quick synopsis of the game. It's not an actual video game more like a point and click adventure game role playing game out there for all you computer freaks (again like me). You collect guns and money while getting other members of your mob to kick the shit out of people or just complete missions. I don't really know how you turn this into a movies hell I got bored with it in about three days.

The people at Radar Films don't have a plot yet, but they promise that they are going to make this a real crime thriller. Well I will believe it when I see it just sounds like another rehash of the same old mob movies. If you want a mobster movie just go with the Godfather people. I'm not looking forward to anything about this movie just like I'm not looking forward to that dumbass Battleship movie. I guess everyone wants to relive their childhood.

TOP GUN SEQUAL IN THE WORKS

Well a few years ago before I started this I heard the rumors of a Top Gun sequel in the works. Well more news has popped up recently according to Aint It Cool News.

In a recent interview with MTV about the film THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE, the mega producer Jerry Bruckheimer tossed some more fuel on the fire.

"We tried to develop [a sequel] and we couldn't do it-- I was with my partner Don Simpson," Bruckheimer explained. "And then Tom took it over and he tried to develop something and it never quite happened." That's all in the past though. It turns out that "Top Gun" has been the subject of much more recent sequel discussions as well.

"We were recently approached again to start talking about it but, you know, nothing yet," he continued. "We kicked around some ideas because the aviation community has completely changed since we made the movie a long time ago. So we have to find a way in and how to incorporate the Maverick character into it."

I wasn't a real big fan of Top Gun not a super big fans of dudes oiled up playing volleyball in jeans. That might be a little gay just a thought but hey for all of you wanting 80's Cruise back get your hopes up.

HARRY POTTER TRAILER

Since I am home sick I decided to do some blogging to get my mind off of other things. Take a look at the trailer for Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. I haven't seen one of these movies in a while and they entertain me. Yes I said it, but you will never get me to see a Twilight film.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

E3 MICROSOFT PRESSER

Monday was a big day at E3 for everyone especially with Microsoft. The ten year anniversary of the console, it was also the big pay off with Microsoft’s “Project Natal” which is now renamed “Kinect”. Microsoft is really pushing this new technology and game play this year. Kinect was introduced on Sunday before E3 it is a peripheral which will connect to all Xbox 360’s that are out there and the new design which I will get into later. Kinect is the big seller this year and for me it looks amazing with the freedom to do almost anything on your Xbox with just the wave of your hand. That’s right no more controllers for us Xbox users. In the 2010 holiday season there will be fifteen Kinect games that will released along with the connect device it’s self.

Regarding the Kinect, the device was impressive from the ability of the device to recognize you by just scanning your body and uploading you Xbox avatar. I think this is great and has endless possibilities then again I’m just a big fan of this controller less technology. With the ability to video chat with the device and communicate with almost anyone around the world with a simple wave of the hand or even a voice command. Along with video chat you can also browse the internet together or even watch a movie at the same time taking communicating with others to new heights. Kinect will also allow the user to access all of Xbox Live’s menus and functions without the controller as well making it simple to scroll through you downloaded movies, facebook page and playlist that are downloaded to your Xbox. Along with the Kinect Microsoft also announced their partnership with ESPN in which they will broadcast live sporting events to all Xbox Live Gold members for free offering you the ability to root for all of you favorite teams. Now to the games, there were a variety of new games for the Kinect that will allow you to move freely in the virtual world in you living room. With a multitude of games coming in the holiday season which will give you a variety of gaming options from dance and fitness titles to racing and adventure titles. So this will be something that I will be into so if you come by the house you will see me jumping around my living room like an idiot. Just deal with it there were also games that they unveiled as well so let’s get into those.

They previewed a few trailers in the beginning and one I was really excited about the first game made for Xbox by the creators of Metal Gear Solid called Metal Gear Solid: Rising. This one looks impressive and smooth the in game action looked good and bloody, but by far is not finished. There were also a few more big titles that were debuted.

Cliffy B was there from Epic games is show off Gears of War 3. In this demo he demonstrated the ability to play a four person co op campaign and also debuted two new female characters as well as beast mode. With the mutating enemies it was a pretty impressive demo and shows some real potential and will no doubt be a huge seller when it comes out in November.

We also saw Call of Duty: Black Ops, this game will be set in Vietnam. The trailer and demo that was shown was like most expected, excellent. The look was well done and hey we have seen that from most E3 games you have got to put your best foot forward. They also made the announcement that all Call of Duty games will be released on the 360 before any other console can get their hands on them. So that means if you want to be the first to get Call of Duty you need to switch to the Xbox. Release date November 9

We also saw a trailer for Fable III, it looks like it is set in more modern times. It looks more like colonial times other than that you will still have all of your magic, mayhem and all the free will you want. I wasn’t a fan of the first two games and I’m sure I won’t be of this one. Any game where I can make my guy fall in love with another man and it’s not the Sims then I say no sir.

What Microsoft E3 would be complete without the traditional Halo game? This year it would be Halo Reach all we saw out of this one was more of the same Halo game play. Except this story is more of prequel to the original game setting things up for when we first meet Master Chief. The one thing that I enjoyed from the footage shown was the squad play like ODST, but with more Spartans and more of those guys equals just more fun and one is a female. Also, they showed a glimpse of possible aerial combat to come in space cruisers which is a nice touch to the game play. Release Date September 14th.


Lastly Microsoft did something I thought they would do a long time ago. They announced that they have redesigned the Xbox 360 it is now all black and slimmer. Now, you want to talk about sexy this thing would look great in you living room and will look god in mine when I get it. It also will come along with 250 GB of hard drive memory and built in wireless internet no blu ray that I know of. No blu ray really sucks but it will allow you to view high definition movies on it I may have to just stick in a blu ray disk and see what happens. The big news in all of this is that the price of all this that you get is $299 which is awesome and the new system shipped out yesterday and will be on shelves this week. Check out the video below.


Monday, June 14, 2010

E3 HAS STARTED: UBISOFT PRESSER

So I totally forgot that this huge event started. If you don't know what E3 is, it is where a multi billion dollar form of entertainment gets together and teases everyone with the next great money making ideas that will be out in the next year concerning video gaming. This is a great event for gamers like me and people who love to see the evolution of technology. Each company in the first day gets about two hours to hold a press conference to show what they have at the show this year. The one I'm going to start off with is the company Ubisoft. There were more before it, but I was out and well like I said before I forgot about is so I will review those after I get a chance to watch them online. Here is the break down from Ubisoft's presser though enjoy.

Ok, so I'm not in Los Angeles to watch this live, but I would give my left nut to be there covering it. Put is this way E3 is on my bucket list I will tell you that. So good thing I have Directv (plug, plug) and they give me the G4 network so I get to watch it live. The presser started out impressive with a small Chinese man conducting music with no orchestra and amazing visuals. As it was ending G4 decided to have technical difficulties and I missed out on what the hell was going on but it was impressive. The presser was hosted by Joel Mchale which brought major entertainment and they went about pushing the point that this year gaming will be all about the feel of games. Not in a physical pain way because if that were the case with all the games that I play that involve shooting, stabbing or hitting someone I will be a very beat up person. No, it's all about the emotional experience and they started off by showing off Ubisoft's crown jewel in Assassins Creed: Brotherhood. I'm telling you it looked amazing they showed a cinematic scene to intro it and it was well done. You can tell there was motion capture done with it and done beautifully. The game play showed that was great as well with new aggressive game play unlike the last two games that were more on counter attacks and stealth. It looks amazing and can't wait for it be released which it is set to release November 16th so look for that.

The presser then moved on to Shawn White looking at his new skateboard game. I'm not a huge fan of the skateboard games and White's last game sucked ass so anything is a improvement. As with this game the innovative thing that looked great was the ability to change the enviorments while in game play could be interesting, but not for me. After Mr. White left the stage Mchale then stated getting into his routine and then a ruckus began in the balcony and we see people running around the theater and wouldn't you know it they have laser tag guns. Apparently, Ubisoft created a laser tag game and gun that you can use at home. Some people love this idea I don't like this idea, so much that I decided to take a shower during this segment and totally ignored it. I'm sorry, I don't want to be running around my living room with a gun shooting at check points and my apartment isn't that big there will be no fun.

Next Ubisoft unveiled it's addition to the video gaming version of fitness at home with it's motion sports. Now this technology has been blowing me away with Xbox 360's Kinetic which debuted last year under the name Project Natal. The motion sports is great you can use the Kinect to do all sports and the ability to sync your body's movements on the screen is great. It's just like Wii sports, but I can do it on the Xbox 360 that's what sold me.

The last thing that I really liked was the new Ghost Recon: Future Solider game. With the new weapons and stealth suits how can you not love it. The visuals were amazing and the demo that they showed was small, but gave you a glimpse into what they will be able to do. The game play is simpler and the ability to use and switch to your other squad members will be what interest me about all of that. There were a few little things that Ubisoft is banking on like the ability for gamers to build and customize your own levels in gaming. This means creating your own game in simpler terms don't know how it will work out, but hey you never know so we will see how it works out.

So those were the key points that I saw from the presser that made me sit up and say hmmm. I will try to post the presser up here so you can take a look for yourself. So keep you browsers looked in here for more updates and reviews of all the pressers and news. It should be a great expo and year for games the technology is improving and evolving it's a great time to be a gamer.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

BEAUTY OF THE WEEK




I love looking at this beautiful woman it's Brookly Decker. She is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover gal. She unfortunately married to Andy Roddick the tennis player (a little jelious) and she is in the new movie that Adam Sandler, Nicole Kiddman and Jennifer Aniston are staring in called Just Go With It tenetive title as of now. Check the pics it's positive.

NEW THOR VIDEO SEEN ON ET

I knoe this is going to be old but screw it. Got this video from slashfilm.com and the got it from Entertainment Tonight. Here is some set fotage from the upcoming Marvel Studios film Thor



Here is the plot synopsis


Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, “Thor,” which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It’s while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

SHOCK WAVE WILL BE THE VILLIAN IN TRANSFORMERS 3


Ok I'm trying to get back into this bringing you guys news I've got a little extra time on my hands now and let's see what I do with it. Well if you have been reading other blogs in the bas few months you know that both Shia LaBeouf and director Michael Bay have acknowledged that Transformers 2 basically sucked.

According to USA Today Bay is quoted as saying the villain The Fallen was "kind of a (expletive) character.” You fill in the blank I think it might be shitty. Well from Mr. Bay he thinks the villain was all kinds of awful because no one really knew who he was unless you were a Transformers junkie. Well according to Bay the new villain will be Shockwave.

If your not familiar with Shockwave, a Decepticon, because he spends a lot of his time on Cybertron. Shockwave is cold and calculating which could mean some conflict of leadership among the Decepticons. While, Megatron is gone he ends up becoming the leader of both the Decepticons and Autobots. In the original Shockwave doesn't really have a earthly vehicle he is pretty much a giant laser gun. I'm sure the master of explosions Bay will figure out a way to make him transform.

Friday, June 4, 2010

AN ALL TIME GREAT IN THE LAST MOMENTS


All time great coach John Wooden was admitted to the hospital and his condition is grave according to ESPN. Some of you may not know who Wooden is, but this man lead UCLA to eleven straight NCAA tournament championships. He coached greats like Lou Alcindor and Bill Walton. Wodden is 99 years old and is reported as saying he is "at peace" with his impending fate. He was a great man taught great lessons on leadership and making sure you do what you do to perfection. The biggest thing I took from him is that we don't prepare for you we do what we do well and you have to prepare for us that's how I go about coaching and that will stick with me.

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS TRAILER

I know it's been a while damn I need to do more of this. Well here is a trailer for Jack Black's new project Gulliver's Travels looks a little funny, but it's your typical Jack Black film check it out below and check out a full synopsis of the plot at Slashfilm.com