Sarah Silverman on The Walking Dead Part 2

Okay, so I promised that I would write about Sarah Silverman's appearance on Talking Dead after last weeks episode of The Walking Dead.  Right off the bat I have to say I was underwhelmed.  I expect a certain amount of shock value out of Ms. Silverman as a comic, and I thought she may bring a little of this to her guest spot, but this was not the case.  She was introduced as having starred in the Disney Film, Wreck-It Ralph, and was pretty PG through the entire episode.
Really, the whole episode was underwhelming as there was not a guest appearance by a cast member...just some guy from a band I don't know...
Oh well, you can't win 'em all.

Wreck-It Ralph: Another Disney Masterpiece

The Mouse has done it again with another fantastic animated film.  There is alot to like about this fun, family friendly movie, and a big part of that is the stellar cast.  Featuring the voice talents of John C. Riley (in the title role of Wreck-It Ralph) Sarah Silverman (Vanellope Von Sweets), Jack McBrayer (Fix-it Felix Jr.), Jane Lynch (Sergeant Calhoun), and Mindy Kaling, the film has lots of humour that the kids will love, and plenty of references that will go right over their heads to land squarely in adults laps.
The plot is pretty adorable and heart warming. The whole thing takes place inside the various video game consoles down at Litwack's Arcade.  And all of its characters are the inhabitants of the various video games. 

In the opening scene, A Bad Anonymous meeting attended by a veritable who's who of video game villain's (including Bowser of Super Mario Brothers, Zangief and M. Bison of the Street Fighter franchise, Kano from Mortal Kombat, and chaired by Clyde, the orange ghost from Pac Man), we are introduced to Ralph.   He is a character from the game Fix-It Felix Jr.  Ralph is a wrecker.  It is his job to wreck an apartment building every game so that the game's hero, Felix, can fix it.  The thing is, while Ralph is the bad guy, he isn't actually a bad guy.  He is just doing his job.  But because he is different, the other inhabitants of his game treat him differently, except for Felix, who is always super nice to everyone.  Ralph is forced to live in the dump, amidst all the broken bricks he generates wrecking the building every game.  He never gets to eat pie, or gets invited to parties, and at the end of every game, while Felix is awarded a medal, Ralph is tossed off of the building to land in a mud pit.  Unhappy with this existence, Ralph embarks on a quest to earn a medal of his own in order to gain the acceptance of the other inhabitants of his game. In his search for a medal he travels to Hero's Duty, an ultra modern HD first person shooter, where he encounters Sergeant Calhoun, a tough as nails soldier who leads the assault on a horde of voracious cy-bugs.  Ralph manages to find a short cut to earn a medal and is soon after ejected from Hero's Duty, along with a rogue cy-bug.  He soon finds himself in Sugar Rush, a candy coated Kart racing game.  He quickly looses his medal to Vanellope Von Sweets, a saccharin sweet little pop tart who just wants to be a real racer, but because she is a "glitch" the other racers won't let her take part in the game.
Meanwhile Calhoun and Felix have set out to return Ralph to his game, and destroy the rogue cy-bug before it can multiply and destroy every game in the arcade.  Unexpected romance soon blooms between Felix and Calhoun.  Ralph soon realizes that Vanillope is a kindred spirit and offers to help her enter the big race, first building her a kart, and then teaching her how to drive.  Trust me when I say that heart warming hilarity ensues.  In the end, because it's a Disney film, everyone gets what they deserve, and they all live happily ever after.  Life lessons learned.

I actually enjoyed this film so much that I decided go back and see it a second time.  The second time, I took my two and a half year old daughter, the thief, because I thought she might enjoy it. This was her first ever movie on a big screen, my ultimate seal of approval.  As the Disney castle appeared in the opening credits, her eyes lit up and she immediately leaned over to give me a big hug and a kiss.  She sat through the whole thing, and was super excited by the candy land landscapes of Sugar Rush. Verdict: She loved it, and that's good enough for me.

Been There, Done That, Got Another T-Shirt!

That's right, it's November 13th, launch day for this years most anticipated video game: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Once again my buddy Tim and I braved the November weather to attend the midnight release.  It had poured rain, here all day and the temperarure dropped to zero as tje night went on.  But we're hardcore.  We brought touques amd gloves, and once again camped out at our local Best Buy in order to be amongst the first to be able to play the game on launch day.

There were supposed to be three of us standing in line, but one of our friends bailed necause he didn't want to stand out the cold.  We wont hold it against him.  much.  ;)

This year we only had to stand out in the cold for about an hour, while there was a crowd, it looks like the inclimate weather kept alot of people home.  But not us!  We had wisely pre-ordered the game in order to get the free extra content: A sweet multiplayer map called Nuketown 2025, and as a added bonus we recieved a Black Ops 2 release day poster, and the official Black Ops 2 T-Shirt.

Ofcourse we then rushed home to play test this sexy new purchase.
After only about 3 hours of game play (Yes I played it until 4am) I have to say that I am pretty impressed.  So far I have only tried the online multipayer gameplay, but the whole experience is pretty slick.  More details to follow, once I have tackled the campaign, and Zombie modes.

Operation: Black Ops 2 successful.  Fun achieved!

Sarah Silverman on The Walking Dead

I just saw that Sarah Silverman is going to be the guest star on next week's episode of Talking Dead, right after the 6th episode of The Walking Dead.

I am curious to see what kind of insight she brings to the table, and just how much of her quirky sense of humor shines through.  She really is one of the funniest comics out there right now.

I'll be sure to post about her appearance.

Transformers 4?!?!?!

Big news for all of us Transformers fans today!  There will be a 4th film!

Michael Bay has just announced that Mark Wahlberg will star in the 4th installment of the Transformers movie franchise, scheduled for release on June 27th, 2014.

There are no details available on the plot yet, but my guess is that the Autobots will attempt to save the earth from the evil machinations of the Decepticons, (possibly lead by Galvatron?) resulting in some really big, very expensive explosions.  Ofcourse, it could also be that Unicron is set to destroy the earth, or maybe we are jumping forward to the Rodimus Prime story line.  OR - It could be a do-over.  Time will tell.

While Maichael Bay is single-handedly ruining my fondest childhood memories, i have to admit that I appreciate that somebody has finally put the Transformers on the big screen.  None of the movies up to this point have been well done, but 4th times the charm, right? right?

In honour of Rememberance Day, I would also like to take a moment to remember some of the fallen heroes who will not be appearing in this 4th installment of the franchise.

Jazz

Ironhide

Jetfire



Lest We Forget

The Wolverine! The Official Teaser Poster this time...

I posted an unofficial teaser poster for this film a while back, but here's the real deal.  The Wolverine is slated for the big screen in 2013.
Apparently the plot of this film takes place chronologically after X-Men: Final Stand, which is a bit of a surprise...but that may just be the rumor mill.  If that is the case, it leaves a lot of room for tie ins with the 2014 release of X-Men: First Class 2: Days of Future Past...which is very interesting...at least to me, since I am becoming a big comic book nerd...and I love it!
As a side note, it is interesting to me that Wolverine, who I consider to be a quintessential X-Man character, didn't actually appear in the X-Men comic book series until issue number 95, years into the publication.  (Not quite true, his actual first appearance as an X-Men is in 1975's Giant Size X-Men#1, which falls between the action of issue 94 and 95, but only the die hard fans will know what I am talking about at this point...). I recently decided to read all of these early comics, and I strongly feel that the series didn't really come into it's own until after the 2nd Genesis plot that introduces Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Jean Grey's transformation to Phoenix.  But that is a post for another day!

Adam Sandler - Comic Gold

That last Sandler post got me thinking of one of my favourite Adam Sandler moments that I haven't seen in quite some time.  Funny enough, it isn't a clip from a movie, rather it is a very early appearance at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. 
This is how he ended the set.
If you haven't seen it before...Enjoy!