2 Post Ideas: Vote For Your Favorite!

Hello ladies and gentlemen! Things have been going GREAT with gamerscene. This November has been the best month for the blog EVER in terms of views. Thank you so much for the support. I truly mean it. The thanks can go on forever coming from me, so let’s move on to the real point of this post.

I have two great ideas (if I must say so myself) and I need help deciding which one I should introduce into the blog. At the end of this post, please vote on the poll to let me know which one you want. As always, feel free to leave me a comment as well. Here are my ideas:

Search-Term Saturday: Yes, this is a ridiculously corny name for a post. But my other three posts are Movie Monday, Women Wednesday, and Think a Bit Thursday. Did you expect an original post title? So what is this Search Term sorcery? Allow me to explain. So when somebody searches something on Google or another search engine, and Gamerscene is a result and they click on it, I can see what term they searched to find my blog. I get HILARIOUS search terms. It amazes me how stupid and how funny some people can be. What I would do in this post is take the most interesting search terms of the week and make comments about the searches. This would be a funnier type of post.

Celebrity Saturday: Yet another cheesey title. In this post, I would choose a celebrity, whether it be an actor or director, and talk about their movies and/or shows, their most famous lines, and what they are best known for in general. This would turn a movie noob into a movie buff, and we’d learn about these actors together. I’d likely ask what your favorite work of his/hers is, and maybe even leave a poll for you to vote on whether you like the actor or not. Every week, you the viewer would suggest who I should talk about. This is, after all, a movie blog, and so this would fit the theme of Gamerscene quite well.

So which would you like to be part of this blog? Please vote here:

Leave a comment and let me know which you would like as well. Thanks so much for reading and voting, and for the support!

~Ddog

Movie Monday: Iron Man 3 Trailer, Arnold Back as Conan, Assassin’s Creed, Run-Time for the Hobbit, James Cameron Lies Again

Movie Monday has taken off. Please fasten your seat belts and turn your attention to the safety video infront of you. The trailer for Iron Man 3 has been released. I am absolutely shocked. This is not what I expected. Take a look.

Clearly, Iron Man is in bad shape. Usually, Iron Man movies have a very lighthearted tone. Tony Stark is usually cracking jokes left and right. Here, however, Tony Stark is in deep water, and his seriousness shows that. What do you think of the trailer?

Next up is news about Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has signed onto the next Conan the Barbarian movie, set to be released in the summer of 2014. He will be playing Conan once again. He said he’d be back, so I’m not surprised. No amount of steroids, however, will be able to get Arnold back to his old Conan body.

I apologize for the picture on the right. I only post the truth, however, and this is the truth, unfortunately. Assassin’s Creed has a main man cast: Michael Fassbender. Yes, Mr. Fassbender has been cast as Ezio. I have a strong feeling that the guy from the first Creed game isn’t named Ezio, so please correct me in the comments. Fassbender definitely has acting chops, so this could go very well.

The run-time for The Hobbit has been released. It is going to total 2 hours and 40 minutes. This is the shortest of the Middle Earth films. Let’s keep in mind that the Hobbit is a book that is 300 pages. There are three movies that are going to tell the 300 page story. The first movie is 2 hours and 40 minutes. It looks like we’ll be getting some very elaborate story-telling. How do you feel about long run-times? Let me know in the comments below.

To finish off this flight, I have some news about James Cameron. He is a liar. I have already stated this before, but he is a liar even further due to some new information. As you know, he stated months back that he was in the Avatar business. He wouldn’t affiliate himself with anything but Avatar. Well, it looks like Mr. Cameron will be directing The Informationist after working on the second and third Avatar films. He made it very clear that he was in the ‘Avatar business.’ When a man says something, he should stay true to it, and if he can’t he should at least explain his change of heart.

We have reached our destination. I hope you had a smooth flight. If you need any help retrieving your bags, please scroll down to the comments section and leave your concerns or thoughts in the box below. The pilot will be sure to get back to you. Thanks for flying with Gamerscene Airlines: Serving You Since October 29th, 2012.

I think I extended that metaphor way too long. I like it.

~Ddog

Movie Monday: Paranormal Activity 5, Freddie Mercury and Harry Houdini Movies, Michael Bay and Joss Whedon Drama, Justice League Movie

Monday is here. That means that today is the worst day of the week. BUT. Movie Monday is here, so everything is alright. This week on Movie Monday:

Paranormal Activity 5 is going to begin production early next year, and is set to be released  in October of 2013. Why? Well, Paranormal 4 did very well internationally. Plus, it was at the top of the box office at its release. But there is a catch. Paranormal Activity 5 was described as being, “A spin-off directed at Latino audiences.” So I guess this movie will feature a haunted taco. Who knows? Better yet, who cares? I lost interest after Paranormal Number One.

This can be Paranormal Activity 6.

A movie about Freddy Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, is in production. Freddy Mercury will be played by Sacha Baron Cohen. They look extremely similar, so this can work.

Left- Mercury
Right- Cohen…I think

Another movie about a real person is being put on the table as well. Talks are being held to begin a movie about Harry Houdini, the magician. It will be based on a controversial biography that was written about the magician in 2006. It claimed that Houdini was a secret service agent for the US and Britain…Let’s just wait to hear more about this before we make any comments…Nobody expected Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to be any good, but I actually ended up enjoying that one. So I’ll keep my mouth shut.

We all have drama in our lives. This includes Michael Bay, director of the Transformers movies, and Joss Whedon, director of the Avengers. What happened? Well, some people told their honest opinions, and these two directors got butt hurt. The difference is that Michael Bay responded like a sarcastic clown, and Joss Whedon responded in a witty, smart way. Let’s start with everybody’s favorite director: Michael Bay. Hugo Weaving, the man who voiced Megatron, said, “That’s a weird job for me because it honestly was a two-hour voice job, initially. I was doing a play and I actually didn’t have time, anyway. It was one of the only things I’ve ever done where I had no knowledge of it, I didn’t care about it, I didn’t think about it. They wanted me to do it. In one way, I regret that bit.  I don’t regret doing it, but I very rarely do something if it’s meaningless. It was meaningless to me, honestly. I don’t mean that in any nasty way. I did it. It was a two-hour voice job, while I was doing other things. Of course, it’s a massive film that’s made masses of money. I just happened to be the voice of one of the iconic villainous characters. But, my link to that and to Michael Bay is so minimal. I have never met him. I was never on set. I’ve seen his face on Skype. I know nothing about him, really. I just went in and did it. I never read the script. I just have my lines, and I don’t know what they mean. That sounds absolutely pathetic! I’ve never done anything like that, in my life. It’s hard to say any more about it than that, really.”

Left-Bay
Right-Weaving

Yes, he said a lot. Michael responded by saying, “Do you ever get sick of actors that make $15 million a picture, or even $200,000 for voiceover work that took a brisk one hour and 43 minutes to complete, and then complain about their jobs? With all the problems facing our world today, do these grumbling thespians really think people reading the news actually care about trivial complaints that their job wasn’t ‘artistic enough’ or ‘fulfilling enough’?

I guess The Hollywood Reporter thinks so. What happened to people who had integrity, who did a job, got paid for their hard work, and just smiled afterward? Be happy you even have a job – let alone a job that pays you more than 98% of the people in America. I have a wonderful idea for all those whiners: They can give their ‘unhappy job money’ to a wonderful Elephant Rescue. It’s the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Africa. I will match the funds they donate.”

As for Whedon’s conflict, the cinematographer for the Dark Knight Rises, Wally Pfister, said, “I thought The Avengers was an appalling film. They’d shoot from some odd angle and I’d think, why is the camera there? Oh, I see, because they spent half a million on the set and they have to show it off. It took me completely out of the movie. I was driven bonkers by that illogical form of storytelling.”

Whedon responded by simply saying, “I’m sorry to hear it. I’m a fan.”

So one director responded like an angry teenager, and the other responded like an educated man. Try to guess who is who.

I will be closing today with an…interesting…piece of news. Because Warner Bros. won the court battle involving its rights to Superman, production is being sped up for the Justice League movie. It is set to be released in the summer of 2015. That means that it will have to compete against Avengers 2. But here’s the deal. Instead of having a single movie for each character before the Justice League movie is released, the movies for each character will be released AFTER the JL movie. I don’t know what to think of this. What do YOU think? Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading! Have a great Monday.

~Ddog

Call of Duty Elite is FREE!!!!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, get pumped. Call of Duty Elite for Black Ops 2 is free. In Modern Warfare 3, people had to pay 50 bucks to get the Premium Stat services, game tracking, etc. Now, Treyarch is offering the service for free. DLC will not be free, of course, but nobody will receive it earlier because of Elite.

Infinity Ward must be kicking themselves in the butts right now. Treyarch is now easily more likable. They look like the sweet Arab grandmother who is, unknown to your parents, slipping you money, whereas Infinity Ward looks like the greedy vendor who is selling dogs for 12 dollars. I am glad that Treyarch has made Elite free. They are trying to make up for Infinity Ward’s mistakes, as they have taken a lot of feedback from the COD community and applied it. This is what is so great about Treyarch. They listen to the community and actually act according to the feedback.

Here is the official Call of Duty Elite launch trailer. Notice how they are very humble about it being free, and not even emphasizing the word.

Well that’s some positive news that I hope you enjoyed reading here at Gamerscene! Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave your comments below.

~Ddog

Movie Monday: Taken 3, Gears of War Movie, Hansel and Gretel Delayed, Mary Jane in Spiderman

Hello everyone! It’s Monday, the worst day of the week. But don’t worry. Movie Monday is here, and I have some interesting news. For all the people who are into video games and are rolling their eyes at another movie related post, don’t worry. I have some great posts on their way that pertain to video games. But right now, it’s time for Movie Monday.

Despite the terrible response to Taken 2, the screenwriter for Taken 2 has announced that Taken 3 is on the table. Robert Kamen said, “We didn’t start talking about Taken 3 until we saw the numbers. But then we said, ‘Oh, OK. I think we should do a third one.’ And Fox wants us to do a third one.” In other words, because this cash grab of a movie made big bucks, they want to make another movie to make more money.

What I want to do to Hollywood after hearing this news.

Talks are happening about the Gears of War movie. Just talks. Don’t die of excitement yet. I just thought that it would be good to let you know that Hollywood hasn’t forgotten about Gears.

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters has been delayed. It’s been pushed to January 25, 2013, so that it could get an IMAX release. This really sucks. I was really looking forward to seeing this film. Yes, that was sarcasm.

Shailene Woodley, the girl from The Descendants, is in talks to play Mary Jane in the Amazing Spiderman 2.

I didn’t see the Descendants, but I have no problem with this girl as Mary Jane. As more Spidey news is revealed, rumors of Electro as the bad guy are sprouting up, and Harry Osborn is said to be in the film. For now, they are some very solid rumors. Neither of them are unlikely.

That’s all for this week! Thanks for reading. Let me know below what you think about this week’s news. See you soon!

~Ddog

Movie Monday: Skyfall Theme Song and Update

Hello everyone! After this bit of news, I have a video update about the blog and why things aren’t happening how they should. SO! Movie Monday. I only have one piece of exciting news. Take a guess at who is singing the new 007 theme for Skyfall.

Did you guess? Guess.

Guess!

I bet you didn’t guess Adele.

Yes, Adele, who is best known for Someone Like You, Rolling in the Deep, and Set Fire to the Rain, will be singing the theme for Skyfall. Don’t be afraid that she’ll be singing about relationships, however. When artists are brought onto Bond projects, they create a song just for the movie. After all, Alicia Keys was involved with the last theme, and it actually turned out great. Here are the more recent themes from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

You Know My Name by Chris Cornell

Another Way to Die by Jack White and Alicia Keys

See, both songs turned out well. I am not afraid for the theme. That’s all for this week! Why so little news? The update below should better explain.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I Now Present to You Movie Monday, featuring the new Hobbit Trailer

Why the fancy title? Well, I was away from the Internet this weekend, as I was in the process of moving. With a sore body, I now bring you Movie Monday. Believe it or not, there is only one piece of news that isn’t rumor and boredom. The new trailer for the Hobbit has been released.

It’s looking great. It confirms my suspicions about the dwarves being used as comedic relief. I am completely alright with that, because it looks like they’ll be serious when they need to be. The Lord of the Rings universe is very apparent here, and I’m not worried at all. I’m ready for this movie.

Thanks for checking in! It feels good to be back online. Now it’s time to get a move on with the news Women Wednesday. Oh, and I want to motivate my mother. Leave a comment on her first Rage Segment with feedback. I want her to keep doing Rage Segments, but she won’t listen to me without persuasion. Here‘s the post. Please leave a comment on it. Thanks a lot:)

~Ddog

Movie Monday: Star Trek 2 Title, Safe House Sequel, Daniel Craig to Play Bond 5 Times, Al Pacino as Joe Paterno, Avatar 4, Marvel Sued, and Hansel and Gretel Trailer

Hello everyone. Movie Monday is here once again. This week should be a good one. I have a great post in store for tomorrow, the new Dave Matthews Band album is coming out on Tuesday, and I am sure that there is more to come later in the week. But you’re here for the news, so let’s get to it.

Star Trek 2 officially has a title. It will be called Star Trek Into Darkness. On the topic of darkness, Chris Pine recently said, “We’re not making Batman. That’s not our deal.” Pine is saying that Star Trek isn’t going to be made more dark and gritty. It will be have the same tone as the first film.

Unfortunately for us, Hollywood is going to be barfing out another movie that we don’t need or want. Safe House 2 is in the works. It isn’t confirmed whether the sequel will be a prequel or a continuation of the first movie.

Studio executives are saying that Craig will play Bond at least 5 times. With involvement with Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall, that means that Craig will be in at least two more Bond movies. He is the right guy for Bond’s current state, in my opinion, and I look forward to seeing him carrying on the role of 007. It is believed that Bond movies will begin to be released in two year increments, so a Bond film in 2014 is very likely. Fun fact. When I was younger I was obsessed with James Bond. Some kids liked Spongebob. Some looked up to Timmy Turner. I, however, was trying to find out who 007 was, and I came to the conclusion that Simon Cowell was really James Bond.

Here is some really surprising news. Al Pacino will be playing Joe Paterno in a biopic about the Penn State scandal. I am curious to see who will be playing Jerry Sandusky. What do you guys think of this movie? Is it too soon?

Avatar 2 and 3 have been confirmed to be filming back to back, advancing the story of Avatar, but the 4th is going to be a prequel. James Cameron said the following: “I haven’t really put pen to paper on it, but basically it goes back to the early expeditions of Pandora, and kind of what went wrong with the humans and the Na’vi and what that was like to be an explorer and living in that world,” “-Because when we drop in, even in the first film in ‘Avatar 1,’ as it will be known in the future, we’re dropping into a process that’s 35 years in to a whole colonization. That will complete an arc and if that leads into more, we’ll start, not imitating Star Wars, but it’s a logical thing to do because we’ll have completed the thematic arc by the end of three. The only thing left to do is go back to see what it was like on those first expeditions and create some new characters that then become legacy characters in later films. It’s a plan.”

Marvel has been sued by Rimowa GmbH, the German company that designed the Avengers briefcase. The packaging of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One- Avengers Assembled box set, which contains a 10 disc set of all the Marvel films, is designed in the same way as the actual prop. It is the same in every respect except for actual quality. Take a look:

So these German guys are saying that they can’t replicate the design, because it’s not being used as a prop in the movie. As a result, the box set will still be released, but in different packaging, and likely with something extra, to compensate for the delay of the release.

Lastly, the trailer for Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters has been released. Here it is:

The witches look pretty intimidating, and Jeremy Renner will likely carry the movie. He is a great supporting actor, and he performs well in roles where he is partnered with someone else. I cannot be sure whether this movie will be a good one or not. We’ll have to see.

So that’s all for this week! Let me know what you thought in the comments below.

~Ddog

Movie Monday: Hobbit Sequels, Morgan Freeman with LEGO Batman, Batman Makes a Billion, Jim Carey likely in Kick Ass 2, Metal Gear, Elvis, and Bible Vampire Movies, Marvel TV Series

As you can tell, I have a lot of news for you. Let’s get started.

The Hobbit sequels now have official titles and release dates. The second movie will be titled: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. That will be released on December 13, 2013, in 2D, 3D, IMAX, and in 24 and 48 frames per second. It has been confirmed that movie goers will not have to pay extra to view the movie in 48 frames per second. If you are not familiar with the worry about the 48 frames per second, or what it is, let me know and I will elaborate. The third film is titled: The Hobbit: There and Back Again. It will release on July 18, 2014.

The LEGO Batman movie sounds like a joke, but now, maybe it can be considered to be an actual film. Morgan Freeman is providing his voice, not for a LEGO Lucius Fox, but for a character named “Vitruvius,” and by the character’s description, he sound like a wise, weird guru type character. Elizabeth Bank is also involved, voicing a character named Lucy, who sounds like a badass chick. (or as badass as a LEGO figure can be.)

Not straying away from Batman, The Dark Knight Rises has grossed 1 billion dollars worldwide. It is now the 13th film to pass 1 billion dollars. The Dark Knight Rises made more money internationally than domestically, and it is speculated to be due to the Aurora shootings. (The Dark Knight made more domestically than internationally, and that is why there is speculation at all.) To finish with Batman news, Batman will not appear in another film until the Justice League movie.

There have been rumors and hints, but now it is confirmed that Jim Carey is playing a villain in Kick Ass 2…kind of. The director of the film, Jeff Wadlow, tweeted this out on September 1st.

As you know, Jim Carey’s famous line, “Alrighty then!” from Ace Ventura is unmistakable. Wadlow is likely putting a spin on it. It looks like Carey is in.

A Metal Gear movie has been announced. Avi Arad will be the producer on the project, and it will be made with Columbia Pictures. No further details were provided. Though I grew up with a PS2, I am not too familiar with the Metal Gear Lore. The extent of my knowledge is Snake, Solid Snake, and Liquid Snake. Is there a Liquid Snake? I would assume so. Oh, and I know that Snake uses a cardboard box.

Elvis is getting a biopic, titled Growing Up Graceland. Who would you like to see play the King of Rock and Roll?

Every now and then, movies are announced and their premise sounds ridiculous. A more recent example would be Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. My review for that is here. Anyway, we’re in luck. We finally get a sane movie. It is about the story of Cain and Abel, from the Bible. Oh, and I forgot to mention that it involves vampires. Will Smith is directing and starring in The Redemption of Cain. God help us all.

A Marvel TV series called S.H.I.E.L.D. has been greenlighted, and it will be co-written and possibly be directed by Joss Whedon. It is going to be independent from the Avengers films. So the show isn’t officially going to be a series on ABC, but it is going to produce a pilot, and we’ll see what happens from there.

SO! What do you guys think of this week’s news? Let me know in the comments below.

~Ddog