Ghost!

Yes I am still alive. Haven't been blogging much I know but I hope to change that. The new Ghost Busters inspired comic is up. I will let Jeremy go into more detail about it since he has the new video game. I on the other hand would like to talk about none other then Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I just happened to go see it over the weekend. Of course I now have an addiction to IMAX so I cannot go see a movie without seeing it in IMAX. Now for all of you who have NOT seen it I suggest you stop reading now. I am going to spoil the snot out of it. The good guys win! Ok that is not a spoiler but what is to follow is so heed this warning...

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SO it took me a full day to really decide if I liked it or not. Granted I am a big Trans fan so I analyzed the shit out of it while watching it. Granted a day after mulling it over I have decided I loved it. We all know from the commercials that Megatron comes back. Not only does he come back but he is badder then ever. Granted it was a surprise to find out that he takes orders from the Fallen, one of the original transformers that turns out to be the original decepticon. He follows orders but doesn't hesitate to push bots around when away from the Fallen. He also doesn't hesitate to let Prime kick the bolts out of the Fallen. The story played out well picking up two years after where we left off in the first movie. New autobots have come to earth to help prime and the others hunt down the remaining decepticons only to find out that the fallen has a plan to destroy the earths sun with a weapon that was planted on earth during the beginning of man. Not a bad story line. it works for this reincarnation of the transformers story. There are other things added to the mix such as two pieces of the allspark remaining and the autobot matrix of leadership. So now it's a battle to stop the fallen from destroying the earths sun. Not an east task to do when the autobots are greatly out numbered and the american government is trying to shut down the partnership and send the autobots back into space.

What I like:

The new bots are great! Although not much detail about them they are bad ass looking and have some great battle scenes. Speaking of which the battle scenes are 10 times better in this movie. The first movie the camera was up close and you couldn't really tell what was going on. In ROTF the camera is set back and you can see everything from Prime breaking Megatrons arm and using it to shoot Megs in the face with his own cannon to Megs killing Prime. Thats right folks Prime dies! Nice tribute to the original animated movie. There were a lot of little winks to the fans showing glimpses of other transformers series in the movie. One of the kitchen appliances that is transformed looks identical to a sharkticon which I loved. Also there is a pretender in this movie which was a transformers series that has been long forgotten. Nice touch. My favorite thing over all is that the made Prime a badass! I mean kick they shit out of a giant decepticreep and then shoot them in the head almost execution style! The way it should be. If transformers were real this is how it would roll.

What I didn't like:

There was no real character development for the new bots. In fact you only see one of them for a total of 5 seconds for the whole movie. Wish they did more with all the new bots. The twins were heavily used in the flick which I did enjoy because it was a play on the G1 Sunstreaker and Sideswipe but they failed with the rest. The ending battle was way to f'ing long with a very short climax. Granted the climax rocked with Megs and Starscream running like cowards but it was just too short with the time spent on the ending battle.

Other than that the movie rocked and yes Megan Fox was hot as hell. Yummy Yummy. The battles were phenomenal and I was pleased with the story. Granted it had two traditional Michael Bay shots it didn't feel like a Michael Bay movie. It did have an AI feeling for about 5 seconds but that was over quickly. The CGI was so great that they burnt up three sets of servers rendering it and I mean smoke filled rooms.

I want to know what you thought of the movie. Let me know by commenting to this thread or by emailing me at contact@backspacecomic.com

-Casey

We Are Autobots

Continuing with the hype of the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie I have been overloading my computer with transformer goodies and websites. I was strolling along the cybertronian information super highway of TFW2005 and stumbled across a YouTube video where you can put Optimus Prime's head on your own. I thought it was a fun little video. Not the most exciting in the world or anything but fun for a trans fan none the less. Go to the website at the end of the video and you can do it your self! Check it out.

Updates

A couple of quick updates, our first podcast is up and you can listen to it just by going to the podcast page. I plan on getting them up on iTunes later today or tomorrow.

Also episode 7 is up. It is the conclusion, but not the end, of Action Abe.

Rumor Mill

So with the countdown of 11 days until the release of Transformer: Revenge of The Fallen the rumor mill are already buzzing about the third movie. Now granted this is all rumor since nothing is green lit for the third movie yet, but in a recent interview with Megan Fox (yummy) and Shia Labeouf they were asked about the possibilities of Galvatron and the Dinobots in the third movie. Now if any of this came true that would be delightful since the Dinobots are definitely a fan favorite and Galvatron could be if they followed along the story line of him being a demented psychotic recreation of Megatron. Neither Fox or Labeouf denied the chances of these but yet they are just the actors and really would have no idea about any type of story line for the third. However just the though makes me giddy like a school girl.

Now the only downside to hearing these questions asked is that it could mean a potential spoiler to the second movie. You see Galvatron is actually a re-carnation of Megatron in the original Transformers Animated Movie. So this could mean Megs gets his ass kicked royally in this sequel leading to the third. But as I said before this is all in the rumor mill and could mean absolutely nothing. In fact people originally thought Galvatron would be in the sequel. So anyway the weekend the movie opens the wife and I and some friends will be making the 45 minute trip to Albany to see it in the IMAX. That reminds me I need to go to Fandango and get my tickets which are already on sale. Hope you all go and please let us know what you thought of the movie. In fact if we get some well written reviews and a picture of yourself we will sketch your character and post your review here on the site! Just email it to contact@backspacecomic.com.

I know I haven't blogged in a while and that is just because I couldn't think about anything to write about after E3 came and went. We have still been working though. We have recorded a podcast and I hope to have it posted by the end of this weekend. The site redesign should be soon since I will be laid up from an operation for a few days so that should give me a good chance to code that puppy. So keep checking out the site and the conclusion of Action Abe will be coming this Monday!

-C

Project Natal

Well it looks like Microsoft has upped the ante at the 2009 E3. They have confirmed the rumors of motion activated game play with Project Natal. First instinct you think something like the Wii. Well not exactly. They are borrowing from the Sony Eye concept and creating a motion sensitive camera. So no controller what so ever. The video below is from E3 three. Looks good from the video but we will never know until it actually comes out. However if it works as it does in the video then this will be a big advance in gaming technology. Full body motion capture could lead into so many possibilities. Lets just hope that it works well. You will see in the video thing like skateboarding, soccer, and even voice recognition games. It makes me quite excited to see this and thinking of the possibilities. I suck at talking so why don't I just let the video talk for itself.

E3 Goodies

So it is time again for E3. For those of you who don't know what that is, it stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo. It mainly revolves around video games whether it be PC, console, or handheld. It doesn't officially start until tomorrow but game developers tend to release press conferences the day before. Granted E3 has gone down hill ever since they stopped allowing the public in but I thought I would take a peek at some of the stories coming out of the press conferences.

The big hype going on is about the PSP Go. Basically a long overdue upgrade to the PlayStation Portable. I hope Sony has brought their game since they have been off the ball for about a year or so. Plus Nintendo is a powerhouse when it comes to the handheld market. But I really don't want to talk to much about this right now. Jeremy is more of a handheld guy and has a PSP so he would be better to talk about this.

I want to turn my attention to the Microsoft press conference. They talked about a few things like Rock Band Beatles and some upgrades to XBox live such as instant tv shows and movies as well as access to Twitter and Facebook from your console. But what I am looking forward to the most is the sequel to the best zombie apocalypse survivor game ever, Left 4 Dead. Jeremy and I are both quite excited for Left 4 Dead 2 which is scheduled to launch November 17. Not only did they announce L4D2 today but they also released a trailer. Already the graphics look better, the story looks fun plus new weapons like axes, baseball bats, and chainsaws! The way I see it, the zombie apocalypse is bound to happen someday so why not start training.