Movie Trailers of the Week! (The First Installment)

If there's anything I love more than movies, it's movie trailers. Trailers and Teasers can even make the shittiest movies look amazing.

I didn't see JCVD...but I heard that it was absolutely terrible.

However, in a past blog entry, I said that it would be the best movie ever (because of the trailer).

So, today I watched some trailers...and whether the movies will be good or bad, I have no idea...

...but these trailers show some promise, and these movies will be fucking awesome (but don't hold me to that)!

1. The Wrestler

This movie stars Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. If that alone isn't reason to see it, there's Hardcore Wrestling and a story that looks like it could tear anyone's heart apart.

It takes place in NEW JERSEY...as most amazing movies tend to...

Not saying that Jersey is a magical place; just that if you set a movie in Jersey, you don't have to try too hard to make it heartbreaking.

Rourke has starred in three of my favorite movies: Spun, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and Sin City, and it would be near impossible for him to let me down now.

If Marisa Tomei hasn't won you over by now, you should be fucking locked up.

Not impressed by My Cousin Vinny?

Go rent Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, watch it...then come back here.

I'll wait.

And if you're not an Evan Rachel Wood fan, your opinion doesn't matter anyway.

2. Star Trek

I apologize for the non-HD version. Click Here for the other versions.

I've been waiting for a real trailer for this movie for quite awhile, and today it finally came.

Parts of this may seem a little campy, but I trust J.J. Abrams ("The New Speilberg") to put this together the right way.

All of the characters look amazing. The sets look cool as hell; and the actors can definitely melt into their supposed roles. I think this may be something that Star Trek fans will be able to piggy-back on for a long long time.

...as they continuously mock Star Wars fans for their blind devotion to their "New Trilogy."

3. Monsters VS Aliens and UP

Yeah, I took the cheap way out and made it a tie.

I decided I only wanted to do three Movie Trailers of the Week (so as not to be needlessly over the top); however, I thought that both of these new PIXAR movies deserved mention.

Both look incredible and hilarious.

I haven't been following PIXAR too much lately...ever since they've been pumping out animated movies like Italians pump out babies.

I didn't like Finding Nemo too much.

Cars wasn't appealing to me at all...

I didn't see Wall-E but I did hear it was beautiful.

Bolt looks pretty funny...but not like this...

Ratatouille didn't look appealing at all...

...and The Incredibles was perfect.

PIXAR, unlike many other animation studios these days, has a habit of putting out decent-to-amazing movies, for the most part.

Monsters VS Aliens looks like it will be a silly/fun escape from reality like Monsters Inc. and The Incredibles...although The Incredibles was arguably the best PIXAR movie evarrrr...

UP appears to be more of a down-to-earth, heartwarming adventure, like I hear that Wall-E is.

These films seem to bring various audiences together in a way that other animated films try to do, and fail.

I hope to be able to have these "Movie Trailers of the Week" up for every Tuesday morning internet prowler. Hopefully there are three decent trailers every week or I'll be retiring this feature more abruptly than I started it.

-@lex

Super Dudes Power Squad @ VGxPO 2008!

Lots of unpleasantness going on in the minds and hearts of the Super Dudes Power Squad, but if anything can serve as a temporary distraction (aside from getting liquored up and embarrassing an old friend in a Taxi Cab) it's the Video Game Expo!

The Pennsylvania Convention Center was bumping this weekend--

okay, maybe "bumping" is the wrong word...Let's say "bouncing up and down nonchalantly."

And I say that for two reasons.

1. Because it was one the largest conglomerate of creeps and weirdos that I've ever seen and cared to fraternize with.

2. Because I literally saw a group of teens in costumes bouncing up and down nonchalantly like they were part of the fucking Lollipop Guild.

Friday afternoon, Super Dudes Power Squad was at the Expo from 12pm-6pm. And evidently, a lot of super-geeks DO have jobs!

The turnout on Friday was decent, but not very impressive.

Saturday, SDPS was there for a short period of time...just to check out the atmosphere and additions to the Expo.

Saturday was packed...and evidently went on until 1am (jesusfuckingchrist).

There was an Anime-Fest on the lower level as well as a series of Dance Dance Revolution contests featuring 30+ people at the same time. Madness.

My girlfriend tried to get me to enter the contest, but it's so much easier to make fun of people when you don't actively participate in their antics.

...plus DDR is too hard for me.

The Expo was more about small companies demonstrating their wares, Schools and Indie Game Developers recruiting, and demonstrators giving away free shit...some pretty nice shit, too.

The only tables selling anything were:

1. A few people selling a ridiculous assortment of antiquated video games and consoles. Embarrassing collections of Sega CD games...and a Virtual Boy that probably no longer displays red.

2. T-Shirts, and plenty of them. I was looking for a shirt that was just nerdy enough NOT to get my ass kicked, but couldn't find one.

I think the geekiest shirt that was available displayed an illustration of Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" but instead of CLOCKS, it showed melting DALEKS...

The caption was "Salvador Dalek."

...there was also "Horton Hears Cthulhu."

3. A troll of a woman (literally) selling Fantasy-based knick knacks and all kinds of kitschy nonsense.

VGxPO Highlights (for kids!):

1. Dig Philly and Gamestop's comfy chairs (also featuring a demo of Left 4 Dead; but how immersed can you get in a game with a sweaty teenager standing over you, breathing heavily? You could play the game for 10 minutes, but by then your winter coat would have completely absorbed the pungent aroma of B.O. and Old Spice.)

2. Jedi Knights. Yes, that's right...and Sith Lords too, I believe. These people actually develop their own lightsaber replicas and act out "EPIC" battles on stage in front of tens of people!

You know how you may go to a Renaissance Fair and kind of let yourself be a part of a few hours of childish make believe...and then when you go home, you continue living your life?

Just wondering...

Well, this was the Star Wars equivalent to the Renaissance Fair Joust--

--except, no actual contact is made, no training is necessary, you don't have to be in any kind of shape, or know how to do much of anything...

You don't even have to take off your glasses, apparently...

but unfortunately, I think registration is currently closed.

...at least that's what they'll tell you; whether or not you ask.

3. Super Dudes Power Squad discovered a wonderful surprise on Saturday.

We knew they were there on Friday; however, we didn't pay them any mind...

On Saturday, we discovered Fighters High.

Now you may be asking yourself: "What the fuck is Fighters High?"

And rightly so!

Actually, part of me is still asking the same question.

Fighters High is an independently-made "television show."

Of course, it's not actually on television, and it's not really a show--

--so my description falls short about 100%.

It's a series of episodes depicting a variety of Martial Arts/Anime stereotypes as High School students who duke it out (sometimes using magic!!!) on a daily basis.

Essentially, that's all there is to it...but it is the GREATEST THING EVER!!!!!

...in the same way, of course, that Super Mario Bros was the best movie ever.

There were other neat little things going on...but none to specifically highlight.

I left vgXpo with several Suicide Girls stickers, some buttons, a free Destroy All Humans bobblehead, and a T-Shirt/DVDs from Fighters High.

I hope everyone had a magical time...

...check out the PICTURE PAGE for more, suckas!!

-@lex