This weekend is the opening for the movie, “The Hunger Games”. Its estimated to be the biggest movie opening so far this year. Media claimed that “John Carter” was the first biggest blockbuster of 2012, but turned out to be a big disappoint at the box office (I personally thought it was a great movie, and see no reason why it did so horribly).
The Hunger Games will likely be one of the greatest mega-blockbuster that run side by films like “Harry Potter”, “The Dark Knight”, “Spider-Man”, and even the “Twilight Saga”.
If you haven’t read the trilogy by Suzanne Collins, you should! The story line didn’t interest me at first, but once I started book one, I got hooked to finish the entire series at once. It’s a great read. The movie will definitely be an awesome treat for the huge fan based it has already acquired, including me!
The official trailer for the long awaited and eagerly anticipated film The Hobbit: the Unexpected Journey, is here and it gives us a tantalizing taste of what looks to be quite a formidable and awesome installment to the Lord of the Rings series – A we dive right back into the action with Gandolf and Bilbo Baggins as they embark on a fantastic quest together to find a special treasure, looks to be anything but dull with the shady re-appearance of the oh so lovable Smigel!
This trailer is actually suppose to be the prequel of the original movie The Thing by John Carpenter. Seems pretty intense. Can’t wait until it comes out to theatres.
Here is the original trailer from 1982. Almost 30 years ago!!
Do you find that strange things happen to you on a regular basis like things suddenly catching fire in your hands or something spontaneously turning to water when you touch it…..if so do not be frightened – you are gifted! In fact there is a wondrous place laced with intrigue cutting edge science and adventure where you can go you will feel right at home. The place we are talking about is Professor Xavior’s school for the gifted, here you will be taught to embrace control and grow your abilities to use them to your advantage for the good of all man kind. Check out this video clip to get an insiders glimpse into what it is like being a part of Xavier’s school for the gifted.
Come join Xavier if you are ready to be all you can be…
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Elvish friends, warriors, wizards and hobbits rise to attention as director Peter Jackson takes us on an enchanted journey back into the wondrous lands of the Shire and the Elvish home of Rivendell on this special sneak peak of The Hobbit. Join the fellowship as Peter Jackson first takes us back to the house of Bilbo Baggins where the fantastic journey and adventure with Gandalf continues…
I’m a fan of movies in the 80′s. Teen Wolf starring Michael J. Fox is a part of that collection! MTV has made somewhat of a remake, but into a series that is going to premiere after the 2011 MTV Movie Awards on June 5. Check out the trailer below. It definitely has the new modern take of it. You can also read what everyone is saying about in the rec.arts.sf.tv newsgroup.
The Academy Awards will be airing this Sunday, February 27 with Anne Hathaway and James Franco as the hosts. Nominations for Best Picture is below:
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
I have seen all but 2 movies. “The Kids Are All Right” and “Winter’s Bone”. I think the academy must of had a tough decision for these selections because I definitely like the majority.
I just hope they don’t pull what happened at the Grammy’s with Best New Artist, where Esperanza Spalding won over Justin Bieber! Justin Bieber! I’m just kidding… or am I? lol
But if I had to chose from the 10, I would pick “Black Swan” hands down. I think Natalie Portman did an awesome job portraying her character and the cinematography was great! If you haven’t seen it yet. Please do! It’s a bit freaky, but in a good way. Its based on the theater production of Swan Lake!
As a runner up, I would pick “The King’s Speech”. Based off a true story of King George VI of when he was throne and struggles with speaking and get’s help from an unorthodox speech therapist. Sounds like a bore, but its actually a powerful yet funny movie of how the character’s interact.
A movie I definitely do not want to see win is “127 Hours” which is another movie based on a true story of a mountain climber that gets trapped under a boulder and survived. Great story, but as a movie just doesn’t hit it for me. You may not be able to handle some of the scenes of how he escaped if you are sensitive, I am telling you to proceed with caution. =)
What film do you think will be the winner? Talk more on rec.arts.movies.current-films
Found this neat article in rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe. Seems like Spiderman is joining the Fantastic Four crew, naming the new team “The Future Foundation” defending threats of the Marvel Universe. I think they could of at least have a better name than “The Future Foundation”. Sounds like a high school student council.
Canada’s Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) very nearly killed the interweb for Canadian consumers. They originally had ruled that independent ISPs that rent bandwidth from the big boys in the field (Rodgers, Bell Canada, etc.) would now have to follow the pricing structures of the company they rent that bandwidth from. This would have brought monthly caps from approximately 200 GB to 25 GB. Now those with accounts at the big networks are already on these metered accounts but the little ISPs at least gave the Canadian consumers some amount of choice. The original ruling would have caused significant harm to high bandwidth services like Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon. There are plenty of services out there that spend the proper $ to upkeep their pipes (Easynews.com and Usenetserver.com just upped their retention to 860+ days for example) and I don’t know why the Canadian Bells can’t keep their networks substantial enough to feed video to their users.
While the CRTC ruling is currently delayed and not overturned the Industry Minister Tony Clement has said that if they don’t change it he will. This of course is a good thing as the ruling was decidedly anti-consumer. As the way we consume media changes consumers are able to access more and more options on how they want their media delivered to them. This seems to be leading into a familiar clash of content creator and content provider. Services like Netflix and Hulu are offering consumers a way out of the standard cable TV distribution method and this fact terrifies the cable companies, and for a good reason. They’re seeing their subscriptions fall for the first time in… well first time ever. So they’re doing everything they can to maintain the near monopolies that they enjoy. The recent Comcast NBCUniversal buyout is an example of that. A distribution company buying a content company. This gives them a distinct advantage over not only other media companies but over consumers. If forced metered internet had been or becomes successful in Canada it won’t be long till companies in the US begin doing the exact same thing to bring viewership away from alternative options back to their standard cable networks. Once that happens cable subscribers in the US will be trapped in a world of escalating fees. As for me all of this just seems exhausting so I’m going to watch something on Netflix instant… while I still can.
Found this little article rec.arts.movies.current-films.
Level 3 Communications, a central partner in the Netflix online movie service, accused Comcast on Monday of charging a new fee that puts Internet video companies at a competitive disadvantage.
Level 3, which helps to deliver Netflix’s streaming movies, said Comcast had effectively erected a tollbooth that “threatens the open Internet,” and indicated that it would seek government intervention. Comcast quickly denied that the clash had anything to do with network neutrality, instead calling it “a simple commercial dispute.”
The dispute highlighted the growing importance of Internet video delivery — an area that some people say needs to be monitored more closely by regulators. Net neutrality, which posits that Internet traffic should be free of any interference from network operators like Comcast, is thought to be on the December agenda of the Federal Communications Commission.
“With this action, Comcast demonstrates the risk of a ‘closed’ Internet, where a retail broadband Internet access provider decides whether and how their subscribers interact with content,” Thomas C. Stortz, the chief legal officer for Level 3, said in a statement Monday.
