Oh wow does this look REALLY cool. While the video I’ve shown you is just a visualization and a little bit of an overview of this game, I hope that you all will take the time to at least check out their kickstarter campaign to get this show on the road. While I’m not openly advertising this company and kickstarters as a whole put me on edge, I wouldn’t mind just helping them along by linking to it down below. While I most likely won’t be getting the game and playing it for days on end like I have with previous titles, the idea alone sparked enough of an interest in me to at least support it on some level. It looks like an RTS style game in which you can control an entire solar system by building more and more. In contrast to most RTS style games where your maps consist of a single city or barren wasteland, this game will have you on edge trying to compete for multiple bodies in space for resources and control. If that in itself doesn’t interest you in the slightest then at least it’s a really cool video to watch.
I’ve been a subscriber to Entertainment Weekly since 2009 I believe. I actually do read it [most of the time] from cover to end. It’s absolutely one of my favorite magazines for several reasons. 1) It’s not so much a gossip magazine that focuses on the most uninteresting people that so many people find interesting. 2) They cover two industries I love dearly: movies and television. 3) They get the most absurdly early looks at upcoming projects such as pictures or interviews. And finally 4) In the past they’ve introduced me to some of the most beloved shows I’ve come to know.
Sure not all their stories are the best [I can’t tell you how many times K-Stew and R-Pats have been on the damn cover and I groaned], but I’ve compiled a list of 5 pieces of pop culture [coincidentally all TV shows] that, while always hearing they were great, I didn’t actually start paying attention to until I read an article on Entertainment Weekly. And surprisingly enough, they weren’t all cover stories. Read on below for the full Scoop.
Unreality did a cool article about several actresses who have taken extremely tough roles. Charlize Theron’s role in Monster was awesome, Monica Belucci has done a fair number of racy roles, but my favorite inclusion was giving Chlor Moretz a nod for her potential. I think she’s absolutely gorgeous [she’s only 15, so I need to tread lightly]. She’s also incredibly talented for her roles in Kick-Ass and Let Me In. She’s got a crazy awesome career ahead of her and I look forward to following it.
This is a cool College Humor video that’s been around for a good amount of time, [I remember showing this to some friends in High School and I’ve been gone from High School for a LONG time]. It parodies serious action movies by applying the idea to the computer game Minesweeper. Hilarious enough, there are some classic movie cliches as well as some absurdist dialogue. They put some Sin City spin on it [which I think is misplaced, but whatever].
On another note, I actually learned how to play Minesweeper from this video. But I still suck. I’d rather play Minecraft.
This is taken from the awesome television show Dexter. It makes fun of when one of characters sneaks up on another and yells, “SURPRISE MOTHERF***A”. The internet has tastefully replaced ‘surprise’ with malapropisms, or words that sound similar to a word. The results are absolutely hilarious as each is absurd as the last.
On another note, if you’re not watching Dexter, you need some more blood splatter in your life. Start now and you won’t regret it.
So as many of you have already heard, publishing giant EA has sued infamous game thief Zynga over a blatant copy of their sims series of games. While I’m all for giving the bad guy what’s due to them, I can’t help but wonder of anything can be done at all to stem the idea thieving that has been going on for some time now. I actually wonder if anything would have been done at all had EA not stepped up to the plate and started this lawsuit. Further along in this article I’ll somewhat give a rant about what I feel concerning this entire debacle, and hopefully you all can shed some light as to whether or not this should have happened in the first place. Continue Reading »
I’m so ashamed that I’ve only seen about a quarter of the movies on this list. The ones I did see I felt great about knowing. I feel as a cinemaphile/fashionista, I’m obligated to do such a thing. In terms of stylish, most of the people in these movies are wearing dope suits and have chiseled jaws. I don’t exactly have a chiseled jaw, but I appreciate how good these dudes look. Maybe I’ll look as suave as these dudes one day.
Bill Hader is definitely my favorite SNL member. He’s always absolutely hilarious and some of his characters are some of the most memorable in these seasons as of late. However, he has been known as of late to break character with some of the more ridiculous stuff he’s been forced to say by the writers. The Californians is a famous sketch for being absolutely disastrous besides the man we’re discussing. Hader cracked the entire way during the live sketch, but that’s nothing to his complete comedic breakdown in this dress rehearsal. Seriously, only watch about the first couple of minute because after that the show goes back to its crappy premise and Hader is no where to be seen.
Wow…just wow. This concept is something that I recall seeing a while ago, but just seeing this game makes me feel like we’re definitely expanding beyond the normal hack and slash or first person shooter games. A lot of upcoming AAA titles have definitely piqued my interest, Watch Dogs and Remember Me included. There is a gameplay preview from Gamescom that shows just why I find this game so interesting. With the ability to rearrange and change aspects of your target’s memory, this game has definitely caught my eye as something I haven’t seen before. If it isn’t new, then forgive me for being so giddy, this is just the first game I’ve seen that’s done so well with it. As I remember hearing someone say, it feels like a mix between Mirror’s Edge and Assassin’s Creed. Anyway, check out the videos I’ve linked above and enjoy!
The shortage of original ideas in Hollywood is not a new issue. Hollywood blockbusters have long followed standard plotlines proven to generate excitement and revenue. Don’t get me wrong, indie movies and indie theaters will always reside in the warm, enriching, nacho supreme depths of my movie heart. But that does not mean that I am satisfied with the billions of dollars in resources Hollywood is wasting on leftover broccoli casserole lathered in recycled ideas and characters. I fell in love with movies because they have capacity to snap my semi-charmed life in half. Movies take you somewhere you can never go, make you someone you will never be. They touch emotions, remind you how you want to live your life, and give you a fresh perspective. My favorite movies are the ones that stick with you long after the bright sun tries to burn them out the second you walk out of the movie theater. Enough rambling, the following are some of the movies released this year that were either prequels, sequels, or remakes. Continue Reading »
Cracked compiled another article from movies. This one labels several jobs from people in movies whose sloth or ineptitude allowed entire movies to transpire. Take Tommy Lee Jones from above who plays a cop from No Country For Old Men. Because of his slow methodology and sitting on the couch drinking milk, he allowed the main characters to go on an entire spiel when it could’ve been averted. Check out the very cool article below.
We’re no stranger to featuring funny Batman parodies. I don’t particularly think this one is as funny as the Badman series College Humor puts out, but it’s pretty decent. The action sequences are surprisingly smooth and the club scene is very impressive for amateur video production. I don’t think the Batman is as funny as he could’ve been, but with so many of these Batman parodies running around, this one shines pretty well.
Found this via Uproxx and it just might one of the greatest things that could be done with Mr. Gordon Levitt. Seriously, how often can this guy make that weird face. What’s the name of that face anyways? It seems like he makes his face a puggish by imbuing wrinkles in insane places. Also that right eyebrow is simply magical. The magnitude that thing can go is absurd. By the way has everyone seen 50/50? You guys should. He’s amazing in it. And what’s the deal with Looper? He’s like a young Bruce Willis? There was an Entertainment Weekly article on it and it looked somewhat interesting.
Fall TV is upon us and it nothing is more exciting than scheduling days of the week with my favorite tv shows to look forward to. The glorious return of some favorites such as Parks and Recreation, Happy Endings, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia are sure to make the weeks better and then Sunday night is filled with madness as well. Not football madness, but the 9:00 and 10:00 spot will be heavily competed for when it comes to Dexter, The Walking Dead, and Boardwalk Empire. How do you guys cope with so much television? Don’t you dare say “I don’t watch it”, because that’s inexcusable. Just kidding, but anywho, I’ve compiled the trailers and expectations of some of my favorite shows, so check ’em out below! The spoilers in the drama season are likely to be huge, so tread lightly!
It might’ve been a couple of months since Game of Thrones ended. What a drag those months have been. That doesn’t mean we’ll stop posting about it though. This article ranks the hottest women from Game of Thrones Season 1 and 2. It’s fun to speculate who is number one, but it really shouldn’t surprise you. Roxanne McKee, pictured above, plays Doreah who got the number 2 slot. I’m not complaining about that. Check out the entire ranking system below at Ranker.
Two more episodes until the ‘season’ finale of Breaking Bad. I’m assuming this most recent episode is the final set up before the explosive finale. There are a lot of loose ends to knot up before we get there, and hopefully most of them are finished up before we have to wait an entire year before we see the resolution. This episode is primarily a quick wrap up of what happened last as what most episodes are, but this we learn a couple of interesting new things that make us guess twice about end game each character is aiming at. Enough vagueness, read below for the spoiler filled summary and review of the episode.
This is a cool video mashing up Disney characters with Tina Fey’s awesome teenage movie Mean Girls. We’ve featured Disney mash ups before, like The Dark Knight Rises, Sin City, and Game of Thrones, but this one is purely Disney Princesses, which is really neat. I really liked Mean Girls and you might even think Lindsay Lohan had a career ahead of her, but no. She squandered it away on being crazy. It’s okay Lindsay, Tina Fey and Amanda Seyfried are doing more than enough well to make up for your faults.
We’ve featured a couple of face mashes here like Johnny Depp about the characters he’s played. But this is a different kind of face mash up. Queue the main villains of the Dark Knight Trilogy. Scarecrow, Joker, and Bane. This is a really neat picture who I wish I could credit the artist, but I’ve tried researching and came up empty handed. Regardless, this is a cool idea that I totally think should be applied to other movies. But now that I think of it, I can’t seem to think about any trilogy based movies with multiple different bad guys. Maybe Star Wars having Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and the Emperor? That’d be kinda cool with the same breather mask style as pictured above…A project to be put into my ideas binder. See the Johnny Depp pictured we’ve featured before below. My only question is that why isn’t Ras Al Ghul’s face as Scarecrow…well maybe they’re only using villains for ‘face’ value. Ha. I’m hilarious.
Family Guy is definitely one of the few [or maybe too many for an adult] cartoon shows I actually watch. It’s pretty witty, though I think it gets a little bit too high on itself. It gets away with blatant racism [or does it?] and it’s pretty nice to actually laugh at such horrible things when no one else is in the room haha. It also had a lot of staying power. Can we say that this is our generation’s Simpsons? I was never truly part of that demographic, but I think Family Guy is definitely for the younger crowd. This awesome article honors some of the favorite supporting characters. Above is Bruce from Family Guy and I totally read that in his voice. There is no Mayor West or Giant Chicken, but the list is pretty solid none-the-less.
I’m both ecstatic and dreading this week. School starts. I think it’s more exciting because the weight of school work hasn’t burdened on me yet. I know I’ll eat those words later this semester when my classes start bearing down on me. Georgia Tech has a knack for doing that to people. Other than that, nothing much else is new on Banana Scoop here. Ben starts his rotation on Wednesday this week, minor maintenances updates, etc. Read below for the full Scoop.
School Begins this Week
So school starts this week. As I mentioned above, it’s a mixed feeling. Mostly good, but I know what I’m in for. Long nights, impossible tests, foreign instructors, and no mercy. So is the life of an engineer in training. As odd as it sounds, I feel as though Banana Scoop will surge at some point because I use this blog as an outlet for the stress. But as I’ve been warning for the past couple of weeks, all it means is that prepare yourself for frequent breaks throughout the semester.
Ben Starts His Article This Week
We announced Ben’s new status as a writer and we’re all very excited to see what he has to contribute. His weekly publishings will be on Wednesdays at 11:00 EST.
Maintenance Updates
The Maintenance updates widgit hasn’t been updated in a while and I mean to fix that sometime this week to better reflect what’s going on.
Banana Scoop 