Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "New" Trailer

There's a "new" trailer out for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The reason I say "new" is because 90% of it is footage from the old trailer. The only new parts are slightly clearer close-up shots of all the Turtles and a silhouette of the Shredder. The buzz on these Turtles has ranged from sorta bad to oh my god, Michael Bay has ruined my childhood. My excitement level remains pretty low. Right now I'm scratching my head wondering what they did to Donatello?!? But they're the Turtles and even if I'm not psyched for the movie, I'm glad the franchise is still alive, even if this movie does end up killing it off. So check out the trailer, and wonder what the character designers were smoking when they created this.

Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes

Disney Infinity is a video game where you use physical figures to interact with the game where you go on adventures or just build and explore your environment. The game featured characters from Pixar movies, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Wreck-It Ralph, and Frozen among others. Now in a completely synergistic move, Marvel characters like the Avengers and Spider-Man are going to show up in the game. Heck, they even got the Guardians of the Galaxy in there! Normally I don't play games like this, but the character designs were too cool not to share. And maybe in a universe bending move, Nick Fury will someday meet up with Frozone. Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes will come out later this year.

Star Wars Casting: Who Are These People?!?

The Internet went bonkers when this picture of the cast of the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII came out. And now we have an idea of who's going to be in the film, but outside of the original cast, we don't know who anyone is playing. We all know Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, and Kenny Baker are returning. But who the hell are those other people?!?

LEGO Serenity is Awesome!

Watch Adrian Drake build a giant 7-foot Serenity made out of about 70,000 pieces of LEGO. It's a time-lapse of about 14 months compressed into 9 minutes. And you can check out more pics of this shiny LEGO beast over at his blog, brickfrenzy.com.

What's That Flying Thing?

Why are the international trailers almost always better than the American ones? In the latest Godzilla trailer, we see some quick shots of the other monsters. Namely one with a bunch of legs and another one that flies. And those suckers look like they're fighting the big guy! And of course you have the obligatory Godzilla roar. Enjoy as Godzilla comes out May 16th.

Justice League in 2018?

Left to right: Henry Cavill (Superman), Ben Affleck (Batman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Ray Fisher (Cyborg)

Wait, aren't we technically getting a Justice League movie in 2016 with Batman vs. Superman?!? I mean it's already jam packed with the actors above. In an article at the Wall Street Journal Speakeasy Blog, Warner Bros. president of worldwide production Greg Silverman said there are plans for a Justice League movie which won't hit theaters before 2018. And Zack Snyder will be back to direct it.

So that makes 3, count em THREE movies in the DC universe in 6 years? Meanwhile, Marvel will have had at least double that. At the snail's pace DC movies are coming out, maybe they need to get the Flash involved somehow to speed up production.

With Zack Snyder returning to direct, there will at least be some continuity in the visual style which was actually pretty good in Man of Steel. But if the storytelling remains in its disjointed flashback style, and maintains its heavy handed feel, what good is a beautiful movie if it's simply no fun to watch?

Game of Thrones: Breaker of Chains

My nerdy views on the Game of Thrones episode Breaker of Chains.

Note: I haven't read the books so any commentary I make is completely based on the show.

I'm Off the CSI Team

Breaker of Chains wasted no time poking holes in all of my theories as it picked up right where it left off last week, with Cersei calling for Tyrion's arrest and Ser Dontos fleeing with Sansa. As they fled to the Black Pearl, I half thought Captain Jack Sparrow would show up. Instead, it was Littlefinger!

I'll admit, I totally goofed not including Lord Petyr Baelish in my list of suspects. He's been absent for about 6 episodes so I just completely forgot about him. I thought I was thinking outside the box when I threw Stannis and Melisandre's names into the suspect ring. I apparently was not outside the box enough.

So was Baelish's plan to kill Joffrey and get Sansa out of there? It seems really extreme, and I'm still not entirely sure this is the case. We know Littlefinger's involved, and Dontos was a patsy. But I'm still not sure someone else isn't involved. And whomever that person is, are they in danger now too? And the rest of the episode did nothing but raise my suspicions on everyone.

And one last note. Baelish had this long standing crush on Lady Catelyn Stark. So with her dead, does he think Sansa is the next best thing? Creepy.