(trailer review) - Fantastic Four: First Steps

 

I decided to watch this trailer just to be nosey, really. There has been some online chatter about the film not testing great and that the film came across as just ok, with the testing audience, so I was wondering if they were going to show anything else to help sell the movie for people, and they did. But to help sell, I guess we will see, but I liked what I saw.

Seeing Sue leaning over a baby's cot and the voice over stating whatever life throws at them, they will face it together as a family, with shots of Ben Grimm pulling a ship in the sea, the fire in the sky, Johnny flaming on and then more shots of the Fantasticar driving in the street and then driving/flying in the air is just great. Seeing a bit more of the celebrity status the family have and the speech from Reed Richards stating that the Fantastic Four are the planet's defenders and that they will protect the planet. Even the line of "is it clobbering time?" got a little shout out whilst we see the same scene of Ben running through the building's structural pillars. Ha! It is a nice little 1-minute and 15-second trailer, showing us a lot more, but just enough and not overstepping the mark, just to let us know that tickets are on sale. I am doubtful about Reed saving the planet, but I am definitely interested in how the story will go. And it's Marvel, they need another win. Thunderbolts was a win, this also needs to be a win

(trailer review) - Jurassic World Rebirth

 

When are they going to learn? These people created Dinosaurs and had to flee the island because they were scared that Dinosaurs were being dinosaurs and eating people. But when the dinosaurs realised they did not want to be caged dinosaurs anymore, and they realised they had their freedom, the dinosaurs decided to do what dinosaurs do, and that is, be a dinosaur. And yet, these people decided to go back to the island with two dozen different species of Dinosaurs to hopefully obtain the key to what? Immortality? Longer Life? The ability to grow limbs back? To become a half-human half half-dinosaur hybrid? Whatever the movie will tell us as to why they need to head back to the land of dinosaurs being dinosaurs, this sure looks entertaining and frightening.

The trailer starts with a guy pleading for his life as he is trapped in a containment room with a dinosaur. They reference the first movie and that the Dinosaurs there are likely the worst ones, but they need an egg to save millions of lives. Scarlett Johansson is doing the sensible thing, saying that they need to be quick bout going about what they came to do, before the parent dinosaur comes back, but the kick she gave the dinosaur was hilarious. Then we have a signalling flare moment like in the first movie that looks epic with TWO TIMES, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. The line about the Dinosaur finding them rather than them finding it is hilarious, but that boat scene with the harpoon gun and the dinosaur is free-willying it up because they definitely need a bigger boat, which probably wouldn't help anyway, is absolutely tension-filled. I don't believe I saw the last one, didn't really care for it, and it slipped passed me, but I think I am definitely interested in watching this one when it arrives.

(episode review) - The Last of Us: Season 2 - Episode 7

 

 

So the trick is to try and not think about the games, how the story plays out and what happens next, but at the same time, you cannot help but think about the games, how the story plays out and what happens next. If I am going to be real honest with you, and that is, although I blitzed through both games within the last 9 months, I can just about remember everything that happens apart from the main story plot points AND what happens, which makes it a little difficult to discuss without going into spoilers. You see, it is a game, so the story being told has a lot of game elements to engage the player. One thing I will say before I go any further is, I heard there are talks of a season 4 after season 3, and I am not entirely sure how they plan to get to 4 seasons, but now we are on Abby, we are in for a major ride.

You see this episode was a very slow one and if I am honest, although it kept me intrigued and the set pieces were pretty much identical to the game, the street outside the theatre, the stadium at the end, and some of the streets Jesse and Ellie were walking down looked like they were ripped from the game, I was more bored trying to figure out where they were going to end it and what happens next because a lot of what happened in this episode does not happen or happens slightly differently in the game. The capturing and being hung is new for Ellie, and if I am honest, was pointless, but maybe it pays off later on. This show has gone for more character moments, which makes sense because Ellie is on a quest, and not only is she alone the majority of the time, but she is on a murdering spree. It's a game, so yeah. But that scene with the pregnant lady plays out a little differently, but they do die, and that is where the cycle continues. I kill yours, you will kill mine, I will kill yours again, it is just a cycle, but Abby's story may actually take up the entirety of season 3, I'd assume, and season 4 will be picking up years later because you juggle between the two characters in the game. This episode was good for the character moments. That big wave does take you out, and Abby at the end coming in having found Jesse, Tommy and Ellie is exactly the same, but like I said, we all side with Joel, Ellie, Jesse, Tommy and the people of Jackson, but as we saw the war starting, I am assuming by the end of season 3 we may see that war and they might even get us to change how we feel about the characters.

One thing I do wanna see, hopefully but not likely, is how much of a psycho Ellie has become when she gets into a fight. Trying not to spoil anything, but those proximity mines you create in the game and the way she moves is simply terrifying. I wonder how long we have to wait now.