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X-Men Begins

Hey there everyone. Sorry haven’t been posting lately. Lots of school and almost no time to write about stuffs. Its only now that I get to actually have time to actually update this. Before we begin though, without further ado, the new X-Men: First Class trailer:

Awesome stuff. Doesn’t sound like James McAvoy may have much of an accent, but it is there.

Few changes may soon come to Inside the Briefcase as I make sense of things. Don’t worry it will be for the best. And hopefully the ads won’t seem like a distraction, I know how that can go.

Now video game news. Recently Sony unveiled pictures of their new gaming peripheral the NGP. *cough*NeoGeoPocket*cough* But its just a prototype name so it isn’t the official name yet. Just think of it as the PSP 2 for now. Here are some official pictures:

This little picture reveals some new stuff, including new software and a mention of mobile support. It is said that there will be more than one version. The other includes Wi-Fi support. This is already sounding expensive… (pictures are from engadget if you didn’t see the logo by now)

Now here’s one taken in person. Oooo shiny…

Thumbsticks

Here’s the back. Touchpad consists of the circle, triangle, square, and x symbols. Wonder why…

Comes with a built in camera as well. PSP is sad.

More buttons. Apparently the photographer was desperately trying to find a UMD drive and is disappointed to find none at all; I assume.

And a USB port. The touch pad on the back is also apparently shiny.

Well, here’s a couple more things about this thing that they make announcements about:

Hardware and Software

• High-resolution, touch-sensitive OLED screen
• Built-in WiFi
• Wireless 3G connectivity
• Tilt-sensitive SIXAXIS (remember that?) controls
• Three-axis electronic compass
• Built-in GPS
• Front and back facing cameras
• Buttons: D-Pad (up, down, left, right), dual analog sticks (finally), action buttons (triangle, circle, X, square), shoulder buttons (left, right), start, select, volume controls, PS button, power button
• New LiveArea service and new application Near
• Built-in mic
• Built-in stereo speakers
• Capacitative multi-touch pad on back of the device

Read here for more specs and details.

Now what's to make of Sony’s new system? Well for one thing, expect this thing to be pretty freaking expensive. So many features. And I believe to be the wrong features that will not make it sell as much as they want to. Here’s why:

Do I want one? No. Not right away anyway. I expect it to be expensive. Way more than a 3DS right now. There’s also nothing really getting me excited or anything that will make me want this thing. It seems way too excessive. 2 touch pads?

This thing also sounds like a smaller iPad with two different models. Both that feature either mobile or Wi-Fi support. Do we even need the mobile support? One thing that really turns me off about this thing is the touch software it uses when you first start it up. It looks like a PSP knockoff with really bad software. Why would they make it that way? I also even doubt the capabilities it supposedly says it does. PS3 graphics? I have no doubt it will be simulated, but it isn’t actual PS3 graphics. That’s BS on Sony’s part for making sound better than it is.

Sure it looks nice, but I’m afraid it may just become another PSP. Like mine. Gathering dust. Rarely played. And is mostly used for old PlayStation games. Unless I see something groundbreaking; No, thank you Sony.

In other news, hackers continue to make Kinect a lot better than what Microsoft did with it (Warning: Video contains footage from Dead Space 2, you may be scared and see spoilers):

Update: The One With the 3DS, Batman, and Necromorphs

A quick update as I am being very much swamped with homework lately. Today we hear news of the Nintendo 3DS with the official release date of March 27, 2011. The official price tag is $249.99. Pretty reasonable as no one here wanted to pay more than $300 for a portable system. Back when the PSP came out it was also $250 so compare it to that in some way. I kinda wish I could go back in time now and save that money for a 3DS, but alas here we are…Here’s a list of games that will be available by June (not counting all of the new downloadable 3DS store and GameBoy Virtual Games):

Pilotwings Resort
nintendogs + cats
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
Madden NFL Football
The Sims 3
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Ridge Racer 3D
Dual Pen Sports
Super Monkey Ball 3D
Thor: God of Thunder
CRUSH 3D
BUST-A-MOVE UNIVERSE
Samurai Warriors Chronicles
Dead or Alive Dimensions
Asphalt 3D
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D
Rayman 3D
Rabbids Travel in Time

It’s a good list, but I will all I would get is Resident Evil, Super Street Fighter IV and probably Pilotwings. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart, and Starfox 64 is what I’ll be queuing for. Have any you’re most interested in for the new system?

Here’s a look at the software working on the system including (surprisingly) multi-tasking! It already sounds better than an iPhone or iTouch. I keed Steve Jobs. Or do I? Online play will supposedly be easier since the friend code will be revamped and DSi purchases can be transferred to the 3DS. I don’t have a DSi but I kinda felt like they would allow that anyway. Also if you look around YouTube, there are already videos popping up of Zelda: OoT, Kid Icarus, and Dead or Alive Dimensions gameplay.

 

More or less shortly after the major 3DS news today, 2 new actors where announced for the new The Dark Knight Rises movie. Those two are Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy. Their roles are Catwoman and Bane. Immediately after I was skeptical, but then I saw this comparison:

Ok, yeah I can see it. But with Tom Hardy (he was from Inception), also apparently has been a wrestler before:

I just don’t know. We’ll have to see what badassery Christopher Nolan has for us this time around though.

As a last minute thing, some new photos have popped up from the new X-Men: First Class which are slightly better from the last one. Now with more Kevin Bacon:

I lied, there's only one picture with Kevin Bacon. There are also reportedly some problems going on set, but hopefully it won’t be all bad. At least the photos look better.

Video of the Day:

Now on to the Necromorphs part. EA is doing a kinda sad, but brilliant ad campaign where they place moms from different areas of US and show clips of Dead Space 2 on monitors in front of them. They were horrified. Except for this mom in particular. Prepare to be more creeped out than the game:

Update: There are more X-Men: First Class photos to put out the hellfire of the first photo yesterday:

And the official poster:

Top 10 Anticipated Movies for 2011

Usually I put out a list of the Top Movies I saw in the previous year, but because my list is short and I plan to watch a couple movies before making that list; I decided to make this one first.

Here comes a big year for Marvel with three movies coming and one for DC. I have more than 20 movies to watch this year, so this sounds like a very good year for movies (That’s until you see the 2012 movie list which is epic with a war of comic book movies in the summer). Well, take a look:

10.) Battle: Los Angeles

The creepy tone of the trailer makes you feel the intense battle going on in LA. It takes place in present day with soldiers battling Aliens that doesn’t seem to have a whole lot of high-tech technology. We don’t get to see that very often. Its time to see Two-Face fight some aliens.(March 11)

9.) Paul

Remember that movie I posted about earlier where Simon Pegg and Nick Frost go to Comic-Con in a new movie? This is that movie. The British comedians are nerds in the movie and take a nerdy trek across America and meet an Alien that sounds like Seth Rogen. I don’t dig Seth Rogen voicing the Alien, but Simon and Nick will bring their greatest comedic humor with this movie. This will be the Comedy movie I will look forward to most this year. (March 18)

8.) Thor

The first Marvel movie of the year and one of the most desired comic book adaptations is finally coming. The comic-con and official trailer look quite faithful to the comic-book and looks as if it will have a smooth transition to the mega-movie: “The Avengers.” Yeah, it will be a whole lot better than whatever is going on in the image above from The Incredible Hulk Live-Action series. The picture probably gives away the cameo in a strange way.(May 6)

7.) Captain America: The First Avenger

I’ve never really been an avid fan of Captain America. Sure I saw him make a few appearances in Spider-Man and played with him a couple of times in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, but his first movie sucked and I didn’t really truly see him as a super hero. I mean all I’ve seen him do is punch and kick and throw his shield. I only hope this movie will do him justice. The cast seems pretty good (aside from Chris Evans) and I have high hopes in the director. (July 22)

6.) Super 8

Not much is known about this movie. Heck, not much is known about most of JJ Abrams’ movies until a few months before its released. Again all we have is a teaser trailer and Abrams stating it’s a throwback to old Super 8 films and an inspiration to Steven Spielberg's company Amblin Entertainment. Even then I know I'll watch this movie 3 times maximum.(June 10)

5.) The Muppets

The Muppets created by Jim Henson have not graced the screen for some time and have been quite absent for a while. The last Muppet movie was in 2005 and not since 2008 have they made an appearance. Well Jason Segel is about to change all that as he brings the Muppets once again to the big screen with a [modern] all-star cast. I’ve missed the Muppets for a while since they have been releasing pretty mediocre stuff recently. Hopefully Jason Segel can revive the once almighty Muppets. What's with the Muppet holding an iPhone, though? (November 23)

4.) Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys vs. Aliens vs. Indiana Jones (it will be better than Crystal Skull) vs. James Bond. Anything more need to be said? (July 29)

3.) Sucker Punch

I really have no idea what this movie is about, but it looks visually awesome. This will be Zack Snyder’s first attempt at an original movie so there is a whole lot to look forward here. (March 25)

2.) X-Men: First Class

Little is known about this X-Men movie. Some rumors tend to be: Centers around Magneto, the movie will jump some timelines, and the whole X-Men team probably won’t be here. I never read the First Class comic book either but it sure looks great. I’ve always cared much about the X-Men franchise so I sure am glad a new movie is coming soon. Wait, Kevin Bacon is a mutant? (June 3)

1.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Yes, its true. This will be the must see movie of the year because it will be the end for Harry Potter and his wizard friends. I never read the books and have always thoroughly enjoyed the movies. I’ve seen the movies from the beginning and am pretty sure I saw each one in theaters. I mostly stay away from the books because I may become those people who bother themselves too much by comparing book and movie. Here’s to enjoying the movies as much as I can before I read the books. (July 15)

Now here’s a list of worth mentioning movies that didn’t make the top 10 list in no particular order:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (May 20)
• The Green Lantern (June 17) – The trailer was a little weird and I’m kinda looking forward to the other Marvel movies this year. Its probably because it’s the first non-Superman/Batman universe DC movie.
• The Green Hornet (January 14)
• The Hangover 2 (May 26) – Because British comedy is always better.
• Rise of the Apes (June 24) – I honestly wanted this on my list until I read that they changed storylines a bit with this prequel to the older movies. I’ll still go see it. Unfortunately the apes are going to be CGI as I see Andy Serkis doing his Gollum CGI suit thing once again.
• Winnie the Pooh (July 15) – This is my favorite Disney character and being hand drawn is a big win.
• Fright Night (August 15) – David Tennant in a horror movie? I’m in.
• The Thing (October 14)
• Sherlock Holmes 2 (December 16) – I enjoyed the first movie, so I know I’ll probably like this one.
• The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (December 23)
• Now (September 30) - Andrew Niccol’s next movie for more than 5 years. Created such movies as The Truman Show and Gattaca.
• Dibbuk Box (October 28) – A horror movie from Sam Raimi. You know it will be great.
• Hugo Cabret (December 9) – Steam punk movie from Martin Scorsese.
• Your Highness (April 9) – If you have seen the trailer, its going to be one of the best comedies as the year.
• Red State (March TBA) – Next film from Kevin Smith. It is said to be totally different from his previous films.
• Scream 4 (April 15)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (July 1) – Only going to give this one more try.
• Apollo 18 (April 22)