When it comes to franchises that begin with the word “Star”, you don’t get any bigger than Star Wars and Star Trek. And you also don’t get fan communities that are more heated in their debates as to which franchise is superior. Which is kind of odd, because they’re not so different really. They’ve got spaceships, hokey religions and various …
What makes Star Trek Beyond different to Star Wars after both franchises have been touched by the mark of JJ Abrams? Science fiction vs science fantasy, says Scotty.
Look, the previous trailer for Star Trek Beyond was just not a good one. Using a horribly tonally incorrect music score and editing, it made the movie feel like it had completely lost what little Trek-iness this rebooted universe still had left. Coming from the directing hands of Justin Lin, it looked like the franchise was jumping the shark Fast & Furious-ly. Luckily, …
The time is approaching for the next release in the Ice Age franchise, Ice Age: Collision Course and to further get people tired out excited about the movie, they’ve dropped another trailer. Ice Age is one of those franchises which is starting to get increasingly bizarre as they try and stretch out what was a great story to something that has become ludicrous. …
Some movie franchises should stop while they’re ahead before the endless sequels start getting a little boring and sadly it looks like Ice Age has headed into that territory. I loved the first few Ice Age movies, they were fresh, had great chemistry with their lead characters and a witty sense of humour. The last two though have been starting …
SPOILER WARNING: This post is part of several this week (check out Episode I and Episode II) in which I will be breaking down, explaining, examining and discussing several different plot points in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and attempting to answer the mysteries they’ve brought up. So if you haven’t watched the movie yet – and why the heck …
It appears that this was the week for stars. On Wednesday we all geeked our brains out for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but before that we actually kicked off the Star-ry sci-fi goodness a bit earlier than expected when Paramount unveiled the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond four days ahead of schedule. And damn, it’s explosive! No, really. …
And from one story about Idris Elba not landing a groundbreaking role, to another where the British actor apparently will indeed be breaking some ground. That description’s according to the Luther star himself, as he spoke to MTV about his upcoming role as the main villain in Star Trek Beyond. Much like his predecessor JJ Abrams, new franchise director Justin …
Managing modern online gaming communities, peopled by over 3.6 billion players, requires balancing user …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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