Disney gets our asses to Mars, bringing Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter to the silver screen.
I’ll admit to only knowing about John Carter though the 1970s Marvel Comics series- John Carter, Warlord of Mars.
The John Carter’s story is relayed via Burroughs himself as he investigates the life of his “Uncle John”. Carter is a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War that finds himself transported to a populated Mars, not the barren wasteland that NASA has shown us.
Batman: Arkham Asylum took us all by surprise. I was fortunate to get an early playthrough whilst doing a review for Netguide magazine.
I’d be brave enough to say that Arkham Asylum was the best comic book video game ever produced. The game captured the essence of the Dark Knight to perfection. Portraying Batman as he should be: the worlds greatest detective, rather than simply concentrate on the warped mind of a man who likes to dress up as a bat.
Just watched the first series of hit UK comedy show, The Inbetweeners. Ordinarily I’d write here exactly when you can watch this show in New Zealand, but due to the TVNZ site being pretty bereft of any useful info, I’ve no idea. I think it is on the telly at some time or other.
I love it when a decent TV show sneaks up on me. So often I look forward to a new genre TV show only to be disappointed.
I was recently given a few episodes of HBO’s medieval fantasy show, Game of Thrones, to take a look at. I’ve noticed that the show is generating a fair buzz on the internet, but live-action swords and sandals generally leave me with a bad taste in my mouth. Ever since those films of Sir Pete’s did marginally well a few years back there has been an overpowering desire for film-makers to deliver “epic” fantasy, which usually ends in tears (Clash of the Titans). Continue reading First look: Game of Thrones→
As you may know, I write the daily gaming news on New Zealand technology website www.techday.com, the online home of Netguide magazine and Game Console.
This week I reported on an internet leak, the changes to the MMO business model, the return of an old hero and a look at two of this year’s top upcoming games.
This isn’t a music site, I know. But I got a press release in my email box today that triggered a WTF moment that I thought I’d share.
Auckland singer/songwriter Kurt Shanks, who I used to work with when I lived on the Shore, has just released the video for We Shall Have Another Day, the featured track from his debut EP which will be out in the first week of August.
I write the daily gaming news on New Zealand technology website 
As Hollywood’s imagination vacuum shows no sign of abating, it’s time to dust of another former hit television franchise and give it another shot.
