WORD OF THE DAY! 4/17/15!

STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT (2015) TRAILER!

STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT WEBSITE! 

battlefront [bat-uhl-frunt]
noun
1. The extreme forward area of a battlefield, where troops are in direct contact with the enemy.

EX. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. It is one of the few games from the X-Box/Playstation 2/Gamecube era of games that, from time to time, I pop in for a few hours and play with friends. It is so good that I bought the DLC twice on the original xbox and again on my 360. And the thought of a new Battlefront game is the one thing that may force me to buy a console, even if it is on PC, just so I can play with my friends.

I love Battlefront. I need this at the Midnight release on Nov. 17.

Don't screw this up EA.

WORD OF THE DAY! 12/2/14!

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS! TEASER #1

teaser [teez-er]
noun
1. A short scene or highlight from a film, or made for a film, in order to attract an audience's attention and/or create buzz for the film's upcoming release.

EX. Watch the teaser before I talk about it... 

Yeah, it's a pretty brief teaser. Then again, teasers are usually brief. This teaser is especially efficient at creating buzz-- it leaves fan excited and talking without giving enough away to give anyone a definite reason to shout betrayal.

Well, except that other Star Wars fans have already picked apart the five or so elements of the teaser, so let's see what I think about them... SPOILER WARNING!

#1 A black guy wearing Storm Trooper armor on a desert planet? This could mean a few things but let's get over with people freaking out over there being a black guy in storm trooper armor. By this period in the Star Wars Universe, Storm Troopers are mostly conscripts and other hire-ons, as opposed to clones, and therefore storm troopers can look anyway J J wants. "Deal with it."

But there are a lot of possibilities: he could be a good guy character disguised as a jedi (like in a New Hope) or, perhaps even more exciting, he is a storm trooper that becomes a jedi after "the Force Awakens"! That would make for a cool character arc!

#2 Random chick on pill shaped vehicle racing through the desert. Probably another new protagonist. Possibly Han & Leia's daughter?

#3 Droid with ball-shaped body. Fun and neat design idea. Probably gonna make a million new toys and be our R2D2 JR. Or R2JARJAR. I hope not.

#4 The Storm Troopers on a drop ship. The Empire are our villains? Yes. And there is a storm trooper that looks a little short? Hm. Refer back to #1

#5 X-Wings about to have a dog fight over a big body of water! Fun!

#6 Millennium Falcon being chased by TI-Fighters over dunes of desert planet! Crowd goes wild!

#7 Guy in all black walking through trees on a snowy planet? Probably a sith or sith wannabe? Maybe the guy narrating? Maybe--

HOLY CRAP! A RED LIGHTSABER WITH A CROSSGUARD WITH TWO MINI-LIGHTSABERS THAT ARE PERFECTLY FINE IN THIS MOVIE'S FANTASY UNIVERSE! I WANT ONE!

And that lightsaber could be improved with some silly extra parts.

BONUS TEASERS AND TRAILERS:

JURASSIC WORLD TEASER!

PAN OFFICIAL TEASER (ACTUALLY A TRAILER, I LIED)

IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE! TEASER #1

WORD OF THE DAY! 3/2/12

bushido [boo-shee-doh]

noun

1. Feudal Japan. the code of the samurai, stressing unquestioning loyalty and obedience and valuing honor above life.

EX. The bushido of the Storm Trooper surely includes firing your blasters inaccurately, mumbling into your helmet, and being easily fooled by Jedi in the hot Tatooine sun.