B Talks Taken 3

Haven't uploaded anything in a few weeks, been very busy. However I did record this a while back and it's finally available. Hear the B man's thoughts and back story on Taken 3 and the series in general in the audio below.

 

Trailers and Battlefield Hard Line Beta

Not a terribly long and news worthy episode for the "B" Man but did want to go over a few trailers that dropped including Netflix's Dare Devil, and a reboot of Poltergeist coming out. Also talk about news that Netflix may be working with Nintendo to bring us a live action Legend of Zelda TV show. Finally B closes the episode with some Battlefield Hard Line talk. All this can be heard in the audio below. Later Wanna "B"s.


 



                     

                                                                                                                                    

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Show Notes

Recorded 7/01/14


Bitch N With B

Soccer Fans (particularly the ones that appear every four years)


Movies

Rurouni Kenshin Live Action Film: Based on the popular anime of our favorite samurai is brought to life.

                           


Gaming

Steam summer sale is over. Picked up a few games including Broforce, Edge of Space, Civilization V, and Transistor. Had a chance to play the Public Test Realm version of Diablo 3's latest content update that will be out soon.

GOJIRA!!

Hey my dudes and dudettes the "B" man here and I had the pleasure of seeing a really fun movie this past Saturday. If you haven't guessed by the title of this post I'm referring to the newest take on an old classic Godzilla. Now we all remember the last time they put one of these on the big screen, it starred Mathew Broderick, Jean Reno, and was directed by Roland Emmerich. That film pretty much got panned but the B man was allot younger back then and didn't really mind it so much. If you think about it Godzilla movies of the past haven't exactly been the greatest, there just cheesey fun. Well the big lizard is back and this time he leaves the cheese behind.

This latest version is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston.It cost $160 million to make and is just over two hours long. 

Now I'll try and keep this as spoiler free as possible but I will tell you this much, the trailers they've been showing over the last year have been a little misleading. They reallydid a good job of not telling you much about what this movie is about, other than Godzilla is very very large. Characters (one in particular) who I thought would be more involved with the story were actually written off pretty early on. Also the title character himself takes sought of a back seat, it's probably a good forty five minutes to one hour before you see Godzilla for the first time, but don't worry that first hour is filled with plenty of destruction and story and all the build up is worth it. When we see him in full form and the roar comes out for the first time it sent shivers down my back(same way I felt when Banner Hulks out at end of Avengers to take down giant alien ship).The final act of this film is filled with enough action to make Michael Bay jealous.

I had no doubts going in that this movie was going to be good, the trailers did their job well and got me pumped up way ahead of time. I was not let down this was a great sci-fi monster flick with plenty of story and action to keep me satisfied. I will definitely own Godzilla when it comes out for purchase. It seems to me this movie was a love letter to a monster that's been gracing the screens for over 50 years and it brings Godzilla into the new millennium in style. Hopefully this is just the beginning of a new breed of giant monster flicks and we'll get more down the road.  

Riddick

B talks about the third film in the Vin Diesel franchise Riddick. Also follow up on Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn.

Elysium Review

Hey all, had a chance to catch Elysium this past Saturday August 10th. Although I wasn't a fan of Blomkamp's District 9, I found myself enjoying this one a whole lot more. Visuals were a treat for the eyes and the world created wasn't half bad either. While I don't think the movie was anything new as far as storyline, basically about a cast system that keeps the poor in horrible conditions and the rich living well above with no worries, the futuristic setting was actually pretty cool. So the whole audio review is above for your listening pleasure and B gives Elysium his seal of approval so go check it out.

Rogue Legacy

Hey all, great Summer Steam sale going on right now up until July 22nd I believe. Bought a couple games, one in particular I like and the audio review is above. I'm talking about Rogue Legacy, a very difficult but addicting game, where death is only the beginning, and middle, and end. Anyway it's kind of fun so check it out.

Pacific Rim Review

Hey all, had a chance to catch Pacific Rim this past weekend. If you like the idea of giant robots taking on giant sea creature alien thingy's this movie is for you. I loved it, and the full audio review can be heard above.

Episode Title: To Oblivion and Beyond

Episode Date 04/24/13

Movies

Before I even get started with the review for the Oblivion, did you guys see the latest Man of Steel trailer? Holy $H#t, any doubts about the what to expect from this film are completely gone from my mind, this may be the Superman movie we've all been waiting for. If you haven't seen it yet, do it now! If you have seen it already, you owe it to yourself to see it yet again.  

Oblivion

    Hey all you wanna B's out there, how you doing? I had a chance this weekend to catch the science fiction film Oblivion starring Tom Cruise. Love or hate the antics of the guy, I personally feel he usually doesn't disappoint me when it comes to the sci/fi action genre, and this film was no different. I went into the movie not knowing more than what was shown in a trailer I had seen a couple weeks back, and without reading any reviews from critics or viewers, I think this is probably the way I will do things from now on, as I can name a handful of movies I skipped over due to reading other peoples opinions, only to watch it later on tv and find out I really enjoyed it.

    So what is Oblivion about? Well it takes place about 60 years in the future from now, and in our time the Earth was attacked by an alien race known as Scavs. During this attack the moon was destroyed causing mass destruction on Earth. We are told that the human race fought back with nuclear weapons and won the war, but in the process made the Earth inhabitable. So humans move on to a moon called Titan and establish a new colony. Cruise's character is Jack Harper and is stationed on Earth to monitor the extraction of water to bring back to the new colony.

    Without ruining the story I'll just tell you that things aren't what they seem and I would almost compare this movie to the first Matrix film, as you don't fully know what's going on until a certain point, and then there is this eye opening moment where it all makes sense. Actually The Matrix still doesn't make much sense to me, but you get the idea. Anyway I really enjoyed the film, it had a small cast but still had this epic feel to it, and the cinematography was amazing, I love films that show a post apocalyptic earth, and this movie did a beautiful job of showing such a world. I've only seen a few movies this year so far and I know the really good stuff is about to kick off next month with Iron Man 3, but as of the time of writing this is the best movie I've seen this year and recommend it to any fans of the science fiction genre.

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TV Shows

Defiance

    Okay so last podcast I talked about the new game Defiance I had picked up for Xbox 360, and how they were putting out a show with the scyfy network that ties into that same world. Well last week I had a chance to catch the series premier which was a two hour event, and if first impressions are any indication, it's actually not bad.

    Defiance takes place in an Earth of the future where Aliens have migrated from another planet and after a war a peace breaks out and the alien races and humans try to co-exist in an earth that has mutated creatures and landscapes due to a terraformed accident. The show focuses on Joshua Nolan a former marine who was at the battle of Defiance and now roams the world with his adopted alien daughter Irisa. Both the main characters are pretty bad ass, and when they aren't having family disputes they make a pretty good team. In the beginning of the show it seems they are primarily motivated by greed, but by the end of the premier they end up taking permanent residence in the the down of Defiance after making a sacrifice of fortune to save the people of the city. Joshua ends up taking the role of Lawman and that's where the first episode ends.

    Despite being a show created for tv, the special effects in a number of scenes looked movie quality at times, and there is even a pretty decent battle seen during the last part of the show that must have cost a bit to produce. The two main characters are likable enough and the support cast including Julie Benz as the mayor hold their own as well. I'm going to give this show a try, at least for a while longer, I do have a vested interest as I am playing the game, and the game lacks much of a story so I'm hoping the show will help fill that void.