Trailers, Trailers, and Trailers

After a brief intro, and a Bitch 'N With B segment where B complains about shady things other podcasters are starting to do to steal your money we then move onto happier and more exciting things like all the trailers that released over the last week. B finishes up with what he's watching and playing this week.


 

A Good Time To Be A Geek

This week B goes shows us just why it's a good time to be a geek, or a near 40 year old man with the mind of a child as he talks about the new trailers for Star Wars The Force Awakens and Jurassic World. Also goes over Fantastic Four reboot news and what shows and video games he's playing currently.

Guild Wars 2 Talk

Okay this game has been out for couple years at this point, but it wasn't until recently I had a computer that could run it really well. So by luck I was able to recover my old account and I wanted to share how I felt about this great game with you folks out there.



 

On A Star Wars Kick

Hey Wanna B's, I don't know if it's the fact that the new movies are about to be made, but over the last few months I've sought of had my interest in Star Wars come back to me. As a child of the 80's I grew up loving the original three films, and watched them over and over growing up, I even remember watching the Ewok spin off films though I can't remember much about them. Anyway I consider myself a fan of the Star Wars universe, but I am no where near the level of the "true fans" my knowledge pretty much ends with what is on film.

At the recommendation of a guy who is heavily into the expanded universe books I decided to purchase the three audio books that make up what is known at The Thrawn Trilogy. This past weekend I just finished book two Dark Force Rising. All I can say is holy $**t, what an amazing ride these past two books have been. The Thrawn Trilogy takes place five years after the events in Return of The Jedi, the rebellion has formed the new republic but all is threatened by a Grand Admiral who is rallying the empire for a comeback. It took a couple of chapters of book one to get back into things but these audio books are so well produced and include great voice over work that sounds just like the characters including Luke, Leia, Han, C3PO, Lando, and more. In addition to each character sounding pretty good, the audio books also include music and sound effects that make the story feel even more authentic, there are times I forget where I am while listening and feel as if I'm watching a brand new movie starring my favorite Star Wars characters from thirty years ago. Like the original trilogy the first book sets things up nicely, but book two is where everything is happening and leaves off with an oh shit moment that has me ready to start book three right away. I know J.J. Abrams had said he would not be doing expanded universe stuff, and the fact that the actors are a lot older now it wouldn't work anyway, but I wish they would have done these stories as film back then, it really would have been a great addition. However it is available to read, or if your like me and are too lazy I highly recommend the audio version off of Audible.com like I said all the audio is amazing and really adds to things.

Okay while on the subject of Star Wars, I have one other thing to add. I recently decided to purchase season one of The Clone Wars animated series. I remember watching the five minute mini cartoon series that used to air on Cartoon Network a couple of years ago, and I did like them, though it was more of a tease than anything else. I had heard good things about The Clone Wars CG series and I know it has come to the end with a five series run, so I finally decided to put down about thirty dollars and buy season one off Amazon instant viewing service. Visually I was amazed from the first episode, the 3d computer generated characters and environments look great, but I wasn't truly invested in the story until a few episodes more into it. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it from the start, but I feel like I was missing something as there were characters just thrown in that I didn't know who they even were. I'm thinking maybe there was a movie or something that must have aired before the first episode that I probably missed, but anyway it's not important. I am now up to episode ten and the show has gotten better the more I watch. It takes place between episodes II and III and focuses on The Clone Wars, with many episodes starring the well known characters such as Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padme, and even dare I say it Jar Jar Binks. However the cool thing about this series is that it sometimes puts those characters secondary to the actual clone troopers and in many episodes shows us they are more than just tools to be killed in a war and each one has their own unique identity, and place in the force as master Yoda would say.

 I know allot of people crap on the prequel films, myself included at times, but I think allot of the issues was trying to fit too much into two hour films leaving allot of gaps in story, however with an animated series these characters have been more thoroughly fleshed out and the whole story can be told which is something tv shows still have over movies. In the end I am happy with the purchase and plan on buying the remaining seasons as time goes on and as long as they seem to follow the same high standards of what has come so far.