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NEW Aliens : Colonial Marines Game Trailer

28 Jan

‘The Walking Dead’ execs say : ‘New episodes accelerate the storytelling’

28 Jan


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The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara and Robert Kirkman have dropped hints about the show’s return.

Showrunner Mazzara told Collider that mid-season premiere ‘Nebraska’ will pick up “five seconds” after the cliffhanger finale of ‘Pretty Much Dead Already’.

“After the finale, finding Sophia in the barn is just a huge event that rocks our characters and changes everything on the farm,” he explained. “So, I think the stakes are much higher and people are dealing with a lot more.”

He added that the second half of the season “accelerates the storytelling”, following criticism from some fans that the first seven episodes lacked pace.

“I don’t know if we’d say that we regret any of the episodes that we did,” said Mazzara. “I’m proud of those episodes and, if some people feel that some of those episodes were slower than others, I could argue that we were spending time with our characters.”

Kirkman added: “We recognise this criticism, and it is valid, but we are working on a 13-piece puzzle that, as a whole, should be seen in a different light. We’re hoping that, when it’s all put together, people will see that it all came together in a good way.”

Mazzara also suggested that The Walking Dead is “a difficult show to write”.

“People have expectations about the show,” he argued. “If we have a zombie attack every week, people say it’s the zombie-of-the-week. And, if we don’t have zombies, people say there are no zombies. So, it’s a challenging situation.

“[But] I think people will be satisfied, by the end of this run. You learn how to do a show, as you’re writing it. The story material reveals itself, so if there’s a way to break down that criticism and look at it moving forward, that’s valid.”

The Walking Dead returns to AMC in the US on February 12. The show resumes on FX in the UK on February 17.

Film Review – Underworld: Awakening

28 Jan

Release Date: 20 January 2012
18 | 88 minutes
Distributor: Entertainment
Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, India Eisley, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, Charles Dance

It’s been six years since Kate Beckinsale donned Selene’s eye-catching black catsuit/corset combo, and though she doesn’t appear to have aged a day, the Underworld series is now looking very long in the fang.

This fourth chapter follows on directly from the second. Though technically a direct continuation of Underworld: Evolution’s narrative, Awakening feels more like a reboot, with the series’ rich mythology jettisoned in favour of a new status quo. Humanity has learnt of the existence of vampires and lycans and hunted them to near extinction. Selene is captured, but escapes 12 years later with the hybrid child she never knew she had in tow, a child which could change the outcome of the war forever…

Awakening could be praised for attempting something different, but given that humans take a back seat almost immediately after the opening mass-cleansing montage in favour of a tired super-Lycan conspiracy, the new world established in Awakening feels like a missed opportunity. Directors Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein up the gore quotient significantly, with Lycan noggins prised apart and throats ripped out at regular intervals, but the pair have little sense of pacing or an eye for dynamic action sequences, while the prevalence of CGI wolves betrays the series’ roots in much more satisfying practical effects.

It’s not awful, merely functional and lacking an identity now that the lore of previous entries has been abandoned. If you only see one sexy-black-catsuit-lady-killing-monsters-in-pointless-3D movie this year you might be better off waiting for Resident Evil: Retribution.

Rating : 4/10

source:sfx.co.uk
by:jordanfarley

The Walking Dead Season 2 Midseason Promo Trailer !

28 Jan

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