Bond Girls
Actually, they aren't official. Not even close actually. But rumor has it that the next Bond gals are Olivia Wilde and Freida Pinto. Or they may be. Okay, probably not.
Thanks, Slashfilm. I would be very okay with this occurance if, indeed, it actually was true. I'm going to assume Pinto is the nice one and Wilde is the naughty one? Do they still do that in Bond movies? Nevermind, this isn't happening. More likely Bond rumors that also involve a lady are whispers that Rachel Weisz may be onboard the 23rd 007 flick...
as the villain. That could be fun, no?
Enslaved
Ninja Theory is a games developer. They are from Cambridge on the Shadow Isle (AKA: the United Kingdom.) They put out the
sadly ill-timed and very misunderstood (in my opinion) Playstation 3 exclusive
Heavenly Sword -- a game that managed to blend beauty and brutality with the silky tones of Anna Torv's voice and the legendary motion capture acting of Andy "Gollum" Serkis to create some sweet gaming action. Again, that is
my opinion. Now, Ninja Theory is back and, once again, are looking like they've got another unique and pretty-looking gem on the go. It's called
Enslaved and it's based, in part, on an old Chinese folktale called
Monkey. That said, it takes place in a post-apocalyptic future that reminds me of crazy '70s Sci-Fi in the vein of
Omega Man and
A Boy and His Dog. It also features interesting gameplay that's reportedly reminiscent of Ubisoft's 2008 Gyllenhaal-free version of
Prince of Persia.
See for yourself.
Nerd scores
I like a good film soundtrack. Always have. In fact, a (partly) unrealized goal of mine is to score a film. Art student films don't count. How about a science fiction film? Yeah, I'd like to do one of those. Would LOVE to. Over at
Topless Robot, they put together
a list of 13 great nerd movie scores by people other than John Williams -- and I think they pretty much nailed it. Yes, Vangelis'
Blade Runner is on there. Omissions I would mention: there's no
Dune. Yeah, it's by Toto (of
"Africa" "fame") but it turns out those dudes could produce a really moody, dark and
evocative piece of music when they wanted to. Maybe David Lynch scared them? Who knows? Also missing:
Escape from New York. Did you know John Carpenter hooked up a lot of his own soundtracks? Yeah, he did.
The theme (and score) for
Escape is pretty damn awesome. Finally, it's kinda weird that
Lord of the Rings isn't on there. Yeah, Howard Shore appears on the list, but
the Rings stuff needs to be on there. Shoot, I can't imagine those movies without that music. So epic. The '80s anime import/mash-up
Robotech (yeah, I know it's not a movie) had an
incredibly sophisticated soundtrack, too. You can probably see I enjoy the '80s Sci-Fi soundtracks. That's another reason why I was really blown away when I first played
Mass Effect. The game has
a real throwback sound (that they did on purpose) and it really hit it home with the universe they've created. The second one is equally trippy with a big ladle of epic sauce slathered all over it.
Hydrophobia
Here's another game that looks potentially promising.
Hydrophobia. There's a lot of water in the game. That's what they're selling it on. Still, looks interesting, no?
24
Well,
24 is finally over. Gone. Cancelled. Jack Bauer may go on to saw various terrorists in the face on the big screen but he will never be seen on TV again. What can you do? They had a pretty good run considering it was almost cancelled after its first season.
This critic blames the show's restrictive format. Gee, you think? Still, it's probably better to argue that the show's inability to break out of or play with that restrictive format may have been the problem. Oh, and also
the silliness.
And finally…
This is what a nerd-gasm looks like.
