For Evo 2011, a tournament season was announced in which players could earn ranking points at one of eight tournaments. It is taking place at the Rio Las Vegas.
The games represented in EVO 2011 are Super Street Fighter 4, Mortal Kombat 9, Marvel vs Capcom 3, BlazBlue & Tekken 6.
Players include Justin Wong, Mike Ross, Daigo Umehara, Ricky Ortiz, Vangief and Hyun Park.
I'm here today to talk about Transformers: Dark Of The Moon.
First off I would like to say "Go To Hell" Michael Bay. The reason I say this is because only a man such as yourself can take one of the best 80's classics and turn it into almost, mind you I said almost, the worst live action movie depiction since Fist Of The North Star. Why do I say this? If you don't know the story of Transformers you are either corny or just way too old, hell, my mom is 63 years old and she know about Robots in Disguise. She doesn't know about them only because of me, but because in the 1980's it was either Transformers, Voltron or He-Man for out crib. That was the best animated television. Later on in the years He-Man was pretty gay and Voltron was so good that the Power Ranger stole their gimmick later in the 90's.
OPTIMUS PRIME
Now, let's not get it messed up, I don't hate Michael Bay, I just said "Go To Hell", there is a difference. If Steven Spielberg did the movie and Bay was just the executive producer it would have been better. I'll touch on the writers later. Transformers made in 2007 was damn near outstanding, with 3 flaws, #1 being The Ark, which is the Autobot spacecraft was not mentioned nor recognized, because for some strange reason the Transformers transported themselves through space to go where they needed to be... Really??? Teletraan-1 can also be included in #1 because that was the tool that gave the Transformers their new shape to adapt to Earth's vehicles and machines of the modern age. Now, I'm figuring the reason they didn't implement these two major components in Transformers history was to adapt to the modern day, I mean it was 2007. Think about this, it's Transformers people, there's nothing to adapt to, just do it... I actually like Shia LeBeouf in his portrayal as Sam "Spike" Witwicky on every film. I'm glad the film got rid of Megan after the second one, I hated her. There was alot of people that were more worried about seeing her than they were about seeing the Transformers. The last flaw, where was Soundwave?
SOUNDWAVE
He is a icon, he is Megatron's right hand. There was not even a mention of him in the film. The plot was plain and it worked, Megatron was on route to retrieve the Cybertronian AllSpark, but was thrown off course and frozen. Sam had information pertaining to the whereabouts of Megatron & the AllSpark via his Great Great Grandfathers glasses. The war begins from there, bumblebee is Sam's protector and best friend. Great movie, Jazz dies, but hey, you gotta let some things go sometime. Close to original, but not close at all.
THE FALLEN
On to the BS and the reason the pimp-slapping of Michael Bay begins. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. If you are a Transformers Fan, you will know that The Fallen is a real character, but not from the cartoon. The Fallen aka Megatronus Prime was a comic book character. He was one of the original 13 primes created by Primus. The Fallen betrayed Primus and sided with his evil twin Unicron. There were too many flaws in this film for me to name them all, but I'll do what I can. #1, You don't have The Fallen without mention of Unicron or Primus. #2, They have not shown any type of action sequence on Cybertron yet, it's Transformers people, they didn't just fight on Earth. #3, We finally see Soundwave, but not in battle, not even on earth, he's a damn satellite. #4, Bay created his own Transformer characters, Skids & Mudflap, very disrespectful to not only Transformers, but to people in general, one had a gold tooth and they spoke very ignorant and unintelligent. #5, The Autobot Matrix of Leadership is a talisman passed down from leader to leader. On ROTF, it is introduced as 5 of the original Primes hid it in a pyramid by sacrificing themselves to protect humanity. Once again, if you know Transformers you would know that Optimus should already have the Matrix. Anyways, I'm done with the ROTFBS!!! Instead of Revenge Of The Fallen it should be Rolling On The Floor...
SENTINEL PRIME
In June of 2011 Transformers: Dark Of The Moon was released. Of course due to how bad ROTF was Bay had no choice but to make a classic, right? WRONG... He didn't make a classic, he just made a movie that was better than the second one. After I saw this movie I wasn't mad, I wasn't happy, I knew what to expect. When I got home I got a call from godbro and he asked "dude, did you like Bayformers?" I laughed, we immediately went in on the film. In 1961 The Ark (uh oh, remember the Ark???), the Autobot spaceship crash landed on the moon. On board were a bunch of dead transformers, how did they know? Because President Kennedy sent Armstrong & the boys there just for that reason. Sentinel Prime was aboard the ship, but you never saw him. Sentinel Prime voice by the iconic Leonard Nimoy, was Optimus' mentor and the one who actually passed on the Matrix of Leadership, NOT SAM. Sentinel gave Optimus the Matrix right before he died in battle on Cybertron. So how is Sentinel alive on Earth in 2011? Sam is unemployed and struggling to find work, while his new girlfriend Carly is getting paid good money at her job. Carly was also Spike's girlfriend in the cartoon. After being revived by Optimus, Sentinel turns his back on the Autobots and made a deal with Megatron to bring Cybertron to Earth for it resources. In the process Sentinel kills Ironhide. In this war they destroy Cybertron by preventing the merger of the planets to take place. Flaws... #1, Sentinel Prime is dead. #2, Much love to Leonard Nimoy, he did the voice of Galvatron in the 1986 Transformers Movie. I wish it could have been Galvatron instead of Sentinel. #3, Bay, STILL making up his own Transformers characters... Do you know how many actual transformers there are? Obviously not, or of course, Michael Bay doesn't give 2 dumps about it. Who the hell is Brains, Igor, Amp & the Dreads? Who were those Autobots working on the spaceship with the dreadlocks? #4, Shockwave could have put in more work... #5, Cybertron is gone, destroyed. That means the remainding transformers are gone. Thanks Bay, Thanks a freaking lot...
CYBERTRON
In closing, Michael is an explosive genius, great at cut scenes. He did Bad Boys 1&2, the reboots of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. From my understanding he is doing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He could give a damn what I say, he's rich, I'm a critic, realist and a fan. It's not all Michael is it? Somewhat, he makes the real decisions and the final decisions. One mistake he made was allowing the same writer from ROTF to do DOTM. Ehren Kruger, I mean he did Scream 3 and Reindeer Games. He did do The Ring though... As a man born in 1972, he should be closer to the craft of Transformers and the ROTF shouldn't have been so bad. The only original thing about this trilogy was the 1st one in 2007. I'm begging for the reboot... So once again, "Go To Hell Michael Bay". Just don't screw up TMNT...
The latest SFxT trailer shows off a new mystery character at the end. Sources say Asuka. Other reports are that Dhalsim, Lili and Steve Fox will be characters in the game. From sources such as Mike Ross, Gootecks and Marn the game is one of the best games made. The combo system is set somewhat of MVC3. Your Focus Attack is now you tag in and out (MP+MK). HP+HK is your launcher. Seth Killian sat down at E3 to speak on the game and the gameplay. Check it out.
One cool thing that Seth does mention is that Tekken characters will have their 4 button set, whereas Street Fighter characters will have there traditional 6 button set. The game is very flashy and because its a tag game you have to be very smart. The game itself draws in people to play, even people that don't play SF or Tekken.
Seth mentioned that there would be a major amount of characters on this game, they hadn't even began to dive into the the cast. I call myself a creative person, so what I have done is chose a list of characters from each game series that I would include in Street Fighter x Tekken.
TEKKEN
Heihachi Paul Jin Bryan Marshall Law Wang Eddy Lee Chaolin Baek Bruce Kuma
STREET FIGHTER Lee
Gen
Retsu
Alex
Hugo
Zangief
Fei Long
Bison
Dee Jay
Juri
R. Mika
Karin
As long as they keep the lines of creativity open this game will be wildly entertaining. Street Fighter has so many characters its hard to choose who to use so you have to be creative in your selection process. Comment and let me know how you feel about the game and who you think should be on the game.
In honor of E3 & head to head fighters all over the world, I will take this opportunity to speak on what I feel the event will reveal to the fans.
Everyone knows that E3 is for the gaming companies, (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo), but for the last few years in the Community a lot of emphasis has been put on head to head fighting games, (Street Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat). It's safe to say that with the popularity of EVO rising and the Community scene rising once again, this event will be major.
I'm sure, as a fan, you all know that SSF4 AE is releasing, I'm sure they will be pushing that at the event along with Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike, which will now be available on PS3 & XBox as a DLC to play online.Catch a first look link here, 3rd Strike HD Filters. Capcom (Ono & Seth) will be losing their voice quite a bit because of course we all know that Street Fighter x Tekken is in full effect now as well. There is rough draft character gameplay and new characters being released every 2 weeks.
Hwoarang - Tekken
Sagat - Street Fighter
If you have never been to my site before or even seen one of my YouTube vids, you wouldn't understand why I'm disappointed in SSF4 AE. I won't go into it now, I'll just say go check it out. Namco/BANDAI's Mr. Harada will be layin it down with Tekken Tag Tag 2 & I see alot of big things coming for that title, major tournament play.
Trailer 2011
Gameplay
Hopefully, lol, hopefully he will unveil some Tekken X Street Fighter content, even if it's little. The one cool thing about Harada & Namco is they don't beat around the bush like Capcom. When they release something, it comes dtraight to the fans to see. Not a bunch of smiley faces & trolls, not a bunch of sneaking in offices & lying about Chun Li being on fire... It makes me believe that Ono is straight up flaming...
We should hopefully be seeing something on Mortal Kombat. I'll say DLC content like Skarlet and hopefully Kenshi will be coming too...
Skarlet
Kenshi
Marvel VS Capcom 3, who's next to come on the scene? Doc Oc, Frank West, what about Strider or Ms. Marvel... Where's Cyclops? IJS... Especially with EVO coming, people will be pissin their pants waiting to see if there are some types of changes and reveals to the titles they have been playing for the past months.
Cyclops
Strider Hiryu
I'm not a big fan of BlazBlue, when I had it I realized that it wasn't for me, it was a knock off Guilty Gear to me, and Guilty Gear was my shit. I would love to see Guilty Gear come back at E3, that would be an epic event. I will be putting up a new YouTube episode soon in reference to E3, be on the lookout. Meanwhile, if you want to share any comments or questions be my guest, I'd love the feedback.
Plain and simple, I think this year at E3 will be an outstanding event and with EVO right around the corner it adds to the rage. Summer of 2011 is fire, Thor, X-Men, Green Lantern, Captain America and of course the great Transformers. Then you have 2 of the most epic events in electronics and gaming history, E3 & EVO.
I've been running my own YouTube episodes for a while now. lol, I get more hits on there than I do here of course. I am going to post my YouTube vids on here for the public that have not seen my show. Give me some feedback & show the Generation some love.
Street Fighter Alpha 2 was by far one of the best SF games made because of its grasp to the storyline. The characters, the designers & the music were all classic. With that being said, there are some things that were left out of this game, and as a fan of the SF series it actually hit me in the head recently, I mean, I always had thoughts of what the perfect SF game would be, but now I could actually put it in my own words and have it viewed by other SF fans.
SFA2 was released in 1996, a great year of gaming, both in home & arcade. The designers of this game went the extra mile on everything from combo chains to air blocking.
HOWEVER... It hurts me to say that when SFA was released it was supposed to take place before SF2, as we all know SF1 was release in 1987, I'm sure the younger generation know absolutely shit about that. In 1987 there were only 2 playable characters, Ryu & Ken, Ken was only playable if the 1st player (Ryu) lost to the 2nd player (Ken) in a versus match, and Ken would continue on. None of the other characters were selectable.
The other characters were:
1. Sagat
2. Adon
3. Gen
4. Birdie
5. Retsu
6. Lee
7. Mike
8. Eagle
9. Geki
10. Joe
In Street Fighter 2 you had the opportunity to use Sagat which was the ONLY character returning from the original besides Ken & Ryu. Once Alpha hit, you then had your opportunity to use Adon, Gen & Birdie. Eagle was a playable character in SFA3. So that leaves you with 5 other characters from the original SF game that were never playable since 1987, the year is 2011. lol. As a gift to the fans, that would have been something worth giving, whether those characters were bullshit or not, you should have given the public the opportunity to use them. Especially when you release characters from Metro City:
1. Guy
2. Rolento
3. Sodom
4. Cody
As a person who wants to help design a storyboard for a SF game, let me show you how a beginning should go. I'll show you who I would want to do my soundtrack, my design work and production.
STREET FIGHTER CLEAR
Characters:
1. Ryu - Street Fighter posterboy 2. Ken - Ryu's friend & sparring partner. 3. Gouken - Ken & Ryu's teacher and older brother to Akuma. 4. Sagat - Emperor of Muay Thai, Sensei to Adon & rival to Ryu. Last man in SF1. 5. Retsu - Fallen monk & old friend to Gouken. 6. Joe - A top ranking american street fighter. 7. Lee - Talented "scorpion style" fighter. uncle to Yun & Yang. 8. Birdie - a London street fighter and ex-wrestler. 9. Adon - Sagat's student and rival. Not as strong, but more acrobatic. 10. Geki - Mysterious ninja from Japan. 11. Mike - Fomer Heavyweight Champion. Banned for killing an opponent. 12. Gen - Ruthless ex-assassin and world renowned martial arts master. 13. Eagle - Ex-bouncer hired by British Secret service. 14. Akuma - Gouken's younger brother, self proclaimed "Master of the Fist", the "Japanese Devil". 15. Charlie - 1st lieutenant to the US Air Force. He must track down the Shadowloo. 16. Sodom - Original member of the Mad Gear Gang. American man obsessed with Japanese culture. 17. Rose - A fortune teller from Genoa. She is the supposed child of the leader of Shadowloo. 18. Dan Hibiki - Son to Go Hibiki 19. Go Hibiki - Father to Dan Hibiki, rival to Sagat. In battle he gouged out Sagat's eye. 20. Guy - 39th Bushin ninja master helped friend in Metro City take down the Mad Gear Gang. 21. Rolento - Former Red Beret member, in Metro City he was responsible for narcotic producing plants. 22. Chun-Li - Interpol investigator, searching for clues in the death of her father. 23. M. Bison - Supposed leader of the Shadowloo and controller of Psycho Power. Bison has come in contact with almost all of the competitors in the World Warrior Tourney.
This would be a true clear beginning to the Street Fighter series. Something the fans will faint over. It allows character that were never used to be playable & it also shows you new but old characters that should have been implemented before.
PRODUCTION TEAM: Designers: Noritaka Funamizu, Ryota Niitsuma Composer: Hideki Okugawa
If you don't know who those guys are, do your research. I think my Street Fighter would be the greatest one made ever. No DLC's, straight old school gangsta shit...
I told a really good friend of mine that I would be posting this blog for the true comic book fans, especially as it related to the movies that spawn from them. As a man that reads comics I feel somewhat biased to some of the horrible shit I see in the theater. My friend told me that I have to look at it from every angle, I can't just be critical of the book and myself alone. In a sense I can understand, however, there are things that change my mind and put me back on the road of selfishness once again, the reason I say selfishness, well, I'm sure it is a million mf's that feel the same way as I, but like I said, this was my dawg and I talking.
I sat down and did some research and I came up with a list of comic book movies that I enjoyed, they are:
1. X-Men 1 & 2
2. Spider-Man 2
3. Blade 1 & 2
4. Iron Man 1 & 2
5. Kick-Ass
6. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
7. Batman Begins
8. Dark Night
9. Hell Boy 1 & 2
Now, there are a few more movies on the list, however, I just wanted to get into the importance of the major titles and why they were good. I also will give you a list of the movies I totally fuc'n hated... They are:
1. Spider-Man 3
2. Hulk
3. Wanted
4. Daredevil
5. Ghost Rider
6. X3
7. Wolverine
8. Elektra
9. Superman Returns
I'll give you all just a sec to review those movies... OK, As we as fans of comic book movies should know, Thor & Captain America are releasing later this year, they are Marvel Studios Productions, meaning they are incorporated with films such as Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Even though X-Men & Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Blade & Elektra are all Marvel comics/movies, they are not filmed as part of the Marvel Studios group, which means that their stories may not intertwine with one another. In 2012 The Avengers is due to release and for the fans, who are The Avengers? Cap A, Thor, Iron-Man & sometimes the Hulk, you get the picture, of course their are some characters left out.
Hawkeye even makes his first appearance in this film. This is the type of film I want to see. I know it won't be exactly like the book or comic, but as close as possible to meet with the likings of the hardcore fans as well as regular movie watchers.
Kick-Ass may have been probably one of my most favorite comic book adaptations. It stayed as to the book as possible with maybe 2 changes. But the changes it had, the fan could deal with and like. Can't wait for the 2nd installment and hopefully they keep it to the stroll of the book once more.
Now on to the BULLSHIT... They saw Spider-Man 3 was sooo fuc'd up they tried to make Tobey come back in part 4 to battle against The Vulture... lol, are you serious, The Vulture??? Oh yeah, Black Cat was not going to be Black Cat, she was going to be some dumb shit called The Vulturess... Total Fail... Once Spider-Man 4 folded, they decided to start allover from scratch with a new star, a new suit and a new image, oh yeah, and WEB CARTRIDGES...
Tobey, it was not your fault, Thank you for Spider-Man 1 & 2, you did a great job. Now this new kid, Andrew Garfield. A total reboot, and from the looks of it, the story seems to be old school like the original comic was. Flash Thompson, Gwen Stacey & Curt Connors as the Lizard. Mary Jane's slutty ass wasn't first. lls.
By far, Wanted was one of the best comics made since 2000. It ran from 2003-2005. When the movie was released in 2008, fans had high hopes and then they realized who was playing the roles of the characters and what characters were not included in the movie. Sadly, when the comics were written & drawn, they had certain stars in mind to play the parts in the live action movies. If you ever get the opportunity to read the graphic novel, check it out. Angelina most definately was not supposed to be in this movie...
NOW... X-MEN: FIRST CLASS is releasing this year. This is the prequel to the X-Men series. It's set in the 1960's and it focuses on the relationship Xavier and Magneto had before they became enemies & how the School for Gifted Youngsters came about. Below I will show you the actual trailer and then the IGN review, then I will review it myself and explain why people either hate it, like it or don't understand it...
IGN Review:
Now... To a certain degree, the movie doesn't look too bad & the IGN review makes it look a little better. It explains what I was going to say about Mystique, because ALOT of fans were trying to figure out why she would be on the film if she wasn't even thought of to be w/ Magneto yet. Azazel & Mystique are Nightcrawlers parents and this film obviously explain his origin. X3 totally destroyed any help to First Class because of all of the characters they revealed & this whole Havoc shit is really pissing me off. 1st Class should be Beast, Angel, Iceman, Cyclops & Marvel Girl. To some true fans it's somewhat of a slap in the face, BUT, FOX does that to you. They gotta make up for past fuck ups, so they are trying.
I'll go see the movie of course and hopefully it won't totally disappoint me how Wolverine fuc'd up Deadpool. Attached is a list of every X-Men character ever. Check it out & place them where the movies characters fall in.
