District 9: I didn't see the first eight, and I don't plan to

District 9. As opposed to other alien movies, where the aliens want to destroy us for some exagerated reason we use (building an interstellar bypass perhaps), we instead see them put into Hoovervilles and left there to fend for themselves. I've heard a lot of people ask why. Why do they just leave the ALIENS from OUTERSPACE in a slum? It's very simple, a lot of known cultures do it too. They are disposing of their weak. None of the aliens on the ship had any knowlege of how to fly it, and were no where near the controls if they did. They were left here, probably in an attempt to weed out the current population.

Now as for the rest of the movie, I can only really say that the visuals were what intruiged me. The aliens looked like aliens and the ones that went local still remained unique. The costumes were great when needed too. The alien arm attached to the main character was particularly well done.

Now to the bad part which is the plot. Well, not the whole plot, just the plot devices. First off the MC. We imediately don't care about this guy. The fact that he goes through severe pain and despair doesn't at all help us like him. This is due, mainly because he looks like the manager from Flight of The Concords.

Uncanny

Another thing this movie has to go for itself is the body count. Most of these characters are also completely forgettable, and thus equal wasted screen time.

The ending was dull, and predictable so I won't waste your time with it.

All in all, District 9 had a lot of potential, and did nothing wrong really. A bad cast and bad character development were its two biggest flaws, but what can be done now?

District 9 is rated R.

Z-Control gives it a-

[Meh]

Thank you for reading everybody; and remember to Keep Gaming,

-WW

Punisher: War Zone [Insert Obvious Sub-Title Here]

Punisher: War Zone. Why this movie? Because it's a sequel... to a CBM... of a franchise that only existed as tie-in bait.

Okay so the Punisher comics weren't that bad, but honestly can you honestly tell me that's not what they're for.

We get this guy
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Look familiar? He shouldn't. This guy is not the same guy from the first one and when asked about this they had a somewhat good reason. Thomas Jane, the original Punisher, had signed on to do The Mist and was not available when needed. I like Thomas Jane, and I liked the Mist too. But why would you give up on a for sure franchise with adoring fans, to work on a Stephen King film who's track record is 1/20 for good films. The Mist was good, but there's no way that Jane could know that.

Anyway, the story is set after the first one, seeing as the first one was as railroaded as they come after the unfortunate accident of the Punishers past. We see him first in the full on get up...

This is where stuff starts going down hill. We haven't seen this suit yet, and the previous Punisher never mentioned wanting the armor. He was perfectly content with going gung-ho and attacking with a simple t-shirt and kevlar vest. Impracticle? Yes. Bad-Ass, you'd better believe it. Now we get a full armor with an acrylic paint skull on the front and huge ass wings on the side of his neck for a line. How is this explained?

Newman of course. He's the Punishers supplier, which was so well fleshed out in the original...

You know what scratch that. My understaning was that he got the weapons from his dad's weapon shack, in a vengence style "Kill you with the weapons of the man you killed." This motive could still work... but no. This new way is probably a lot more realistic, but then again not. It's completely absurd to assume that a hardened bad-ass like the Punisher could trust someone like Newman with his weaponry, and even to go so far as letting the guy come and go in the Punisher Cave.

The rest of the movie seems like a video game, but seeing as the first game was awesome and this movie comes no where near that it's kind of lost on me. The only part that I liked was when the bad guys get into the Punishers hideout and start shooting up the place. That was awesome...

and then the ending. I had to watch it over a few times and still don't get it. I don't mean the conflict resolution (god know's we called that entering this sham). I mean the final ending before the cut to black, when Punisher takes the time to shoot out a sign to form... something. Maybe my memory is fucked up but I have no idea what the hell I was looking at. I think it was a cross, but who gives a shit.

Anyway, Punisher: War Zone. Okay, but it could have been better. And Thomas Jane you are a fool for not staying with this movie series.

As always Keep Gaming everyone and I'll see you next time,
-WW

Super-Bowl's Drawn Out FAIL

First off this review is completely legit. The Super-Bowl is a game and it's on TV which makes it a video, plus it's big name media... so...

Anyway, I do watch the Super-Bowl. I watch it for the icon that it is, as well as the commercials. But mostly I watch it for the Half-Time show and if I'm going to be sitting through 1-4 hours of slap ass testosterone I'd better get a good one.

For the most part I agree with my fellow Youtuber Jeremy Jahns in his despair over the lack of Daft Punk. They seriously did look like Tron suits (except for the one guy who took his wardrobe off of a Christmas tree) , which most people would immediately think "Tron just came out, maybe they'll have Daft Punk". Then the NFL basically says, "Fuck you and your expectations."

Fuck you NFL.

But Glee was good. The Thriller scene was enjoyable, and they actually put some character development into the gay/bully guy. I even started dancing along to the song halfway through.

So Half-Time= FAIL
Glee=Win

See you all next year, and Keep Gaming,
-WW