"You saw Dog Day Afternoon. If I'm gonna take it in the ass, I wanna be kissed first."

Been a bit since I posted, but with finals, Oblivion, and social demands, it's been tough. I have seen a few things of interest though.

Firstly, looks like the X-Men movies will finally have a Danger Room . What does this mean for us uber-geeks who salivate at the combination of words "Danger" and "Room"? Either a really bitchin' training sequence...or a very awkward one. Now, don't get me wrong, I have been amazed at almost every step that has been taken with this film franchise, but the Danger Room is sort of an enigma. It's one of those things you just don't screw up. If it ends up looking mighty awkward, then I'd be very sad. I'm already anxious enough as it is, having Brett Ratner directing the show now that Singer decided to bail for the lesser super hero--yes, I said it, Superman is a shitty super hero. I mean, The guy who did Rush Hour? I dunno man. I'll still be there opening night, but I just may not dress up this time. Or, any time.

There's also some good news, and some terrible news. I'll give the good news first.

And by good news, I mean great news, because Ubisoft, developers for a dozen or so amazing game franchises--including Prince of Persia, Far Cry, Drakengard, Splinter Cell--are finally dropping Starforce, the company that provided them with a digital-rights protection software which has come under massive heat in the last few months. It's not really surprising, considering Ubisoft is being sued over Starforce's Digital Rights Management (DRM) software. A $5 million law suit is sure to break up any good relationship.

Frankly, I could not be happier about it. Starforce was a terrible system that, quite frankly, didn't work. I mean forget creating weakness in PC's, allowing them to be hacked, blah blah. The shit didn't even WORK. And not in the sense that it was easy to get around. I'm talking in the sense that half the time it doesn't allow you to play the game you've legally bought. Plus, after the whole Gallactive Civ thing, Starforce has pretty much lost every leg it had to stand on.

That doesn't mean Ubi's going to stop using DMR's though, just like Sony didn't after their whole DMR scandal. I have nothing against DMR, even being an admitted game pirate. It's just that, frankly, their aren't a whole lot of them that don't either screw up, or leave you exposed. We'll see where Ubi goes with this.

And, now the bad news. Blade, one of my favorite movie franchises--yes, I know it was a comic book first, and yes, I don't include the third one 'cause it was fucking terrible--has sunk even lower thank it did with Blade Trinity. It's now coming to TV. Spike TV, to be exact--terrible trailers for which can be forcefully viewed here and here.

All I can say, is what the fuck? First, Goyer kills all of Del Toro's work in Blade 2 with Blade Trinity--ohh, look, Ryan Reynolds being funny. What show was he on? Two Guys, A Girl, and A Pizza Place? Wait, you mean he's been playing the same character from that show, in every single movie he's been in? Really? What? You're shitting me. Also, terrible directing, terrible story, TERRIBLE Dracula, and Triple H.

Now they're bringing it on TV? Ok, breathe. It might not be that bad. I mean, it's Snipes, right? I'm sure he can salvage the character with his natural charisma...wait. Snipes isn't in it? Who is? STICKY FINGAZ!? The washed up rapper who played, get this a washed up rapper on The Shield? I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked his character on The Shield. But a rapper? As Blade? Fuckin hell.

I will end this by referring you to the title of this post.

Peace,
Ram