Looking Ahead to 2012: Quarter 2 (April – June)

Hello internet perusers!  We are back with round 2 of the four part year break down of things to come.  Between April and June, the writers on HST have plenty that we are looking forward to in movies, music, and games,, and we want to share them with you.  No, none of these are April Fool’s jokes.  Zac is actually really excited to see a movie about male strippers. [Read more...]

Suggestion Box – Special E3 Edition

If you aren’t a nerd then you probably had no idea that a major gaming and electronic convention was going on during the beginning of this week.  Then again, you probably aren’t reading this post either because of that same reason… Hm… Well then, since no introductions are in order, let me just dive right in.

This year’s main events at E3 can be more or less summed up by what the three big hitters (Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo) had to show off at their conferences.  To sum up, everyone thinks they are the best in the biz, the one to do it first, the one to bring the best and newest technology to the masses… Blah blah blah.  Tooting their horns aside, all three can be summed up as follows: motion controls, exercise, sports, 3D, and a new 250 gb XBOX 360 (I write that last bit glaring at the 360 I have now, which is the result of 3 separate red ring incidents).  Now you know everything you need to! …  Just kidding.  Well, partially.  If you want to get a full break down of the press conferences of the big three then be sure to check out Zac’s write up here.  As for me, well, I am all about the gaming aspect of the show.  Which brings about this glorified Suggestion Box.  Here is what I was excited by:

Suggestion Box (March 22 – 28)

Movies:

Accidents Happen Trailer – Oooo… Look at the slo mo…  Okay, this movie about an accident-prone family and how they cope with it looks to be pretty interesting all around, but it had me hooked a couple seconds into the trailer with the slow motion baseball rebound…  Check it out here.

Despicable Me Trailer – All right, with this trailer it is finally possible to get an idea of what the story of this animated film is actually about.  Check it out here.

The First Avenger: Captain America – Okay, I guess technically this isn’t a suggestion so much as a news related rant…  But looks like Chris Evans will be playing Captain America.  Though I love him because he is hilarious and, let’s face it, quite dreamy, I don’t understand why superhero films recycle their actors so much.  It may be hard for many to remember judging on the opinions of the Fantastic Four films, but Evans has already played a superhero with the Human Torch, another Marvel character no less.  And the same can be said for Ryan Reynolds, who played Deadpool in Wolverine and is now not only getting a movie based on that character, but is playing the Green Lantern as well.  He is also one of my favorites, but this is going to start to get confusing in my comic book based characters universe…  Any thoughts?

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