Poison Ivy in Batman: Arkham Asylum

Bane, Harley... now Poison Ivy! These game trailers keep winning me over, I guess August 25th isn't that far away! Originally, this game was to be released in June, but for non-disclosed reasons it was delayed to August. If the game will deliver in the same fashion as the trailers and the developer demos, this game will definitely be worth the wait.

iPhone Undies

Not sure if Victoria's Secret will have lines of girls, or guys, anxiously awaiting to purchase these, but I'm sure all the iPhone nuts will get a kick out out of em!

GI Joe, what their real agenda is!

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I'm taking the same attitude with this movie as I did with Transformers, very low expectations. While I don't doubt there will be some great action and fight sequences, I'm sure GI Joe will not resemble the original GI Joe series beyond Snake Eyes and the use of familiar names. It does help that Sienna Miller looks smoking hot as the Baroness.

If you ask me, I think the underlying goal of this movie is to sell toys. All I need to say to prove this point: "Acceleration Suits!"

Surrogates Trailer

This trailer looks awesome! What trips me out is that this is how many MMORPG gamers live their lives. Looks like I know what my next graphic novel purchase will be!

Megan Fox - "Wonder Woman is a lame superhero"

"Wonder Woman is a lame superhero," Fox told the paper. "She flies around in her invisible jet and her weaponry is a lasso that makes you tell the truth. I just don't get it. Somebody has a big challenge on their hands whoever takes that role but I don't want to do it." -Megan Fox

Megan Fox is the "it girl" right now, as she graces every magazine cover known to man. In addition, she'll be starring in the anticipated sequel, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." If you ask me, I can't stand her, and for her to put down such an iconic character makes me feel sorry for her. Wonder Woman paved the way for female superheroes, and here comes Megan Fox, spitting on years of gender equality that Wonder Woman has built.

Who's really watching Megan Fox for her acting? No one! When the roller coaster of good looks ware off, she'll be begging to play any role she can get. It won't be long until she reaches Lindsey Lohan or Amy Winehouse status.

Read the full article here.

Freddie Prinze Jr. on 24

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Freddie Prinze Jr. will be joining the cast of Fox's 24 next season [Season 8]. Mr. She's All That will be playing Davis Cole, "a recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to follow in Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) footsteps."

I've never really been a fan of Freddie Prinze Jr., I even shrugged at the thought about him gunning for the part of Peter Parker in Spider-Man. At the same time, I don't doubt the casting decisions that are made on 24. I'm on the fence on this one. While I don't doubt that 24 will be great, I'm worried Freddie will be a pretty-boy distraction. We'll see what happens.

Walmart cleaning up... their toy aisle!

Not too long ago, Walmart announced they will be launching a campaign to make their stores more organized, providing a "cleaner" shopping experience. This entails taking out certain displays and end caps making for wider aisles and room to visually browse products. Word on the street is that the toy aisle will be heavily affected to this new change, meaning less toys and collectibles to hunt for. Sure enough, the action-figure community, including scalpers, were up-in-arms. Where will toy-hunters and scalpers go to find rare MOC collectibles. On a broader scope, those most affected will be the toy manufacturers, as Walmart is a strong vendor for revenue.

Walmart fired back with this statement:

"Walmart has no new plans to reduce allocated shelf space for toys companywide, and any story or rumor to the contrary is false. Store assortments and quantity levels at Walmart stores will differ based on consumer demand and product trends, as well as seasonal and geographical differences. We will continue to be a leading destination for affordable, high quality toys in the markets we serve."

So let me get this straight. Walmart had the power to put mom-and-pop toy shops out of business, essentially being king-of-the-castle as toy sellers. Now they have the power to limit what toys we can buy? Sounds awfully sketchy to me.

Read the full article here.

Fan Made Green Lantern Trailer

Thought this fan-made Green Lantern was pretty cleaver. You'll recognize many of the movie clips used for this trailer:

Terminator Salvation Review

With the Memorial Day weekend winding down, so are the final tallies for box office numbers. Unfortunately, Terminator Salvation is not reigning supreme. Here is my review on Terminator Salvation.

I had high hopes for this film. From exclusive clips and panel interviews at Comic Con to the final trailers leading-up to the release of the film, McG and Christian Bale looked like they had the right formula for reigniting the Terminator franchise. Well, the movie was good, but I didn’t love it. Stop here if you’re wary of spoilers.

I was led to believe the story was going to focus on John Connor. Being the leader of the resistance, I imagined they’d explore his character’s personal conflict and how he came to be the legend that is “John Connor.” I was completely mislead as the focus was almost entirely on Marcus Wright, being the prototype design of Skynet and Cyberdine Systems as a Terminator with total human emotion. Marcus Wright was basically a Terminator, not aware of being a machine. The future isn’t too distant as its set in 2018, so there were no laser guns as seen in flashbacks from the originals, so the technology was relatively primal. There were no hints of time travel being developed. In addition, I’m a big fan of post-apocalyptic stories, which is why I was looking forward to this film, but there was something about this movie that didn’t show a futuristic level of desperation that they should have.

Christian Bale’s performance was great, but something about it seemed a bit misplaced. It almost seemed like he would’ve been better suited playing Marcus Wright. Don’t get me wrong, I think Sam Worthington did a fantastic job, but I think having Christian Bale and Sam Worthington on this movie together almost seemed like duplicating roles. On an unrelated note, I keep getting the impression Bale is not being forgiven for his “Batman voice.” Will people leave that alone already? For the rest of the cast Anton Yelchin did a great job as a teenaged Kyle Reese and Moon Bloodgood was simply hot. Beyond breaking Marcus Wright free from captivity, I can’t recall why her character was really needed.

Reigniting a franchise obviously doesn’t come without hints to its predecessors. There were plenty of tongue-in-cheek references to the original two films. The keyword here is TWO, as they conveniently made no references to Terminator 3, which I don’t blame them for. From “I’ll be back” to “Come with me if you want to live” you’ll find a lot of familiarities. They even played Guns N Roses "You Could Be Mine," which was prominently placed during a motorcycle sequence. The mother of all references was having Arnold Schwarzenegger come out as a prototype T-800 in full garb, or lack thereof. The CGI used to superimpose Arnold’s face on another body looked flawless, and was actually a highlight for me.

Overall, the movie looks great on the surface, but it doesn’t have as much depth as I would’ve expected.

It's official, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is terminated!

Sad but true, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles is officially canceled, as are other shows from a variety of different networks. I wasn't surprised Fox's newest animated show got the boot as well, "Sit Down and Shut Up." where I actually meet the voice cast recently at San Francisco's Wonder Con 2009 including Will Arnet, Henry Winkler, Keenan Thompson. For me, Terminator will be sorely missed. At least we have Terminator Salvation to look forward to this week.

Check out which shows made the cut, and who got cut here.