No time for love, Doctah Jones! Because it’s time to FREAK OUT once again with your hosts, Aaron, Alan, and Bobby as we take on Doctor Who, Star Wars on Blu-Ray, Bobby’s trip to I-Con, and of course: The majesty of the week in comics. Find out what’s worth pulling (and what needs passing), as well as Alan’s haunting secret and the allure of Le Femme Nikita: VELOCIRAPTOR. What are you waiting for?
Well, crap…. I’ve kinda let myself not think about BioWare’s big foray into MMORPGs, aka Star Wars: The Old Republic. However, BioWare decided to drop a new trailer at the 2011 E3 designed to grab me by the collar and smack me around until I needed to grab a textbook to hide my nerdly shame/excitement. Behold! The lastest SWtOR trailer, “Return” :
I’ll let you clean yourself up a little.
All better? Let’s talk turkey for a sec: As a fairly long-term World of Warcraft player, this trailer got me excited for how the classes fit together (especially since this is the first cinematic to give us any idea what the fighting styles might look like). Trooper, Bounty Hunter (or in this case) Smuggler, Jedi (up to 4 specializations IIRC) are meant to be able to balance the needs of the fight without requiring a specific class (Goodbye to waiting around for 2 hours while someone tracks down a tank or that last DPS player!) I’m not sure how cover mechanics will fit into gameplay (though I’m curious to find out), but I don’t mind admitting: SWtOR is the first SW themed property I’ve seen in ages that gets me EXCITED to spend more time in that galaxy far, far away. And this trailer (which is apparently the opening clip of the game) has certainly upped that ante a bit.
So yes, George Lucas will once again get to slide his childhood-rapist fingers deep into my jean pockets for another go. I suppose I’ll just have to take comfort in the fact that I’ll just be one of thousands. And since the Cap’n's fondest wish is to mow down thousands and thousands of innocents under the vicious blades of his Sith lightsaber, I won’t be alone.
Yeah, I figured out a way to make an Usher/Star Wars reference in the title. THAT’S HOW I ROLL.
Take the classic opening of Star Wars and mix it with Matt Smith‘s first episode as The Doctor and you know what you get? You get awesome, that’s what you get!
I stumbled across this and figured I would share. Enjoy!
Darth Vader: What is it, General? General Veers: My Lord, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed. Com Scan has detected an energy field protecting an area of the sixth planet of the Hoth System. The field is strong enough to deflect any bombardment. Darth Vader: The Rebels are alerted to our presence. Admiral Ozzel came out of lightspeed too close to the system. General Veers: He felt surprise was wiser… Darth Vader: He is as clumsy as he is stupid. General, prepare your troops for a surface attack. General Veers: Yes, my Lord.
From writer/director/animator Russell Arch comes this animated short which shows even a Dark Lord of the Sith is no match for the bureaucracy of iPhone tech support.
We shared these with you back in our ‘buddha days, but seeing as the A-Team is set to make their big screen debut tomorrow (remember to check back for our review!) it seemed like an appropriate time to share these mashup Star Wars and Star Trek opening title sequences with you once again. You’ll find the Trek version after the jump.
A few odds and ends from the first couple of days of this year’s Comic-Con:
