Let's Talk - A Summer of Movies Part 1 (Sequels)

So I don't know about you but I am excited for this Summer. Not so much for gaming though, with no one game making me stop and check for a release date, but for movies. Movies are getting bigger and better with new franchises, old franchises and reboots all coming to the big screen and so I'd like to run through just a fraction of these and let you know why you should go to the cinema this summer.

First of all let's talk sequels. Oh, the poor sequel. Never better than the first and just leading to the inevitable flop of the third (or 7th if you are a popular horror franchise). But recently sequels are where it's at. Just look at some seconds in the last decade or so: The Two Towers, The Hangover Part 2, The Dark Knight. All movies you would watch time and time again with out a second thought. So give sequels a chance!

Starting with RED 2! Now if you haven't seen RED, stop reading this and go watching it because to be honest, it is so much better than reading this and I will be here when you get back. Ok, now they've gone I can continue. RED (Retired and Extremely Dangerous) was an unbelievable comic book adaptation directed by Robert Schwentke and starring big names such as Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich. It was by far one of the best movies of 2010 but sadly went a bit under the radar for unknown reasons. Nevertheless, great acting performances from all the cast (with special mentions to John Malkovich and Karl Urban) clinched a sequel due to be released on July 19th this year. With most of the cast returning plus a few new faces, this movie promises laughs, action and even some feels such as those from the first movie (you know exactly what I'm talking about). TRAILER

Next up is Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Now I know what you are thinking. "Percy Jackson? Really Tramp?" I don't know why you called me Tramp. Nobody calls me Tramp. But they are your thoughts so I'll just leave it at that. So back to the movie: I actually enjoyed the first in this fantasy adventure series which revitalises ancient Greek myths for a modern audience. Although aimed at a younger audience, it had a lot of laughs and decent action coupled with a smidgen of suspense, which kept me interested for the duration of the film. I'm not going to talk too much about this movie's predecessor as I haven't seen it since its stint on Sky but I will say this movie looks good. Dodgy CGI aside, it looks good. And I'll watch anything with Nathan Fillion in it! TRAILER

Last up, we have Kick-Ass 2. If you haven't seen Kick-Ass, I'm not going to ask you to stop reading, go watch it and come back. I'm instead going to ask you to stop reading, go watch it and then re-evaluate your life choices because frankly, we don't want your kind here! (Just a little joke; I love you really. Just a little less now). So Kick-Ass 2 promise the same blend of comedy and action from the first movie, that you can only find in great comic books these days. Nerd outburst aside this movie looks incredible and with new characters played played by the likes of Jim Carey, Donald Faison and even Mark Millar himself we can hope this movie builds on that success and on to greater things. Special mention to Chloe Grace Moretz, who is going to be the best actress of the next generation and just is Hit Girl. TRAILER

Before we move on I'd just like to mention a few sequels I will be covering in the near future:

-Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
-Thor: The Dark World
-The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
-The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
-Anchorman: The Legend Continues

Sadly these are not coming out until after summer and so I will have to cover them in later posts. Individually. At great length. Especially Sin City and Thor.

That's all for Part 1 guys. Leave a comment and/or share this with your friends, associates or if you think it's bad your mortal enemies. Thanks a lot for reading this far and Part 2 will be out tomorrow. Peace!

YouTube and more!

So as some of you may be aware, my first YouTube video went up this week. I had previously put up some test videos but this was the first to make it as a full fledged success.

Well I say success. To say the video is rough around the edges is somewhat of an understatement, but posting YouTube videos isn't a simple process. 

This first video, which you can see HERE, is a simple 10 minute Minecraft video which took about 3 hours to make from start to finish. By the end of it, I was tired and frustrated but decided that it was a decent first attempt (but you can be the judge of that).

With an average quality video taking this long to create and examinations on the go you can see why I haven't posted a follow up yet. 

Which brings me on to the point of this post. After this Friday, I will have finished at university and will be able to clean up this blog, which I do love to write, and also get some time to experiment with recording and editing techniques in order to bring out the good quality videos I set out to make. 

As this blog is how I originally started, I would like to focus on this to begin with, but with your help. I would like this to eventually become a community or forum for people who subscribe to or follow me.  Reading that back, I'm not sure it comes across as I mean it; so I shall elaborate. 

I want this blog to become a place where you (yes you, reading this now) can tell me what you want to see. So if you want a particular post at a particular time, you can tell me directly on here, Twitter or YouTube. Or you can go a step further and write posts yourself and submit them for moderation, and then be credited as you wish (YouTube channel, Twitter, Facebook, etc.). 

So as a community based page, you can see what you choose, because honestly my opinion is not as important when you have gone out of your way to follow this blog. 

Moving on to my Twitter, I feel that I have gained a majority of followers from my FIFA posts and the giveaway following them. Now don't get me wrong guys, you are awesome! I love all the support and the growing community we have built up. However...

I'm not solely a FIFA player. I love lots of games and lots of genres on lots of platforms, and I want this to reflect in what I do. I want to have different series and posts based on what I'm doing and not limit myself to a single game. 

I especially don't want to do this from the get go and give you guys a false impression of what I'm trying to do here. 

So with that in mind the FIFA posts will continue from this Friday as previously scheduled (That is, Sundays and Tuesdays), and I will try and do milestone giveaways as I have stated HERE, but don't be surprised when other posts go up along with them. 

Now moving on from gaming (congratulations if you are still reading this!), I do want to get in to Reviewsdays once I'm clear of these pesky exams and I'd like you're input on that. For the first month or so I will be doing posts based around my interests, but I do encourage you to get in early and influence what I write about. 

Please leave any comments you have on this post and check out my stuff so far (shamelessly plugged below). 

Short version:

-Back to schedule soon

-Leave feedback

-Click ALL the links

-Writers wanted!

-Feel free to contact me on any of my pages for any reason

Thanks guys and girls. You truly are awesome. Peace!

Links

Twitter - https://twitter.com/TrampishRedman
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/TrampishRedman

Another Update

Just to let you guys know that exams have started, stopping me from uploading anything new, and by the time they finish I'll be back in my home town with a capture card waiting for me. This means that the regular FIFA 13 posts will become YouTube videos (which you will still be able to view here) and future posts will be very different.

Reviews:

Reviews will be posted on the week's releases in gaming, movies and music depending on what I can and want to get my hands on that week. I can also do some reviews on comics depending on whether you guys would be interested in that. I actually had a review of the new Paramore album, the new Fall Out Boy album and the movie Seven Psychopaths lined up for the next few weeks but I am being pessimistic and have decided I probably won't have the time. If you'd like to see those go up leave a comment below and I will see what I can do. (Do watch Seven Psychopaths; It's AWESOME!)

Previews:

I will be introducing a new series in which I will be talking about what I am excited about in the near future. This will most likely be a movie related series, especially with a summer of comic book movies coming up, but will also feature the blockbuster games being teased right now.

How To:

Finally, with the other two heavily depending on my moods and opinions, this series will give you a chance to get your say. Here you will tell me what aspects of gaming you are having trouble with and I, along with some helpers (Summer reveal tease; Check) will jump in with the solutions. So if you are stuck or need a hand on any game on any platform, tweet me HERE and I'll create a post or a video just for you, with your own little shout out and maybe an appearance. Start tweeting now!

That's all for today guys and girls, and probably all for the next week or so, but stay tuned, subscribe, comment and follow, and remember I want your opinions. Thanks and peace!

*Oh yeah, I love Minecraft now. That is all*

Hidden Gemsdays - Week 2

Hey guys! This week on Hidden Gemsdays, I'm going to be bring you some special players from our Scottish Squad Builder posted on Sunday. Some of these players are very surprising and equally cheap, earning them a position in our squad. Ok now the introduction is out of the way, let's get started.

First up, we have our bronze midfielder McCabe, from Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship. This CM put in some great performances and far out-shined his gold counterparts. With 76 pace and 69 dribbling he is an awesome attacking midfielder and for under 300 coins, an absolute bargain too.

Next it's going to have to be Gilks. This beast of a keeper from Blackpool in the Championship saved the team from an undeserved defeat on many an occasion, pulling of reflex saves and coming out on top in plenty of 1 on 1 situations. At only 6'1", he is a little bit shorter than I would like my keeper to be, but in game you can't really notice. For under 400 coins, he is definitely worth a look, and has earned himself the #1 position in this squad.

Next, at LB we have Lee Wallace from Rangers.This guy was fast, strong and always where he needed to be, whether in attack or defence. Assisting a couple of times and putting in match saving tackles plenty of times, he makes it into the team easily with a price tag of around 750 coins.

Lastly, we have Gary Caldwell, the Wigan CB. Caldwell turned out to be an absolute tank of a defender. He is a little bit lacking in pace, but he makes up for it with brute strength and presence. For under 400 coins, I'd recommend you pick him up now and try him out. If you're really lucky, you might even get him for discard value.

Now I would just like to mention two more players who are going to eventually be added to this squad.

First of all, Snodgrass will most likely feature because he was hands down the best player all round in the Scottish Squad, but I would like to pick up his IF version first to compare the two. Secondly Templeton will probably be on the subs for this team, but I need to find a Hearts version of his card for chemistry purposes and sadly there haven't been any on the market over the past few days.

Ok, that's it for this weeks Hidden Gems, but stay tuned for next weeks Dutch players who you will definitely want to go out and buy for your teams. Thanks for reading guys, and as always let me know what you think by leaving a comment. All criticism is appreciated; especially the positive kind. Peace!

*See the team so far HERE*