Happy New Year 2019

Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end...
Here's to a fresh 365

Star Wars Episode IX A Lost Hope

Maybe it’s me getting old, or perhaps something else, but I just have very little interest in IX. I remember the fun I had making predictions for the PT and for TFA and TLJ but after TLJ I've lost all interest in this trilogy. The only thing that has my interest at all is Favareu’s “The Mandalorian”. The Star Wars Resistance annimated TV series was excrement. I can't be the only fan that feels this way? I find my lack of faith disturbing! At this point there is no cohesive story line, and they’ve made it depressingly clear connective tissue to the OT and PT is not high on their priority list.I’m gonna see it not because I’m genuinely excited for it but because I feel obligated to because I’m invested. And that’s upsetting. There's so much that needs to be addressed, and plot lines that need to be closed. I just can't see how this "trilogy" will conclude in a satisfying way and having Jar Jar Abrams closing it out HA! Good luck with that!

• Does anyone respond to Leia's distress call?
• Is Snoke truly dead, if so who the F was he?
• Will Rey finally put a Kyber crystal in her pole staff?
• Does Chewie die from undercooked Porg?
• Does Maz show up to rescue Leia from Kylo and the first order?
• Does Finn confront Rose about...you know that thing?
• Does Leia give Poe command over the 6 remaining volunteer members of the resistance?
• Will Phasma return as a man?
• Will Rose Tiko upgrade her taser prod?
• Will the second Starkiller base be the main base of Kylo's second order?
• Will DJ's heart grow 3 sizes in episode IX
• Will Lando finally show up and down load L3-3T (uggggh) into 3PO?
• Will Finn pull off Phasma's helmet to reveal she was Qi'ra all along and she would've gotten away with it if it were'nt for them meddling resistance volunteer's and that darn Wookie!?
• Do we ever see or hear about the Knights of Ren again?
• Does Rey ever return to Jakkuine?
• Can someone get a Middichlorian count on Rey please?
• So does anyone know the state of the Galaxy and the Republic at the start of this movie?
• Can we please return to Canto Byte? Or will JJ blow up the planet as a resounding F.U. to Rian Johnson?
• Will Mara Jade show up after being on a wild Bantha chase in the outter rim, sent by Luke to find he's dead and reveal Rey is Luke and Mara's daughter and they simply dropped Rey off on Jakkuine with uncle Unkar while they went to Toshii Station to pick up some power converters.

How can the Skywalker Saga re-conclude on a happy note with Luke dead and Kylo Ren clearly signing a life time contract with the Dark Side and un-redeemable in most fans eyes.
OK I'm done....

Star Wars Theory Fan Film Vader: Shards of the Past episode 1

This very impressive fan film takes place 8 months after the events on Mustafar and focuses on the inner struggles of the New enforcer of the commands of the Emperor, Darth Vader. With the Clone Army still following Order 66 we are treated to a look into the psychological struggles between Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader.
I'm very impressed with the production value of this fan film  and how well it evokes the feels for fans of the OT and PT.
Clearly the crew that made this hold more reverence for the makers creation than RJ and JJ.....I'll just leave it at that.

SFV AE Weekly Missions and Extra Battle Mode for 12/28/18 - 1/4/19

It's Friday December  28th, the 47th week of SFV AE and this weeks missions went live at 12AM last night! This weeks missions are:

1. Use a V-Skill 10X for 50FM

2.  Get a KO with an EX move 10X for 250FM

3. Play Training Mode for 250FM

3.  Play a Casual Match for 500FM


4. An Arcade score of 100,000 or more will be recorded in the rankings for the title "Ruler of the Universe “

5. Win 40 Ranked Matches [CPT Dec 2018] for 20,000FM



After completing the weekly missions, head over to the eXtra Battle Mode, this week we have:

1. [Q&I] Get the Mecha Abigail Crossover Costume #2 for 2500 FM participation fee.






2. Fortune Tix fight against Sagat for 250FM participation fee.


This weeks missions can net you  1050FM.

Subtract 2500FM for Abigail's’s 2nd [Q&I] Mecha Abigail Crossover Costume.
Subtract 250FM to fight Sagat for Fortune Tix.



This week I ended up with 1050FM because I passed on the 2nd Mecha Abigail Crossover Costume Battle and I didn't bother with the Fortune tix fight.

I figure we have 5 more weeks before we see the full season 4 roster since there are 52 weeks in the year and this week is only the 47th week of CPT season 3. So if I'm correct we'll probably see something about the season 4 roster around Friday February 1st.
As always keep fighting the good fight. Be smart with your FM don't complain about the XBM golden soldiers and "Shin" versions of characters because the alternative is Capcom charging RM for all DLC characters.

SFV AE Weekly Missions and Extra Battle Mode for 12/21/18 - 12/28/18

It's Friday December  21st, the 46th week of SFV AE and this weeks missions went live at 12AM last night! This weeks missions are:

1. Get a KO with a Critical Art 1X for 50FM

2.  Perform a counter 10X for 150FM

3. Play Story Mode! for 250FM

3.  Play a Ranked Match for 500FM


4. An Arcade score of 100,000 or more will be recorded in the rankings for the title "Ruler of the Universe “

5. Win 40 Ranked Matches [CPT Dec 2018] for 20,000FM



After completing the weekly missions, head over to the eXtra Battle Mode, this week we have:

1. Middle Class Shadaloo Grunt for 500FM participation fee



2. [Q&I] Get the Mecha Abigail Crossover Costume #1 for 2500 FM participation fee.

3. [Q&I] Get the Viewtiful Joe Crossover Costume #4 for 2000FM participation fee

4. [Q&I] Get the June Crossover Costume #4 for 2000FM participation fee

5. [Q&I] Get the Captain Commando Crossover Costume #4 for 2000FM participation fee

6. [Q&I] Get the Nameless Super Soldier Crossover Costume #4 for 2000FM participation fee.

7. [Q&I] Get the Fiona Crossover Costume #4 for 2000FM participation fee

8. Happy Holidays Fortune Tix for you vs Cammy 12/16-12/19100FM per try (X5)



9. Happy Holidays Fortune Tix for you vs Alex 12/16-12/19100FM per try (X5)

This weeks missions can net you 950FM.
Subtract 500FM to battle the Middle Class Shadaloo Grunt X1
Subtract 2500FM for Abigail's’s 1st [Q&I] Mecha Abigail Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Rashid's 4th [Q&I]  Viewtiful Joe Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Chun Li's 4th [Q&I]  June Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Nash's 4th [Q&I]  Captain Commando Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Guile's 4th [Q&I]  Nameless Super Soldier Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Cammy's 4th [Q&I]  Fiona Crossover Costume.
Subtract 100FM for fighting Christmas Cammy 5x
Subtract 100FM for fighting Christmas Cody 5x

This week I ended up with  -50FM after the 1st Mecha Abigail Crossover Costume Battle.


Capcom Cup concluded Sunday the 17th Ono and Blanka took the stage after the awards ceremony and we got a trailer for...............................Evil Ryu Kage, but he broke thru all the firewalls in hell and showed up in the character select screen before the announcement of season 4! And that's it! We have no idea how many characters are coming this year, who they are or even silouettes to speculate over! I had over 200,000FM so I grabbed Kage, he’s like a mix of Evil Ryu and Oni with a dash of Sean and Dan for the most insane Shoto clone yet!




As always keep fighting the good fight. Be smart with your FM don't complain about the XBM golden soldiers and "Shin" versions of characters because the alternative is Capcom charging RM for all DLC characters.

Hellboy Trailer

How's this for a Juxtaposition, I hated the last Hellboy movie.....it was terrible! I just saw the Lionsgate Hellboy Movie Trailer and I'm sorta interested in it. Meanwhile I was really excited for Captain Marvel last year and after 2 trailers my interest in Capt. Marvel is faltering!
I wonder if they're purposefully not showing Abe Sapien or if he's just not in the movie.
The prosthetic's look good, this Hellboy is definitely looking meaner than Pearlman's.
Whoever the effects artist is for this film should be hired by Lucas film if the Sith return to Star Wars because this guy looks great with the Sith eyes!
I liked the trailer and hope this movie returns to the comic books roots. I like the balance between the dark atmosphere and the dry humor.....DC take note. 

SFV AE Weekly Missions and Extra Battle Mode for 12/14/18 - 12/21/18

It's Friday December  14th, the 45th week of SFV AE and this weeks missions went live at 12AM last night! This weeks missions are:

1.  Perform a combo 10X for 50FM

2. Play Survival Mode! for 250FM

3.  Use Fight Request to Play Casual Match for 500FM

4. Sakura's Urgent Errand for 2,500FM

5. An Arcade score of 100,000 or more will be recorded in the rankings for the title "Ruler of the Universe “

6.  Win 40 Ranked Matches [CPT Dec 2018] for 20,000FM

I'll post a video below to show how to complete the requirements for "Sakura's Urgent Errand” 

Go to Story Mode, Choose Character Story, Choose Karin, choose the epilogue, done.

After completing the weekly missions, head over to the eXtra Battle Mode, this week we have:

1. Get your hands on Fortune Tix against Classic M Bison #3 for 250FM participation fee

2. [Q&I] Get the Mecha Juri Crossover Costume #4 for 2500 FM participation fee.

3. Shin Akuma Strikes for 1000FM participation fee (X3)

4. [Q&I] Get the Viewtiful Joe Crossover Costume #3 for 2000FM participation fee

5. [Q&I] Get the June Crossover Costume #3 for 2000FM participation fee

6. [Q&I] Get the Captain Commando Crossover Costume #3 for 2000FM participation fee

7. [Q&I] Get the Nameless Super Soldier Crossover Costume #3 for 2000FM participation fee.

8. [Q&I] Get the Fiona Crossover Costume #3 for 2000FM participation fee

9. Happy Holidays Fortune Tix for you vs Sakura 12/11-12/14 100FM per try (X5)

10. Happy Holidays Fortune Tix for you vs Falke 12/14-12/17 100FM per try (X5)

This weeks missions can net you 3300FM, plus an additional 20,000FM for the December CPT 2018 challenge (40 ranked wins).

Subtract 250FM to battle classic M. Bison for a Fortune ticket 

Subtract 2500FM for Juri’s 4th [Q&I] Mecha Juri Crossover
Subtract 1000FM to battle Shin Akuma
Subtract 2000FM for  Rashid's 3rd [Q&I]  Viewtiful Joe Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Chun Li's 3rd [Q&I]  June Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Nash's 3rd [Q&I]  Captain Commando Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Guile's 3rd [Q&I]  Nameless Super Soldier Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Cammy's 3rd [Q&I]  Fiona Crossover Costume.

Subtract 500FM for fighting Christmas Sakura 5x
Subtract 500FM for fighting Christmas Falke 5x

This week I ended up with  20,800FM after the 4th Mecha Juri Crossover Costume Battle and fighting Shin Akuma once and failing horribly. 
I completed the 40 ranked wins for the December CPT challenge so I got the 20,000FM! And I got em all with Falke! So if I got 50 FM per ranked win x 40 wins that's an additional 2,000FM.

Only 7 days till Capcom Cup and the announcement of season 4! I’m excited are you? I hope we get to see all the DLC characters for 2019 and no silhouettes !

As always keep fighting the good fight. Be smart with your FM don't complain about the XBM golden soldiers and "Shin" versions of characters because the alternative is Capcom charging RM for all DLC characters.

CAPTIVE STATE - Official Trailer

Ten years ago, they took our planet. Today, we take it back.

Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.

http://www.focusfeatures.com/captivestate

Release Date: 

29 March 2019 

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

                

Godzilla: King of the Monsters is headed straight for us in 2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters will introduce enemies for the mutated lizard that fans are more familiar with. Well, known foes Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan will appear in the sequel to the 2014 film. Gareth Edwards' Godzilla pitted the monster against new creatures referred to as M.U.T.O. (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism). In the first teaser released for the sequel, a glimpse of the creatures was seen, but this new trailer will certainly give them more exposure and tease their connections to the story. It should be exciting for fans to know that Godzilla will battle familiar opponents before moving on to the main event with Kong.

Release Date:  

31 May 2019 (USA)

 

GitS SAC 2045 Announced for Netflix!

So Disney is pulling all their content off Netflix as they begin preparing the launch of D+, their own streaming service that they hope to compete against Netflix, but then Netflix is like I'll see your Nick Cage and Jessica Jones and raise you 1 Major Kusanagi!
Netflix announced a few days ago that a new 3D CG GitS series is coming to Netflix in 2020!
I'm cautiously optimistic the directors are Shinji Aramaki from Appleseed and Kenji Kamiyama from GitS SAC which is very reassuring! I hope they can get Yokko Kanno to do the sound track.
Netflix is kinda hit or miss with Anime, they have some AAA IP's but then they try stuff that makes ya go hmmmm like they're Deathnote live action original series.
I love this franchise but that  2017 Live Action movie with Scarjo was not good....I was hoping it would've been better but splicing together sections from the original and GitS 2 Innocence and SAC does not make a good movie.

Avengers Endgame Trailer Impressions

Oh boy the hype for Avengers Endgame is so cray cray right now! The internet is frame by framing the trailer, theorizing, hypothesizing all on a 2 minute 26 second trailer.....remember how we were all doing this for the Last Jedi? And then we got ya mamma jokes and Leia Poppins and grumpy Luke and UGGGH.
Now we know Captain Marvel is going to play a big role in End Game What do you think will happen if  she tells Tony Stark to sit down and STFU and doesn't share the plan to save the Avengers. Then Loki shows up and slices Thanos in half, half way thru the movie and then Steve Rodger and Tony die using the quantum realm to stop Thanos in the past. And what If Ronin is about to destroy the Infinity Gauntlet but at the last second Dr Helen Cho (age of Ultron) shows up and bumps into Ronin and makes him miss his shot....(I know she's dead) and tells him she did it because she loves him.
Yeahhhhh that'll never happen, that's what us Star Wars fans thought in the height of our fevered fandom.......

Anywho the Endgame trailer brought the feels on pretty heavy! Then Scott Lang shows up and totally shoe horns in a little comic relief.....meh.

Am I excited for April 26th? HELL YEAH! Endgame has a monumental task of wrapping up the events of Infinity War AND segwaying into phase 4 of the MCU.

SFV AE Weekly Missions and Extra Battle Mode for 12/7/18 - 12/14/18

It's Friday December  7th, the 44th week of SFV AE and this weeks missions went live at 12AM last night! This weeks missions are:

1.  Perform a normal throw 10X for 50FM

2. Play Training Mode! for 250FM

3.  Use Fight Request to Play Ranked Match for 500FM

4. The Rumored Four Kings Statue for 2,500FM

5. An Arcade score of 100,000 or more will be recorded in the rankings for the title "Ruler of the Universe “

6.  Win 40 Ranked Matches [CPT Dec 2018] for 20,000FM

I'll post a video below to show how to complete the requirements for "The rumored Four Kings Statue”

Go to Story Mode, Choose Character Story, choose FANG, choose the second chapter, fight Bison and win.

After completing the weekly missions, head over to the eXtra Battle Mode, this week we have:

1. Get your hands on Fortune Tix against Classic M Bison #2 for 250FM participation fee

2. [Q&I] Get the Mecha Juri Crossover Costume #3 for 2500 FM participation fee.

3. Experienced Shadaloo Soldier for 1000FM participation fee (X3)

4. [Q&I] Get the Viewtiful Joe Crossover Costume #1 for 2000FM participation fee

5. [Q&I] Get the June Crossover Costume #1 for 2000FM participation fee

6. [Q&I] Get the Captain Commando Crossover Costume #1 for 2000FM participation fee

7. [Q&I] Get the Nameless Super Soldier Crossover Costume #1 for 2000FM participation fee.

8. [Q&I] Get the Fiona Crossover Costume #1 for 2000FM participation fee

This weeks missions can net you 3300FM, plus 1000FM for every level your character goes up after beating the Experienced Shadaloo Soldier,  plus an additional 20,000FM for the December CPT 2018 challenge.

Subtract 250FM to battle classic M. Bison for a Fortune ticket 

Subtract 2500FM for Juri’s 3rd [Q&I] Mecha Juri Crossover 
Subtract 1000FM X3 to battle the Experienced Shadaloo Soldier
Subtract 2000FM for  Rashid's 2nd [Q&I]  Viewtiful Joe Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Chun Li's 2nd[Q&I]  June Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Nash's 2nd [Q&I]  Captain Commando Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Guile's 2nd [Q&I]  Nameless Super Soldier Crossover Costume.
Subtract 2000FM for  Cammy's 2nd [Q&I]  Fiona Crossover Costume.

This week I ended up with  800FM after the 3rd Mecha Juri Crossover Costume Battle and the Experienced Shadaloo Soldier Battles (3X). 
I’ve got 30/40 ranked wins towards the December CPT challenge so I should get the 20,000FM by next week.

Only 7 days till Capcom Cup and the announcement of season 4! I’m excited are you? I hope we get to see all the DLC characters for 2019 and no silhouettes !

As always keep fighting the good fight. Be smart with your FM don't complain about the XBM golden soldiers and "Shin" versions of characters because the alternative is Capcom charging RM for all DLC characters.

Captain Marvel's second Trailer

Holy cliche quotes Batman!
"I'm not here to fight your war, I'm going to end it"
I was excited for this movie last year but these trailer's are just not doing it for me!
I think this trailer would benefit from some 90's grunge music instead of the canned "epic/ extreme sound track".
Why so serious Brie?