TENET - NEW TRAILER

“John David Washington is the new protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s original sci-fi action spectacle Tenet. Armed with only one word – Tenet – and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Not time travel. Inversion.”










Release date: July 17, 2020 (USA)

Unreal Engine 5 Feature Highlights | Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5

Unreal Engine 5 includes unprecedented developments in real-time computer graphics. With the new Nanite virtualized micropolygon technology, artists can create visuals without concern for polycounts. And with Lumen, they can achieve unparalleled realism with fully dynamic global illumination.

 https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5 

Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo presented by Epic Games on a PS5

Next Gen is right around the corner and even though we haven't seen the PS5 console thanks to this tech demo we see and hear what PS5 games can achieve!
I suggest watching the video with no sound the first time so you don't hear what the presenters say about Nanite and Lumin engines...
Then re-watch it with the sound on to hear about the Nanite and Lumin engines abilities! it really floored me when I heard how many polygons are not only in 1 frame of the demo but in the entire demo!
And from what I heard in this demo along with what Mark Cerny talked about in the last "Road to PS5" presentation I'm gonna need to upgrade my Home Theater!

The Clone Wars S7E12 Victory and Death

The finale picks up immediately where Shattered left off and the chaos is relentless all the way through to the end. Rex and Ahsoka fight off wave after wave of clone troopers as Maul wreaks havok on his way to the engine room, There he uses all his anger and hatred he can muster and rends both hyper drive units thus dooming all onboard. I'll admit he seemed noticably more powerful than ever in this scene, but I suspended my disbelief by chalking it up to his desperation not to be brought back anywhere near Darth Sidious.

As the ship drifts into the gravitational pull of a nearby moon Rex and Ahsoka find their path to the one operational shuttle cut off by Commander Jesse and a sea of troopers. Maul capitalizes on the opportunity and races to take it.

And this is the last time we see Maul till Ezra finds him on Malachor.

This episode is strictly Ahsoka and Rex's story, there is no interlacing with Revenge of the Sith...we all know what's going taking place elsewhere in the Galaxy.

Suffice to say  Ahsoka and Rex survive the plummeting Republic Cruiser, the final ten minutes there isn't one word of dialog which exemplifies the melancholy atmosphere. 

The final scene was beautiful in it's simplicity, yet it is left wide open to interpretation to the viewer. Who do we see holding Ahsoka's lightsaber? Darth Vader or Anakin Skywalker? What is he thinking about when he ignites the lightsaber? Anger? Regret? Sadness?

 Now to re watch Star Wars Rebels! 

The Clone Wars S7E11 Shattered

We all know what's about to go down in this episode yet the tension was so palpable! The dirge-like music was perfect!  For me the most fascinating thing in the episode was the comment from Bo Katan to Ahsoka regarding the containment unit Maul was locked in,

"A relic from a bygone era when Mandolorians had to imprison you force wielding maniacs"

This episode could've gone by the numbers but Filoni added one little conversation between Ahsoka and  Bo Katan regarding the containment unit Maul was put in that opened up a whole new avenue to the Jedi/Mandolorian War from the Old Republic! This one conversation can now open up pathways to shows regarding Tarre Visla and the Jedi/Mando War from ages past!
The conversation between Ahsoka and Rex was made more emotional because we all knew what was about to go down, the visual cues were subtle but they were all around, when Ahsoka and Rex walked onto the bridge of the Republic Cruiser it absolutely felt OT with the officers in the bridge pits, and the hallways and detention cell Maul was put in felt so similar to Leia's in ANH!
Even with my knowledge from Star Wars Rebels I was still on edge throughout the episode with Ahsoka fighting off the Clones sudden attack.
Hearing the audio from RotS overlaid when Ahsoka is standing on the bridge when they make the jump had such emotional impact, and reminded me of Yoda's reaction on Kashyyyk when he felt the numerous Jedi falling after Sidious executed order 66.
Now on to my boy Maul, I absolutely loved watching Maul pulling a Vader even though it's actually the other way around...



Sadly the show will truly end next Monday May the 4th.
So with that I wish all of you an early May the 4th be with you!