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Movie news update (HUGE)

Written by Choyrt

Thursday, 02 September 2010 13:39

I've been pretty busy lately so the front page has gone over a week without an update of some kind. For the handful of guildies who check the page, I'm sorry! I want to validate your mouse clicks! We only get on average 30 hits a day and despite having over 200 articles of news items,the Circle of Fear site doesn't get a lot of traffic.

Below is a shit ton ... a plethora ... a really big amount of movie news updates. Enjoy!

1.) Conan might not be the PG-13 whimper-fest I initially suspected. Granted, they might be trying to film for a PG-13 movie and then add stuff in to make it 'R' (Looking at YOU Riddick and Expendables) for dvd release but there have been some pictures of filming involving many a bared breast with Conan in the middle of some kind of drinking fest. Still looks like a shit movie, but thar will be bewbs. Or bewbs in an extended director's cut. If you really want the real, unwatered down Conan head here.

2.) Judge Dredd's reboot will star the abused Karl Urban. I say 'abused' because this dude rocks and he just has not gotten a lot of luck with the films he has been in. Aside from playing Bones in the Star Trek reboot, he's been in some terribad films ala Pathfinder and Doom (the most Calvinistic film I've ever seen). I will also assert that I SHAMELESSLY enjoyed the first Judge Dredd film starring Stallone so my expectations for a failtastic spectacle are high!

3.) Lincoln is now kaput. Spielberg was to cast Liam Neeson as Abe in a huge, lavishly produced biopic but it is no more. Schedules just fell apart and despite the huge amount of research Neeson did the for roll it will no longer be. Perhaps we will one day get a marvelous production along the lines of HBO's John Adams but it looks like Spielberg's ambitious biopic is no more.

4.) The Expendables is aiming to be a franchise. Expect perhaps 3+ movies out of this one especially since the producer of the film looooooves sequels. For Expendables 2: Expend Harder Bruce Willis' character is slated to play the villain so perhaps this time there won't be shitty special effects, lame-ass fights and terribad treatment of Jet Le. What a fucking tame let-down ...

5.) Tron Legacy is going to stimulate Disneyland/World in whole new ways! Expect a large Flynn's Arcade to get a revamping, lightcycle rides, and places to eat as Disney builds new attractions at their venues. Disney has put a lot behind this movie, and rightfully so because the soundtrack is awesome, the lighting looks sharp, and the young Flynn has me tripping balls every time I see him in that trailer. Is the young Flynn the MCP somehow!? I DON'T KNOW!

Enjoy the Disney attraction concept art:

6.) Wolverine has prompted a sequel .... called .... Wolverine 2. There are a couple of people up to direct including Slade (30 Days of Night) and some others, but fuck it. The first stand-alone Wolverine movie was ASS ... ASS I SAY and since we're expecting a Deadpool movie starring Ryan Reynolds I'm not sure if we'll be burnt out before Bryan Singer's X-Men First Class hits us next year.

7.) Excalibur will be getting the remake treatment via the aforementioned Bryan Singer. There are zero casting decisions made so far and I don't even think writers have been picked, but I figured I'd toss it up here because despite how fucking HORRIBLE the original was some people treat it like cannon. Like Highlander. Seriously. What the fuck do people see in Highlander?

8.) Monsters interests me. It is a hyper realistic monster movie that takes place long after an actual invasion and the space beings are here to stay. In a way, the film explores how the ecology changes as well as the culture ... consider it a less spectacle-oriented District 9. The filming budget for this film was low and I mean LOW at an oft touted $15,000. Watch the clip below to learn more:

9.) Kick Ass 2 has been green-lit according to Millar himself. Will we see the same cast return and the same hardcore action? I don't know! I have honestly not seen this film though I've been dying to. Sound off on the movie on the forums or in the game to let me know if a part 2 is warranted.

10.) Captain America .... still needs your help! Actually, every scrap of footage and set design I've seen from this movie lands it squarely as a period piece. Perhaps there are flashback sequences within a larger film's framework, but could it be that the entire film be a WWII super hero epic? WOULD CAPTAIN AMERICAN BATTLE CYBORG HITLER?!

The Well-Rounded Gamer: Dominion

Written by Tazri

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 15:01

Today, ladies and gentlemen (“and those who have yet to make up their minds”*) of CoF, we learn about Rio Grande Games' award-winning and generally awesome title Dominion.

Winner of the 2009 Spiel des Jahres award, Dominion is a game of empire building. The table begins the game with ten stacks of various action cards, three stacks of money units, and three stacks of victory point units. Players begin the game with a deck of ten cards and use them to buy, earn, or steal more cards for that deck. Which would get very old after a few games if Dominion didn't have thirty different action cards to choose from before the game begins. This allows players to pick and choose the table's cards depending on what kind of game they want. A simple game of building and aquiring will have no “attack” action cards, whereas an intrigue game may have three or four attack cards on the table. For a quick game, choose cards that help you aquire gold quickly. Dominion's rule book has four sample card layouts, but there is tons of room to customize the game.

Dominion is designed for two to four players. Some card layouts work better with three or four players, while some layouts are just fine for two. Choyrt and I have taught the game to lots of people – one as young as nine years old. It's easy to teach, quick to learn. I would, however, recommend buying some sort of card carrying binder or box. The box Dominion comes in tends to get the stacks all mixed together when tipped, and it is very annoying to sort all those cards. Magic players, you know what kinds of binders and boxes I mean.

Dominion has a number of expansions. Some come in boxes as big as the original game, so if you go out and drop $45 bucks on this game (and you totally should if you can) make sure you grab the right box!