Offbeat VOD: Movie-in-a-Movie Trailer
Once in a great while, a movie has a moment so sublime, so ethereal, that it defies explanation. This trailer for the movie in the movie Tropic Thunder is one of those moments. Introduced with the gravitas of James Lipton reading a phone book, this clip shows rapper-turned-actor character Alpa Chino’s chart-topping hit “Booty, Sweat, and Tears.” It’s highly recommended to crank up the volume and rock out to the last 15 seconds of brilliance. It’s not recommended that you play it around sensitive coworkers.
Ohh, Wall-E. A sad movie if there ever was one, but at least it was very good. Coincidentally, Wall-E the game is also sad—but for totally different reasons. It’s another bad game based on a good movie. Who’d of thunk it?
Another Comic-Con come and gone, and this past convention had some huge announcements and exclusives that leaked their way onto the internet for those not capable of attending the convention ourselves. Comic-Con is no longer just about comic books, but also films and even video games, giving a super massive experience, and plenty of exciting content to drool about.
Shortly after filming began, Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer unexpectedly announced that the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie has been given a little push back. And by little, I mean almost a whole year. Disney’s official reason: they want more time. 
Ever since Lucasfilm Games’ 1987 title, Maniac Mansion, heralded one of the first uses of cut scenes, video games have veered towards the cinematic. With this similarity to films and the almost “interactive movie” nature of many popular video games today—Metal Gear Solid series, Final Fantasy, GTA, and Resident Evil 4—there’s no doubt that the game industry is making the transition to film, not just the other way around. We know the Resident Evil Hollywood movies. But what happens when you take the classic “zombie movie” rubric and base it on a video game based on the undead? Somebody gets confused, and—perhaps—magic happens. More on Resident Evil: Degeneration after the cut.
The Dark Knight proved once again that superheroes sell, but as good as the movie was, it could end up the next victim in a long list of terrible comic-book-turned-movie-turned-video-game. These games don’t seem to get better, because nothing ever really changes about them.
Yeah, yeah, I get it, The Dark Knight is going to blow my mind. In the meantime, another tale of unlikely heroism has got my attention. A gritty, in-depth story of the lives of professional gamers, from the current stars to the dark horses to the fresh faces, Frag will, no doubt, itself blow a few minds.
The only thing worse than spending $10 to see a terrible movie adaptation of a great game is to pay $50 to own the terrible game adaptation of a great movie. We all know that movie games are never a good way to spend your birthday money (Did you know that 