Well Hello again to all of you very wonderful and awesome sauce people across the interwebs, my name is Sam and I am back here once again to talk on the various forms of media pieces in the areas of New Releases, Trailers and News stories all in the focus of what there is to discuss from the last few days, so lets not waste too much time on the usual intros and lets get to talking on all things media for this week.
A wood full of new releases
Movies
Wildwood
So we will start off the first of the new releases for this week with a title that has been long in the waiting and development that after 16 years of fine craft, dedication , detail and everything in between, it will show all of the vast secrets and wonders found in this mysterious forest that will lead to a discovery that will change the course of the society that lies beyond the trees as after 7 years since their last title, we return to the studio of Laika for the release of their all new title of Wildwood. Based on the novel of the same name, the film will follow Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) and her Classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Trembley) are drawn into a hidden magical forest near Portland in an attempt to save Prue's kidnapped infant brother Mac from the crows, who are led by a mysterious woman named Alexandra (Carey Mulligan). Reception on this title has been given universal acclaim with it sitting still at a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes with praise on its scope, scale, performances, narrative, visuals and being a well respected and fine adaption of the first in the novel series and showing the creativity in Stop motion is still present in this day and age and I urge you all to go and support this as I know I will this weekend and you can go check it out now in cinemas.
Clayface
Our next film release of this week is one that will be a bit more of a title that will be a whole lot more darker and be the next iteration in the newly reworked saga of titles based on the world of Superheroes and where the first title told us to look up, the 2nd that may not have been as strongly recieved told us to look out, this new title will be fitting for the time of year and will tell us to look Fear in the face and mold to something stronger or menacing as we have the release of the 3rd film title for the DCU with the film of Clayface. The film will follow Matt Hagan (Tom Rhys Harries), an u-and-coming actor whose face is disfigured by a Gangster. As a form of last resort, Matt turns to a scientist, Dr Caitlin Bates (Naomi Ackie) who transforms his body into clay with some sense of unforeseen consequences. Reception on this new title has been modestly well recieved with praise on the lead performance, the visuals, setting and tone of being a stomach churning body horror. Now I have seen this film as I was invited to the premiere of it and I really cannot tell you how I survived watching this without collapsing in the cinema screen as there was a lot of scenes that nearly took me out but I powered through and will say this is a really solid title and a great body horror in of itself and hope to see more in this new expanding universe and if you are ready to mold the new face of horror then you can also catch this film out now in cinemas (just be warned that it takes a strong stomach to watch).
Klara and the Sun
For the 3rd film of this week will be in the focus of the ideals that we have seen the case about the concerns in the present day about Artificial Intelligence (not that "Super" label the Orange Predator was pushing) and while there is the focus of not wanting these machines to take over all of our lives in different forms, there is some I see where it benefits those that may be more of a physical friend or for those with some ailments or disabilities and this is what will be the focus in presenting here as we have the release of another new adaption of a novel with the release of Klara and the Sun. Based on a novel by Kazou Ishiguro, the film is set in a dystopian future where technological advances have divided humans into strict, isolated social classes, an obsolete companion android Friend (AF) named Klara (Jenna Ortega), tries to bond with Josie (Mia Tharia), a sick girl for whom she was purchased for to help in being a friend for. Reception on this title however has not been the most well recieved as while the performances (particularly of Ortega) being a highlight and the concept being decent, the film doesn't really help push an important message in the concept or feels a little lacking in some scope but I see it as being a decent time that will find its audience and fans in the process and maybe could be a case that some will still appeal to Waititi's work (though it seems this may have put his star wars project on ice but its hard to say) and if you want to check it out for yourself then you can also catch this film now in cinemas.
Ali G Who Iz I?
The last of the films for this week is more of a Documentary title then more of a film itself that the first film based on this specific character but I guess when you got the aura, style and prowess that this top G use to have and to see what they have been up to in the time since we last seen them ya hear, as we will see in the release of this new Mockumentary Documentary of Ali G Who iz I? The film will see the return of Ali G and will follow a documentary crew across a year of his life to see what he has been up to since we last saw him in the initial film and tv series and will deal with changing culture, fashion and trends, while also dealing with the ordeals of discovering his girlfriend is 8 months Pregnant. Reception on this new title is a bit more of a mixed one as while the idea of seeing another one of Cohen's characters making a return after the recent revival of Borat, the film feels a little lost in its direction and may be uncertain if the comedy works or trying to be offensive but I am sure there will be some appeal to some down the line and if you want to check it out for yourself then you can catch it now in cinemas or on Amazon Prime from the 28th of October.
TV Shows
Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 2
For the sole tv show of this week will be giving us a clear focus of stylish animation for the ideal case of all of this and it will be taking us back to the near distant future and a return to a vast and elaborate technical city that will have in one way or the other have a sinister underbelly looking to be cleaned up by the professionals as we have the release of the surprise 2nd season of Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Set as a standalone title and set one year after the event of the Cyberpunk title in 2078, it follows Roman Carax, an aspiring filmmaker who documents and becomes entangled in the lives of several individuals trying to survive and determine who they are within the dystopian Night City when the presence of the datashard with such unpredictable power becomes the focus for all the criminals in the city looking to obtain it for themselves. Reception on this new title Seems to be mostly well recieved that while praise was given to the visuals, characters and narrative, some of the issues stem that so many characters in focus feel a little too much to handle at once and could be seen as a little inferior to the first season but is still close to that seasons appeal and if you are ready to return to Night City then you can catch the new season now on Netflix.
Video Games
Switch Sports Resort
Moving over to the games for this week and this first new title will be bringing us back to a place that has been absent from this company's games in focus and after many years away it will finally be time to take a trip back to this place to partake in one thing and that is the expansive focus of physical activity once again as we have the release of the follow up in this consoles sports series with Nintendo Switch Sports Resort. This new title will see you return to the land of WuHu Island after all these years and partake in the role of over a dozen sports across the island as your custom character or Miis from Tennis and Boxing, Archery and Jet skiing to new sports like Skateboarding and Thumb Wrestling to prove who is the best of the best and being active in the process. Reception on this new entry of the series has been well recieved with praise on the features and elements that are found in this new title, the gameplay of the sports and the visuals, that while not be the most elaborate of titles will be one that will be fun for casual and all ages and if you are up for some sports in an island getaway then you can play it now on Nintendo Switch 2.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4
The next game for this week will be time of year again where it will be time to suit up, gear up, get your brief and prepare to go dark as it will be the ordeal of this mission being life and death in the ideals of global catastrophe and where some previous decisions may have caused you to go against those that you saw as your brothers in arms and will look to make amends in the outcome as it will be time for the return to bring this narrative to a conclusion as we have the release of the newest entry in the reboot series of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4. The game campaign is split across 2 different perspectives with the big focus being a possible major conflict between North and South Korea where you will pay as Park Hyun-Jun and his squad Sierra 1as they fight on the front lines of a North Korean Invasion. On the other side will see you once again portray Captain Price who is on the run after killing General Shepard at the end of the last game as he wages a personal war from the shadows and keeping one step ahead of those hunting him while he looks to take down "The Archer" who seems to be pulling both sides together into one conflict and could cause a global catastrophe. Reception on this new entry has been much better recieved with praise on its campaign, Multiplayer and DMZ modes, even if some elements of weapon loadouts and some main villain elements of the campaign can be a little lacking in appeal but seems to be back in the right direction after BO7 and if you are up to go above and beyond then you can play it now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2 and PC.
Final Fantasy Resonance
The last of the new releases and games for this week will be bringing us back to the era in focus of an IP that has for the better part of 3 decades have taken us to many tales of the past with great legends and creatures of power across many stories and heroes in the process too and where the likes of the next entry is a bit of time of way, its time we go back to where it was once thought would be lost to time but now has returned and give a focus with a fresh coat of paint as we have the release of the all new HD2D title of Final Fantasy Resonance. Based on the delisted mobile game from 2015 and will focus on Rain, Lasswell, and Fina as they set out to protect the remaining crystals across the world after the earth crystal is destroyed by Veritas of the Dark. Reception on this new iteration of the title has been very well recieved with praise on the updated visuals, narrative and other elements and bringing a more forgotten title in the series into the forefront once again and if you are up to play this entry of the long running series then you can play it now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 1 and 2 and PC.
Trailers of the sun
Well well well this is quite an ordeal here as for the first time in a while since the start of this series, I cannot seem to find or locate any trailers that seem to have released for this week which I think has only happened just one other time so far in this weekly series. I hoped for something for the follow up week of stuff but I can't seem to see anything and some I predicted could have something ended up going against my rule for these trailers so it may be one of a short skip of a week. Unless there is something I missed I can talk on I will update but for now we have a quiet empty week for trailers for the first time in a while.
News molded for your interests
Many ordeals and surprises to be found in this content
So while there is nothing in terms of the trailers for this week, it does not mean the same for the news section as of course there will be some stories for the weekly edition of a Hodge Podge that will be in focus here and will focus on some stories in the likes of some project updates and other means from the last few days in focus overall, so let us see what there was in store for it overall.
So I will start off with the one story of some update to a project already released that in the method that was unveiled has me with a lot of questions and it seems that when they said they were going to laugh at you, it looks like they will be paying a lot more attention right now as it was announced this week that the recent tv series adaption of Carrie will be coming back for a 2nd season and likely case will be helmed again by Mike Flanagan. Now this is where I can sense some of you are probably wondering how will this work exactly as that first season covered the entirety and expanded on the original book itself in some solid foundation (well its a mixed discussion online of many saying it starts strong and ends strong but is a little messy in the middle but I have no idea) and it seems from the likes of what is presented here could be they will be going beyond the narrative of the book and maybe could be something that will show there is some other people in the school or town that will have some form of powers and have some reasons or subtle themes as to why these powers are unleashed and will come together to stop a greater evil. I guess it will make sense in some form that akin to how they are doing it with the IT series that will be telling the stories in the past to the recent film adaptions but I am sure there will be something that could be worked on with King himself to adapt it but I guess we will see in due course. I have to give the first season a watch and I am sure I will get more of a better idea on what to do with the follow up but I am sure we will hear more down the line and if there is any new updates about it all I will let you know in a later episode.
So I will focus next on a story that will be a bit of the only sad based news for this week and it is coming to us in the focus of the gaming scene and it is mainly with the overall focus in the discussion of a company that I feel with the outcome of what they got up to earlier this year will be a bit of a messy outcome and that is with the gaming company of EA. Now to give some backstory as to what occoured a few weeks or months ago it was the case that EA was bought by the Saudi's and some members of the administration in the states for a couple billion and in the process has made the company private and since then it has been a little bit quiet in the likes of what was to come from all of this besides some games may still be in development but it seems there is some news and updates to it all and the outcome is quite a depressing one as while there was some game announcements in the process like the Iron Man game is still in development, a 3rd Star Wars Jedi game is still happening and also the confirmation that after years of rumours and teases that a 3rd game in the Star Wars Battlefront series is happening after a decade since the last entry, but the biggest caveat for all of these being announced is the ordeal of layoffs and the closure of one of the big studios they owned and that is with Bioware. Now this studio has been around for about 30 years this year and they were known for some of the most well known titles such as the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series and seeing them having to go out like this is really such a shame. What has also come from this was the reports that the initial early development for a 5th Mass Effect title was being developed and now that will be ceasing production now and its really a shame as it seemed from all the teases and concepts that it could've been a title that brough the series back after the divisive ending of 3 and the mess of Andromeda but I guess it will no longer be the case. I always sensed from the outcome of this selling and becoming a private company that it was going to end up turning into a mess of things and its a damn shame cause all this company has left really is the sports games that are all really just copy paste at this point ad the choices here are a bit of a mess. Now there has been some discussions on the likes of some government officials in the Canada goverment may be looking to try and find a way to save this company by having them go independent akin to what Double Fine and Toys for Bob did over the last year or two and I can see that as a possibility and could help to keep those IPs alive and given more better control to them but word on that front has not been given any more updates to it all as of yet but I do hope it will be revived in that approach or that all of the teams at that studio are given new jobs with other studios real quick and will just show a mess of things that this gaming company that was already hated heavily will deal with but I guess we will find out down the line and if there is any new updates I will let you know in a later episode.
There is one other news story for a game that has come out this week that I will say the outcome for this character really has been a rough one for in general and I just hope for one instance that the character in focus gets one media piece released and this has to do with the daywalker himself of Blade. Now what I mean by this was about 3 years ago during the game awards, there was the announcement of another new game in the superhero genre that was in the form of the Marvel's Blade title that is in development from Bethesda and Arkane Lyon studios and the small teaser had a lot of people interested given the appeal of other Marvel titles like the Spider-Man games and the yet to be released Wolverine title and Rivals games that seeing this character in game form may help tide things over while the film from the MCU was also in development. Well we jump forward near the present and it seems that Blade film is more then likely shelved for the time being and the whereabouts on this game has been very quiet and many are wondering as to why, but it seems that the answer may have been presented as its a possibility that the game could be cancelled before it even has a chance to she released or shown any gameplay for and the reason for this is with them looking to find a partner or developer to help finance and help with the completion of the games production. Now what I have heard about it all is that the game is near completion in development wise and could just need that extra boost to make it perfect over some of the other titles from Arkane that were not as stellar as they hoped for in reception. Now I do hope in more then anything that they will have a chance to get a release as this character IP has been really going through the rough patch when there was such potential to be a solid title overall and I just hope they don't bury him before he can see the sunlight once more (or that line from Deadpool and Wolverine of Wesley Snipes being the only Blade will become a lot more prominent once again) but lets hope for a positive outcome and if there is any new changes to all of this then I will let you know in a later episode.
Now for the likes of some of the project announcements and in this case I feel the timing of this project announcement has been done at the right moment and the ideals of returning to this franchise that I thought had more entries to it all but I guess there is always room for a new take on the series overall as it was announced earlier this week that a planned 5th film based on Halloweentown is reportedly in the works. Now it is a case for those unfamiliar this was a series of films that were made as movies for the Disney Channel that first released back in 1998 and I guess over the course of a few years after released 3 sequels of a surburban town where its Halloween every day and the citizens are all sorts of strange and colourful creatures and the ideal of it and the real town itself is quite an interesting one. Now in all case I am wondering what they will do about this series and if it will see any of the original cast come back, but I know the only one they will have to explain of their passing was the last Debbie Reynolds as she was a prominent character in the first 4 films but I am sure there will be a case of the family have to reunite to save the town from the return of Kalabar or something but I guess we will see what they will do with this new entry in the series. Now at the moment there is no indication as to when we will see this title but once I hear anything new about when we may see this I will let you know in a later episode.
But keeping in tone to some creations that would fit well into the time frame that is currently present right now, we will be heading over once more to the realm of some superhero stories and while we have been seeing the likes of some success for one new under appreciated villain that will I am sure be molded into a success, there seems to be a focus of another character from this world and mythos that may be getting a chance to blossom into their own project and that is with the reports that after initially being shelved, it looks like we will be getting a new live action series from DC based on the character of Poison Ivy and will be helmed by Lauren Lefranc who was a major writer and showrunner on the acclaimed Penguin series. Now its a case that this character has not had much of a presence in the media front outside of the Arkham Games and mostly with animation (prominent in the Harley Quinn animated series that is currently still in development) and the only iteration we saw of Ivy in live action was from the poorly recieved Batman and Robin where she was played by Uma Therman that overall made an effort and I feel it will be time for this character to bloom into a fully developed character down the line. Now there has some discussion and fancasting as to who will fit well for this character with some saying as a fun little nod and passing of a torch with it being cast with Thurman's daughter Maya Hawke as the character which could be an interesting casting, but besides that one other name has been making the rounds since the announcement as a solid choice and one I agree with and that is with actress Karen Gillan which I feel could work out well, she has done the whole transformation and look before in superhero media and given she has worked with Gunn before on the Guardians trilogy then I feel she could be a solid fit for this role but I am sure we will get some ideas and other names in the running (just as long as its not Ms Sweeney who seems to be more fine with now wanting to be not just known for her body by stripping off to promote sports betting and portraying a child character from a Christmas book to sell Lingerie). Now at the moment there is no word on when we may see this series at the moment but once I hear anything new about it I will let you know in a later episode.
The last of the stories for this week has been the announcement for a follow on to a series that if there is anything that I can say about this announcement, it has put the internet into the realm of questioning if this is the greatest news ever or is seen as a possible threat as after many years since the vocals travelled through the halls of that school, it will be time once more to warm up to chords as it was announced this week that a reboot revivial to the tv series of Glee is happening and will be developed by original showrunner of Ryan Murphy. Now for those that were unfamiliar with this show, it was set in a fictional high school known as William McKinley High and followed a Glee Club known as the New Directions as they competed in the Show Choir circuit and dealt on the themes of relationships, sexuality, gender, race, family and other topics across its 6 seasons and seeing the revivial has been quite a debated story. Now its a case since the shows ending a lot has happened to some of the cast or well known faces as some are no longer with us as 2 more actors from the series died following the end of the series (there was 3 but the first death was given a memorial episode) with one being a tragic accidental death and one seeing them take their own life (with the reason being quite dark for doing so) and will be a case if there will be a mention of their passing in some small form. Now its not established how much of the original cast will be back but its already confirmed 3 already with Heather Morris back and Brittney S. Pierce, Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans and the hotly debated one of Lea Michele coming back as Rachel Berry (the last one is debated as there was reports of bullying and possible racism caused by her on the set of the last season to some of her co-stars and will be interesting to see if it will return or if she has changed since then). Now as I mentioned the case is that the announcement of this revival has been one of mixed opinions as some are happy of this returning and some are terrified about the concept of seeing them do their new takes on some recent music and songs of the last decade and if they will also include the likes of all of these AI Songs that pop up here and there but I guess the fear and worry for some will have to be seen when it does come about. Now there is no word on who else will be involved into this series from the original or a set date but it is projected to be releasing sometime next year apparently but I guess we will have to see and if there is any news on when and who else I will let you know in a later episode.
But what do you make of these stories, how do you see them developing the story of Carrie further beyond the book, are you sad of Bioware's closure and do you see it going Independent, will the Blade game survive its possible cancellation or is the game too good to be true, will you be watching the new Halloweentown film when it releases, do you think they will make a solid Poison Ivy series and who do you see portray the botanist and do you think the Glee revival is a good idea or a disaster and do you see many of the main cast of the original return for this series? Let me know what you think of it all down in the comments and we can discuss them there.
And with all of that, this brings us to the end of the 191st edition of Weird Mind News Room and I hope you enjoy the rambling for another week. Let me know your thoughts on all that was discussed down below and as always I hope you all stay being wonderful people and have a great day everyday and I will see you all in the next episode :)
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