Of Orcs and Men Game Teaser Trailer Impressions: An Unlikely Pair on an Epic Quest

Of Orcs and Men is an upcoming RPG for PS3, PC, and Xbox 360 slated for a Spring 2012 release from Cyanide Studios (Concept and Production) and Spiders (Realization and Development). Orcs and goblins have always been depicted as sometimes mindless, brutal savages of a beast which made them perfect antagonists in most video game and film titles. 2012 marks a year where orcs and goblins turn things around as you now play as them on a seemingly impossible quest.



Of Orcs and Men
Plot / Synopsis

Of Orcs and Men first puts you into the role of an elite Orc soldier from the legendary legion of Bloodjaws, a league of warriors deeply involved in the war opposing the Orcs and Goblins on one side to their persecutors, Humankind. As a veteran warrior who has seen the most brutal of battles, you are appointed by the Orc commander to complete a mission that could change the course of the war: kill the one man responsible for all of this bloodshed, the one who has, for years, exhorted the human masses to loath and fight the green-skinned people: the Emperor himself.

A Goblin will soon join you to aid you in your mission… he is everything the Orc is not. But you find that this works to your advantage as you fight on the battleground and off. Making advantage of their natural traits, they have their own skill trees you will develop. While the Orc focuses on power, reflecting his incredible strength, the Goblin will benefit from darker powers and stealth abilities, making him the perfect assassin.

From the filthy alleys at the foot of the Great Wall, to the depths of the Empire of Men, your two infiltrated heroes will face the greatest dangers through their epic quest. They will commune with the Wizards, fight the assassins and soldiers of the Empire of Men, and oppose the powerful Sisters of Laments.

As the world falls into chaos and you face a cruel and merciless humanity bent on eternal persecution of Orcs and Goblins, your unlikely duo will have one last chance to change the course of History and, hopefully, bringing peace between your peoples.

Of Orcs and Men is scheduled for a Spring 2012 release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

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Of Orcs and Men Trailer Impressions
Of Orcs and Men Trailer Review

At first glance on this Q2 video game title release of 2012 one might think "What another video game starring orcs?", but just give take time to watch it and you might start to appreciate the beauty of it. Of Orcs and Men is not the first video game that features orc-like creatures as the main protagonists, but there is somehow a nice sense of adventure in this title.



This is the first Of Orcs and Men teaser trailer and it does not tell much of the game all in all. What information it only provides as of this trailer is that Of Orcs and Men is a roleplaying game which lets you control either the big brute orc or the more stealthy goblin. This game might very well be a cooperative video game title. As for the graphics, I am not that into the 3-D, HD graphics stuff. So I think Of Orcs and Men's graphics in this trailer is alright. As long as a game provides excellent gameplay, engaging plot, and superb writing, I am already satisfied. Youtube users also compared and referenced Of Orcs and Men to a 1937 novel entitled "Of Men and Mice" by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck which tells the story of two migrant workers during the great depression. I made a follow up search for it and discover that the novel itself ended tragically but beautifully, so if ever they adapted the novel's story then they might probably have some compelling stuff in the game. If ever they did use it, I suggest for you gamers out there interested in this title to not spoil yourself by reading "Of Mice and Men" plot summary online, or if you are that curious you can get the actual book and read it.



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The Cabin in the Woods Trailer Impressions: Not Your Typical Cabin in the Woods Horror Set Up

The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 tongue-in-cheek horror thriller film slated for an April 2012 release. What is it that you say? ...another horror film set on a cabin in the middle of the woods? Well you are not alone with that skeptical remark, but this film plays on that concept. You'll be curious what this has in store for you.



John Carter
Plot / Synopsis

The Cabin in the Woods provides a new twist on the classic young-people-stranded-in-the-woods horror trope. A group of friends at a cabin retreat scratch the surface of something so massive and horrific that they can only begin to fathom it as time quickly runs out.

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The Cabin in the Woods Trailer Impressions
The Cabin in the Woods Trailer Review

How many horror thriller films are set on the woods? Well there is a lot and this is what Cabin in the Woods movie know, but before you shrug this title off your radar, I think it is worth taking a look. As Cabin in the Woods twist what you might possibly think behind is the horror behind the woods.



Will it be some deranged psychotic killer or a monstrosity of unimaginable proportions? Well that is the question in this trailer, but more than that there is a sense and element of science fiction in this film. When you see someone talks on the phone referring to the woods as a "killing floor" and a forced field frying an eagle to oblivion , then it gets more intriguing. What is behind the killings? Is it of human technology or something more sinister? Is it really a man's sick and twisted entertainment or there is a more intriguing underlying twist behind it? With that many lingering questions, the Cabin in the Woods 2012 movie trailer has proven effective as a teaser and hype builder to the actual thriller-horror film next year.



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The Grey Trailer Impressions: A Tale of Survival, of Man Versus Nature, and of Man Versus Beast

The Grey is an action drama survival film starring Liam Neeson slated for a January 2012 release. It tells a story of how a few men who survived a seemingly impossible plane crash must also eventually survive the wrath of nature and the wilds.




The Grey
Plot / Synopsis

In Alaska, an oil drilling team struggle to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wild. Hunting the humans are a pack of wolves who see them as intruders.

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The Grey Trailer Impressions
The Grey Trailer Review

Do you know what is the scariest thing that could happen to anyone in this world? It is not zombies, aliens, or attack from any fictitious monstrosities, but the reality of one's surviving with one's own means in an environment of great peril. That is what The Grey 2012 film trailer has showcased, and if ever you get the chance to survive a plane crash you would better wish that you have Liam Neeson with you and survived Hahahaha.



Thanks to the trailer the film just looks bad ass! Well thanks to a security enforcer surviving the crash, the remaining survivors might eventually survive the freezing region of Alaska thanks to his training, but they can never learn how to fight as effectively with him when it comes to a pack of wolves. Do not go all PETA on me as what these sort of films do is actually make you cheer for those humans who would only want to survive. The Grey is a survival film where after man fights nature, he later fights beast. The only fear I have with this film is the probable ending. Nope, I haven't seen it yet but there is something in the trailer that provided a hint for me. I just hope that they really did survive, if you know where I am going with this.



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John Carter Trailer Impressions: A CGI-Filled Epic Alien World War with... Humans?

John Carter is a 2012 epic sci-fi film featuring the main protagonist of the Barsoom series of novels by the highly acclaimed pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burrough (1875 –1950) who also created Tarzan the King of the Jungle. Although here have been various of publications featuring John Carter, this is the first time that Hollywood made it to a grandiose epic of a film slated for a March 2012 release. So what there s to say about the John Carter trailers? Check it out here.



John Carter
Plot / Synopsis

The film is largely based on A Princess of Mars, the first novel to feature John Carter. The novel was originally published as a magazine serial in 1912 and then brought out in book form in 1917. In the novel John Carter is an American Civil War veteran who is miraculously transported to Mars, known to its inhabitants as Barsoom. He is immediately captured by a race of green-skinned barbarians who are 12 feet (4 meters) tall, having six limbs and long tusks. Formerly an Earthlike world, Barsoom has become less hospitable to life over the millennia. As its oceans evaporated and its atmosphere thinned, Barsoom's inhabitants became hardened and warlike, constantly fighting one another to survive. Barsoomian society thus devolved into partial barbarism.

Carter befriends the Green Martian Tars Tarkas and rescues a humanoid Red Martian princess, Dejah Thoris, from the Tharks, a belligerent tribe of Green Martians. He gains the Barsoomians' respect with his superior strength and fighting ability. Carter ultimately enlists the Green Martians' assistance in winning a war waged by Dejah Thoris' people, and he saves all Martians from asphyxiation when the planet's atmosphere factory malfunctions.

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John Carter Trailer Impressions
John Carter Trailer Review

When I saw the first trailer of John Carter I said to myself "Hmm... okay. This looks like it is going to be a decent sci-fi film". After the second trailer was released this December 2011 my expectation was raised a couple of notch. Do not get me wrong it looks really epic and it is made by Walt Disney but the trailer looks cartoonish and some scenes (in the trailer) does not look convincing (Yeah, as if humans being teleported to fight a Marsians fight is realistic hahahaha). Not convincing that the blending of the live human actors and the CGI seems off, as seen on the very first screen cap on this Johhn Carter trailer review. It might just be the quality of the trailer, but I do hope that this would not be the case when it finally hits the theaters on March 2012.



Upon additional research regarding the John Carter 2012 film, I found out that it is actually a movie adaptation of a classic. John Carter was one of the masterpieces of author Edgar Rice Burrough who also created Tarzan. Well, we are all familiar with Tarzan, so this time it is John Carter's turn to introduced itself to the newer generation of movie goers and readers. With that note, I started to appreciate this 2012 Walt Disney title a little more, and now CMAQUEST puts John Carter on its "2012 to-watch list". Hope Walt Disney does not disappoint with this movie adaptation of the 1912 John Carter.



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The Vow Trailer Impressions: Valentines Movie with Amnesia and Falling In Love All Over Again

The Vow is a romantic drama film starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum as husband and a wife whose marriage was put to the test after one tragic incident. Slated for a February "Valentines Day" 2012 release, fall in love all over again literally with this amnesia-themed of a chick film.



The Vow
Plot / Synopsis

A newlywed couple recovers from a car accident that puts Paige in a coma. When she awakes with severe memory loss, Leo endeavors to win his true love's heart all over again.

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The Vow Trailer Impressions
The Vow Trailer Review

Two nice actors from similarly successful romantic films join in one mega mushy film about renewed love. Well, it is bound to happen as this is the main plot of this film. In a country where divorce is an easy choice when things go out of hand in marriages, a couple dared to fulfill their vows after a tragedy that can destroy a partners heart.



Although I have seen such exact same storyline as this film has, there is this certain magic in this trailer. Maybe it is Rachel McAdams for being so lovely, and girls/women may prefer Channing Tatum, but the chemistry they have onscreen is convincing. Although this looks pretty predictable, it is the journey to get to that much awaited conclusion is what this film or any other chick flick is cashing on. Hope you won't go deeper in researching about this film because you might uncover the true story which inspired this film which I obviously did. It will spoil you of it but believe me when I say that it is one great story which really happened in real life. As a guy, this is a nice date film as well. Hopefully guys can sit through this entire film without killing themselves in sheer mushiness. For girls and romantics out there, this is a chick flick to catch.



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The Darkest Hour Trailer Impressions: How to Survive an Energy Devouring Alien Invasion

The Darkest Hour is a 2011 science-fiction alien invasion themed film slated for a December release from Summit Entertainment and 20th Century Fox. Hollywood has brought us various reiterations of how an alien invasion might happen, but they usually involve some solid and visible threat that everyone might easily fight back or be afraid of, but The Darkest Hour takes a fresh take on it. Want to know what we are talking about? Then check out the trailer review for The Darkest Hour.



The Darkest Hour
Plot / Synopsis

The Darkest Hour follows five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The 3D action-thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects from the minds of visionary filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov and director Chris Gorak. While most films about alien invasions are centered in the United States or have an international scale, Bekmambetov's involvement ensured the premise to be an alien invasion from Russia's perspective.

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The Darkest Hour Trailer Impressions
The Darkest Hour Trailer Review

Aliens will never go away. Just when you thought that you have seen it all, comes a new film that somehow gives it a fresh take. At least that is what The Darkest Hour official film trailer tries to showcase. Did it work? In a way, YES!



Well at least we are given a fresh perspective on an Alien invasion, a Russian one. But do not mistake this as a Russian film, the setting is only in Russia, but the main survivors (protagonists) speaks the international language. The trailer has teased film fans enough to make them go see how will the world survive an invasion from alien energy-devouring light orbs. Upon seeing the trailer one can also ask if to whether these light orbs are indeed formless energy-devouring lights or there are some diabolical alien creature using this as a shield. The mystery of finding out about this is will drive people to watch this. The Darkest Hour gets a nice recommendation for CMAQUEST, as this is now on my "to watch" list.



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The Hunger Games Official Trailer Impressions: The Game is On and the Fight for Survival

The Hunger Games is a 2012 film adaptation of the popular science fiction action drama book series of the same title from the creative mind of Suzanne Collins. Since some of the most popular novels have already been made to film and others have successfully finished its film franchise, it is now time for The Hunger Games to take the spotlight. What do we think about The Hunger Games' official movie trailer? Let us check it out.



The Hunger Games
Plot and Synopsis

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.
Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, sixteen year-old Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) and the suspicious help of a fellow Tribute, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

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The Hunger Games Official Trailer Impressions
The Hunger Games Official Trailer Review

A couple of weeks back, we reviewed the first teaser trailer for The Hunger Games and what promise it holds. Finally the official trailer for The Hunger Games is finally out and here is the our trailer review for The Hunger Games.



In a post-apocalyptic distant future where the world would rather sacrificed a number children or teenagers to avoid countless of lives wasted in wars, comes the general plot of this film. Fans of the books may probably know the workings of this novel inside-out, but if the film wants to build up a hype and attract more film fans, the marketing team has got to make some pretty interesting trailer and that is what the Hunger Games official trailer has pulled off. Engaging musical scoring... check!; a pretty and good actors playing on it... check!; showing the core concept of the film without spoiling to much... check!. So it got everything covered for a good trailer. This is really shaping up to be a good film series with competitive acting, drama and action elements. I haven't read the books but it has given me the impression that it will be a good film, if not a good movie adaptation of the similarly popular novel.



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Safe House Trailer Impressions: A High Octane Espionage Action Film Starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds

Safe House is an action film slated for a February 2012 release starring "The" Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. That first statement is already enough to reel you in and watch what Safe House is All about. Let's all sink our teeth on it now shall we?



Safe House
Plot and Synopsis

Washington plays the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative (Reynolds) escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

For the past year, Matt Weston has been frustrated by his inactive, backwater post in Cape Town. A "housekeeper" who aspires to be a full-fledged agent, the loyal company man has been waiting for an opportunity to prove himself. When the first and only occupant he's had proves to be the most dangerous man he's ever met, Weston readies for duty.

Tobin Frost has eluded capture for almost a decade. One of the best ops men that the CIA's known, the ex-intelligence officer has given up assets and sold military intel to anyone with cash since he turned. From trading secrets to North Korea to aiding splinter cells, the damage he's done to the U.S. is immeasurable. And he's now back on the reservation with a secret.

As soon as Frost is brought in for debriefing, mercenaries come and tear apart Weston's safe house. Barely escaping, the unlikely partners must discover if their attackers have been sent by terrorists or someone on the inside who will kill anyone standing in the way. Now it's up to Weston to figure out who he can trust before they're both eliminated from the game.

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Safe House Trailer Impressions
Safe House Trailer Review

It has been a while since we've last seen Denzel Washington do what he does best, superb acting on an action film. After two years, he is finally back with a new espionage film together with a more contemporary actor Ryan Reynolds. This might be another espionage themed film but what will probably make film fans excited is the Denzel-Ryan team up.



Well for the trailer I say it summarizes the entire film in it. Most cases I consider it to be a big taboo but this is an exception to action films. What attracts action film fans are the car chases, fighting sequences, and the conspiracy and the plot of who is behind it all. Seeing both great actors sharing the same screen is already a fans dream come true, but besides that what makes this a promising film is the superb acting and the interesting plot. What will happen to Reynolds character who finally gets what he wished for with so many things added to the mix? What is this secret that Denzel's character know that made him surrender after years of hiding? That is what the general hype that this film is cashing on and it works. This is definitely on my list of the most anticipated film for 2012.



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Snow White and the Huntsman Trailer Impressions: All Hail the Queen?

Snow White and the Huntsman is a very promising fantasy adventure film with a fresh, more grittier ad darker take on the beloved children's classic, the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Slated for a June 2012 release, will Snow White and the Huntsman, another darker Hollywood take on an acclaimed fairy tale be a good one or not? Let's find out.



Snow White and the Huntsman
Plot

In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron) out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White's beauty and power. The breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale is from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland, producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders.

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Snow White and the Huntsman Trailer Impressions
Snow White and the Huntsman Trailer Review

There have been various film incarnations of the fairy tale of Snow White but that didn't stopped Hollywood from making another one. This time, a fresh new take on the story of the girl whose skin is as white as snow gets a fresh new darker take in the same sense as Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Red Riding Hood (2011). Catering more on the adult market such films have so much expectations and so much to loose. What does the trailer say about this darker film based on a fairy tale?



Right off the bat, let me say that this trailer looks promising. Who would have thought that "that" seemingly awkward female protagonist from that indescribable film (not in a good way) called Twilight, would actually be even considered as the fairest of them all. Well hopefully we don't get that awkward acting on this film. Glad it is not just her but the Mighty ehr... Huntsman is in it as well. So we know that the action part is already covered. And then we have Miss Charlize Theron! We know how wicked that witch is (well in the story), but this time Charlize gives her a whole lot more justice by making her as bad to the bones. We already know what will happen to this story but the journey going towards that finale is what picques people's curiosity. Besides the "Tron: Legacy"-ish type of sound playing on the background and that Kristen Stewart. I have nothing else to complain about Snow White and the Huntsman.



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