Akin to the "Musical Picks" topic, I want to hear what your all time favourite movies/television shows are. It can be anything from action to drama to sports to romance (who watches that anyway though?). Don't be shy and don't be mean to other members, even if they really did enjoy Superbaby-Geniuses or whatever that piece of crap was called

 

I'll start off with a couple of my favs; I find most of the ones I put down are great films all together, but have shining endings.

 

Blood Diamond (Thriller/Drama): Leo DiCaprio picks up a sick south african accent in this eye-opening thriller/drama. Great music but if you're a Leo fan, you can probably already guess how it ends lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPX2kXhu7I

 

Friday Night Lights (Sports): I'm not a football guy, but the cinematography and story made this a refreshing change to the typical, predictable, sports movie. Plus, the instrumental music by Explosions in the Sky fits perfect (note: the trailer is crap, watch the film).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzyp4qOW0F0

 

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (Fantasy): If you are on a Lego forum where Lego LOTR products are frequently discussed, you probably already know how awesome the films are. If you don't, I'll leave it up to the mods to immediately revoke your membership to BrickPicker (jk).

 

And last I'll just end with my favourite TV show, which is probably going into its final season this year, The Mentalist (crime procedeural): this murder-a-episode series focuses on a former psychic who is now tracking the serial killer who murdered his family. The show can be light and funny, but when the serial killer ("red john") gets involved, it can get pretty unnerving. The series has spent 5 years tracking down murderers so feels a bit tired, but it is still my favourite. And, I'll post a trailer for the 3rd season finally:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzejrms4YLk

 

Phew, if you got through all that... you don't get bored easily, do you? Now tell me your picks!

Some big fan of Mega Man and Hitoshi Ariga's unique artistic take on the blue bomber with his manga "Rockman Gigamix" was so inspired to create this animation that is a slight parody of the opening scene to the "Namco X Capcom" game. You will see just about every robot master Mega Man has faced even the Stardroids from the gameboy title "Mega Man V".

Rockman Gigamix

Retro Fury

Well this is a nice surprise I found earlier. There will be a movie based on the Ratchet & Clank video game series which best I can see is supposed to hit theaters sometime in 2015. These two teasers actually show good promise at being faithful to the characters and the universes they explore between keeping the same voice cast and original designs instead of some schmuck thinking it is better to 'reinvent' everything.

 

I also came across a trailer for an upcoming film being based on the Sly Cooper series. Yeah, I thought it too would be awesome but alas here is where the 'some schmuck' comes in to ruin it. Now to be fair, the voices and humor is intact but what the heck did they do to the characters? Sly looks decent I guess and so does Bentley but Murray is ridiculous. I don't have much of a problem that the thing is 3D animated since I was more of a fan with the animated cutscenes but the game itself was of course in 3D so the movie should probably be as well. However I can't get over the bizarre redesign of the characters. The cartoon likeness from the games feels lost here. Ugh, I'm just ranting. Watch the teaser.

 

I just finished watching The Wire season 2 on Amazon.  That was one helluva show.  Starting episode 1 of season 3 right now

I just finished watching The Wire season 2 on Amazon.  That was one helluva show.  Starting episode 1 of season 3 right now

 

I'm thinking about starting it soon.

Ahhh Classic WWII movies. Now if I can only find the Lego Johnny Horton Battle of New Orleans video.

Here it is, no offens intended to my British or German friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90uEEGHGSnU

Let's see, what do you get when you take the world of Thomas the Tank Engine and the robotics of Transformers? Trainsformers

 

Trains-Formers - Gauge of Extinction

Dudes, check out this totally nerdtastic Nintendo/Star Wars crossover series by James Farr. ....Seriously.

 

Super Smash Wars: A Link to the Hope

Super Smash Wars 2: The Empire Smashes Back - Part 1/2

Super Smash Wars 2: The Empire Smashes Back - Part 2/2

Super Smash Wars 3: Return of the Hero - Part 1/2

Super Smash Wars 3: Return of the Hero - Part 2/2

And Pixar is at it once more.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3318454/first-trailer-avengers-age-ultron-leaks-online/

Very nice. Thanks for the heads up.

I wish they had squeezed more characters and action into that photo. A little bland and under-stated for my taste.

Wow.

wawo

If you look carefully, Waldo is in there.

Looks solid and like another win for Marvel / Disney.

I hope Time Warner / DC have been taking notes. Zack Snyder isn't the answer even with Nolan & gang's help.

Wow. That was very dark. That song that the kid was singing was kinda creepy.

Agree on Snyder.

Ben Affleck is a fine actor but as Batman? No.

And even the title Batman vs. Superman is ridiculous. Batman is a human being, a great detective, and a great fighter working in a realm that isn't "Supernatural". If this movie were to be realistic based on each mans abilities, it would be a .00078 second film, with Superman flying off to his next lame/boring "adventure" after using his laser-vision, super-speed, or whatever else to make Batman a bowl of soup.

Lego Batman vs. Regular Superman would make a much more interesting premise.

I'm taking the wait and see approach to Affleck as batman. Remember the outcry when Ledger was announced as joker and he turned out pretty good.

Loki, that is a very fair and well-made point.

Ledger was outstanding as The Joker... Maybe Affleck will manage to be a pleasant surprise.

awesome. cant wait to see it

Wow that looks incredible.

pretty awesome

Looks solid and like another win for Marvel / Disney.

I hope Time Warner / DC have been taking notes. Zack Snyder isn't the answer even with Nolan & gang's help.

 

I have seen a couple of articles talking about this. DC needs to get on the ball. Making these movies is like printing money if you can do it half well.