In our post-Christmas episode of The Basement Vagrants Podcast we discuss two of the biggest trailers hitting the internet lately, The Three Stooges and The Dark Knight Rises.
Download the episode here
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 13 - "A Tale of 2 Trailers"
4:37 PM
Matt
In our post-Christmas episode of The Basement Vagrants Podcast we discuss two of the biggest trailers hitting the internet lately, The Three Stooges and The Dark Knight Rises.
Download the episode here
Sunday, December 18, 2011
The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 12 - "The Basement Vagrants Go Medieval"
1:36 PM
Matt
It's the Basement Vagrants Podcast, YAAAAAY!
Bubs from The Ring Crew Show joins us this week and we review The Muppets, as well as talk about Crank 3, The Three Stooges trailer, we discuss some of our favorite TV shows and more.
Download the episode here.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
News - New Munsters and Sony's Latest Moneymaking Scheme,
8:57 AM
Matt
The classic 1960s television comedy The Munsters is the next property stepping up to the remake plate. NBC has ordered a pilot for a new version of the series and director Brian Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns) is going to be in charge of the project. Most cynical television fans such as myself would likely assume that Singer was tapped to helm NBC's latest experiment due to the popularity of some of his recent films but Singer was actually interested in the project before the network ever expressed interest in it. The direction for the new show has been described as "an imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one-hour drama." So the wacky hijinks of Fred, Lily, Grandpa and Eddie are going to be shoved aside in favor of a more serious, one hour Dexter-like drama?
The only question I have is why even bother using an old property like the Munsters if you're going to radically change the show? The original is about a family of monsters (A Frankenstein, a werewolf, 2 vampires and a blonde) getting into crazy situations like finding pirate treasure, Grandpa selling their house to a demolition company and Herman competing in a drag race. The fact that they may now have to be dealing with issues like Eddie smoking marijuana, Lily contemplating an affair with The Invisible Man and Grandpa developing Alzheimers seems ridiculous.
But we all know why they're adapting the old show right? It's not because people these days are dying to see Herman Munster bust through his front door again, and it's not because they feel there are more stories to tell and deeper issues to be explored, it's all because of those 2 billion dollar words that Hollywood are so interested in these days: "Name Recognition". People are familiar with the name, and they'll be curious enough to see what they'll do with a new series, so they'll watch it. Hell I probably will too, so I guess that makes me part of the problem.
I just hope they let Rob Zombie do the theme song.
Sony's PS Vita Will Have Dedicated Memory Cards
Sony's latest version of the PSP, the Playstation Vita is on the cusp of being released in Japan. It is a heavily redesigned version of the PSP with dual thumbsticks, a touch screen intervace, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity as well as better graphics, screen resolution and a much faster processor. Another one of it's unique features was revealed today as dedicated memory cards that can only be used with the system. This means that unlike the PSP which could use standard SD cards sold by many different manufacturers, this handheld device will only save data onto special cards produced by Sony themselves, effectively cornering the memory market for the device.
Sony's software development leader Muneki Shimada has spoken out to news sites saying that the decision was to give "equal conditions" to consumers, stating that since SD cards can have varying speeds and specs, it would be unfair to gamers. Bullshit! It may be true that specs on cards are slightly difference but it doesn't have any effect on gameplay or anything that would impact competition or enjoyment of the device. Maybe Lexar's cards write data .05% slower than Kodak's, who cares? It's obvious what's going on here is that Sony is forcing gamers to spend their money on their cards, for inflated prices.
Here are the proposed prices for the Sony cards:
4GB - $24.99
8GB - $39.99
16G - $69.99
32G - $119.99
If you've bought a memory card in the past year or so, no doubt you've noticed that the prices for portable memory has dropped considerably. A 4GB standard SD card can cost you as low as $10 depending on where you shop, and a 32GB one should not cost a smart shopper more than $50. If you add in the fact that the Vita will not support physical disc versions of games and will require them to be downloaded, 4 gigs will only support a few games, and that's if you don't put music, movies or any other large files onto it. Even if there is a modicum of internal memory (probably only a handful of megs for system settings) this means that the Vita, that will likely be retailing for at least $300 is going to cost gamers quite a bit in the long run.
What a scam.
Sony's latest version of the PSP, the Playstation Vita is on the cusp of being released in Japan. It is a heavily redesigned version of the PSP with dual thumbsticks, a touch screen intervace, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity as well as better graphics, screen resolution and a much faster processor. Another one of it's unique features was revealed today as dedicated memory cards that can only be used with the system. This means that unlike the PSP which could use standard SD cards sold by many different manufacturers, this handheld device will only save data onto special cards produced by Sony themselves, effectively cornering the memory market for the device.
Sony's software development leader Muneki Shimada has spoken out to news sites saying that the decision was to give "equal conditions" to consumers, stating that since SD cards can have varying speeds and specs, it would be unfair to gamers. Bullshit! It may be true that specs on cards are slightly difference but it doesn't have any effect on gameplay or anything that would impact competition or enjoyment of the device. Maybe Lexar's cards write data .05% slower than Kodak's, who cares? It's obvious what's going on here is that Sony is forcing gamers to spend their money on their cards, for inflated prices.
Here are the proposed prices for the Sony cards:
4GB - $24.99
8GB - $39.99
16G - $69.99
32G - $119.99
If you've bought a memory card in the past year or so, no doubt you've noticed that the prices for portable memory has dropped considerably. A 4GB standard SD card can cost you as low as $10 depending on where you shop, and a 32GB one should not cost a smart shopper more than $50. If you add in the fact that the Vita will not support physical disc versions of games and will require them to be downloaded, 4 gigs will only support a few games, and that's if you don't put music, movies or any other large files onto it. Even if there is a modicum of internal memory (probably only a handful of megs for system settings) this means that the Vita, that will likely be retailing for at least $300 is going to cost gamers quite a bit in the long run.
What a scam.
