Trailers for Film Friday: Sinbad, Helix, Vampires, and a whole passle of zombies, including the Walking Dead

A handful of trailers today for you. First up, we have Sinbad the Fifth Voyage which I understand will have a limited release today. After that, a surprise for many of my friends, a trailer for a Syfy tv show:  Helix. Next up, there is From Dusk til Dawn the tv series. Yes, this is a thing. So is a series take on Guillermo del Toro's book The Strain. I did not care for the writing in the book. I'm hopeful the tv series is not as dry. Zombies of the Living Dead is a low budget film with a style of its own. Buck Wild is the next film mixing comedy and zombies. It's no Shaun of the Dead. It's also not a British film. And for anyone who missed it, I end this post with the super bowl commercial for season four episode nine's Walking Dead episode with is due up this Sunday.

While there is no trailer for it here, if you aren't watching HBO's True Detective, you are missing out on something good. Twisted, jacked up, Lovecraft-referencing goodness.

Sinbad:  The Fifth Voyage

Helix

The Strain

From Dusk til Dawn the series

Zombies of the Living Dead

Buck Wild

Walking Dead

Film Friday

I was cruising through movie trailers today and came across these three. All three have elements that can be stolen for roleplaying games. All three videos are via YouTube, in case anyone doesn't have Flash loaded.

First up is "Hammer of the Gods." There's nothing new here. It's a classic vikings invade Britain during the Middle Ages, the king's son must be brought home to save the people, and lots of fighting. I fear this trailer shows us everything worth seeing the film.

The next one is "The Prototype" and is about a land based military drone that gets out. I think there is more to the movie than that, as it hints that we may have a case of sentience transfer, as well. This has elements that could be utilized in a Cyberpunk, Shadowrun, or even Conspiracy X game.

I think this final film is the one that looks the best. If you are looking for South Korean action in espionage filled Berlin, "The Berlin File" may be for you. I doubt it's a Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but I think it'll do just fine.It's already out and showing in some theatres, but no where near me.

Dnevnoy Dozor

Picked up 3 movies over the weekend. Nochnoi Dozor, which I've already watched and enjoyed aspects of; Dnevnoy Dozor which I watched today and liked; and License to Wed.

License to Wed is a chick flick, but mostly safe for males. Robin Williams and John Krasinski do an okay job. Mandy Moore is so out of her league, it's not funny. The movie is nothing to write home about and I've seen both Robin and John do much better. Still, if the SO wants you to watch it with her, the pain should be somewhat minimal.

Dneevnoy Dozor is the movie adaptation of the book of the same name, Day Watch. It's the follow up storyline to Nochnoi Dozor, or Night Watch. Night Watch gained fame for being a Russian film that made it to the outside world, with special effects equal to the BBC in the 1990s, and having some very cool visuals. The movie lacks the depth of the book in many ways, including the cut down storyline resulting in some Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moments.

I haven't read Day Watch, yet. It's still sitting here waiting to be read. I hope to get to it by summertime. However, I found the movie to be far and away better made than Night Watch. The special effects were good and modern. The story made sense. They introduced the concept of the Inquisition, which is the third book/movie. The actors did a good job.

The focus was more on the Day Watch than the Night Watch. However, they stayed focused on Anton and Svetlana. The movie opened with another great battle scene, this time with horses riding through walls and oriental warriors shapeshifting from raven form in mid-flight.

It's a good follow up to the original movie and sets up a "what are they going to do in the third movie?" atmosphere.

On the down side, I picked up the nWoD books and I'm not sure I made good purchases.