Sci-Fi Friday 1: Cowboys and Aliens and Video Games

I'm kind of on a Cowboys and Aliens trip this week, but I had no idea a new trailer was going to come out yesterday. It fleshes out the plot a bit more and has a lot more action, all set to Favreau style rock music, which is cool in the trailer but if put in the movie would cause me to scream uncontrollably at the screen in confusion. It's just a reflex. Also, we get our first peek at Sam Rockwell, one of my favorite actors, as some sort of sidekick character maybe? He looks like he might be a doctor or something. Hopefully Favreau knows how to use him this time around, unlike the terrible role he was given in Iron Man 2, the film also known as How Many Avengers Tie Ins can We Get Away With in 2 Hours?

I love this type of genre mashup and I'm really excited for this movie. I just read the graphic novel it's based on, which is clearly only an adaptation in name. Craig, Ford, Wilde, and Rockwell play characters that appear nowhere in the comic and I assume nowhere in the movie we will be treated to old fashioned, mildly racist depictions of Native Americans. Just like your grandpa used to watch!

Hit the jump for more Sci-Fi Friday junk on the future of cinematic video games.

Everything in its place

So, I've decided that, from now on, each day of the week will have a theme. Here they are:

Mediocre Monday: Monday is a day of pain and suffering. Commiserate with me as I poke fun at a terrible movie, actor, or some other awful thing.

Tuesday Movie of the Week: I showcase a movie you need to see, new or old.

Wallpaper Wednesday: More or less a day off for me, but you still get a cool movie-related desktop wallpaper made either by me or borrowed off the net.

Thursday Pitch: I will pitch a film that Hollywood has to make, sometimes serious, sometimes sarcastic.

Sci-Fi Friday: All things sci-fi. Maybe news on an upcoming film or a fun article about something older. Who knows?

Saturday Grab Bag: Whatever tickles my fancy at the moment.

And on the seventh day, He rested.

I'll try to post most days but I'll probably miss a day here and there. And odds are that I'll get bored or annoyed with this schedule at some point and change it, but for now this is it. Your first Tuesday Movie of the Week post will come tomorrow morning.

Hit the jump for your make-up Mediocre Monday post.