Film of the
Week:
RoosterTeeth’s Lazer Team
Since 2003 when the first episode of Red Vs Blue hit the internet,
which is now the longest running web series in the world, soon to begin its 14th
series, founded by Burnie Burns, Geoff Ramsey, Gus Sorola, Matt Hullum and Joel
Heyman, RoosterTeeth has grown from being a bunch of people in a flat to a
fully established company. As well as Red Vs Blue, they have their hugely
popular Rwby, which is an animation series now currently, in its 3rd
season, among many life action series as well, including but not limited to: RoosterTeeth
Shorts, Immersion, and Ten Little Roosters.
After having their company grow from strength to strength with the
support of their community across Youtube and their website, they felt it was
the right time to produce a film. They launched an Indigogo campaign where
people of the community could donate a certain amount for a tiered reward
system, for example: If you donate over a certain amount, you are eligible for
your name to appear in the film’s end credits. The campaign broke all kinds of
records by becoming the fastest campaign to reach its goal and beyond, and
exceeded everyone’s expectations.
Lazer Team is about when a group of scientists received the WOW
signal, which to this day, no one knows where it came from or who or what sent
it… at least that is what we were told. Four losers, Hagan (Burnie Burns),
Woody (Gavin Free), Herman (Colton Dunn), and Zach (Michael Jones), find
themselves saving the world after inadvertently knocking a UFO out of the sky
and becoming genetically equipped to the battle suit that was meant for someone
else. This film was a collaboration of Hollywood actors, RoosterTeeth employees
and the community themselves, which resulted in an original, humble and above
all, funny film, that had you laughing from the start.
Below are two links for the film's IMDB page:
TV Program
of the Week
Due South – Series 2 – Episode 14: All the Queen’s Horses
Due South is an American crime drama when a Canadian Mounty,
Benton Fraser (played by Paul Gross) moves down south to Chicago to try and
find his father’s killer. There, he meets and teams up with Detective Raymond
Vecchio (played by David Marciano) and together they solve various crimes. The
show focuses on the stereotypical nature of both American and Canadian
cultures: Benton is compulsively polite, whereas Raymond is lacking in some
manners. The shows comedy comes from the two bouncing between each other in
each episode.
One particular episode that I would like to talk about, All the
Queen’s Horses, breaks away from downtown city of Chicago and focuses on the
R.C.M.P.’s Musical Ride as they bored a train heading towards its North
American Tour. After the train has set off, it is hijacked by a group of
terrorists who disguised themselves as the film crew. Benton must somehow stop
a runaway train before it reaches the centre of Chicago and cause massive
damage. The reason why this episode stands out is not only because it’s a nice
change of pace, but because whilst this show is light-hearted and has a strong
comedic elements throughout, those tones are brought to the centre of attention
via joyful singing which leads to some of the funniest scenes in the episodes.
However, even though Benton is the main character, the legendary Leslie Neilson
who gusts stars as Sgt. Buck Frobisher steals the show when he brings along his
unique talent and charm that never fails to make you laugh.
And it wouldn’t be a light-hearted story without a bit of romance
in the air. Benton and his Superior Officer, Inspector Meg Thatcher’s (played
by Camilla Scott) relationship develops further than just rank.
I see this episode as a nice introductory episode, as it details
everything that the show is about.
Here is the link the episode’s IMDB page:
Game of the
Week
American Truck Simulator
You could class this as a spin-off to the Euro Truck Simulator
series. The team at SCS has knocked it out of the park once again with their
new trucking simulator, American Truck Simulator, which was released yesterday
on the 02/02/2016.
They decided to release the game early instead of a lot later,
which I feel was a good decision. Fans of their simulator franchise were eagerly
waiting for the game from the moment it was announced, and when it was released
on Steam, it was snapped up like hot cakes. The game includes 2 states: Nevada
and California with the third, Arizona coming soon as it is still in
development, but when it is ready to be shipped out, those that have already
downloaded the game will get the new state for free.
Usually, when a game is released early, you can easily see all the
evidence pointing towards it being unfinished and full of glitches that can sometimes
make the game unplayable to a certain extent, but American Truck Simulator is a
prime example of being the complete opposite of that. it’s a solid game, the
physics, sounds, and (more importantly) the driving itself are realistic,
making you feel as if you are actually driving a truck, which is what a good
simulator is supposed to make you feel: As if you are actually doing the thing
it is supposed to be simulating. Why keep their fans waiting any longer when
they have a finished product? And releasing the Arizona state for free because
it was meant to be in the game in the first place certainly earns bonus points
from me. They could have taken this opportunity to charge for the new state,
but there really is no need to, so they didn’t.
Now that they have branched out to the states, they do have a lot
of opportunities to explore with any DLC they wish to release in the future. I
wouldn’t mind driving through Washington DC or New York. They have a chance to
make this game massive, full to the brim with content that would keep anyone
who is even mildly interested in this game happy for hours.
There is one thing that I can be sure of and that is they have
once again proved that are number 1 when it comes to making simulators.
Below are two links for the Steam page and the game's official website:
Steam:
Official Website:
Video of the
Week
The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch)
If anybody who watched this also works in an office, they would
know exactly how their meetings play out, and I can guarantee they would say
that this video perfectly represents that. In fact, any experts out there would
wonder when the punchline is coming.
The video is about a group of employees in a meeting, discussing
what needs to be done in light of their newly started project, which requires
the employee who is an expert in all matters of drawing lines. The task is
simple: Draw seven red lines, all of them strictly perpendicular, some with
green ink and some with transparent ink; he is an expert after all.
They then start a lengthy debate about how the task cannot be
carried out in the way they want it to be, which all things considered, if he’s
an expert, he should just ignore the rules of geometry and make sure the task
has been carried out at the end of the day; he is an expert after all, and we all
know that being an expert means we can do absolutely anything.
All in all, this video hits the nail on the head when it comes to
describing every meeting ever.
You can watch the video here:
Thanks for reading
Antony Hudson
(TonyHadNouns)
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