Gen Con week!

That time of year again. A road trip to Indy for Gen Con 2014. Due to constraints at work I am only doing a one day, Saturday of course.

This is a wyrd gen Con year too. There is nothing that I am super excited about or must have. Sure there is 5th edition D&D there, but do I care? Hell I can never get a game of 4th in due to life and work. Why try to get into 5th edition?

Privateer Press doesn't have a must have for me either. I await the next Hordes book, but that isn't going to be available until...I don't know.

Flying Frog has nothing new on the Last Night on Earth game this year.

So why bother going? Well I still enjoy it. The people watching, the costumes and the stuff. I imagine I'll still roll home with a tee shirt, some knick knacks, pics and memories.

If you are near by and have never gone then go! It is worth the trip.

WWE wrestler + Andrew W.K.= Borka

A big troll warlock who has aspell called Mosh Pit and has his own pyg beer porter. This is Borka the Keg Slayer!

Marvel movies: Opinion, Editorial, Rant and/or Rambling

Well Guardians of the Galaxy was a success for the studio. It was also a success with moviegoers. It was a success with nerds. You know what that means right?

“MARVEL CAN OPTION ALL SORTS OF CHARACTERS SINCE GUARDIANS o’ GALAXY WAS A BUNCH OF UNPOPULAR GUYS THAT MADE A SUCCESSFUL MOVIE!!!” screams a bunch of the interweb.

Now I am paraphrasing a bit, but seeing and listening to a bunch of people that just know all sorts of other Marvel heroes need a movie. Guardians justifies it.

Well no it doesn’t!

Being quasi-rant in 3…2….1…..

Lucy

I was on the fence with this film from the moment I saw the original trailer. It looked like a good bit of sci-fi, but also looked like it could be drek.

The setting is China. Lucy is the tale of a dink of a girl who is tricked into delivering a briefcase to some sketchy guy. This is how it starts and the film goes all sideways from there.

How sideways?

Gorman Di Wulfe

This is my thoughts when it comes to the Frenchy named Gorman Di Wulfe, the rouge alchemist.

Another in a moderate line of models to use for role playing games and not Warmachine. Now I have a use for him as he can ally with Cryx.

I love a good model from any company....

The Great Wolf and his dog sled of doom?

...but great Odin's ravens! This is ridiculous! Hope the rules make it bad ass, because that is the only help it will get.

Cool dreadnaught....wait...what the hell is that face? By the hammer of Thor that is awful! Why model that head there? Who is ever going to put that head there? A great pose and sculpt ruined by that awful awful face! 

Models first then rules? I question that logic now.

Guardians of the Galaxy see it now!

Silver Surfer, Terrax, Ego the Living Planet, Uatu, The Shi'ar, Star Jammers, Adam Warlock. Kree, Skrulls, Brood, Phalanx, the Star Jammers and so many more marvel space comics that I could name that give me the red ass.

Then the announcement of the Guardians of the Galaxy and I groan.

Then James Gunn is directing and my head tilts like a dog hearing a noise on the tele. By the way go watch Slither. He directed that and it slimy gross fun! Then go see Guardians of the Galaxy. A lot of the same humor bleeds through. 

Then Rocket Raccoon arrives and I'm pretty much sold.

This is a damn enjoyable film!