New Patrick Rothfuss Novella: The Slow Regard of Silent Things- Due Nov. 4th, 2014 (Kingkiller Chronicles)

     Most of my friends have had to put up with me constantly raving about Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles.  Next to Neal Asher, Terry Pratchett, and Joe Abercrombie, Rothfuss has been seated as on of my favorites. When I first read The Name of the Wind I was blown away at the depth and breadth of the world building.  Then I was horribly disappointed because the next book was so far off.  Then The Wise Man's Fear arrived and I went through the same thing.  Now we wait for the third installment Doors of Stone, which has no release date in sight.  

    Instead of a picture, I decided to put this Google Talk with Rothfuss up for interested readers.

     Well, he has a few things announced recently, and because I procrastinated long enough I can now group them into a singular post.  In the time we have to wait for the finale of The Kingkiller Chronicles we will get a few nice treats... two novellas and a novel.

     The first is addressed in this post's title- The Slow Regard of Silent Things.  It is a new novella focussed on, in my opinion, one of the best characters from the first two books- Auri.

     "The Slow Regard of Silent Things is set at The University, where the brightest minds work to unravel the mysteries of enlightened sciences, such as artificing and alchemy. Auri, a former student (and a secondary but influential character from Rothfuss’s earlier novels) now lives alone beneath the sprawling campus in a maze of ancient and abandoned passageways. There in The Underthing, she feels her powers and learns to see the truths that science—and her former classmates—have overlooked."

     The second item is a novella about Kvothe's protege Bast.  It is titled The Lightning Tree and will be available June 17th in the Rogues Anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.  The book will also feature a ton of other wonderful authors such as the previously mentioned Joe Abercrombie.

     The third item is a novel about Laniel Young-Again.  I couldn't find an estimated release date for that, sorry.

     On a side note- from Rothfuss' Reddit AMA back in January (?) - someone asked something that I've been curious about since I first read the book. "Can a person learn their own true name? If so could they command it?"  If I recall correctly, he doesn't answer, but I've speculated on here and on Twitter that Kvothe has done exactly that.  I believe he may have locked a part of himself in his thrice-locked chest to prevent more harm than what he's already done, and subsequently locked himself out (possibly by locking the part of him that knew how to open the chest in).
     If memory serves me right, I believe Elodin reacted harshly when Kvothe asked if it was possible for someone to change their name- which Kvothe has already outwardly done.  So it makes sense that he would've learned his own name, and then locked it away, thus restricting his powers- and thwarting future disaster from occurring.
     Then again, maybe he locked another person or a god away in it...

     Source [ Tor ]

Dark Souls 2: MORE Lembas Bread (Cracked Blue Eye Orb) Meme

     This was all I could think about while I farmed through Heide's Tower.  Seriously, it's all the knights dropped and I now have like 60 of them in my inventory.  I just had to make this to share how I felt.

Batman: Arkham Knight Villain Reveal Pic

     Today we get a good look at the title character from the next Rocksteady Batman game-Arkham Knight.  Previously all we saw were vague and shadowy outlines, but now we get a full picture reveal of the villain's suit.  As seen, it's a very militaristic suit quite like Batman's, and it seems to have some good tech around the eyes.

     I really like the deliberate Batman-esque design.  It makes me think it might be someone out to sully the good Bat's name.  Someone with enough money or connections to create a suit to go toe-to-toe with the Dark Knight himself.


     For larger images of the character, check out the source: [ GameInformer ]

Bay & Liebesman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles First Trailer

     We are finally able to see the long awaited and very controversial Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot trailer has finally arrived.  I have to admit, it's nowhere near as awful as I was expecting, but it's also not nearly as good as it could be.



     Not too far from now we'll be inundated in TMNT paraphernalia and that at least will be a great thing.  For the time being I'll stick with the always amazing Nickelodeon cartoon.

     For more Turtles posts click here [ TMNT ]

Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Part 2: Launch Trailer

     Look at this wonderful launch trailer for Irrational Games' wonderful Bioshock Infinite's last DLC add-on.

     "See the world through the eyes of Elizabeth, as she continues her journey through Rapture in a film noir-style story that provides players with a different perspective on the BioShock universe."

     I know what I'll be playing tonight...

     Burial at Sea Part 2 is available now.

X-Men: Days of Future Past New 2nd Trailer

    This new trailer is fully loaded with footage and hints.  There was Shadowcat crying over might be a dead Iceman (after his fight scenes?), and I even saw a nice bit where Shadowcat uses her power with Bishop to run through a bunch of stuff.
     I wonder if maybe Taylor Kitsch will be a surprise cameo as Gambit (The Witness) of Bishop's era?  Since we already know that the next film is set to be the Age of Apocalypse, there's a decent chance- as the Witness was an important character to Bishop, well, at least highly influencial.

     There's a good chance Bryan Singer can make X-men a viable series again.  He has the chance to make this amazing, and it looks to be on the right path.  (Although with Mangold already listed to helm the next Wolverine film- I am a bit skeptical.  Look what butchery he did to the last film.)



     X-Men: Days of Future Past arrives in theaters May 23.

Dumblr: A Dumb and Dumber To Site and Release Date

     The long-awaited and much anticipated Dumb and Dumber To get and official website called Dumblr and a release date.  The film is set to arrive in theaters on November 4th, 2014.

     I have much higher hopes for the Farrelly Brothers with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels than the Anchorman 2 team.  I've never been disappointed by a Farrelly film, and Carrey and Daniels taking so long to agree to it means the standards have been kept.  Anchorman 2 felt far too long.  They should've just cut the whole (SPOILER WARNING) Ron goes blind scene out.  That would've tightened the film up by 30 minutes.  (END SPOILER)

    I'm going to try and preorder tickets right now.

     UPDATE: Apparently- according to a very confused AMC theater worker, this isn't a movie, "and even if it was, it won't be out for a long time" so I can't preorder tickets yet.
     That's lame.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Beowulf Translation and Commentary Being Published

     For years I've read about Tolkien's take on the old epic poem Beowulf and now we'll finally get the commentary and his own translation on it.  In addition we'll be getting a series of lectures Tolkien gave at Oxford about the poem.

     Tolkien said the story was, "laden with history, leading back into the dark heathen ages beyond the memory of song, but not beyond the reach of imagination."  I am quite eager to read more of his thoughts on the epic.

     It was evident in both The Hobbit and his Lord of the Rings trilogy that he was heavily influenced by old stories, and being a Professor of Old English- Beowulf undoubtedly left a mark on his own work.

     The book will be available on May 22.

     The image is a screen cap from the excellent Neil Gaiman penned, Zemeckis Beowulf film.

     Source [ The Guardian ]

The Incredibles 2 Officially Announced

     After a mere decade since the original film, Brad Bird has begun penning the sequel.  And all of us fans are peeing in our pantaloons.

     

It’s official: we’re currently working on new films featuring your favorite characters from The Incredibles and Cars! pic.twitter.com/HzdvF0rvpA
— Disney•Pixar (@DisneyPixar) March 18, 2014

     It's about time Pixar and Disney got to this film...

      Source [ Variety ]

Explorers Getting a Remake (And No One Knows Why)

     One of my top 5 favorite movies of all time is getting a remake.  It's a seminal classic from the 1980's young sci-fi called Explorers about 3 boys that receive dream communications from aliens and build a spaceship.  This film shaped my life a ton and I am a little worried about what will happen to the integrity of the original film.  Really, this feels a oddly unnecessary, because the original is so good- it features early Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, as well as Jason Presson, and was written by Eric Luke and directed by Joe Dante of Gremlins fame (he also directed the wonderful cult classic Tom Hanks film The 'Burbs).

     Remaking this would be along the same lines as remaking The Neverending Story, Flight of the Navigator, or Goonies.  They are still tremendous and shouldn't be redone.  However, if done correctly they could be good in the right hands.

     Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec (writers of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) will be producing the project and writers Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier are set to script the film for Paramount's Insurge label.  It could be in worse hands.  We could end up something like the Star Trek reboots or another Prometheus- all I ask for is to treat the original with the utmost respect.  And maybe have the original writer and director look it over before release.

     They better not mess with Wolfgang's pet mouse Heinlein's amazing quotes.

"I... would like... Cheese..." and "...Go... to...  hell..."

     For some Joe Dante thoughts about the film [ Movie Geeks United Interview ]

     Source [ The Hollywood Reporter ]