Pfft, I think the last film I saw in a theater was Sherlock Holmes. (Unless the Battlestar Galactica / Last Unicorn at the festival was after that, but I don't think so.) Anyway, my own comments on things you mentioned:
Clash of the Titans - fun monsters, Liam Neeson is always good, but otherwise looks ridiculously dumb. I am just not buying the standard crew-cut twenty-something white dude action heroes as ancient greeks, sorry.
Iron Man 2 - will go see. Apparently I only watch RDJ movies now?
Prince of Persia - sadly not based on the new-new PoP, which I liked, but the middle-new ones, which I never played. Bitter because this means the new-new one isn't getting a sequel, since they want a movie tie-in instead. Also, in a sadly common refrain, the Prince was cast as some white dude (Jake Gyllenhal, I think).
Karate Kid - has Jackie Chan and the trailer looks surprisingly not terrible, which *might* be enough to tempt me into seeing it. Maybe.
Airbender - pretty much given up all hope. :/
Sorcerer's Apprentice - Nick Cage being crazy is sometimes entertaining, but I can't get any bead on this beyond "what the hell?".
HPDH - yeah, this has always been slated for two parts Narnia - oh, they're still doing these? Hmm.
Tron Legacy - hells yes. Seen the new trailer? I'm sure it'll be dumb, but it's punching my nostalgia + awesome shit buttons hard. Plus, has Jeff bridges and Bruce Boxleitner returning.
Also still kind of tempted by Bayonetta, but it hasn't broken through to my actual buy list. Have been playing Shiren DS, which is good but doesn't pull any punches (no 'easy' mode to soften the rougelike sensibilities, unlike the Wii sequel).
Infinite Space - I hear this is more classic J-Space-Opera (think Yamato, Galactic Heroes, Captain Tylor, etc) than StarCon. Extremely tempted. Hope it doesn't disappear before my plate gets un-full.
Strange Journey - is a straight-up dungeon crawl with demon recruiting. Supposed to be good if you're into that sort of thing.
I would be totally into your last 3 things if I had a Wii.
Also on my radar: 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3, May 11): straight up old-school zelda rip-off with 3D dragon quest-ish customizable graphics. CV:Lords of Shadow (PS3, supposedly this year): Despite previous 3D Castlevania disasters, this one looks like it has potential. Here's hoping. Last Guardian (Trico): no brainer, but dunno if it's this year Steambot Chronicles 2: apparently this still exists, and may emerge from development hell. Picross 3D (NDS, May 3): definite buy for me, Picross 2D was awesome. 7th Dragon (NDS, never): dammit, why won't someone localize this already? Other DS things with no release dates yet: Okamiden, Dragon Quest IX, Ni no Kuni
I reviewed Strange Journey, which is quite good. And also entirely edited by our boy Nich. It's the dungeon-crawling of Etrian Odyssey mashed up with the demon-summoning system from Megami Tensei and served on a platter of really whacked-out art direction. Not quite as unforgiving as the Etrian games, but still pretty challenging.
Clash of the Titans - fun monsters, Liam Neeson is always good, but otherwise looks ridiculously dumb. I am just not buying the standard crew-cut twenty-something white dude action heroes as ancient greeks, sorry.
Iron Man 2 - will go see. Apparently I only watch RDJ movies now?
Prince of Persia - sadly not based on the new-new PoP, which I liked, but the middle-new ones, which I never played. Bitter because this means the new-new one isn't getting a sequel, since they want a movie tie-in instead. Also, in a sadly common refrain, the Prince was cast as some white dude (Jake Gyllenhal, I think).
Karate Kid - has Jackie Chan and the trailer looks surprisingly not terrible, which *might* be enough to tempt me into seeing it. Maybe.
Airbender - pretty much given up all hope. :/
Sorcerer's Apprentice - Nick Cage being crazy is sometimes entertaining, but I can't get any bead on this beyond "what the hell?".
HPDH - yeah, this has always been slated for two parts
Narnia - oh, they're still doing these? Hmm.
Tron Legacy - hells yes. Seen the new trailer? I'm sure it'll be dumb, but it's punching my nostalgia + awesome shit buttons hard. Plus, has Jeff bridges and Bruce Boxleitner returning.
Also still kind of tempted by Bayonetta, but it hasn't broken through to my actual buy list. Have been playing Shiren DS, which is good but doesn't pull any punches (no 'easy' mode to soften the rougelike sensibilities, unlike the Wii sequel).
Infinite Space - I hear this is more classic J-Space-Opera (think Yamato, Galactic Heroes, Captain Tylor, etc) than StarCon. Extremely tempted. Hope it doesn't disappear before my plate gets un-full.
Strange Journey - is a straight-up dungeon crawl with demon recruiting. Supposed to be good if you're into that sort of thing.
I would be totally into your last 3 things if I had a Wii.
Also on my radar:
3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3, May 11): straight up old-school zelda rip-off with 3D dragon quest-ish customizable graphics.
CV:Lords of Shadow (PS3, supposedly this year): Despite previous 3D Castlevania disasters, this one looks like it has potential. Here's hoping.
Last Guardian (Trico): no brainer, but dunno if it's this year
Steambot Chronicles 2: apparently this still exists, and may emerge from development hell.
Picross 3D (NDS, May 3): definite buy for me, Picross 2D was awesome.
7th Dragon (NDS, never): dammit, why won't someone localize this already?
Other DS things with no release dates yet: Okamiden, Dragon Quest IX, Ni no Kuni
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