With your weekly round up of awesome nerdy things to blow your cash on, it’s this week’s Awesome-O-Rama!
I first really heard about this movie thanks to , but when I saw the full length trailer attached to the Zombieland blu-ray, I knew that I needed some Black Dynamite in my life. A very faithful, but very comical interpretation of the classic 1970′s Blacksploitation films, this film doesn’t just mock the tropes of those films, but also treats it with a level of reverence. Had the Grindhouse experiment had paid out how it really should’ve, Black Dynamite would’ve been the first part of an amazing double feature. And while it may not reach that level of notoriety, Black Dynamite absolutely deserves to be the #1 pick in your Netflix queue this week, if not have a place on your shelves.
I can’t say for sure what inspired Warner Bros to do a continuing series of compilation films for well known properties as handled by Japanese animation studios, but they started an amazing trend with The Animatrix, continued it with Batman: Gotham Knight, and now they’ve taken on the Halo gaming franchise with Halo Legends. I’m not the biggest Halo fan, nor the biggest anime fan any more, but as I enjoy the games, and I enjoy quality animation, this is definitely getting a watch. Can’t wait to pop it in the player.
A downloadable title for the XBox 360, this game was completely off my radar until I saw it on a recent episode of Co-Op. A surreal platformer in the style of Summer ’08 hit Braid, P.B. Winterbottom is a game with a character who can clone himself…and then use those clones to solve puzzles. What makes the game REALLY cool is it’s unique, 1920′s style silent film aesthetic. The gameplay seems solid, but the visual appeal is amazing. Definitely check it out.
That’s all for this week, we’ll see you next week here for more Awesome-O-Rama!