Robots and Aliens and Power Armor!
Awesome mech movie alert!
Now that Neill Blomkamp has been announced as the director of the first Halo movie, some pretty awesome short films of his have found their way onto the web. His cinéma vérité takes on near-future sci-fi answer a couple questions we’ve all had: what would it look like if we really did have heavily armed police robots? And what if aliens ran out of gas for their giant UFOs right above our planet, and were forced to stay here as refugees? Both films are very much worth a viewing or three.
Speaking of realism, apparently I missed this video game about a coup against the United States. In order to foil it, the President and Vice President– both young, rock-star-cowboy type guys– jump into super-advanced power armor and take on the combined forces of the U.S. military. With catch-phrases like “I’ll make you just like perforated cheese” and “You guys are roast chicken”, it’s amazing that Metal Wolf Chaos is only available in Japan.