The badass is an uncommon man of supreme style.  He does what he wants, when he wants, where he wants.  Each week I’m going to pick a character, person, musician, etc, and then explain to you why I believe said person is overflowing in the badassery department.

With today marking the first full day of the San Diego Comic-Con, Canadian actor and regular Comic-Con attendee Nathan Fillion was a solid choice of badass.  What makes Nathan Fillion worthy of this claim?  He’s never defeated a ship full of pirates, or saved an entire species from dire jeopardy, or rid an entire town of a zombie infestation with nothing but a chainsaw (I’m fairly certain the word ‘chainsaw’ is synonymous with ‘badass’). Why should we care about Fillion?  Three reasons:

Reason number one:  The guy’s Canadian.  Canada is a country that churns out badasses on a daily basis. (Don’t believe me? BioWare. Totally Canadian. That means Mass Effect AND Dragon Age would not be in existence if it weren’t for the northern country.)

Reason number two:  In terms of sci-fi television and movies, this guy’s been around the block.  Nathan’s acting roles have been nothing BUT awesome.  Caleb the Priest on ‘Buffy’.  Captain Malcolm Reynolds on ‘Firefly‘.  Captain Hammer on ‘Dr. Horrible’s’.  What do these characters have in common?  (Err, other than Joss Whedon…)  All of these characters are distinct, deep, and powerful.  Every one of them is a BA of the Week candidate in their own right.  You’ve got a dismissed priest/serial killer turned First Evil sidekick who had to be chopped vertically in half to be stopped.  Next, you have the captain of the spaceship Serenity who proved to countless people that an early cancellation wasn’t going to stop him so easily (hooray for a movie deal).  These roles and many other roles of Nathan’s add up to prove that casting directors are starting to figure out whom to go to when they need a badass.  In Halo: ODST, Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck was not only voiced by Nathan, but his physical appearance was modeled after the actor as well.  Why?  Look at his face.  Question answered.

Reason number three:  He’s Captain Hammer.  And the hammer…is not his fists.

So the hype locomotive is storming down the tracks and the next stop looks to be Halo:Reach. The Halo series is unquestionably one of the biggest franchises out there and anything they do is bound to be newsworthy. So now that they have started to role out the tid-bits about their newest venture, gamers everywhere have started to get that familiar foaming at the mouth sensation…..just me?…..moving on. Past the break are my five reasons that Halo:Reach is going to be good like a solid gold candy bar and 5 reasons why it’ll suck.

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It’s time again to look at the Release List for this week. There are a couple of titles coming out. Katamari Forever makes its PS3 Debut, while Halo 3:ODST making it’s way to the 360. In terms of movies Bruce Willis is back with Surrogates, which looks pretty interesting. Follow that up with a nice Blu Ray release list including both Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, should be interesting to see what the Price Tag will be on those now that the Best Buy Timed Exclusivity has warn off. Over pretty solid list for this week, if I’ve missed anything drop a comment.

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Just 5 days ago, Microsoft and WETA gave us another Halo live action ad.  Before this, we thought the live action Halo short films were done. Peter Jackson, Niel Blomkamp, and WETA already made District 9. Which was basically the Halo without anything Halo related.

Now Microsoft have put out another press release saying that there is still one more live action Halo ODST short film that is 2 minutes and 30 seconds long. But will only show in the UK. Congrats to you Brits.

UPDATE: Here it is. The full 2minute and 30second ad. Enjoy.

Dammit guys! STOP TEASING ME! Just give us a damn Halo movie already!

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After watching this new TV spot for Halo ODST, my jaw was stuck open.  This was beautiful. This is what a Halo movie should be like.  Then I got mad.  This is just a TEASE! Comon! Give us a friggin Halo movie already! You gotta give it up to WETA for continuing to make our fantasies of future combat gear a reality.