Linkorama Monday 16th August

Star Wars, Terminator, Epic Mickey, But Not Much Else...

Wow...really slow news day today...only three stories that are really worth showing off. Hopefully there'll be more tomorrow, until then...read on!

Star Wars: Blu-Ray Edition



This has been a long time coming. Everybody knew it would happen eventually...it's not like George Lucas hasn't cashed in on every format available to him (hey, guess what, he's also rumoured to be working on a 3D re-release of the original trilogy!), but now we have official confirmation of the Original Trilogy hitting Blu-Ray in 2011.

Each release tends to come with a nice batch of extras...but apparently this release will be coming with never before seen documentaries, outtakes, cut-scenes, etc, etc.

But we'll have to wait for more PR spiel before we can know the true extent of the extras, and which versions of the trilogy we'll be getting access to.

I find it odd though...Blu-Ray discs can hold ALOT of data...why not stick the originals, and the re-mastered versions on each disc? They've done it with the Alien Anthology (formerly known as the Quadrilogy), so why not please all the fans and do it with this lovely new set?

Well, either way, scroll down to check out one of the cut scenes from Return Of The Jedi:



[source: Den Of Geek]

Terminator Animation?



Terminator 3000 is a new Animated Series idea from Hannover and Red Bear Entertainment. The idea is that it'll carry on the storyline that Terminator: Salvation set up.

But there's a problem...Pacificor, the company that owns the rights to the Terminator franchise, didn't say yes to this project.

Another problem arises when Eric Parkinson, CEO of Hannover, reveals that he apparently owns the Animation rights to Terminator whilst the rest of the rights were sold on. It's all a bit of a mess.

"The animation rights were excluded when Hemdale sold Terminator to Carolco and when I left Hemdale, part of my settlement was that I got those rights.

"However, the way the rest of the contractual rights are written, it would be dangerous for us to do this without Pacificor’s approval.

"They have certain intellectual rights. The best way to put it is, they can’t make an animated film without me, and we might not be able to make it without them.

"We are in discussions with WME, and hope we can deal with this expeditiously."

So, basically...if Pacificor say no, then the project looks likely to crumble before it's even started.

I'll keep you guys posted.

[source: Total Film]

Epic Mickey



This is Epic Mickey, a new Wii title coming from a collaboration between Disney (obviously) and Warren Spector, the guy that helped create Deus Ex.

It may come as a bit of a shock to the system. Sure, it's Disney, and sure it's rated PEGI 7...but look at the concept art, and take a look at the storyline!

"The story centers on rival Oswald the Lucky Rabbit - Walt Disney's first cartoon character in 1927 - and his struggles with Mickey's growing popularity. Oswald becomes the first inhabitant of the Cartoon Wasteland, a twisted world created by sorcerer Yen Sid for retired Disney characters. Mickey stumbles upon the Cartoon Wasteland and inadvertently destroys Oswald's world, and is now forced to face his greatest adversaries."

So, basically, Mickey is forced to deal with both his accident and abandoned Disney creations...

Below, you can watch the first half of the intro to the game, courtesy of Empire Online.



Typically, Mickey dicks around with stuff he shouldn't be touching, and now has to live with the consequences. Typical Mickey Mouse sort of stuff then, but in a new and interesting way.

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That's all for today folks, sorry for the lack of news in today's post.

I was thinking of starting up a new format...perhaps only uploading 3 times per week? Monday, Wednesday, and Friday...leaving me with Tuesday and Thursday to upload more specific articles of somekind?

Let me know what you think!