Warner Bros has finally officially announced the December 9th 2008 release of The Dark Knight on DVD and Blu-ray. We have cover art photos of the Blu-Ray and special edition Batpod giftset.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
George Romero’s “Something of the Dead“ Zombie Movie
George Romero is about to begin filming a new Zombie film in Toronto, but thankfully, it isn’t the Diary of the Dead sequel that has been mentioned in interviews.
Romero revealed the following to SchlockAroundTheClock:
“It'll be about three weeks in [past the outbreak] and it doesn't start with the people in the mansion [at the end of Diary]. It starts with the blonde who drove away and the national guardsmen who robbed the people. So those are the only characters that return. What it's about is tribalism. How the internet creates a Hatfields and McCoys situation. It's on an island, where people have been lured by someone on the net as a safe haven, but really what these guys are trying to do is hold them up at the boat docks.”
Movieset spoke with Nicolas Chartier, the president of Voltage Pictures, who joked that while the film is yet to be officially titled, it is being referred internally as “Something of the Dead“.
“We’re shooting underwater zombies,” Chartier revealed. “They’re swimming, grabbing people’s legs, pulling them down. It’s a lot of fun.”
So there you have it. A film which takes place three weeks after the outbreak, with a group of survivors fending off underwater zombies on a secluded island. Sounds good to me. Lets just hope its better than Diary of the Dead…
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
New Posters: Frank Miller's The Spirit
UGO has two new posters for Frank Miller’s The Spirit. It’s amazing how well the marketing department at Lionsgate has been able to promote this movie. You would have no indication from any of the production photos, posters or trailers, that the film is nearly as horrible as the clips presented at Comic Con.
User comment:After comic book movies made all those leaps forward this summer with Iron Man & TDK, it appears Frank Miller & Sam Jackson are ready drag it back down again. Sam, you look ridiculous in those Mickey Mouse gloves. It hurts me to see you clowning around on a movie poster as a character whose face was never seen in the original comics. I'm in serious doubt about your ability to pull off Nick Fury. Is this LOEG all over again? Another cool comic cast through the Hollywood prism and rendered into a garish and distorted funhouse version of its namesake?
User comment:with a comic book dude directing this movie, you damn well better have good design
User comment:Reason why there are two sunsets Jerry B Good, is because there is an explosion in the background of Mr. Jackson
M. Night Shyamalan Still Considering Unbreakable 2
Admittedly, the above headline could be published in The Onion, no prob. It’s been nearly eight years since the release of Unbreakable, and the possibility of a sequel, let alone the planned trilogy, seems to diminish with time.
Even as superhero films enter the subversive, contemplative-mythos stage that makes M. Night Shyamalan’s best film so ahead of the curve and a dark horse genre classic.
Even as superhero films enter the subversive, contemplative-mythos stage that makes M. Night Shyamalan’s best film so ahead of the curve and a dark horse genre classic.
In June, Shyamalan cited the film’s marketing—which exploited the “shocking twist” angle and neglected the comic book plot—along with the middling reviews that followed as the watershed moment when perceptions of his M.O. in Hollywood and with audiences soured. Though the film is still seen as a financial disappointment, it grossed $250 million worldwide, not to mention DVD sales. And if you read between the lines, I think he sees catharsis in making a widely-regarded successful sequel to Unbreakable. Shyamalan’s passion for the film, characters, and the universe he created won’t go away (and neither has its fans’, which includes us at Slashfilm). And in my mind, there’s the guy who made this film, and another who made everything else. He tells Splashpage…
"I genuinely just asked this question the other day — should I make Unbreakable 2? I do love the [comic book movie] genre, I just wanna make sure that I'm able to express who I am," explained Shyamalan. "I don't want to get so lost in the subject that I have to neuter everything that's me in it, so maybe Unbreakable is the comic book thing I should do — I keep coming back to that."
Your Samuel L. Jackson-instincts should inform that the actor would be game to reprise Mr. Glass, and he is. And Bruce Willis has stated his love of the film in the past and disappointment with critics’ lazy checklist with The Sixth Sense. Though inherent, the original film never reveals the full powers of Willis’s protagonist, David Dunn, meanwhile Mr. Glass’s descent into evil has many sinister miles left in the tank. It will take more than wistful soundbites and warm spirits to bring Unbreakable 2 to fruition, not to mention the tentative title, but if Hellboy—financially, an apt comparison; in terms of marquee value and quality, not so much—can warrant a sequel, I don’t think Shyamalan’s is a pipe dream. If he truly wants it. Then again, if the sequel rights are parked at Disney... umm, good luck?
Megan Fox Transformers 2 Set Video
The video below is peculiar.
All that is missing is someone feeding her grapes.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Columbia Pictures is in negotiations with producer Joe Roth to develop a new version of xXx, and plans to bring back Vin Diesel as star and Rob Cohen as director..
The third incarnation has a title, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, but no script. Diesel has agreed to return and so has Cohen, but talent deals won’t be worked out until the studio pact is made. No word on when production will begin.
Well I didn’t expect this news to greet me in the morning!
When I first heard about the plot for the original XXX, I remember thinking “what a ridiculous idea,” fast forward to news of the sequel (with Ice Cube) and I remember shaking my head in confusion. Now we have news of a third XXX film, Vin is returning to a franchise no one cares about, and a role that will only kick additional dirt on the grave of his career. If I were Vin, I would have stayed far away from this one - but I don’t make the rules.
My morbid curiosity however, is in full swing. Could The Return Of Xander Cage be the greatest XXX film to date just by being mediocre? One thing is certain - I will have to have a 3 film XXX extravaganza. During intermissions between films only the music of Ice Cube will be played, it will be an evening of peculiar celebration and binge drinking.
No word yet on when this is set for release, (or if it will even make it to theaters) but we will be sure to keep you posted!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Billy Idol As Terminator?
"They were thinking of Lance Henriksen for the Terminator, and they wanted Arnold for the Michael Biehn part of Kyle Reese," revealed "Terminator" stunt coordinator Joel Kramer. "And Robert Patrick wasn't James Cameron's first pick – Billy Idol was."
Back when Cameron was figuring out what he wanted for the first "Terminator" sequel, Kramer walked into his office to look at the storyboards. "I was like, 'Jim, these storyboards look just like Billy Idol!'" Kramer recalled. "And he was like, 'Yeah, he was my first pick.' But Billy had gotten into a motorcycle accident and broke his leg, so it didn't work out, because he would have to be in lean running shape."
Lance Henriksen has a very intimidating look about him, and I certainly think he would have made an excellent Terminator. I am glad Arnold got the job, but Lance would have been acceptable.
Billy Idol on the other hand…. makes me wonder what they were thinking. He’s a great rock performer, but why they would trust him for the role of T-1000 is beyond my understanding. Luckily, Billy broke his leg and Robert Patrick got the job. I really liked Patrick’s performance in T2 and stress to think of anyone that could fill his shoes in that one. It was a signature role for him, that is for sure.
A Peek at The Image of Dorian Gray
We have a few pictures from The Image Of Dorian Gray for you guys to check out. For the rest of the set, please go to the source over at The Bad And The Ugly.
The walking stick is a manly accessory. If it contains a secret sword - all the better.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Is Eva Longoria The Newest Member of The Avengers?
FlawedHollywood has a photo of Eva Longoria leaving the offices of Marvel Studios with a business card and a hand full of reading material, an Avengers comic book on the top of the stack.
Longoria’s television show Desperate Housewives will be coming to an end right around the time the Marvel comic book team-up is being adapted into a feature film. This has led many to speculate that Longoria might be in the running to play Janet Van Dyne aka Wasp, a founding member of the super team and eventual wife of Ant-Man. But does Longoria have what it takes to be a superhero?
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Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man Sequel Deal?
Tobey Maguire is that much closer to signing a deal for the next two Spider-Man films. According to The Times Online, Maguire is willing to shoot Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5 back-to-back over six months next year for a record $50 million in salary and profit shares.
The story makes a big deal of a supposed clause in the contract which would give Maguire unprecedented early mornings and evenings off for “family time”. The idea is that shooting two films back to back is an exhausting task, and the clause would build in time off for Maguire to spend time with his 22 month old daughter.
As CinemaBlend puts it, “Tobey Maguire is being paid $50 million to put in half-days at work.” But the gossipy details don’t mean much to me. Pay Maguire $100 million for all I care. As long as he’s back and there is a good screenplay and director behind the production, I will be happy.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Dark Knight will return
Even with a DVD release of The Dark Knight set for December, Warner Bros. is looking to release the movie in January just in time for Oscar voting.
The plan right now is for the film to once again hit Imax theaters to remind people of the movie when they go to vote. Many have said that Heath Ledger deserves a nomination for his portrayal of The Joker, even if he has passed on already.
No exact release date for the DVD, and we really have no details about what will be on it exactly. Some are saying re-releasing the movie after it is out on DVD is a mistake, while others mention that maybe a re-release will help the movie make that last bit in box office receipts it needs to surpass Titanic as the top earner at the box office.
Right now, The Dark Knight has earned just about $513 million. To sink Titanic, it needs to pass $600 million. It isn’t entirely impossible. Die hard fans might actually go see the new release of the movie in January. Currently, Christian Bale is filming Terminator: Salvation in Los Angeles. He even had a meeting with the original terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is sparking speculation that Arnold might actually have a role in the movie. We won’t know that for sure until Terminator: Salvation hits the big screen.
Source: Celebrity Today
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The plan right now is for the film to once again hit Imax theaters to remind people of the movie when they go to vote. Many have said that Heath Ledger deserves a nomination for his portrayal of The Joker, even if he has passed on already.
No exact release date for the DVD, and we really have no details about what will be on it exactly. Some are saying re-releasing the movie after it is out on DVD is a mistake, while others mention that maybe a re-release will help the movie make that last bit in box office receipts it needs to surpass Titanic as the top earner at the box office.
Right now, The Dark Knight has earned just about $513 million. To sink Titanic, it needs to pass $600 million. It isn’t entirely impossible. Die hard fans might actually go see the new release of the movie in January. Currently, Christian Bale is filming Terminator: Salvation in Los Angeles. He even had a meeting with the original terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is sparking speculation that Arnold might actually have a role in the movie. We won’t know that for sure until Terminator: Salvation hits the big screen.
Source: Celebrity Today
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Terminator Salvation: Arnold Schwarzenegger Meets With Christian Bale
A batch of new photos have popped up at Zimbio showing Christian Bale and his wife chatting with Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife.
You can watch the meet-up from a distance on YouTube. I’ve also included a close-up of Arnold’s hand. Just Jared confirms that Arnold visited the Terminator: Salvation set. As expected, today brings further speculation about Arnold’s contribution, however small, to McG’s Terminator reboot. An un-vetted tipster at Latino Review had this to say…
“…I have varous contacts in WB and from what i’ve been told the fans are in for a treat. The premise of Arnie’s involvement is to have a fully rendered digital face of Arnie replacing the recently cast Roland Kickinger (The Younger version of Arnie). It seems the Director McG will in no doubt try all he can to ensure the Governator has some sort of involvement and as a result Arnold was on set providing key ADR (Voice over) for the visual effects guys…”
The tipster goes on to compare the digital face-transplant technique to James Cameron’s Avatar, so, um, we shall see. Seriously, I can’t imagine how Roland Kickinger—playing the T-800—would feel about this decision, but stranger things have happened. Last month, T4 producer Moritz Borman had this to say to Wired per Arnold’s involvement: “Schwarzenegger is governing California. He will not be, as a person, in the film.” The consensus seems to be that Arnold will do a voice-over, but nothing is confirmed. We’ll update with any developments.
Discuss: Ideally, what role would you like to see Arnold Schwarzenegger play in the first Terminator movie in McG’s planned trilogy? Have you ever used the word “Governator”?
Monday, September 8, 2008
Top 20 Chicks in Games
Main characters in videogames are often male. However through gaming history, we have seen some seriously great female characters, either in supporting or main roles. We present them to you in this all time "Top 20 Chicks in Games" gallery.
Rank 20: Julia (Tribes)
Julia is the illegitimate daughter of Imperial Queen Victoria and Phoenix sub-clan Leader Daniel. She originally had brown eyes, but has mechanical gold eyes surgically implanted in "The Present" to give her HUD information without the need for bulky head gear typical tribesman would wear. Her armor is also unique, having much less observable plating than typical light armor, in addition to her jets being mounted on her calves as opposed to her back. She is the one caught up in the hopes of her parents, the friction between the tribes, and a behind the scenes plan to destroy the Tribals once and for all.
Rank 19: Princess Daphne (Dragon's Lair)
Dragon's Lair was one of the first laserdisc video games, released in June 1983 by Cinematronics. It featured animation created by Don Bluth, a former Disney animator. Dragon's Lair overcame a host of limitations faced by other games of that era by tapping into the vast storage potential of laserdisc, but imposed other limitations on the actual gameplay. The game created a sensation when it appeared, and was played so heavily that many machines often broke due to the strain of overuse.
Rank 18: Victoria (Tribes)
Victoria is an Imperial Princess who was captured by the Phoenix Leader Daniel. The two fall in love and have a child together. She kills Daniel after he murders her father, and lives on to raise their daughter, Julia, to an age around 6 years old. She is then killed by Jericho.
Rank 17: Rikku (Final Fantasy X)
Rikku is a playable character in the PlayStation 2 games Final Fantasy X and most notably in Final Fantasy X-2. She is a lively, kind-hearted young Al Bhed girl with blonde hair and spiral-shaped pupils instead of the ordinary "dots" – features that all Al Bhed share – and is highly skilled in mechanics, alchemy and thievery. She is the daughter of Al Bhed leader Cid, the younger sister of Brother, and younger cousin of Yuna, whom she calls "Yunie." Cid was known for his lack of subtlety, and Rikku would urge him to learn some restraint. She speaks English as fluently as if it were her first language, often makes strange hand gestures, makes humor in anxious or dangerous situations, and makes liberal use of the term "big meanie" when she feels someone is being annoying or nasty.
Rank 16: Claire Redfield (Resident Evil)
Claire Redfield is a leading fictional video game character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror games. A nineteen year old college student and motorcyclist, she is the younger sister of S.T.A.R.S. member Chris Redfield, the hero of the first game. She is the female protagonist of Resident Evil 2 and Code: Veronica, which follows her search for her missing brother. She was voiced by Canadian actress Alyson Court.
Rank 15: Paine (Final Fantasy X-2)
Paine, who only appears in Final Fantasy X-2, is designed by Tetsuya Nomura. The character is voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi in the Japanese language version and by Gwendoline Yeo in the English language localization. She is eighteen years old, and uses a sword for combat.
As part of one of Final Fantasy X-2's side-quests, the player can collect from around the world of Spira Key Items called "Crimson Spheres". These spheres document Paine's experiences as a warrior-fighter for the Crimson Squad, which was intended to be an elite unit to surpass the Crusaders; the best members were to be assigned to lead Crusader chapters across Spira. These spheres reveal that Paine had been the recorder for a group of candidates named Nooj, Baralai, and Gippal, the game's present day leaders of the Youth League, New Yevon, and the Machine Faction, respectively.
Rank 14: Eva (Metal Gear Solid)
During the events of Metal Gear Solid 3, EVA is a female spy in the service of the People's Republic of China (more specifically, the Chinese branch of The Philosophers) sent to retrieve the Philosophers' Legacy. EVA uses her charm and good looks to win over the trust of Snake and his enemies. A few hints of her true origins are made in the beginning of Operation Snake Eater when she meets Snake. When they meet she reveals that her pistol is a Chinese copy of a Mauser C96. She also uses a technique that uses the muzzle jump to create a horizontal sweep.
On 20th July 2007, during the 20th anniversary presentations for the Metal Gear series, it was revealed that EVA will be present in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
Rank 13: Yuna (Final Fantasy)
Yuna is the female protagonist in both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 of the Final Fantasy console role-playing game series from Square Enix. She has also made cameo appearances in Kingdom Hearts II.
Born in Bevelle and brought up on the island of Besaid, at the start of Final Fantasy X, Yuna is a reserved, intelligent and serious girl whose formal attire contrasts sharply with Tidus' more outgoing appearance. Yuna is a summoner of Yevon and has the ability to summon powerful creatures known as "aeons". She is mild in demeanor and soft-spoken, but harbors no doubt in herself or in her mission to destroy Sin, and usually manages to conceal any feelings of sadness from others. She is also half-Al Bhed on her mother's side, and consequently has heterochromatic irises: one blue and one green.
Rank 12: The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 4)
The Boss (aka The Joy) is a legendary American soldier, the founder and leader of the Cobra unit, and is known as the mother of the US special forces. According to her tombstone seen in the ending, she was born in the 1920s. She is known in Russia as Voyevoda, literally meaning The Warlord. In June of 1944, mostly during World War II, she led the Cobra unit to victory at the Battle of Normandy. She was pregnant at the time with a baby fathered by The Sorrow and gave birth to a baby boy on the battlefield via a messy caesarian section that left her with a long, snaking scar across her abdomen. The baby was taken by the Philosophers and would later grow up to be the man known as Revolver Ocelot.
Rank 11: Cortana (Halo)
Cortana is a fictional artificially intelligent (AI) character in the Halo series of video games. Voiced by Jen Taylor, she appears in Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels, Halo 2 and Halo 3, as well the novels Halo: The Flood, Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. During gameplay, Cortana provides back story and tactical information to the player, who assumes the role of the Master Chief. In the story, she is instrumental in preventing the activation of the Halo installations, which would have destroyed all sentient life in the galaxy.
Rank 10: Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy 8)
Tifa Lockhart is a female protagonist from Square's critically acclaimed role-playing game, Final Fantasy VII. She was designed by Tetsuya Nomura. She is an expert in Zangan-Ryu martial arts and uses her fists and feet as her weapons. Tifa has long black hair with the ends parted like a dolphin's tail and brown eyes. She is voiced by Yuko Minaguchi in Ehrgeiz and by Ayumi Ito in the Japanese versions of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts II. She is voiced by Rachael Leigh Cook in the English versions.
Rank 9: Meryl Silverburgh (Metal Gear Solid 4)
Meryl Silverburgh is introduced as the niece of Solid Snake's commander, Roy Campbell, in Metal Gear Solid. She takes up the role of Snakes rookie sidekick. During the course of the game, she is assigned to Shadow Moses, but refuses to join the rebellion led by Liquid Snake, she is then imprisoned. Snake rescues her first from her cell and then from Psycho Mantis's mind control, but she is later shot and captured by Sniper Wolf. Her ultimate fate depends on the ending of the game. She later appears in both volumes of the Japan-only Metal Gear Solid Drama CD audio drama and in one of the "Snake Tales" short stories included with Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance in which she replaces Olga as boss of the Tanker Stage of Sons of Liberty. She also appears in one of the VR missions of Substance, in which the player must protect a wounded Meryl from incoming enemy soldiers.
Rank 8: Sophitia Alexandra (Soul Calibur IV)
Sophitia Alexandra is a fictional character designed for the Soul Series of fighting games. Sophitia made her first appearance in Soul Edge and has returned for Soulcalibur, console ports of Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III and Soulcalibur Legends. She will also return in Soulcalibur IV.
Rank 7: Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
Jill Valentine is a videogame character in the Resident Evil series. She is one of the main characters in the original Resident Evil, where she is introduced as a member of the Special Tactics And Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.), part of the unit's Alpha Team. She returned as the protagonist in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, where she was no longer a member of S.T.A.R.S., merely a citizen trying to survive the viral outbreak in Raccoon City. Valentine, portrayed by Sienna Guillory, also appeared in the second cinematic adaption of the series, entitled Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Rank 6: Alyx Vance (Half Life 2)
Alyx Vance is a fictional character in Valve's 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2, and its following episodes: Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Alyx is a young woman in her early or mid-twenties of Black/Asian decent, and is a major figure in the human resistance against the rule of the the Combine and their human representative, Dr. Breen. She is a close friend and ally of Gordon Freeman and is considered to be the primary heroine of the series.
Rank 5: Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
Chun-Li is one of the earliest female video game protagonists to achieve widespread popularity. Prior to Street Fighter II being released in 1991, most female characters in games existed as objectives to be rescued or cast in the roles of other supporting characters, such as townspeople, girlfriends, the occasional opponent, or simply background decoration; as such, there were very few heroines in action-based video games. After the success of Street Fighter II and Chun-Li's popularity, female protagonists became increasingly common. Since then, in games with selectable characters, at least one of them will almost always be female; and a number of games released since that have placed a female character in the lead role.
Rank 4: Princess Peach (Super Mario)
Princess Peach is the female character featured in Nintendo's Mario video games series, she is often depicted as the "damsel in distress", but in some of the Mario titles she is a playable character. Peach is the human princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, where many of the games are set. Outside Japan, she was known as Princess Toadstool until late 1996.
Peach first appeared in Super Mario Bros. and has since appeared in most subsequent games, in which she is usually kidnapped by the villainous turtle-like creature, Bowser. She has also shown her fighting abilities in Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario RPG, Super Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Peach's first game as the main character, Super Princess Peach, was released in North America on February 27th, 2006.
Rank 3: Princess Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Princess Zelda features in The Legend of Zelda series of videogames. She is a member of Hyrule's royal family and plays a pivotal role in the history of Hyrule. Although she is not the main character of the story, as the player takes control of the hero, Link. Usually, it is the fate of the Princess that drives the story. In some games she appears as one of the sages (wise men and women). In later games she has been shown to be a form of prophetess. In Ocarina of Time and The Minish Cap she displays other magical powers, such as powerful attacks and force fields. Creator Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that her name was inspired by Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Rank 2: Samus Aran (Metroid)
Samus Aran is the heroine of the Metroid video game series. Introduced in the 1986 video game Metroid, Samus is a bounty hunter armed with a powerful robotic power armour with a number of advanced technologies built into it. She hunts the "Space Pirates" and energy-draining alien parasites called "Metroids", while attempting to complete missions given by the Galactic Federation. Her gender was unusual for a game protagonist of her time; Metroid led players to believe Samus was a male cyborg. Samus is considered one of the earliest and most significant female protagonists in the history of video games.
Rank 1: Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
Lara Croft is the star of Eidos' Tomb Raider series. The design of Croft is the brain child of Toby Gard. Such is Lara Crofts appeal she has not only been immortalised in a series of games but also feature length movies, comic books, novels, and a series of animated shorts. In both outings on the silver screen, Croft is brought to life by sultry actress, Angelina Jolie. In 2006, Lara was honoured with a star on the Walk of Game, and was awarded a Guinness World Record recognising her as the "most successful human video game heroine."
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Rank 20: Julia (Tribes)
Julia is the illegitimate daughter of Imperial Queen Victoria and Phoenix sub-clan Leader Daniel. She originally had brown eyes, but has mechanical gold eyes surgically implanted in "The Present" to give her HUD information without the need for bulky head gear typical tribesman would wear. Her armor is also unique, having much less observable plating than typical light armor, in addition to her jets being mounted on her calves as opposed to her back. She is the one caught up in the hopes of her parents, the friction between the tribes, and a behind the scenes plan to destroy the Tribals once and for all.
Rank 19: Princess Daphne (Dragon's Lair)
Dragon's Lair was one of the first laserdisc video games, released in June 1983 by Cinematronics. It featured animation created by Don Bluth, a former Disney animator. Dragon's Lair overcame a host of limitations faced by other games of that era by tapping into the vast storage potential of laserdisc, but imposed other limitations on the actual gameplay. The game created a sensation when it appeared, and was played so heavily that many machines often broke due to the strain of overuse.
Rank 18: Victoria (Tribes)
Victoria is an Imperial Princess who was captured by the Phoenix Leader Daniel. The two fall in love and have a child together. She kills Daniel after he murders her father, and lives on to raise their daughter, Julia, to an age around 6 years old. She is then killed by Jericho.
Rank 17: Rikku (Final Fantasy X)
Rikku is a playable character in the PlayStation 2 games Final Fantasy X and most notably in Final Fantasy X-2. She is a lively, kind-hearted young Al Bhed girl with blonde hair and spiral-shaped pupils instead of the ordinary "dots" – features that all Al Bhed share – and is highly skilled in mechanics, alchemy and thievery. She is the daughter of Al Bhed leader Cid, the younger sister of Brother, and younger cousin of Yuna, whom she calls "Yunie." Cid was known for his lack of subtlety, and Rikku would urge him to learn some restraint. She speaks English as fluently as if it were her first language, often makes strange hand gestures, makes humor in anxious or dangerous situations, and makes liberal use of the term "big meanie" when she feels someone is being annoying or nasty.
Rank 16: Claire Redfield (Resident Evil)
Claire Redfield is a leading fictional video game character appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror games. A nineteen year old college student and motorcyclist, she is the younger sister of S.T.A.R.S. member Chris Redfield, the hero of the first game. She is the female protagonist of Resident Evil 2 and Code: Veronica, which follows her search for her missing brother. She was voiced by Canadian actress Alyson Court.
Rank 15: Paine (Final Fantasy X-2)
Paine, who only appears in Final Fantasy X-2, is designed by Tetsuya Nomura. The character is voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi in the Japanese language version and by Gwendoline Yeo in the English language localization. She is eighteen years old, and uses a sword for combat.
As part of one of Final Fantasy X-2's side-quests, the player can collect from around the world of Spira Key Items called "Crimson Spheres". These spheres document Paine's experiences as a warrior-fighter for the Crimson Squad, which was intended to be an elite unit to surpass the Crusaders; the best members were to be assigned to lead Crusader chapters across Spira. These spheres reveal that Paine had been the recorder for a group of candidates named Nooj, Baralai, and Gippal, the game's present day leaders of the Youth League, New Yevon, and the Machine Faction, respectively.
Rank 14: Eva (Metal Gear Solid)
During the events of Metal Gear Solid 3, EVA is a female spy in the service of the People's Republic of China (more specifically, the Chinese branch of The Philosophers) sent to retrieve the Philosophers' Legacy. EVA uses her charm and good looks to win over the trust of Snake and his enemies. A few hints of her true origins are made in the beginning of Operation Snake Eater when she meets Snake. When they meet she reveals that her pistol is a Chinese copy of a Mauser C96. She also uses a technique that uses the muzzle jump to create a horizontal sweep.
On 20th July 2007, during the 20th anniversary presentations for the Metal Gear series, it was revealed that EVA will be present in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
Rank 13: Yuna (Final Fantasy)
Yuna is the female protagonist in both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 of the Final Fantasy console role-playing game series from Square Enix. She has also made cameo appearances in Kingdom Hearts II.
Born in Bevelle and brought up on the island of Besaid, at the start of Final Fantasy X, Yuna is a reserved, intelligent and serious girl whose formal attire contrasts sharply with Tidus' more outgoing appearance. Yuna is a summoner of Yevon and has the ability to summon powerful creatures known as "aeons". She is mild in demeanor and soft-spoken, but harbors no doubt in herself or in her mission to destroy Sin, and usually manages to conceal any feelings of sadness from others. She is also half-Al Bhed on her mother's side, and consequently has heterochromatic irises: one blue and one green.
Rank 12: The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 4)
The Boss (aka The Joy) is a legendary American soldier, the founder and leader of the Cobra unit, and is known as the mother of the US special forces. According to her tombstone seen in the ending, she was born in the 1920s. She is known in Russia as Voyevoda, literally meaning The Warlord. In June of 1944, mostly during World War II, she led the Cobra unit to victory at the Battle of Normandy. She was pregnant at the time with a baby fathered by The Sorrow and gave birth to a baby boy on the battlefield via a messy caesarian section that left her with a long, snaking scar across her abdomen. The baby was taken by the Philosophers and would later grow up to be the man known as Revolver Ocelot.
Rank 11: Cortana (Halo)
Cortana is a fictional artificially intelligent (AI) character in the Halo series of video games. Voiced by Jen Taylor, she appears in Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels, Halo 2 and Halo 3, as well the novels Halo: The Flood, Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. During gameplay, Cortana provides back story and tactical information to the player, who assumes the role of the Master Chief. In the story, she is instrumental in preventing the activation of the Halo installations, which would have destroyed all sentient life in the galaxy.
Rank 10: Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy 8)
Tifa Lockhart is a female protagonist from Square's critically acclaimed role-playing game, Final Fantasy VII. She was designed by Tetsuya Nomura. She is an expert in Zangan-Ryu martial arts and uses her fists and feet as her weapons. Tifa has long black hair with the ends parted like a dolphin's tail and brown eyes. She is voiced by Yuko Minaguchi in Ehrgeiz and by Ayumi Ito in the Japanese versions of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts II. She is voiced by Rachael Leigh Cook in the English versions.
Rank 9: Meryl Silverburgh (Metal Gear Solid 4)
Meryl Silverburgh is introduced as the niece of Solid Snake's commander, Roy Campbell, in Metal Gear Solid. She takes up the role of Snakes rookie sidekick. During the course of the game, she is assigned to Shadow Moses, but refuses to join the rebellion led by Liquid Snake, she is then imprisoned. Snake rescues her first from her cell and then from Psycho Mantis's mind control, but she is later shot and captured by Sniper Wolf. Her ultimate fate depends on the ending of the game. She later appears in both volumes of the Japan-only Metal Gear Solid Drama CD audio drama and in one of the "Snake Tales" short stories included with Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance in which she replaces Olga as boss of the Tanker Stage of Sons of Liberty. She also appears in one of the VR missions of Substance, in which the player must protect a wounded Meryl from incoming enemy soldiers.
Rank 8: Sophitia Alexandra (Soul Calibur IV)
Sophitia Alexandra is a fictional character designed for the Soul Series of fighting games. Sophitia made her first appearance in Soul Edge and has returned for Soulcalibur, console ports of Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III and Soulcalibur Legends. She will also return in Soulcalibur IV.
Rank 7: Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
Jill Valentine is a videogame character in the Resident Evil series. She is one of the main characters in the original Resident Evil, where she is introduced as a member of the Special Tactics And Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.), part of the unit's Alpha Team. She returned as the protagonist in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, where she was no longer a member of S.T.A.R.S., merely a citizen trying to survive the viral outbreak in Raccoon City. Valentine, portrayed by Sienna Guillory, also appeared in the second cinematic adaption of the series, entitled Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Rank 6: Alyx Vance (Half Life 2)
Alyx Vance is a fictional character in Valve's 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2, and its following episodes: Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Alyx is a young woman in her early or mid-twenties of Black/Asian decent, and is a major figure in the human resistance against the rule of the the Combine and their human representative, Dr. Breen. She is a close friend and ally of Gordon Freeman and is considered to be the primary heroine of the series.
Rank 5: Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
Chun-Li is one of the earliest female video game protagonists to achieve widespread popularity. Prior to Street Fighter II being released in 1991, most female characters in games existed as objectives to be rescued or cast in the roles of other supporting characters, such as townspeople, girlfriends, the occasional opponent, or simply background decoration; as such, there were very few heroines in action-based video games. After the success of Street Fighter II and Chun-Li's popularity, female protagonists became increasingly common. Since then, in games with selectable characters, at least one of them will almost always be female; and a number of games released since that have placed a female character in the lead role.
Rank 4: Princess Peach (Super Mario)
Princess Peach is the female character featured in Nintendo's Mario video games series, she is often depicted as the "damsel in distress", but in some of the Mario titles she is a playable character. Peach is the human princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, where many of the games are set. Outside Japan, she was known as Princess Toadstool until late 1996.
Peach first appeared in Super Mario Bros. and has since appeared in most subsequent games, in which she is usually kidnapped by the villainous turtle-like creature, Bowser. She has also shown her fighting abilities in Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario RPG, Super Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Peach's first game as the main character, Super Princess Peach, was released in North America on February 27th, 2006.
Rank 3: Princess Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Princess Zelda features in The Legend of Zelda series of videogames. She is a member of Hyrule's royal family and plays a pivotal role in the history of Hyrule. Although she is not the main character of the story, as the player takes control of the hero, Link. Usually, it is the fate of the Princess that drives the story. In some games she appears as one of the sages (wise men and women). In later games she has been shown to be a form of prophetess. In Ocarina of Time and The Minish Cap she displays other magical powers, such as powerful attacks and force fields. Creator Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that her name was inspired by Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Rank 2: Samus Aran (Metroid)
Samus Aran is the heroine of the Metroid video game series. Introduced in the 1986 video game Metroid, Samus is a bounty hunter armed with a powerful robotic power armour with a number of advanced technologies built into it. She hunts the "Space Pirates" and energy-draining alien parasites called "Metroids", while attempting to complete missions given by the Galactic Federation. Her gender was unusual for a game protagonist of her time; Metroid led players to believe Samus was a male cyborg. Samus is considered one of the earliest and most significant female protagonists in the history of video games.
Rank 1: Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
Lara Croft is the star of Eidos' Tomb Raider series. The design of Croft is the brain child of Toby Gard. Such is Lara Crofts appeal she has not only been immortalised in a series of games but also feature length movies, comic books, novels, and a series of animated shorts. In both outings on the silver screen, Croft is brought to life by sultry actress, Angelina Jolie. In 2006, Lara was honoured with a star on the Walk of Game, and was awarded a Guinness World Record recognising her as the "most successful human video game heroine."
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