Wow, what a great weekend.  Filled with movie stars, famous artists, upcoming game previews and anything else you could want (assuming you have a single nerd bone in your body).  Stars ranging from Billy Dee Williams to Thomas Jayne were in attendance giving photo ops and autographs, while in the artists alley, you can get autographs of prints or even custom Comic covers or artwork drawn on the spot for you.  We have a number of picks that we will be sorting through and posting throughout the week to give a little taste of the Big Apple Comicon ‘09.

Wow.  Its been more than a year since the phenominal MGS4 seemingly closed out the Metal Gear saga.  After a ride that was as amazing to watch as it was to experience, everyone knew they would try to keep the series alive, but havent quite figured out how after that.  Well this trailer that premiered at TGS09 is to try and fill out the gaps between Big boss and Solid Snake.  Note, playing MGS3 and Portable Ops would make it much more exciting, but even the passive MGS fan will be excited to see why Big Boss turned out the way he did.

     Just to fill out a little history from memory, just to help understand the trailer.  Big Boss (Snake) was forced to kill his mentor/hero the Boss to help prevent some bad bad stuff (being vague on purpose except for what they show in the trailer, these are the events of MGS3).  Being disillusioned with fighting for a country (the US) Snake takes the time to to save the world and create a group of what is called nomads in the trailer, which is comprised of soldiers that have been abandoned or mistreated by thier respective countries.  Snake being the only person known for his combat prowess and being an overall hero leads these men into lives untethered by their home countries (MGS portable ops).   This pretty much brings you to the events of the trailer with Snake and his band, fighting for what they believe in, not what their countries tell them too, which if anyone knows MGS history leads to the very first game and its story of Outer Haven. 

Ive left out a lot of the story and the good details, but all the hardcore fans will know all this and more, and will just enjoy the trailer.

For those of you counting the days until the launch of the new Halo  ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) game that releases on September 22nd, here is a new live action trailer. This is the latest installment what has been some pretty good live action trailer goodies surrounding the Halo franchise.

Thanks for the link Cava.

Johnny Depp Mad Hatter

For those that aren’t aware, Tim Burton has an upcoming remake of the classic tale of Alice in Wonderland. This merry (yet sordid) tale will feature Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts, and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, just to name a few. See more pictures after the jump.

Helena Bonham Carter as Queen of Hearts

Anne Hathaway as the White Queen

Here’s a great painting by Alex Ross, with Mr Barrack Obama portrayed as our quintessential super hero. We’ll see if even “Superman” can get us out of these tough economic times.

Barrack Obama Painting by Alex Ross

For those salivating at the idea of the new Terminator movie starring Christian “don’t call me psycho” Bale, here is the latest trailer with all kinds of destructive cyborg goodness. We’re hoping this one tides you guys over until it hits theaters May 19th, but we’re not betting on it.

Here’s a great fan-made trail for our beloved 80’s cartoon, Thundercats.  It features some pretty swell CG overlay on what appears to be Vin Diesel in the Chronicles of Riddick.

Thanks for passing along Dom.

Electronica group Zombie Zombie created a rather unique music video, featuring GI Joe figures to recreate John Carpenter’s classic sci-fi thriller, The Thing. An amusing 6 1/2 minutes of Robot Chickenish toy play, especially for fans of the original flick.

Thanks for the link Dom.