Looking Back/Looking Forward June 2013

So its not a perfect list to describe who I am but its pretty darn close

Well its June, the month of the Gemini and  one of my favorite times of the year.  Summer is almost upon us, work is starting to slow down and vacation time is fast approaching. Looking at the various entertainment opportunities available in June though is usually fairly quiet as the summer sets in but there are still a few  interesting things to talk about. Before that, lets look back at what May had to offer.


Well lets get the worst thing out of the way first. May was the official end of the Toronto Maple Leafs season. Now looking at the big picture the season was a success compared to expectations and its not like it was a surprise they lost in the first round of the playoffs. Unfortunately the way they lost was just about the most painful way they could snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I hope they learn from this defeat and it makes them stronger for years to come but I worry about how much of an opportunity they missed with such a historic collapse. It will certainly be a painful memory that remains with me for some time. Add that to the fact the Blue Jays have completely collapsed this season even though they were expected to fight for a championship and it really has become a case where the less I talk about sports the better.

Thankfully there were other forms of entertainment to save last month from being all doom and gloom. A couple good spring action movies came out that had flaws but still provided a good time. See my previous blog for more on them. Game of Thrones continued the strong season on television and remains my favorite show on TV these days. Video game wise it was a quiet month as expected but provided an opportunity to go back and play some smaller games or games I may have missed at some point over the past few years. I may blog about some of the best little gems I found this month later on. All in all though May was fairly quiet in a lot of regards which was just fine since I was rather busy with work and such anyway and didn't need to be getting distracted by to many other fun options.

So does June have more to offer then a quiet May? Well actually it will probably be very similar but there are a few things I am really excited for which will hopefully make the month exciting enough.
One thing I am not excited about though is anything sports related. The Stanley Cup and NBA championship will be rewarded but none of the teams left hold much interest to me and the Blue Jays would need a miracle month just to get back into the baseball season so lets move on to something else.

Its pretty hard to mess up Superman's logo but the newest one does look just a little cooler then in the past

Only one movie catches my eye for June but its a big one. The Man of Steel, yes another Superman movie but one that I actually have some hope for. Now let it be known I've never been a huge fan of Superman but there is no doubt he is an iconic superhero and deserves a modern series of movies of his own. That and if they have any hope of making a Justice League movie work they need Superman to be a relevant character again.  From what I've heard and the trailers released my confidence has grown that this will be a good movie. Can it be a great movie that stands up there with the best superhero movies of the past decade. Well I have certain doubts about that but I would love to see that be the case and I will most likely be going to see this opening weekend. Stay tuned later in the month for my thoughts on whether Superman has become cool and relevant again in the movie world and not the joke he has become based on the last few sad attempts on the big screen.

Television wise there are only two more episodes of Game of Thrones this season but boy should they be filled with some exciting events if their anything like the books there based on. I have no doubt this show will continue to impress. At the very end of the month Dexter will begin its final season and will hopefully fully regain the magic of its early seasons and provide a satisfying conclusion for another show I enjoy. I would imagine ill talk much more about this show next month when the season gets into full swing.

And that leaves video games. Well the summer is usually a quieter time for games in general with most developers saving the bigger titles for the fall season and closer to Christmas. That being said there is the odd game that comes out that goes against that strategy and thankfully this month has one of them. The folks at Naughty Dog produced an impressive trilogy when they came up with the Uncharted series and now they have been hard at work on a new game called "The Last of Us".  Lets see take the action and adventure from the Uncharted series and combined it with the survival horror genre. Well count me in! Suffice to say from what I've seen of this game so far I am psyched to get my hands on it. I have a strong feeling this title will be a Game of the Year candidate and hopefully make up for the complete disaster that the Resident Evil series has become over the past few years. This will most definitely be a day one purchase for me. Till then enjoy one of the trailers for yourself and will do this all again next month when summer is officially be upon us.