BURTON REVIEWS (and news)

So, I want to try something new. On a daily basis I have these ideas bouncing around my thought box. While most are weird, absurd, and never should be spoken out loud   in fear of no one ever wanting to speak to me ever again. But, once in a blue moon, one idea ricochets off my skull that is actually of some worth and I just can't shake it. For days I'm playing the scenarios of the story over and over again, each time adding new layers, expanding the story into a more cohesive and living, breathing form.   And having idea's like this stuck in your mind can drive you crazy, I bet my friends are sick of hearing me pitch these ideas as a way of trying to release the pressure in my mind as the stories I have concocted are just itchy to burst out and exist in the real world. So, to relieve this pressure, I thought why not release the skeleton of the idea in a new series and see what people think, whether it’s “you’re a crazy idiot,” or, “yo that’s pretty good,” I don’t mind; I ...

(Image sourced from http://www.superherohype.com/news/373829-voltron-assembles-in-the-official-trailer-for-the-netflix-series ) They’re back! Three days ago Netflix released the second season of their surprisingly grabbing and intensely cool animated show: Voltron. After literally watching Netflix until it refreshed itself and updated the show to include its second season, at 8:20am to be exact, I plunged into the show that last year surprised the hell out of me as it transcended being a goofy kid’s show and became a genuinely exciting and high calibre example of why cartoons aren’t just for kids. But was season 2 able to carry on this good streak, or did it just miss the mark in bringing all these excellent elements together to form one of the best cartoons around. (Video sourced from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pvEw4R0vfY ) If you have no clue about what Voltron is; basically five lion robots form to make one colossal power house named Voltron. The lions and thei...

(Image sourced from http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/05/14/assassinas-creed-movie-creators-want-to-prove-to-fans-they-understand-the-game ) Videogame movies, to be or not to be? That is the question we have been asking ourselves again and again for decades now as each game-to-movie project has not seen the most favourable of results. From the damn awful Mario Bros, to the ‘meh’ inducing Prince Of Persia, and the guilty pleasure of the Resident Evil franchise (that is so far away from what the games are, it might as well be a different property at this point) we have yet to get that one film that proves to gamers that their most beloved characters and stories can be trusted in the hands of Holly Wood. And 2016 seemed to be the year that we would get proof we needed that videogames could be made into good movies. But after Warcraft’s terrible critical reception earlier last year, all of our hopes and dreams have been left on the shoulders of one lonely Assassin. So did the Assassin’s ...

(Image sourced from http://bitcoinist.com/bitcoins-forecasts-for-2016/ ) 2016 is pretty much done. We came, we saw, in a lot of ways we faltered, but in the end we conquered. And while what was happening out in the real world wasn’t always the funniest or nicest thing, there was a heck of an amount of entertainment for us to escape and loose ourselves in to remind us everything is going to be okay, because if Ryan Reynolds can still smile after becoming a living testicle, so can I. And with that comes list time once again. What were the Top 5 movies that thrilled, amazed, and touched us the most? I think I have an idea. (Image sourced from http://bloody-disgusting.com/the-further/3397242/marvels-captain-america-civil-war-comes-home-video-september/ ) 1.     Captain America: Civil War Did you expect anything different? Of course Captain America: Civil War is at the top of my list. Simply put, it’s an almost perfect comic book movie that had astounding visuals,...

(GIF sourced from http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/295036/2016-what-lies-ahead ) It’s Christmas time once again, and with that another year is rounding to a close; meaning all the big releases of the year have already come and either gone with the wind, left a lingering presence in your mind, or stayed with you for months now because just one more Overwatch match is never enough. But with it being the end of the year, that also means we all need to get our thinking caps on and arbitrarily slap the best games of the year together in a list and rank them against eachother. Have no idea where to start in a year crammed with explosive sequels, world-wide phenomena’s, and that period of literally a new AAA shooter a week. Well never fear because BurtonReviews has compiled a list from it’s very, very, very, some would argue too extensive time researching just which game should make the cut and go down in history as 2016 virtual bangers of the year. (Image sourced from https://www...

(Image sourced from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlN2U6zaztY ) Star Wars prequels. That term can muster a great response of hatred, pain and an unbelievably potent aversion to sand from people across the globe. The trek into the history of Star Wars’ past has been a rocky, and mostly turbulent course of action that has broken many fans hearts, and turned the rest firmly to the dark side. But now with Star Wars in the hallowed hands of our supreme overlords at Disney; will the pairing of the words ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Prequel’ finally not lead to fear, anger, hate and suffering; or are we destined to be trapped in this insidious loop of prequel torment. (vIDEO SOURCED FROM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frdj1zb9sMY ) The Star Wars Story of Rogue One takes place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, (the fourth or first Star Wars movie depending on how you stand in this war on continuity), and shows just how the rebels got their hands on the plans to the biggest, ba...