E3 08: Liveblogging the Capcom press conference(07/15/2008) 
4:59
Colette Bennett: 
Here we go. Lost Planet: The Movie is kicking it all off.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 4:59 Colette Bennett
5:00
Colette Bennett: 
By the way, I know there's no header image. I promise there will be one in a second thouhg -- right after I grab some pics of this trailer!

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:00 Colette Bennett
5:00
Colette Bennett: 
Mmm .. pretty. Lots of explosions!

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:00 Colette Bennett
5:01
Colette Bennett: 
Lost Planet: Extreme Conditon is the official name of the movie, which is all CG.

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:01 Colette Bennett
5:02
Colette Bennett: 
Some big names are hitting the stage. David Hayter is here!

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:02 Colette Bennett
5:03
Colette Bennett: 
Here comes Dale North with some live blog picture and commentary support.

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:03 Colette Bennett
5:03
Colette Bennett: 
Capcom is saying that energy is the heart of this film. It sounds a little spiritual. That's just weird to hear about Lost Planet.

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:03 Colette Bennett
5:05
Colette Bennett: 
Lots of Lost Planet concept art. Very, very pretty.

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:05 Colette Bennett
5:07
Colette Bennett: 
Lots of talk about how challenging it is to write a script.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:07 Colette Bennett
5:09
Colette Bennett: 
David Hayter speaks Japanese. I did not know that.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:09 Colette Bennett
5:10
Colette Bennett: 
They are saying that the plan is for Lost Planet to be a major franchise. No big details on that, though.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:10 Colette Bennett
5:10
Colette Bennett: 
David Hayter gets videogames for free! No shit!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:10 Colette Bennett
5:11
Dale North: 
Hayter is cracking jokes. That's so unlike him!

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:11 Dale North
5:11
Colette Bennett: 
Hayter is expounding a bit on his admiration of the Lost Planet setting.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:11 Colette Bennett
5:12
Dale North: 
Hahaha! Inafune is looking at him like "whatever."
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:12 Dale North
5:12
Colette Bennett: 
Hayter is introducing Ari Arad, president of Arad Productions.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:12 Colette Bennett
5:13
Colette Bennett: 
He had little to say and passed it straight to Keiji Inafune, who was the exec producer of Lost Planet
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:13 Colette Bennett
5:14
Colette Bennett: 
THe first thing Inafune says was that the plan was to make a game which could become a Hollywood movie.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:14 Colette Bennett
5:14
Dale North: 
Good job, it worked!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:14 Dale North
5:14
Colette Bennett: 
This is cool. It really is. But I want to hear about games.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:14 Colette Bennett
5:15
Dale North: 
I wanna yell out," Where's my Dead Rising?!?!"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:15 Dale North
5:15
Colette Bennett: 
ZOMBIES PLZ KTHXBAI
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:15 Colette Bennett
5:16
Dale North: 
Check the gallery for pictures of Inafune and Hayter on the panel.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:16 Dale North
5:18
Colette Bennett: 
Man, I want a burger. Bad.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:18 Colette Bennett
5:18
Dale North: 
Dude, sweet potato fries.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:18 Dale North
5:19
Colette Bennett: 
This is interesting, this whole press conference business, but it doesn't beat sweet potato fries. Sorry, Capcom.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:19 Colette Bennett
5:19
Dale North: 
Nothing does. Well, Dead Rising 2 would.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:19 Dale North
5:19
Colette Bennett: 
True.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:19 Colette Bennett
5:20
Colette Bennett: 
Long story short, the guys are excited and pleased about the upcoming film.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:20 Colette Bennett
5:20
Dale North: 
Inafune is pleased that Hayter is on the project, and thinks that a Japanese speaking gamer is very important to the project.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:20 Dale North
5:21
Colette Bennett: 
Rabite: best comment ever.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:21 Colette Bennett
5:21
Dale North: 
Rabite - great call!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:21 Dale North
5:21
Colette Bennett: 
Get me a guy dressed like 8 bit Mega Man NOW!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:21 Colette Bennett
5:21
Dale North: 
Inafune says that he's lucky to be in this situation - so humble!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:21 Dale North
5:22
Colette Bennett: 
They're done. FInally.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:22 Colette Bennett
5:22
Dale North: 
He says that he has "realized one of his personal dreams" in making this movie. Sweet!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:22 Dale North
5:22
Colette Bennett: 
Speaking now is Steven Paul, CHief Exec officer of Seaside Entertainment

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:22 Colette Bennett
5:23
Colette Bennett: 
they aren't done with the topic, apparently.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:23 Colette Bennett
5:23
Dale North: 
Ah, this guy is talking movie exec crap.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:23 Dale North
5:23
Colette Bennett: 
Steven looks like a guy that likes to hire prostitiues for threesomes.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:23 Colette Bennett
5:23
Dale North: 
He looks like one of those guys that spits when he talks.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:23 Dale North
5:24
Colette Bennett: 
By the way, I'm sorry if you came here for the Capcom press conference -- it's actually LOST PLANET THE MOVIE PRESS CONFERENCE
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:24 Colette Bennett
5:24
Dale North: 
Tetsu Fujimura is the CFO of Filosphia. His job is to introduce Japanese properties to this world, as well as help communication.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:24 Dale North
5:25
Dale North: 
He's speaking now about Lost Planet and adapatation projects. He says that this one is the biggest from a Japanese game...ever. I dunno about that.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:25 Dale North
5:26
Colette Bennett: 
Haruhiro Tsujimoto, President and Chief Operating Officer for Capcom is on stage now
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:26 Colette Bennett
5:26
Dale North: 
His hair is similar to mine.

Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:26 Dale North
5:27
Dale North: 
Sorry guys! I wish there was more here to tell you about.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:27 Dale North
5:27
Colette Bennett: 
I'm about to start streaming porn in a tabbed window. At least that would shake things up.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:27 Colette Bennett
5:28
Dale North: 
We're seriously reading Tomopop now. You should later, too.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:28 Dale North
5:28
Colette Bennett: 
PLUG!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:28 Colette Bennett
5:28
Colette Bennett: 
I'm so glad Chad isn't here. He'd be furious that there has been zero mention of Mega Man.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:28 Colette Bennett
5:29
Dale North: 
They want to continue making games with this strategy in mind. More Capcom movies?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:29 Dale North
5:29
Dale North: 
Breath of Fire the Movie would be kickass? No.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:29 Dale North
5:29
Colette Bennett: 
I seem to recollect some murmurs about that a few months ago.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:29 Colette Bennett
5:30
Colette Bennett: 
Holy shit.   That was it.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:30 Colette Bennett
5:30
Dale North: 
Epic fail.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:30 Dale North
5:31
Colette Bennett: 
Wow, guys. I wish we had more to say but I'm not kidding -- they just shut it down and told us to go play their games in the Capcom room.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:31 Colette Bennett
5:31
Dale North: 
So, dinner.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:31 Dale North
5:31
Colette Bennett: 
Burger time. Thanks for reading, everyone --blame Capcom!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 5:31 Colette Bennett
5:32



 
 
 
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