There's a lot of potential for failure here, but I have hope; check out this new trailer with a cameo by Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani. If that doesn't impress you, there's always Peter Dinklage's mullet.
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Waka Flocka Flame and Good Charlotte have a new song titled "Game On" for the movie Pixels that can best be described as "noisy." On the bright side, you do get to hear Waka Flocka make the 'waka waka' sound a bunch.
This new trailer introduces you to the more of the band of classic game champions who must join forces to defeat this suspiciously specific alien invasion.
It's also the first time I've realized that the Peter Dinklage character is completely based off of King of Kong's Billy Mitchell.
Dinklage even plays the Donkey Kong champion in PIXELS. So, much like the rest of the movie, it's pretty on the nose.
Given that the last decade of summer blockbusters have mostly aimed right at the nostalgic feels, PIXELS seems like just another in a long run of cynical executive decision making. Let's hope it's more fun than that.
