Superheroes, Starship Captains, and Soldiers: Three media launches I am excited to see in 2013

So I am really excited for a few new movies and a killer game.  Like overly excited.  First off, I like to highlight the movies I want to see this summer.  J.J. Abrams, director of Super 8 and the new Star Trek-parrallel universe franchise, is coming out with a sequel with Star Trek: Into Darkness.  This movie looks very good.  The plot is summarized up as a terrorist, former Star Fleet employee of the month with no known name, has a grudge with Star Fleet.  Captain Kirk (played by Chris Pine) and his crew have to catch the bad guy and take care of him.  This new installment looks like your standard try to find and catch the bad guy affair, but now that the cast's back story has been explain (watch the first one!!!) we can get right down to some space ass-kicking.  I have a feeling that J.J. Abrams does have some tricks up his sleeves, and lens flare... lots of lens flare.
Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhz4A5BCMAA

Next on my list is Iron Man 3.  There has been a lot of hints and trailers about this movie, but it looks very fresh and well-made.  Set after the events of The Avengers, last year's summer blockbuster, Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is dealing with a lot of things, especially a terrorist named the Mandarin.  This baddie is based on one of Iron Man's villains in the comic series.  But it looks like Iron Man has some new gadgets and suits.  Lots of suits.
I am slightly disappointed that the Mandarin doesn't seem to have his mystic powers.  In the comics, this villain wears magic-infused rings that are used in battles against our hero.  Thank you Stan Lee for highlighting the religion versus technology battle.
So here is the trailer.  Ignore the release date, because this is the UK version (US is going to be 5/3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke1Y3P9D0Bc

My final exciting media is the release of Battlefield 4 this fall.  EA and DICE, the two developers of the game, released a 17-minute single player gameplay video last week, and all I can say is "OH MY...".  There is a noticeable change between Battlefield 4 and its predecessor, which was released 2 years ago.  The gameplay is smooth, images sharp.  I cannot find one thing to say that is negative about the new game based on this video alone.  Maybe when more information is released we will have a clue as to what the game will contain.  Reviews by Youtube gamers, like Levelcap and FRANKIEonPC, are getting giddy over it.  Large changes I have noticed include a toned-down sun (BF3 had a blinding one...) and a tweak in the Suppression effect.  But I will talk about those things in another post.  From the video I can draw it is going to be US Marines (evidence by the Bell Huey helicoptor) and the good old Russkies...  Can't game developers find a better bad guy to shoot at besides Russians or terrorists? Maybe the North Koreans...
Anyway, follow this link and draw your own conclusions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8HVQXkeU8U