I try so very hard not to hate people and the human race as a whole, and sometimes I almost achieve it. I almost stop hating. Then shit like this happens.
I hate people.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Emo time, 'cause let's face it, I'm a cry-baby
I've gotten into a weird headspace lately. I feel... apart. I don't feel like I'm a part of anyone's life. I chat with very few people anymore, and when I do it has a feel of an acquaintance, the feel of two people who once were close but are no longer yet retain the friendly mood as if nothing's changed.
Maybe that's just because it's all in my head and none of the people I love feel this bizarre distance I do. I've a tendency to be cynical and pessimistic like that. Or, remaining cynical and pessimistic, maybe they don't mention it because they feel sorry for me, and don't have the heart to turn away someone so pathetic?
Maybe that's just because it's all in my head and none of the people I love feel this bizarre distance I do. I've a tendency to be cynical and pessimistic like that. Or, remaining cynical and pessimistic, maybe they don't mention it because they feel sorry for me, and don't have the heart to turn away someone so pathetic?
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Mini-Reviews 04
Day of the Dead (2008)-- I love zombie movies, especially gory ones. This film's good and gory, but, I'm not particularly fond of the zombies in this film. First of all, the instantaneous deterioration of the flesh seems absurd to me. And while I prefer the faster variety of zombies as opposed to the slow, shambling, weak kind... super-speed and super-strength and super-froggy jumping abilities... not into that. Not the best kind o' zombie film, but, still pretty cool. Plot? It's a zombie movie! Zombie oubreak, people try to survive it. There you go, haha. Decent acting, as well. Zombie movies are about carnage, and that's in abundance. I sincerely request that Ving Rhames be in every zombie movie ever made from now on.
Grizzly Park-- Bunch of annoying city kids are taken into Grizzly Park to perform community service and clean the parks. What they don't know is there is an escaped serial killer [though he's really just a mass murderer and rapist, not a serial killer by definition] on the loose! And grizzly bears and wolves whom are, inexplicably, hungry for human flesh! And their campmates are irritating stereotypes of various kinds of douchebags and cocksuckers! The acting's really not that bad, editing is nice, some shots are downright beautiful, it's a nice park and all, but, the story's ridiculous and I really don't care about any of the kids being eaten alive. Ending was good, though, nice little twists.
30 Days of Night-- Awesome film! I was a bit sketchy on it at the beginning, because there were, at least in my opinion, some questionable editing decisions. But that was my one and only gripe. Bunch of actor's whom I love, fantastic story, and a powerful ending. Great movie.
Freedom Writers-- I thoroughly enjoy these movies. Troubled teenage dramas. I love them, for one simple reason: I'm a wannabe white boy who wants to feel like he connect with troubled youth. (^_^) Even so, this is a good film, very touching.
The Tattooist-- The plot and some of its points are kind of silly [like the gangsta Somoans in New Zealand who channel spirits via fast cars and loud rap music]. I'm also not really a fan of Jason Behr as an actor. But, it's still a pretty interesting story, and there's lots of wicked tats roamin' around to enjoy.
The Darjeeling Limited-- I'm not sure what to say about this film... It's not bad, really, but... it just kind o' meanders from point to point. It's a very indie film. It's got a few hilarious moments, like when they're fighting on the train. But, it's just kind o'... boring. But, I oddly like it... (o.0) I'm torn. I can tell you that I don't like the short film that's kind of a prelude to this whole movie.
Smiley Face-- Low budget stoner comedy. It's all right. It's packed full of hilarious people in one role after another. Unfortunately, the time in between each wonderful cameo's kind of boring, which kind of brings it down. I get the sense it would be much funnier if you were actually really wasted while watching it, but, it's all right.
Meet Bill-- Really good, very funny movie about a guy going through mid-life crisis, basically. He realizes he's not happy in his marriage, he's not happy at his job, hell, he's not even happy with his appearance, and the film follows him as he figures these things out. I'd recommend seeing this one, it's good stuff.
The Hottie and the Nottie-- Please tell me there are not people who actually think Paris Hilton's hot... ugh. She does an excellent job of playing a stupid as hell woman, though. For some reason, she's some kind of Mr. Miyagi; she's always spoutin' stupid as hell little one-liner pseudo-philosophical bullshit. Joel David Moore's awesome. He's the best part of this film. Him and the albino stalker, haha. June's an awesome character, she's funny, and I feel bad for her at times. She's also got an extremely pleasant voice. Couldn't tell you why I noticed that, but, I did. If you can find it really cheap to rent [I rented it from Redbox, that's a dollar a day, nice and cheap!] check it out, there are good parts and it's kind o' funny. I wouldn't recommend paying too much, though.
Batman: Gotham Knight-- "Have I Got A Story For You"
Don't dig the art style, but, it's cool seein' the differing mind's eye view of Batman from the eyes of a bunch o' kids in Gotham.
"Cross Fire"
The art's greatly improved over the first episode! The idea of an island as an asylum is very cool. Batman also looks very cool.
"Field Test"
Not a fan of this style of Bruce Wayne. Too pretty-boy. Extremely animé interpretation of Batman, though I dig the over-the-shoulder emblem thing he's got goin' on.
"In Darkness Dwells"
I'm unsure why Killer Croc is treated as a new villain, but, right on.
"Working Through Pain"
It's always cool seein' backstory on a beloved character.
"Deadshot"
Also an art style I don't dig. Nice seeing Deadshot, though.
Overall, not too bad. I dislike some of the art styles, but, the vignettes are so short you don't have to live with them long. The idea's cool, but, unlike the Animatrix, it's not building on a particularly unknown universe. Interesting idea, but, not that great.
The Dark Knight-- Awesome. And terribly, terribly sad. One of the most prominent things in my mind the whole time I'm watching Heath Ledger is that the motherfucker's dead. Best performance he's done, and he's dead. (>_<) Fuckin' bullshit. Why can't, like, Lindsay Lohan die? Great, great movie. I gotta say, though, that Batpod thing... looks silly as hell. Does this mean they can bring the Batmobile in finally? Also, if they make another Batman movie with the Joker still present using a different actor, I'm gonna be pissed.
Twin Daggers-- Not very good acting mostly. Story's kind of generic and at times silly. Some okay fights, but mostly just crap with bad wire stunts and sped-up film. And bad stunt doubling. Not a good film in my opinion.
The Ruins-- Entertaining, so long as you go along with it and suspend disbelief. Didn't care much for the ending, except for Jonathan Tucker's performance, though.
Grizzly Park-- Bunch of annoying city kids are taken into Grizzly Park to perform community service and clean the parks. What they don't know is there is an escaped serial killer [though he's really just a mass murderer and rapist, not a serial killer by definition] on the loose! And grizzly bears and wolves whom are, inexplicably, hungry for human flesh! And their campmates are irritating stereotypes of various kinds of douchebags and cocksuckers! The acting's really not that bad, editing is nice, some shots are downright beautiful, it's a nice park and all, but, the story's ridiculous and I really don't care about any of the kids being eaten alive. Ending was good, though, nice little twists.
30 Days of Night-- Awesome film! I was a bit sketchy on it at the beginning, because there were, at least in my opinion, some questionable editing decisions. But that was my one and only gripe. Bunch of actor's whom I love, fantastic story, and a powerful ending. Great movie.
Freedom Writers-- I thoroughly enjoy these movies. Troubled teenage dramas. I love them, for one simple reason: I'm a wannabe white boy who wants to feel like he connect with troubled youth. (^_^) Even so, this is a good film, very touching.
The Tattooist-- The plot and some of its points are kind of silly [like the gangsta Somoans in New Zealand who channel spirits via fast cars and loud rap music]. I'm also not really a fan of Jason Behr as an actor. But, it's still a pretty interesting story, and there's lots of wicked tats roamin' around to enjoy.
The Darjeeling Limited-- I'm not sure what to say about this film... It's not bad, really, but... it just kind o' meanders from point to point. It's a very indie film. It's got a few hilarious moments, like when they're fighting on the train. But, it's just kind o'... boring. But, I oddly like it... (o.0) I'm torn. I can tell you that I don't like the short film that's kind of a prelude to this whole movie.
Smiley Face-- Low budget stoner comedy. It's all right. It's packed full of hilarious people in one role after another. Unfortunately, the time in between each wonderful cameo's kind of boring, which kind of brings it down. I get the sense it would be much funnier if you were actually really wasted while watching it, but, it's all right.
Meet Bill-- Really good, very funny movie about a guy going through mid-life crisis, basically. He realizes he's not happy in his marriage, he's not happy at his job, hell, he's not even happy with his appearance, and the film follows him as he figures these things out. I'd recommend seeing this one, it's good stuff.
The Hottie and the Nottie-- Please tell me there are not people who actually think Paris Hilton's hot... ugh. She does an excellent job of playing a stupid as hell woman, though. For some reason, she's some kind of Mr. Miyagi; she's always spoutin' stupid as hell little one-liner pseudo-philosophical bullshit. Joel David Moore's awesome. He's the best part of this film. Him and the albino stalker, haha. June's an awesome character, she's funny, and I feel bad for her at times. She's also got an extremely pleasant voice. Couldn't tell you why I noticed that, but, I did. If you can find it really cheap to rent [I rented it from Redbox, that's a dollar a day, nice and cheap!] check it out, there are good parts and it's kind o' funny. I wouldn't recommend paying too much, though.
Batman: Gotham Knight-- "Have I Got A Story For You"
Don't dig the art style, but, it's cool seein' the differing mind's eye view of Batman from the eyes of a bunch o' kids in Gotham.
"Cross Fire"
The art's greatly improved over the first episode! The idea of an island as an asylum is very cool. Batman also looks very cool.
"Field Test"
Not a fan of this style of Bruce Wayne. Too pretty-boy. Extremely animé interpretation of Batman, though I dig the over-the-shoulder emblem thing he's got goin' on.
"In Darkness Dwells"
I'm unsure why Killer Croc is treated as a new villain, but, right on.
"Working Through Pain"
It's always cool seein' backstory on a beloved character.
"Deadshot"
Also an art style I don't dig. Nice seeing Deadshot, though.
Overall, not too bad. I dislike some of the art styles, but, the vignettes are so short you don't have to live with them long. The idea's cool, but, unlike the Animatrix, it's not building on a particularly unknown universe. Interesting idea, but, not that great.
The Dark Knight-- Awesome. And terribly, terribly sad. One of the most prominent things in my mind the whole time I'm watching Heath Ledger is that the motherfucker's dead. Best performance he's done, and he's dead. (>_<) Fuckin' bullshit. Why can't, like, Lindsay Lohan die? Great, great movie. I gotta say, though, that Batpod thing... looks silly as hell. Does this mean they can bring the Batmobile in finally? Also, if they make another Batman movie with the Joker still present using a different actor, I'm gonna be pissed.
Twin Daggers-- Not very good acting mostly. Story's kind of generic and at times silly. Some okay fights, but mostly just crap with bad wire stunts and sped-up film. And bad stunt doubling. Not a good film in my opinion.
The Ruins-- Entertaining, so long as you go along with it and suspend disbelief. Didn't care much for the ending, except for Jonathan Tucker's performance, though.
Monday, July 21, 2008
E3 2008: Microsoft
I apologize if these haven't terribly interesting, but, these have been my opinions on each E3 conference. Let's get to the last one, Microsoft's.
Woot, Fallout 3 gameplay footage! This is a game I've been kind of following [as closely as I follow any game, that is], so it was nice to get a look at it finally. Looks wicked. I'm really hoping the marching band music isn't ever-present in the game... that'll get irritating, haha. Resident Evil 5, of course. Looks awesome; co-op could be so much fun. But, I'm far more interested in playing it on the Wii than on the 360 or PS3. We'll have to wait and see if it makes its way to the Wii eventually. It would be ridiculous for it not be on there, though. I was never able to get into Fable, tried a couple times, though. After hearing about Fable 2 and seeing the things that take place in the game makes me want to try it again, because Fable 2 looks awesome. Of course, Gears of War 2, which I've been looking forward to since the initial teaser trailer. This game looks awesome. I imagine the competitive multiplayer won't be changed all that much, though, so I probably still won't like that aspect, but, this "hoard" mode sounds pretty cool *shrugs*. Kind of a short presentation, as well, but it's always nice to see some gameplay footage. Portal: Still Alive could be interesting, I've been wanting to play Portal, just haven't purchased it yet. I never got into the Banjo-Kazooie series, what with never owning an N64, so, I'm only mildly interested in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. With the original coming to Xbox Live Arcade, though, I'll be able to give that a shot. Scene it? Box Office Smash looks like more of the same kind of Scene it? game, so, that should be fun. You're In The Movies should be entertaining with a group of friends... who are wasted. (>_>) Guitar Hero World Tour has a seemingly better drum kit, much cooler character creator, and the music creator is awesome. But, this is compared to Rock Band, while Rock Band 2 looks like it'll be shaping up to be awesome itself. Huge tracklist, better drum kit, better guitar, expanded character creator, all the downloadable songs and almost all of the tracks from Rock Band are playable on Rock Band 2... two awesome full-band music games. Fuckin' woot! Guitar Hero Metallica should be wicked, depending on what songs they use in the game. Lips looks almost exactly the same as Singstar, but with a cooler microphone. Being able to sing from my own music collection should be awesome, since the song list usually sucks except for a few good tracks on these karaoke games. I've been looking forward to Infinite Undiscovery and The Last Remnant for awhile now. I'm not as excited for Star Ocean: The Last Hope, but I'm still thinkin' it'll be good.
I'm not sure how I feel about whatever this South Park game is. (o.0) The "trailer" was, like, 10 seconds long and no information was given about it. Just that there's a South Park game coming for the Xbox 360! But, what kind of game?
1 Vs. 100, not interested, it looks like an MMO-type game. Never go into Geometry Wars, so, Geometry Wars 2 holds very little interest. Galaga Legions doesn't look like my kind of game, either. Not terribly interested in that kind of hectic, enemy-filled screen kind of gameplay. No interest in Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, either. And I really don't care that Final Fantasty XIII is coming to the 360, as I haven't been interested in a new Final Fantasy game since... number eight or nine, I forget which now. But not since the original Playstation.
The Xbox Live Community Games looks like it could be really awesome.
Non-game stuff! I'm kind of tired of hearing about how Xbox Live instantaneously connects you. They really need to amend that and add "... so long as you pay us/them. Otherwise, you can't do shit with your friends except talk to them."
Much like with the Sony conference, I've no interest in being able to download films onto my 360. And anybody who has "a pile of discs" to search through doesn't deserve to watch films, as far as I'm concerned. That's disc abuse! Get some cases and learn basic organization skills.
I'm really not looking forward to this new dashboard and, admittedly, a little more interested in the avatar things. Seriously, I like my themes, I like my gamer pictures. Fuck this shit. I'm pissed that I have, apparently, wasted money on the themes and gamer pictures I've downloaded, and that's fucking annoying, Microsoft! Motherfuckers. I do like the Live Party thing. It'll solve the problem me and my friends have where we can only do private chats one-on-one, and we don't generally like to actually chat in the game room, because people are idiots and I hate them. Now, I can remain in a private chat with just my friends! (^_^)
Am I just weird in that I don't want to integrate everything I enjoy doing onto one box? Particularly a box that fails and breaks as consistently as the Xbox 360 does? My television and movies are done separately, and I prefer it that way. No thank you, Netflix! And, seriously, watching movies together... online? What the fuck? (o.0) I think Microsoft has gone insane, y'all.
There, finally made it through all the conferences. *whew*
Woot, Fallout 3 gameplay footage! This is a game I've been kind of following [as closely as I follow any game, that is], so it was nice to get a look at it finally. Looks wicked. I'm really hoping the marching band music isn't ever-present in the game... that'll get irritating, haha. Resident Evil 5, of course. Looks awesome; co-op could be so much fun. But, I'm far more interested in playing it on the Wii than on the 360 or PS3. We'll have to wait and see if it makes its way to the Wii eventually. It would be ridiculous for it not be on there, though. I was never able to get into Fable, tried a couple times, though. After hearing about Fable 2 and seeing the things that take place in the game makes me want to try it again, because Fable 2 looks awesome. Of course, Gears of War 2, which I've been looking forward to since the initial teaser trailer. This game looks awesome. I imagine the competitive multiplayer won't be changed all that much, though, so I probably still won't like that aspect, but, this "hoard" mode sounds pretty cool *shrugs*. Kind of a short presentation, as well, but it's always nice to see some gameplay footage. Portal: Still Alive could be interesting, I've been wanting to play Portal, just haven't purchased it yet. I never got into the Banjo-Kazooie series, what with never owning an N64, so, I'm only mildly interested in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. With the original coming to Xbox Live Arcade, though, I'll be able to give that a shot. Scene it? Box Office Smash looks like more of the same kind of Scene it? game, so, that should be fun. You're In The Movies should be entertaining with a group of friends... who are wasted. (>_>) Guitar Hero World Tour has a seemingly better drum kit, much cooler character creator, and the music creator is awesome. But, this is compared to Rock Band, while Rock Band 2 looks like it'll be shaping up to be awesome itself. Huge tracklist, better drum kit, better guitar, expanded character creator, all the downloadable songs and almost all of the tracks from Rock Band are playable on Rock Band 2... two awesome full-band music games. Fuckin' woot! Guitar Hero Metallica should be wicked, depending on what songs they use in the game. Lips looks almost exactly the same as Singstar, but with a cooler microphone. Being able to sing from my own music collection should be awesome, since the song list usually sucks except for a few good tracks on these karaoke games. I've been looking forward to Infinite Undiscovery and The Last Remnant for awhile now. I'm not as excited for Star Ocean: The Last Hope, but I'm still thinkin' it'll be good.
I'm not sure how I feel about whatever this South Park game is. (o.0) The "trailer" was, like, 10 seconds long and no information was given about it. Just that there's a South Park game coming for the Xbox 360! But, what kind of game?
1 Vs. 100, not interested, it looks like an MMO-type game. Never go into Geometry Wars, so, Geometry Wars 2 holds very little interest. Galaga Legions doesn't look like my kind of game, either. Not terribly interested in that kind of hectic, enemy-filled screen kind of gameplay. No interest in Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, either. And I really don't care that Final Fantasty XIII is coming to the 360, as I haven't been interested in a new Final Fantasy game since... number eight or nine, I forget which now. But not since the original Playstation.
The Xbox Live Community Games looks like it could be really awesome.
Non-game stuff! I'm kind of tired of hearing about how Xbox Live instantaneously connects you. They really need to amend that and add "... so long as you pay us/them. Otherwise, you can't do shit with your friends except talk to them."
Much like with the Sony conference, I've no interest in being able to download films onto my 360. And anybody who has "a pile of discs" to search through doesn't deserve to watch films, as far as I'm concerned. That's disc abuse! Get some cases and learn basic organization skills.
I'm really not looking forward to this new dashboard and, admittedly, a little more interested in the avatar things. Seriously, I like my themes, I like my gamer pictures. Fuck this shit. I'm pissed that I have, apparently, wasted money on the themes and gamer pictures I've downloaded, and that's fucking annoying, Microsoft! Motherfuckers. I do like the Live Party thing. It'll solve the problem me and my friends have where we can only do private chats one-on-one, and we don't generally like to actually chat in the game room, because people are idiots and I hate them. Now, I can remain in a private chat with just my friends! (^_^)
Am I just weird in that I don't want to integrate everything I enjoy doing onto one box? Particularly a box that fails and breaks as consistently as the Xbox 360 does? My television and movies are done separately, and I prefer it that way. No thank you, Netflix! And, seriously, watching movies together... online? What the fuck? (o.0) I think Microsoft has gone insane, y'all.
There, finally made it through all the conferences. *whew*
Sunday, July 20, 2008
E3 2008: Mega Man 9
Well, I went and found it since it wasn't a part of the Nintendo Conference vid I watched.
Mega Man 9!
While it's interesting seeing a new game made to look like an old NES game, I think that it's silly. I can not believe there won't be any charge buster or slide, that's plain ridiculous... progress means nothing to Ifune. >_> He'll have his old-school game, without any of those pesky improvements! I'm lookin' forward to it anyway, but I'm not expecting much.
Mega Man 9!
While it's interesting seeing a new game made to look like an old NES game, I think that it's silly. I can not believe there won't be any charge buster or slide, that's plain ridiculous... progress means nothing to Ifune. >_> He'll have his old-school game, without any of those pesky improvements! I'm lookin' forward to it anyway, but I'm not expecting much.
E3 2008: Sony
Let's follow this up with the Sony one, what do y'all say? I don't own a Playstation 3 yet, but, fuck it!
Game breakdown! Resistance 2! Hells yeah, I've wanted to play Resistance: Fall of Man ever since the launch of the PS3, now I want it even more so that I can play its sequel. Eight-player online co-op sounds awesome. LittleBIGPlanet looks awesome, but I'm not as interested in ot because, from everything I've read, it seems to just be a huge level editor. Is there an actual game involved in LittleBIGPlanet? Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty looks cool, and I'm really excited by the concept of small, downloadable games that are continuation, or at least part of, larger franchises and story-lines that are normally disc/cart releases. Resistance: Retribution for the PSP. Woot! Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and LEGO Batman: The Video Game I'm more interested in getting on different consoles. Super Stardust Portable looks interesting, a little Asteroids-y. Patapon looked wicked, so, Patapon 2 could be good if I ever get around to playing the first one and enjoy it, haha. Ghostbusters: The Video Game should be pretty cool, though I am incredibly sad that Rick Moranis won't be reprising his role. =( Soul Calibur IV looks cool. I have no idea what The Agency is all about, but, it looks intriguing. Mirror's Edge looks fascinating! And Resident Evil 5 looks like it could be awesome, especially if the gameplay is anything like Resident Evil 4. But, I'm more interested in playing it on the Wii. Singstar's always fun. Guitar Hero World Tour, while I've never heard of, I'm intrigued but skeptical, since I did not like Guitar Hero III all that much. God of War III!!! I'm just psyched it's comin', the vid they showed at E3 was pre-rendered rather than gameplay which, while cool, doesn't impress me much. Infamous looks awesome, I've been looking forward to that since it was the cover story of Game Informer.
Madden 09 and NBA 09: The Inside, sports games, no interest. Never really got into Loco Roco besides being something to kill time with, so, not much interest in Loco Roco 2. Buzz! Master Quiz and Buzz! Quiz TV... meh. Valkyria Chronicles doesn't hold much interest in me, either, since I have no idea what it is. DC Universe Online and MAG I've no interest in playing despite how cool and interesting they sound, since I have little to no interest in any MMO. Not a huge racing game fan, so, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift doesn't hold anything for me. Quantum of Solace... not a huge fan of Bond either. Zero interest in any Socom, as well. Naruto: Storm... I like the Naruto manga, but, I've never seen the animé and I've no desire to play a Naruto fighting game. I've no interest in Killzone 2, just not a war game fan.
A big part of what I love about Sony is that they didn't just drop the PS2 for the next big thing, and they continue to make games for and push the Playstation 2. So, I like the LEGO Batman bundle they've got comin'. How many Entertainment Packs do you figure they're gonna make for the PSP? Hot damn, $400 80Gb PS3. Nice!
Non-game stuff! More promises about Playstation Home. *shrugs* You can now download movies, so... yeah. Never been into downloading movies onto my 360, so, downloading them onto a PS3 holds no interest to me.
A lot of great games seem to be on their way for the PSP and PS3. It's nice to see Sony getting their shit together this year.
I may watch the Microsoft conference later, I dunno yet. Depends on how bored I end up being.
Game breakdown! Resistance 2! Hells yeah, I've wanted to play Resistance: Fall of Man ever since the launch of the PS3, now I want it even more so that I can play its sequel. Eight-player online co-op sounds awesome. LittleBIGPlanet looks awesome, but I'm not as interested in ot because, from everything I've read, it seems to just be a huge level editor. Is there an actual game involved in LittleBIGPlanet? Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty looks cool, and I'm really excited by the concept of small, downloadable games that are continuation, or at least part of, larger franchises and story-lines that are normally disc/cart releases. Resistance: Retribution for the PSP. Woot! Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and LEGO Batman: The Video Game I'm more interested in getting on different consoles. Super Stardust Portable looks interesting, a little Asteroids-y. Patapon looked wicked, so, Patapon 2 could be good if I ever get around to playing the first one and enjoy it, haha. Ghostbusters: The Video Game should be pretty cool, though I am incredibly sad that Rick Moranis won't be reprising his role. =( Soul Calibur IV looks cool. I have no idea what The Agency is all about, but, it looks intriguing. Mirror's Edge looks fascinating! And Resident Evil 5 looks like it could be awesome, especially if the gameplay is anything like Resident Evil 4. But, I'm more interested in playing it on the Wii. Singstar's always fun. Guitar Hero World Tour, while I've never heard of, I'm intrigued but skeptical, since I did not like Guitar Hero III all that much. God of War III!!! I'm just psyched it's comin', the vid they showed at E3 was pre-rendered rather than gameplay which, while cool, doesn't impress me much. Infamous looks awesome, I've been looking forward to that since it was the cover story of Game Informer.
Madden 09 and NBA 09: The Inside, sports games, no interest. Never really got into Loco Roco besides being something to kill time with, so, not much interest in Loco Roco 2. Buzz! Master Quiz and Buzz! Quiz TV... meh. Valkyria Chronicles doesn't hold much interest in me, either, since I have no idea what it is. DC Universe Online and MAG I've no interest in playing despite how cool and interesting they sound, since I have little to no interest in any MMO. Not a huge racing game fan, so, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift doesn't hold anything for me. Quantum of Solace... not a huge fan of Bond either. Zero interest in any Socom, as well. Naruto: Storm... I like the Naruto manga, but, I've never seen the animé and I've no desire to play a Naruto fighting game. I've no interest in Killzone 2, just not a war game fan.
A big part of what I love about Sony is that they didn't just drop the PS2 for the next big thing, and they continue to make games for and push the Playstation 2. So, I like the LEGO Batman bundle they've got comin'. How many Entertainment Packs do you figure they're gonna make for the PSP? Hot damn, $400 80Gb PS3. Nice!
Non-game stuff! More promises about Playstation Home. *shrugs* You can now download movies, so... yeah. Never been into downloading movies onto my 360, so, downloading them onto a PS3 holds no interest to me.
A lot of great games seem to be on their way for the PSP and PS3. It's nice to see Sony getting their shit together this year.
I may watch the Microsoft conference later, I dunno yet. Depends on how bored I end up being.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
E3 2008: Nintendo
I'll get around to offering my thoughts on each conference from this year's E3, but, for now I've only watched the Nintendo one.
Game breakdown! I'm mildly curious about Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, though I dunno how well such a game will work on the DS. Guitar Hero On Tour Decades... meh. Wasn't interested in Guitar Hero On Tour to begin with beyond a general curiosity, I'm even less interested in a sequel. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party could be interesting, but, y'know... another mini-game collection, woohoo... speaking of mini-game collections, Wii Sports Resort. A game meant to showcase the new Wii remote features much like the original Wii Sports showed us how the Wii remotes motion-sensing worked. Yet another Pokémon spin-off game, yeah, okay.
Call of Duty, no interest in that franchise at all... Spore Creatures, meh. Watered down version of Spore, from what I gathered. Never got into Animal Crossing, so, not much interest in another iteration.
Games that I am interested in? Wii Music has piqued my interest, though I'm skeptical of how well it'll actually work. Star Wars: The Clone Wars looks like it could be pretty awesome, we'll see what the story-line's supposed to be like. That's about it, really.
Non-game-related stuff! I'm kind of worried about making the Wii remote any more sensitive with their MotionPlus thing. Intriguing, but, I can see it making games so much more difficult than they ever need to be.
Over-all, I'm kind of let down by this. Some stuff I'm mildly interested in, but, nothing to really get me excited for upcoming games on the Wii and Nintendo DS.
Game breakdown! I'm mildly curious about Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, though I dunno how well such a game will work on the DS. Guitar Hero On Tour Decades... meh. Wasn't interested in Guitar Hero On Tour to begin with beyond a general curiosity, I'm even less interested in a sequel. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party could be interesting, but, y'know... another mini-game collection, woohoo... speaking of mini-game collections, Wii Sports Resort. A game meant to showcase the new Wii remote features much like the original Wii Sports showed us how the Wii remotes motion-sensing worked. Yet another Pokémon spin-off game, yeah, okay.
Call of Duty, no interest in that franchise at all... Spore Creatures, meh. Watered down version of Spore, from what I gathered. Never got into Animal Crossing, so, not much interest in another iteration.
Games that I am interested in? Wii Music has piqued my interest, though I'm skeptical of how well it'll actually work. Star Wars: The Clone Wars looks like it could be pretty awesome, we'll see what the story-line's supposed to be like. That's about it, really.
Non-game-related stuff! I'm kind of worried about making the Wii remote any more sensitive with their MotionPlus thing. Intriguing, but, I can see it making games so much more difficult than they ever need to be.
Over-all, I'm kind of let down by this. Some stuff I'm mildly interested in, but, nothing to really get me excited for upcoming games on the Wii and Nintendo DS.
(>_<)
Fuckin' insomnia, dude, for real.
Have I posted a blog titled (>_<) before? I think I have... oh well.
Have I posted a blog titled (>_<) before? I think I have... oh well.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Mini-Reviews 03
I've decided I'm just gonna upload these each Friday with what I've watched over the past week. I've got a whole lot of free time lately, so, these'll probably be pretty big as I'm watching at least a movie a day, most of the time two.
Hitman-- Pretty good. I knew Timothy Olyphant would do a good job, he plays a great villain, which is basically what Agent 47 is, really. Was concerned about the quality of the plot and writing, but, it was fairly decent.
American Gangster-- Two hours and fifty-six minutes, roughly. Granted, that's the unrated, extended edition. But, it's only longer by 20 minutes or so. And it's about an hour before the film starts to get interesting. Too damn long, too damn self-indulgent. Good story, nice ending, just way too long.
Shutter-- Fairly ridiculous film in my opinion. It takes forever setting up the film, during which time nothing really scary happens. 50 minutes into the film, shit starts to go down, and some of it's creepy, but some of it's plain silly, as well. Like watching a tall, chubby guy run down a hall and hop over a railing. And then, bitch gets attacked by curtains, I shit you not, and fends off the ghost by yelling at it. Anticlimactic, completely predictable, with the by now cliché "it ain't really over!" ending.
Death Toll-- Not good. A couple good actors, Lou Diamond Phillips and DMX. Unfortunately, DMX makes a total of four appearances, and Lou Diamond Phillips isn't really a big part, though his role grows larger by the end. But, aside from some good rap songs, the film's lacking otherwise. Generic script, plot, dialogue, and B-quality or lower acting, film quality, and audio quality.
Drillbit Taylor-- That little fat kid is fucking awesome. And, I'm probably late to the party, but, has anyone noticed that all of Owen Wilson's characters are the same guy, just with different backgrounds and settings? But the kids in this film are hilarious. Overall, the film's decent.
Hitman-- Pretty good. I knew Timothy Olyphant would do a good job, he plays a great villain, which is basically what Agent 47 is, really. Was concerned about the quality of the plot and writing, but, it was fairly decent.
American Gangster-- Two hours and fifty-six minutes, roughly. Granted, that's the unrated, extended edition. But, it's only longer by 20 minutes or so. And it's about an hour before the film starts to get interesting. Too damn long, too damn self-indulgent. Good story, nice ending, just way too long.
Shutter-- Fairly ridiculous film in my opinion. It takes forever setting up the film, during which time nothing really scary happens. 50 minutes into the film, shit starts to go down, and some of it's creepy, but some of it's plain silly, as well. Like watching a tall, chubby guy run down a hall and hop over a railing. And then, bitch gets attacked by curtains, I shit you not, and fends off the ghost by yelling at it. Anticlimactic, completely predictable, with the by now cliché "it ain't really over!" ending.
Death Toll-- Not good. A couple good actors, Lou Diamond Phillips and DMX. Unfortunately, DMX makes a total of four appearances, and Lou Diamond Phillips isn't really a big part, though his role grows larger by the end. But, aside from some good rap songs, the film's lacking otherwise. Generic script, plot, dialogue, and B-quality or lower acting, film quality, and audio quality.
Drillbit Taylor-- That little fat kid is fucking awesome. And, I'm probably late to the party, but, has anyone noticed that all of Owen Wilson's characters are the same guy, just with different backgrounds and settings? But the kids in this film are hilarious. Overall, the film's decent.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Mini-Reviews 02
I've got a lot of free time.
The Eye-- Best American remake of a Japanese horror film I've seen. Quite possibly my favorite Jessica Alba performance, as well. I respect an actress willing to look unattractive for a film. Some things are suspect in the film, but, nothing terribly serious. Plus, the phantom escorts look hella cool and creepy.
Strange Wilderness-- Meh. Mediocre most of the time. Some hilarious jokes, but, more often than not the jokes are kind of ridiculous and unfunny. Strong performances, just, not terribly funny material. But, not a fan of Jonah Hill's character in this film, though when he sings a song it makes me laugh. Also, there's moments in the film where there's what seems to be the set-up for a joke, but, there's never the pay-off. It looks like they had fun making it, but, that doesn't necessarily make for a good film.
Mr. Brooks-- Great movie. I think it's really interesting seeing the two sides of the schizophrenic madman. It's also nice to see Dane Cook in a serious role. From what I've read, there's talk of it being the first of a trilogy, which would be interesting to see.
Cloverfield-- Um... very cool. Extremely intriguing way of telling the story, extremely good acting... it actually feels real, feels live, not scripted. I've read complaints about the monster's appearance, that it was lacking in some way and a let down... I don't know why that is. Can't understand it. The film does kind of annoy me, though, because I don't like being ignorant or confused, and I can't stand unanswered questions. I mean, I don't need everything spelled out for me, but, there's just so many questions, haha. I do understand that with the way the film is shot and written it can't answer the questions, but, still... Really good anyway.
The Eye-- Best American remake of a Japanese horror film I've seen. Quite possibly my favorite Jessica Alba performance, as well. I respect an actress willing to look unattractive for a film. Some things are suspect in the film, but, nothing terribly serious. Plus, the phantom escorts look hella cool and creepy.
Strange Wilderness-- Meh. Mediocre most of the time. Some hilarious jokes, but, more often than not the jokes are kind of ridiculous and unfunny. Strong performances, just, not terribly funny material. But, not a fan of Jonah Hill's character in this film, though when he sings a song it makes me laugh. Also, there's moments in the film where there's what seems to be the set-up for a joke, but, there's never the pay-off. It looks like they had fun making it, but, that doesn't necessarily make for a good film.
Mr. Brooks-- Great movie. I think it's really interesting seeing the two sides of the schizophrenic madman. It's also nice to see Dane Cook in a serious role. From what I've read, there's talk of it being the first of a trilogy, which would be interesting to see.
Cloverfield-- Um... very cool. Extremely intriguing way of telling the story, extremely good acting... it actually feels real, feels live, not scripted. I've read complaints about the monster's appearance, that it was lacking in some way and a let down... I don't know why that is. Can't understand it. The film does kind of annoy me, though, because I don't like being ignorant or confused, and I can't stand unanswered questions. I mean, I don't need everything spelled out for me, but, there's just so many questions, haha. I do understand that with the way the film is shot and written it can't answer the questions, but, still... Really good anyway.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Mini-Reviews 01
I've decided to bring the mini-reviews I used to do in my vids to my blog instead. So, once I've got several of them built up, I'll post them here. It won't be anything terribly in-depth, usually, it'll just be some basic thoughts and whether I think it's good or bad. So, let's get started!
Broken Flowers-- Excellent film, except for the ending. Funny and heartfelt, with a very indie feel to the shots and editing.
Doll Graveyard-- Not good. Kind o' bad, in fact. Mostly good acting, but some questionable plot points and some irritatingly unrealistic CG effects, but not many. It's fairly contrived and uninspired, as far as plots go. Maybe Charles Band needs to just the evil puppet films go, ey?
Hatchet-- Excellent film, I had planned a vid or it, but, having issues with that... I may end up just posting it onto my blog if it takes too long to get a new mic.
Meet The Spartans-- Kind o' funny, but overall fairly banal. Some cool cameo-type parts, though. But, when and why did Carmen Electra start doing so many spoof movies?
Juno-- Amazing film! Anyone who does not like this must not have a heart. Funny, quirky, and sad. It made me cry, and there haven't been very many new films that have such an effect on me! And the song in the very last scene is just lovely.
Sweeney Todd-- Excellent film, though I felt it was a bit slow in the beginning. And, as much of an auteur as Tim Burton is, I felt that the way they did the blood, at least as far as the color is concerned, was ridiculous. Just looked stupid. It was nice to hear Johnny Depp sing, though. (^_^)
One Missed Call-- Read the blog immediately before this one. I'll restate it, though; it's a bad movie.
Jumper-- I don't understand why people give this film such a bad rap. It's really pretty damn good, though I'm not a big fan of Hayden Christensen when he pretends to be angry. Jamie Bell's pretty awesome, though. But the plot makes sense, the action scenes are pretty awesome. Best moment in the film is when Griffin (Jamie Bell) is jumping repeatedly at Roland (Samuel L. Jackson) and screaming in rage. Very intense, very cool moment in the film. The ending kind o' sucks, and the film as a whole feels somewhat rushed, but, it's a good movie.
That's it for now. I've gotten into renting movies from Red Box again, so, there're definitely more on the way. I've got The Eye [which I'm watching right now, actually], Mr. Brooks, Strange Wilderness, and Cloverfield at the moment.
Broken Flowers-- Excellent film, except for the ending. Funny and heartfelt, with a very indie feel to the shots and editing.
Doll Graveyard-- Not good. Kind o' bad, in fact. Mostly good acting, but some questionable plot points and some irritatingly unrealistic CG effects, but not many. It's fairly contrived and uninspired, as far as plots go. Maybe Charles Band needs to just the evil puppet films go, ey?
Hatchet-- Excellent film, I had planned a vid or it, but, having issues with that... I may end up just posting it onto my blog if it takes too long to get a new mic.
Meet The Spartans-- Kind o' funny, but overall fairly banal. Some cool cameo-type parts, though. But, when and why did Carmen Electra start doing so many spoof movies?
Juno-- Amazing film! Anyone who does not like this must not have a heart. Funny, quirky, and sad. It made me cry, and there haven't been very many new films that have such an effect on me! And the song in the very last scene is just lovely.
Sweeney Todd-- Excellent film, though I felt it was a bit slow in the beginning. And, as much of an auteur as Tim Burton is, I felt that the way they did the blood, at least as far as the color is concerned, was ridiculous. Just looked stupid. It was nice to hear Johnny Depp sing, though. (^_^)
One Missed Call-- Read the blog immediately before this one. I'll restate it, though; it's a bad movie.
Jumper-- I don't understand why people give this film such a bad rap. It's really pretty damn good, though I'm not a big fan of Hayden Christensen when he pretends to be angry. Jamie Bell's pretty awesome, though. But the plot makes sense, the action scenes are pretty awesome. Best moment in the film is when Griffin (Jamie Bell) is jumping repeatedly at Roland (Samuel L. Jackson) and screaming in rage. Very intense, very cool moment in the film. The ending kind o' sucks, and the film as a whole feels somewhat rushed, but, it's a good movie.
That's it for now. I've gotten into renting movies from Red Box again, so, there're definitely more on the way. I've got The Eye [which I'm watching right now, actually], Mr. Brooks, Strange Wilderness, and Cloverfield at the moment.
Bad Movie Alert!!
One Missed Call is stupid. Be warned!
Plot holes galore, dumb-as-shit ending, and kind o' predictable in the cause behind the killer cell phones!
It does have some decent creepy imagery goin' on, but that's about all, and sometimes it's painfully unrealistic CGI.
Not the worst movie ever, but, not good either.
Plot holes galore, dumb-as-shit ending, and kind o' predictable in the cause behind the killer cell phones!
It does have some decent creepy imagery goin' on, but that's about all, and sometimes it's painfully unrealistic CGI.
Not the worst movie ever, but, not good either.
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