I should probably update more often.
One update every 3 weeks isn't too great, not that anyone actually enjoys the updates, at least I could be punctual. I've seen some new shows and movies and also played some new games, I'm such a social butterfly...
On the tv front, both 24 and Battlestar Galactica(bsg) have started up again, good times indeed. 24 started with quite a shocking first 20 minutes, killing off 2 major characters, and is still going strong(and nonstop, no repeats or off-weeks for the whole season, hence it starting in january) It's hard to not like Jack Bauer(Kiefer Sutherland) on the show, he's almost always right, he almost always saves the day, he basically just kicks ass and takes names every season. BSG ended the first half of season 2 in Sept. with a pretty big cliffhanger, it took them the first 2 episodes of this second half of the season to wrap it up. It's a damned well done show, not sure what else I can say about it. Even the filler episodes tend to be fun, hard to say that about a lot of these kind of shows.
I've seen a few movies since the last update, including both Underworld's. They recently re-released the Unrated/Extended version of Underworld(U1) on dvd and bestbuy had an exclusive offer that included a free ticket to go see Underworld 2(U2) in the theater, all for 15 bucks. The U1 unrated dvd has quite a few special features and I had never seen the movie, so for 15 bucks it was a decent price to start with, but getting in to see the sequel for free(matinee prices here are $7) was the icing on the cake. I'd held off seing the first because I'd heard so many neutral to disappointing comments about it, it wasn't a big must-see movie for me. Reading some reviews of the U1 unrated disc, a few of the reviewers commented that the added footage and changed scenes really added to the movie, adding some backstory and depth to it, I figured now was as good a time as any to try it out.
I enjoyed U1 for the most part, going in with somewhat lower expectations to be safe and avoid disappointment, and came away actually looking forward to the sequel a little bit(considering I was going to see it the very next day...) There were definitely things I would have changed with the movie, but I came away entertained. The weird thing about the sequel is that nearly everyone I've talked to came away disappointed because they didn't understand a good bit of the story, I think the issue here lies with how I think(since I've never seen the theatrical cut of U1 to be sure) that the unrated version of the first movie added a lot of backstory that they ended up using in the sequel, but the theatrical version didn't expand upon some of the directions the second movie went in. I did like the first more, but having seen the 2 movies back to back within 24 hours of each other and having seen the unrated version of one, I did come away having enjoyed U2. Again, it wasn't exactly what I would have done with it, but it did move forward the story and explain quite a bit. It's a shame that so many people went into it without seeing the unrated version first.
Watched Kiki's Delivery Service last night, another movie by Hayao Miyazaki(who I mention last update I believe) I liked it, but it's not my favorite of his movies. It's very sweet and has some very nice and caring characters, but no antagonist at all, so the story just kind of plods along without any direction. The story is about a young girl who has just turned 13, she comes from a line of witches and at 13 they are meant to go off on their own for a year to train themselves. In this world, witches are actually helpful women who use their magic for the good of their town or village, Kiki comes from a loving family but she is the one who pushes to go as soon as possible, she's very excited to make it big on her own. She flies around to find a town without a witch already, so she can set herself up and begin both training and making money helping people, she finds a very large city right on the ocean to live in. Here is where it kinda just plods on, she makes some friends and finds a place to live, sets up a delivery service(since she has a broom to fly on and get around the city) and that's about it. She tries to fit in, makes some friends, delivers some packages...that's most of the story... She does run into some problems delivering some packages and also has some problems as she uses her witch powers, but there is nothing else really going on with the story. His later movies are much better, but this is a very light and fun movie, it isn't that I didn't like it, I just felt it wasn't as good as his others.
Haven't been playing much on the mmo front, haven't really been in much of a mood to do the villains or wow thing in the past few weeks:( I oddly still like both games in their own ways, but I just never feel in the mood to play them(or if I do, it doesn't last very long) I have been playing a lot on my Nintendo DS though, a few older Castlevania games. I managed to beat 2 of them and now am working on the third. They are 2d sidescroller games, you have a huge castle to explore and you work your way through(it's fairly non-linear, besides boss battles and certain unpassable terrain) to eventually save some people and defeat Dracula. The fun part is, they are also rpg's, so you have equipment, magic, experience and leveling, hp/mp, etc. So it's a fun little action game that also lets you powerlevel yourself or farm for specific drops(and there are rare drops and money in them also, and lots of hidden areas with bonuses) Great games, glad the castlevania 2d games went in this direction from their old roots as just actiony sidescrollers instead.
I also finished book 2(A Clash of Kings) in George R R Martin's Song of Fire and Ice last week. I'm not really sure what to say about this series, I'll keep on reading and it's not that I dislike it, but it's in no way, shape, or form living up to the hype I've heard. I like very few of the characters and don't care what happens to them(or actually hope they do die...) and I'm not crazy about the directions the story keeps on going, it's like he looks at other fantasy stories and then to be different, goes in a totally different direction(but just to be different, not to improve the story) When I read a book series where I just wish about 75% of the characters would just die outright, that's not a good thing. I'll keep on reading I guess, maybe it's book 3 that will "win me over" or just show me what everyone goes on and on about. Rumor has it that it will end with book 6, though I hear that book 4(which just came out) is more than 50% about an all new character to the series, not a good sign for the 6-book rumor. I'll probably keep on reading to be a completist, but it's almost a chore at times, that's not why I read books.
On the tv front, both 24 and Battlestar Galactica(bsg) have started up again, good times indeed. 24 started with quite a shocking first 20 minutes, killing off 2 major characters, and is still going strong(and nonstop, no repeats or off-weeks for the whole season, hence it starting in january) It's hard to not like Jack Bauer(Kiefer Sutherland) on the show, he's almost always right, he almost always saves the day, he basically just kicks ass and takes names every season. BSG ended the first half of season 2 in Sept. with a pretty big cliffhanger, it took them the first 2 episodes of this second half of the season to wrap it up. It's a damned well done show, not sure what else I can say about it. Even the filler episodes tend to be fun, hard to say that about a lot of these kind of shows.
I've seen a few movies since the last update, including both Underworld's. They recently re-released the Unrated/Extended version of Underworld(U1) on dvd and bestbuy had an exclusive offer that included a free ticket to go see Underworld 2(U2) in the theater, all for 15 bucks. The U1 unrated dvd has quite a few special features and I had never seen the movie, so for 15 bucks it was a decent price to start with, but getting in to see the sequel for free(matinee prices here are $7) was the icing on the cake. I'd held off seing the first because I'd heard so many neutral to disappointing comments about it, it wasn't a big must-see movie for me. Reading some reviews of the U1 unrated disc, a few of the reviewers commented that the added footage and changed scenes really added to the movie, adding some backstory and depth to it, I figured now was as good a time as any to try it out.
I enjoyed U1 for the most part, going in with somewhat lower expectations to be safe and avoid disappointment, and came away actually looking forward to the sequel a little bit(considering I was going to see it the very next day...) There were definitely things I would have changed with the movie, but I came away entertained. The weird thing about the sequel is that nearly everyone I've talked to came away disappointed because they didn't understand a good bit of the story, I think the issue here lies with how I think(since I've never seen the theatrical cut of U1 to be sure) that the unrated version of the first movie added a lot of backstory that they ended up using in the sequel, but the theatrical version didn't expand upon some of the directions the second movie went in. I did like the first more, but having seen the 2 movies back to back within 24 hours of each other and having seen the unrated version of one, I did come away having enjoyed U2. Again, it wasn't exactly what I would have done with it, but it did move forward the story and explain quite a bit. It's a shame that so many people went into it without seeing the unrated version first.
Watched Kiki's Delivery Service last night, another movie by Hayao Miyazaki(who I mention last update I believe) I liked it, but it's not my favorite of his movies. It's very sweet and has some very nice and caring characters, but no antagonist at all, so the story just kind of plods along without any direction. The story is about a young girl who has just turned 13, she comes from a line of witches and at 13 they are meant to go off on their own for a year to train themselves. In this world, witches are actually helpful women who use their magic for the good of their town or village, Kiki comes from a loving family but she is the one who pushes to go as soon as possible, she's very excited to make it big on her own. She flies around to find a town without a witch already, so she can set herself up and begin both training and making money helping people, she finds a very large city right on the ocean to live in. Here is where it kinda just plods on, she makes some friends and finds a place to live, sets up a delivery service(since she has a broom to fly on and get around the city) and that's about it. She tries to fit in, makes some friends, delivers some packages...that's most of the story... She does run into some problems delivering some packages and also has some problems as she uses her witch powers, but there is nothing else really going on with the story. His later movies are much better, but this is a very light and fun movie, it isn't that I didn't like it, I just felt it wasn't as good as his others.
Haven't been playing much on the mmo front, haven't really been in much of a mood to do the villains or wow thing in the past few weeks:( I oddly still like both games in their own ways, but I just never feel in the mood to play them(or if I do, it doesn't last very long) I have been playing a lot on my Nintendo DS though, a few older Castlevania games. I managed to beat 2 of them and now am working on the third. They are 2d sidescroller games, you have a huge castle to explore and you work your way through(it's fairly non-linear, besides boss battles and certain unpassable terrain) to eventually save some people and defeat Dracula. The fun part is, they are also rpg's, so you have equipment, magic, experience and leveling, hp/mp, etc. So it's a fun little action game that also lets you powerlevel yourself or farm for specific drops(and there are rare drops and money in them also, and lots of hidden areas with bonuses) Great games, glad the castlevania 2d games went in this direction from their old roots as just actiony sidescrollers instead.
I also finished book 2(A Clash of Kings) in George R R Martin's Song of Fire and Ice last week. I'm not really sure what to say about this series, I'll keep on reading and it's not that I dislike it, but it's in no way, shape, or form living up to the hype I've heard. I like very few of the characters and don't care what happens to them(or actually hope they do die...) and I'm not crazy about the directions the story keeps on going, it's like he looks at other fantasy stories and then to be different, goes in a totally different direction(but just to be different, not to improve the story) When I read a book series where I just wish about 75% of the characters would just die outright, that's not a good thing. I'll keep on reading I guess, maybe it's book 3 that will "win me over" or just show me what everyone goes on and on about. Rumor has it that it will end with book 6, though I hear that book 4(which just came out) is more than 50% about an all new character to the series, not a good sign for the 6-book rumor. I'll probably keep on reading to be a completist, but it's almost a chore at times, that's not why I read books.
posted by Ocho at 4:40 PM
3 Comments:
I just want you to know that I read the WHOLE post.
Awww, thanks! How many days did that take? I'm guessing more people would post, if they could take a day off and finish reading it...
I'll have to consider making shorter posts...or maybe serve snacks and supply pillows and blanks for people.
Wow. That's a long post! You should add pictures to it! After all, Toki makes me add pictures! :)
I started the Fire and Ice series, but got frustrated that it wasn't finished yet. I figure it'll be like Robert Jordan's series: I'll read the whole thing when the series is completed. I liked the two? three? books I read, but it did seem to drag on at times.
Oh, and it's been longer than three weeks since your last post...!
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