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[16 Aug 2009|10:09pm] |
Hello, LJ.
New place!
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[29 Jun 2009|08:52pm] |
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Having a beer, thinking about Transformers, and generally just not wanting to work tomorrow.
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| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
[24 Jun 2009|11:28am] |
What do you remember most about Transformers (2007)? For some, they focus on the negative aspects; like maybe how there were too many human plots and the robots didn't have enough screentime. For me, I loved the robots. Prime and the Autobots looked amazing and were pretty much the most impressive cgi work I have ever seen -- and they were fucking alien robots from space that turned into cars and trucks. For a lifetime Transformers fan, I was happy the picture was being headed by a BIG name in Hollywood (even if his name is synonamous with the word EXPLOSIONS) and not just some nobody who directed some retarded chick flick or something. This was the best I was gonna get, and I was fully prepared to watch it and enjoy it. I did, and while everybody has their gripes, I thought the movie was so kickass and really showed that the Transformers series is not just some silly toy franchise. Perhaps the best example at how much potential Transformers had was when Prime squares off against Bonecrusher on the highway. You know, the decepticon flipping cars like pancakes and then getting his head chopped off by Prime's sword hand?
Okay, now take that scene from Transformers 1, times the length of it by 30 or so, up the epic scale, and make the carnage way more brutal. What does that give you, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
SO FUCKING AWESOME!
Mandy made the comment that the plot reminded her way more of the '86 animated movie, and I agree. A larger, more mystical threat emerges during the course of the movie that makes Megatron almost look like a little bitch. If it weren't for his fucking FIERCE redesign and his general badassness, I'd say Megatron would have gotten the short end of the stick as far as character development goes. However, I have to hand it to the writers, they took the Starscream/Megatron dynamic that every Transformers fan loved (and missed in the first movie) and ramped it up. On the subject of Decepticons... Frank Welker (original VA for Megz/Soundwave) REPRISES HIS ROLE as Soundwave. Oh my fucking god, Soundwave... and Ravage... Constructicons... They were just too fucking cool.
Devestator... probably the most massive, intricate, scary ass robot you will ever see on the big screen.
Sideswipe didn't get enough chances to show off though, but that's okay. I thought I was really going to hate the "Twins", two smaller, dumber Autobots named Skids and Mudflap, but I turned out to really enjoy them because they were actually really fun in a slapstick action kinda way. Certainly made Bumblebee into probably the most badass Autobot next to Prime...
Man I could go on and on about how much I loved it and how fucking kickass the entire movie was, but then I'd just be saying "Oh this guy was badass," and "man that was awesome" and that's probably the shittiest review ever.
To sum up my opinion of it:
If you liked the awesome parts of the first one, then you will love Revenge of the Fallen.
"I rise. You fall."
MAN PRIME WAS SO HARDCORE IN THIS MOVIE
I NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN LIKE RIGHT NOW
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[09 Jun 2009|07:09pm] |
I know it's just a bunch of cars, but it's the music and the fact that they are robots in disguise that gets me all super hyped just watching this.
No spoilers, unless you consider knowing the cars in the movie a spoiler.
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| Video games are art |
[04 Jun 2009|10:37pm] |
The next big thing from Team Ico, creators of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Probably the best reason to own a PS3 next year.
The Last Guardian
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| Acebook |
[02 Jun 2009|05:12pm] |
Finally got a facebook. I'm pretty happy about it.
Haven't heard about the interview and the results of it yet. I am 50 percent sure I got it.
Just hoping that life's current kinks will work out and I will be able to move forward with life. Hoping for a bright future with Mandy. Hoping my family will stabilize. Hoping I never lose touch with who I am, and who helped me become that person. Generally just hoping, because there's not a lot in my control.
Oh, also, fuck whoever stabbed my Cobalt's front tire. Fucking assholes. I don't need that shit right now.
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[27 May 2009|06:50pm] |
Tool is coming in July.
Transformers in June.
I have an interview for Supervisor on Friday. Wish me luck, internet.
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[26 May 2009|10:33pm] |
I beat Bioshock. Rescued all the Little Sisters. I played it on hard, but my Ps3 for some reason didn't give me the trophy for it. Also, it was hard early on, but once I got my strategies down the game was really easy.
I gotta start playing games on higher difficulties. Games are too easy.
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[24 May 2009|09:18pm] |
A groan of tedium escapes me,
Startling the fearful.
Is this a test? It has to be,
Otherwise I can't go on.
Draining patience, drain vitality.
This paranoid, paralyzed vampire act's a little
old.
But I'm still right here
Giving blood, keeping faith
And I'm still right here.
Wait it out,
Gonna wait it out,
Be patient (wait it out).
If there were no reward to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through
This tedious path I've chosen here,
I certainly would've walked away by now.
Gonna wait it out.
If there were no desire to heal
A damaged and broken man along
This tedious path I've chosen here
I certainly would've walked away by now.
And I still may ... [sigh] ... I still
may.
Be patient.
I must keep reminding myself of this.
I must keep reminding myself of this.
I must keep reminding myself of this.
I must keep reminding myself of this.
And if there were no rewards to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through
This tedious path I've chosen here,
I certainly would've walked away by now.
And I still may.
And I still may.
And I still may.
And I am...
Gonna wait it out.
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[15 May 2009|04:40pm] |
Probably the most pathetic attempt at a loser to ride his (minimal) fame into a new century. Stan Bush wrote and performed the song "The Touch" for the 86 animated movie of Transformers. It is one of the corniest songs you can ever listen to... and now... this:
HE FUCKING REMAKES IT!
What a tool. How can your greatest accomplishment be a song off a kids animated show from the 80's. It's worse than a 1 hit wonder, because it's not a fucking hit.
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| Future Dialogues |
[11 May 2009|01:21pm] |
So, Donut is leaving Wednesday for Korea. We finished the last 6 episodes of Gundam 00 last night. Donut has always been my Gundam buddy and I am really glad he watched all of the second season with me and Mandy. It was a really good show and probably the best Gundam series I have seen. Really awesome animation too.
Anyway, the Donut is moving to Korea to get married to Hye-sun and I couldn't be happier for him. I will miss him, but this will be an adventure he's been waiting to have for years. Can't wait to see the pictures.
I have been increasingly moody lately and I think it's mainly just because of all my worries piling up in th eback of my head. I feel lame for not really talking about it, but I worry about Matt every day. Now that he's selflishly run off to California, away from those who can help him, and he's not speaking to me, I feel kinda betrayed. I don't want to tell somebody how to live their life, but god dammit, Matt is my closest brother and the history he has gives me every fucking reason to worry. Please, be careful, Matt. I love you and don't want anything to happen to you.
The situation with Matt resulted in conflict over at my dad's house and Weston calling me with a hypothetical situation. Supposing he gets kicked out, he wants to know if he can stay with me. I don't know. There'd be ground rules. Plus, come September, Mandy's cousin Kristy is actually going to be staying with us because she needs a place to live while she goes to school in Scottsdale.
To top it all off, Mandy is going back to school to be a vet's assistant. I am so proud of her. I can't wait to see her get back in there and do something. She'll be nervous, but I want her to succeed. She'll be happy taking care of animals, and that's all I want is for her to be happy.
My spare time is taken up by video games and Althanas. I'm re-addicted to the site and I am having fun exploring Yari as a character again. He will always be a persona that will stick with me for the rest of my life. An extension of myself. Finding a way to release him, even if it is an imaginary world, is always enjoyable. Really really incorperating Mandy's Shempi into his life as well.
Assassin's Creed's ending pissed me off. I am excited for the second one this fall. I am also excited to play Bioshock. I finally ordered it and it should be here by the end of next week. What finally pushed me over the edge and forced me to purchase it was the fact that Rob told me it was amazing. He doesn't even play videogames anymore and he's pretty picky in his tastes, so I was sold.
Safety and peace, Internet. See you in outer space.
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[03 May 2009|02:15pm] |
I have never been a fan of GI Joe and I am definitely not going to see the movie this summer. I know it's a kind of a double standard to support one giant fucking popcorn action movie like Revenge of the Fallen and not support GI Joe Rise of Cobra. I mean, sure, they are both based off 80's toys and cartoons, but... fuck, have you seen the trailer for GI Joe? Looks like a failed Halo movie with a ninja and scenes right out of Transformers (2007). Somehow, while looking at this stuff, I ran across this youtube clip of the new Gi Joe Resolute stuff, which honestly I thought it was fucking hardass.
I am really starting to reach my emotional limit lately.
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[29 Apr 2009|05:28pm] |
One of my coworkers died today.
He was late this morning so I told another rep he could sit in his seat because I bet he wouldn't show up.
Death is so haunting.
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[26 Apr 2009|09:11pm] |
Man, I had a lot more fun than I expected to last night. Went to a party with Mandy with her coworkers and had a good time. Took a few shots of some cheap vodka, stole my girl away for some fun times in our car, and other good times.
Been pretty odd how I've been writing on Althanas recently. I honestly never thought I'd go back but it's been really fun to just play pretend there.
Money's been tight, but can't complain. Life overall is fun.
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[16 Apr 2009|09:54pm] |
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I didn't get promoted, but that's no big deal. The people who got it really deserve it. Plus, this means I don't have to change schedules. Kickass.
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[12 Apr 2009|10:18am] |
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Our car got egged. Wtf.
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[06 Apr 2009|05:49pm] |
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LOL, well we have a kitten now.
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