I have a habit of coming up with grandiose ideas. Just huge fucking plans that will inevitably fall apart or just not work out for whatever reason. Procrastination. Laziness. Lack of motivation. Whatever. The last free hosting site I attempted to use was one of these ideas. There was a lot I wanted to do with it. First and foremost, though, was the idea of making a quasi-consistent blog presence. Unfortunately, that site was not designed for the sort of constant updates such a task requires. So we've moved here for the moment.
There is potential that site could be used as a home base for our fictional escapades. That will require me to figure out how to use the site effectively, though. So don't expect anything before the next couple of weeks.
We're here now, though, so let's get started with some shit. I've been debating how I want to handle this. I've come up with nothing. So I'll just start talking and see how far we can get. This first bit is going to be the hardest to admit.
Deep breath. Sigh. OK. It's not that big a deal...
I finally got around to watching New Moon. Despite Twilight providing me a fine set of laughs over the fact that, far too often, Robert Pattinson's portrayal of Edward Cullen was a spectacular imitation of our good friend Michael Tepsic (link omitted to protect the innocent), the movie itself was pretty gods damned awful. Not so unlike the book on which it was based. So having read the entire series (which, for the most part, is just as horrible as you've all been told) and seen the first movie (which, for the most part, is just as horrible as you've all been told) it was my intention to skip the rest of the cinematic series (as I expected there would never be an adaptation of the psychotic mindfuck that is Breaking Dawn).
This assumption has been proven to be a mistake. So, in light of the fact that I'm far too interested in seeing this ridiculous train wreck converted to film, I figure I might as well catch up on the rest of the cinematic series. Long story shorter (none of my stories will ever be short, get used to it), New Moon actually wasn't that bad. It has stood as my favorite book in the series, due in large part to the fact that I really, really hate Edward Cullen. Seriously. The two most annoying, straight ugly fucking people in those books are Edward and Bella. Since most of New Moon takes place in a fantastic world where Edward has no part, it caters well to me. It certainly wasn't an amazing film. After all, it's good in relative comparison to the first movie, which was shit... but it was decent. Average, I suppose.
Though I did note that the score was particularly atrocious.
While we're on the subject of movies, I was given an awesome little treat yesterday. My dear, beloved Anne Hathaway has been cast in the new Batman movie as Selina Kyle. The Dark Knight Rises will feature both Catwoman and Tom Hardy (you'll likely recognize him from Nolan's previous film, Inception) as Bane. The supposed rumor now is that, in the absence of Batman, Catwoman takes over as Gotham's masked vigilante. I sort of assume she'll be stealing some stuff along the way, too. So Batman returns (see what I did there?) to deal with Catwoman, and someone hires Bane to kill one or both of them. Most of this I'm just sort of guessing at, but it seems to make sense. Oh, and with Catwoman and Bane in the same movie, I'm guessing someone might be taking a cue or two from Knightfall on this one.
There's also this image from X-Men: First Class, which has been blasted by Matthew Vaughn himself as some bullshit. Good thing, too, since it looks sorta photshopped. I have to admit, it really doesn't make me want to watch this movie much more. Bonus points for the attempt at X-Men uniforms, though. There are some more "legit" images from the film, including a shot of the Magneto helmet, which Vaughn has apparently released in apology for the "unapproved" team photo. I'm still a bit iffy on this movie, but eh, we'll see what happens. I'll end up watching it, of course.
On the thought of costumes, I'm digging both the Captain America and new Spider-Man suits. I've never been a huge fan of the motorcycle helmet for Cap, but it works well enough here. The costume otherwise is really solid. Seems people are splitting up on how they feel about the Spider suit. I really dig it, but agree that it's unrealistic to think some high school (or even college) kid made this in his room while hiding from Aunt May. Oh, and there's supposed to be a Captain America trailer coming up for the Super Bowl, which I'm kinda pumped about. There's a Thor trailer coming for that Sunday, too, but not sure if it'll be new or just the one we've seen.
As a final note, we finished up the second season of The Clone Wars last night. Overall, this is a pretty solid series. I would say it's an improvement over the prequels, but some would argue that's no large feat. As a fan, though, I'm down with what they're doing here. It's quality, for the most part. Though I do notice that I find myself constantly cursing the Jedi for their lack of Force use. Seriously, I can't count the number of times I uttered the question "Why don't they just use the Force?"
My favorite example is at the end of Season One. A handful of bounty hunters take over the Senate, and Anakin is the only person capable of saving them (as he's been locked in the Senate building with them). So he sneaks up on this assassin droid that's part of the bounty team. He has the jump on him. Could have easily just crushed the droid with the Force and moved on without anyone ever being the wiser (he lost his lightsaber so is going hand-to-hand with the bounty hunters). Instead, he literally jumps the droid from behind and the fisticuffs ensue, before Anakin eventually gets the upper hand and then ends up smashing the droid's head with its own blaster. Which, I'm not sure was a better alternative to just Force crushing it to begin with.
Almost every episode has a point when the Jedi could have made things a lot easier and just didn't. A lot of that is done in the interest of drama and suspense. The excitement of seeing Jedi in a fight as opposed to just throwing a droid off a building and moving on. It's still sort of ridiculous, but I doubt kids are putting as much thought into this as I am.
Stuck waiting for Season Three to come out on DVD now so we can watch that. Sounds like some really interesting stuff is happening in the series now. Darth Maul's brother, the Nightsisters, and now Liam Neeson returning to voice Qui-Gon's ghost for a couple episodes. How awesome is that?
Also, how the hell did I not know about Terra Nova until a few weeks ago?
There is potential that site could be used as a home base for our fictional escapades. That will require me to figure out how to use the site effectively, though. So don't expect anything before the next couple of weeks.
We're here now, though, so let's get started with some shit. I've been debating how I want to handle this. I've come up with nothing. So I'll just start talking and see how far we can get. This first bit is going to be the hardest to admit.
Deep breath. Sigh. OK. It's not that big a deal...
I finally got around to watching New Moon. Despite Twilight providing me a fine set of laughs over the fact that, far too often, Robert Pattinson's portrayal of Edward Cullen was a spectacular imitation of our good friend Michael Tepsic (link omitted to protect the innocent), the movie itself was pretty gods damned awful. Not so unlike the book on which it was based. So having read the entire series (which, for the most part, is just as horrible as you've all been told) and seen the first movie (which, for the most part, is just as horrible as you've all been told) it was my intention to skip the rest of the cinematic series (as I expected there would never be an adaptation of the psychotic mindfuck that is Breaking Dawn).
This assumption has been proven to be a mistake. So, in light of the fact that I'm far too interested in seeing this ridiculous train wreck converted to film, I figure I might as well catch up on the rest of the cinematic series. Long story shorter (none of my stories will ever be short, get used to it), New Moon actually wasn't that bad. It has stood as my favorite book in the series, due in large part to the fact that I really, really hate Edward Cullen. Seriously. The two most annoying, straight ugly fucking people in those books are Edward and Bella. Since most of New Moon takes place in a fantastic world where Edward has no part, it caters well to me. It certainly wasn't an amazing film. After all, it's good in relative comparison to the first movie, which was shit... but it was decent. Average, I suppose.
Though I did note that the score was particularly atrocious.
While we're on the subject of movies, I was given an awesome little treat yesterday. My dear, beloved Anne Hathaway has been cast in the new Batman movie as Selina Kyle. The Dark Knight Rises will feature both Catwoman and Tom Hardy (you'll likely recognize him from Nolan's previous film, Inception) as Bane. The supposed rumor now is that, in the absence of Batman, Catwoman takes over as Gotham's masked vigilante. I sort of assume she'll be stealing some stuff along the way, too. So Batman returns (see what I did there?) to deal with Catwoman, and someone hires Bane to kill one or both of them. Most of this I'm just sort of guessing at, but it seems to make sense. Oh, and with Catwoman and Bane in the same movie, I'm guessing someone might be taking a cue or two from Knightfall on this one.
There's also this image from X-Men: First Class, which has been blasted by Matthew Vaughn himself as some bullshit. Good thing, too, since it looks sorta photshopped. I have to admit, it really doesn't make me want to watch this movie much more. Bonus points for the attempt at X-Men uniforms, though. There are some more "legit" images from the film, including a shot of the Magneto helmet, which Vaughn has apparently released in apology for the "unapproved" team photo. I'm still a bit iffy on this movie, but eh, we'll see what happens. I'll end up watching it, of course.
On the thought of costumes, I'm digging both the Captain America and new Spider-Man suits. I've never been a huge fan of the motorcycle helmet for Cap, but it works well enough here. The costume otherwise is really solid. Seems people are splitting up on how they feel about the Spider suit. I really dig it, but agree that it's unrealistic to think some high school (or even college) kid made this in his room while hiding from Aunt May. Oh, and there's supposed to be a Captain America trailer coming up for the Super Bowl, which I'm kinda pumped about. There's a Thor trailer coming for that Sunday, too, but not sure if it'll be new or just the one we've seen.
As a final note, we finished up the second season of The Clone Wars last night. Overall, this is a pretty solid series. I would say it's an improvement over the prequels, but some would argue that's no large feat. As a fan, though, I'm down with what they're doing here. It's quality, for the most part. Though I do notice that I find myself constantly cursing the Jedi for their lack of Force use. Seriously, I can't count the number of times I uttered the question "Why don't they just use the Force?"
My favorite example is at the end of Season One. A handful of bounty hunters take over the Senate, and Anakin is the only person capable of saving them (as he's been locked in the Senate building with them). So he sneaks up on this assassin droid that's part of the bounty team. He has the jump on him. Could have easily just crushed the droid with the Force and moved on without anyone ever being the wiser (he lost his lightsaber so is going hand-to-hand with the bounty hunters). Instead, he literally jumps the droid from behind and the fisticuffs ensue, before Anakin eventually gets the upper hand and then ends up smashing the droid's head with its own blaster. Which, I'm not sure was a better alternative to just Force crushing it to begin with.
Almost every episode has a point when the Jedi could have made things a lot easier and just didn't. A lot of that is done in the interest of drama and suspense. The excitement of seeing Jedi in a fight as opposed to just throwing a droid off a building and moving on. It's still sort of ridiculous, but I doubt kids are putting as much thought into this as I am.
Stuck waiting for Season Three to come out on DVD now so we can watch that. Sounds like some really interesting stuff is happening in the series now. Darth Maul's brother, the Nightsisters, and now Liam Neeson returning to voice Qui-Gon's ghost for a couple episodes. How awesome is that?
Also, how the hell did I not know about Terra Nova until a few weeks ago?
