Luke Skywalker is a learner of the force after his uncle and aunt are killed by the Empire. He wants to destroy the Empire the whole way through, especially after they kill his friends, including his father, aunt, uncle, mentor, and best friend. Then defeats them in the end of Star Wars/Episode IV.
In Episode V, he ironically finds out that his father is his enemy.
In Episode VI, with another friend/mentor loss in Yoda, he must make the decision to save his family and possibly betray what he's stood for, or destroy his family, and keep himself intact.
Warning: the following is not for those who use the Red Letter Media interpretation of the Kylo Ren character. If you believe in their interpretation, do not continue.
In Episode VII, Kylo Ren is introduced as an anti-Luke Skywalker. Luke Skywalker, is a master Jedi Knight mentor, Kylo Ren is a First Order Sith Apprentice. Luke Skywalker is a man who prides in family, Kylo Ren is a man who wants to get out of the shadow of his non-Jedi father, un-Jedi educated mother and become his own man, a Sith. He disobeys the teachings of his Uncle, Luke, and takes a much different path from where Luke did in Episode IV from there.
In Grand Leader Snoke's first appearance in the film, he basically implies a test for Ren, where his father, Han Solo could get in the way of his Sith training. This adds the stake for Ren encountering Solo at the end of the film.
In addition, Solo previously offered Rey a position on the Millenium Falcon, a position Rey denied. She has a chemistry with Solo, enjoys Chewie's company. is a great pilot and mechanic, but wants to stay on Jakku to see if the family who left her will ever come back. Finn wants to leave the First Order's territories; Rey wants to stay on Jakku. She's young like Luke was in IV and is a hybrid of former Star Wars characters.
Rey and Ren play off each other and the theme of family in the film, as Rey is waiting to find out why her family abandoned her and Ren purposely abandoned his family. Rey is a Jedi; Ren is a Sith. In the scene where Ren attempts to get secrets out of Rey, Ren mentions Rey feeling that Han Solo is a father figure to Rey. Rey becomes a new co-pilot for the Millenium Falcon.
And of course, the Rey-daughter theory that everyone talks about which doesn't necessarily need to happen.
In contrast to Red Letter Media's interpretation that Ren is a sequel to prequel Anakin, and a line that is in the film that pretty much ruins this theory, (where he praises a Darth Vader mask,) I'd pretty much just go with and retcon that Ren is about pride. He doesn't want to be in his family's shadow, with Han and Leia, doesn't want to be on the light side like with Luke and family, and wants to be his own man. I feel like that's a much more powerful interpretation of him not wanting to become a Jedi like his father wanted.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Sunday, December 27, 2015
My thoughts on Steve Jobs, my brother's thoughts on Star Wars and Mad Max: Fury Road
My brother thinks the Force Awakens is a film that you can watch multiple times and still enjoy. I feel that way for Spectre.
My brother thinks that Steve Jobs wasn't the Steve Jobs story for him. I still think it's good and feel that Star Wars: The Force Awakens wasn't the Star Wars film for me.
Fury Road is a film where my brother feels that the first watch could get ruined by multiple viewings. I feel the same way with how I watched Steve Jobs, mesmerized by the performances and dialogue, only for it to feel simplified on repeat viewings.
My brother thinks that Steve Jobs wasn't the Steve Jobs story for him. I still think it's good and feel that Star Wars: The Force Awakens wasn't the Star Wars film for me.
Fury Road is a film where my brother feels that the first watch could get ruined by multiple viewings. I feel the same way with how I watched Steve Jobs, mesmerized by the performances and dialogue, only for it to feel simplified on repeat viewings.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Everything Wrong With Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Bleeding hand for shock value without a lot of visual symbolic significance.
Max von Sydow dies in another blockbuster.
Continuity error: Stormtroopers can aim
Nazi flamethrower
Ripping off episode IV intro
Bond/Jones-like intro
Eating crack
Fake CGI
Droid Jawas
Resistance/Rebel tells Stormtrooper how to pilot a TIE Fighter
They forgot to untie the ship.
Actor pretending you're a bad actor.
Hand holding
Hand holding again
Finn doesn't think Rey can fly a ship.
Millenium Falcon has shit security.
Map is worst MacGuffin ever.
Prequel reference (Clone Army)
(Why not another?) Why not droids?
Finn tells BB gun he's a Stormtrooper one foot away from Rey.
Rey doesn't hear.
Han doesn't like Rey cuz she's a woman driver
Planet that looks like Naboo
Not Yoda lives on Not Naboo.
Rey is a furry.
Empire Strikes Back homage to the Luke-Vader-Yoda scene for fans who didn't actually understand Empire.
Not Rebel, but Resistance
Resistance AND Republic
Prequel homage.
More Han Solo
Admiral Ackbar.
Admiral Ackbar CGI.
Other dude with no name from Jedi CGI.
The fact that Jedi is canon.
Jedi mindtrick without explanation.
Rey has force powers and doesn't hear Finn talking about being a Stormtrooper.
Rey has force powers and can't sense Finn is a Stormtrooper.
Rey uses force powers, mind tricks stormtroopers. Ren uses more stormtroopers.
Captain Phasma is put in the garbage chute
Rogue Rebellion Squadron characters have no name.
Rogue Rebellion Squadron have no video game.
Han lives after Return of the Jedi
Han dies in this movie
It's obvious he's going to die this movie.
Luke says wassup after Han's dead.
Cinema Sins: 45
Max von Sydow dies in another blockbuster.
Continuity error: Stormtroopers can aim
Nazi flamethrower
Ripping off episode IV intro
Bond/Jones-like intro
Eating crack
Fake CGI
Droid Jawas
Resistance/Rebel tells Stormtrooper how to pilot a TIE Fighter
They forgot to untie the ship.
Actor pretending you're a bad actor.
Hand holding
Hand holding again
Finn doesn't think Rey can fly a ship.
Millenium Falcon has shit security.
Map is worst MacGuffin ever.
Prequel reference (Clone Army)
(Why not another?) Why not droids?
Finn tells BB gun he's a Stormtrooper one foot away from Rey.
Rey doesn't hear.
Han doesn't like Rey cuz she's a woman driver
Planet that looks like Naboo
Not Yoda lives on Not Naboo.
Rey is a furry.
Empire Strikes Back homage to the Luke-Vader-Yoda scene for fans who didn't actually understand Empire.
Not Rebel, but Resistance
Resistance AND Republic
Prequel homage.
More Han Solo
Admiral Ackbar.
Admiral Ackbar CGI.
Other dude with no name from Jedi CGI.
The fact that Jedi is canon.
Jedi mindtrick without explanation.
Rey has force powers and doesn't hear Finn talking about being a Stormtrooper.
Rey has force powers and can't sense Finn is a Stormtrooper.
Rey uses force powers, mind tricks stormtroopers. Ren uses more stormtroopers.
Captain Phasma is put in the garbage chute
Rogue Rebellion Squadron characters have no name.
Rogue Rebellion Squadron have no video game.
Han lives after Return of the Jedi
Han dies in this movie
It's obvious he's going to die this movie.
Luke says wassup after Han's dead.
Cinema Sins: 45
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
System sellers to attach to the Dreamcast 2
Next Grandia
FFIX remake
FFVI remake (REAL ONE, not some Android bs)
Shenmue 4
Rez Oculus Rift
Next Panzer Dragoon
Rival Schools 3
Skies of Arcadia 2
Final Fantasy Tactics 2 or Spiritual Successor
Fallout 5
Random ass Star Wars game, probably based on VII's Black Leader
FFIX remake
FFVI remake (REAL ONE, not some Android bs)
Shenmue 4
Rez Oculus Rift
Next Panzer Dragoon
Rival Schools 3
Skies of Arcadia 2
Final Fantasy Tactics 2 or Spiritual Successor
Fallout 5
Random ass Star Wars game, probably based on VII's Black Leader
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Star Wars: the Force Awakens analysis: Captain Phasma
Cool superior officer type. Cold even. Murderous. War mongering. Uniform. Sold out. Bossy. Kill you all.
Then they fucking put her down the garbage chute.
Let's put fucking Jar Jar where Phasma and Solo went.
Don't forget the other stuff in there:
The prequels.
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The 7th movie made of cartoons
Everything Lego.
All that merch.
Return of the Jedi.
Darth Maul.
George Lucas.
The midochlorians.
That piece of manure Jar Jar Binks steps in.
Then they fucking put her down the garbage chute.
Let's put fucking Jar Jar where Phasma and Solo went.
Don't forget the other stuff in there:
The prequels.
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The 7th movie made of cartoons
Everything Lego.
All that merch.
Return of the Jedi.
Darth Maul.
George Lucas.
The midochlorians.
That piece of manure Jar Jar Binks steps in.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Why is the Empire Strikes Back considered one of the best films of all time?
What really was Yoda's training?
What is the film so depressing?
Why is The Empire Strikes Back different from the other two Lucas Star Wars films?
What is the film so depressing?
Why is The Empire Strikes Back different from the other two Lucas Star Wars films?
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Mega Man 2 Review
I recall 2 being very hard on the Gamecube.
On easy mode on the NES on my Retro Entertainment System, it's been fairly easy.
One big issue with this game is that Energy Tanks aren't carried over during a Game Over. So collect heads and don't be afraid to use up.
It's cool that the Robot Masters set up was becoming standard.
And everyone recalls that epic Mega Man 2 intro.
On easy mode on the NES on my Retro Entertainment System, it's been fairly easy.
One big issue with this game is that Energy Tanks aren't carried over during a Game Over. So collect heads and don't be afraid to use up.
It's cool that the Robot Masters set up was becoming standard.
And everyone recalls that epic Mega Man 2 intro.
James Bond film, "Goldfinger" notes
Pretty awesome theme song and intro
Oddjob is weird
Shooting a gun at a bulletproof person is a bit unnecessary.
Shooting a gun at a bulletproof person is a bit unnecessary.
Why have sex where Goldfinger is before coming back?
Laser cut in half
Laser cut in half
Jill sister assassin plothole
They keep letting Bond live.
Double peephole
Goldfinger killing people
Gassing people
He's a Nazi
Pussy Galore's double peephole
Pussy Galore's double peephole
Agarest Generations of War initial reaction
WASD should be changed to ESDX
Mouse is VERY good.
The theme of war and racism is interesting.
Auto battling is good till you die.
Some problems with the plot:
Protecting people in war, on the other side, isn't a smart move. Maybe it's an honorable in danger thing, but the translation perhaps just made the guy seem dumb.
Blushing.
Mouse is VERY good.
The theme of war and racism is interesting.
Auto battling is good till you die.
Some problems with the plot:
Protecting people in war, on the other side, isn't a smart move. Maybe it's an honorable in danger thing, but the translation perhaps just made the guy seem dumb.
Blushing.
Mega Man 28th Anniversary thoughts
Weird choice of Anniversary years, Facebook.
But anyway, I love Mega Man. Great platformer. Great story. Text was use sparingly during these generations and it was quite enjoyable how Mega Man was able to tell a story using visuals rather than the talkie way. It was quite a cool series for the silent era of video games.
It's a story about weapons created to destroy the world in action figure form. It was The Matrix 12 years early! It was 8 years pre-Ghost in the Shell. Not quite pre-Blade Runner though. It's obviously Neo Human Casshern and Toei's Metal Hero inspired. Although creator Keiji Inafune claims its because of technical specs, the blue is an example of Asian metal industry rising. And there do seem to be many elements of Blade Runner involved.
And it was really cool. Blade Runner and Tim Burton's Batman used to be the standard for telling a story visually. But in this series, you told so many stories thanks to the different level designs of each world. The henchman, and levels were designed with a Robot Master in mind.
With Superman vs Batman coming out, rumors of Jesse Eisenberg playing Dr. Wily would be pretty awesome if it ever happened. Something topical now for the 28th Annniversary, having a mad scientist play a mad scientist.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
According to Red Letter Media, Star Wars The Force Awakens will have people burning down cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oifhpT0HZ7Q
So according to this video, with evidence as seen from Episode IV trenches and cannon towers, Episode VII will have the Imperial Ice Base as a Death Star.
People will fucking hate that.
Just like, Super 8 alien, Star Trek Red Matter, the Lost ending, everything involving Into Darknesses so called Star Trek references.
This is bound to be a movie everyone hates.
The Red Matter was not a big deal, yet everyone hated it, and '09 in general for not very being scientific. It was being its own thing.
Star Wars fans are even worse though. It's like the nuke at the end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
I'm going to a nuclear fallout shelter at eat canned beans for 5 years. This is going to be terrible. Good luck, world.
So according to this video, with evidence as seen from Episode IV trenches and cannon towers, Episode VII will have the Imperial Ice Base as a Death Star.
People will fucking hate that.
Just like, Super 8 alien, Star Trek Red Matter, the Lost ending, everything involving Into Darknesses so called Star Trek references.
This is bound to be a movie everyone hates.
The Red Matter was not a big deal, yet everyone hated it, and '09 in general for not very being scientific. It was being its own thing.
Star Wars fans are even worse though. It's like the nuke at the end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
I'm going to a nuclear fallout shelter at eat canned beans for 5 years. This is going to be terrible. Good luck, world.
JJ Binks week: Super 8
Everyone seems to love this film. No news of a sequel.
The kids' acting was cool. And the storyline that they're film students will have everyone nerd out.
The alien attacking train special effects are really cool. Family drama etc..
The extra terrestrial moments are very disappointing though. The alien is basically a special effect and the kid who has a telepathic link with it only says like one sentence about him and expects us to believe him. You expect from a film student kid that that would be more believable, but it isn't.
There's no real surrealism about a film within a film though. It's just there. Not a lot of work or auteurship here.
There's no real surrealism about a film within a film though. It's just there. Not a lot of work or auteurship here.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
James Bond film, "Thunderball" Ranking
Thunderball was so good they made it twice.
So many memorable things:
The rocket jetpack,
The underwater fight in the end,
Largo,
Sharks
Really love the slow pace of this film. I can really imagine film lovers enjoying this film.
Everyone keeps complaining about the underwater fights and long shots in the film, but later give another British director in the current generation for overusing even longer shots, (Steve McQueen for those who don't know what I'm talking about.) Hollywood wouldn't use the Scorsese long shot yet, and I'm hoping he got the inspiration from Bond, albeit it was probably the New Wave.
The shark is sort of a symbol of sex, predators, violence, blood, death, sneakiness, silence. The attacks are used silently.
Water is a theme.
The main problem with this film though was that it was fucking dangerous.
Largo's stunt double had to get paid extra to do the role.
Sean Connery nearly got bitten.
The glass and safety measures weren't that good in this film.
So many memorable things:
The rocket jetpack,
The underwater fight in the end,
Largo,
Sharks
Really love the slow pace of this film. I can really imagine film lovers enjoying this film.
Everyone keeps complaining about the underwater fights and long shots in the film, but later give another British director in the current generation for overusing even longer shots, (Steve McQueen for those who don't know what I'm talking about.) Hollywood wouldn't use the Scorsese long shot yet, and I'm hoping he got the inspiration from Bond, albeit it was probably the New Wave.
The shark is sort of a symbol of sex, predators, violence, blood, death, sneakiness, silence. The attacks are used silently.
Water is a theme.
The main problem with this film though was that it was fucking dangerous.
Largo's stunt double had to get paid extra to do the role.
Sean Connery nearly got bitten.
The glass and safety measures weren't that good in this film.
Sexo facil, peculias triste (2014 pelicula)
Well acted. Sorta Woody Allen indie influenced. Not really gritty, but tells its stories effectively.
Romantic comedy writer whose work seems to inspire the film.
Talk of work.
Romantic comedy writer whose work seems to inspire the film.
Talk of work.
What if Padme is a Sith Lord? (Pre-Force Awakens)
Natalie Portman plays opposite her role in Leon: The Professional for notable reasons. She seduces a young child and also worked with Palpatine in Naboo. She has pale white skin when in Queen makeup mode like Palpatine post-Windu. Speaking of seduction, Obi-Wan refers to Vader in the original trilogy as being seduced by the Dark Side.
Also Palpatine mentioned Darth Plagueis power of life and death which was implied to have been used to resurrect Padme. She also has no parents, like Anakin. She also has a role in the Senate, like Jar Jar.
Also, Vader may not be the only reason why their children have Force powers.
Also Palpatine mentioned Darth Plagueis power of life and death which was implied to have been used to resurrect Padme. She also has no parents, like Anakin. She also has a role in the Senate, like Jar Jar.
Also, Vader may not be the only reason why their children have Force powers.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
James Bond films, "From Russia With Love"
From Russia with Love
Nothing wrong but sorta suffers in sequelitis not being as good but feels good in Bond formula.
The fight with Spanish
Shooting through the Mouth
The blonde spectre reveal
The maid in the end
No big superdevice to destroy at the end of the film regretably, unlike No's nuke. A well judged mistep in later films.
Nothing wrong but sorta suffers in sequelitis not being as good but feels good in Bond formula.
The fight with Spanish
Shooting through the Mouth
The blonde spectre reveal
The maid in the end
No big superdevice to destroy at the end of the film regretably, unlike No's nuke. A well judged mistep in later films.
James Bond Films: "Dr. No"
Dr No
The Bond theme is the theme of the film. How awesome is that?
Introduces Bond
Introduces M and Q
Introduces Bond Girls
Gunshot camera Bond trope.
There's not a lot of plot other than everybody wants to kill Bond.
Introduces Spectre
It was really oft putting playing Joseph Wiseman as No, but he does a serviceable job.
The Bond theme is the theme of the film. How awesome is that?
Introduces Bond
Introduces M and Q
Introduces Bond Girls
Gunshot camera Bond trope.
There's not a lot of plot other than everybody wants to kill Bond.
Introduces Spectre
It was really oft putting playing Joseph Wiseman as No, but he does a serviceable job.
NYC Arcade 2015: Space Cats
Spacecats
Really fun game where you can rotate.
Advantages:
Different flying shooter system
Great story
Great voice acting.
Nitpicks:
Pace: sometimes nothing on the screen, sometimes everyone on the screen.
Slow controls.
I can run away.
Could develop trigger finger with the R button.
With a rotating mechanic, I would've started in the middle of action.
No graphic novels.
No merchandise.
No SWAT Kats crossover. XD
Really fun game where you can rotate.
Advantages:
Different flying shooter system
Great story
Great voice acting.
Nitpicks:
Pace: sometimes nothing on the screen, sometimes everyone on the screen.
Slow controls.
I can run away.
Could develop trigger finger with the R button.
With a rotating mechanic, I would've started in the middle of action.
No graphic novels.
No merchandise.
No SWAT Kats crossover. XD
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Oh! RPG doesn't seem complete
Can't recommend.
Damage numbers on top of things.
HP on the bar that demonstrates the same thing.
Colorful.
I really dislike the Gobby design. His ugliness doesn't resonate with his own in game character even.
Walking always seems laggy.
Dialogue doesn't seem human. How long can they discuss the damn cloak before getting it?
Sound doesn't match game.
There's a theme of racism when the goblin general who isn't dead or something wants to kill the goblin that let humans escape.
Codpiece
Don't get it on Steam.
Damage numbers on top of things.
HP on the bar that demonstrates the same thing.
Colorful.
I really dislike the Gobby design. His ugliness doesn't resonate with his own in game character even.
Walking always seems laggy.
Dialogue doesn't seem human. How long can they discuss the damn cloak before getting it?
Sound doesn't match game.
There's a theme of racism when the goblin general who isn't dead or something wants to kill the goblin that let humans escape.
Codpiece
Don't get it on Steam.
Friday, December 11, 2015
2015 NYC Arcade: The Hero Trap, a 2D Zelda sequel we've been waiting for
The Hero Trap is really fun.
The story
Basically, you're in a crypt trying to get treasure.
There are many dangers in attempting to get to the crypt or artifact or whatever.
NO DIALOGUE used to express this.
The game pretty much as I said in the title is Zelda inspired and really good. The game is from the top down view. You use a sword weapon, long ranged attacks, etc..
You can also jump REALLY far. Something Zelda never did, and it sorta plays like a 3D Mario platformer ironically despite being a Zelda title when jumping from platform to platform.
Health bottle drops are regular.
Enemies have multiple patterns and really unique abilities compared to like Ocarina of Time, where you just aim at a weak spot.
Red for when they're about to strike.
White for when you can attack them.
(Please double check. Correct if I'm wrong.)
I just hack and slash the whole time.
The game sorta has a Final Fight-ish life bar for each villain to keep audiences aware. Sorta nifty and different. Very visually pleasing.
The story
Basically, you're in a crypt trying to get treasure.
There are many dangers in attempting to get to the crypt or artifact or whatever.
NO DIALOGUE used to express this.
The game pretty much as I said in the title is Zelda inspired and really good. The game is from the top down view. You use a sword weapon, long ranged attacks, etc..
You can also jump REALLY far. Something Zelda never did, and it sorta plays like a 3D Mario platformer ironically despite being a Zelda title when jumping from platform to platform.
Health bottle drops are regular.
Enemies have multiple patterns and really unique abilities compared to like Ocarina of Time, where you just aim at a weak spot.
Red for when they're about to strike.
White for when you can attack them.
(Please double check. Correct if I'm wrong.)
I just hack and slash the whole time.
The game sorta has a Final Fight-ish life bar for each villain to keep audiences aware. Sorta nifty and different. Very visually pleasing.
2015 Golden Globe multiple Award nominees
The following 16 films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
|---|---|
| Carol | |
| 4 | Steve Jobs |
| The Big Short | |
| The Revenant | |
| 3 | Room |
| Spotlight | |
| The Danish Girl | |
| The Hateful Eight | |
| The Martian | |
| 2 | Joy |
| Love & Mercy | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | |
| Spy | |
| Trainwreck | |
| Trumbo | |
| Youth |
Series with multiple nominations
The following 13 series received multiple nominations:| Nominations | Series |
|---|---|
| 3 | American Crime |
| Fargo | |
| Mr. Robot | |
| Outlander | |
| Transparent | |
| Wolf Hall | |
| 2 | American Horror Story: Hotel |
| Empire | |
| Flesh & Bone | |
| Mozart in the Jungle | |
| Narcos | |
| Orange Is the New Black | |
| Veep |
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Star Wars Jedi Power Battles for Dreamcast review
Really cool, classic MK-ish graphics.
It was cool the variety of characters you could play as even if some broke the game.
Blaster deflections were executed well.
There was a good variety of Jedi to play as. As a Power Ranger fan, I would've liked this team to have worked on this version of a game for them.
You pretty much play through the whole Phantom Menace movie. It's pretty fun. Less plotholes than the movies, even if you can play as Droid Dekas and Droid bosses.
It was cool the variety of characters you could play as even if some broke the game.
Blaster deflections were executed well.
There was a good variety of Jedi to play as. As a Power Ranger fan, I would've liked this team to have worked on this version of a game for them.
You pretty much play through the whole Phantom Menace movie. It's pretty fun. Less plotholes than the movies, even if you can play as Droid Dekas and Droid bosses.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
The 15th Anniversary of 2000
- In the Mood for Love
- Memento
- O, Brother Where Art Thou
- Battle Royale
- Gangster No. 1
- Traffic
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Amores Perros
- Snatch
- The Crow: Salvation
Coen
Wong Kar-Wai
Christopher Nolan
Kinji Fujisaki
Guy Ritchie
Actor
Malcolm McDowell
Tony Leung
Eric Mabius
Actress
Maggie Cheung
Supporting Actor
Takeshi Kitano
Supporting Actress
Michelle Yeoh
Best Cinematography
In the Mood for Love
The best films of 1990
- Goodfellas
- Days of Being Wild/Hamoun
- Total Recall
- Troll 2
- Dances with Wolves
- An Enemy of the People Satyajit Ray
- Close Up Abbas Kirastromi
- Metropolitan
- Dick Tracy
- Robocop 2
Best Director
- Paul Verehoeven
- Martin Scorsese
- Wong Kar-wai
- Wilt Stilman
- Troll 2
Best Cinematography
Days of Being Wild/Goodfellas
Best Editing
Days of Being Wild/Hamoun
Best Screenplay- Adapted
Total Recall
Best Foreign Language Film
Days of Being Wild/Hamoun
Best Production Design
Dick Tracy
Best Actor
Leslie Cheung
Best Actress
Maggie Cheung
Best Supporting Actor
- Joe Pesci
- Gabriel Damon
Best Supporting Actress
Tess Trueheart
Madonna
Best Makeup
Dick Tracy
The 30th Anniversary of 1985: Film
- Back to the Future
- Ran
- Return to Oz
- Rendez-vous
- My Life as a Dog
- The Color Purple
- A Nightmare on Elm Street II: Freddy's Revenge
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- Clue
- Cocoon
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
Actress
Juliette Binoche
Actor
Anton Gazelius, My Life as a Dog
Supporting Actress
Melinda Kinnaman, My Life as a Dog
Supporting Actor
Robert Englund
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay
Back to the Future
Cinematography:
My Life as a Dog
The 40th Anniversary of 1975
- Barry Lyndon
- The Mirror
- Jaws
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Murder on the Orient Express
- A Woman Under the Influence
Actress
Gena Rowlands
Actor
Al Pacino
Best Supporting Actress
Louise Fletcher
Best Supporting Actor
Chris Sarandon/John Cazale
Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- John Cassavetes
- Sidney Lumet
- Milos Forman
Screenplay
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Celebrating the 55th Anniversary of 1960
- Psycho
- The Naked Island
- The Letter Never Sent
- Devi
- The Warped Ones
- The Housemaid
- L'avventura
- Spartacus
- A Cruel Story of Youth
- The Sun's Burial
- Night and Fog in Japan
- Everything Goes Wrong
- The Virgin Spring
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Nagisa Oshima
- Kaneto Shindo
- Sayajit Ray
- Kim Ki-young
- Stanley Kubrick
- Michelangelo Antonioni
Yasuke Kawazu
Norman Bates
Kirk Douglas
Actress
Lee Eun-Shim, the Housemaid
Monica Vitti
Miyuki Kawano
Janet Leigh
Supporting Actress
The Housemaid
Cinematography
- Breathless
- The Naked Island
- The Letter Never Sent
- Spartacus
The 75th Anniversary of 1940
Top 5 Films
5 The Thief of Baghdad
4 Pinocchio
3 Fantasia
2 Rebecca
1 The Great Dictator
Animated Film
Fantasia
Adventure
The Thief of Baghdad
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
Charlie Chaplin
Actress
Joan Fontaine
Supporting Actress
Judith Anderson
5 The Thief of Baghdad
4 Pinocchio
3 Fantasia
2 Rebecca
1 The Great Dictator
Animated Film
Fantasia
Adventure
The Thief of Baghdad
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
Charlie Chaplin
Actress
Joan Fontaine
Supporting Actress
Judith Anderson
Thursday, December 3, 2015
The supernatural themes of Spectre
The raising of the dead is a key theme in the film. The beginning of the film does take place on El Dia De Los Muertos after all.
Hans Ouberhauser supposedly died with his father in a skiing trip. What if he did? What if Ernst Stravo Blofeld really is a new man?
He also survives the largest explosion ever in cinematic history somehow and doesn't get killed by Bond in the end. Are the bullets missing in Bond's gun a sign from God like in Pulp Fiction?
There's also a reference to Jesus among other biblical references throughout the film. Bond is mentioned through his life as a child and a thirty year old, but like the Bible has a big gap.
The ghosts of Bond’s family are present throughout the end of the film in the old MI6 building, which will be explored later.
Fratricide, and other family deaths are a theme in the Daniel Craig Bond films.
White like a ghost and the dead is present through the use of white clothing in addition to the tape of him appearing in front of Bond, through the god-like omniscient Nine Eyes program.
Bond is also a story of the Old Testament. Killing many for good, losing all of his loved ones prior to gaining the love of his life and perhaps more.
At the end of his film, the ghost that haunt him through the old Testament Egyptian Pyramid maze-like MI6 building are destroyed and he able to go on. There is something even that of Japanese religions if you've ever watched anime with youkai, etc. in them.
Blofeld when torturing Bond, damages his head as if he were Jesus. Also while tied up while being the process.
Bond then supernaturally recovers as if given a second life with Madeline, able to take on an army.
Madeline, Magdalene
A really bad stretch could be C standing in for Christ. I don't have a lot of backup for that other than C introduces a program given humanity God's omniscience. Would a son of God not have that kind of power? Also, betrayal of ones family and brothers is a key theme in the film. He may also be a God taking his name in vain, albeit he's not one who wanted to take that name. I recall Jesus not doing that either, though I can't recall where exactly in the Bible.
Funeral of Sciarra takes place in Italy. Jesus was killed by the Romans.
There are also notable references to the Shining.
The film begins on the Day of the Dead and is named Spectre, both ghost related. Bond goes into room 327 (like Danny Torrence goes into room 237) before taking off his Dia De Los Muertos disguise. Mexico gives the film a North American connection, in addition to a Native American one.
The themes of family and ghosts are present throughout the film as in the Shining
Bond kills Marco Sciarra, before seducing Madam Sciarra. Bond witnesses Mr. White’s death, before having his presence sort of resurrected through the next generation in Madeline. His savior’s killer becomes his hope and his ability to go on through the life of killing. Throughout the film, many wear the color white. It’s not coincidental and is intentional. Blofeld even mentions how an assassin’s daughter may be one of the few to understand him. Bond displays some sort of moral ground for this.
In the end, he gives up his life of killing and starts his life of creating with his new family with Madeline.
(Or maybe not, if he's not the family type. Depends on you. I'm sure all you old school Bonds think so and already don't like my analysis anyway.)
Hans Ouberhauser supposedly died with his father in a skiing trip. What if he did? What if Ernst Stravo Blofeld really is a new man?
He also survives the largest explosion ever in cinematic history somehow and doesn't get killed by Bond in the end. Are the bullets missing in Bond's gun a sign from God like in Pulp Fiction?
There's also a reference to Jesus among other biblical references throughout the film. Bond is mentioned through his life as a child and a thirty year old, but like the Bible has a big gap.
The ghosts of Bond’s family are present throughout the end of the film in the old MI6 building, which will be explored later.
Fratricide, and other family deaths are a theme in the Daniel Craig Bond films.
White like a ghost and the dead is present through the use of white clothing in addition to the tape of him appearing in front of Bond, through the god-like omniscient Nine Eyes program.
Bond is also a story of the Old Testament. Killing many for good, losing all of his loved ones prior to gaining the love of his life and perhaps more.
At the end of his film, the ghost that haunt him through the old Testament Egyptian Pyramid maze-like MI6 building are destroyed and he able to go on. There is something even that of Japanese religions if you've ever watched anime with youkai, etc. in them.
Blofeld when torturing Bond, damages his head as if he were Jesus. Also while tied up while being the process.
Bond then supernaturally recovers as if given a second life with Madeline, able to take on an army.
Madeline, Magdalene
A really bad stretch could be C standing in for Christ. I don't have a lot of backup for that other than C introduces a program given humanity God's omniscience. Would a son of God not have that kind of power? Also, betrayal of ones family and brothers is a key theme in the film. He may also be a God taking his name in vain, albeit he's not one who wanted to take that name. I recall Jesus not doing that either, though I can't recall where exactly in the Bible.
Funeral of Sciarra takes place in Italy. Jesus was killed by the Romans.
There are also notable references to the Shining.
The film begins on the Day of the Dead and is named Spectre, both ghost related. Bond goes into room 327 (like Danny Torrence goes into room 237) before taking off his Dia De Los Muertos disguise. Mexico gives the film a North American connection, in addition to a Native American one.
The themes of family and ghosts are present throughout the film as in the Shining
Bond kills Marco Sciarra, before seducing Madam Sciarra. Bond witnesses Mr. White’s death, before having his presence sort of resurrected through the next generation in Madeline. His savior’s killer becomes his hope and his ability to go on through the life of killing. Throughout the film, many wear the color white. It’s not coincidental and is intentional. Blofeld even mentions how an assassin’s daughter may be one of the few to understand him. Bond displays some sort of moral ground for this.
In the end, he gives up his life of killing and starts his life of creating with his new family with Madeline.
(Or maybe not, if he's not the family type. Depends on you. I'm sure all you old school Bonds think so and already don't like my analysis anyway.)
Monday, November 30, 2015
Kieslowki Hulu November 2015 ranked
- Three Colours: Blue
- Blind Chance
- A Short Film About Killing
- The Double Life of Veronique
- Three Colors: White
- Camera Buff
- No End
- The Scar
- Three Colors: Red
- A Short Film About Love
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Why Joseph Gordon Levitt Batman makes no sense in Batman vs Superman
One of the reported rumors by Ecoolarg was that Batfleck was an imposter Batman and that Joseph Gordon-Levitt would reprise his role as John Blake, this time as Batman.
Imposter Batmen in the Dark Knight.
John Blake takes the role of Batman in the third film, finding the Batcave and presumably Alfred in the Dark Knight.
Nolan produced Man of Steel. Nolan would like additional supermoney for other film funds.
It'd also just be fucking awesome to have Nolan Knight vs Miller Knight.
Nolan has no connection to Batman v Superman.
There'd be two Jokers in addition to two Batmen, since Heath Ledger's Joker was never killed off.
Suicide Squad already filmed with Batfleck (or so I believe.)
It's not really in Zack Snyder's MO to plot twist to my recollection
Imposter Batmen in the Dark Knight.
John Blake takes the role of Batman in the third film, finding the Batcave and presumably Alfred in the Dark Knight.
Nolan produced Man of Steel. Nolan would like additional supermoney for other film funds.
It'd also just be fucking awesome to have Nolan Knight vs Miller Knight.
Nolan has no connection to Batman v Superman.
There'd be two Jokers in addition to two Batmen, since Heath Ledger's Joker was never killed off.
Suicide Squad already filmed with Batfleck (or so I believe.)
It's not really in Zack Snyder's MO to plot twist to my recollection
Ports: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
This is a very good port.
The 3D works.
The graphics are improved from the original game.
And the fact that you have to mod an N64 to play the games on an HDTV might make you play this game. This game is pretty memorable anyway, so replay factor won't be hurt by forcing this.
Epona controls
Using Navi is a little weird, cuz of the a button.
Getting off Epona isn't user friendly.
B for Arrows was a good move.
And most importantly are the controls that you set up the menu.
The menu controls are really good.
How they set up the screens for the songs you learn on the Ocarina are good.
Nintendo was smart and set up an icon just for the Ocarina on the second Dual Screen. Very smart. The game is after all titled, the "Ocarina of Time," and it's just a waste to change the config for it.
I don't recall if you could previously get the popular guy's mask or not before.
The 3D works.
The graphics are improved from the original game.
And the fact that you have to mod an N64 to play the games on an HDTV might make you play this game. This game is pretty memorable anyway, so replay factor won't be hurt by forcing this.
Epona controls
Using Navi is a little weird, cuz of the a button.
Getting off Epona isn't user friendly.
B for Arrows was a good move.
And most importantly are the controls that you set up the menu.
The menu controls are really good.
How they set up the screens for the songs you learn on the Ocarina are good.
Nintendo was smart and set up an icon just for the Ocarina on the second Dual Screen. Very smart. The game is after all titled, the "Ocarina of Time," and it's just a waste to change the config for it.
I don't recall if you could previously get the popular guy's mask or not before.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Memories of Murder (2005 South Korean film) analysis: eye themes
The Shining was not always a highly praised masterpiece, even being nominated for a Golden Raspberry. However, after the abundance of Shining homages post-Room 237 documentary, there seems to be a market for fans who were inspired by those films. Some are not so subtle such as the French avalanche disaster movie, Force Majerure, and Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel. However, there have been others recently with copying of techniques rather than messages, such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Crimson Peak, and Sicario. There were uses of Kubrick techniques before also, including Memories of Murder.
Channel Criswell stated that perspectives were a theme in his cross analysis of the film with Zodiac. Voyeurism is used such as the scene where they look through the peep hole. Eyes are also significant as Detective Park mentions how he can tell if someone is lying by looking at his eyes.
Eyes are used in Stanley Kubrick's films as well. The eye lash over Alex DeLarge's eye opens the film, David Bowman's eye is zoomed in in 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL is one big eye, and the star child's eye is the end of the film.
There were many references to Illuminati figures in Stanley Kubrick's films, the eye in the pyramid like in the dollar bill. Conspiracy is a nickname for corruption.
The policemen in Memories of Murder are brutal. Terrible detectives.
There's only 5 of them. 4 male like Alex's droogs, 3 of which become police officers in A Clockwork Orange.
Going on a lead of wearing red and it was raining, seems like an odd choice of determining a serial killer to me. Could be anyone and coincidental, although they do admit that Korea is small.
They don't let the evidence decide who the murder is and become attached to their work.
There are notably multiple perspectives of the film as noted by Channel Criswell, but it is also to note that the story is made up. It's a film, a form of fiction. The identity of the killer really REALLY isn't important. It's not real and fans shouldn't care. It's virtual. It's fake. It's a deception of ones eye.
Friday, November 13, 2015
NJPW on AXS TV, 11/14/15 was regretably forgettable
Bullet Club, (Gallows and Anderson) vs Goto and Shibata
Not a fan of Goto. Serviceable match
Ryusuke Taguchi vs Kenny Omega
Comedy match as the main event.
Butt jokes.
Weird, cuz my TV guide listed:
Ultimo Guerrero
La Sombra vs Mascara Dorada
Not a fan of Goto. Serviceable match
Ryusuke Taguchi vs Kenny Omega
Comedy match as the main event.
Butt jokes.
Weird, cuz my TV guide listed:
Ultimo Guerrero
La Sombra vs Mascara Dorada
Thursday, November 12, 2015
51 characters that should be in Smash Bros Wii U/3DS for marketing purposes
Since Cloud Strife was put in Smash Bros 4, I decided to think up other popular characters that could be inserted into Smash Bros. Keep in mind, I'm not saying all of these are good ideas. I'm just saying they'd be popular and be done with a sense of marketing. Heck, this list has gotten so long. F Nintendo. Playstation All Stars. You make this list. Why not? I assembled this list with the crew of Saturday Night Live. So enjoy.
- Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett, Star Wars is popular
- Miley Cyrus
- Corey in the House
- Adventure Time
- ProJared
- Vince McMahon
- Elsa from Frozen
- Hulk Hogan
- John Cena
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Shaq
- Madden
- Kyle from South Park
- Matt Groenig
- Homer Simpson
- Amy Schumer
- LeBron James
- Johnny Depp
- Donald Trump
- The Bella Twins
- Charles Barkley
- Stephen Curry
- Wil Wheaton
- Robert Downey Jr
- Master Chief
- Iron Man
- Batman
- Goku
- Doctor Who
- Christopher Nolan
- Undertale
- Splatoon
- Joy, Inside Out
- Eren Jaeger
- Ryo Hazuki
- Loki
- Gru from Minions
- Vin Diesel from Furious 7
- The Flash (CW TV Series character)
- Super Mario Maker
- Venom Snake
- Furiosa
- Shulk
- Mad Max
- Anita Sarkessian
- Chris Pratt, T-Rex, Jurassic Park
- Raphael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a hit show, Michael Bay, and Smash Up
- A Golden Ditto Amiibo
- Law and Order: SVU
- Hotline Miami 2
- Mark Ruffalo
Top 10+1 games 2015 (October)
Undertale
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Bloodborne
Hotline Miami 2
Arkham Knight
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Tales of Zestiria
Disgaea V
Tales from Borderlands
Minecraft Story Mode
Shovel Knight
Legend of Legacy
Monday, November 9, 2015
Pokemon Parallels of Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow and Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Starters
Pikachu Lightning
Pidgey Starly
Brock-Roark
Abra, Geodude, Onyx
Lapras, Shellos
Pikachu Lightning
Pidgey Starly
Brock-Roark
Abra, Geodude, Onyx
Lapras, Shellos
Sunday, November 8, 2015
The Top 5 Films of Naomi Watts
- Mulholland Drive
- 21 Grams
- Eastern Promises
- The Ring
- The Impossible/J. Edgar
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Die Another Day is the FFIX of James Bonds
I absolutely love this James Bond film. It was the perfect way to end the Brosnan era by making homages to previous James Bonds films.
The villain with makeup.
The Big second in command.
The satellite in the sky.
Thunderball's jetpack
This article pretty much caps all of it.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/dad_homages.php3?t=dad
The villain with makeup.
The Big second in command.
The satellite in the sky.
Thunderball's jetpack
This article pretty much caps all of it.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/dad_homages.php3?t=dad
Friday, November 6, 2015
What I dislike about the Daniel Craig films post-Casino Royale
Obvious CGI
Daniel Craig obviously isn't in an actual train-crane in Skyfall.
That building obviously didn't fall apart in Spectre.
Maybe it's a union thing.
Untight scripts
Skyfall- if this is a reboot, why mention the old school Bond cars?
How did Javier Bardem's character get out in that film?
Bond Girl used for Refridgerator effect? Eva Green's character had such a backstory in Casino Royale. Never mentioned again.
Daniel Craig obviously isn't in an actual train-crane in Skyfall.
That building obviously didn't fall apart in Spectre.
Maybe it's a union thing.
Untight scripts
Skyfall- if this is a reboot, why mention the old school Bond cars?
How did Javier Bardem's character get out in that film?
Bond Girl used for Refridgerator effect? Eva Green's character had such a backstory in Casino Royale. Never mentioned again.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
List of games I would want Hideo Kojima to work out
GoldenEye
The 90s spy video game rivalry
Mass Effect
Clones
Final Fantasy 7
Postmodern
Pokemon
Solid Ekans Solid Arbok
Team Patriot
Sports
Nicknames and specialties
Gears of War
Another first person shooter possibly Call of Duty
The 90s spy video game rivalry
Mass Effect
Clones
Final Fantasy 7
Postmodern
Pokemon
Solid Ekans Solid Arbok
Team Patriot
Sports
Nicknames and specialties
Gears of War
Another first person shooter possibly Call of Duty
Friday, October 23, 2015
The Lion King review
This film really stands out in all the Disney Renaissance. It did really well in the 3D re-release.
Although the characters were inspired by anime, there was a lot of influence by studies in Africa. Putting Lions in a studio to draw them. And the story although about survival, was a lot campier in Disney and didn't involve a human hunter.
James Earl Jones is perfectly cast as Mufasa, including a very Jedi-ish scene in the clouds.
This is probably the best role Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Matthew Broderick will be known for.
It's not as realistic as Bambi having probably more animal religion stuff than what Pocahontas ended up being. The wind effects were probably inserted into Colors of the Wind. The mix for the stampede scene is an animated wonder. Really good. All the scenes look really cool.
If they wanted to do a sequel now, I'd recommend them going for the Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Philharmagic 3D effects.
Jeremy Irons is friggin awesome. It'd be great if he showed up as a bad ass in Batman vs Superman and drops Superman with Kryptonite and said, "Simon didn't say!"
Timon and Pumbaa end up with like 20 animated series after this.
Although the characters were inspired by anime, there was a lot of influence by studies in Africa. Putting Lions in a studio to draw them. And the story although about survival, was a lot campier in Disney and didn't involve a human hunter.
James Earl Jones is perfectly cast as Mufasa, including a very Jedi-ish scene in the clouds.
This is probably the best role Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Matthew Broderick will be known for.
It's not as realistic as Bambi having probably more animal religion stuff than what Pocahontas ended up being. The wind effects were probably inserted into Colors of the Wind. The mix for the stampede scene is an animated wonder. Really good. All the scenes look really cool.
If they wanted to do a sequel now, I'd recommend them going for the Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Philharmagic 3D effects.
Jeremy Irons is friggin awesome. It'd be great if he showed up as a bad ass in Batman vs Superman and drops Superman with Kryptonite and said, "Simon didn't say!"
Timon and Pumbaa end up with like 20 animated series after this.
Monday, October 19, 2015
The best of Ridley Scott
- Blade Runner
- Alien
- American Gangster
- Thelma and Louise
- Prometheus
- The Counselor
- Kingdom of Heaven
- Gladiator
- Exodus
- GI Jane
- Legend
Friday, September 25, 2015
50th Anniversary of 1965: Top 5 Films
- Repulsion
- Thunderball
- Simon in the Desert
- Fists in the Pocket
- The Holy Man
Roman Polanski
Luis Bunuel
Satyajit Ray
Actor:
Prasad Mukherjee
Sean Connery
Actress
Catherine Denueve
Supporting Actor
Charupakash Ghosh
Adolfo Celi, Emilio Largo
Production Design:
Ken Adams
Fight Scene, (Underwater or not):
Thunderball
1950: 65th Anniversary: Top 5 Films, etc..
- Rashomon
- Sunset Blvd
- All About Eve
- Orpheus
- Stromboli
Gloria Swanson
Actor
Toshiro Mifune
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Rashomon
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Brother's favorite films Summer 2015
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Ant-Man
- Inside Out
- Sicario
- (Not really) Jurassic World
- (Not really) The Country's Sky
Monday, September 14, 2015
Digimon Fusion "Mikey the Light Warrior" and "Showdown in the Sand Zone"
This is really good.
Reedmon was a really good star for this arc, defeating a nostalgic, powerful in multiple ways warrior such as Angemon. Defeated, losing hope, losing a friend, losing an ally.
Is Angemon resurrrected? Can you kill an angel? Is he like a Pokemon where there are so many in his species?
A war in the sand in contemporary times.
References to the original Digimon storyline.
Beelzemon
Reedmon was a really good star for this arc, defeating a nostalgic, powerful in multiple ways warrior such as Angemon. Defeated, losing hope, losing a friend, losing an ally.
Is Angemon resurrrected? Can you kill an angel? Is he like a Pokemon where there are so many in his species?
A war in the sand in contemporary times.
References to the original Digimon storyline.
Beelzemon
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
League of Legends NA Championship Series Finals Recap: Team Counter Logic Gaming wins with a 3-0 sweep
Team CLG beat Team Solo Mid in an unbelievable defeat. Team Solo Mid was the winner of last two NA Championship Series. Team CLG has a good team attack, while Team Solo Mid has a good final stage attack. Team SLM was prevented from doing so by a well prepared Team CLG and lost in a sweep.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Antman: the wife is one of the worst characters since Loki
Unlike Thor, Antman is actually a fairly competent film.
However, there is some flaw with the drama. The wife.
She doesn't want Scott to be with their daughter, because he committed a crime. Ok.
However, you forget that it's commonly mentioned that he was a Robin Hood act.
He's not a very unlikeable character or a bad father figure-like character for the daughter.
He's an a lot better character written or moral compared to the wife, and the two seemed to never have chemistry on screen, albeit this could be due to the lack of breakout Paul Rudd was compared to Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man.
If she said, "I couldn't wait ten years for someone to be the father," or something like that, maybe... But no, she just says, "It's cuz you commited a crime."
And then she marries a cop, despite Scott doing such a brave thing for the world, very symbolic of a character who is (double negative warning) anti-anti-1%.
This is the happy family picture at the end of the film with the two dads?!?!
Like, what did the mom learn from the film that made her think that he wasn't any more brave than he previously was?
No, it's cuz he couldn't get a job, because of his likeable criminal past! Etc..
Like, this lady is a friggin robot. Not saying it's the actress' fault, but the lines in the scenes given are quite nonsensical.
He has an Electrical Engineering degree.
What does she do for a job, or as a mother?
However, there is some flaw with the drama. The wife.
She doesn't want Scott to be with their daughter, because he committed a crime. Ok.
However, you forget that it's commonly mentioned that he was a Robin Hood act.
He's not a very unlikeable character or a bad father figure-like character for the daughter.
He's an a lot better character written or moral compared to the wife, and the two seemed to never have chemistry on screen, albeit this could be due to the lack of breakout Paul Rudd was compared to Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man.
If she said, "I couldn't wait ten years for someone to be the father," or something like that, maybe... But no, she just says, "It's cuz you commited a crime."
And then she marries a cop, despite Scott doing such a brave thing for the world, very symbolic of a character who is (double negative warning) anti-anti-1%.
This is the happy family picture at the end of the film with the two dads?!?!
Like, what did the mom learn from the film that made her think that he wasn't any more brave than he previously was?
No, it's cuz he couldn't get a job, because of his likeable criminal past! Etc..
Like, this lady is a friggin robot. Not saying it's the actress' fault, but the lines in the scenes given are quite nonsensical.
He has an Electrical Engineering degree.
What does she do for a job, or as a mother?
Final Fantasies that need an HD remake
5 FFIV
4 FFT
3 FFTA/2
2 FFVI DBZ collaboration
1 FFIX Make Zidane and Steiner more Amano-ish opposed to just ugly. Better card system
4 FFT
3 FFTA/2
2 FFVI DBZ collaboration
1 FFIX Make Zidane and Steiner more Amano-ish opposed to just ugly. Better card system
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Major Antman plothole: Electrical Engineering degree
Why introduce this point if you're going to have Scott not understand anything Hank said about Quantum Mechanics?
Exposition.
Spelling it out for the kids.
You show it later in the movie.
He learned Engineering, so he probably learned Quantum Mechanics.
He doesn't really do any of the brainy Hank Pym, mechanical stuff. And they don't even go, theoretical stuff that I'm not familiar with. Hank never tries to teach him for whatever reason.
He's not really a geek in any form anyway, being the Gentaro youth and muscle to Kengo's brain.
Exposition.
Spelling it out for the kids.
You show it later in the movie.
He learned Engineering, so he probably learned Quantum Mechanics.
He doesn't really do any of the brainy Hank Pym, mechanical stuff. And they don't even go, theoretical stuff that I'm not familiar with. Hank never tries to teach him for whatever reason.
He's not really a geek in any form anyway, being the Gentaro youth and muscle to Kengo's brain.
Friday, July 3, 2015
July 2015: Criterion Collection on Hulu: Final Films
- Madadayo
- An Autumn Afternoon
- Street of Shame
- L'argent
- Confidentially Yours
- The Ascent
- Three Colors: Red
- The Stranger
Madadayo a story about a teacher instead of a gangster and/or a samurai
An Autumn Afternoon a story about a daughter
Street of Shame, the most real less theatrical long shot testing film of the great feminist Kenji Mizoguchi
L'argent Almost Wes Anderson-ish except with crooked angles instead signifying the world of money stealing
Confidentially Yours
The Ascent A story about Russia
Three Colors: Red A grand finale to the Three Colors Trilogy
The Stranger, a great story part Simpsons part Cable Guy.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Favorite Films First Half 2015
- The Lobster
- Inside Out
- Kingsman
- Chappie
- Sicario
- Maps to the Stars: part Hollywood, part psychology, part metaphysical
- It Follows
- Ex Machina
- Madonna
- Clouds of Sils Maria
- Max Max: Fury Road
- Terminator: Genisys
- Avengers 2: Age of Ultron
- Kung Fury
- Ant-Man
- Carol
- The Age of Adaline
- Tomorrowland
- Jupiter Ascending
Monday, June 29, 2015
Review: The Terminator is the sum of its GREAT GREAT parts
Since Terminator: Genisys is coming out, I figured I'd do an analysis of the Terminator.
Story:
The Terminator is about a machine that wants to stop a mother from delivering a child that lives through a tough life where he fights a war vs machines and goes to their military base nearly destroying them, prior to the machines sending a lone cyborg back in time to kill his mother, the main character of the story.
It's a sci fi classic story.
*****/*****
Style
This was such an interesting classic. It's a little beat over your head with the tech noir neon sign, in addition to having a story that's basically spelled out for you, but Sarah Connor as the femme fatale was a good choice. It may even be a reverse police story as there's no detectives and the police are obstacles in this story, which I may get to.
It's part sci fi. It's part romance. It's part chase film, a la the Driver or Smokey and the Bandit.
Watching Nick of WeLiveFilm's analysis of Back to the Future, I couldn't help but think of Terminator as well while watching it with chase scenes and time travel of the 80s before he mentioned it as well.
*****/*****
Action:
It's a little cheap at how the Terminator can't die or react other than with special effects when he's shot, but it's different.
It sorta reminds me of Chappie now where they just kill everybody no selling everything shooting up entire places.
The scene where he just runs the car through the police station is epic.
Suspense should be added to these scenes as there's a bit of terror as Sarah runs from the robot, afraid of how to destroy it, in every scene. Great job by Linda Hamilton!
*****/*****
Themes:
There's a fear of things different in this film.
Xenophobia,
Mechaphobia
Corporatephobia.
Fears of Nazis, Japanese, Russians, Cubans and other people making nuclear bombs to destroy you.
The fact that the Japanese economy in addition to the German were developing better steel factories were indicative of how relevant the end scene of the film was where the Terminator gets destroyed by another machine.
The idea of a corporation making nukes to make money that can destroy the world. The fact that there's. This sets up a lot of Paul Verehoeven's superior original classic RoboCop.
*****/*****
The acting:
Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese really should've been associated with the greats such as Martin Scorsese's Robert De Niro, Francis Ford Coppola's Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman in general. One of the best portrayals ever as the military paranoid Kyle Reese, who seems to be this scary unlikeable guy, who you don't know anything about in the film prior to seeing him shoot the other dude, who is later revealed to be a cyborg assassin. Side note on how no one has to explain how slow the Terminators fight or walk/run.
And Sarah Connor goes from this character that Cyberdyne makes just like a Terminator machine, fake bland and suburban white trash perfect to pulling off cool lines such as "You're terminated, Motherfucker!" That's just great.
There's regretably not a lot for the police officers to do, but they seem just as concerned for saving Sarah as Reese, albeit they just don't believe in this fantastical story about futuristic robots trying to kill everyone.
*****/*****
Casting:
Everyone was good.
And Arnold really broke out as the Terminator, doing whatever he could to look the part, not to mention the accent.
He seemed to be an action movie star because of this unique film, despite the great performances everyone overlooks by the rest of the cast.
*****/*****
Overall, a very unique film. It's not the most realistic where you have the existence of time travel, the improper use of time travel, as the machines can't pinpoint where to find Sarah Connor, or don't target a better place in the timeline to kill off her or the John Connor line, and a Terminator robot surviving truck explosions. And maybe there's something Rob Ager can tell me about Robot AI that's not accurate, which doesn't have to be in a movie.
*****/*****
Story:
The Terminator is about a machine that wants to stop a mother from delivering a child that lives through a tough life where he fights a war vs machines and goes to their military base nearly destroying them, prior to the machines sending a lone cyborg back in time to kill his mother, the main character of the story.
It's a sci fi classic story.
*****/*****
Style
This was such an interesting classic. It's a little beat over your head with the tech noir neon sign, in addition to having a story that's basically spelled out for you, but Sarah Connor as the femme fatale was a good choice. It may even be a reverse police story as there's no detectives and the police are obstacles in this story, which I may get to.
It's part sci fi. It's part romance. It's part chase film, a la the Driver or Smokey and the Bandit.
Watching Nick of WeLiveFilm's analysis of Back to the Future, I couldn't help but think of Terminator as well while watching it with chase scenes and time travel of the 80s before he mentioned it as well.
*****/*****
Action:
It's a little cheap at how the Terminator can't die or react other than with special effects when he's shot, but it's different.
It sorta reminds me of Chappie now where they just kill everybody no selling everything shooting up entire places.
The scene where he just runs the car through the police station is epic.
Suspense should be added to these scenes as there's a bit of terror as Sarah runs from the robot, afraid of how to destroy it, in every scene. Great job by Linda Hamilton!
*****/*****
Themes:
There's a fear of things different in this film.
Xenophobia,
Mechaphobia
Corporatephobia.
Fears of Nazis, Japanese, Russians, Cubans and other people making nuclear bombs to destroy you.
The fact that the Japanese economy in addition to the German were developing better steel factories were indicative of how relevant the end scene of the film was where the Terminator gets destroyed by another machine.
The idea of a corporation making nukes to make money that can destroy the world. The fact that there's. This sets up a lot of Paul Verehoeven's superior original classic RoboCop.
*****/*****
The acting:
Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese really should've been associated with the greats such as Martin Scorsese's Robert De Niro, Francis Ford Coppola's Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman in general. One of the best portrayals ever as the military paranoid Kyle Reese, who seems to be this scary unlikeable guy, who you don't know anything about in the film prior to seeing him shoot the other dude, who is later revealed to be a cyborg assassin. Side note on how no one has to explain how slow the Terminators fight or walk/run.
And Sarah Connor goes from this character that Cyberdyne makes just like a Terminator machine, fake bland and suburban white trash perfect to pulling off cool lines such as "You're terminated, Motherfucker!" That's just great.
There's regretably not a lot for the police officers to do, but they seem just as concerned for saving Sarah as Reese, albeit they just don't believe in this fantastical story about futuristic robots trying to kill everyone.
*****/*****
Casting:
Everyone was good.
And Arnold really broke out as the Terminator, doing whatever he could to look the part, not to mention the accent.
He seemed to be an action movie star because of this unique film, despite the great performances everyone overlooks by the rest of the cast.
*****/*****
Overall, a very unique film. It's not the most realistic where you have the existence of time travel, the improper use of time travel, as the machines can't pinpoint where to find Sarah Connor, or don't target a better place in the timeline to kill off her or the John Connor line, and a Terminator robot surviving truck explosions. And maybe there's something Rob Ager can tell me about Robot AI that's not accurate, which doesn't have to be in a movie.
*****/*****
Monday, June 22, 2015
List of PS3 games I recommend to my brother
Valkyria Chronicles
Uncharted 1-3
Mass Effect 1 and 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Tokyo Jungle
Little Big Planet 1-2
Metal Gear Solid 4
Final Fantasy XIII
Natural Doctrine
CastleVania
Child of Eden
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls 1-2
Thief
Eternal Sonata
Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
Jenova Chen Collection
Katamari Forever
Knights of Amalur
Resonance of Fate
Tales
Time Crisis 4
Rebuy:
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
Mega Man X4
Mega Man X5
Uncharted 1-3
Mass Effect 1 and 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Tokyo Jungle
Little Big Planet 1-2
Metal Gear Solid 4
Final Fantasy XIII
Natural Doctrine
CastleVania
Child of Eden
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls 1-2
Thief
Eternal Sonata
Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
Jenova Chen Collection
Katamari Forever
Knights of Amalur
Resonance of Fate
Tales
Time Crisis 4
Rebuy:
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
Mega Man X4
Mega Man X5
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Films I should watch with my brother summer 2015
Age of Adaline
Ex Machina
Tomorrowland
Ratchet and Clank
Age of Ultron 2
Mad Max: Fury Road
Inside Out
Ant Man
Terminator Genisys
Fantastic Four
The Man from UNCLE
Ex Machina
Tomorrowland
Ratchet and Clank
Age of Ultron 2
Mad Max: Fury Road
Inside Out
Ant Man
Terminator Genisys
Fantastic Four
The Man from UNCLE
Friday, June 19, 2015
Best trailers Summer 2015
- Ant-Man,
- The Martian
- The Walk,
- Spectre
- Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, which is basically just Skyfall with a plane stunt
- The Man from UNCLE, Guy Ritchie, yes.
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Everest,
- Self/less
- Southpaw
Ant-Man, looks like Honey I Shrunk the Kids meets Superman
The Martian, reverse Mann
The Walk, looks great in 3D.
Spectre, something original opposed to
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, B
The Man from UNCLE, B
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, C
Everest, a bunch of white dudes wanting to get themselves killed, F
Self/less, a film about Ben Kingsley wanting to become Borat again. F
Southpaw, Jake Gyllenhaal, crying about purposely getting his family ruined, F
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Pieces of FF7 that will probably be DLC
Kung Fury DLC
Getting Gil
Leveling up
Getting weapons
Buying skins for vehicles
Buying skins for characters
Resurrecting Cait Sith No. 1
Dating Don
Dating anybody at Gold Saucer
Getting GP at the Gold Saucer
Kickstarter for bringing FFVII remake to Xbox One
Resurrecting Aeris
Getting Gil
Leveling up
Getting weapons
Buying skins for vehicles
Buying skins for characters
Resurrecting Cait Sith No. 1
Dating Don
Dating anybody at Gold Saucer
Getting GP at the Gold Saucer
Kickstarter for bringing FFVII remake to Xbox One
Resurrecting Aeris
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
E3 2015: Halo and Gears of War
Halo: It feels cool that there's 24 players in multiplayer mode, but they didn't care about story, so why should I? Nothing else was really mentioned.
Gears of War, they showed nothing. Some monster. Didn't really look like the monsters from the first two games. Everything was too dark to see anything. (Microsoft didn't learn from First Person Shooters from 5 years ago.) Nothing too innovative, impressive or anything in this game.
Gears of War, they showed nothing. Some monster. Didn't really look like the monsters from the first two games. Everything was too dark to see anything. (Microsoft didn't learn from First Person Shooters from 5 years ago.) Nothing too innovative, impressive or anything in this game.
List of complaints regarding Jurassic World
- The movie is pretty much summarized by the kid using the original Jurassic Park banner as a torch
- Test Tube Rex is smart according to the dialogue but not the audience
- Test Tube Rex is Takeshi Kitano Rex
- Test Tube Rex speaks Raptor
- Test Tube Rex should be killed because he is Frankenstein
- Test Tube Rex should be killed because he is Black Widow
- Taxi Driver
- The symbiote
- There's no main character
- There's no family connection like with Alan Grant or Ian Malcolm and kids
- The older brother is a hentai.
- There's no John Williams
- There's no arcs
- There's no characters
- Ron Howard's daughter plays someone with no character, and acts if she is just reading lines.
- She gets involved in the worst romance in movie history
- Star lord is introduced too late in the movie
- Star lords best friend bishop has unknown whereabouts at the end of the movie
- The death scenes are g rated garbage
- There's a bunch of references to the military that may be propaganda and if so have a point
- The illogical plot point of using raptors for military purposes goes wrong and not for the most rational reason
- The movie doesn't have an ending
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