- 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
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Favorite Films First Half 2015
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
Monday, June 15, 2015
Stuff that should be done to change Final Fantasy 7 for the 20th Anniversary:
Should Aeris be resurrected?
Business vs art, so DLC
Disc 2 and 3 monsters
Other worlds
Harder difficulty.
Collector's Edition PS4
Achievements
10 x beating Ruby Weapons
Peter Molyneaux FF7
Aeris DLC
Star Wars with Obi-Wan Kenobi
Aeris is deleted from the game after .
Even in replays you can't get Aeries.
Sephiroth Clones
JENOVA
Advent Children
FFT
Mini Games
Cloud's Date
Anybody
Other enemies Lifestream
Cloud use a gun SOLDIER
Lifestream=internet
Final Fantasy crossovers, character uses
Crossdressing Cloud? Lightning in Buster Sword Uniform
Sephiroth should have two performances
FF4 Journals Bravely Default Encounter Rate
Business vs art, so DLC
Disc 2 and 3 monsters
Other worlds
Harder difficulty.
Collector's Edition PS4
Achievements
10 x beating Ruby Weapons
Peter Molyneaux FF7
Aeris DLC
Star Wars with Obi-Wan Kenobi
Aeris is deleted from the game after .
Even in replays you can't get Aeries.
Sephiroth Clones
JENOVA
Advent Children
FFT
Mini Games
Cloud's Date
Anybody
Other enemies Lifestream
Cloud use a gun SOLDIER
Lifestream=internet
Final Fantasy crossovers, character uses
Crossdressing Cloud? Lightning in Buster Sword Uniform
Sephiroth should have two performances
FF4 Journals Bravely Default Encounter Rate
Friday, June 12, 2015
Why Lost World is a good sequel to Jurassic Park
Instead of using Sam Neill, take Steven Spielberg’s place as the star
of the film, it’s Jeff Goldblum as the Ian Malcolm character dealing
with his kids, promoting him from his role in the first film.
Heck, he even has Julianne Moore taking place of Laura Dern in the first film as archaelogist girlfriend.
Kelly’s adventure is stowing away.
No one really cares that Ian Malcolm had an interracial relationship or sexually promiscious. Points that were brought up in the first film. Pretty progressive.
I guess the third film they should’ve had Hammond as the main character, which they can’t really do now unfortunately.
Heck, he even has Julianne Moore taking place of Laura Dern in the first film as archaelogist girlfriend.
Kelly’s adventure is stowing away.
No one really cares that Ian Malcolm had an interracial relationship or sexually promiscious. Points that were brought up in the first film. Pretty progressive.
I guess the third film they should’ve had Hammond as the main character, which they can’t really do now unfortunately.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Action Movie of the Year
1943: Sugata Sanshiro
1971: Straw Dogs
1972: Fist of Fury
1976: Taxi Driver
1977: Star Wars
1978: Superman
1979: Alien
1980: The Empire Strikes Back
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: Blade Runner
1983: Scarface
1984: The Terminator
1985: Commando
1986: Karate Kid Part II
1987: RoboCop
1988: As Tears Go By
1989: In the Line of Duty Part IV
1990: Dick Tracy
1991: Terminator 2
1992: Supercop
1993: The Last Action Hero
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: Ghost in the Shell
1996: Dragonheart
1997: Starship Troopers
1998: The Thin Red Line
1999: The Matrix
2000: Battle Royale
2001: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
2002: Die Another Day
2003: X2
2004: Shrek 2
2005: Kamen Rider: The First
2006: Blood Diamond
2007: American Gangster
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: District 9
2010: Scott Pilgrim vs the World
2011:
2012: Django Unchained
2013:
2014:
1971: Straw Dogs
1972: Fist of Fury
1976: Taxi Driver
1977: Star Wars
1978: Superman
1979: Alien
1980: The Empire Strikes Back
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: Blade Runner
1983: Scarface
1984: The Terminator
1985: Commando
1986: Karate Kid Part II
1987: RoboCop
1988: As Tears Go By
1989: In the Line of Duty Part IV
1990: Dick Tracy
1991: Terminator 2
1992: Supercop
1993: The Last Action Hero
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: Ghost in the Shell
1996: Dragonheart
1997: Starship Troopers
1998: The Thin Red Line
1999: The Matrix
2000: Battle Royale
2001: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
2002: Die Another Day
2003: X2
2004: Shrek 2
2005: Kamen Rider: The First
2006: Blood Diamond
2007: American Gangster
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: District 9
2010: Scott Pilgrim vs the World
2011:
2012: Django Unchained
2013:
2014:
There Will Be Blood Review of who shouldn't watch the film and why
To make this boring, this film is not for everyone. It's long with a lot of silence, where it requires you to appreciate the cinematography and soundscapes to enjoy the film.
It's very artsy.
It's slow.
It's methodical.
It keeps you waiting to see what happens next in the film.
It's basically a drama about a rich man, his son and a egotistical self-loving priest who can make him rich.
The film deals with a right wing Christian group.
For those of you who don't believe they exist, or ever existed, if the idea of a group like this existing alienates you or is uncomprehensible to you, not to mention that you're a loyal Christian who believes Christians have never done wrong in the world,
THEN THIS FILM ISN'T FOR YOU.
If you're a capitalist, thinking that the only way to succeed is to gain more money, and that nothing immoral will happen cuz of it,
THEN THIS FILM ISN'T FOR YOU.
There's a rich asshole in the film.
There's a priest who basically thinks he's Jesus in the film.
The rich asshole kills the priest.
He's finished.
Then the film ends.
It's very artsy.
It's slow.
It's methodical.
It keeps you waiting to see what happens next in the film.
It's basically a drama about a rich man, his son and a egotistical self-loving priest who can make him rich.
The film deals with a right wing Christian group.
For those of you who don't believe they exist, or ever existed, if the idea of a group like this existing alienates you or is uncomprehensible to you, not to mention that you're a loyal Christian who believes Christians have never done wrong in the world,
THEN THIS FILM ISN'T FOR YOU.
If you're a capitalist, thinking that the only way to succeed is to gain more money, and that nothing immoral will happen cuz of it,
THEN THIS FILM ISN'T FOR YOU.
There's a rich asshole in the film.
There's a priest who basically thinks he's Jesus in the film.
The rich asshole kills the priest.
He's finished.
Then the film ends.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Terminator: Genisys spoilers from James Cameron
The Governator fights T1 from the Terminator.
There's Mad Max like action scenes.
Legit Cameron inspired blue metal technology.
T1000 appears.
John Connor is a meta machine bad guy who must be stopped.
Sarah Connor.
Arnold as a human.
Survival is what John Connor is.
More than man or machine.
There's Mad Max like action scenes.
Legit Cameron inspired blue metal technology.
T1000 appears.
John Connor is a meta machine bad guy who must be stopped.
Sarah Connor.
Arnold as a human.
Survival is what John Connor is.
More than man or machine.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Criterion Sight and Sound Picks 2010
European:
Dutch:
The Passion of Joan D'Arc
It's interesting in that it pretty much feels like it
It's sort of like in a biographical style, but dramatized.
I'm personally not a fan, although fans really love these.
I prefer Ordet myself.
I do appreciate the creativity though.
Like this film was basically a home movie, yet made you believe in it being an on location set where Joan D'Arc actually died.
And then the epic finale.
It's almost non-auteurish as much as it was a popcorn film for me.
Pretty cool though.
Characters:
Do you really not the story of Joan D'arc?
Seriously though, how they pulled off the characters in silent European style drama really pulled off the film as a stand out.
French:
Au Hasard Balthasar, an interesting tale from the point of view of a donkey, in auteur style. So many things happen to the donkey, that it's sort of a biopic, humanizing him. It's like pre-Malick, pre-Weir, pre-Roeg. Really innovative for its time. Robert Bresson was a beast.
Breathless: It's sort of a French variation of a noir mixed with characters who are into film describing them in detail, classic Godard. I guess when they started hearing that dialogue, everybody went Seinfeld nuts, but this film wasn't really for it for me.
The Rules of the Game: Can't get anymore classical than this. Heavily inspired a lot of film and directors. The hunting scene is one of the most iconic of all time. French Revolution. Controversially for its time.
Italian:
8 1/2:
One of the prime examples of surrealism. And it's about directing a film, which is a film!
And you get to hear Italians argue!
I forgot L'atalante
Not like 70s acting, but really good, dramatic, even if unconvincing.
And let's not forget about the main star of the film: the cinematography. The landscapes really set up films such as Red Desert.
Really good.
Swedish:
Persona. The use of the double switch in actors was really influential not only in film, but in Broadway. Like Mulholland Drive, I still don't understand parts of this film, although I still don't think that the great Ingmar Bergman could've made this a little bit more coherent, not that that was the point.
Japanese:
Ozu:
Late Spring: a story of a father giving up his daughter to her husband.
Tokyo Story: a story of a daughter losing her family.
Both these film accomplish topics Ozu was great with: family. Ozu doesn't do moving shots.
Kurosawa:
Seven Samurai
This script is interesting in how it uses character development as plot structure.
The film begins in media res.
And consists mainly of introduction
Prior to an excellent conclusion. A samurai fight done by Kurosawa
Dutch:
The Passion of Joan D'Arc
It's interesting in that it pretty much feels like it
It's sort of like in a biographical style, but dramatized.
I'm personally not a fan, although fans really love these.
I prefer Ordet myself.
I do appreciate the creativity though.
Like this film was basically a home movie, yet made you believe in it being an on location set where Joan D'Arc actually died.
And then the epic finale.
It's almost non-auteurish as much as it was a popcorn film for me.
Pretty cool though.
Characters:
Do you really not the story of Joan D'arc?
Seriously though, how they pulled off the characters in silent European style drama really pulled off the film as a stand out.
French:
Au Hasard Balthasar, an interesting tale from the point of view of a donkey, in auteur style. So many things happen to the donkey, that it's sort of a biopic, humanizing him. It's like pre-Malick, pre-Weir, pre-Roeg. Really innovative for its time. Robert Bresson was a beast.
Breathless: It's sort of a French variation of a noir mixed with characters who are into film describing them in detail, classic Godard. I guess when they started hearing that dialogue, everybody went Seinfeld nuts, but this film wasn't really for it for me.
The Rules of the Game: Can't get anymore classical than this. Heavily inspired a lot of film and directors. The hunting scene is one of the most iconic of all time. French Revolution. Controversially for its time.
Italian:
8 1/2:
One of the prime examples of surrealism. And it's about directing a film, which is a film!
And you get to hear Italians argue!
I forgot L'atalante
Not like 70s acting, but really good, dramatic, even if unconvincing.
And let's not forget about the main star of the film: the cinematography. The landscapes really set up films such as Red Desert.
Really good.
Swedish:
Persona. The use of the double switch in actors was really influential not only in film, but in Broadway. Like Mulholland Drive, I still don't understand parts of this film, although I still don't think that the great Ingmar Bergman could've made this a little bit more coherent, not that that was the point.
Japanese:
Ozu:
Late Spring: a story of a father giving up his daughter to her husband.
Tokyo Story: a story of a daughter losing her family.
Both these film accomplish topics Ozu was great with: family. Ozu doesn't do moving shots.
Kurosawa:
Seven Samurai
This script is interesting in how it uses character development as plot structure.
The film begins in media res.
And consists mainly of introduction
Prior to an excellent conclusion. A samurai fight done by Kurosawa
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Games My Brother Beat
Arcade:
X-Men
The Simpsons
NES:
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros 3
Punch-Out!!!
Pac-Man
Blades of Steel
Up to Stage 4 of Ghosts and Goblins
Gameboy:
Pokemon Red and Blue
Pokemon Yellow
Game Gear:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic Chaos
Shining Force (Gaiden:) Sword of Hajya
Nintendo 64:
Killer Instinct Gold
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack
Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo
Legend of Zelda:
Perfect Dark
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64
Quest 64
Gauntlet Legends
Playstation:
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Final Fantasy Anthology
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Brave Fencer Musashi with Final Fantasy VIII demo
Legend of Dragoon
Breath of Fire IV
Dreamcast:
Power Stone 2
Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles
Jet Set Radio
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Evolution
Space Channel 5
Space Channel 5 Holographic
Shenmue
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Virtua On
Spider-Man
Gameboy Advance:
None of them work now. THANK YOU NINTENDO!
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy IV
Final FantasyV
Pokemon:
Gamecube:
Super Mario Sunshine
Metroid Prime
Super Smash Bros Melee
Evolution (Gamecube)
Phantasy Star Online Episode 2 & Card Battle
Battalion Wars
Simpsons Hit & Run
Playstation 2
Sly Cooper:
1
2
Burnout 3
Lego:
Genji
Nintendo DS:
New Super Mario Bros
Mario Kart DS
Asphalt
The Simpsons Game
All the Phoenix Wrights and Miles Edgeworth and Apollo Justice
Electroplankton
Strawberry Shortcake
Pokemon:
Halo 2, 3
Gears of War 1, 2
Wii
Klonoa
Playstation 3:
Uncharted 2
Heavy Rain
Nintendo 3DS
Super Street Fighter IV
Asphalt 3D
Thearhythm Final Fantasy
Tekken Hybrid
Super Mario 3D Land
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
PC:
Doom
Hexen
Quake
Duke Nukem
Gazillionaire Deluxe
Civilization
The Sims
Warcraft II
Diablo
Diablo II
Starcraft
Casino Empire
Stronghold
Counterstrike: Condition Zero (also includes:)
Counterstrike
Orange Box:
Star Wars: Episode 1
Chinese PC Pirated:
Steam:
Left 4 Dead 2
The Wolf Among Us
iPhone:
Final Fantasy ATB
88 Days
Final Fantasy Record Keeper
X-Men
The Simpsons
NES:
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros 3
Punch-Out!!!
Pac-Man
Blades of Steel
Up to Stage 4 of Ghosts and Goblins
Gameboy:
Pokemon Red and Blue
Pokemon Yellow
Game Gear:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic Chaos
Shining Force (Gaiden:) Sword of Hajya
Nintendo 64:
Killer Instinct Gold
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack
Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo
Legend of Zelda:
- Ocarina of Time
- Majora's Mask
Perfect Dark
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64
Quest 64
Gauntlet Legends
Playstation:
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Final Fantasy Anthology
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Brave Fencer Musashi with Final Fantasy VIII demo
Legend of Dragoon
Breath of Fire IV
Dreamcast:
Power Stone 2
Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles
Jet Set Radio
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Evolution
Space Channel 5
Space Channel 5 Holographic
Shenmue
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Virtua On
Spider-Man
Gameboy Advance:
None of them work now. THANK YOU NINTENDO!
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy IV
Final FantasyV
Pokemon:
- Leaf Green
- Fire Red
Gamecube:
Super Mario Sunshine
Metroid Prime
Super Smash Bros Melee
Evolution (Gamecube)
Phantasy Star Online Episode 2 & Card Battle
Battalion Wars
Simpsons Hit & Run
Playstation 2
Sly Cooper:
1
2
Burnout 3
Lego:
- Star Wars
- Indiana Jones
Genji
Nintendo DS:
New Super Mario Bros
Mario Kart DS
Asphalt
The Simpsons Game
All the Phoenix Wrights and Miles Edgeworth and Apollo Justice
Electroplankton
Strawberry Shortcake
Pokemon:
- Platinum
Halo 2, 3
Gears of War 1, 2
Wii
Klonoa
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Sports
Wii Fit
SoulCalibur: Legends
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
House of the Dead: Overkill
No More Heroes
Metroid: Other M
Mario & Sonic: Olympic Games
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
Resident Evil 4
Strong Bad
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Wii Music
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Wii Sports
Wii Fit
SoulCalibur: Legends
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
House of the Dead: Overkill
No More Heroes
Metroid: Other M
Mario & Sonic: Olympic Games
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
Resident Evil 4
Strong Bad
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Wii Music
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Playstation 3:
Uncharted 2
Heavy Rain
Nintendo 3DS
Super Street Fighter IV
Asphalt 3D
Thearhythm Final Fantasy
Tekken Hybrid
Super Mario 3D Land
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
PC:
Doom
Hexen
Quake
Duke Nukem
Gazillionaire Deluxe
Civilization
The Sims
Warcraft II
Diablo
Diablo II
Starcraft
Casino Empire
Stronghold
Counterstrike: Condition Zero (also includes:)
Counterstrike
Orange Box:
- Team Fortress 2
- Half-Life 2
Star Wars: Episode 1
Chinese PC Pirated:
- Super Mario 3D
- Fire Emblem
Steam:
Left 4 Dead 2
The Wolf Among Us
iPhone:
Final Fantasy ATB
88 Days
Final Fantasy Record Keeper
Friday, June 5, 2015
Inductions into the Strong World Video Game Hall of Fame
The finalists are:
They were selected from a field of 15 finalists that also included:
I would've preferred Legend of Zelda, Oregon Trail, and Sonic the Hedgehog on that list.
At least no FIFA.
- Pong,
- Pac-Man,
- Tetris,
- Super Mario Bros.,
- DOOM, and
- World of Warcraft
They were selected from a field of 15 finalists that also included:
- Angry Birds,
- FIFA,
- The Legend of Zelda,
- Minecraft,
- The Oregon Trail,
- Pokémon,
- The Sims,
- Sonic the Hedgehog
I would've preferred Legend of Zelda, Oregon Trail, and Sonic the Hedgehog on that list.
At least no FIFA.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
How Final Fantasy 13 should've ended
The Sorceress should've sent you back in time thanks to Ellone.
You fight Garland.
Vanille and Hope and all the annoying voice actors die attempting to save someone's life,
Anyone's life.
Doesn't matter.
Not important.
You defeat Garland.
He reveals that there's a world of 4 Fiends for the original 9 Final Fantasies in the next Final Fantasy.
It'll be 2d chibi overhead.
Final Fantasy VII is finally remade.
The draw system is taken out of Final Fantasy VIII.
The Excalibur II is easier to get in Final Fantasy IX without a Gameshark.
Chrono Trigger 2 is made.
You fight Garland.
Vanille and Hope and all the annoying voice actors die attempting to save someone's life,
Anyone's life.
Doesn't matter.
Not important.
You defeat Garland.
He reveals that there's a world of 4 Fiends for the original 9 Final Fantasies in the next Final Fantasy.
It'll be 2d chibi overhead.
Final Fantasy VII is finally remade.
The draw system is taken out of Final Fantasy VIII.
The Excalibur II is easier to get in Final Fantasy IX without a Gameshark.
Chrono Trigger 2 is made.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Thoughts on Jurassic Park sequels
Needs Jaws
Needs Planet of the Apes
Needs King Kong
Needs Godzilla
Needs Predator
Needs Alien
Needs Planet of the Apes
Needs King Kong
Needs Godzilla
Needs Predator
Needs Alien
Guessing Darren Foley's top films of the year
1935: Modern Times
1939: The Wizard of Oz
1948: Bicycle Thieves
1950: Rashomon
1975: Barry Lyndon
1978: Straight Time
1980: The Elephant Man
1982: The Verdict
1983: The King of Comedy
1984: The Terminator
1985: Back to the Future, The Color of Money
1986: Blue Velvet
1988: A Fish Called Wanda
1989: Parenthood
1993: Groundhog Day, Falling Down
1994: Ed Wood
1995: Dead Man
1996: The Cable Guy, The Birdcage
1997: The Edge
1998: What Dreams May Come, Buffalo '66, Out of Sight
1999: The Straight Story, Man on the Moon
2002: Punch-Drunk Love, Equilibirum, Changing Lanes, the 25th Hour
2003: Adaptation, Lost in Translation
Howl's Moving Castle
2005
2006: Candy
2007: There Will Be Blood
2008: The Wrestler, Two Lovers
2009: Up
2010: Inception, Bronson, Hesher
2011: Drive
2012: The Master
2013: Prisoners
2014: Guardians of the Galaxy
1939: The Wizard of Oz
1948: Bicycle Thieves
1950: Rashomon
1975: Barry Lyndon
1978: Straight Time
1980: The Elephant Man
1982: The Verdict
1983: The King of Comedy
1984: The Terminator
1985: Back to the Future, The Color of Money
1986: Blue Velvet
1988: A Fish Called Wanda
1989: Parenthood
1993: Groundhog Day, Falling Down
1994: Ed Wood
1995: Dead Man
1996: The Cable Guy, The Birdcage
1997: The Edge
1998: What Dreams May Come, Buffalo '66, Out of Sight
1999: The Straight Story, Man on the Moon
2002: Punch-Drunk Love, Equilibirum, Changing Lanes, the 25th Hour
2003: Adaptation, Lost in Translation
Howl's Moving Castle
2005
2006: Candy
2007: There Will Be Blood
2008: The Wrestler, Two Lovers
2009: Up
2010: Inception, Bronson, Hesher
2011: Drive
2012: The Master
2013: Prisoners
2014: Guardians of the Galaxy
Video Game Review: Final Fantasy V
Gameplay: Excellent
Let's start with gameplay: you heard from Stanburdman how much he praises the gameplay.
So much variety how you want to approach the game.
It was originally going to be adapted as Final Fantasy Extreme after Square skipped Final Fantasy II & III from Japan. I hear rumors on how they perceived the game as too complex for American fans resulting in the release of Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
There wouldn't be such a Final Fantasy 1 innovation till Final Fantasy Tactics. It's a missed art honoring the original game.
So many fighters and magicians.
It's sorta like playing as Megatron when he gets all the Decepticons' powers that one episode, or Kamen Rider Decade who has all the other. I guess a video game analogy would've been Mega Man gaining all the Robot Masters powers, but you get my point!
A
Story: Simple, but effective
Four Crystals.
Get an extra vehicle to get to a locked place.
Long lost evil was trapped. Long lost evil wants out.
Has Final Fantasy III Japanese-like secondary protagonists.
True sequel to Final Fantasy I, since Final Fantasy III.
No exceptions here. Exdeath is the fall of man and will destroy you unless you beat the game of course.
It's the original Fem Shep game with Lenna and Faris proving to as physical, less magical than previous female counterparts.
Amnesia is a theme allowing one to get immersed in the game discussing how the world works and getting to know the characters very well.
They used this in pretty much every Final Fantasy on the Super Nintendo and Playstation, but it's super effective like a fire pokemon against a leaf pokemon. (If you want to be super specific, without any special resistances of course, a conventional one!)
B
Character Design: A bit stereotypical yet still confusing
They really make it super obvious that Faris is a woman, thanks to codifying. Some weird jokes.
Galuf is also this really drunken master-ish character in the beginning as he duel strikes like a monk, and has a brown beard with tan clothes.
It would've been cool if he reappeared during Final Fantasy Tactics
Exdeath sorta reminded me of Hindel from Shining Force: Sword of Hajya on the battle screen.
It doesn't really stand out like an anime-ish Terra or a spiky hair Cloud Strife. Nothing really iconic unfortunately.
B
Music: I love the music.
Albeit some songs I can't remember as well or are my favorite.
Everybody seems to think Gilgamesh's theme sticks out the most. I can't disagree.
It's Nobuo Uematsu. Hopefully, he'll play at Distant World another time.
A-
Overall, really memorable game.
A great use of the job system with a great experience playing along with music. A lot of people love Sephiroth and Kefka. I have Exdeath as one of my favorite baddies. Consistently and unsuprisingly battled by him throughout while telling a story about a world.
It's a great game. Play it.
A-
Let's start with gameplay: you heard from Stanburdman how much he praises the gameplay.
So much variety how you want to approach the game.
It was originally going to be adapted as Final Fantasy Extreme after Square skipped Final Fantasy II & III from Japan. I hear rumors on how they perceived the game as too complex for American fans resulting in the release of Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
There wouldn't be such a Final Fantasy 1 innovation till Final Fantasy Tactics. It's a missed art honoring the original game.
So many fighters and magicians.
It's sorta like playing as Megatron when he gets all the Decepticons' powers that one episode, or Kamen Rider Decade who has all the other. I guess a video game analogy would've been Mega Man gaining all the Robot Masters powers, but you get my point!
A
Story: Simple, but effective
Four Crystals.
Get an extra vehicle to get to a locked place.
Long lost evil was trapped. Long lost evil wants out.
Has Final Fantasy III Japanese-like secondary protagonists.
True sequel to Final Fantasy I, since Final Fantasy III.
No exceptions here. Exdeath is the fall of man and will destroy you unless you beat the game of course.
It's the original Fem Shep game with Lenna and Faris proving to as physical, less magical than previous female counterparts.
Amnesia is a theme allowing one to get immersed in the game discussing how the world works and getting to know the characters very well.
They used this in pretty much every Final Fantasy on the Super Nintendo and Playstation, but it's super effective like a fire pokemon against a leaf pokemon. (If you want to be super specific, without any special resistances of course, a conventional one!)
B
Character Design: A bit stereotypical yet still confusing
They really make it super obvious that Faris is a woman, thanks to codifying. Some weird jokes.
Galuf is also this really drunken master-ish character in the beginning as he duel strikes like a monk, and has a brown beard with tan clothes.
It would've been cool if he reappeared during Final Fantasy Tactics
Exdeath sorta reminded me of Hindel from Shining Force: Sword of Hajya on the battle screen.
It doesn't really stand out like an anime-ish Terra or a spiky hair Cloud Strife. Nothing really iconic unfortunately.
B
Music: I love the music.
Albeit some songs I can't remember as well or are my favorite.
Everybody seems to think Gilgamesh's theme sticks out the most. I can't disagree.
It's Nobuo Uematsu. Hopefully, he'll play at Distant World another time.
A-
Overall, really memorable game.
A great use of the job system with a great experience playing along with music. A lot of people love Sephiroth and Kefka. I have Exdeath as one of my favorite baddies. Consistently and unsuprisingly battled by him throughout while telling a story about a world.
It's a great game. Play it.
A-
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