Monday, November 30, 2015

Kieslowki Hulu November 2015 ranked


  1. Three Colours: Blue
  2. Blind Chance
  3. A Short Film About Killing
  4. The Double Life of Veronique
  5. Three Colors: White
  6. Camera Buff
  7. No End
  8. The Scar
  9. Three Colors: Red
  10. 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

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.

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

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.
  1. Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett, Star Wars is popular
  2. Miley Cyrus
  3. Corey in the House
  4. Adventure Time
  5. ProJared
  6. Vince McMahon
  7. Elsa from Frozen
  8. Hulk Hogan
  9. John Cena
  10. Jennifer Lawrence
  11. Shaq
  12. Madden
  13. Kyle from South Park
  14. Matt Groenig
  15. Homer Simpson
  16. Amy Schumer
  17. LeBron James
  18. Johnny Depp
  19. Donald Trump
  20. The Bella Twins
  21. Charles Barkley
  22. Stephen Curry
  23. Wil Wheaton
  24. Robert Downey Jr
  25. Master Chief
  26. Iron Man
  27. Batman
  28. Goku
  29. Doctor Who
  30. Christopher Nolan
  31. Undertale
  32. Splatoon
  33. Joy, Inside Out
  34. Eren Jaeger
  35. Ryo Hazuki
  36. Loki
  37. Gru from Minions
  38. Vin Diesel from Furious 7
  39. The Flash (CW TV Series character)
  40. Super Mario Maker
  41. Venom Snake
  42. Furiosa
  43. Shulk
  44. Mad Max
  45. Anita Sarkessian
  46. Chris Pratt, T-Rex, Jurassic Park
  47. Raphael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a hit show, Michael Bay, and Smash Up
  48. A Golden Ditto Amiibo
  49. Law and Order: SVU
  50. Hotline Miami 2
  51. 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

Sunday, November 8, 2015

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

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.

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