Johnny Ringo

ricardo said:

Finished Halo 4 on Normal last night. Had a great time. I might go back to it to go heroic or legendary if anyone else is game. Definitely curious about the Spartan Ops, so if anyone is game, my Gamertag is FlakeyMusician. The game is everything I thought it was going to be. Very slick. Plays like a well mixed Halo CE & Reach. Speaking of Reach, out of all the Halos I've played, I enjoyed Reach the most. Surprising!

I'm not sure if I'm going to multi on this game just yet. I've had a good time, but I'm on a campaign roll. I finished the previous Halos (except ODST. Don't own it yet), so I might hit up GOW3, Crysis 2, or Syndicate. Those have been on my backlog for quite some time and I'm tired of seeing them in my stack of unfinished games.

 

 

Did you stick around after the end credits?

Might try if the game lets us party up. Not sure if i'm up for a legendary run just yet though, Normal started to kick my ass towards the end there. Also I watched the legendary ending on youtube [zipperlips] so there's slightly less need to jump in atm..

maybe a 4 player run?

Spartan Ops is okay but it's candy. Not a feast like Campaign. the cutscenes for each episode are pretty cool though. Episode 2 was just released circa today. - You can view those independantly of gameplay but they might include minor spoilers for anyone who hasn't finished campaign!

Been playing a bit of Infinity slayer and it's pretty fun but it's different. The round is won by points [first team to 600] and not kills alone, points are awarded for a range of things ie: assists. custom loadouts and personal ordnance drops also shake things up a bit..

Started mucking about with forge - cobbling together a CTF spacestation i'm dubbing "blasteroids" [there be asteroids] - prolly need some playtesting once that's sorted..

The Watch.

meh...Richard Ayoade had some funny lines but otherwise it kinda falls flat.

A bunch of guys get together to form a neighbourhood watch and uncover an alien invasion..

Vince Vaughn plays that same guy he always plays.

1 ball.

saw it. liked it. wish it went for longer. Good to see them all together again, You can tell they loved making the show.

They talk a bit about the plans they had to slowly reveal details that they never got the chance to - they still didn't reveal much of those plans.

There was talk at the end for a 20th anniversary get-together...

maybe they could put together some webseries or something ala bsg / dr horrible...

Sidenote - there are a lot of Firefly references on Castle - most of them go over my head.

skyjedi2005 said:

I try to forget the last bad galatica prequel i'll pass on webisodes.

Hey at least the tv series is on blu ray. Unlike say the classic series which is nowhere to be found and was shot on film.

Maybe you should take a look before passing judgement. You might just find that it's the BSG prequel you wanted and didn't get with Caprica.

It's okay to not like Caprica, but it sounds like you are saying you wont like a new BSG show because you didn't like a show that had little to do with BSG. it wasn't meant to be Battlestar Galactica: Caprica.

Maybe you are forgetting a little something called Galactica 1980 - Now there was a follow-up series that soured the premise of the original.

Do you actually like the Original series? I liked it but I can't really see it making good money as a bluray release - unless it were some sort of super deluxe edition..

There have been BSG webseries in the past. After watching two episodes I can say that Blood and Chrome is already the most interesting of the lot.

Re:Razor - it seems like the actor there was purposely trying to imitate Eddie Olmos. Whereas here that isn't the case. There are a lot of years between the two characters where a lot can happen.

I hope they explain how Husker became Husky.

I had assumed it [the callsign] was because of the gravel / growl voice but in part one Coker referred to him as 'a husker' and Bill told him he's from Caprica. As for the Voice - I guess He eats Cylons for breakfast.

About to see the second part. I like it so far. Good fun seeing Galactica in her prime.

Bingo mixes truth with his lies. This is pretty interesting, let's see how comprehensive a list we can get.

Tried to post about Halo 4 a few days ago but the forum crashed so I just went to bed instead.

I think Halo is a pretty cool guy-

the recon-esque control scheme is pretty decent.

I've still only run through a few campaign missions and some other side stuff but so far it's a lot of fun. I'm only on Normal setting which started out cruisey but is starting to kick my ass a little - mostly from me not being careful and wandering around looking at the pretty scenery. The detail is incredible! 

I want to get the lay of the land before I attempt a legendary run through.

Played some spartan ops alone and with others and it's pretty decent - I can see it getting boring down the line unless they shake things up a little but there are a lot of toys to play with.

the cutscenes for spartan ops are more in depth than I was expecting too - i just thought it'd be mission briefings but it seems more like segments of a movie from what I've seen so far.

found a few terminal videos too - and those are pretty interesting, definitely want to see the rest of those.. 

The only thing that's been really distracting is the sound effects - a lot of familiar sounds have been changed, but on the whole everything sounds beefy and satisfying. The warthog used to hum to live when you got in, now it growls..

Finally finished Skyrim. I must say that Alduin [the big bad] was pretty disappointing in the end. The least interesting of the Dragons and I didn't need to do anything special to kill him - he just has a butt-load of extra health.

Hopefully they'll put out some more DLC. The Vampire Lord stuff on the side was good fun. For now it goes back on the shelf to collect dust once more.

Going to pick up Halo 4 at midnight tonight [finally] - which is a little over 9 hours from now. I can't wait to get my hands on it, then I'll take things slow and sample all the various modes, install discs etc.

With all the early realeases going on it looks like there might be a good few people online by the time i get sorted.

The store I'm going to isn't that large so I don't expect much but I might take a few photos if there's anything interesting..

in the meantime I've been playing the hell out of bejewelled 3. I'm definitely addicted to that game. I've tried some of the others in the series but they all control differently, the others feel kinda clunky and awkward.

sean wookie said:

The atmosphere in Super Metroid has always freaked me out, even to this day.

now that you mention it, yeah..

Love Venture Bros.

Did you see from the Ladle to the Grave: the Shallow Gravy story?

A very Venture Halloween. Good fun. Felt a little weak for a regular episode, but for a special it was better than nothing [I think i liked Ladle to the Grave better..]

Catching up on some H+ but still way behind. - Digital series on youtube.

Also catching up on some Fringe: season 5. I used to love this show but i'm just not feeling it anymore, this future stuff just doesn't grab me. Hopefully they'll tie everything up neatly in the end..

Watching a few Halloween specials including Mockingbird Lane - a remake/reboot of the Munsters. I hear it probably wont become a series actual but it was a bit of fun and a nice twist on the original concept.

This game scared me -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colonel's_Bequest

It's one of those old Sierra adventure games. An old timey murder mystery.

Haven't looked at the medpod scene properly yet but had a look at the rough ending - it's still quite a mess.

A big issue with including the deleted / alternate scenes at the end there is that there are a lot of incomplete visual effects - composites of David's head / shaw in a harness / CG scarring missing from the Engineer...

- you might be able to hide a lot of this by darkening footage on these two sets [life pod / juggernaut control room]

it might be difficult but more interesting to only show the Engineer [in the life pod] in the dark / from a distance / only show his legs while the focus is on Shaw hiding...

- the colour grading also varies between shots.

Personally, i wouldn't spend so much time showing the demise of the Engineer when we wont see him again.

another big problem is it paints Shaw as a main character which is something you've been trying to avoid. 

IMO, this absolutely has to go - 

DAVID - ...He's coming for you!

SHAW - Who...Who's coming?

???

Who else could it possibly be?

The focus should be on David trying to manipulate Shaw into helping him leave the planet.

David - Does it matter why they changed their minds?

Shaw - Yes. Yes it does

David - Why?

Shaw - because Fuck you that's why!

I also really don't like the alternate version of Shaw stuffing David's head into the bag - it really feels like an outtake.

I did have a similar idea about moving the opening sequence to the end but it kinda feels weird - music is good though! - Unless you could imply that what we are seeing is the place that Shaw and David are intending to go to..

maybe a dramatic pullback to reveal an unfamiliar galaxy? or two suns in the sky or something..

i'd love to see both the newer beginning and the ending you've got so far. lower quality is fine as long as people can make out what is going on.The scene of the Deacon birth feels really awkward and there's really no reason for it in the story - he's now alone on a planet we'll probably never see again. Regarding Vickers...when Shaw is trying to get away from the falling ship it crashes down on her and then in we have her suit saying something like 'you have 2 minutes of air left' - maybe some of that stuff could be re-tooled to imply that Vickers was merely trapped? I'd much rather see Vickers survive than Shaw. I've had a bit of an idea for the dream sequence that might work for everyone but not sure, i need to check out a few things first.

Might have to watch Trick 'r Treat again with Halloween right around the corner. I remember it being fun. Wouldn't mind seeing it play out in chronological order too.

Prometheus. still not a fan, just checking out the audio commentaries and whatnot. The movie is like a train wreck but I'm having fun trying to pinpoint just where it went off the rails. 

I bought the set purely for the bts / doco footage and in that regard I feel it delivers.

Bingowings said:

I still think the best bit of Half Life is the very beginning.

You go to work on a train through essentially a Bond villain's lair and wander around.

Imagine a CERN employee simulator.

I'd play that for months (especially if I worked at CERN).

Super Hardon Collider? [sic]

Got stuck in Black Mesa, haven't gone back to it. Probably just missed a door or something - I escorted a guy to a security room, Not sure where to go now..Gotta get into the half-life frame of mind. 

Got doom 3 BFG edition. I wasn't expecting much - still disappointing.

It does run better but a lot of the textures are still blurry as hell [pun not intended] - even at max resolution with the effects maxed out.

I got it mostly for the expansion packs and the original games. The doom 3 campaign just gets boring in the middle. also, it was cheap.

Currently I'm trying to finish off Skyrim before Halo 4 comes out. I've done 2 of the 3 main quests, I think ?I just need to kill a few dragons now and ?I'll be done.

ARGO. 4 balls.

The world is not enough [on tv] ZERO BALLS.

To beat the dream sequence horse a bit more - The bluray documentaries have a wealth of cool bits and pieces that might be of use - including some parts of the quiet eye vid - clean of 'yutani'...I haven't looked at everything yet.

There was definitely a consideration to add Tyrell in some fashion. Ridley suggested the company be Weyland-Tyrell. and then there is this - 

- Source is Bluray documentaries. There's a goldmine of details on this set.

BloodnoseThePirate said:

(Just ordered my Jayne hat for Halloween.)

 

What'd y'all order a dead guy for? ;)

Enjoying Forward Unto Dawn so far.

Been checking out that new Vegas show with Denis Quaid...a bit of fun so far. Good retro flavour.

Catching up on face-Off. Good to see Neville Page on the show but the Judges on the whole seem to be up to something this season - voting people off who do well and keeping people around who consistently fail the goals. Kevin Smith was a fun guest judge.

been watching a bunch of sitcoms new and old in my free time.

I've started digging through the Blurays and it looks like there's some stuff that might be useful, some Weyland corporate / promo type stuff as well aliens talking - including footage of the old engineer talking that isn't in the extended version of the scene. there may also be an explanation of what exactly the engineer says to David.I'll need to watch it again. there's also a bunch of doco's I haven't looked at yet. (sorry if the fomatting looks screwy, i'm posting from a mobile device).

You could always just give people a deadline to check out the older clips and then delete them. Making space for more recent versions..

I will most likely replace the opening 12 minute clip, with a newer opening 20, and replace the opening hour with 2 45 minute ish clips from the middle and end. I like how the ending is coming together, but it still is unsatisfying. 

sounds good. I prefer shorter clips, easier to manage.

are these transmission clips from the Bluray? - I've only seen some of them on Youtube. I'll be getting the bluray but not until tomorrow at the earliest.

is anybody else distracted by the fact that Shaw has a different hairstyle every time we see her?

Finally had time to check out the hour long clip. There's some great editing here.

there are also a few things that make the edit feel a bit rough around the edges, things that should hopefully be a simple fix - changes in aspect ratio - music that swells and quickly fades during the end of the alternate Shaw / Holloway scene - faint noise during the opening logos..

Feels a bit weird to get the start of the opening titles but then no movie title or further titles.

The extended Weyland speech is much better, some parts could probably still be trimmed to get to the point sooner..

Maybe you could rip out the Weyland promo audio from the cargo scene for the logo at the end of the speech - the "Building better worlds" speech?

I'd trim out some of the transmission footage and keep it all together in a single segment.

The edit to the Lawrence Arabia scene works really well with David finishing the line.

Still not too keen on the 'quiet eye' sequence for a dream sequence - at least the visuals - especially with Yutani logos plastered all over it.

Thank you for cutting out Fifield being a jackass during breakfast.

As I've mentioned i'm no fan of the briefing scene.

The scene between Vickers and the others in the lifepod should probably be right before they suit up - Shaw also comes across as a bit of a bitch in the scene..

Any chance of removing Fifield howling like a wolf? He and Milburn definitely need some editing to seem more credible and less like asshats.

Milburn's 'we found life' scene is cheesy but I like it - as well as Fifield making fun of him without seeming like a total asshole.

The alien3 music while they are in the tunnels fits really well.

I feel like the alternate version of the Shaw / Holloway scene [used here] works much better.

I like the shed skin scene.

I'd get rid of the eye worm and make Holloway just seem hungover.

I can't wait to see ARGO. I think it's already out here, I just need to make the time to see it. A good review from Anchorheard gives me high hopes.

Erikstormtrooper said:

Johnny Ringo said:

Safety not guaranteed. 2 Balls. I had high hopes and it starts out interesting but kinda falls apart towards the end.

I was interested in this. Is it worth a rental?

Hard to say. When I'm disappointed with a movie's ending, it kinda sours the whole experience for me. But then it might not disappoint you.