greenpenguino said:
John Carter
10 mystical blue thingys out of 10
It sucks that not a lot of people saw this, now we won't get a sequel. :(
TV's Frink said:
She should have named herself Lt. Mrs. [REDACTED].
Skyline 2 and 3? I'm calling shenanigans.
Bingowings said:
a lady of the female gender
TV's Frink said:
timdiggerm said:
twister111 said:
chinakat said:
2) You can't choose an entire series of movies (i.e. Star Wars, Star Trek, etc.) Pick ONE movie from that series. (exception: The Lord of the Rings)
Under what criteria does LOTR get exemption?
It was filmed as a single film. By that logic, the Matrix sequels are one film.
That's a silly exemption.
TV's Frink said:
^allol
I think there are 8,000 versions of Pride and Prejudice and my wife has seen/read them all.
Except for the zombie one.
TV's Frink said:
Tobar said:
I haven't read the book and I had no problem following it. Of course if you're making out during the movie you're going to miss things...
CP3S said:
Aside from Tolkien, who I love, I've never had any interest in fantasy books, maybe it relates to that.
Zombie, let me know if you're still having trouble getting into the folder. I sent you an invite to the address you sent me, then I saw a follow-up request to your google account address.
That should have worked, but you never know.
CP3S said:
Soooo, now that I am about three hours into [Skyrim] and just barely starting to find it interesting (what kind of a fracking game takes three hour or more to become interesting?)
Bingowings said:
Taking into account the titles I have are there any must have original Xbox games you fellas and fillies would recommend?
Yep, you should get an e-mail. I had to wait until I got home to add you, which I just did.
Johnny Ringo said:
re Alice: madness returns - I own the artbook and there's stuff that was cut from the final game, that might account for the disjointed / messy path..I haven't played the game yet, I'm waiting to find it cheap.
Johnny Ringo said:
I've been putting old lucasarts and sierra adventure games on my Android tablet via scummvm with good results so far. scummvm is an emulator.
Gaffer Tape said:
My girlfriend, who was a huge fan of the book, hated that movie. She said that, not only did it not follow the book in any way, shape, or form, but that it was completely incomprehensible to anyone who hadn't read it. Indeed, she said several members of the group she saw it with kept turning and asking what the hell was going on.
Gaffer Tape said:
Oooh. I guess I need to be added to this folder as well.
darth_ender said:
<img src="http://geekisawesome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Luke-Company.jpg" width="460" height="614" />
Frink and Xhonzi comin' over?
zombie84 said:
I'm curious how this has turned out so far. You guys should post it on a public file-sharing site for feedback.
Also, this confused me a bit reading the previous page: is this being made from the e-book PDF from way-back or the actual published version? They are quite different.
TV's Frink said:
Mike O said:
zombie84 said:
No one except a small band of teenagers and clueless fanboys would say they wouldn't prefer the originals exist.
Doubt most people care.
Wish in one hand, sh&t in the other, see which fills up faster, as they say...
They say that? Never heard it before.
Tobar said:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34x6m-ahGIo">Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter</a> (2012)
Just got back from this. Wow. That was one awesome movie. Going in I thought this was probably going to be low budget and corny. I hadn't watched a trailer for it beforehand, just saw the poster. This movie was off the rails. It was a huge film that balanced everything almost perfectly. It captured the time period perfectly, the actor they got to play Abe was great. I really can't think of anything to complain about. It had its corny elements of course but they're easily forgiven. Fun flick.
doubleofive said:
John Carter
Dear Xhonzi,
Allow me to take this opportunity to apologize to you and everyone else who enjoyed this movie in theaters and told me to see it. I honestly feel bad for not supporting this movie when it really mattered, for now we'll never get a sequel.
I was unsure watching it at first, it was confusing at first, but by the time it got going I was along for the ride. It was well made, decently acted, with gorgeous visual effects.
I am genuinely sorry for not listening to you. You would have thought I learned after Inception.
I will never not listen to you again, xhonzi.
Sincerely,
Five
My wife is concerned that there would be nothing at this park for her. So... Jane Austen land... where Mr. Darcy proposes to YOU!*
*Not a Mother Russia joke.
darth_ender said:
M:I2 (40 mask "surprises" + front wheelie while shooting out gas tanks x pointless white dove trademark = stupid movie)
Star Wars Purist said:
The "Tan" name has been ret-conned as an honorific title given to great pilots by the society where the supercomputer is from that says this name.
I finished Alice: Madness Returns- I really enjoyed it, but I think I kept hoping for it to become what it could have been instead of what it was.
It was a bit too linear. It ostensibly encouraged exploration, but also punished it. You would come to a room with multiple exits. All exits would be more or less at the same level of obscura... one would continue the level (and usually lock behind you) and the others would have hidden goodies. Many, many times I took what I thought was the path less travelled only to discover it was a one-way passage into the next segment of the game.
I really enjoy a game with some nice depth. I think hidden objects & puzzles is a fine way of adding this depth. I just think the game needs to allow backtracking if it's going to work this way.
Late in the game, you fight some mightily impressively large beasties. To make things complicated, there are tonnes of tiny beasties around that try to divide your attention. Fine. It's when I can't target the big beasty, because of all of the little beasties, that it doesn't feel like a genuine challenge of the game type, but a challenge of the interface instead. :(
The first level of the game starts in a very colourful, whimsical, and... well... wonderful Wonderland. Due to the story of the game (corruption, destruction, & madness) Wonderland starts to turn... yucky. I enjoyed the setting, but a quick trip back to the first level made me wish more of the game had been like that.
The story seemed to be a complete mess. 20ish year old Alice is in Wonderland to find missing memories of how her family died in a fire (in real life). Like BioShock, the memories play back like little audio recordings from different people who were there. I found them hard to follow. In the sense that I would listen to the entire clip, understand every word in it... but fail to understand what relevance it had. Perhaps this was my problem. But the twists at the end came at me in a very unsurprising way. When the curtain was pulled back, I had't already guessed what was behind it... and I didn't really understand/care what was behind it.
The gameplay is 80-90% Wonderland with 10-20% real life. Real life is grey and sad... but I found some of the design to be surprising and not in a good way. Alice lives in a whorehouse, and one can overhear (or see in cutscenes) various conversations between the women of illrepute and their customers. Words right at the top of the naughty list, and in context too. Really? Is this what you think when you think, Alice in Wonderland? Sure, it's M Rated. Sure, it's "Dark and Violent" but I thought this was a poor choice.
Some of the settings were fantastic, the weapons were fun and varied (though the upgrades were hard to appreciate... I guess my Vorpal Blade is doing more damage now...) the warddrobe changes were pretty cool, the creepy stuff was creepy (baby faces on everything!) and shriking to half size never got dull. The platforming was clever. The puzzles were adequate.
Like I said, I really did enjoy it... but I kept thinking it was the B version of an A+ game. Much kinder to the modern sensibilities than the original AM's Alice, however, which I also just played (first time).
Now onto Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. I'm really looking forward to this one!
Tobar said:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE94RKIE7xQ">Safety Not Guaranteed</a> (2012)
Just got back from seeing this. It kind of had an Explorers (1985) vibe but not exactly. Great movie with a great cast.
