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It's coming.

2008-01-16T11:44:00.000-10:00

Well as much as I wish I could write my review, I have a lot of work today. I will post it tomorrow night. If you care, which you probably don't since I liked Spider-Man 3. Which I haven't bought on DVD yet. And won't anytime soon. Hopefully that can get my street cred back up.

Sarah Connor Chronicles Review

2008-01-14T11:55:00.000-10:00

So I watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles last night. The second part is tonight. I'll wait until I see it before I write my review of it. Overall I enjoyed it. There are a few thing that aren't... well tickling my pickle. One of those things is definitely not The Glau. She floats the boat that belongs to me... or something...

Firefly MMO and other stuffs

2008-01-04T13:46:00.000-10:00

Yes, I'm alive, try not to faint.

What has prompted me to make a blog in quite a long time is... well I'm at work, and bored. This led me to check out Whedonesque. Basically a fan site of everything Joss Whedon (of Buffy fame) and things relating to him. I normally go there due to the fact the Joss himself uses the site to post and communicate to his fans. And since I am trying to keep up to date on the writers' strike, Joss normally has the most insightful stuff to say.

Whilst on the site I got an update on the Firefly MMORPG. So far, no real info other than Multiverse talking about how awsome Firefly is, like we need to be reminded, and how they can't wait to make it. The thing that concerns me is, are they any good at making games. I wish I could say that it would be a slam dunk. Kinda like when I heard a romantic musical drama using only Beatles music had no chance of sucking. With this game, I just can't say. The fact that there is offical maps, and planet and cultural stuff printed and given the ok from Joss himself, he - as far as I can tell - has nothing to do with the game. And the big concern is that FOX seems to be in on the deal. Since when has FOX done anything awesome lately? Oh... wait. the Summer Glau... er I mean the Sarah Connor Chronicles... well it hasn't been canceled... yet.

But the worst thing about the whole Firefly MMO is the fact that also due out, is a Star Trek MMO. This is problematic. And not in a ice-planet sort of way. Basically, providing that the Firefly MMO doesn't suck, I, as a person, will cease to exist. I will be forever lost in between the two worlds like a dog trying to decide to eat a tasty treat or lick its own ass. Treat ass treat ass treat ass... etc. There might be hope if the Firefly games sucks, then I might be able to sleep for 2 hours a night.

A bit of news I know to be awesome. Firefly will be coming out on Blu-ray one day. That makes me very happy.

~Riv.

PS
Also I just tried a new shaving cream and after-shave. It leaves my face silky smooth. Totally awesome.

Spider-Man 3

2007-05-23T23:55:00.000-10:00

Well in all honesty I didn't really plan on writing a review about Spidey 3. Mainly because I have been soooooo busy lately that blogging is the furthest from my mind. But alas I guess my loyal readers should know. All two of you.

I loved it. I'm guessing by hatsumi's response, I am alone on my feelings. So let me explain why:

Now don't get me wrong, the first two movies where better. Spider-man was the perfect super-hero origin movie. And Spider-man 2 was just plain perfect. It is definitely the best of the lot. I loved Spidey 3, because it was fun. Also, it had a lot going on.

******SPOILERS*******
First you got Sandman. Probably the best moment visually and emotionally in the film, is when Sand-man comes out of the pit of sand, and has to learn to walk. Then, sees his daughters lock-it, reaches for it, and fails. When he finally gets it, he looks at it, and you can see the emotion in the character's eyes. Then gets up, and walks off like a bad ass. Second, you got Harry Osborn. The development of that character was great. I really am at a loss of words to describe the cluster fuck that was Harry's character. He wants to kill his best friend to avenge his father that ignored him. Then loses his memory and we are shown how great friends Peter and Harry really are. But he gets it back and more cluster fuckage. Only for him to forgive Peter in a sense, and fight along with him, even dying for him. Third, there was Peter. Oh God a cluster fuck of character development. You got Peter and Mary-Jane, Peter and Harry, Peter and Eddie Brock, Peter and Himself. FUCK. Man what the hell? Peter gets so full of himself that he doesn't realize that he isn't there for his woman, which leads to the problems that he has with Mary-Jane, opening Harry to fuck him over, which also leads to him fucking over Eddie, which ultimately leads to Venom. Then there's the fact that he learns that his uncle's killer is out there, and is the sanded freak he fought. Then turns to the Symbiot so he can do what he wouldn't ordinarily do, murder. Then he lets it engulf him and he head towards a downward spiral. Which in the end he overcomes and learns a thing about forgiveness. This my friends, was a lot of ground to cover

Now for the bad. Because of all the ground to cover, they didn't stay on one thing to flesh it out. Because of this I feel Venom to the sidelines. If you do really think about it, Venom is all over this movie. Not as "Venom," but as Peter's srutggles with the suit, and his confidence. Because of all these things happening with the plot, it was confusing. There was a lot to follow. This would have been a better movie if the just left either Sand-man, or Venom out. I think it should have just been about Harry and Sandman. You can tell that Sam Raimi didn't like Venom. It was just kind of there. Because of trying to force Venom into the movie, nobody got their real moment to shine. Every thing was just enough to get to the end. We get one emotional scene with Flint at home with his daughter. We get one fight scene with black Spidey fight Sandman, and we only get a couple of scenes with Peter and Harry going at it. And of course, we only get a hurried fight with Venom at the end. Not to mention Sandman just didn't get a good enough presence in this film. I think that to properly do Venom, you need to introduce the Symbiot in another movie and have the second be about the struggle to get away from it, and Venom becomes the only villain. That's my opinion. Another thing I wish they did, was play on the spider senses more. It NEVER came into play. One could argue that it did when Harry threw the pumpkin bomb at Peter and he slingshoted it back to him. But in the first fight, Harry totally catches Peter by surprise, that just wouldn't have happened. Unless you argue that the spider senses didn't see his friend Harry, as a threat, but that's bullshit. So because of not showing the spider senses, we don't get the effect that Venom isn't detected by them. That would have had some niceness to it.So yes, I was a little disappointed with it. I think they should have either done Venom proper justice, or not at all. It feel short of what it was trying to do, and failed as an end to the trilogy.

**********END SPOILERS************

But overall, I had fun with it. I liked it. I'll watch it again. But if thirty years go by, and I am as big of a director as I want to be, I will restart the Spidey movies, and do Venom justice. Oh, and make Eddie a reporter, not a photog. That was bullshit.

Moshi moshi~!

2007-05-07T08:26:00.000-10:00

Anyone home? Come on. You've GOT to give us your thoughts on Spiderman 3. I didn't buy you that dancing and singing Spiderman toy for nothing, you know... ;-) Of course, it's possible that you're too traumatized to even remember how to type from the shock of the horror which was that movie.

OMG! Zombies!

2007-04-29T21:49:00.000-10:00

Well at one time last week, I was going every day of this years Kawaii-Kon. However, I guess cameramen at work can't cary a twenty pound camera after shoulder surgery. Pussies. But I got to go a little bit last night and today. And it was dee-lish! Next year at this time I hope to be in LA. If I can get the time and money to attend next year, you bet your foam Keyblade I will be.

So today I was just chillin'. The director of the documentary and I had an interview with Vic Mignogna. (Now I hate English voice actors with a firery passion, but Vic will escape my wrath. He's that cool.) After talking to Vic, it was chill time. I wanted to get some Halo on, but by the time I went there, there was some DS tournament happening. So no Halo for me. Well as I continued to chill, Justin came to me and asked if I would bust out my camera at tape a skit. I said sure. Here is the result.

So needless to say, awesome. I hope the tradition is alive next year. And I hope some one tapes it.

Also, come Halloween '08, I will be dressing up as a Ghostbuster. Home made proton pack and all. Then, it will be duty to dress as a Ghostbuster at every con I attend. Mean.

Handshakes and Butterflies,
Rivers.

M4D Z3LD4 SK1LLZ Y0

2007-02-02T11:15:00.000-10:00

God bless the Wii. And friends who like Wii Sports and have a neighbor with wireless internet. Because of this combo, I now have Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda on my Wii. Mmm.

The fist time I played Zelda, was in 1987. The year it came out. I was addicted. But as so many did, I had problems keeping my game saves. So I never got very far. I had to start over so many times. I got to Death Mountain once. Well years went on and I played Zelda II religiously, but again never got to far. It wasn't until I was about 11 that I decided I would power through the game and beat it. It required me leaving my NES on for a week straight, but I beat it. I was happy. Now as for the second quest, I looked around, but haven't even completed level 1 in that quest. I beat the one that counts, So I moved on.

Well upon downloading the game onto my Wii, I decided that I was going to play the second quest. This way, it would be like playing Zelda for the first time. Oh boy.

I powered through the first quest like Speed Racer on Meth. No deaths. I kicked Gannon's ass. Now as I just started the second quest today, I am getting my ass handed to me. The only thing I know for sure, is that the first level is in the same place. But as I was exploring, it seems to be the only one. Also, I didn't die once in the first quest. I haven't even gone into level one yet and I've died 6 times. Good Lord.

So, I am happy. I feel 7 years old again. God Bless the Wii, God bless Nintendo.

Oh, HELL, no...

2006-12-08T14:56:00.000-10:00

Let me start by saying that Firefly is fucking awesome. And because it is so awesome, this is going to suck ASS.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162937.html

Not that space MMO's are bad or anything. I'm REALLY looking forward to Star Trek Online. But let's compare the two. Star Trek has a huge universe, an established system of government and politics, etc. Firefly has...well, pirates in the sky, pretty much. Sure, it could be good, but there just isn't enough to work with.

In any case, this is sacrilege. Rivers is the expert, though. What say ye?

OMG! Z3lda

2006-12-05T01:43:00.000-10:00

Yes, Z3lda, with a capital 3.

I finally beat it today. I could have beat it this week end, but I missed an important thing, and needed to back track. Fortunately, I found it rather quick.

Zelda has kicked my ass. Not cause it was very hard, just that it was so damn good. I will be posting a review later this week for all who are interested. All two of you... who have played it... anyway. I will also post a Wii review and a couple of the games I just got at Blockbuster.

Peace

~Riv.

Guitar Hero And Rockstars

2006-11-07T13:27:00.000-10:00

So I read this article on Slasdot that I found amusing. I think the part that I like the most was the quote: "It doesn't have anything to do with playing guitar."

Just thought I'd let you know what the writers of the songs of that game thought of it.

Join (RED)

2006-11-07T03:54:00.000-10:00

Just saying. Check it out. Apparently when you buy shit, money goes to help people with AIDS in Africa. Sounds good to me.

Once again the private sector bitch slaps the government in effectiveness.

joinred.com

Fear and Loathing in Honolulu

2006-10-30T14:38:00.000-10:00

This is an interesting little pocket in time that we live in. We are just like those poor dead idiots that have died before us. The saying history repeats its self should win an award called the "No Shit Sherlock" The only real difference is that we know more about them than they knew about their poor dead idiots that came before them. We have an inflamed sense of awareness in our own time.

What this has to do with the point of my bloggings to you today, I have no idea. Just shit like finding you own little pocket in the world at a point in time fascinates me. And to just say history repeats its self just make me think of having a new award displayed in my room.

With all that being said, I found my "place". I have longed for a place where I could go after a day of work and have a few beers, and be merry. I thought I had found that place in Pink Cadillac. But the truth was, I wasn't really happy there. Underage girls pretending they know it all may sound appealing, but it really isn't.

Last Saturday I went to a club called Next Door. Perhaps it is my fascination with brick warehouses that intrigued me about this place? Since just put in a bar in one of those and you get what it looks like. Or maybe it was the women who would actually talk to me instead of ignore me? Hot women. over the legal drinking age. Or maybe the fact that this place didn't play gangstah rap? The Bass on tap? Either way, I loved it. And the fact that everyone knew what my costume was (Hunter S. Thompson) made this place special. I found my pocket.

Twenty years from now, when the place is torn down to make way for more apartments the people of this island can't afford, I will look back and remember my times there. The weird, strange drunken times. And that was my little pocket in time. I can say I lived then.

~Riv.

And so it begins...

2006-10-28T02:51:00.000-10:00

Well with ddaydj starting to get rid of OtakuVibe, it is time to start my own blog thingy. Now I probably will post more on this thing since it is my own, and I won't feel obligated for it to be geek related. Although it probably will still be that way.

So hope you like it. And if not, I don't particularly give a shit. I have to be up by 7 am tomorrow, and it is now three o'clock in the am. So bed time for me. Hopefully I will get to dry hump Kevin Smith tomorrow. One can hope.

~Riv.