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Movies and TV / Re: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (no spoilers)
« on: May 07, 2009, 09:04:38 PM »
Oh, maybe I should read a rules post, didn't realize there was a special submission process, I just wrote up my review...I've been an off and on reader of TWG for a few years, but rarely post.

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Movies and TV / X-Men Origins: Wolverine (no spoilers)
« on: May 07, 2009, 07:40:07 PM »
While the tone for the flick was decent...crowd was excited, good previews (Terminator 4 and Star Trek come to mind), this movie left me feeling slightly dirty after having seen it.

Now, I'm not coming from the hardcore fan side arguing every nuance and difference in the story (which there were some that very obviously differed from Wolverine lore, but I am willing to accept the movie at face value, and pretend that there isn't already a story in place...I mean...I have both seen and read LOTR and am OK with the cinematic liberties taken there.)

That being said, I couldn't wait for X-Men Origins: Wolverine to end.

The opening sequence does its job, and sets the time and place of the story, as well as giving you a fuzzy understanding of our characters, and their motivations. I felt from this point on, the movie started to go downhill. I did mention no spoilers, and I will stick by that statement in that I will not analyze the movie scene for scene.

Some plus sides to this film, is that the action sequences weren't terrible, similarly, they were nothing that have etched into my mind (not in the same way that I can recall the battle between Wolverine and Saber Tooth on top of the statue of liberty in the first X-Men movie).

Ok, I really can't think of many bonuses to watching this movie, going over it in my mind i'm just left with an image of Logan whining incessantly. Really, I can't believe how much of a crybaby he was this whole movie. Thankfully he got his memory erased (if you've heard of Wolverine, you know he has amnesia of some type, so I don't consider this a spoiler) and turned into what we know today. I can't place my finger on any one thing that made me dislike this movie, it was just a combination of so much (to me) mediocre material.

The general impression I was left with is this...Marvel thanking me for giving them more money, and the promise of many more "ho-hum" movies resplendant with flashy action sequences, and cameo's of as many other heroes and villians sure to get their own big screen treatment (as long as they're still topping the billboards) as can be fit onto the screen/into the script (Gambit could have, you know, actually contributed to the story rather than just being a 'hat tip' towards his fans).

3/6 clocks - worth the rent, not worth $9  movie ticket.

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I will say, the straw that broke the camel's back as it were is this...I had heard on the radio to stick around after credits for a preview. There is a brief clip alluding to (dramatic pause) A SEQUEL! *collective gasp* that literally made me burst out an explitive quite loudly...with which other patrons to the film agreed with in a sense of disgust. Without going into detail, it seemed like a jab at my ability to think or comprehend facts presented to me. Honestly, if you didn't expect a sequel, you haven't been paying attention to Hollywood lately ("Hey, this movie did pretty well, lets make more with the same characters until we run the concept completely into the ground!") and the way it was presented MAY have been cool if I was still 10 years old, but I didn't notice any 10 year olds near me to ask if they thought it was cool or not. I recommend not watching this in theaters, and if you do, do not waste the precious minutes of your life it takes to get through the credits.

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Video Games / Re: A Geek Girl's Guide to Video Games
« on: August 27, 2008, 11:01:36 PM »
*****If you have not played through final fantasy 7, there are spoilers in this post***********














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In response to the poster mentioning the girl dying in FFXII

That was Aerith (Aeris in the English release).

I was just in middle school when playing this game, but I loved the story. Not only did I cry a little when she died, I was furious that I had played for 40+ hours, gotten her final limit break, and then she croaked.

I wound up reseting my playstation, and playing from that save point 2 more times before accepting the fact that yes...she dies, and there is nothing you can do about it.

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Movies and TV / Re: Ghost Rider
« on: September 25, 2007, 09:17:06 PM »
I saw this movie the first week it was out in theaters, and myself and my buddy were the only two people that didn't walk out of the theater asking "Could that have sucked any harder?"

It was cheezy, but it was kind of a special effects extravaganza, it was more, "Look at how we made his face a flaming skull, and how everything burns/melts and it's so zomgwtfcool!"

I would probably watch it again though, wouldn't throw down cash the second time around.

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Everything Else / Re: Best Quote lately
« on: November 22, 2004, 11:37:50 PM »
"I'm inside a strange man in a strange place with strange people all around me!"

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Books / Re: What are you reading mark II
« on: November 17, 2004, 05:27:59 PM »
Ah, Narnia, spectacular series. I think I've read Lewis more than I have Tolkien.

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Music / You just can't be shown good music.
« on: November 17, 2004, 05:26:44 PM »
Have you ever noticed that when someone says, "Hey dude, you've got to check out this band, they roxx0r my s0xx0rz!!!1" and they put whomever their current favorite is in, and you think to yourself..."Meh, they're alright."

I can only think of one time that someone said, "Listen to these guys. You WILL like them." and I did. Okay, two times, but it was the same person. Modest Mouse and Cake.

It seems like it's more difficult to appreciate a band when someone has told me about them, as compared to if I have done some searching and perhaps stumbled across a band name in an article and decided to give them a listen for myself.

Granted, I once spent over $4000 in a summer on a cd collection that got ripped off a month later...I still have some urge to just pick up a cd of some band I've heard of once or twice somewhere, perhaps,  and just buy it. I'd say about 2 out of every 5 cds I buy is a good cd (and yes I say buy cds...I do not support the downloading of songs).


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Webcomics & Free Stuff / Re: Timewastering games
« on: November 17, 2004, 05:11:00 PM »
I've always been a big fan of 3-D Pong and the helicopter game.

Actually, anything from addictinggames.com is great for killing a couple of minutes...or hours if it comes down to it.

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Books / Re: What are you reading mark II
« on: November 17, 2004, 05:06:21 PM »
The most recent book I've read was "The DaVinci Code" by Don Brown. Or Dan Brown, don't quite recall at the moment.

An in depth murder mystery with secret societies and and religious implications, this book kept me hooked since the second page at least.

Before that I read the entire Dark Elf collection by R.A. Salvatore.

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Movies and TV / Re: Do reviews matter?
« on: November 17, 2004, 05:00:50 PM »
As long as you stay consistant with your reviews, I don't really think it matters how you rate movies.

If you consistantly say that John Travolta movies suck, then at least people reading your reviews will know whether or not they agree that John Travolta movies suck.

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Role-Playing Games / Rubies of Eventide
« on: November 17, 2004, 04:53:14 PM »
This topic has been moved to [link=http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=video_games;action=display;num=1100726257;start=0]Video Games[/link] by SaintEhlers.

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Video Games / Rubies of Eventide
« on: November 17, 2004, 04:53:14 PM »
Hey, has anyone ever played Rubies of Eventide?

It looks interesting, and to an ex-EQ addict, quite fun. I was just going to download it and start playing once I found it, but the 300+ meg download halted me.  Being on someone elses computer has its disadvantages.

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Video Games / Re: San Andreas...
« on: November 17, 2004, 04:31:41 PM »
Heh, sorry about the language. I introduced myself a while ago, but haven't really been around any computers for a few months. Glad to see I'm not alone though, I figured that I'd have a bunch of POed GTAers yelling at me.

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Video Games / San Andreas...
« on: November 17, 2004, 04:08:17 PM »
Grand Theft Auto. One of the most popular games on the market...but why? Is it the extraordinary violence? Is it the fact that you can just walk up and steal a car? Is the story so in depth and filled with surprises that you have to play to see what happens next?

I think not.

Grand theft auto has gone downhill since its initial release. The first GTA was fun as heck, offensive, and had at least some replay value.

Ever since 2, GTA has become a gigantic borefest.  The game is the exact same people! 2 through San Andreas are the same! Sure they have a different story, and now you have to control your life in the boring aspects...food, staying in shape,  keeping track of a girlfriend? What is that?

It's like these games are saying, "Hey we realize that you're going to be wasting away hours of your life doing the same missions over and over, killing the same people over and over, until you finally 'Run a gang' or something. "

I will say that i have not played any of the GTA series since 2, so I do not have an entirely educated opinion, but I have watched people play these games for hours on end.

How entertaining is it to just sit around shooting people and cops until you get stars and get taken out, or cheat and get life so you can kill them and take their vehicles until you forget to put in your life cheat and die when a helicopter crashes on you.

I hate the Grand Theft Auto games, San Andreas the most. The only good thing I've noticed about this game is the fact that they have Rage Against the Machine on the soundtrack, but that song just ended, so the game is back to utter crap.

Do yourself a favor, do not purchase this game, and if you already have, cram the disk up your nose. If you know someone who bought it, take their disk and cram it up their butt. If someone bought it for you...shatter the disk and throw the pieces in their eyes.

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Site News / Re: Introduce yourself - right on!
« on: December 23, 2003, 06:01:08 PM »
Well, my name is Dean Polly, I'm 19 years old and live in Helena Montana. I work through a temp agency doing data entry. It's loads of fun.

I play D&D whenever I get the chance, super nintendo/nintendo when I have friends over, and Everquest to fill the rest of my time.

I'm going to be going to Carroll College next fall, although I don't have a major, I was going to go CompSci, or something like that and get my CCNA cert, but I've decided network security isn't a job market that I'd be interested in joining.

I play guitar and play around with graphics design and programming, but that's about all I do other than play video games and watch anime.

I waste copious amounts of time at work and at home...because...well I don't know...life is easy being lazy, you never have to think of stuff to do. The other night I climbed up a hill and then came back down...that took a lot of work so I'm never doing that again...

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