Wow, COOL. Finally somebody is actually making a movie of the real deal, instead of some fantasy, imagined spin-off. Yeh.
Makes me wonder how the Hollywood-izers are going to Hollywood-ize the actual story. I am giving them the benefit that the story almost doesn't need any amount of excessive philandering, but I will also give them the benefit of the doubt that they can turn anything into an overblown charade.
Robert Jordan. A cliche of an author to give up, I know, but his latest books really slow down and focus more on description than content. I almost feel like I am in a writing workshop with his newest books.
I thought HoFD was pretty good. I wouldn't say Hero was better though - Hero to me was more of the same. I might even say HoFD was better, story-wise, because it built itself more around a central storyline (of the love triangle and the battle between the houses) rather than just thematically, like Hero did (as it was just one storyline, and the confusing possible backgrounds to the end of the movie). Hero just expounded on this one particular plot structure, and wove these various ideas into it.
Curse of the Golden Flower looks more of the same. They could all three be a nice little trilogy, as they as seem so alike.
I wonder, out of stupid curiosity... what the Japanese reception to Zhang Yimou's Riding Alone movie will be... the two countries have never really liked each other. It seems weird for a Chinese director to be directing a film about traditional Japanese society in the contemporary age.
Ok, Burnout has been added... thanks for the update on that. I wasn't aware they had made anything beyond Takedown (which is an awesome game).
I hope that these companies continue to both build on what they have made, while making it new and exciting. I think an excellent model to follow would be the Final Fantasy series, because every game builds on the previous one, but they all have different systems and storylines.
Yes, the 3 game minimum means I have to leave a lot of games out that are really good. There is a possibility in the future that I might raise the minimum to the series in the future, if the average number of games in a successful series is raised.
I added Tekken. I'll add Burnout when Burnout 4 comes out (I think it's still being worked on for the 360.) Civilization is on the list somewhere, and Age of Empires hasn't gone past three games yet...
I know it's a stupid system, but I have to draw the line somewhere. The way I figure is if a game has gone past three because it was successful, it is a good series. I wanted to add the Xenosaga/gears series, but Namco said because it didn't sell like they wanted to, they are stopping publication of Xenosaga 4, 5, and 6. Sad, though I guess for the buck it makes sense. No sense is whipping a dead horse.
I watched Pi to say I watched it, because in college everyone thinks sticking a needle in your head and getting a mindjob is fun.
It was rather depressing though, for me. I liked the way the movie moved though, and I always appreciate creative film-making, even if I don't like it. Pi was clever.
I saw that too - looks really cool. I'm glad the near future genre is being touched again. This particular theme seems especially prevalent today, and might turn a lot of heads, not only entertaining-wise, but perhaps even socially and environmentally.
Did you see the trailer for Renaissance? That was another surprise for me...
Children of Men was one of my favorite movies. I also had to watch it twice. The second time so much more made sense, and it was even better.
Wow, COOL. Finally somebody is actually making a movie of the real deal, instead of some fantasy, imagined spin-off. Yeh.
Makes me wonder how the Hollywood-izers are going to Hollywood-ize the actual story. I am giving them the benefit that the story almost doesn't need any amount of excessive philandering, but I will also give them the benefit of the doubt that they can turn anything into an overblown charade.
Yeh... over 1,000 reads! Rock on...
Ditto on that. Must have taken quite a long time to rig all this up. Impressive! Good paintings, too...
Robert Jordan. A cliche of an author to give up, I know, but his latest books really slow down and focus more on description than content. I almost feel like I am in a writing workshop with his newest books.
...haha...
Thanks for the suggestions! I added them into the list. Finding choas was a bit of a trick, but I think google gave me a lucky slip.
I thought HoFD was pretty good. I wouldn't say Hero was better though - Hero to me was more of the same. I might even say HoFD was better, story-wise, because it built itself more around a central storyline (of the love triangle and the battle between the houses) rather than just thematically, like Hero did (as it was just one storyline, and the confusing possible backgrounds to the end of the movie). Hero just expounded on this one particular plot structure, and wove these various ideas into it.
Curse of the Golden Flower looks more of the same. They could all three be a nice little trilogy, as they as seem so alike.
I wonder, out of stupid curiosity... what the Japanese reception to Zhang Yimou's Riding Alone movie will be... the two countries have never really liked each other. It seems weird for a Chinese director to be directing a film about traditional Japanese society in the contemporary age.
Ok, Burnout has been added... thanks for the update on that. I wasn't aware they had made anything beyond Takedown (which is an awesome game).
I hope that these companies continue to both build on what they have made, while making it new and exciting. I think an excellent model to follow would be the Final Fantasy series, because every game builds on the previous one, but they all have different systems and storylines.
Yes, the 3 game minimum means I have to leave a lot of games out that are really good. There is a possibility in the future that I might raise the minimum to the series in the future, if the average number of games in a successful series is raised.
I added Tekken. I'll add Burnout when Burnout 4 comes out (I think it's still being worked on for the 360.) Civilization is on the list somewhere, and Age of Empires hasn't gone past three games yet...
I know it's a stupid system, but I have to draw the line somewhere. The way I figure is if a game has gone past three because it was successful, it is a good series. I wanted to add the Xenosaga/gears series, but Namco said because it didn't sell like they wanted to, they are stopping publication of Xenosaga 4, 5, and 6. Sad, though I guess for the buck it makes sense. No sense is whipping a dead horse.
I didn't realize Tetris was a series... is there more than one game?
Added... thanks! I hope they make more of these! It was a good idea at the time, and still has a lot of potential.
"Our bodies are prisons of our souls."
Gnosticism, anyone?... à la carte?
I watched Pi to say I watched it, because in college everyone thinks sticking a needle in your head and getting a mindjob is fun.
It was rather depressing though, for me. I liked the way the movie moved though, and I always appreciate creative film-making, even if I don't like it. Pi was clever.
I saw that too - looks really cool. I'm glad the near future genre is being touched again. This particular theme seems especially prevalent today, and might turn a lot of heads, not only entertaining-wise, but perhaps even socially and environmentally.
Did you see the trailer for Renaissance? That was another surprise for me...