This may be the first time ever that I'm yambling on a topic while it is still relevant at the time of posting. A few minutes ago I was informed that Christopher Nolan revealed the title of his third Batman movie. The potential blockbuster of summer 2012 is to be called The Dark Knight Rises. My first reaction: "Really?" Now I have a lot of respect for Nolan; I even consider him the Spielberg of our generation. However I am not a fan of this title. It's hard to describe what exactly I dislike about it. Maybe I feel it's just too similar to the title of the previous movie, and I'm scared this could cause confusion in future conversations: Person 1: Did you see that Dark Knight movie? Person 2: Yeah, I thought Heath Ledger was great in that. Person 1: No I meant Dark Knight Rises. Person 2:...
Hello my friends! It's been a long time since my last update, and I'm quite well aware of it. But it was a long and busy summer, and then I quickly transitioned into a long and busy semester back at school. But don't worry, my readers (if you do exist). I have been thinking about the blog. Constantly. However since there was such a long gap, I didn't want to make another post until I had something really interesting to yamble about. And I finally found it. Meet -M-. His name is Mathieu Chedid, but he goes by -M-. At least that's easier to pronounce than when Prince insisted his name was . Nonetheless, that's pretty pretentious of him. Imagine him going to the DMV and something like this happening. DMV Worker: Alright sir, you should be good to go... hmm... I noticed you didn't fill out your name. -M-:...
Today I was introduced to Final Fantasy. Okay, I wasn't introduced to it; I was aware of its existence. But I had never played any of the games or involved myself in its related media. Nor was I aware really of its storyline or general concept, other than the fact that it is a fantasy (duh) and there is fighting involved. But today I had my first exposure to it, watching Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, a CGI film based on one of the games... the seventh one I presume. Surprisingly I quote enjoyed it, despite not understanding much of the background story (and the fact that most non-Pixar and non-Dreamworks CGI films--to put it simply--suck). And then I discovered there are currently 14 different Final Fantasies. That's quite a lot, even though it's fifty less than Mario 64 (somewhere out there, a nerd is crying at my ignorance). This...
The series finale of Lost premieres next week. To be honest, I don't care. I've never watched the show, and I probably never would... except for the fact that wherever I ago, people talk about it nonstop. So I've promised myself I'll start watching, but I must wait until after the show ends (similarly to what I did with Friends; the first episode I saw was the finale, and then I watched the rest for the few years it was syndicated on every TV channel known to man). Luckily with finals next week and a full month at home before I work at summer camp, looks like I'll have my opportunity. The trustworthy encyclopedia says that amongst the six seasons, there are a total of 121 episodes. Assuming each episode is approximately 44 minutes, that's 5324 total minutes of Lost I have to watch. For the mathematically challenged (or those...
Now that we live in a YouTube society where essentially anyone can pick up a camera, film something, transfer the footage to a computer, and edit it in a quick amount of time, a lot of decent amateur films are being produced. Unfortunately, just because nonprofessionals have access to professional-quality technology, this doesn't mean that they automatically have professional-quality ideas. Thus fan movies were born... amateur films that use characters and concepts from an already-known famous work. I am not saying this is a bad thing; after all fan fiction has existed for years and is not going to die any time soon. I'm also a huge fan of a particular Star Wars fan webseries known as Chad Vader. Today while I was browsing Facebook I noticed one of my friends updated her status to mention a prequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which my closest friends and I absolutely...
I love the Nintendo Wii. Who doesn't (besides the "hardcore" gamers that are actually anti-social nerds who play Halo all day)? Unfortunately now I love the Wii a little less. This is because this casual game console promotes child abuse! Or more specifically, the popular game Wii Fit promotes child abuse. I was at a friend's house for a Fathers' Day brunch. When my friends, her siblings, and I were done eating we decided to head over to the glorious Wii. I was excited to play Wii Fit as I had heard so many great things about it, and I couldn't wait to stand on the holy Balance Board of holiness. For those that don't know, Wii Fit is a fitness game designed for people to lazy to join a gym (irony!). It consists of several mini-games consisting of yoga, aerobics, and balance. One of the balance games is called...
Sometimes I like to pretend I know famous people. So every now and then I'll watch a music video on YouTube and try to have a conversation with it. Take this conversation I had with the Ting Tings, for example. Me: Hi, my name is Danny. What's yours? TT: They call me Hell. Me: That's a pretty strange name. TT: They call me Stacey. Me: Oh nice. I know a few Staceys. TT: They call me her. Me: Well that makes sense. You are female. TT: They call me Jane. Me: Is that like your middle name or something? TT: That's not my name. Me: Wait, then what's your name? TT: That's not my name. Me: Yeah I got that, but what's your name. TT: That's not my name. Me: THEN WHAT'S YOUR FUCKING NAME? TT: That's not my name. Me: I don't think we've got much chemistry. Yeah, it...
I've really enjoyed Scrubs this season. I've been watching every week, and the one week I couldn't I headed straight to ABC.com to watch it online. And after each back-to-back episode pairing I watch, I always think about coming here and writing my thoughts. But I'm always too lazy to do it. Until now because I'm really in the mood even though I ought to be cleaning my room. This season of Scrubs has been extremely experimental. It's not even subtle. Especially if you've read up on what's been happening with the production of the show. It's Zach Braff's last season with the show, but there's talk that it might go on without him. So almost every episode this season has had some sort of focus on the interns, introducing and developing the different new characters. The producers (or perhaps ABC) is so into this experiment that they've creative short...
Yesterday all around school I saw images of something that resembled the famous Breakfast Club picture. Having been in our school adaptation of the show, I was intrigued by these posters. Turns out the school was showing an advanced screening of a new movie called American Teen, which is not set to come out until August. Based on the poster it looked like it would be a parody of teen movies, specifically The Breakfast Club. I guess sort of like Not Another Teen Movie, but since this was a Sundance winner it must had a more intelligent form of comedy. That night I looked it up on YouTube and was disappointed to discover it was not a pure comedy but actually a documentary exploring themes similar to Breakfast Club. Still it sounded interesting and I decided to go. And now that I have seen it I will do my review....
I've been a Harry Potter fan for a long time. I used to be a much bigger fan around 8th grade, going to MuggleNet almost daily and maintaining an online magic school (which is still up lying in ashes). Now that all seven books are out and the movies have destroyed the beauty of the series, I have other things to focus on. However I still think about this great series and what it would be like if I was actually there. I can't help but wonder what house I would be put in if that smelly old Sorting Hat was rested upon my head. Let's think about. I know for sure that there's zero chance I'd end up in Slytherin. We all know that Slythern only contains full-blood British white upper-class Christian children whose parents worship the Dark Lord. I always imagined myself being a half-blood American wizard, and...
