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Monday, January 21, 2008
Cloverfield Review
So at 12:01 am on Friday I saw Cloverfield, a movie I had been anticipating since the first trailer before Transformers in July. I love hype. Big big fan of hype, somehow though I have been able to love hype and yet not let it affect the thing I am so hyped about. I can get hyped and still be let down or buy into a bunch of hype and still love the thing I was super hyped up about. Cloverfield not only came with the hype of the "mysterious" trailer, but then months and months of ARG web hype.
So when the lights came down on Friday morning and the opening screen title about this being footage found in the area "formerly known as Central Park" I was ready for anything. The movie which by now you probably know is filmed on handheld cameras. Well more specifically one handheld camera. As we follow a group of four friends from a going away party to trying to find a lost friend and get the hell out of New York City before a monster destroys them. The monster ends up being the least of their problems. Once the monster attacks the city the movie takes off and never really lets up...really. The shaky cam starts shaking and the shaking doesn't stop for nearly the entire movie. The heroes of the film are constantly on the run, from monsters, from debris, from the military.
Forget everything you think, you think you know about this movie. It's not the blair witch, it's not Godzilla, it's not a documentary, it's like nothing you have ever seen before. A gajillion dollar special effects movie filmed on a handheld camera. The sense that you are actually there running down the streets of New York while being chased by something, anything is perfectly captured. There are so many mind blowing moments, images you will never forget it's unlike anything else.
I beg of you to go see this movie, I beg of you to get off the internet and stop trying to figure out what this movie is. Just go see it. Don't worry about if the monster is bad ass or who lives and who dies? Forget about where the monster comes from or why it's here or if it's even a monster at all. Just walk into that theater with a clean slate and prepare to be blown away.
It Was A Slow Week
I can't believe I haven't posted since Tuesday. It was a slow week though. The weekend was nice, and I think I am finally done celebrating my birthday. I spent Saturday with my family, and then last night working on the TV Show. Oh yeah and I saw a little movie called Cloverfield. I will write a full review and try to get it up before the end of the day. Fingers crossed Episode 1 of Nobody Knocks starts filming tonight. Keep your eyes on the site as I hope to update from the set with pics and such. Alright Cloverfield review inbound.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Assassin's Creed For The DS Revealed
Ubisoft issued a press release today for the Prequel to Assassin's Creed. It shows three pretty interesting screenshots, and some additional info. Courtesy of Kotaku!
Alan Wake Website Goes Up Today
The very very long awaited Xbox 360 "launch title" Alan Wake has it's "official" viral marketingish website launch today. It's called Bright Falls Dot Net. Keep checking today for the site to go up. It should be cool.
My Sweater, My Curse
I'm a nerd, I'm not afraid to say it. I even wear my nerdiness on my sleeve, quite literally. I own many pieces of video game clothing, and accessories. In Sept. of 2006 Jinx launched a line of "fashionable" clothing around World of Warcraft. I got really excited and bought a couple of t-shirts and hoodies. I wear my "For The Horde" Hooded Sweatshirt everywhere I go like it's the source of my super powers.
Slowly but surely this sweater has become a curse. It started out innocently enough with people randomly asking me what server I was on, or what level was I? Then something changed....I started getting shit from Alliance players. Like at first gentle ribbing, but then full on angry people. I let it roll off my back and laughed to myself that people could take a game so seriously.
In the last two months it's gotten worse though, a constant stream of people asking me why I play the Horde, or what level my characters are, or how I'm playing my classes wrong. The final straw came two weeks ago when I went to the big mall near where I work. First I was shopping for shoes when a kid who totally fit the taking a pipe bomb to school to "show my friends" profile started harassing me for playing the Horde. Ok fine...it's happened before no biggie. Then he wanted to "duel" me in the store, and started calling out moves his character would do. It was also really hot in the store so I unzipped my sweater a bit....totally forgetting I had another World of Warcraft shirt on underneath. The kid then whips out his camera phone, and snaps a picture of me and says "this is going on Myspace". Creepy.
The story with this kid goes on a few more minutes, but my girlfriend and I just continued shopping laughing off what just happened. We then get to another store when another kid looks at me and says "For the horde!". I gave him a thumbs up and kept looking at whatever trinkets we were admiring at the time. About five minutes later in the crowded mall, in the crowded store this kid on his way out SCREAMS "FOR THE HORDE YEAH!!!".
On Friday night I was pumping gas and the guy at the next pump starts staring at me, and I know what's coming next. I hear "hey...what server" and it starts all over again. I think it's time for a new sweater, any suggestions?
Monday, January 14, 2008
Prepare For Tomorrow
I was sick as a dog for the first half of the day today, and super busy the second half. So there was no posts today, but tomorrow is a big day. I have a really funny blog about my sweater I am going to push out tomorrow. Then on top of that tons of big Apple news and I will be blogging the "F" out of that. So I will talk to everyone bunches tomorrow.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Assassin's Creed For DS Is Prequel
Read it! I am now about 100 times more excited about this game now. I thought it was just going to be a port, but it looks to extend the story line of the first game which I am all for.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Blizzard Entertainment Launches BlizzCast
The first episode of BlizzCast is up now. You can find it on iTunes, or at the official BlizzCast site here. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet(I will probably listen to it tonight while slowly leveling my Paladin)but it's focus is on the concept teams.
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