pointless blabbery that isn't important.

Trevor and I went on an epic journey tonight to see Moon.

Epic only because we are indecisive and decided to man up at the last second and barely made it. Not paying for parking and all.

The movie itself was pretty incredible.

It's basically a one man show involving Sam Rockwell, and holy fuck if you didn't believe or know the guy could act, you'd realize it after watching this because he makes this fucking movie.

There are a few scenes that are amazingly filmed, but because of the plot, I don't really want to give anything away.

The overall tone of the film is a bit of a mix. Eerie, heartbreaking and downright depressing all come to mind, especially now that I've had more time to process it all.

It's just really solid science fiction that remains intriguing as fuck throughout.

If I had to pick one complaint it would be that perhaps it is a bit of a slow burn, at least for the first half of the film, but that really doesn't apply to me, because things like that have never bothered me. I love it.

Also add in a fantastic, amazing soundtrack and you've got a killer movie.

It has to be said how amazing it is that this film, with a rumored 5 million dollar budget, just looks and feels so perfect.

I also just read that all the exterior shots of the moon were shot using "practical effects" like miniatures, which adds to the awesomeness because I love that shit. It just looks so damn cool.

Worst part of the night was the theater was fucking HOT and almost getting stabbed by aids needles on the way home.

other than that, thumbs up.

Two movies.

That I can't wait to see.

Moon:



This looks mind bogglingly fucking incredible and even if I'm wrong, Sam Rockwell can carry any movie and make it watchable.

Apparnetly it is in limited release only which is bullshit, so who knows if I'll get to see it or not.

District 9:



Which will either be incredible entirely, or half incredible and half annoying action movie. I'm leaning toward incredible entirely, but we'll see.

Apparently Sci-Fi is alive and well and doesn't have to be based on a cartoon.

PS. I know the video is fucking up the layout, but it's so awesome that I don't care!

Now you're playing with power....SUPER POWER!

A couple days ago I hooked up my Super Nintendo because I was bored and because I had just finished playing Final Fantasy IV: the after years on the Wii (on wiiware) which is essentially a sequel to Final Fantasy IV on the SNES, same style of graphics and all.

So while my boner subsided I dug out my games. Most of which are RPG's because as everyone knows the SNES has the best RPG's ever. I remember when I first started using EBAY, I bought a lot of games that I could never buy as a kid because...well, I was a kid.

Some of the Gems

I own quite a few, but let me tell you a secret: I've never really finished most of them. I've started them over countless times, but never finished.

Since Final Fantasy was fresh on my mind, I popped in Final Fantasy II (Which is actually IV) and began playing.

And then my boner came back.

It then occurred to me that if the video game industry somehow went though some sort of time warp and all we had were SNES quality graphics and gameplay that it probably wouldn't bother me one bit.

Some of that is nostalgia but most of it is because these games are fucking CLASSIC never to be forgotten EXPERIENCES and I long for a day where a game makes me feel the way Chrono Trigger or the older Final Fantasy games did.

It will never happen.

It has always been less about graphics and more about story and character to me.

SO WE MUST HANG ON TO THE REMNANTS OF THE GOLDEN ERA OF VIDEOGAMES.

Cutting edge graphics and writing, kids. They don't make 'em like they used to.

So I am slowly making progress through this epic tale, next up will probably be Final Fantasy III which I will finally conquer. AN EVENT 15 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

Best Console ever made. EVER

cgi wankfest.

I just got back from seeing Transformers 2 revenge of the sith or whatever the fuck it is called.

I have never in my life seen a movie so devoid of any real meaningful or eventful plot in my entire life. Hundreds of millions of dollars of cgi (which is fantastic looking) cannot keep me entertained for nearly 3 fucking hours. That is a joke.

here is a quick summary:

Good:
- Fantastic effects, robots pummeling each other. Megan Fox is purely eye candy

Bad:
- was written by either mentally handicapped children or Michael Bay himself. Seriously. I think they wrote this script in a few weeks after the first one just because they knew they could. I would provide specific examples, but my brain is still liquid after sitting through this shit.

-Far too many attempts at humor which are NOT funny in the least. Hey guys let's have two "black" robots and make them loud and obnoxious! wow are they WILD and CRAZY let's have them say countless stereotypical lines that are not in anyway funny. THAT IS BRILLIANT.

- Typical Michael bay direction including pointless explosions, vehicles flipping around, constant tight shots, rotating cameras and so on. Go back to directing commercials you fuck face. You are ALL played out style and NO substance.

- Too fucking long. And this means something because I hardly ever complain about the runtime of a film. You are making a movie about robots who transform. It does not in any way need to be 2.5 hours long.

And NO, I didn't go into it expecting a masterpiece, so don't even start with that shit.

This a fluffy summer popcorn film, I GET that...what I don't get are the countless people who see this as more than that (and in fact try to TELL me it is "amazing")

This whole rant is being written because of how huge this film will be and how it deserves absolutely none of the money it will make. I am SICK of these "block busters" that we are all supposed to get boners for. It is fucking absurd.

This applies to all the comic book cartoon movies as well. I hate asking someone which films they are looking forward to and getting a list that is 90% shit based off of a comic or cartoon. There are obvious exceptions, but for the most part, people need to just stop.

"wait a minute, Dan" you might be saying "didn't you say you enjoyed the first Transformers film?"

I did originally write here that it was a good movie. This was after seeing it for the first time and buying into the hype. I wanted a Transformers movie to work and be good.

I've tried watching it again on DVD, I got through it a second time, just barely. To me a great film allows itself to be watched several times over. It allows you to discover its smaller details and in turn love it more as a whole.

These movies are not that. Not even close.

I wonder how a different director, given the same hundreds of millions would handle such a film. But I don't wonder for too long, because I think it is painfully obvious now that this "franchise" was never really meant for this.

Unless you are 12 years old or possess the mentality of one, you brain will probably also turn to liquid upon watching this.

And I am not talking about suspending your belief and just going for a ride. I can and have done that a million times.... This is different. This movie was actually BAD and doesn't even warrant you trying to wrap your head around its horeshit.

This is

An absolutely perfect blend of amazing music and amazing images.

Hammock: Mono No Aware from Hammock Music on Vimeo.

It makes me feel right.