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Crappy quality. But its the message that counts right?
And the message is hilarious!
But the past few days has brought me attention to a very disturbing reality and truth.
This issue has brought tension to my well being.
No.
It's not Tim Tebow.
Its about that one chick in Lord of the Rings that totally leads Aragorn on.
DUN DUN DUUUUUNNNNNNN!
It all started yesterday. We watched the Lord the of Rings trilogy consecutively non stop.
Well, Ian and I played LOTR Total War. But we watched.
When Ian brought up the fact that that one elven chick completely leads Aragorn on.
And she ends up with Faramir at the end of the trilogy.
?????????????????????*stumped face*??????????
Yep.
Although Christine seems to believe that Aragorn lead HER on. But we all know that's not true.
Why?
Oh, you know. He only had to save Middle Earth from total Orc domination.
He had too much on his mind to lead her on.
He was too busy being a complete man to do that.
She totally lead him on. If you watched the movies you would know exactly what I'm talking about.
Its totally obvious how that one chick leads Aragorn on.
And while he was being too busy defending Middle Earth from Orc hordes (No big deal), she realized Faromir was open. Moving from one guy to the next...
But Faromir was too busy being dead, and then being almost killed by his father, and then fending off a Orc horde with Aragorn.
Its like she had a line of guys she could go to if Aragorn didn't work out. Faromir was probably like plan D for her.
Freaking wow.
Tisk tisk.
She was persistent, I'll give you that. But it's still not good.
Guess chicks dig total men. Who fight Orcs and save humanity n such.
Weird.
There ya go Lauren!
A whole blog about that one chick who leads Aragorn on in the Lord of the Rings.
Hope you enjoyed it! :) haha!
Ian Quote Of The Day: "He's a total babe!"
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
I'm not sure :D
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That is another one of my edited videos. I'd appreciate you check it out.
Then tell me how bad it is.
Hello folks.
This is my first blog since my Thomas Time! post that got me record pageviews.
19!
That's a lot for me, don't judge.
I would like to start off my saying my opinion may or may not have angered some people.
If it did, cool. I was told not to express my opinion if it angered people. I don't really care if it angers people. How you handle to react to my opinion is not my problem. It's yours. I don't intend to anger people. We are fighting over a meaningless GAME at the end of the day. MOST people know that almost all of the time I argue over Tim Tebow its nothing serious. My posts about Tebow jokes most of the time. The comments are the debate part. If you love Tebow, good for you! Always nice to have faith in your QB.
I don't like Tebow as a QB. YET.
I'm so sick of getting crap and getting hated on for not being on the Tebow wagon. And I get a lot of crap.
So stop.
I have my reasons for not liking him yet. And I've expressed them. Read them.
I get crap for not agreeing with about 99.99% of Colorado.
I haven't given anyone crap for loving Tebow. If I have I'm not aware of it.
Mostly because it's nothing like the crap that I get.
:)
Enough of that.
Time for actual blogging.
Watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy all the way through today with ma friennnndsssss :)
It was awesome! Absolute BEST way to finish off the break and start a new year.
Might have also played Total War for 10 hours straight with Ian. But it was a Lord of the Rings mod, so I lived the story while I watched it :)
Then discovered a multiplayer campaign with Ian. Had no idea you could.
IT WAS AWESOME.
We're gonna have a lot of fun with that.
I would go into detail about today, but I don't feel like it. School's tomorrow. Not in the mood.
If you read my posts before I drafted them, you know it's been a rough week for me.
I feel A LOT better since then.
Never thought a blog would save my life.
But the majority of my well being was a late night talk with Christine! :D
She totally helped. I didn't think I could talk to anyone about it, but then she showed up and was all like:
"DUDE!"
She said more than that.
A lot more.
Like 2 and a half hours worth.
But its incredibly helpful talking with someone who knows what's up.
I don't think I've thanked her enough, so she's getting another blog shout out.
THANK YOU CHRISTINE! :)
You're awesome! :D
So yeah. Been feeling a lot better. Whatever was weighing me down has left, and it feels great. Some of that was just letting it all out on my blog. Most of it was Christine reading it. And Caleb telling me he's got my back. That did it. The overwhelming sense of regret and self hate has left. I've even been thinking of it less. Which is good. Gotta love that. And yeah, I pretty much said it all. It left and I feel great!
Ian Quote Of The Day: " "
I lied. No Ian quote today, although I spent all day with him. Weird.
Instead, by popular demand (and by popular I mean Caleb wanted me to), I'm doing a Ben (me) quote.
Christine: "You're not in Mordor yet!!" (In reference to me being Frodo in LOTR)
Me: "I'm close enough! I'd be closer than you!"
Christine: "Nu, uh!"
Me: "Yes! You'd still be in the kitchen! WHAT'S UP!?!? *High Fives Natalie and Ian*"
Christine: ":O"
Needless to say I was not on her good side after that.
She punched me. And chased me while I pranced around Caleb's basement.
Still not sure how I get on her good side again.
Said I couldn't redeem myself.
*Shrugs.*
Oh well.
She can't resist my boyish charm for long. :D
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That is another one of my edited videos. I'd appreciate you check it out.
Then tell me how bad it is.
Hello folks.
This is my first blog since my Thomas Time! post that got me record pageviews.
19!
That's a lot for me, don't judge.
I would like to start off my saying my opinion may or may not have angered some people.
If it did, cool. I was told not to express my opinion if it angered people. I don't really care if it angers people. How you handle to react to my opinion is not my problem. It's yours. I don't intend to anger people. We are fighting over a meaningless GAME at the end of the day. MOST people know that almost all of the time I argue over Tim Tebow its nothing serious. My posts about Tebow jokes most of the time. The comments are the debate part. If you love Tebow, good for you! Always nice to have faith in your QB.
I don't like Tebow as a QB. YET.
I'm so sick of getting crap and getting hated on for not being on the Tebow wagon. And I get a lot of crap.
So stop.
I have my reasons for not liking him yet. And I've expressed them. Read them.
I get crap for not agreeing with about 99.99% of Colorado.
I haven't given anyone crap for loving Tebow. If I have I'm not aware of it.
Mostly because it's nothing like the crap that I get.
:)
Enough of that.
Time for actual blogging.
Watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy all the way through today with ma friennnndsssss :)
It was awesome! Absolute BEST way to finish off the break and start a new year.
Might have also played Total War for 10 hours straight with Ian. But it was a Lord of the Rings mod, so I lived the story while I watched it :)
Then discovered a multiplayer campaign with Ian. Had no idea you could.
IT WAS AWESOME.
We're gonna have a lot of fun with that.
I would go into detail about today, but I don't feel like it. School's tomorrow. Not in the mood.
If you read my posts before I drafted them, you know it's been a rough week for me.
I feel A LOT better since then.
Never thought a blog would save my life.
But the majority of my well being was a late night talk with Christine! :D
She totally helped. I didn't think I could talk to anyone about it, but then she showed up and was all like:
"DUDE!"
She said more than that.
A lot more.
Like 2 and a half hours worth.
But its incredibly helpful talking with someone who knows what's up.
I don't think I've thanked her enough, so she's getting another blog shout out.
THANK YOU CHRISTINE! :)
You're awesome! :D
So yeah. Been feeling a lot better. Whatever was weighing me down has left, and it feels great. Some of that was just letting it all out on my blog. Most of it was Christine reading it. And Caleb telling me he's got my back. That did it. The overwhelming sense of regret and self hate has left. I've even been thinking of it less. Which is good. Gotta love that. And yeah, I pretty much said it all. It left and I feel great!
Ian Quote Of The Day: " "
I lied. No Ian quote today, although I spent all day with him. Weird.
Instead, by popular demand (and by popular I mean Caleb wanted me to), I'm doing a Ben (me) quote.
Christine: "You're not in Mordor yet!!" (In reference to me being Frodo in LOTR)
Me: "I'm close enough! I'd be closer than you!"
Christine: "Nu, uh!"
Me: "Yes! You'd still be in the kitchen! WHAT'S UP!?!? *High Fives Natalie and Ian*"
Christine: ":O"
Needless to say I was not on her good side after that.
She punched me. And chased me while I pranced around Caleb's basement.
Still not sure how I get on her good side again.
Said I couldn't redeem myself.
*Shrugs.*
Oh well.
She can't resist my boyish charm for long. :D
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Thomas Time!
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Man, I love Tosh.0 That guy is hilarious!
Now, to the topic at hand, the Broncos dramatic OT win over the Steelers in the Wild Card game today (Sunday).
It was great. It was awesome. It was epic.
I'll be the first to say I had Pitt tromping the Broncos in this game. And for good reason. In a nut shell, Tebow's past 3 games and the Steeler's top ranked defense.
I gave Tebow no shot at all, obviously, being a Tebow critic.
But after this game, man you must think I am on the Tebow wagon now, huh?
NOOOOOPE.
Chuck Testa.
No I am not. I'm not crazy! I can quote myself saying "I'll get on when we win a game in the playoffs."
Well we did, and I'm not.
You guys think Tim Tebow is a great QB.
I don't.
Here's why:
Tim Tebow had, statistically, the WORST three game stretch of any QB in like 10 years. That's a lot of QB's that's bad, and a lot of bad QB's that's played since then. And he had the worst. Me, not already being on the wagon, saw great fun out of this. For the 7 game win streak I would get crap for not thinking Tebow was a good QB. That three game stretch proved my point. And, I still got crap? What? I heard every flipping excuse in the book during that losing streak, all to protect Tim Tebow.
First it was our defense against Tom Brady, not Tebow. In short, you are not going to stop Tom Brady offensively. You HAVE to out score him to win. And, New England had one of the worst defenses in the league, and Tebow couldn't get one pass touchdown. Sure, he had 2 running scores, but that doesn't make him a good QB. That's like saying Dwight Howard is a good Point Guard because he had 10 assists in one game.
Next, against the Buffalo game, they just side tracked it. They just avoided the issue. Never mind the fact that he threw 3 INT's, or that the Bills were on a 7-game losing streak. It wasn't his fault. For whatever reason, I didn't argue. It was a lost cause.
Then, against Kansas City. I personally had a lot of fun with that one. Kyle Orton coming back, and beating Tebow at home in Denver. That was a good day. Because I had Orton's back the whole way. And I got crap for that too. That game shut the Tebow lovers up for a bit. And being on break, I couldn't gloat at school. But it made me laugh. I loved it!
And on top of that, Matt Flynn (Aaron Rodgers' back up in Green Bay) threw 6 TD's in ONE game. Which is funny, considering he is a back up. And considering he is backing up Aaron Rodgers, so he wouldn't get playing time anyway. And I just had to throw out that Flynn had more passing TD's in one game than Tim Tebow did over a 7 game stretch. Yep, I said 7. I said that on Facebook. Didn't get any responses though.
Now, time for the actual playoff game. I watched the whole thing through, first time in like a year. It was a great game. Very entertaining. But once again, Tebow showed up for one quarter, which was the second. Otherwise he didn't do much of anything. Which is typical Tebow, except that instead of the 2md quarter, he usually shows up with 2 minutes to go in the fourth. Hey, he won games. I wasn't complaining about that. It was how he does it. He is completely non-existent for the first 57 minutes of a game, then gets a miracle drive at the end, at gets all the credit. Even when the defense played awesome, consistent football for the WHOLE game and kept him in it. And that's all I heard during that 7 game streak. Everyone was yelling "Tebow! Tebow!" I was yelling "Defense! Defense!"
Back to the game.
Yep he has one really good quarter. The only reason he had so many yards, was because all of his 10 completions were home runs. And he had 10 completions. And that Royal TD was at least 90% Royal. Tebow had a good pass (FINALLY) but that defender was all over Royal. And that 50 yard pass to Thomas was good too. Not lying here. But Thomas did one heck of a job too make sure he held on to the ball while being tackled. Yes he had 316 pass yards, but 204 of those were to ONE person. Thomas. Maybe it would help me to be on the Tebow wagon, if he didn't just pass to one person. And all of those were deep throws anyway, of course he is going to rack up pass yards. No surprise there. If I only threw deep passes, I would rack up yards too. Any QB could. So I don't honestly see that as a huge deal. And 204 of those yards came thanks to Demaryius Thomas. Take away Thomas or at least have him have an average game, and I guarantee you Tebow doesn't pass for more than 160 yards that game.
Now for the red zone. He had only one TD in the red zone, and it was a rushing TD anyway. All the other trips ended up in FG. Which, I kinda wish we took advantage of. Can't settle for FG! And through out the game, I saw plenty of missed receivers (Most of which were open), and badly thrown passes. I saw one that looked like Matt Prater was trying to kick a field goal. He is too conservative. Sure he doesn't throw picks, but that's also because he only throws it maybe 20 times a game, and he doesn't trust himself enough yet. Or else he would be throwing the ball more.
Tebow had a good game, I'm not saying he didn't.
Now, for the OT. New rules for playoff over time. Very exciting. I was pumped. First play of OT, BOOM! Tebow to Thomas for 80 yards FTW. I'm already getting crap for wanting to give the credit to Thomas.
"Did you see that throw?!?!"
Yes, I watched. It was a pass. The only thing that was special about it, is that it didn't end up on the ground (Yes, that was a Tebow bash right there). It was your average good pass. It was special for Tebow, because it was a good spiral and on target (yes, another Tebow bash). ANY other QB would have made that pass. That's easy for them. I think its funny. Tebow gets his first perfect pass and it happens to be the game winner. So what? Did you turn the tv off? Did you watch Thomas's run? He stiffed armed a defender (which would have slowed him down), then out ran two defenders for 80 yards. All Tebow had to do was give him the ball, which wasn't even that hard to begin with. I'm giving Thomas credit for that score. Yes, Tebow gets some, mostly cause its his TD too. But the hype? For one good pass? It's starting to bug me.
Yes I give Tebow credit for the victory.
But Thomas should get a ton of credit too.
And the defense.
All the facebook statuses say something about Tebow. Mine says something about Thomas.
And I'm getting bashed for it.
Defense held Pitt to 6 points in the first half. And that Big Ben pass near the end was all skill and a little luck. That was a great catch, you can't deny it. That was a pinpoint throw by Ben, putting it where the defense couldn't reach it. And the catch was fantastic. You can't defend that.
And when you consider Pitt was playing without 7 (I think? Maybe one or two less) starters, and playing with a QB that had one and a half ankles.
They were missing their starting center, starting running back (who is probably one of the best in the league), their starting nose tackle, one of their safety's (?) can't remember the position, but he lead their team in tackles, and several others. That is one banged up Pitt team. Did I mention their running back coach is hospitalized for severe burns (my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family)? That' a lot of injuries, and a huge distraction. Along with a QB at maybe 75% healthy. If they were healthy, I don't think we would have won. I don't even think we would have put up more than 10. That's a fact. I think the Pitt injuries had a huge impact on the game. Instead of being healthy, they missed some key injuries, and ended up losing.
A win is a win. And I'm going to give Tebow credit for this one. But Thomas and our defense played great, so they should get a lot of recognition too.
Yes. Tebow had a good game. Have I said otherwise?
One good game out of 12 possible games doesn't impress me.
Want to know my opinion? Tebow is a great Football player. In my opinion he is not a good QB. NOT YET. He will be! I'm agreeing with you guys; I'm just not doing it right now. He WILL be a good QB. I don't think he is good now. I don't hate Tebow. People keep saying I do. I DON'T. He is my favorite player in the NFL. I don't like him as a quarter back, YET. I'm not convinced. I am convinced he will become a good QB.
Tebow is well on his way to becoming a good legit NFL QB.
Next year, I'll hop on! Can't wait!
It was a great game. Can't wait for New England.
I'm just waiting for Tebow to be consistent. Consistently good. This was the game I was hoping for all year from him. Now once he can do it multiple times consistently, then I'll be on the band wagon. For now, we're gonna have to wait until next year.
That's my opinion. You can take it however you want. You can react to it however you want. I don't care. If you have a problem with it, fine. We can talk about it, I'm open for discussion. I'm sick of getting crap for "hating" on Tebow. I'm not. If that's how you took it then cool. That's not what I'm saying.
Next week's final score-
New England: 37
Denver: 21
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Man, I love Tosh.0 That guy is hilarious!
Now, to the topic at hand, the Broncos dramatic OT win over the Steelers in the Wild Card game today (Sunday).
It was great. It was awesome. It was epic.
I'll be the first to say I had Pitt tromping the Broncos in this game. And for good reason. In a nut shell, Tebow's past 3 games and the Steeler's top ranked defense.
I gave Tebow no shot at all, obviously, being a Tebow critic.
But after this game, man you must think I am on the Tebow wagon now, huh?
NOOOOOPE.
Chuck Testa.
No I am not. I'm not crazy! I can quote myself saying "I'll get on when we win a game in the playoffs."
Well we did, and I'm not.
You guys think Tim Tebow is a great QB.
I don't.
Here's why:
Tim Tebow had, statistically, the WORST three game stretch of any QB in like 10 years. That's a lot of QB's that's bad, and a lot of bad QB's that's played since then. And he had the worst. Me, not already being on the wagon, saw great fun out of this. For the 7 game win streak I would get crap for not thinking Tebow was a good QB. That three game stretch proved my point. And, I still got crap? What? I heard every flipping excuse in the book during that losing streak, all to protect Tim Tebow.
First it was our defense against Tom Brady, not Tebow. In short, you are not going to stop Tom Brady offensively. You HAVE to out score him to win. And, New England had one of the worst defenses in the league, and Tebow couldn't get one pass touchdown. Sure, he had 2 running scores, but that doesn't make him a good QB. That's like saying Dwight Howard is a good Point Guard because he had 10 assists in one game.
Next, against the Buffalo game, they just side tracked it. They just avoided the issue. Never mind the fact that he threw 3 INT's, or that the Bills were on a 7-game losing streak. It wasn't his fault. For whatever reason, I didn't argue. It was a lost cause.
Then, against Kansas City. I personally had a lot of fun with that one. Kyle Orton coming back, and beating Tebow at home in Denver. That was a good day. Because I had Orton's back the whole way. And I got crap for that too. That game shut the Tebow lovers up for a bit. And being on break, I couldn't gloat at school. But it made me laugh. I loved it!
And on top of that, Matt Flynn (Aaron Rodgers' back up in Green Bay) threw 6 TD's in ONE game. Which is funny, considering he is a back up. And considering he is backing up Aaron Rodgers, so he wouldn't get playing time anyway. And I just had to throw out that Flynn had more passing TD's in one game than Tim Tebow did over a 7 game stretch. Yep, I said 7. I said that on Facebook. Didn't get any responses though.
Now, time for the actual playoff game. I watched the whole thing through, first time in like a year. It was a great game. Very entertaining. But once again, Tebow showed up for one quarter, which was the second. Otherwise he didn't do much of anything. Which is typical Tebow, except that instead of the 2md quarter, he usually shows up with 2 minutes to go in the fourth. Hey, he won games. I wasn't complaining about that. It was how he does it. He is completely non-existent for the first 57 minutes of a game, then gets a miracle drive at the end, at gets all the credit. Even when the defense played awesome, consistent football for the WHOLE game and kept him in it. And that's all I heard during that 7 game streak. Everyone was yelling "Tebow! Tebow!" I was yelling "Defense! Defense!"
Back to the game.
Yep he has one really good quarter. The only reason he had so many yards, was because all of his 10 completions were home runs. And he had 10 completions. And that Royal TD was at least 90% Royal. Tebow had a good pass (FINALLY) but that defender was all over Royal. And that 50 yard pass to Thomas was good too. Not lying here. But Thomas did one heck of a job too make sure he held on to the ball while being tackled. Yes he had 316 pass yards, but 204 of those were to ONE person. Thomas. Maybe it would help me to be on the Tebow wagon, if he didn't just pass to one person. And all of those were deep throws anyway, of course he is going to rack up pass yards. No surprise there. If I only threw deep passes, I would rack up yards too. Any QB could. So I don't honestly see that as a huge deal. And 204 of those yards came thanks to Demaryius Thomas. Take away Thomas or at least have him have an average game, and I guarantee you Tebow doesn't pass for more than 160 yards that game.
Now for the red zone. He had only one TD in the red zone, and it was a rushing TD anyway. All the other trips ended up in FG. Which, I kinda wish we took advantage of. Can't settle for FG! And through out the game, I saw plenty of missed receivers (Most of which were open), and badly thrown passes. I saw one that looked like Matt Prater was trying to kick a field goal. He is too conservative. Sure he doesn't throw picks, but that's also because he only throws it maybe 20 times a game, and he doesn't trust himself enough yet. Or else he would be throwing the ball more.
Tebow had a good game, I'm not saying he didn't.
Now, for the OT. New rules for playoff over time. Very exciting. I was pumped. First play of OT, BOOM! Tebow to Thomas for 80 yards FTW. I'm already getting crap for wanting to give the credit to Thomas.
"Did you see that throw?!?!"
Yes, I watched. It was a pass. The only thing that was special about it, is that it didn't end up on the ground (Yes, that was a Tebow bash right there). It was your average good pass. It was special for Tebow, because it was a good spiral and on target (yes, another Tebow bash). ANY other QB would have made that pass. That's easy for them. I think its funny. Tebow gets his first perfect pass and it happens to be the game winner. So what? Did you turn the tv off? Did you watch Thomas's run? He stiffed armed a defender (which would have slowed him down), then out ran two defenders for 80 yards. All Tebow had to do was give him the ball, which wasn't even that hard to begin with. I'm giving Thomas credit for that score. Yes, Tebow gets some, mostly cause its his TD too. But the hype? For one good pass? It's starting to bug me.
Yes I give Tebow credit for the victory.
But Thomas should get a ton of credit too.
And the defense.
All the facebook statuses say something about Tebow. Mine says something about Thomas.
And I'm getting bashed for it.
Defense held Pitt to 6 points in the first half. And that Big Ben pass near the end was all skill and a little luck. That was a great catch, you can't deny it. That was a pinpoint throw by Ben, putting it where the defense couldn't reach it. And the catch was fantastic. You can't defend that.
And when you consider Pitt was playing without 7 (I think? Maybe one or two less) starters, and playing with a QB that had one and a half ankles.
They were missing their starting center, starting running back (who is probably one of the best in the league), their starting nose tackle, one of their safety's (?) can't remember the position, but he lead their team in tackles, and several others. That is one banged up Pitt team. Did I mention their running back coach is hospitalized for severe burns (my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family)? That' a lot of injuries, and a huge distraction. Along with a QB at maybe 75% healthy. If they were healthy, I don't think we would have won. I don't even think we would have put up more than 10. That's a fact. I think the Pitt injuries had a huge impact on the game. Instead of being healthy, they missed some key injuries, and ended up losing.
A win is a win. And I'm going to give Tebow credit for this one. But Thomas and our defense played great, so they should get a lot of recognition too.
Yes. Tebow had a good game. Have I said otherwise?
One good game out of 12 possible games doesn't impress me.
Want to know my opinion? Tebow is a great Football player. In my opinion he is not a good QB. NOT YET. He will be! I'm agreeing with you guys; I'm just not doing it right now. He WILL be a good QB. I don't think he is good now. I don't hate Tebow. People keep saying I do. I DON'T. He is my favorite player in the NFL. I don't like him as a quarter back, YET. I'm not convinced. I am convinced he will become a good QB.
Tebow is well on his way to becoming a good legit NFL QB.
Next year, I'll hop on! Can't wait!
It was a great game. Can't wait for New England.
I'm just waiting for Tebow to be consistent. Consistently good. This was the game I was hoping for all year from him. Now once he can do it multiple times consistently, then I'll be on the band wagon. For now, we're gonna have to wait until next year.
That's my opinion. You can take it however you want. You can react to it however you want. I don't care. If you have a problem with it, fine. We can talk about it, I'm open for discussion. I'm sick of getting crap for "hating" on Tebow. I'm not. If that's how you took it then cool. That's not what I'm saying.
Next week's final score-
New England: 37
Denver: 21
:D
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Modern Warfare 3 (Or is it 2.10?)
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Just because it's pro Battlefield :)
Hello! I felt like doing another review!
So I chose the Moist Anticipated Game in History: Modern Warfare 3.
As you may have figured out by now, I am completely biased against this game. So, I'm doing the best I can to come into this unbiased. It's gonna be hard.
But here we go.
I have no idea where to start :/
Perhaps why its the most anticipated game in history? Well, there's a lot reasons for it. It's a distinguished gaming franchise, that's churned out several quality games, leading to more fans. It's competed with Halo and Battlefield for tops in FPS, and has continued to do so ever since. It's action packed, incredibly fast paced, and it gives the player a sense of worth when they do good.
I became a fan of Call of Duty early on, but that's when I had the PS2 and only played the campaigns, which were really fun. Didn't play the multiplayer until World at War came out.
And quite honestly, the BIGGEST reason I got it was because of Nazi Zombies. I rarely played the online mulitplayer until MW2 came out, which I thought was a good game.
I kinda hopped onto the Black Ops band wagon, but the more I played it, the more I saw it was a terrible game. It was the first time I didn't play the campaign through, and the multiplayer was dreadful. It was probably the easiest game I've played online. Did it even require effort? I was consistently busting out 30-10, 40-8, and even some 50 kill matches. And that was consistently. It got boring. Then there was the obvious glaring problems with it.
The graphics.
The game play.
The cheaters.
The hackers.
The campers.
The noob toobers.
The little kids.
The lack of team work.
Just to name a few.
It was fun, considering it was easy. But just terrible.
Now, to MW3.
I'm going to talk about the graphics first off.
Before it was released, I saw some of the game play. Want to know my first thought was?
"This isn't MW3, this has got to be MW2, except I've never played this level before..."
The exact same engine as MW2, I though that was retarded.
I watched a pro MW3 video on YouTube, and the guy commented on the graphics saying, "MW3 graphics are exactly the same to Modern Warfare 2, but that's ok because Modern Warfare 2 was an excellent game."
You know what? It also came out TWO years ago. And the updated version looks exactly the same.
Sure its somewhat better, its a little more clear, better color, etc, but the same engine?
And the main menu is EXACTLY like MW2. They couldn't even change that up?
MW3 or MW2.1?
So in short, I hate the graphics.
Next, the game play.
Call of Duty has churned out very nice and fun shooter games, Run and gun. Which is fun, don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't think its not fun, it is. But I mean they've turned out the same game every year, just with different mods to it. And I honestly think that. Because of that, I honestly don't think MW3 was worth $60. Because its the same game. Just with different maps, guns, perks.
But the maps really annoyed me too. The first time I played MW3, I instantly recognized maps from MW2. I almost thought they were copies. I saw:
Favela
Rundown
Quarry
Derailed
Rust
Highrise
Skidrow
Scrapyard
Invasion
Karachi
All in MW3. Can we please have some map variety? I also was kinda annoyed at the Survival mode maps. They were the multiplayer maps. Its a brand new game type, couldn't they have put new maps to go with it?
Now the guns. I didn't really have too much problem with the guns.
Still kinda annoyed that Black Ops based their guns off airsoft guns. Yep, airsoft guns.
I don't think Modern Warfare 3 did, but still. Guns were pretty cool.
.............
Actually scratch that part about the guns.
I wrote that, then left to a friends, in which we played MW3.
The guns are, uhm, not ok anymore. When I played, I didn't experience any kick/recoil at all. Just aim and shoot, no need to account for recoil huh?
And the way they sounded. I almost faceplamed myself, just based on how they made the guns sound.
One sniper (can't remember at this point) sounded like something from Star Trek. It shot like this:
PEW PEW!
Like a laser. :/
Perks. Everyone's favorite. Made to make terrible players better, and the already good players annoying to play with. And I think as the perks get even more retarded as the games go on. There was that one perk everyone hated, but everyone used.
MW2: Commando
Black Ops: Ghost
I haven't exactly played MW3 enough to hate a perk, I just hate how they did the perks.
So apparently you can have like 8 perks at once? With the Specialist streak thingy at least.
And having multiple attachments doesn't need a perk anymore. Which, I can't decide if I like or not. :O
I've kinda always hated the perks, they didn't float with me.
Now the campaign.
Personally, if I did buy MW3, I would have because of the campaign, because they made it look sick. Obviously, I'm not stupid enough to buy a $60 just for the campaign.
I thought it looked sweet. America being invaded, Europe on its knees, it caught my attention.
But then I played it.
I found it incredibly easy. At one point, I was running down the middle of a firefight because NOBODY was shooting me.
The first level (The Wall Street one), I just picked apart while I'm playing it. First off, the very beginning. You have a gun with no clip or ammo in it, a team mate tosses one clip at you, and BOOM you got 600 shots. Which threw me off.
Secondly, the names. Sandman, was the most glaring one. I thought that they came up with the most childish names for the characters. Then it hit me. 95% of Call Of Duty players are like 10 years old. At least they realized what their audience is consisted of.
Thirdly, the helicopters. During the helicopter "fight" from the first level, you are in a Black Hawk. A troop transport. And you have to kill like 5 enemy Attack helicopters. And they're Russian. I don't think a troop transport could take down 5 attack helicopters. And then there is how the helicopters died. They all were shot down in the exact same way. They all had an explosion in the tail, then spun out of control. No matter where you hit them, the tail would blow up. And the last one, shot down like the other four, randomly launches it self at your helicopter, crash into your tail, head on, then blows up. But don't worry. You had a German helicopter, so you helicopter is perfectly fine. Which I thought was stupid. And its in New York, so you know, hundreds of buildings, and you're unloading with a chain gun. No destruction. At all. That made me :(
Now the next level, with the navy seals. It was pretty cool, until you get to the Russian submarine. Then it got sketch. I'm just gonna skip to the cut scene when you shoot the missiles. But the action until then is generic Call of Duty. Well the cut scene is when you and your squad, get to control room of the main submarine, and hijack its missile system to shoot the missiles at the Russian's own fleet. My first thought, "Good thing the Russians have their cruise missiles already programmed to bomb their own fleet." Because I'm pretty sure a navy seal couldn't hack a Russian submarine to reprogram its missiles. Think about it.
Not gonna happen. And it said that the single Russian sub had enough missiles to wipe out the ENTIRE east coast of the US. I was shocked, because when it shows the missiles shooting, it shoots off maybe 10 at the max. :/ Not enough to wipe out the entire east coast.
Now my favorite, the level on the airplane. It gets hijacked by terrorists, then blows up.
But its ok, you survive. Along with everyone else that was on the plane.
It starts off with terrorists hijacking the plane, but there's a lot. I mean a lot. Which is surprising, considering the Russian President himself was on the plane. Psh, they don't need security. The Russian version of the sweater vest is bullet proof. So they good.
I would be ok with maybe 10 terrorists getting on. But there was like 30. Bull crap!
And when the plane is shot in half, you are literally feet away from the breaking point, you could touch the outside of the plane you were so close. But you don't get sucked out.
???????????????????????
And then the plane crashes. But everyone survives. I mean everyone. Nobody dies, except for maybe the minor character. *Sigh*
That was me playing the campaign. It was good, I guess, for Call of Duty standards. You didn't have to think about it, you just did. Kinda like Transformers. Its a great movie for action and stuff, but if you honestly think about it, none of it makes any sense.
My final honest verdict on the game: 4/10.
Honestly, that is completely unbiased. I don't see much of a difference, besides the customization and survival mode, from Modern Warfare 2. I think its the exact same game. Which is why it didn't win any awards, and BF3 won 60+. (That might have been biased:).
In short, Call of Duty will be nothing more than an arcade game. You can't really improve an arcade game.
As one YouTuber commented:
"Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary changed more from Halo: CE the original than Modern Warfare 3 changed from Modern Warfare 2."
It's funny because Halo: CEA tried to be the exact same.
MW3 didn't :)
Wow.
I just re read this and realized I wrote this completely biased against it.
But trust me, every word is true. If not, pick up the controller and experience it for yourself.
And if you don't have MW3, that's ok. I'm sure you have MW2.
They are pretty much the same thing.
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Just because it's pro Battlefield :)
Hello! I felt like doing another review!
So I chose the Moist Anticipated Game in History: Modern Warfare 3.
As you may have figured out by now, I am completely biased against this game. So, I'm doing the best I can to come into this unbiased. It's gonna be hard.
But here we go.
I have no idea where to start :/
Perhaps why its the most anticipated game in history? Well, there's a lot reasons for it. It's a distinguished gaming franchise, that's churned out several quality games, leading to more fans. It's competed with Halo and Battlefield for tops in FPS, and has continued to do so ever since. It's action packed, incredibly fast paced, and it gives the player a sense of worth when they do good.
I became a fan of Call of Duty early on, but that's when I had the PS2 and only played the campaigns, which were really fun. Didn't play the multiplayer until World at War came out.
And quite honestly, the BIGGEST reason I got it was because of Nazi Zombies. I rarely played the online mulitplayer until MW2 came out, which I thought was a good game.
I kinda hopped onto the Black Ops band wagon, but the more I played it, the more I saw it was a terrible game. It was the first time I didn't play the campaign through, and the multiplayer was dreadful. It was probably the easiest game I've played online. Did it even require effort? I was consistently busting out 30-10, 40-8, and even some 50 kill matches. And that was consistently. It got boring. Then there was the obvious glaring problems with it.
The graphics.
The game play.
The cheaters.
The hackers.
The campers.
The noob toobers.
The little kids.
The lack of team work.
Just to name a few.
It was fun, considering it was easy. But just terrible.
Now, to MW3.
I'm going to talk about the graphics first off.
Before it was released, I saw some of the game play. Want to know my first thought was?
"This isn't MW3, this has got to be MW2, except I've never played this level before..."
The exact same engine as MW2, I though that was retarded.
I watched a pro MW3 video on YouTube, and the guy commented on the graphics saying, "MW3 graphics are exactly the same to Modern Warfare 2, but that's ok because Modern Warfare 2 was an excellent game."
You know what? It also came out TWO years ago. And the updated version looks exactly the same.
Sure its somewhat better, its a little more clear, better color, etc, but the same engine?
And the main menu is EXACTLY like MW2. They couldn't even change that up?
MW3 or MW2.1?
So in short, I hate the graphics.
Next, the game play.
Call of Duty has churned out very nice and fun shooter games, Run and gun. Which is fun, don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't think its not fun, it is. But I mean they've turned out the same game every year, just with different mods to it. And I honestly think that. Because of that, I honestly don't think MW3 was worth $60. Because its the same game. Just with different maps, guns, perks.
But the maps really annoyed me too. The first time I played MW3, I instantly recognized maps from MW2. I almost thought they were copies. I saw:
Favela
Rundown
Quarry
Derailed
Rust
Highrise
Skidrow
Scrapyard
Invasion
Karachi
All in MW3. Can we please have some map variety? I also was kinda annoyed at the Survival mode maps. They were the multiplayer maps. Its a brand new game type, couldn't they have put new maps to go with it?
Now the guns. I didn't really have too much problem with the guns.
Still kinda annoyed that Black Ops based their guns off airsoft guns. Yep, airsoft guns.
I don't think Modern Warfare 3 did, but still. Guns were pretty cool.
.............
Actually scratch that part about the guns.
I wrote that, then left to a friends, in which we played MW3.
The guns are, uhm, not ok anymore. When I played, I didn't experience any kick/recoil at all. Just aim and shoot, no need to account for recoil huh?
And the way they sounded. I almost faceplamed myself, just based on how they made the guns sound.
One sniper (can't remember at this point) sounded like something from Star Trek. It shot like this:
PEW PEW!
Like a laser. :/
Perks. Everyone's favorite. Made to make terrible players better, and the already good players annoying to play with. And I think as the perks get even more retarded as the games go on. There was that one perk everyone hated, but everyone used.
MW2: Commando
Black Ops: Ghost
I haven't exactly played MW3 enough to hate a perk, I just hate how they did the perks.
So apparently you can have like 8 perks at once? With the Specialist streak thingy at least.
And having multiple attachments doesn't need a perk anymore. Which, I can't decide if I like or not. :O
I've kinda always hated the perks, they didn't float with me.
Now the campaign.
Personally, if I did buy MW3, I would have because of the campaign, because they made it look sick. Obviously, I'm not stupid enough to buy a $60 just for the campaign.
I thought it looked sweet. America being invaded, Europe on its knees, it caught my attention.
But then I played it.
I found it incredibly easy. At one point, I was running down the middle of a firefight because NOBODY was shooting me.
The first level (The Wall Street one), I just picked apart while I'm playing it. First off, the very beginning. You have a gun with no clip or ammo in it, a team mate tosses one clip at you, and BOOM you got 600 shots. Which threw me off.
Secondly, the names. Sandman, was the most glaring one. I thought that they came up with the most childish names for the characters. Then it hit me. 95% of Call Of Duty players are like 10 years old. At least they realized what their audience is consisted of.
Thirdly, the helicopters. During the helicopter "fight" from the first level, you are in a Black Hawk. A troop transport. And you have to kill like 5 enemy Attack helicopters. And they're Russian. I don't think a troop transport could take down 5 attack helicopters. And then there is how the helicopters died. They all were shot down in the exact same way. They all had an explosion in the tail, then spun out of control. No matter where you hit them, the tail would blow up. And the last one, shot down like the other four, randomly launches it self at your helicopter, crash into your tail, head on, then blows up. But don't worry. You had a German helicopter, so you helicopter is perfectly fine. Which I thought was stupid. And its in New York, so you know, hundreds of buildings, and you're unloading with a chain gun. No destruction. At all. That made me :(
Now the next level, with the navy seals. It was pretty cool, until you get to the Russian submarine. Then it got sketch. I'm just gonna skip to the cut scene when you shoot the missiles. But the action until then is generic Call of Duty. Well the cut scene is when you and your squad, get to control room of the main submarine, and hijack its missile system to shoot the missiles at the Russian's own fleet. My first thought, "Good thing the Russians have their cruise missiles already programmed to bomb their own fleet." Because I'm pretty sure a navy seal couldn't hack a Russian submarine to reprogram its missiles. Think about it.
Not gonna happen. And it said that the single Russian sub had enough missiles to wipe out the ENTIRE east coast of the US. I was shocked, because when it shows the missiles shooting, it shoots off maybe 10 at the max. :/ Not enough to wipe out the entire east coast.
Now my favorite, the level on the airplane. It gets hijacked by terrorists, then blows up.
But its ok, you survive. Along with everyone else that was on the plane.
It starts off with terrorists hijacking the plane, but there's a lot. I mean a lot. Which is surprising, considering the Russian President himself was on the plane. Psh, they don't need security. The Russian version of the sweater vest is bullet proof. So they good.
I would be ok with maybe 10 terrorists getting on. But there was like 30. Bull crap!
And when the plane is shot in half, you are literally feet away from the breaking point, you could touch the outside of the plane you were so close. But you don't get sucked out.
???????????????????????
And then the plane crashes. But everyone survives. I mean everyone. Nobody dies, except for maybe the minor character. *Sigh*
That was me playing the campaign. It was good, I guess, for Call of Duty standards. You didn't have to think about it, you just did. Kinda like Transformers. Its a great movie for action and stuff, but if you honestly think about it, none of it makes any sense.
My final honest verdict on the game: 4/10.
Honestly, that is completely unbiased. I don't see much of a difference, besides the customization and survival mode, from Modern Warfare 2. I think its the exact same game. Which is why it didn't win any awards, and BF3 won 60+. (That might have been biased:).
In short, Call of Duty will be nothing more than an arcade game. You can't really improve an arcade game.
As one YouTuber commented:
"Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary changed more from Halo: CE the original than Modern Warfare 3 changed from Modern Warfare 2."
It's funny because Halo: CEA tried to be the exact same.
MW3 didn't :)
Wow.
I just re read this and realized I wrote this completely biased against it.
But trust me, every word is true. If not, pick up the controller and experience it for yourself.
And if you don't have MW3, that's ok. I'm sure you have MW2.
They are pretty much the same thing.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Battle: Los Angeles- Critical Review! (Part 2)
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Yep. Here is the continuation of my first review of something significant!
If you missed the first half, check it out! I think I did pretty well!
SETTING
Well there isn't a whole lot to talk about. It's in Los Angeles, filmed in Louisiana. I've heard people complain about that, but from what I've seen, they made the set of the movie nearly identical to actual streets in Los Angeles. So I think they did great in that category. It was the second alien invasion movie in a span in about 4 months set in Los Angeles. The other one is Skyline, and based on what I've seen, the people in charge of Skyline were working on Battle: LA, but then got pissed (for whatever reason) and started their own alien invasion in LA. Which totally sucked balls. So, Battle: LA wins this one.
Otherwise there isn't much else to be critical about the setting.
REALSIM
I give it an A- realistic wise. I'm no military expert, but I felt how they portrayed how the military would respond to aliens attacking was very accurate. They even put the actors through a crash course in Marine training. Which I thought was awesome. Make the movie even that much more realistic. They did a great job on how Marines fight, and were dead on with strategy and stuff. I'm not going to the little details that I thought were great. You can watch the opening video from the first review to see what I mean. All in all, I felt like the military portion of this movie was excellent. Which makes sense, being it a war documentary.
Now for the unrealistic parts.
Well, the aliens in general. I'm kinda split on this. I'm not really sure if I believe in them or not. The skeptic side says its way to improbable. But the kid inside of my wants them to exist, just for entertainment. I mean, I got alien invasion number one on my list for Top Ways I Want To See The World End. I think that would be totally awesome! But then again, if there were technologically advanced aliens out there, I feel like they would have found us already. Or vice versa. And I can't really think of any reason why they would come here to kill us. Coming here peacefully would make more sense. I don't think we would have any resources that they would want. Or at least travel across the galaxy to get. So if they did come, they wouldn't come here to go on a killing spree, well not probably. I want them to exist for my imagination, but my gut says no.
And mentioned before, I don't like how they portrayed their technology. Pretty much flying junk. And their ground forces lacked firepower. They had this walking missile shooter thing, but that was it. If it was a ground war we definitely would have won. Curse their air power...
Alright. Now there were about 3 distinct things that I saw in this movie that I found hilarious that they put in.
The first one is the highway scene, when they are trying to rappel the civilians away from alien advancements. One Marine is trying to secure other civilians to the rope, and, unbeknownst to the Marine, an alien sneaks around to kill them. The civilian, notices the alien, and when he couldn't get the Marine's attention fast enough, he takes matters into his own hands. He grabs a rifle from the ground, and hip shoots the alien to death, with pin point accuracy. But the alien gets on shot off, and it nails the civilian in the stomach, launching him back several feet. Now, I laughed at this part. The highly trained killers, the Marine Corps, can't seem the kill the aliens very easily in the first place, with aiming and all that. Good thing they have a Mexican civilian with them. He hip shoots the alien, and all the shots hit the target, killing it.
Good ol' realism for ya.
My second one is two different scenes. Involving grenades. The short version is that both scenes show grenades exploding in a giant fireball. What grenades that they are carrying, I freaking want.
Sure grenades, explode, but they shoot off shrapnel, not fire. One exploded next to a gas station, blowing up an alien drone. The second one was in the sewers. The second one was funny. Staff Sergeant throws a grenade down a man hole, to kill the pursuing aliens. The camera backs up, and a large plume of fire and smoke erupt from the hole. It was funny.
The third one was the ending. I loved the ending, it got me pumped up. How they showed it was just awesome. I just had a problem that we pushed the aliens back in 48 hours. They are freaking aliens. The only way that would possibly happen is if we carpet bombed then with nukes. Maybe then we could, but not within 48 hours of the initial attack. That kinda bugged me, but oh well. America's gotta win, right?
Anyway, the unrealistic things were few and far between (In my opinion), but however, I bet if you get Ian to watch it, he could pick it apart. ;)
Well that was my review of the movie!
My final PERSONAL verdict: 9/10
My professional, movie critical verdict: 6/10
Comment your opinion on it, or tell me what I missed!
Chow!
^^^^^^^^
Yep. Here is the continuation of my first review of something significant!
If you missed the first half, check it out! I think I did pretty well!
SETTING
Well there isn't a whole lot to talk about. It's in Los Angeles, filmed in Louisiana. I've heard people complain about that, but from what I've seen, they made the set of the movie nearly identical to actual streets in Los Angeles. So I think they did great in that category. It was the second alien invasion movie in a span in about 4 months set in Los Angeles. The other one is Skyline, and based on what I've seen, the people in charge of Skyline were working on Battle: LA, but then got pissed (for whatever reason) and started their own alien invasion in LA. Which totally sucked balls. So, Battle: LA wins this one.
Otherwise there isn't much else to be critical about the setting.
REALSIM
I give it an A- realistic wise. I'm no military expert, but I felt how they portrayed how the military would respond to aliens attacking was very accurate. They even put the actors through a crash course in Marine training. Which I thought was awesome. Make the movie even that much more realistic. They did a great job on how Marines fight, and were dead on with strategy and stuff. I'm not going to the little details that I thought were great. You can watch the opening video from the first review to see what I mean. All in all, I felt like the military portion of this movie was excellent. Which makes sense, being it a war documentary.
Now for the unrealistic parts.
Well, the aliens in general. I'm kinda split on this. I'm not really sure if I believe in them or not. The skeptic side says its way to improbable. But the kid inside of my wants them to exist, just for entertainment. I mean, I got alien invasion number one on my list for Top Ways I Want To See The World End. I think that would be totally awesome! But then again, if there were technologically advanced aliens out there, I feel like they would have found us already. Or vice versa. And I can't really think of any reason why they would come here to kill us. Coming here peacefully would make more sense. I don't think we would have any resources that they would want. Or at least travel across the galaxy to get. So if they did come, they wouldn't come here to go on a killing spree, well not probably. I want them to exist for my imagination, but my gut says no.
And mentioned before, I don't like how they portrayed their technology. Pretty much flying junk. And their ground forces lacked firepower. They had this walking missile shooter thing, but that was it. If it was a ground war we definitely would have won. Curse their air power...
Alright. Now there were about 3 distinct things that I saw in this movie that I found hilarious that they put in.
The first one is the highway scene, when they are trying to rappel the civilians away from alien advancements. One Marine is trying to secure other civilians to the rope, and, unbeknownst to the Marine, an alien sneaks around to kill them. The civilian, notices the alien, and when he couldn't get the Marine's attention fast enough, he takes matters into his own hands. He grabs a rifle from the ground, and hip shoots the alien to death, with pin point accuracy. But the alien gets on shot off, and it nails the civilian in the stomach, launching him back several feet. Now, I laughed at this part. The highly trained killers, the Marine Corps, can't seem the kill the aliens very easily in the first place, with aiming and all that. Good thing they have a Mexican civilian with them. He hip shoots the alien, and all the shots hit the target, killing it.
Good ol' realism for ya.
My second one is two different scenes. Involving grenades. The short version is that both scenes show grenades exploding in a giant fireball. What grenades that they are carrying, I freaking want.
Sure grenades, explode, but they shoot off shrapnel, not fire. One exploded next to a gas station, blowing up an alien drone. The second one was in the sewers. The second one was funny. Staff Sergeant throws a grenade down a man hole, to kill the pursuing aliens. The camera backs up, and a large plume of fire and smoke erupt from the hole. It was funny.
The third one was the ending. I loved the ending, it got me pumped up. How they showed it was just awesome. I just had a problem that we pushed the aliens back in 48 hours. They are freaking aliens. The only way that would possibly happen is if we carpet bombed then with nukes. Maybe then we could, but not within 48 hours of the initial attack. That kinda bugged me, but oh well. America's gotta win, right?
Anyway, the unrealistic things were few and far between (In my opinion), but however, I bet if you get Ian to watch it, he could pick it apart. ;)
Well that was my review of the movie!
My final PERSONAL verdict: 9/10
My professional, movie critical verdict: 6/10
Comment your opinion on it, or tell me what I missed!
Chow!
Battle: Los Angeles- Critical Review :D (Part 1)
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You should have seen that coming for the Video of the Day. I mean that title says it all.....
Anyway. This is my blog. :)
This is the first (?) blog where I actually write about something that people actually use blogs for. Ranting, move/game reviewing, etc.....
The movie today is Battle: Los Angeles.
It's weird, when people ask me what my favorite movie is, and I say "Battle: Los Angeles" they give me a weird look. A lot of the time its because they've never heard of it.
Which saddens me. Yes, I would have to say its my favorite movie. Probably because I don't watch movies very often. And it combines all the things I like: War (entertainment wise, it know in reality its hell on earth), action, EXPLOSIONS (MICHAEL BAY!), and an alien invasion of Earth. And it's actually super realistic.
Excluding all the crap Hollywood will try to put into their movies, which this movie has some. Ok, so now here is the actual review! ***THIS WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS****
PLOT/SYNOPSIS:
Battle: Los Angeles is a sci-fi thriller in which aliens surprisingly and swiftly, attack our coastal cities in en effort to drive us away from the ocean, so they can harvest our water. So far so good. Recently, I've read some alien invasion stories or whatever, and they never explain why they show up (COUGH* SKYLINE *COUGH). So I was impressed when they included a motive for their arrival. The story revolves a soon to be retired Marine Staff Sergeant, Michael Nantz, who just before retiring, gets thrust into service to evacuate civilians. He is joined by a battalion of Marines, each distinctive from each other. The down side is that they tried to characterize too many characters before the action started. They weren't well developed. And the dialogue could have been better. By the end of the movie, all the main characters are left, so their personalities have been developed some. This has been the biggest downfall for this movie according to critics; the lack of characterization. But honestly, this move is a WAR movie. Lots of fighting and guys being men. We didn't come to see the movie to watch characters develop. We came to watch America kick some alien ass. Which that definitely delivered.
The battle itself lasts 2+ days. 1st day we get utterly pwned. The 2nd day, our hero Staff Sergeant, and his squad wipes out the alien control center, severely crippling the alien war machine. The 2nd also shows a counter attack, as a quickly assembled army gets organized to take back Los Angeles. I didn't exactly like that about the movie. I kinda felt we won too fast. Independence day did this too. I don't see how a completely unknown, vastly advanced enemy could be taken down in a matter of days. I mean give me an alien invasion movie in which we don't totally own the aliens within 48 hours. Or, just make a series out of it (Which I really hope they do with Battle: LA), have each movie be a phase/battle in the war that should be lasting decades.
And also what I don't like is the American aspect of this. I know this is an American film, intended for Americans, but ALL the alien invasion movies I've seen take place in the US. Even War of the Worlds, which the original book took place in England. I don't have a big problem with this, but I wanna see variety. How did China deal with them? Germany? England? France (they obviously lose by default)? Japan? That would be cool to have a different perspective. Also, in the opening of the film, the general in the press conference says that 12 different locations around the globe were attacked. He also says that New York, Boston, San Fran, and San Diego have been attacked. Including Los Angeles, almost half of the alien force attack America. There's two sides to this coin. Any advanced alien species would obviously scout us out before attacking. And America, being the world's powerhouse, would probably be first on their list to wipe out. Which would make sense, militarily. But on the flip side, they have half of their force attacking America, and they are relying on the other half to attack the other 6 billion people on Earth. To me, that's terrible strategy. IF aliens were to attack, I think they would be smart enough to completely overwhelm us, and not just pick 12 spots to invade. And with those 12 spots they have to conquer us. Or at least push us far enough away to stop them from taking our water. The general in the opening says that this is a "textbook military invasion." That may be true, for the United States. For the world, not so much.
I was also kinda disappointed in the amount of aliens that attacked. You never see more than about 13 aliens at a time (which I'm ok with; excluding the news footage of the first attack), but I want to see LA totally bomb rushed by aliens. I really hope they weren't expecting to kill 6+ billion people with just thousands of soldiers.
In short, I love the plot. It's what I like. I think it's totally original, and I'm kinda jealous I didn't think of it first.
THE ALIENS
The aliens were pretty cool. I absolutely LOVE how Jonathan Liebsman (?) created them. My favorite aspect is their arrival, which is in the opening video. That clip has a ton of attention to detail. The crashed craft on the beach, the aerial shot of ground combat, and the meteor shower. I love how they came. The meteor entry craft is pretty sweet. The footage of the meteors falling above LA I think is phenomenal. I've watched that scene hundreds of times because it's so freaking awesome. They did fantastic with it.
The aliens themselves are pretty cool. I mean, they're your cliche alien (Something bipedal, that's not human) but they always seem to make a different alien in the movies. The Battle: LA alien is a really tall, squid looking humanoid, with an ovalish head, two feet, and pretty much humanoid in everything else.
In one scene, they dissect an alien. Which, again, I loved. You get a cool up close look at them, and from the extras I saw on DVD, they spent A LOT of time trying to perfect the alien subject. They were original, and had similar fighting styles to our soldiers (I.E, they duck, they hide behind cover, they work in squads). Different, but I thought it was cool they put that in.
What I dislike about the aliens, is their vehicles. To me, it looks like they had a prodigious amount of duck tape handy, and they got bored in a junkyard. The alien craft look like flying heaps of metal, it looks like crap and that it was made from a junkyard. I hated that. Super advanced aliens visit Earth, and pwn us with flying hunks of metal. I'm not saying they looked retarded, I'm saying it would be like if America went to the military bone yard, and put together an Army of WW2 Sherman Tanks and reinforced them with whatever spare junk they could find. That was the only problem I had with the aliens. I'll give Skyline credit, the ONLY thing they did better than Battle: LA were the aliens. Skyline offered your classic alien warships and stuff. Battle: LA didn't, but delivered on everything else.
Well, it's 3:11 right now and I'm tired.
I'll finish the review in future blog posts!
Tell me what ya think about it, or about the movie in general. I thought it was great! Chow!
Ian Quote Of The Day: "Hasn't the History Channel taught you anything? War is freaking awesome!"
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You should have seen that coming for the Video of the Day. I mean that title says it all.....
Anyway. This is my blog. :)
This is the first (?) blog where I actually write about something that people actually use blogs for. Ranting, move/game reviewing, etc.....
The movie today is Battle: Los Angeles.
It's weird, when people ask me what my favorite movie is, and I say "Battle: Los Angeles" they give me a weird look. A lot of the time its because they've never heard of it.
Which saddens me. Yes, I would have to say its my favorite movie. Probably because I don't watch movies very often. And it combines all the things I like: War (entertainment wise, it know in reality its hell on earth), action, EXPLOSIONS (MICHAEL BAY!), and an alien invasion of Earth. And it's actually super realistic.
Excluding all the crap Hollywood will try to put into their movies, which this movie has some. Ok, so now here is the actual review! ***THIS WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS****
PLOT/SYNOPSIS:
Battle: Los Angeles is a sci-fi thriller in which aliens surprisingly and swiftly, attack our coastal cities in en effort to drive us away from the ocean, so they can harvest our water. So far so good. Recently, I've read some alien invasion stories or whatever, and they never explain why they show up (COUGH* SKYLINE *COUGH). So I was impressed when they included a motive for their arrival. The story revolves a soon to be retired Marine Staff Sergeant, Michael Nantz, who just before retiring, gets thrust into service to evacuate civilians. He is joined by a battalion of Marines, each distinctive from each other. The down side is that they tried to characterize too many characters before the action started. They weren't well developed. And the dialogue could have been better. By the end of the movie, all the main characters are left, so their personalities have been developed some. This has been the biggest downfall for this movie according to critics; the lack of characterization. But honestly, this move is a WAR movie. Lots of fighting and guys being men. We didn't come to see the movie to watch characters develop. We came to watch America kick some alien ass. Which that definitely delivered.
The battle itself lasts 2+ days. 1st day we get utterly pwned. The 2nd day, our hero Staff Sergeant, and his squad wipes out the alien control center, severely crippling the alien war machine. The 2nd also shows a counter attack, as a quickly assembled army gets organized to take back Los Angeles. I didn't exactly like that about the movie. I kinda felt we won too fast. Independence day did this too. I don't see how a completely unknown, vastly advanced enemy could be taken down in a matter of days. I mean give me an alien invasion movie in which we don't totally own the aliens within 48 hours. Or, just make a series out of it (Which I really hope they do with Battle: LA), have each movie be a phase/battle in the war that should be lasting decades.
And also what I don't like is the American aspect of this. I know this is an American film, intended for Americans, but ALL the alien invasion movies I've seen take place in the US. Even War of the Worlds, which the original book took place in England. I don't have a big problem with this, but I wanna see variety. How did China deal with them? Germany? England? France (they obviously lose by default)? Japan? That would be cool to have a different perspective. Also, in the opening of the film, the general in the press conference says that 12 different locations around the globe were attacked. He also says that New York, Boston, San Fran, and San Diego have been attacked. Including Los Angeles, almost half of the alien force attack America. There's two sides to this coin. Any advanced alien species would obviously scout us out before attacking. And America, being the world's powerhouse, would probably be first on their list to wipe out. Which would make sense, militarily. But on the flip side, they have half of their force attacking America, and they are relying on the other half to attack the other 6 billion people on Earth. To me, that's terrible strategy. IF aliens were to attack, I think they would be smart enough to completely overwhelm us, and not just pick 12 spots to invade. And with those 12 spots they have to conquer us. Or at least push us far enough away to stop them from taking our water. The general in the opening says that this is a "textbook military invasion." That may be true, for the United States. For the world, not so much.
I was also kinda disappointed in the amount of aliens that attacked. You never see more than about 13 aliens at a time (which I'm ok with; excluding the news footage of the first attack), but I want to see LA totally bomb rushed by aliens. I really hope they weren't expecting to kill 6+ billion people with just thousands of soldiers.
In short, I love the plot. It's what I like. I think it's totally original, and I'm kinda jealous I didn't think of it first.
THE ALIENS
The aliens were pretty cool. I absolutely LOVE how Jonathan Liebsman (?) created them. My favorite aspect is their arrival, which is in the opening video. That clip has a ton of attention to detail. The crashed craft on the beach, the aerial shot of ground combat, and the meteor shower. I love how they came. The meteor entry craft is pretty sweet. The footage of the meteors falling above LA I think is phenomenal. I've watched that scene hundreds of times because it's so freaking awesome. They did fantastic with it.
The aliens themselves are pretty cool. I mean, they're your cliche alien (Something bipedal, that's not human) but they always seem to make a different alien in the movies. The Battle: LA alien is a really tall, squid looking humanoid, with an ovalish head, two feet, and pretty much humanoid in everything else.
In one scene, they dissect an alien. Which, again, I loved. You get a cool up close look at them, and from the extras I saw on DVD, they spent A LOT of time trying to perfect the alien subject. They were original, and had similar fighting styles to our soldiers (I.E, they duck, they hide behind cover, they work in squads). Different, but I thought it was cool they put that in.
What I dislike about the aliens, is their vehicles. To me, it looks like they had a prodigious amount of duck tape handy, and they got bored in a junkyard. The alien craft look like flying heaps of metal, it looks like crap and that it was made from a junkyard. I hated that. Super advanced aliens visit Earth, and pwn us with flying hunks of metal. I'm not saying they looked retarded, I'm saying it would be like if America went to the military bone yard, and put together an Army of WW2 Sherman Tanks and reinforced them with whatever spare junk they could find. That was the only problem I had with the aliens. I'll give Skyline credit, the ONLY thing they did better than Battle: LA were the aliens. Skyline offered your classic alien warships and stuff. Battle: LA didn't, but delivered on everything else.
Well, it's 3:11 right now and I'm tired.
I'll finish the review in future blog posts!
Tell me what ya think about it, or about the movie in general. I thought it was great! Chow!
Ian Quote Of The Day: "Hasn't the History Channel taught you anything? War is freaking awesome!"
Sunday, January 1, 2012
HAPPY NEW YEARS!
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Yep, the video of the day is my edited mash up of Halo and Battle: Los Angeles! I would love to get more views on it, and it get more popular! :)
Well, its 2:30 in the morning. This Christmas Break has completely screwed up my internal clock. I'm not even tired, and I think I'll be up for longer. Its gonna suck having to go back to school!
Well, It's officially 2012. And honestly, I've never really understood why we celebrate it. I mean, we're celebrating an interval of time that we as humans set up, helping to categorize time. And we completed a cycle. Its just like any other day, just today happened to be on the place where our calenders stopped recording. Don't get me wrong, I still celebrate it and party n such, I just don't really see what the big deal about it is. And why do we care that we finished another year? Do we expect that the world will end every year, then celebrate us cheating death? Kinda a strange holiday if you ask me.
Anyway, today was like most holidays. Woke up, and spent the whole day with family and friends. Gotta love it! Played some games, ate brunch, played games, ate dinner, went to Joey's house and partied! Woot!
Then I went home to play BF3 with David and James until the new year, and kept playing until they needed to sleep. Left a party to play video games? Fo sho. I don't care, I had loads of fun either way!
FOOTBALL.
The last week of the regular season is tomorrow, and there's so many playoffs spots yet to be determined! The AFC West and NFC East both hang in the balance, and both conference Wild Card spots are still open! Its gonna be crazy! Here is my projected bracket:
AFC PLAYOFFS:
AFC EAST Champion: New England Patriots (First Round Bye)
AFC NORTH Champion: Baltimore Ravens (First Round Bye)
AFC SOUTH Champion: Houston Texans (3rd Seed)
AFC WEST Champion (Still up in the air): Denver Broncos (4th Seed)
WILD CARD TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers, and Cincinatti Bengals (Gut feeling)
NFC PLAYOFFS:
NFC NORTH Champion: Green Bay Packers (First Round Bye)
NFC SOUTH Champion: New Orleans Saints (First Round Bye With Win and 49er's Loss)
NFC WEST Champion: San Francisco 49er's (First Round Bye With Win and Saints Loss)
NFC EAST Champion (Still up for grabs, winner take all tomorrow): New York Giants (4th Seed).
WILD CARD TEAMS: Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions
That's my predictions/what has already been clinched.
It's crazy. I'm a Bronco fan, yet I'd never thought I'd be cheering for the Chargers AND Chiefs to win in the same week. All we need is for the Chargers to beat the Raiders, and we clinch the division. Personally, with Kyle Orton returning to Denver with a playoff spot on the line, I want the Chiefs to beat Denver. Just because I think it would be hilarious if the hated Orton came back to Denver and showed Tim Tebow what's up. I would laugh so hard. Considering all my fans hated me when I wanted Orton as my QB during the win streak. I would love for Orton to beat Tebow. It would be great for Orton coming back to the place where everyone hated him, then beating his preferred back up. HAHAHAHA man, I can't wait! I still think the Broncos will make the playoffs as the division champs, but losing to Kyle Orton would make my fantasy football epic fallout not as bad!
GO ORTON!!!
Ian Quote Of The Day: "Ben pretty much said, 'SCREW THIS!' Stabbed the Witch King to death, sieged and took Minas Morgul, then marched straight into Mordor and said, 'Come at me, bro!'"
That's how I do.
Lord Of The Rings: Total War FTW.
Yes, it is as epic as it sounds.
^^^^^^^^^
Yep, the video of the day is my edited mash up of Halo and Battle: Los Angeles! I would love to get more views on it, and it get more popular! :)
Well, its 2:30 in the morning. This Christmas Break has completely screwed up my internal clock. I'm not even tired, and I think I'll be up for longer. Its gonna suck having to go back to school!
Well, It's officially 2012. And honestly, I've never really understood why we celebrate it. I mean, we're celebrating an interval of time that we as humans set up, helping to categorize time. And we completed a cycle. Its just like any other day, just today happened to be on the place where our calenders stopped recording. Don't get me wrong, I still celebrate it and party n such, I just don't really see what the big deal about it is. And why do we care that we finished another year? Do we expect that the world will end every year, then celebrate us cheating death? Kinda a strange holiday if you ask me.
Anyway, today was like most holidays. Woke up, and spent the whole day with family and friends. Gotta love it! Played some games, ate brunch, played games, ate dinner, went to Joey's house and partied! Woot!
Then I went home to play BF3 with David and James until the new year, and kept playing until they needed to sleep. Left a party to play video games? Fo sho. I don't care, I had loads of fun either way!
FOOTBALL.
The last week of the regular season is tomorrow, and there's so many playoffs spots yet to be determined! The AFC West and NFC East both hang in the balance, and both conference Wild Card spots are still open! Its gonna be crazy! Here is my projected bracket:
AFC PLAYOFFS:
AFC EAST Champion: New England Patriots (First Round Bye)
AFC NORTH Champion: Baltimore Ravens (First Round Bye)
AFC SOUTH Champion: Houston Texans (3rd Seed)
AFC WEST Champion (Still up in the air): Denver Broncos (4th Seed)
WILD CARD TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers, and Cincinatti Bengals (Gut feeling)
NFC PLAYOFFS:
NFC NORTH Champion: Green Bay Packers (First Round Bye)
NFC SOUTH Champion: New Orleans Saints (First Round Bye With Win and 49er's Loss)
NFC WEST Champion: San Francisco 49er's (First Round Bye With Win and Saints Loss)
NFC EAST Champion (Still up for grabs, winner take all tomorrow): New York Giants (4th Seed).
WILD CARD TEAMS: Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions
That's my predictions/what has already been clinched.
It's crazy. I'm a Bronco fan, yet I'd never thought I'd be cheering for the Chargers AND Chiefs to win in the same week. All we need is for the Chargers to beat the Raiders, and we clinch the division. Personally, with Kyle Orton returning to Denver with a playoff spot on the line, I want the Chiefs to beat Denver. Just because I think it would be hilarious if the hated Orton came back to Denver and showed Tim Tebow what's up. I would laugh so hard. Considering all my fans hated me when I wanted Orton as my QB during the win streak. I would love for Orton to beat Tebow. It would be great for Orton coming back to the place where everyone hated him, then beating his preferred back up. HAHAHAHA man, I can't wait! I still think the Broncos will make the playoffs as the division champs, but losing to Kyle Orton would make my fantasy football epic fallout not as bad!
GO ORTON!!!
Ian Quote Of The Day: "Ben pretty much said, 'SCREW THIS!' Stabbed the Witch King to death, sieged and took Minas Morgul, then marched straight into Mordor and said, 'Come at me, bro!'"
That's how I do.
Lord Of The Rings: Total War FTW.
Yes, it is as epic as it sounds.
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