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Finished watching the RTE Drama 'Amber' on Netflix these past two days, and while I did admire the show, I found it difficult to calculate what direction the show was heading in? The series began with a mere simple question: Where's Amber? Which then translated into: What happened? Then suddenly… it ended. I don't want to spoil too much for those interested in it, but while I have my issues with it, I liked it enough to trudge through it in two sittings. I'm curious as to whether the show will have a second series to follow up, seeing as it would either be nice to continue following the father's descent into madness, per se, or perhaps even follow a new family subjected to the agony of the occult;however I'd like to see a crossover, perhaps, with the previous family to do with a grander scale to follow – one can only dream…
Think I may end up starting 'The Fall' tomorrow, or Friday since I've been eager to get on it since beginning 'Luther' a few weeks back. The trailer didn't give too many details as to what I should be anticipating; the comments, though, provided a clear perspective as to not be disappointed, which I haven't been with the RTE and BBC programmes
Finished up The Force Unleashed II an hour or two ago, thankfully
Spent most of my day solely trying to acquire a single collectible I missed – there was no in-game stats to even check which missions had all the collectibles obtained!! 
There was one cool thing about the entire product and that was the fact that the cinematic set pieces were authentic and all spectacle I'm unsure as to what to start now, or even finish, to be honest. I said that I'd finish PAYDAY 2 as soon as I got TFU2 out of the way, but I can't bring myself up to it at the current state.
Lord of the Rings has taken the backburner, even though I've been really enjoying it despite the freezing catastrophe Kris, Em, and I encountered.
My friend finally let me hold his copy of Red Dead, but it accidentally showed up 2 days prior of GTA V's release, so the one guy I was going to play with for a bit while I waited for Jack and Kris already loaded up GTA, thus making me question what else to do? Maybe I'll start the single player portion to keep me busy for a bit since I truly don't want to begin anything new such as Diablo III nor do I feel up to finishing Borderlands 2 or MGS4 as of now.
Aside from my sporadic gaming that's been ensueing for the past month, I've been spending quite sometime reading a few good books lately and finished up the exquisite novel: The Road. Aw man, just a labor of love throughout
Red Dragon's next up, with Lost Girls following there after 
gr8jrfan said:
Seibei4211 said:
The medbay cannot revive dead people.
Except that it literally does…
And this isn't bitching. This is discussion and pointing out plot holes and inconsistencies.
Actually, no it does not; the entirety of the Medbay is to cure any abnormalities possible in a human being, not to revive them, which was addressed throughout the film numerous times.
Also, you're not wrong for not liking Elysium and I'm not right for liking it; we've different tastes in film. You weren't necessarily wrong for enjoying Man of Steel as much as you did, I just wanted to point out how you claimed that the problems others had with the film were just “nitpicks”, when in retrospect, they weren't. Hell, if you want to know a film everyone else thinks is flawed and I enjoyed the hell out of, Kick-Ass 2 is right there for you – I loved that film from start to finish, and blatantly saw all of it's flaws, however I was immersed and invested that I didn't give a single ***NO PROFANE LANGUAGE PLEASE*** as to what others thought.
Kick-Ass is one of my favorite films, 2 didn't break boundaries, however I loved it thoroughly
@ gr8
I saw the film on release and should've lowered my expectations, to be honest; it's Bloomkamp's second film, so trying to reach the pinnacle heights of District 9 would've been awfully impossible for him to do, and even if he even did, there still would've been drivel criticism.
To address the first point, they didn't particularly “copy” anything from District 9, since it could be Bloomkamp's direction he likes to control for his films, which I absolutely adore. The violence actually settles in the film quite nicely, due to the film's overall themes of how harsh, dire, and downright brutal it is to live in this particular world at that time; maybe WALL-E will suit your needs?
Also, to inform you, Sharlto Copley is from South Africa, so the accent you witnessed during the film could truly have been his original accent.Another thing goes out to the problems of the grenade: I'm somewhat puzzled by that scene; I'm not doctor, so I didn't question it at all since Star Trek Into Darkness had a similar problem towards the end. As for the black tendril scene, I can't comment too much on that since it's been a month since I've seen the film – could have been hinted at earlier what it does?
Jodie Foster's death would've been much more ameliorate if this film possessed a writer supporting Bloomkamp, instead of him soley writing the script – District 9 featured Terri Tatchell (who's actually not too bad looking
) as the main screenwriter where as Bloomkamp took the backseat. Also, to point out, those machines to resurrect people weren't present, I don't believe, and even if so, the nurse (Damon's “love” interest) was sure as hell not going to risk her and her child's life putting some cunt back into that machine when you have sociopathic war criminals scouring all throughout Elysium. The cherry blossom tree used in the background was more of a symbolic/metaphoric use, from my personal perspective, since from what I remember it there was a red center with white around it? Anywho, it more than likely stood for how Elysium (white) represented innocence and purity while the blood (red) being shed by others was what formed Elysium, meaning people died to either get there or to keep this society in-tact. Oh, please, let me explain the data surge portion of the film, since it's relatively simple, I think; during the first portion of the film, Matt is given the exoskeleton, which is connected to the back of his brain. The reason I bring this up is because when during the middle half of the fim, when the “heist” occurs, Matt is supposed to put any intel the guy had in into the skeleton, but to be more precise, his brain. Later in the film, when Matt and Spider realize what has to happen in order to give Matt's “love” interest's daughter normality, he has to connect his brain to the program which would have to shut down Elysium completely – essentially override the entire system then bring it back with entirely new coding and software. If that doesn't make sense to you, basically, Matt's brain had the data and in order to transfer the data, he would practically have all his brain fried, etc. to have the overriding process completed.
The reason critics probably didn't care too much for the flaws of the film was due to Bloomkamp's inexperience with developing a proper script on his own and holds the film with the beautiful visual effects presented. Also, don't listen to Rotten Tomatoes – their site is riddled with pompous critics or spout bullshit across the board.
From my personal opinion, I think I would've loved Elysium if I went in with a different mindset instead of expecting a rehash of District 9, essentially. The film boasts gorgeous visual effects that pleasure the eye as well as questioning problems that we face in our current modern day world. I found the different languages spoken on Elysium and Earth to be very intrigueing and interesting due to how French is spoken for the higher class individuals where as Spanish is a lower class language, per se, but that requires me to list reasons for those languages that you wouldn't even read anyway.
I actually wouldn't mind seeing Elysium again, especially in an IMAX theater to properly enjoy it. It's a film that I'm going to be more than happy to purchase on Blu-ray to enjoy with great sound and flawless visuals.
Pain & Gain was actually very entertaining with some great performances from Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg. Some of the events that occurred in the film were drivel, and Mark's character was irritating a good parts of the time with me finding it difficult to try to find a real motivation as to why Mark wanted to even perform these crimes? Oh well….
Entered the crime syndicate on Friday, that is PAYDAY 2. Bought this game on release and am slowly regretting it; the game lacks the “charm” PAYDAY: The Heist had, as well as any replayability or challenges. It's been fun with the crew I've been with, however it's single player irredeemably makes it unplayable without friends. The heists included with the game are baffling due to how uninteresting they are. Also, the game has this serious and dramatic tone to it – most of the heists are set in the dark, the dialogue is life-threatening most of the time, and every heist is practically a simulator; there's nothing like the inventive Undercover heist in PAYDAY: The Heist where there's a limo falling through the building while you're sawing it with police assaults occurring.
I've been hopping on Uncharted 2 frequently, due to the drivel boosting I participate in; Uncharted 3 GOTY is sitting on my shelf, alongside my original copy of Uncharted 3, for boosting later on. I'm actually quite stoked to begin the co-op portion of 3 soon, since I enjoyed the hell of it previously with a good friend of mine
Depending on if a friend of my let's me grab a hold of his copy of Red Dead this week or so, then I'll be on top of that like white on rice since I've been having an urge to play it for the past month or so – not related to GTA V in any way
I773D33MABL3 said:
@scotty
Don't be so harsh on Apocalypse Now man, you need to realise that it really is a movie of it's era. It's like The Deer Hunter. At the time it pushed boundaries and was shocking. But the themes have all been done to death since then so we just see a watered down version of what we're fed regularely.
Yeah, I know, man; you do know Apocalypse Now is just an adaptation of Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, eh? Apologies for being a prick – just enjoy letting people know
Anyway, I've seen my far share of cinema since my last post; You're Next, Silent Hell Revelation (half-way through), The Collection, and some other things – more than likely forgettable trash.
You're Next is easily one of my top films of this year alongside Star Trek Into Darkness and The Place Beyond The Pines
The film is reminiscent of Scream, a childhood classic for me, due to it's hilariously vicious depiction of the genre it presents: horror-comedy. The killers are incredibly iconic due to their masks and the sheer brutality each kill is presented; one kill was hysterical from start to finish!! One of the features of this film I enjoyed tremendously was the fact that it's a Cat and Mouse game – one of the victims becomes the hunter and begins to hunt the other hunters, which is definitely a change of pace from the usual Friday the 13th-esque, film. While I love those films, I'm absolutely bored of the same attempt at home invasion/serial-killer horrors that involve the deus ex machina towards the end where the victim magically saves the day 
Worthy of the 2 wait
The Collection on the other hand, was one hell of an enjoyment. It's one of the first films in a while where I was thoroughly immersed and enjoying it, where I didn't care about whatever problems were presented in it's script or direction – it was fun. While The Collector, I feel, was an alright film, The Collection evolves the stakes on a whole new level with one of the most bad ass endings around! Finally, a film where it delivers a kick ass ending these types of films don't present
As for Silent Hill Revelation, it's a joke of a film; it's script is terrible, the acting is a mixture of being wooden with Shakespearean type delivery of the dialogue. I'm going to continue watching it until the end 'cause it's been hitting every funny bone in my body
The Force Unleashed II
Super Stardust HD
WipEout HD
Guardians of Middle-Earth
Dungeon Siege: Alliance
Borderlands
Borderlands 2 (Nearly there!)
Starhawk (Campaign)
Demon's Souls
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
X-COM: Enemy Unknown
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
The King of Fighters XIII
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
RocketBirds: Hardboiled Chicken
Alien Breed: Impact
So far, that's off the top of my head; it doesn't include the games I need to finish for the plat, DLC, etc. It'll get done, though – don't plan on ending up like Em!!
