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Hey guys and gals, just a reminder that my Enhancegirl Contest (details to be found in previous journal entries) finishes at the end of this month, so y'all don't have too much time left if you want to submit an entry.
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My Thoughts on Spider-Man: Far From Home
I know I'm very late to the party on this one. I just rewatched it recently, so I thought I might as well give it my hot takes, because I think it sort of stands out as an odd middle-of-the-roader. It doesn't reach the heights, and it's not an execrable dumpster-fire - it sits in between them. But by that I don't just mean that it's middle of the road, that wouldn't be worth talking about. It's a weird movie: not quite like anything else in its franchise, but not groundbreaking. I will say I appreciate the change of setting. Putting Spider-Man somewhere other than the States for the majority of the movie was a nice change of pace from other entries, and gives the film a degree of visual identity. Even though the first attempt at a solo Spider-Man movie crashed and burned, and the one after this was infinitely superior in about every respect, this one's become a bit lost in the shuffle. I appreciate the film's focus on the romance between Peter and MJ. It can get a little cheesy in
FF8 Character Ramble
Our worlds are in danger. To save them we must discuss the Final Fantasy 8 characters. It is our mission. Squall! Rinoa! Quistis! Irvine! Zell! Selphie! Transform and... ...go away. _______________________________________________________________________________ Dip #1: Squall Leonhart Squall, Squall, Squall... what is there to say about you? There's a little more to him than literally nothing, but not a lot more. Squall is introduced to us as simply one of many prospective SeeD candidates, albeit one who's already being touted as especially skilled and powerful by SeeD standards. The stupid kid is only 17, and I guess that makes me a little more forgiving of some of his annoyances. He's very much designed to appeal to the teenage crowd as a handsome, misunderstood loner around whom ladies are still, inevitably, swooning. Effectively the game revolves around his romance with Rinoa (more on her later). He's introduced to her at a post-graduation dance and is obviously rather
Final Fantasy 8 Ramble
Does anyone need this? Another person giving their opinions on this game? No. No-one needs this. I don't need this. Why am I doing it, then? Who can say? Certainly not you, as much as I know you want to. Don't try, please. You'll embarrass both of us. Unlike Tales of Symphonia, about which I also rambled a few months ago, FF8 is not near or dear to my heart. Unlike its older brother, my beloved of beloveds FF7, or its hip younger sister FF9 which I also came to embrace relatively dearly, I took a long ass time to get to FF8, only having played the whole game for the first time very recently. So I'm just sort of going to give you my rambling first impressions of the experience. First question: is it a good game? Uh... yeah, I think so. Just about. I always felt like I was having a good bit of fun with the actual gameplay; the narrative doesn't piss you about that much so there's a reasonable sense of progress. It wasn't tooth-grindingly difficult (which, in FF games, when they get
Thoughts on Tales of Symphonia: Characters
Our worlds are in danger. To save them we must discuss the Tales of Symphonia characters. Okay I'm going to go in a weird order here but there's method to my madness and if you don't like it well look down uh-oh motherfucker there's a trapdoor beneath you uh-oh you're in Swanage now, have fun Lloyd Irving; VA: Scott Menville; Seiyuu: Katsuyuki Konishi Lloyd is the hero of our story. As the last post indicated, Lloyd is a big dum-dum. But it's to a purpose. I think he goes through a pretty convincing boy-2-man journey. Lemme break it down. A bit of a theme of ToS is that everyone fucks up, and the point is not never to fuck up - because you will at some time - the point is to be able to recognise your mistakes and make up for them, or at the very least try to change tack on the way you do things if it's not working. Well if that's gonna be a theme, you've got to give your hero a big fuck-up - and they do. Lloyd manages to get his hometown... not entirely destroyed, but a bunch of
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I just noticed this, obviously i'm going to have to make an effort now.
How do you make a submission?
Do i post in my gallery with a link or send a copy to you or... what?
Looks like i only have four days left to do something worth while... this should be interesting to see if i have time to work anything up that's worth while.
I just noticed this, obviously i'm going to have to make an effort now.
How do you make a submission?
Do i post in my gallery with a link or send a copy to you or... what?
Looks like i only have four days left to do something worth while... this should be interesting to see if i have time to work anything up that's worth while.