I recentley saw a metric buttload of stuff recentley, I might as well review them.
-Coraline-Very interesting movie, pretty well done. It was a bit hard to tell what was stopmotion and what was 3D...The story is one of those simple but effective stories that harkens back to the kind of tales you hear as a kid.
-Rush Hour 3-A Dissapointment. It was too short, didn't do enough, had too many cliches, and the ending is so redicuously abrubt that I could hardly believe it. At least the coreography was good, but it wasn't as creative as past Jackie Chan movies have been. I think it's time for him to retire from being in movies, I get the feeling like he's tired out of people using him.
-The Spirit-I heard that the critics didn't like this one. While I do think it isn't exactly the best movie ever, I actually liked this one. I found its quirkiness quite fun.
-Blood: The Last Vampire-(The original anime short, not the recent live-action one based off it) For the minimal storyline, it's actually kinda interesting. Also, I gotta say, when I see how monstrous the vamps are in this, I can't help but point and say "You see that? THAT is what vampires should look like, they're raw, violently bloody demons, not sparkly prettyboys." (I think you all know what I'm referring to there...)
-Watchmen-A long but rather satisfying comic-book movie. I found the alternate history and the grittiness of it all a rather interesting take on the superhero genre. Rorsach is defientley my favorite character, I really felt for his character and I felt that I could understand where he came from and why he acts the way he does. Not to mention that he looks pretty friggin' awesome with the suit and hat, etc. Coincidnetley I've actually got a model of him for Gmod, and I now plan to use him in a future Pretention and Prestiege comic.
-Hand Maid May-(Anime series) Honestly, I started watching this on accident, I swear! Anyways, I watched the entire series in one day, and thought it was actually pretty funny and rather sweet, all things considered.
I also watched the first Tomb Raider movie again. Not the best, but a heckuva lot better then the 2nd one. It's kinda cool to see Croft Manor as it appears in the movie and how well the re-created it in the more recent Tomb Raider games.
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I've recentley become less and less motivated to draw, which is why I have so much 3D and Gmod stuff posted as of late. It's much easier to make stuff in 3D then to draw something and worry about things like recreating details, perspective, and worst of all, coloring. I can color things, but I find that the inking and coloring process always quickly bores me, which is why I have so many drawings that I say I'm going to color but end up not coloring...
However, I have actually worked on a few drawings lately that I haven't gotten around to scanning yet. I've been continuing re-designing some of my characters and a few of the redesigns are stuff I'm relatively proud of.
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Since it's a new month, I'll try to get another Pretention and Prestiege comic in sometime, as per my "at least one comic a month" goal. Oh, and the story arc I've mentioned before? It's not going to be part of it anymore. I've taken that idea and put that aside for now, because I have some bigger and better ideas for it that I plan to go into detail about later. P+P will continue on as just random sketches, just like the original became.
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I'm falling behind on schoolwork a bit lately. I need to start focusing more of my time on my work...
Along those lines, I can't believe I'm actually finally going to go into student housing next quarter...I hope it'll be alright...I believe that I'm capable of managing mostly on my own...I'll just try to do my best.
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A lot of titles for the core gamer have been announced for Wii latley, mostly from Japan. I'm glad the little white box is finally getting some respect from the 3rd parties.
"Monster Hunter 3" Looks amazing, I definatley want to check it out.
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I've been trying out playing the other classes in Team Fortress 2 besides my mains, the Engineer and the Pyro. Sniper is pretty fun, but challenging. At the same time, however, I think the Sniper's the worst class. I've got a few reasons why...
-Snipers never really focus on completling objectives such as stealing the enemy's intel, or capturing control points, they always stand far away from the action. This is especially bad when playing on 2Fort, where all they ever do is go to the front balcony and shoot at the other snipers on the other balcony, instead of actually going into the enemy base and getting the briefcase.
-They're some of the easiest targets to hit, because they always stand in once place, only able to see what's in front of their scopes. That makes it easy for them to be taken by suprise when someone gets up really close.
-There are too many of them. No team needs 6 snipers. Please try playing different classes for goodness' sake, like the Medic. Every team could use more Medics.
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Some of you already know this already if you've been watching some of my more recent Gmod pics, but I also recentley Downloaded "Neotokyo", a free Multiplayer Mod of the Source Engine. It takes place in a futuristic Japan setting and was inspired greatley by the anime "Ghost in the Shell". The entire game is pretty much a "Capture the Flag" game, but unlike most games of the genre, you're only given a limited amount of ammo and there's no respawn, so you have to focus more on survival. The Art Style is awesome, it's a realistic take on the sort of stuff you'd see in a Sci-Fi anime. There are also a few fun easter egg references scattered throughout some of the levels, such as the laughing man logo from Ghost in the Shell, and, as I showed in one of my Gmod pictures, a shop full of Seargent Frog stuff.
I actually haven't played it in awhile, but I'm willing to try it again sometime soon.
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Youtube Stuff:
"Epic Mickey"-a rumored upcoming Wii game with a dark twist on classic Disney-
[link]"Heavy Orders an Xbox 360"-
[link]A brand new type of motion capture that only requires the program and two webcams-
[link]The Engineer's Message to Spies everywhere:
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. I've been thinking for awhile on how to approach the new version of the series, and exploring Gmod for inspiration, and I've come up with some ideas for a general story arc. Here's the story idea I have at the moment:
