Nerdwatch: Predators and The Last Airbender
So, I didn't die!
I just lost internet access for like a week and a half.
But I'm back on Oahu now, which means reliable internet, so hopefully I won't miss any more updates.
POTC 4:
OHHHHHMYGOD.
So, they're filming the new Pirates of the Caribbean in Oahu and Kauai'i, right? Well, I was just driving down the highway from Honolulu over to Kailua when, randomly, there was a crane lowering a bunch of junk from a sightseeing parking lot down into the cove near the blowhole. So, I pulled over and, holy shit, it was set stuff for the new movie.
so I kiiiiiiind of maybe flipped out.
But you know what was awesome?
I touched one of the boats :D
/nerd
The Last Airbender:
Ehhh. Well, I saw about the last half hour of the movie.
It was... Okay?
But what really bugged me was 1. the inexplicable mispronunciation of freaking everybody's names. I mean, AHHHHNG and SOOOOOOKKA and EEEEEROOH. The fuck? And 2. the bending was kind of off. The actor would do like six poses, and the puddle in front of them would sort of flop around. And the whole, "Firebenders must have fire present!" thing was bullshit.
If you look at it militarily, there's no way that the Fire Nation could've basically taken over the world if they needed to carry around a source of fire. The Airbenders could've just blown the fire out, and the Waterbenders could've put it our with their bending. Hello.
The whole point of the Fire Nation being so powerful was that they possessed the most dangerous element and could, oh yeah, just make it appear. Ugh.
The internet, however, is awesome. And it made pretty huge rebuttal.
IO9's Review: "Shaymalan Finally Made A Comedy"
cleolinda Basically Summing It Up
Ursula K. Le Guin's Tales of Earthsea:
... Is going to be a movie.
But not any movie, no.
It's going to be a Studio Ghibli, Goro Miazaki movie.
And it's going to be out next month.
HOLY BALLS.
Review: Predators (2010)
- Oh look, it's Adrian Brody. Falling out of a plane. Ouch.
- And here's the Russian, and the black guy, and the convict, and the love interest, and the Yakuza dude with no shoes. Also the dude from That 70's Show.
- Psychotropic plant foreshadowing, ohhhh~
- Hey check it out, we're in a magnetic pole.
- Oh yeah, good idea. Abandon the nice clearing with water and vantage points in favor of the dark scary jungle. VERY SMART.
- Black guy dies.
- WE'RE ON PANDORA! Oh, wait.
- Hot Chick is offended, we get a synapsis of the Governator's Greatest Hits.
- Black guy is replaced.
- "Who are you?!" "I... Am... MORPHEUS!"
- Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to... The giant foreboding drilling machine?
- Yakuza can talk! Hoshit, a katana!
- "It is very old." What like, samurai old? Cause that's a movie I'd pay to see.
- Some Necessary Romantic Bonding
- Morpheus looses it.
- Predators show up.
- Russian dies.
- FUCKING SAMURAI/PREDATOR FIGHT. IN A MOONLIT FIELD. Where have I seen this before?
- Yakuza dies.
- Eric gets chomped. Hot chick Morally Objects to Adrian Brody's pragmatism.
- Which immediately bites her in the ass.
- "Hello my name is Eric Foreman and I'm a serial killer."
- Adrian Brody and Mini Predator, now BFFs.
- TO THE SHIP!
- (but not really)
- Mini Predator dies.
- Ship explodes. Luckily, Adrian Brody is...
- ... Saving Hot Chick and using Eric as grenade fodder.
- ... And then he bludgeons the Predator to death.
- SHIRTLESS
- Dayyyyum.
- Okay, Adrian Brody's arms. And his abs. And, ugh just Adrian Brody.
- And then there's some mushy fluff. "I'm Royce." "I'm Isabel." /MAKEOUTS
- Hey look, is the a sequel I see falling wearing that parachute?
Conclusion: SO FREAKING AWESOME.
Okies, that's it for today kids
I just lost internet access for like a week and a half.
But I'm back on Oahu now, which means reliable internet, so hopefully I won't miss any more updates.
POTC 4:
OHHHHHMYGOD.
So, they're filming the new Pirates of the Caribbean in Oahu and Kauai'i, right? Well, I was just driving down the highway from Honolulu over to Kailua when, randomly, there was a crane lowering a bunch of junk from a sightseeing parking lot down into the cove near the blowhole. So, I pulled over and, holy shit, it was set stuff for the new movie.
so I kiiiiiiind of maybe flipped out.
But you know what was awesome?
I touched one of the boats :D
/nerd
The Last Airbender:
Ehhh. Well, I saw about the last half hour of the movie.
It was... Okay?
But what really bugged me was 1. the inexplicable mispronunciation of freaking everybody's names. I mean, AHHHHNG and SOOOOOOKKA and EEEEEROOH. The fuck? And 2. the bending was kind of off. The actor would do like six poses, and the puddle in front of them would sort of flop around. And the whole, "Firebenders must have fire present!" thing was bullshit.
If you look at it militarily, there's no way that the Fire Nation could've basically taken over the world if they needed to carry around a source of fire. The Airbenders could've just blown the fire out, and the Waterbenders could've put it our with their bending. Hello.
The whole point of the Fire Nation being so powerful was that they possessed the most dangerous element and could, oh yeah, just make it appear. Ugh.
The internet, however, is awesome. And it made pretty huge rebuttal.
IO9's Review: "Shaymalan Finally Made A Comedy"
cleolinda Basically Summing It Up
Ursula K. Le Guin's Tales of Earthsea:
... Is going to be a movie.
But not any movie, no.
It's going to be a Studio Ghibli, Goro Miazaki movie.
And it's going to be out next month.
HOLY BALLS.
Click to viewReview: Predators (2010)
- Oh look, it's Adrian Brody. Falling out of a plane. Ouch.
- And here's the Russian, and the black guy, and the convict, and the love interest, and the Yakuza dude with no shoes. Also the dude from That 70's Show.
- Psychotropic plant foreshadowing, ohhhh~
- Hey check it out, we're in a magnetic pole.
- Oh yeah, good idea. Abandon the nice clearing with water and vantage points in favor of the dark scary jungle. VERY SMART.
- Black guy dies.
- WE'RE ON PANDORA! Oh, wait.
- Hot Chick is offended, we get a synapsis of the Governator's Greatest Hits.
- Black guy is replaced.
- "Who are you?!" "I... Am... MORPHEUS!"
- Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to... The giant foreboding drilling machine?
- Yakuza can talk! Hoshit, a katana!
- "It is very old." What like, samurai old? Cause that's a movie I'd pay to see.
- Some Necessary Romantic Bonding
- Morpheus looses it.
- Predators show up.
- Russian dies.
- FUCKING SAMURAI/PREDATOR FIGHT. IN A MOONLIT FIELD. Where have I seen this before?
- Yakuza dies.
- Eric gets chomped. Hot chick Morally Objects to Adrian Brody's pragmatism.
- Which immediately bites her in the ass.
- "Hello my name is Eric Foreman and I'm a serial killer."
- Adrian Brody and Mini Predator, now BFFs.
- TO THE SHIP!
- (but not really)
- Mini Predator dies.
- Ship explodes. Luckily, Adrian Brody is...
- ... Saving Hot Chick and using Eric as grenade fodder.
- ... And then he bludgeons the Predator to death.
- SHIRTLESS
- Dayyyyum.
- Okay, Adrian Brody's arms. And his abs. And, ugh just Adrian Brody.
- And then there's some mushy fluff. "I'm Royce." "I'm Isabel." /MAKEOUTS
- Hey look, is the a sequel I see falling wearing that parachute?
Conclusion: SO FREAKING AWESOME.
Okies, that's it for today kids