I watched the Percy Jackson movie today and it wasn't as bad as I imagined. The whole concept of "demi-gods" just rubbed me the wrong way from the start (automatic Mary-Sue, anyone?), but once you got over that -- and the movie facilitated the process a hundredfold by casting Hunt from Grey's Anatomy as POSEIDON and planting him in a Greek thigh- ( Read more... )

Yup, bet you've heard that before. No, I really am not dead. I just have been having way too much fun playing Harvest Moon and watching movies. Oh my dear Lord Harry Potter is out, I thought it wasn't until the 19th?! Whatever, just shows how behind the loop I am.

Have written a lot, just not been satisfied with any of it :/ I have posted a "five ( Read more... )

Erm... well aren't sequels always worse than the original? Basically it was like the first movie, except 3 times longer (allowing for the 3 times more complicated plot) and with 900% more violence! Oh, and specism. Yeah, I hate Hollywood. I mean, it's not enough that movies are misogynistic and marginalises other cultures but sure, let's all ( Read more... )

Minor plot details and mostly rambling about the Doctor Who Easter Special below... Really you should have watched it already :P

My heart broke when the Doctor didn't take her with him :'( They would have been so good together... But has Dr Who gotten like 50% chessier and more dramatic when I wasn't looking or what? Some of those scenes were just ( Read more... )

Stuck at home for 2 months? I have been on the lookout for games, movies and (hah!) literature, and I thought I'd share them with you.

Pokemon MMORPGs are all the craze lately... basically they're Pokemon games that you play on an online server, the twist being that others play at the same time, and you can chat with/trade with/battle friends from ( Read more... )