Comments | disks_smilie: Mental incontinence:

disks_smilie

Mental incontinence:

Aug 27, 2007 22:54

As much as I want to get behind the struggles of the protagonist in main Pokémon games, I always have trouble.

Seriously; I'm fighting the Elite Four in Diamond and Pearl and it strikes me as something that should have incredible tension, but there isn't any. I blame GameFreak; the hero for Pokémon games is wooden as possible. And it's not just ( Read more... )

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klobber August 28 2007, 03:20:34 UTC

The TMNT movie surprised the hell out of me by actually being a good Turtle movie (I wouldn't argue that it's a masterpiece of cinema or anything, but y'know, there are different standards for a TMNT movie).

Also loved all the little references in Splinter's "trophy" room at the end there.

disks_smilie August 29 2007, 13:45:41 UTC

Yeah, it certainly exceeded all of my standards for a new TMNT movie. I remember you saying a while back that it would be nice if the villains were more developed, and I kinda agree with that; but when you think about it, there was nothing really wrong with the statue guys, and the Foot got some development this time around so Kurai (I think that's her name) and them can just be introduced in the next movie without any set-up.

You ever wonder how come the Foot can get taken down so easily by street-punk vigilante Casey Jones? Granted, Casey kicks all sorts of ass...but still. XD

versipellis August 28 2007, 19:26:11 UTC

Damn it, I wish my brother had got his act together and managed to go with me to that movie! We planned to and never did *pouts*

disks_smilie August 29 2007, 13:10:31 UTC

It's out on DVD here--I dunno if it is in the UK, but it's totally worth checking out. Try strapping Nik down to a chair and using those eye-speculums on him, like in A Clockwork Orange :D that should do the trick!

versipellis August 29 2007, 19:34:24 UTC

XD I like it!

lurking August 31 2007, 18:24:32 UTC

That makes me more eager to rent it. When I first saw the previews I was kind of iffy about it, but I think that's because I was so used to all the TMNT movies being live action. But I definitely need to go rent it now.

Yeah, I feel the same way about the Pokemon games. If I'm going to be continuously playing as a character, I'd kind of like to have them to have some sort of personality. Battling the Elite Four pretty much has the same feeling as battling a random trainer anywhere else in the game.

disks_smilie September 1 2007, 03:25:26 UTC

Yeah, if you liked the live action Turtles, you'll dig this one. Like I said, Michaelangelo really brings back that old-school goofiness older Turtles stuff had, so I recommend it!

The only difference between the E4 and any other trainer battle is that you're forced to run the gauntlet. It's really wicked annoying to lose all that progress, not to mention expensive (frigging costs a fortune to stock up on Revives and Full Restores...)