18 August 2010 @ 10:07 pm
Jam-packed full of schtuff today  
BBS TRAILER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH AAAAAAAAAAAAH

IT IS SEVEN MINUTES LONG



LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AND WE GET ALL OF THIS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

*breathes*

I felt like drawing all the eeveelutions in a Claire Wendling style. So, I did!


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Memento
While I enjoyed The Dark Knight and Inception, I think this is the movie that's made me a Christopher Nolan fan. It was engaging, made you have to think to keep up with it, and just all-around suspenseful. I must be a sucker for telling a story backwards *coughTheEleventhHourcough*, 'cause I actually really liked the fact that the story was told this way. It puts the viewer straight into Lenny's shoes...with only scant information on what has happened and why, and trying to put together the pieces with nothing but out-of-context clues. It's a very difficult way to develop characters, but in this case, it works. You can't help but feel sympathetic for Lenny, even though by the end you discover that he is psychotic and stubborn. It takes some skill to make my sympathize with a crazy character (and I don't mean crazy in terms of his condition, since I think the way people treated him with his condition was just as abhorrent as the way he treated others).

So! Great acting, great writing, great methods for explaining each scene, very intense. I'd watch this one again.



Memoirs of a Geisha
This one was pretty good. Probably not my favoritest, but the music and layouts were very pretty. It's kind of depressing by design...here you have a world wherein women are objectified as part of their profession (not that women aren't often objectified anyway, but this is a special case), and so in turn, they stop treating each other like humans, too. It becomes so severe that even a single moment of kindness becomes life-changing.

I can't help being a little bit squicked by the age difference between Chiyo and the Chairman, but I suppose in the time, culture and situation that really can't be helped. For what it was, it was bittersweet.


There's also two new Lunargyros pages, read 'em here.


Drawing: Still LG and fanart

Writing: Stuck on the RP for now

Days until BBS release: 20
 
 
Current Mood: excited
 
 
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[identity profile] rasenth.livejournal.com on August 20th, 2010 03:47 am (UTC)
- DON'T WORRY, I had the same reaction when I saw Donald and Goofy in the KHDays trailer. I watched that trailer nearly 10 times until I spotted them. XD Pete's D-link looks so freakin' kickass, what the hell?! You can hit enemies with a CAR? Kind of reminds me of FF13.
- Now the LIGHTCYCLES were fun as hell. :DDDD The Rumble Racing can be fun in its own way, but sometimes you get suuuuuuuuuuper close to the goal and then ZOOM, somebody passes you and wins. ;-; *sobsobsob* There's a certain racer I want to beat in the face whenever he says, "I'M GOING AHEAD OF YOUUUU 8D" argh.
- I am deathly afraid of fighting the Org-looking guy because I STILL can't defeat the original secret boss. ;_________________; He's so haxed that he only needs one lifebar....
- "kid you're gonna die- ... oh well"
- You'll find out what happened to Braig's face in this game... dundundun
- Ven is a cutie-pieeeee <33333333333
Get ready for an overload of corny lines in this game. I love it. 8D

For a moment I was afraid that they suddenly lost the rights to using Simple and Clean. x__X;;; Too bad they used that theme because it's not gonna be a surprise anymore!
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[identity profile] lynxgriffin.livejournal.com on August 20th, 2010 07:22 pm (UTC)
- I know, it's like, SUDDENLY PETE IS SAZH?! He needs a chocobo in his hair.
- Oh crap, so like Mario Kart. XD
- Yeah, that guy looks ridiculous hard, so I hope he's not a requirement to get the secret movies.
- So I hear...thankfully that's still a surprise for me...
- YESSSSSS

Oh yay, corny lines are the best. XD
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[identity profile] rasenth.livejournal.com on August 20th, 2010 08:30 pm (UTC)
-Omggggg, I wish there were chocobos in Kingdom Hearts. ;-; B'awwwww.
- Ohhh yes, it's like Mario Kart. The only way you can win is going through those accelerator things and attacking people who get in your way. There's even those invincibility things! It sucks when you get mobbed though. XD
- N'awwwwwwww as evil as the KH staff is about getting all the requirements, they do not make THAT a requirement. *phew* I just beat the secret boss today and I'm so happy! I had to use a cheap tactic I learned from the guide book though... XD

Most used words: Light, darkness, heart, friends, bonds (they'll probably rewrite this word as "friends" in the American version), Keyblade. Like always! :DDD
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[identity profile] lynxgriffin.livejournal.com on August 20th, 2010 09:56 pm (UTC)
- Well, aside from Chocobo Keyblades and gummi ships. XD
- Oh dang, I'm not so good at Mario Kart. XD (As fun as it is)
- Okay good! That would have killed me dead. Yaaay cheap tactics

If there is not at least one instance of swatting bees with a Keyblade, I will be sorely disappointed.
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[identity profile] rasenth.livejournal.com on August 21st, 2010 09:38 pm (UTC)
- Gummi ship Chocobo, omg. XD Metal Chocobo was kickass before the Hollow Bastion keyhole made the Heartless stronger. It was like popping balloons filled with munny and HP balls! :D
- I discovered it's actually pretty easy to win if you break to make tight turns instead of making a wide curve. I was always afraid to break so... XD

Hrrrrm... the closest encounter you have with bees is in the Winnie the Pooh Command Board. I think the silliest thing you will hit in this game is a giant circular banana. Better than bees!
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[identity profile] lynxgriffin.livejournal.com on August 21st, 2010 11:07 pm (UTC)
- I looooved Metal Chocobo. I would always try to get it ASAP, even though that meant beating Cloud, who was a pain.
- Ooh, also useful to know. (I never brake on racing games, so I don't even care about that XD)

Aww, I am sad for the lack of bee-swatting, but hitting giant bananas is okay too. AS LONG AS SOMETHING REALLY SILLY IS HIT WITH A KEYBLADE.
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[identity profile] rasenth.livejournal.com on August 22nd, 2010 09:01 am (UTC)
Oh dang, then you'd LOVE the mini-game which involves hitting a giant banana. You hit all kinds of fruit that are over twice your size! 8D That is pretty much the only silly thing you'll be hitting.
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