I made a new convert?
Tuesday, 29 June 2004 04:37:56

Yep, that's a question mark. My sister's boyfriend came over and they didn't have that much time before he had to leave so my sister suggested that they watch an episode of Firefly instead of starting a movie. Naturally she would have shown him [i]Serenity[/i] but with the lack of time she opted for [i]The Train Job[/i]. When they were done watching he admitted that the episode "didn't rock his world." I was disappointed, considering he's a big sci-fi geek and all. A couple of days later he came over again. To my surprise, he asked if he could watch more Firefly. Apparently [i]The Train Job[/i] had intrigued him. I was all "hell yeah" and immediately put in [i]Serenity[/i] so he could have a better understanding of the universe. After we were done watching, I couldn't tell if he was more impressed or not. Did I make a convert or not? I'd be very happy if he asked to borrow the entire DVD set. One thing's for sure though; when the BDM comes out, my sister is dragging him along. :biggrin:

Of Points & Such On The BDB
Tuesday, 29 June 2004 12:33:20

I was over on the the BDB (Big Damn Board) this morning and was reading about the whole MyOrangeHat point debacle... It got me to thinking about the whole points reward system over there. So I posted a small rant to get it off my chest. I won't repost it here 'cause it doesn't really apply to Haken's shiny site, but I will post the link in case anyone from here is interested. [i]Edited: I removed the link because I realized that it allowed whomever clicked on it access to the site using my account. You'll just have to sign into the BDB yourself and find my "Off Points And Such" thread in the General Discussion area if you're interested. Sorry.[/i]

Dracos Reveiws: Spider-man 2
Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:42:50

Spider-man 2 A friend of mine got four tickets to a pre-showing of Spider-man 2 last night and I ended up going along. I’m not much of a Spider-man fan and the first movie didn’t really do much for me but I was extremely glad that I went. Allow me to explain: Spider-man 2 is a bit of an oddity, its one of those films that has problems and more than a few small and obvious plot holes but, its all so cool you don’t care. The basic premise of the movie is Peter Parker is working himself to death trying to manage two jobs, friendships, college, and that whole being a superhero thing. Meanwhile, Dr. Octopus is created, and starts killing a bunch of people in an effort to gather parts to build a new type of fusion reactor he’s come up with (which consequently could blow up the city if its containment breaks down). Peter decides to give up being Spider-man but is brought into a huge conflict with Octavius. Lots of really cool fight scenes ensue. With that out of the way I will say that this is, from credit reel to credit reel, much better than the first Spider-man. The acting is improved, the CGI is better, it faster paced, and Sam Raimi was given almost total control. Therefore it feels more like a really big-budget Raimi film as compared to a two-hour culmination of Marvel telling Raimi what to do. (For those of you wondering: that’s a good thing.) There’s even a scene in a hospital that is just pure Evil Dead in that it’s really cool and designed to be both pseudo-horrory and hilarious at the same time. This it pulls off very well. Okay. Bad stuff time. There are as I said a few rather obvious plot holes but they aren’t too major. There are some small continuity errors as well. Kirsten Dunst’s acting still isn’t great and I have to say that she looked pretty ruddy throughout the film. Also, the plot-twist/villain for Spider-man 3 creation thing near the end was a bit rushed and to some extent groan inducing (You’ll see why). Past that the only thing I can think to complain about is that there are shots of the film that are quite obviously shot in San Francisco, to the point where I was getting confused as to where the film was set and wondering if they were somehow rushing around the country. What else can I really say without giving away a whole lot of plot? As usual there are prolonged cameos for Raimi fans by Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, The Classic, and Scott Speigel (if you actually know what he looks like). Oh, and J.K. Simmons grabs just about every scene he’s in and runs with it. There, I’m done, go see it now. Or tomorrow rather. Whenever, just go see it. -Dracos