Category Archives: Moving Pictures

The Battlestar That Burned

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Or something melodramatic like that. If you watch BSG but isn’t up to date, stop reading!

Point in fact is that I really think Battlestar has lost it completely. I just watched the latest three episodes and for the first time I just didn’t care.

Balthar, who once was someone I hated for his infuriating way of never thinking about anything but his own survival, now feels like he is doing it just because that’s what he does. There is no purpose.

The Cylons seem to have lost their purpose as well. They used to be this mysterious and scary enemy that just kept coming and coming and coming. The very first real episode where they showed up every 33 minutes to the second for days and days, I thought was such a cool concept. Now we haven’t actually seen the shadow of a cylon for 6 episodes. And no, Sharon doesn’t count.
And “They Have A Plan” the intro says. That used to be a very interesting thing, but having spend alot of time with the cylons in the beginning of the season, I just don’t see it. I don’t actually believe anymore that they have a plan. But then again, I’m not sure I care either. The cylons have lost their edge. They lack purpose. They are becoming boring.

Even the apparent death of Starbuck didn’t really make me feel like the series is going anywhere.

Which was one of things I enjoyed the most in the beginning. The way things kept moving forward all the time. The feel of an epic tale of survival against an enemy that just keep coming.
Now everything is becoming bogged down in spirituality and destiny and poeple having all sorts of new personal problems that they solve or die from or primarily just get over so they are left with only the problems they had before they got the new problems…

They need to do something drastic soon, if they want to avoid going to filler hell.

Shrek the Third

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I want it on public record that I think the trailer for this movie looks… how to put this? It looks bad.
It’s not that it looks like they are only reusing old ideas, it’s that it doesn’t look like they have any ideas at all. And at the same time it looks like it has to many.

Which doesn’t make sense.

Kevin Smith, Superman And A Giant Spider

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This clip is damn funny and at the same time tells you a thing or two about hollywood. And that sentence I really don’t like, but can’t be bothered to rewrite it.
Anyways, Kevin smith tells about his experience with writing a draft for the Superman movie. Where the giant spider fits in, I’ll let you figure out on your own.
Watch it here

Monster House: A Review

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Yes, I have seen it. Also, slight spoiler warning.

Lets start in my area. The animation was motion capture and looked mostly like motion capture. I still believe that it works in many cases, but somtimes it just look horrible. Same with this movie. There was a basketball that especially bad. I mean, really bad.

Characters were ok. There were one or two moments where the humor was just so brilliant because it felt exactely right for the character saying it. I also liked the girl alot. “Are you guys mentally challenged? If you are I’m certified to teach you baseball” is just funny. The pair of policemen were also quite funny. Most of the time though, the characters were just adaquate.

Story was also desent. The later part is not to strong, story wise, but the twist is mildly surprising.

The star of the show was the House though. It is really well thought out and animated. I really like the way it comes alive and stuff in the end. Good stuff. Inside of it was not as good as the outside though.

All in all, I was enjoing myself enough to want to watch it again, given the opportunity. There are some funny scenes and some scary ones for younger audiences.
And I was among the first couple of hundred people in the world to see it. That kinda neat.

Wow I almost sounded all professional and stuff.

I will refrain from giving a score. Not because I am afraid of having an oppinion, but because I am afraid someone will hold it against me later on.
I have seen to many american police shows.

Kami-Chan

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I just saw an episode of Kamichu! and that series has one of the coolest openings I have seen in a long while.

A japanese schoolgirl is sitting in class eating and looking out the window, when she quietly says to her classmate, “Mitsue-chan. I became a God”
Mitsue replies like this was the most normal thing in the world, “What kind?”
“I don’t know. It only happened last night.”
Mitsue then gives her a small salad leaf and says, “Have an offering. I don’t need it.”

It was very nice. Of course, I’m not going to tell you where you can get it. You’ll have to figure that out yourself.