It's been four whole days since I've posted on my watching something... Not that I haven't been watching things [Glee and... More Glee]. Right now, I've found this wonderful YouTube channel... Where you can watch Hank Green play LEGO Harry Potter [and other video games]... Or as he refers to it as LEGO Hanky Potter.
It's fantastic and amuses me much so. He's all sorts of silly and it only gets better when his wife joins the fray. I've played a bit of LEGO Harry Potter [of course, not the Wii version] and my natural instinct is to be all "YOU'RE MISSING THE SHINY THINGS BY HITTING THOSE OTHER THINGS!" But then again, that's how I am.
What makes these videos even more fantastic? They've read the books and make those comments all those who have read the books and played the game think. You here them make a comment and you all "OMG! I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!"
It got me and a friend thinking that we could do something like that... If we can get past the whole getting the game play to show up on the YouTube without putting a video camera on the screen or something. I like to think I'm pretty amusing to listen to while I play a video game. I've been told so by many people... Only other problem would be much of what I would say may have to be bleeped. I tend to swear a lot when I'm playing sometimes...
For those who don't know who Hank Green is, he is well known as being part of the vlogbrothers youtube channel that he shares with his brother, John Green. Honestly, haven't really followed them much and all I've got so far... is that they are nerd fighters? Maybe this will explain it better.
Also, I apologize for all the caps in this post. I don't normally get this excited about anything... But it's Harry Potter related and therefore requires some caps. One day I will hopefully post my commentary for the Harry Potter movies that I've done so far.
So... Yeah, that's it.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Superbowl [commercials and everything but football]
Yes, I watch the Superbowl. It's really the one sports event that I actually watch. And even though I don't have any attachment to either team, I had to pick one. So I decided to go with the Green Bay Packers. And my instincts aren't wrong. <3
And yes, even though I am a female, I do know the basics of football. I can follow the game with ease. I just have no interest in watching after years of watching high school and college football [my own school teams who were perpetual losers].
Opening singers
Loved Lea Michele. She did a great job, as I expected she would do. She's a live performer through and through. She knows what she is doing.
Christina Aguilera... I was so distracted by her cringe-worthy version of the national anthem that I didn't realize she flubbed the words. I didn't find out till it was posted on Twitter via Perez Hilton and Michael Ausiello. Personally, I despise when people add a bunch of blah to the national anthem, which is what she did. When you do that, you turn it into something else [And 99% of the time, it's bad]. For future note, I also don't like the Whitney Houston version of the national anthem.
Half time show
Liked it but not in love with it. I could have done without Fergie's "Sweet Child o' Mine" and Usher could have actually done some singing.
Fergie basically butchered "Sweet Child o' Mine," which is sad when I think she could have done it fairly well. What the hell was with the voice? She was singing with some sort of weird accent or something. It just did not sound natural with her and even if you hadn't heard her before, you'd know something was off. She wasn't being herself with the performance.
Normally, I love Usher. I like his songs, they're catchy and get stuck in your head [in a good way]... But he really just was not needed. It was like he was there for star power alone because he sure as hell did not sing. And I get it, he's dancing a storm up and stuff... But I'd prefer they have his full vocals pre-recorded than what happened on that stage. He was just... There to look pretty, no?
And I'm seeing that a lot of people were not happy with the Black Eyed Peas' performance but I thought it was pretty good for them. Honestly, I don't expect miracles and did not expect to have great vocals from them. People should know to not to focus on that with them. The Black Eyed Peas is a whole package. The singing, the dancing, the outfits. You need to take it all into account.
Loved the outfits for sure. Such a cool super futuristic feeling to them. And I liked the whole glowing theme. It was very them. The overall theme was great and kept me entertained .
Commercials [which really means the ones I actually paid attention to]
The Force [VW]: This is currently my new favorite commercial ever. Not just this year. Not just for a superbowl ad... Best commercial EVER! It did everything a commercial is suppose to do. It was funny while making sure you knew who this commercial was for. To compare, I think of the Snicker's commercial last year with Betty White. It was a great commercial, funny with a message... A message that got lost. It took me forever to even think about what product was being sold in the commercial!
Alauntra: Got a headache from the commercial. Made me dizzy and a little nauseated.
Chrysler: I actually kind of like the one with Eminem in it... As weird as that seems to me. It's kind of touching, even if it takes forever to really find out which car company is doing the advertising.
Movies I'm excited for: Captain America
Movies I could care less about: Thor, PotC 4, Ringo
Movies I will be looking up on Wikipedia later: Super 8, Limitless
NFL: I liked the little reel of different shows. Definitely liked the Happy Days scenes. Kudos NFL.
Mercedes Benz: I just thought "Hm, I can't remember if Sean "P. Diddy" Combs has been in a commercial before but I don't think he has... Which is weird cause he's kind of a sellout..."
House: The one with the churro kid... Epic. Love Hugh Laurie [even if I forget he's British all the time].
Camero: Amusing. Love the commentary by the guys who are making up the story. Twist ending.
Sketchers: Eh... I don't know if it's cause it's Kim Kardashian but something was just off. Kind of had an amateur quality to the directing maybe.
Final Note
Just a final note, I'm super excited for Glee after the Superbowl tonight. Even though I'm incredibly pissed at iTunes for taking down the Thriller/Heads Will Roll mash up for a few days [before I was going to buy it]... And I may not buy it from them just to make a point. Either way, I'm psyched for this because... Well, I want to see the entirety of the Thriller/Heads Will Roll scene. Honestly, I could not have thought of a better mash up than this one. It's like... Ultimate and sounds great from the bits I've heard.
And yes, even though I am a female, I do know the basics of football. I can follow the game with ease. I just have no interest in watching after years of watching high school and college football [my own school teams who were perpetual losers].
Opening singers
Loved Lea Michele. She did a great job, as I expected she would do. She's a live performer through and through. She knows what she is doing.
Christina Aguilera... I was so distracted by her cringe-worthy version of the national anthem that I didn't realize she flubbed the words. I didn't find out till it was posted on Twitter via Perez Hilton and Michael Ausiello. Personally, I despise when people add a bunch of blah to the national anthem, which is what she did. When you do that, you turn it into something else [And 99% of the time, it's bad]. For future note, I also don't like the Whitney Houston version of the national anthem.
Half time show
Liked it but not in love with it. I could have done without Fergie's "Sweet Child o' Mine" and Usher could have actually done some singing.
Fergie basically butchered "Sweet Child o' Mine," which is sad when I think she could have done it fairly well. What the hell was with the voice? She was singing with some sort of weird accent or something. It just did not sound natural with her and even if you hadn't heard her before, you'd know something was off. She wasn't being herself with the performance.
Normally, I love Usher. I like his songs, they're catchy and get stuck in your head [in a good way]... But he really just was not needed. It was like he was there for star power alone because he sure as hell did not sing. And I get it, he's dancing a storm up and stuff... But I'd prefer they have his full vocals pre-recorded than what happened on that stage. He was just... There to look pretty, no?
And I'm seeing that a lot of people were not happy with the Black Eyed Peas' performance but I thought it was pretty good for them. Honestly, I don't expect miracles and did not expect to have great vocals from them. People should know to not to focus on that with them. The Black Eyed Peas is a whole package. The singing, the dancing, the outfits. You need to take it all into account.
Loved the outfits for sure. Such a cool super futuristic feeling to them. And I liked the whole glowing theme. It was very them. The overall theme was great and kept me entertained .
Commercials [which really means the ones I actually paid attention to]
The Force [VW]: This is currently my new favorite commercial ever. Not just this year. Not just for a superbowl ad... Best commercial EVER! It did everything a commercial is suppose to do. It was funny while making sure you knew who this commercial was for. To compare, I think of the Snicker's commercial last year with Betty White. It was a great commercial, funny with a message... A message that got lost. It took me forever to even think about what product was being sold in the commercial!
Alauntra: Got a headache from the commercial. Made me dizzy and a little nauseated.
Chrysler: I actually kind of like the one with Eminem in it... As weird as that seems to me. It's kind of touching, even if it takes forever to really find out which car company is doing the advertising.
Movies I'm excited for: Captain America
Movies I could care less about: Thor, PotC 4, Ringo
Movies I will be looking up on Wikipedia later: Super 8, Limitless
NFL: I liked the little reel of different shows. Definitely liked the Happy Days scenes. Kudos NFL.
Mercedes Benz: I just thought "Hm, I can't remember if Sean "P. Diddy" Combs has been in a commercial before but I don't think he has... Which is weird cause he's kind of a sellout..."
House: The one with the churro kid... Epic. Love Hugh Laurie [even if I forget he's British all the time].
Camero: Amusing. Love the commentary by the guys who are making up the story. Twist ending.
Sketchers: Eh... I don't know if it's cause it's Kim Kardashian but something was just off. Kind of had an amateur quality to the directing maybe.
Final Note
Just a final note, I'm super excited for Glee after the Superbowl tonight. Even though I'm incredibly pissed at iTunes for taking down the Thriller/Heads Will Roll mash up for a few days [before I was going to buy it]... And I may not buy it from them just to make a point. Either way, I'm psyched for this because... Well, I want to see the entirety of the Thriller/Heads Will Roll scene. Honestly, I could not have thought of a better mash up than this one. It's like... Ultimate and sounds great from the bits I've heard.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Social Network
Yes, I caved. The mom wanted to rent another movie and when browsing, we found The Social Network. I wanted to know what the heck made this movie win so many awards. It's not because the movie caused an honest need to see it with riveting trailers or anything...
And I have to admit, the movie was pretty good. It's a little hard to follow at first because we jump from past to present. The past is basically where "Mark Zuckerberg" [Jesse Eisenberg] is dumped by his then girlfriend, and ultimately causes him to create a site where girls at Harvard are ranked based on their physical appearance. He creates this site from scratch... While blogging [on livejournal which makes me laugh]... While drunk. That's pretty awesome and it's pretty awesome to watch actually... Even though it's only an actor. Anyway, the entire setting up of "Zuckerberg's" life as he createsthe Facebook is the past.
The present is where "Zuckerberg" is fighting two financial battles. One is against his former [?] best friend, Eduardo and the guy who plays him, Andrew Garfield, is insanely attractive in my book. Right now, he'd be my one time celebrity pass. If you don't know what that means, you're too young to know. The second battle is against the Winklevoss twins and their business partner [not particular important], who claim that "Zuckerberg" stole their idea [the HarvardConnection which later became ConnectU].
In the past, we follow "Zuckerberg" as he becomes heavily invested in his creation, the strain of hisrelationship friendship and working partnership with Eduardo [who becomes involved with crazy bitch Wendy Wu Brenda Song], his blooming bromance relationship partnership with J.T. Dance Party Sean Parker [dude of original Napster] and how much he kind of sucks at normal life. Also, him and Eduardo break up go their separate ways when "Zuckerberg" and J.T. Dance Party Parker somewhat trick Eduardo into letting his shares into being diluted while everyone elses' shares remained intact.
In the present, we find "Zuckerberg" is even more invested in his project than the beginning. Even while he is being sued, he doesn't have much time to devote any of his attention to these cases. The Facebook is numero uno. Ultimately, settlements were reached for both and the oneamateur junior lawyer tells "Zuckerberg" that they are settling because... Basically, "Zuckerberg"'s personality would get him no sympathy from a jury and the story is just... "Zuckerberg" would not win.
Oh andJ.T. Dance Party Sean Parker was caught with some interns and some coke [and not the cola kind]. He wandered off to jail or something... We don't see anything else about him really. But again, outside of kind of turning "Zuckerberg" away from his relationship with Eduardo, he had no purpose.
Overall, while my summary here doesn't really do the movie justice, I wouldn't consider it to be completely awesomely great. The acting was superb and the storyline moving but I just... The transitioning could definitely have used some work. And some of the scenes could have used work. There is one in particular that comes to mind: "Zuckerberg" andJ.T. Dance Party Parker are in a club and the music is absolutely blasting... And I get it but... We can barely hear what the characters are saying. I can't even tell if that was the entire purpose of the scene. This happens somewhere else in the movie but I can't remember when.
I'd say see it. It's worth the time in my opinion but I can't decide if it's worth buying or even renting again. Maybe one day in the upcoming snowy weeks. Cause we all know that damn groundhog is gonna see his shadow.
And I have to admit, the movie was pretty good. It's a little hard to follow at first because we jump from past to present. The past is basically where "Mark Zuckerberg" [Jesse Eisenberg] is dumped by his then girlfriend, and ultimately causes him to create a site where girls at Harvard are ranked based on their physical appearance. He creates this site from scratch... While blogging [on livejournal which makes me laugh]... While drunk. That's pretty awesome and it's pretty awesome to watch actually... Even though it's only an actor. Anyway, the entire setting up of "Zuckerberg's" life as he creates
The present is where "Zuckerberg" is fighting two financial battles. One is against his former [?] best friend, Eduardo and the guy who plays him, Andrew Garfield, is insanely attractive in my book. Right now, he'd be my one time celebrity pass. If you don't know what that means, you're too young to know. The second battle is against the Winklevoss twins and their business partner [not particular important], who claim that "Zuckerberg" stole their idea [the HarvardConnection which later became ConnectU].
In the past, we follow "Zuckerberg" as he becomes heavily invested in his creation, the strain of his
In the present, we find "Zuckerberg" is even more invested in his project than the beginning. Even while he is being sued, he doesn't have much time to devote any of his attention to these cases. The Facebook is numero uno. Ultimately, settlements were reached for both and the one
Oh and
Overall, while my summary here doesn't really do the movie justice, I wouldn't consider it to be completely awesomely great. The acting was superb and the storyline moving but I just... The transitioning could definitely have used some work. And some of the scenes could have used work. There is one in particular that comes to mind: "Zuckerberg" and
I'd say see it. It's worth the time in my opinion but I can't decide if it's worth buying or even renting again. Maybe one day in the upcoming snowy weeks. Cause we all know that damn groundhog is gonna see his shadow.
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