• 31Oct 09

  My Final Destination

  So I just got back from seeing The Final Destination. Which by the way, the Cinema here likes to call it Final Destination 4 Death Trip 3D, despite the fact that in the movie, it says The Final Destination. Anywhere else doing this?
  
  Before i continue... when I was walking home, I started looking around at things that could possibly kill me. Ironically almost missing something that was an actual threat. I was about to cross the road, I looked right, nothing comming, left, something was coming but I thought for a second and realized I could easily cross the road in time. I took a few steps then thought I should look right again, luckily I did because in the 2 seconds I had turned away, a car had come around the bend. The car was moving slow enough that I would probably have only been slightly hurt, doubt I would have had to go to the hospital or anything, but still. Anywho..
  
  I am a huge fan of the first 2 movies and a huge hater of the 3rd. I mean, it was terrible. No one shouldnt watch that piece of crap. Didnt care for the characters and they all had boring deaths anyway. The tanning booth was the best one and even it wasnt all that great. This spoiler is about the third movie only, read on for a non spoiler opinion on the 4th movie.
  
  

  ***SPOILER***

  Everyone apart from the 2 main characters were only in it at the start and the scene they die in. Oh, there was the exception of that one guy who kinda went a little nuts at the end there. But I wasnt given a chance to care about anyone else and the ones that did get a decent amount of screen time were just boring characters. Plus there was no suspense which I will talk about more in a moment

  
  
  The movie starts straight away, unlike the first 3 which had an opening that I thought set the tone for the movies really well, so it was a little strange but it was done more like a TV show this time, with the first scene coming before the opening with the credits, which showed deaths in the previous movies in the form of skelents in a styl3 like.. x-rays or something. Which I felt was pretty cool.
  
  The different opening made it feel not so Final Destinationy but that didnt really last too long, although it was obvious they were purposefully trying to change things a bit in an attempt to keep the same old thing from getting too... old. They clearly went for more blood and guts this time, too.
  Thankfully there was more suspense than in the 3rd movie which had none. Unfourtunately it still didnt match up with the 1st 2 movies which didnt only have suspense during a death or what looked like it may be a death scene, but also when nothing was happening, it was just... well, like in the first one, Alex sees the shadow of branches moving across his room and then they appear to take the form of claws. It just sets and keeps the right atmosphere.
  But even when someone was about to die it just lacked the right amount of excitment and suspense. Well, thats how I saw it.
  
  The deaths also didnt live up to the first 2 movies but again, they were better than those in the pile of crap known as Final Destination 3. But at least you got to know most of the characters. There arent so many twsits and death skips as there were in the first two, though. Which is another problem I have with 3.
  
  Something I find really annoying about this movie is the fact that once they discover this kidn of thing has happened before and that you can skip a death but it wont save you forever, they still act as though just because ONE person was skipped. Everyone else is saved. WTF!? The characters were idiots in that department. They work out early on from research on events on the previous movies but then completely ignore it later. Ugh...!
  
  

  ***SPOILER***

  At the end, when the last 3 remaining survivors died... it sucked! Worst. Deaths. Ever. Seriously, if you are going to kill them all off at once dont just have them hit by a truck. How boring. I could tell at least 2 other people werent impressed by the movie at all, the moment they got hit, these 2 people a few rows in front of me got up and started to leave.
  Oh and I liked how they had it near the end in a cinema and in 3D

  
  
  Overall, I did enjoy the movie, I have my complaints and I have no intention of ever watching it again but I did enjoy myself so its all good.
  
  

  Final Destination movies, best to worst:
  
  Final Destination 2
  Final Destination
  The Final Destination
  Final Destination 3

  
  Oh and if anyones wondering where the second part of my Transformers Movie blog is, well, its comming, dont know when but soon.

  • Posted Oct 31, 2009 2:58 am GMT
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• 23Oct 09

  Think

  Have any of you ever just thought? You know, sit down and just think. Or in my case, take a walk in the middle of the night. Im very much a night time person. Which explains why, back in the day, I used to do all my blogging at around 3 - 6 in the morning.
  
  If you had the chance to go back in time and prevent something really bad from happening to you, would you do it? The answer may seem obvious at first, 'of course I would, that was a terrible experience' but if you didn't live through that, you may not be the person you are today.
  I've had trust issues for a long time. Then someone came along and after several months, I finally let my guard down... lets just say that resulted in my trust issues going up by about 100 times. However, I eventaully came to realize that even though I went through a lot of pain, it resulted in something very, very good. It took about a year to happen but it couldnt have come at a better time. I was on the edge, I was in a really dark place.. but in one night, that was totally turned around. Amazing.
  So I wouldnt change what happened last year for anything, it wasnt good to live through at the time, and even a year later it still effected me but if it hadnt, I dont even want to think about how bad things might be right now.
  
  You know what I dont get? People. I mean, lets look at clothes. Fashion is stupid. One year, something is considered completely ridiculous and you shouldnt be caught dead wearing it. Next year, its 'cool'. Why? The only reason I can think of is because its different. I remember in Primary School if you wore socks that went half way up your leg, you were laughed at. Then by High School, everyone was doing it.
  But then it becomes even more confusing. If dressing different is whats 'cool', then whats wrong with dressing emo, punk or gothic? I get that you may not like the personalities those people tend to have but some people just like the look of it. Its different, yet people make fun of them, despite their personality. Not that they usually ever even try to get to know actual emo's, goths etc.
  'Oh hey, you look different, I dont even know your name but Im going to insult you for wearing something that most other people aren't, despite the fact that up until 2 weeks ago, the clothes Im wearing were ridiculed'.
  The whole thing is just pathetic.
  
  Do you ever wonder if old friends ever think of you? When, for whatever reason, I inevitably stop blogging on here, whether its 1, 5 or 10 years from now, I will, at least once, wonder what all of you are doing now.
  There are people on msn that I havent talked to in years, either because we had a falling out or they just stopped coming on. Id really like to talk to them again at least once. See what theyre up to, how much they have changed and all that. I wonder if they ever think about me.
  
  Sometimes I feel like other people dont exist unless Im around them and even fear the same about myself when Im not around them. Im not saying I fear that I dont exist unless Im around other people, that wouldnt make any sense. Its hard to explain. Like... will they think about me even though Im not there? Of course I know people will at some point, but still... I dont expect you to understand that. My mind works in mysterious ways.
  
  Even the strongest person you know, may be frightened and alone on the inside. We all are, really. Everyone has their own problems and reasons they are the way they are. No one who says 'I just am' to be asked why they are like that, is telling the truth. They might think they are but there is a reason for everything. Please dont confuse that with 'everything happens for a reason.' If you believe that, I wont try and change your mind, I just dont personally believe in fate or anything like that. I also dont like people thinking something about me that isnt true, so thats why I wanted to clear that up.
  
  When someone fakes who they are over the internet they get a lot of negativity. This is understandable at first, but in reality they must not be all that happy with who they are or their current situation in life and probably just need someone they can trust, talk to, that sort of thing.
  I know what its like to be short on real friends, so I can understand. Of course, as the old saying goes 'just be yourself.' Although its not always that easy.
  
  'Cause when you are with me, Im free, Im careless, I believe' - My Sacrifice, Creed.
  
  How many of you can truly relate to that line? I'd be willing to guess there wouldnt be that many of you. I mean, its a pertty hard thing to find, really. I didnt think Id ever be able to. Somehow though, there is someone who makes me feel that way. While its great, there is also the fear of losing her...
  
  What if something does happen on December 21, 2012? Would all the people that mocked and laughed at the ones who tried to warn everyone apologize and listen more closely to the 'crazy'? Personally, I do not believe it will be the end of the world, or human life. However, I do think it will be the end of the world as we know it. Something will happen to drastically change the way we live hour lives. I also think that if anything does happen, it will be for the worse.

  Ive been at level 22 on here for a while now. Blaster Master... wonder what that's from. Reminds me of a game we had in Primary School. Math Blaster. It was actually quite fun for an education game.
  I love thinking back on things that I havent played/done/seen etc, in ages. Not too much though because then I begin to miss them and thats no fun. I remember a game, I think you're in a tank, its free roaming and you just had to go around killing things. It was on the PC in the 90s, so the graphics were terrible. Thats about all I can remember but I would love to play it again, just for nostalgia reasons.

  I suggest that you find something. Just, something that makes you feel good no matter what. Not drugs or anything. I mean, like for me its walking around town at night. Mostly between 12 and 5, so morning technically I suppose. It allows me to think freely, no distractions, and its peaceful. Its the only time I enjoy silence. But at the same time I always enjoy seeing signs of more life.
  I love the freeing feeling of being able to walk around by myself, not having to worry about anyone or anything else for a while. I also like knowing other people are awake, I dont know why. Maybe its becuase I love night time so much I want to be able enjoy it with other people, after all I do enjoy the night life. Plus it does give off a bit of a lonely vibe, wondering the streets all by yourself. Maybe I just want someone to share it with, someone that truly feels the same. But I may have already found that peson who is just currently unable to do this with me at the moment. Last night and tonight I just layed down on my driveway and looked up at the sky, it was nice.
  Also, I can just have more fun at night time and it tends to be when I do most of my thinking.
  So, do you have anything like that?

  Now Im just staring at the Monitor wondering how to end this. So Im just gonna hit sumbit then put on a DVD and go to bed.

  'Night.

  • Posted Oct 23, 2009 11:18 am GMT
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• 20Oct 09

  Transformers Movie Comparison: Part 1

  The Transformers: The Movie. One of my favorite movies of all time. So how much has changed from 1986 to 2007 and does the Live Action version stand up to the original?

  First, lets take a look at the differences in characters.

  Optimus Prime
  

  vs

  The only Transformer to even slightly resemble his original 80s self. I dont know why they didnt do this with everyone else.
  Personality wise, he is pretty much the same, which is very important. He was always honourable and willing to sacrifice himself for others, as he is in the new movies. Bringing Peter Cullen back to voice him again was brilliant! Then repeating the clasic line from the original movie 'One shall stand, one shall fall'. Things like that were great.

  Change verdict: 7.5/10

  vs

  As you can see there are some pretty big changes to his vehicle mode. I love fire but those flames are crap. They dont make him look cool at all. Even if they were cool looking flames, it still wouldn't suit him.
  I can understand them not giving him a trailer because in the original series/movie, it literally appeared out of nowhere and disappeared in the same way. I used to think it always came in off screen but no, in some episodes you actually see it just magically appear and get bigger until its the size in the picture.

  Change verdict: 6/10

  Megatron
  

  vs

  Megatron was smart, cunning, ruthless and merciless. Then, in 2007, he just became a pretty standard power hungry bad guy. You dont even get to know his personality. He only shows slight resemblance to his original self when he tells Starscream he has failed again.

  Change Verdict: 3/10

  vs

  
  One of the biggest differences is the Transformation into a Jet. Unfourutnately, I looked for hours and I couldnt find a single picture of Megatron in his Jet form, apart from toys but that looked really silly here, so here is one of his original gun mode and his Tank Mode that I dont remember at all from Revenge of the Fallen.
  Originally, he could only Transformer into a gun. This is a change I have no problem with, because the leader of the Decepticons only becoming a GUN!? Thats pretty lame. Plus it isnt an Earth Jet, well its actually modeled off one the military hadn't revealed yet (in real life), at least thats what Ive heard, maybe its just a rumour. Anyway, in the movie its a Cybertronian Jet and in the original series you dont see what he Transformed into before ariving on Earth so it couldve been anything.

  Change verdict: 8/10

  I will be talking about Bumblebee and the others next time. To be honest, I kinda forgot all about them until after posting this... oops!
  

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  To show you how different everyone who isnt Optimus Prime became in the Live Action movies, take a look at these 4 characters and tell me something. Can you name all of these characters? If you arent familiar with the original series or movie, chances are you wont be able to name them all, 2 of them may be somewhat obvious though. Every one of these characters appeared in Live Action, of course.

  
  

  Thats all for now...

  • Posted Oct 20, 2009 12:08 pm GMT
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