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Dec. 8th, 2011 08:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geebsSo Hulu has added this optional face match feature to select episodes of a few TV shows so far (Glee, The Office, Wilfred, Lost and Modern Family. Though while I do enjoy Wilfred, I didn't think it was nearly as popular as those other shows that they would do this for it). Basically, if you have the option turned on, there'll be clickable boxes around the actors' faces which you can click to pull up info on them from wikipedia, as well as twitter and facebook links.
I don't know if its cool or excessive. I guess it depends on how far it goes. I mean if its just for the main cast, what's the point? Like the shows they have on this so far (particularly Glee) I already know all about them and follow many of them on twitter! I'd find this feature most useful for guest stars. Like if I saw a "That Guy/Girl" and wanted to know where I knew them from or wanted to know who some hot guest actress was, that would be useful. Of course, since this is on hulu, you'd be watching it through your computer anyways, so you could just do a quick imdb or google search to figure it out, Though I suppose the click on the face would make it extremely convenient.
TV commentary:
Sons of Anarchy- That was kinda underwhelming. But, also kinda hilarious. So Potter's giving this big pitch to his people about the big takedown. But then Danny Trejo and the other guy show up all, "Sorry, we're CIA, this deal needs to happen, so we've pulled rank on you!" As such, the case goes away. Potter does get a win by tanking the Charming Heights deal by revealing Hale's investors are sex toy makers. And he plays nice and gives back the blackmail evidence he had on Juice. But wait, is Bobby Elvis still screwed? What about Big Otto? He basically betrayed the club, and now the authorities are not going to do anything with the evidence he handed over. I mean, if they do jail Bobby Elvis, then the Sons will know Otto handed them over on a silver platter though wonder why Bobby is te only one who got picked up. On the other, if they let Bobby go, he would tell them about Otto's betrayal, and again they'll wonder why the authorities just quit. Are they just going to throw him in a dark hole and disappear him?
Anyways, in other news, Clay gets to live, but only because the Irish will only work with him, and the CIA reveal themselves to Jax and won't let him not make this deal. So, basically Jax tells Clay he has his number, and while Clay still gets a seat at the table, Jax is president. And Clay better do what he says or the gang finds out everything.
The CIA warns Jax not to tell anyone anything. Which kinda screws his friendship with Opie, because Jax is all, "Yeah, I'm president now, and I want you to be my VP. And oh, BTW, Clay has to live!" and can't tell Opie why he's basically decided to not only stay, but let the guy who killed their fathers live. But, he can't lie to Tara. She realizes he has to stay, and Jax tries to send her away. But in the end, she decides to stick by him. And basically the ep ends with Tara and Jax at the table, reminiscent of Gemma and Clay all those years ago.
Dynasty Warriors blather: I'm still all over the place when it comes to playing this game. I suppose its a good thing that I find that there's still so much to do. But yeah, do I work on titles, finish getting the rest of the nightmare weapons, etc. I do have all the chaos one, and the majority of the nightmare ones for the people I play most and/or that don't have useless elements. As for the final titles I've gotten them for these so far:
Lu Bu
Xiahou Dun
Xu Huang
Zhang Liao
Ma Chao
Zhou Tai
Guo Jia
Zhong Hui
Zhuge Liang (he's not actually a favorite character of mine, but I did need to be him to get Zhao Yun's best weapon)
The ceremonial robes look fine on most of them. It sucks that its only added as an option to their 1P costume. The only one it really improves is Zhou Tai. Because his armor looks cool, but in 7 he doesn't have a cape, so his outfit just doesn't look as cool as in previous games. But the ceremonial robes give him a cape! They also work for Lu Bu, I wouldn't say it makes his outfit look all that better, but its appropriate, kinda gives him this dark champion feel.
And it doesn't look bad on Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, or Ma Chao, but its a bit ostentatious for them, it doesn't seem to fit their personalities. And it makes Guo Jia look a little too kingly. Which would be fine if he was a leader, but he's a loyal strategist. While his character is portrayed as a man who likes the finer things, he'd also find it as totally inappropriate to wear.
But it totally doesn't work for Zhong Hui. For one, I like the shawl thing he has going on, and the cape ruins that. And while this will sound like totally ghey, the cape also covers up his cool looking form fitting body armor and the crown his mop of hair. It would actually work on his new costume in XL that is basically just a blue version of Jiang Wei's costume.
Also working on getting devotion lines. And even then running into decisions. Once the town gets to friendly status and got your current adjutant's devotion lines, you should change your adjutant to someone else and work on getting those devotion lines. But your adjutant stats also go up as your stats go up when you're playing a level. So its like, do I keep characters I play less as my adjutant so they can level them up without having to grind or spend money, or do I continue to work on devotion lines?
And I'm currently working on getting all the chyx ones for the trophy, since there's less of them to do. But as I said, the male trophy has the better name, "Its Raining Men".
I don't know if its cool or excessive. I guess it depends on how far it goes. I mean if its just for the main cast, what's the point? Like the shows they have on this so far (particularly Glee) I already know all about them and follow many of them on twitter! I'd find this feature most useful for guest stars. Like if I saw a "That Guy/Girl" and wanted to know where I knew them from or wanted to know who some hot guest actress was, that would be useful. Of course, since this is on hulu, you'd be watching it through your computer anyways, so you could just do a quick imdb or google search to figure it out, Though I suppose the click on the face would make it extremely convenient.
TV commentary:
Sons of Anarchy- That was kinda underwhelming. But, also kinda hilarious. So Potter's giving this big pitch to his people about the big takedown. But then Danny Trejo and the other guy show up all, "Sorry, we're CIA, this deal needs to happen, so we've pulled rank on you!" As such, the case goes away. Potter does get a win by tanking the Charming Heights deal by revealing Hale's investors are sex toy makers. And he plays nice and gives back the blackmail evidence he had on Juice. But wait, is Bobby Elvis still screwed? What about Big Otto? He basically betrayed the club, and now the authorities are not going to do anything with the evidence he handed over. I mean, if they do jail Bobby Elvis, then the Sons will know Otto handed them over on a silver platter though wonder why Bobby is te only one who got picked up. On the other, if they let Bobby go, he would tell them about Otto's betrayal, and again they'll wonder why the authorities just quit. Are they just going to throw him in a dark hole and disappear him?
Anyways, in other news, Clay gets to live, but only because the Irish will only work with him, and the CIA reveal themselves to Jax and won't let him not make this deal. So, basically Jax tells Clay he has his number, and while Clay still gets a seat at the table, Jax is president. And Clay better do what he says or the gang finds out everything.
The CIA warns Jax not to tell anyone anything. Which kinda screws his friendship with Opie, because Jax is all, "Yeah, I'm president now, and I want you to be my VP. And oh, BTW, Clay has to live!" and can't tell Opie why he's basically decided to not only stay, but let the guy who killed their fathers live. But, he can't lie to Tara. She realizes he has to stay, and Jax tries to send her away. But in the end, she decides to stick by him. And basically the ep ends with Tara and Jax at the table, reminiscent of Gemma and Clay all those years ago.
Dynasty Warriors blather: I'm still all over the place when it comes to playing this game. I suppose its a good thing that I find that there's still so much to do. But yeah, do I work on titles, finish getting the rest of the nightmare weapons, etc. I do have all the chaos one, and the majority of the nightmare ones for the people I play most and/or that don't have useless elements. As for the final titles I've gotten them for these so far:
Lu Bu
Xiahou Dun
Xu Huang
Zhang Liao
Ma Chao
Zhou Tai
Guo Jia
Zhong Hui
Zhuge Liang (he's not actually a favorite character of mine, but I did need to be him to get Zhao Yun's best weapon)
The ceremonial robes look fine on most of them. It sucks that its only added as an option to their 1P costume. The only one it really improves is Zhou Tai. Because his armor looks cool, but in 7 he doesn't have a cape, so his outfit just doesn't look as cool as in previous games. But the ceremonial robes give him a cape! They also work for Lu Bu, I wouldn't say it makes his outfit look all that better, but its appropriate, kinda gives him this dark champion feel.
And it doesn't look bad on Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, or Ma Chao, but its a bit ostentatious for them, it doesn't seem to fit their personalities. And it makes Guo Jia look a little too kingly. Which would be fine if he was a leader, but he's a loyal strategist. While his character is portrayed as a man who likes the finer things, he'd also find it as totally inappropriate to wear.
But it totally doesn't work for Zhong Hui. For one, I like the shawl thing he has going on, and the cape ruins that. And while this will sound like totally ghey, the cape also covers up his cool looking form fitting body armor and the crown his mop of hair. It would actually work on his new costume in XL that is basically just a blue version of Jiang Wei's costume.
Also working on getting devotion lines. And even then running into decisions. Once the town gets to friendly status and got your current adjutant's devotion lines, you should change your adjutant to someone else and work on getting those devotion lines. But your adjutant stats also go up as your stats go up when you're playing a level. So its like, do I keep characters I play less as my adjutant so they can level them up without having to grind or spend money, or do I continue to work on devotion lines?
And I'm currently working on getting all the chyx ones for the trophy, since there's less of them to do. But as I said, the male trophy has the better name, "Its Raining Men".
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