At least there will be plenty implied
Nov. 8th, 2007 08:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geebsBaby, its cold outside! It was literally freezing out there this morning. Bah, I hate the weather this time of year. Anyways, is the classic "Baby, its Cold Outside" considered a Christmas song? I mean, they never actually mention the time of year in the song, just that its cold. I could be late January. Or they could be in Alaska or Canada or something. But that song only really plays during the Christmas season.
Anyways, the roomie's ps3 came in yesterday. No ps3 games yet, but as I said, he wanted to get one of the first gen ones that had the ps2 hardware in it for the backwards compatibility. After all, he has a bunch of ps2 games, despite never having owned a ps2. I mean, the ps2 is mine, and he's always roomed with someone who had a ps2 (w00ter, Neb Pinhead), so he's never had occasion to get one for himself.
Owel, there's still not too many games out for it that seem all that appealing. Stranglehold, I guess, the demo on the 360 was pretty fun. Heavenly Sword "looks" cool, but I hear its way too short and while it looks like God of War, but with a hot chick, it doesn't really have substance. Actually, I guess there's Virtua Fighter 5, Ninja Gaiden Black and you can download Tekken 5 DR Online. There are games coming out that might be cool- Metal Gear Solid 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Devil May Cry 4, Soul Calibur 4 (why is everything up to 4?), Resident Evil 5 (I guess that's not a 4), Mercs 2 (not a 4 either), Dynasty Warriors 6 (also not a 4, so I guess not everything is up to 4), the newest Gran Turismo, Army of Two, Assassin's Creed, and Kane and Lynch: Dead Men.
Saw some more gameplay videos of Kane and Lynch. It still looks awesome, like something out of a Michael Mann movie. I still think if you combine this game with the free roaming world of the GTA series, and mebbe some of the environmental destructibility and neat gun fu tricks of Stranglehold (though that may be a little too much), it would be the ultimate stylized violence crime romanticization game.
TV commentary:
Heh, the thing about watching too much TV is you recognize lesser known actors, which spoils crime procedurals a lot of the time. Like this week's SVU. I saw Shannon Woodward (the daughter on the Riches) was in the guest star credits in the beginning, and sure enough, she was playing some bartender. So it like, "Gee, does she have anything to do with it?" She's supposedly kidnapped, but obviously there was gonna be more to it than that, because I would say she's at least famous enough to not have that be her entire role- do some exposition then get kidnapped and killed.
Its worse when its a big star, and the networks sometimes ruin it by even advertising the big star is in it. But for the not so big stars, its like seeing someone like Kate Mara on one of the CSIs. They like randomly interview her and it sounds like she doesn't know anything, but you know she obviously is involved, because she's guested in a ton of these crime procedurals.
Then again, Law and Order is so old that sometimes some of these big stars do have small roles, like Taye Diggs or Aida Turturro on L&O, before they hit it big. Well, Taye Diggs is somewhat big in my opinion, but I can't really think of anything big Aida Turturro has done besides being Tony Soprano's sister!
So on the Unit, they killed off Hector! I knew it was going to be him because of the stupid commercials. I know, you're thinking, "But the commercials show Grey mortally wounded!" Exactly, commercials like that never show the actual person dying. They try to be tricksy-tricksy. So you think its the person from the commercial, so its like a gut shot when someone else dies quickly and suddenly. Besides, they're not gonna kill Blaine, Mac, or Jonas, otherwise what are their wives gonna do on the show?
On Gossip Girl, Dan and Serena think its time to do "it". Like any teen drama when the main couple tries to finally do the deed, there's all sorts of obstacles. Like rude Vanessa always barging in all the time. Has she no sense of boundaries?! And she's like totally oblivious, Dan's saying things like "there's this thing called knocking" and she acts as if its the most insane thing in the world! Oh, and Dan is of course intimidated by Serena's sexual history, and Serena is of course nervous of what would happen when they finally did it. Still, even though its same old same old, they looked very cute during this whole mating dance ritual.
Chuck wants to invest in a burlesque theater. He goes to ask his father's help, and manages to learn his Dad and Lily are an item. He's not going to spoil it just yet though. Anyways, his Dad's all excited that he's interested in a business venture instead of partying and raping all the time. But when his father goes to meet him, Chuck's having too much fun at the place, so they have a row. Chuck is pissed when he sees his dad get back in his car with some Asian chick, thinking he's such a hypocrite.
So he tells Lily, and she's upset. But then Chuck finds out Asian chick is actually involved with the deal, not some chicky his dad was doing. He fesses up to his dad that he told Lily he was cheating on her, but also says his dad brought it on himself, as his reputation is already such that Lily was ready to believe he was a cheating snake. Before they can fix it, Lily goes to see Rufus, who's been having it out with his wife and how everything is nebulous and she's screwing the neighbor. Rufus tells Lily she confuses him, especially with everything going on with his wife. He doesn't know if there's something there between them, her being around a lot more is certainly rekindling old feelings, but she's playing him hot and cold. She's about to leave all hurt, but he tells her to stay, and they lie on the floor and watch some weird artsy thing.
Nate's pissed since his dad didn't fess up to the coke, and his mom's wanting to send him to rehab. His dad says he'll talk to his mom, and that the coke was a one time thing and he was going to flush it. But then he goes to see his dad at work and see him buying more drugs. He tries to tell his mom that she knows his dad has a problem, but she's still heavily in denial. So at the Waldorf-Archibald celebration party, he and his dad have a fight. His dad punches him out in front of the building, which some cops see. They break it up, and Nate them to check his dad's pockets, hoping to teach him a lesson. Alas, the next day, he finds out that the drug charge is just what the state needed to also charge his dad with embezzlement and tax fraud and what have you. Whoops!
Jenny is miserable, nervous at first for thinking she lost the expensive diamond bracelet, and then Nate coming around telling her to ixnay on the still having feelings for Serena. Blair reveals she had the bracelet, and tells Jenny if she doesn't watch out, she'll crush her. But alas, she feels ill hearing Blair talk all about Nate and getting his grandmother's ring at the celebration party. Blair notices this and asks her what's up, and Jenny spills the beans. Though Jenny was trying to do the right thing, Blair dismisses her. Permanently! So she runs off to see if she can get her mom to get back together with Rufus.
Blair, meanwhile, confronts Nate at the party, asking if he ever loved her. She obviously doesn't get the answer she wants (and also sees Nate's dad get arrested, unbeknownst to him. He only paid the doorman off to keep things mum), so she runs off to Chuck's burlesque theater, gets plastered, does a strip tease, then does Chuck in the limo! It would be somewhat cute if Chuck wasn't a rapist! I'm still hoping for Dair!
Anyways, the roomie's ps3 came in yesterday. No ps3 games yet, but as I said, he wanted to get one of the first gen ones that had the ps2 hardware in it for the backwards compatibility. After all, he has a bunch of ps2 games, despite never having owned a ps2. I mean, the ps2 is mine, and he's always roomed with someone who had a ps2 (w00ter, Neb Pinhead), so he's never had occasion to get one for himself.
Owel, there's still not too many games out for it that seem all that appealing. Stranglehold, I guess, the demo on the 360 was pretty fun. Heavenly Sword "looks" cool, but I hear its way too short and while it looks like God of War, but with a hot chick, it doesn't really have substance. Actually, I guess there's Virtua Fighter 5, Ninja Gaiden Black and you can download Tekken 5 DR Online. There are games coming out that might be cool- Metal Gear Solid 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Devil May Cry 4, Soul Calibur 4 (why is everything up to 4?), Resident Evil 5 (I guess that's not a 4), Mercs 2 (not a 4 either), Dynasty Warriors 6 (also not a 4, so I guess not everything is up to 4), the newest Gran Turismo, Army of Two, Assassin's Creed, and Kane and Lynch: Dead Men.
Saw some more gameplay videos of Kane and Lynch. It still looks awesome, like something out of a Michael Mann movie. I still think if you combine this game with the free roaming world of the GTA series, and mebbe some of the environmental destructibility and neat gun fu tricks of Stranglehold (though that may be a little too much), it would be the ultimate stylized violence crime romanticization game.
TV commentary:
Heh, the thing about watching too much TV is you recognize lesser known actors, which spoils crime procedurals a lot of the time. Like this week's SVU. I saw Shannon Woodward (the daughter on the Riches) was in the guest star credits in the beginning, and sure enough, she was playing some bartender. So it like, "Gee, does she have anything to do with it?" She's supposedly kidnapped, but obviously there was gonna be more to it than that, because I would say she's at least famous enough to not have that be her entire role- do some exposition then get kidnapped and killed.
Its worse when its a big star, and the networks sometimes ruin it by even advertising the big star is in it. But for the not so big stars, its like seeing someone like Kate Mara on one of the CSIs. They like randomly interview her and it sounds like she doesn't know anything, but you know she obviously is involved, because she's guested in a ton of these crime procedurals.
Then again, Law and Order is so old that sometimes some of these big stars do have small roles, like Taye Diggs or Aida Turturro on L&O, before they hit it big. Well, Taye Diggs is somewhat big in my opinion, but I can't really think of anything big Aida Turturro has done besides being Tony Soprano's sister!
So on the Unit, they killed off Hector! I knew it was going to be him because of the stupid commercials. I know, you're thinking, "But the commercials show Grey mortally wounded!" Exactly, commercials like that never show the actual person dying. They try to be tricksy-tricksy. So you think its the person from the commercial, so its like a gut shot when someone else dies quickly and suddenly. Besides, they're not gonna kill Blaine, Mac, or Jonas, otherwise what are their wives gonna do on the show?
On Gossip Girl, Dan and Serena think its time to do "it". Like any teen drama when the main couple tries to finally do the deed, there's all sorts of obstacles. Like rude Vanessa always barging in all the time. Has she no sense of boundaries?! And she's like totally oblivious, Dan's saying things like "there's this thing called knocking" and she acts as if its the most insane thing in the world! Oh, and Dan is of course intimidated by Serena's sexual history, and Serena is of course nervous of what would happen when they finally did it. Still, even though its same old same old, they looked very cute during this whole mating dance ritual.
Chuck wants to invest in a burlesque theater. He goes to ask his father's help, and manages to learn his Dad and Lily are an item. He's not going to spoil it just yet though. Anyways, his Dad's all excited that he's interested in a business venture instead of partying and raping all the time. But when his father goes to meet him, Chuck's having too much fun at the place, so they have a row. Chuck is pissed when he sees his dad get back in his car with some Asian chick, thinking he's such a hypocrite.
So he tells Lily, and she's upset. But then Chuck finds out Asian chick is actually involved with the deal, not some chicky his dad was doing. He fesses up to his dad that he told Lily he was cheating on her, but also says his dad brought it on himself, as his reputation is already such that Lily was ready to believe he was a cheating snake. Before they can fix it, Lily goes to see Rufus, who's been having it out with his wife and how everything is nebulous and she's screwing the neighbor. Rufus tells Lily she confuses him, especially with everything going on with his wife. He doesn't know if there's something there between them, her being around a lot more is certainly rekindling old feelings, but she's playing him hot and cold. She's about to leave all hurt, but he tells her to stay, and they lie on the floor and watch some weird artsy thing.
Nate's pissed since his dad didn't fess up to the coke, and his mom's wanting to send him to rehab. His dad says he'll talk to his mom, and that the coke was a one time thing and he was going to flush it. But then he goes to see his dad at work and see him buying more drugs. He tries to tell his mom that she knows his dad has a problem, but she's still heavily in denial. So at the Waldorf-Archibald celebration party, he and his dad have a fight. His dad punches him out in front of the building, which some cops see. They break it up, and Nate them to check his dad's pockets, hoping to teach him a lesson. Alas, the next day, he finds out that the drug charge is just what the state needed to also charge his dad with embezzlement and tax fraud and what have you. Whoops!
Jenny is miserable, nervous at first for thinking she lost the expensive diamond bracelet, and then Nate coming around telling her to ixnay on the still having feelings for Serena. Blair reveals she had the bracelet, and tells Jenny if she doesn't watch out, she'll crush her. But alas, she feels ill hearing Blair talk all about Nate and getting his grandmother's ring at the celebration party. Blair notices this and asks her what's up, and Jenny spills the beans. Though Jenny was trying to do the right thing, Blair dismisses her. Permanently! So she runs off to see if she can get her mom to get back together with Rufus.
Blair, meanwhile, confronts Nate at the party, asking if he ever loved her. She obviously doesn't get the answer she wants (and also sees Nate's dad get arrested, unbeknownst to him. He only paid the doorman off to keep things mum), so she runs off to Chuck's burlesque theater, gets plastered, does a strip tease, then does Chuck in the limo! It would be somewhat cute if Chuck wasn't a rapist! I'm still hoping for Dair!
