02.27.08

Tangled Up In Blu

Posted in Movies, Rants, Television at 7:12 am

Note: I’m in abject misery; an honest-to-god cold has struck me, as opposed to surprise!badfood from two weeks ago. I don’t know how my parents managed to digitize their plague and transmit it over the telephone to me, but they did, and I have them (and the crystal-clear reception of my cell phone) to thank for this round of “will it nauseate?”. What I’m trying to say is that you probably shouldn’t count on a big long diatribe tomorrow.

I came across an interesting little factoid yesterday: apparently, the HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360 is now priced at $50. That would certainly make it a very tempting prospect if I had not also come to a realization– a fundamental paradigm shift that better explains how I’ve been looking at the whole, now-over “format war”. The revelation is this: ( I’m not ’smart’ enough for anything better than standard DVD… » )

01.02.08

Back To The Usual

Posted in Movies, Rants at 7:44 am

So, things are quiet this morning. Yesterday was quite relaxing; nothing of any real interest happened, except I treated myself to the last trip to the Chinese buffet for a very long time.

I also went to see The Golden Compass, which was a bit of a mistake; the film wasn’t bad as much as it was disappointing. It didn’t have an ending so much as they ran out of film and just put the credits on. Put another way, it felt like they were making the movie as if it were an episode of a television series, and not even a particularly well-paced one either. If they bother continuing it– which I would doubt at this point– the next one is going to be criticized for starting with a huge set of downers. Ah well.

Anyway, nothing much else to report right now; there are a few things I have to say about the gaming and anime accomplishments, especially Senko no Ronde, but those can wait until tomorrow. It’s strange, really; the first day I try to focus on life stuff, and my acute lack of a life hinders it. I suppose it’s no less than I deserve, though. Catch you folks tomorrow.