Everybody is talking about how Blink 182 is making a comeback. Many people are excited and they should be, they are a cool band.
One band I'm dying to see reunite......Genesis. In 2007, we were treated to the Genesis that most people know.....Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. Those three are great by themselves,
but I'm talking about the mid 70's Genesis, lead by Peter Gabriel!
Peter Gabriel would sing songs as if the were a nursery rhyme, or folk tale. The Lyrics are Amazing, I love the naratives behind it. in the mid 70's, Genesis was hard to put in a certain rock genre.
CHECK OUT this clip from 75' Peter Gabriel has long black hair. Phil Collins has a full head of hair and great drum skills. It starts slow, but mid-way through It really rocks!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Max Payne Review
This is the typical cop movie about a cop who lost his family, and is seeking out revenge. He stays distant from anyone who tries to give him some sort of attention, and speeks only when spoken to. He will stop at nothing to solve his family's case, even if that means not going by the book. Is there enough Clichés for you? I just described at least 30 different movies in those three sentences. Many thats the sterotypical cop genre film.
Mila Kunis (that 70s show, family guy), plays the typical female lead who is looking for the same person as Payne. Of course they don't get along in the search for this individual. Before Payne leaves to fight the villain, he gives her the speech “You can go, its too dangerous, I have to do this alone.” Cliché galore! Then it turns out that the guy that Payne is after is not the guy he is looking for. Payne finds out the guy he thought could trust is not trustworthy! Do you still follow?
I’m trying not to give up too much of the story, but the movie ends the same way that Planet of the Apes (2002) did. If you seen it, you know what I’m talking about.
There is a brief apperence by Donal Logue (Grounded for life). He died early in the film, which is too bad because he was the only relatively interesting character. Nelly Furtado, Chris O’Donnell (played Robin in George Clooney’s Batman) and Ludacris make appearances as well. I was surprised how well Ludacris can act. I think he should have had a bigger part.
This movie was not good. It had its action scenes, but the film itself was dry and lame. Mark Walberg's dry acting did not help at all. This movie is comparable to bad sex, "Wow, this is good so far, wait it ended like that? aw man, so unsatisfying." As one of my friends described it "It was like I was on a 40 minute acid trip." Maybe I would have liked it better if I played the 2001 video game. It’s a fun movie I will admit, but it was filled with many plot holes.
Max Payne constantly complains that “They” killed his wife, but he fails mention that “They” killed his kid. Is he not important too? Why isn’t he not as important as the wife? I would see this movie again, but I would not pay to see it again. If you are thinking about seeing or renting this movie, just stay in, and rent The Punisher Extended Cut (make sure it’s the Extended Cut, it makes a big difference). I’m not saying don’t see Max Payne, but you have been warned.
Mila Kunis (that 70s show, family guy), plays the typical female lead who is looking for the same person as Payne. Of course they don't get along in the search for this individual. Before Payne leaves to fight the villain, he gives her the speech “You can go, its too dangerous, I have to do this alone.” Cliché galore! Then it turns out that the guy that Payne is after is not the guy he is looking for. Payne finds out the guy he thought could trust is not trustworthy! Do you still follow?
I’m trying not to give up too much of the story, but the movie ends the same way that Planet of the Apes (2002) did. If you seen it, you know what I’m talking about.
There is a brief apperence by Donal Logue (Grounded for life). He died early in the film, which is too bad because he was the only relatively interesting character. Nelly Furtado, Chris O’Donnell (played Robin in George Clooney’s Batman) and Ludacris make appearances as well. I was surprised how well Ludacris can act. I think he should have had a bigger part.
This movie was not good. It had its action scenes, but the film itself was dry and lame. Mark Walberg's dry acting did not help at all. This movie is comparable to bad sex, "Wow, this is good so far, wait it ended like that? aw man, so unsatisfying." As one of my friends described it "It was like I was on a 40 minute acid trip." Maybe I would have liked it better if I played the 2001 video game. It’s a fun movie I will admit, but it was filled with many plot holes.
Max Payne constantly complains that “They” killed his wife, but he fails mention that “They” killed his kid. Is he not important too? Why isn’t he not as important as the wife? I would see this movie again, but I would not pay to see it again. If you are thinking about seeing or renting this movie, just stay in, and rent The Punisher Extended Cut (make sure it’s the Extended Cut, it makes a big difference). I’m not saying don’t see Max Payne, but you have been warned.
Quantum of solace review
One film that's coming out next month on DVD that really disappointed me was Quantum of Solace. If you seen at least three of the first 20 Bond films, the new production know what to expect. Bond is usually sent on missions to stop a world threatening device, usually has intercourse with at least two different women, and he does it all with style and charisma. But the James Bond films and action genre in which there is not much thinking involved, but that's what makes a James Bond film.
I was extremely disappointed with quantum of solace. I caught the midnight showing when it first came out, and hey those are always fun. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who couldn't follow the plot. I should get a free bowl of soup and an apology for watching this movie. I know that since this is a new generation of bond films, they don't have to change it so much that it is unappealing to the general public.
I think the direction in which the new Bond films are being taken is headed towards a love story. In just about every Bond film, at least one woman that Bond fancies dies; but he gets over it. It would seem that this entire film is centered around his attempt to avenge the death of one of the two girls that died in the last film. In my opinion the genre of this film is completely different than that of Golden Eye.
What made the girl in the last film more special than any other girl blonde headed an encounter with? Why didn't he spend another entire film trying to avenge one of them? I also think the narrative was all fuzzy. In the beginning of the film, they mentioned that there was a secret society, but I didn't realize what the secret society was until after I saw the film. I felt the film was filled with many plotholes.
The movie climaxed too quickly. The fight scenes were a little too short and unsatisfying. The only interesting fight scene is the one in which the main girl is trying to kill some dude while he’s trying to have sex with her. How come Bond never received any cool gadgets in this film? I looked around the theater, all I saw was faces of disappointment.
I think the creators put way too much effort in trying to be different than a Sean Connery Bond.With a blond hair blue eyed James Bond, its like Hitler choose him to be Bond. I liked casino royal, but this was no Casino Royal. Whoever makes the next James Bond film should stick to the original roots. I understand in this day and age you try to fill action starts with more emotion, but Bond films are an action genre and that's the way that they should stay.
I was extremely disappointed with quantum of solace. I caught the midnight showing when it first came out, and hey those are always fun. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who couldn't follow the plot. I should get a free bowl of soup and an apology for watching this movie. I know that since this is a new generation of bond films, they don't have to change it so much that it is unappealing to the general public.
I think the direction in which the new Bond films are being taken is headed towards a love story. In just about every Bond film, at least one woman that Bond fancies dies; but he gets over it. It would seem that this entire film is centered around his attempt to avenge the death of one of the two girls that died in the last film. In my opinion the genre of this film is completely different than that of Golden Eye.
What made the girl in the last film more special than any other girl blonde headed an encounter with? Why didn't he spend another entire film trying to avenge one of them? I also think the narrative was all fuzzy. In the beginning of the film, they mentioned that there was a secret society, but I didn't realize what the secret society was until after I saw the film. I felt the film was filled with many plotholes.
The movie climaxed too quickly. The fight scenes were a little too short and unsatisfying. The only interesting fight scene is the one in which the main girl is trying to kill some dude while he’s trying to have sex with her. How come Bond never received any cool gadgets in this film? I looked around the theater, all I saw was faces of disappointment.
I think the creators put way too much effort in trying to be different than a Sean Connery Bond.With a blond hair blue eyed James Bond, its like Hitler choose him to be Bond. I liked casino royal, but this was no Casino Royal. Whoever makes the next James Bond film should stick to the original roots. I understand in this day and age you try to fill action starts with more emotion, but Bond films are an action genre and that's the way that they should stay.
Batman: Knightfall
Batman: Knightfall
I honestly think, with all my heart that this comic book series changed the superhero world. As I said before, superheroes are seen as these beings, who can recover from anything, never lose, and can do no wrong. Batman: Knightfall broke all the barriers, and put Batman in the mindset of an average human being.
In this series, Batman has been fighting crime for a very long time. He is suffering from psychological as well as physical damage in his quest to suppress crime. Batman starts to wonder why he keeps doing this. He starts to think why he should do this when he is extremely underappreciated. On one page of one of the first issues that man reveals many scars on his body. In the past, superheroes have perfectly chiseled bodies with no hair or marks.
The many authors of this series, introduced a new super villain in a class of his own. His name was Bane. Pain was the strongest of the Batman villains, and possibly the smartest as well. He wore a Mexican wrestler mask and he would inject himself with a steroid like compound called venom. Even though Bane is unrealistic in the human eye, here's my favorite Batman villain. Bane was able to find out that man's true identity, break him psychologically and physically.
In the past, if a villain was created to be superstrong, then that villain has to be dumb in order to compensate. Sometimes I goes for heroes as well. An example of that would be the Incredible Hulk. The Hulk is not that bright, he can't talk but he has superstrengh. In the movie Batman and Robin, the Bane portrayed in the film had similar attributes to the Hulk. Even as a 10-year-old kid that irritated me, because the Bane in the comic books was nothing like the Bane in the movie.
Batman is slipping. He doesn't fight crime as well as he used to. Batman's getting old and it's showing . Robin keeps saving is but more and more. One-way Bane was able to psychologically destroy Batman was to distribute drugs to the pedestrians and kids of Gotham city. Bain even convinced that Batman's top villains, including the Joker and scarecrow, to join his side. Batman gets weaker every time he goes out into the night.
Bane appeared at the residence of Batman, and being revealing that he knew he was Bruce Wayne. He was not able to defeat Bane. As a result, Batman was paralyzed by possibly the greatest super-villian. It goes to show you that even the greatest and most popular superheroes can be beaten, and are only human after all. In this series Batman passes the torch, because he feels is no longer worthy to fight crime. As a result, Bane takes over Gotham city.
This side of Batman is no emotional showing that I feel, put readers can connect to. Since then, I feel comic book writers have tried to put more human emotion into superheroes. In addition, I feel that writers have put more human error into superheroes actions.
Batman has always been a lone Wolf, as shown in the comic books and the movies. In Batman: Knightfall, he starts to feel the psychological effects of being alone.
I think this is an essential comic books series for the comic book fan and story lover alike. I tried not to give away too much of the story itself, but check it out if you get the chance.
I honestly think, with all my heart that this comic book series changed the superhero world. As I said before, superheroes are seen as these beings, who can recover from anything, never lose, and can do no wrong. Batman: Knightfall broke all the barriers, and put Batman in the mindset of an average human being.
In this series, Batman has been fighting crime for a very long time. He is suffering from psychological as well as physical damage in his quest to suppress crime. Batman starts to wonder why he keeps doing this. He starts to think why he should do this when he is extremely underappreciated. On one page of one of the first issues that man reveals many scars on his body. In the past, superheroes have perfectly chiseled bodies with no hair or marks.
The many authors of this series, introduced a new super villain in a class of his own. His name was Bane. Pain was the strongest of the Batman villains, and possibly the smartest as well. He wore a Mexican wrestler mask and he would inject himself with a steroid like compound called venom. Even though Bane is unrealistic in the human eye, here's my favorite Batman villain. Bane was able to find out that man's true identity, break him psychologically and physically.
In the past, if a villain was created to be superstrong, then that villain has to be dumb in order to compensate. Sometimes I goes for heroes as well. An example of that would be the Incredible Hulk. The Hulk is not that bright, he can't talk but he has superstrengh. In the movie Batman and Robin, the Bane portrayed in the film had similar attributes to the Hulk. Even as a 10-year-old kid that irritated me, because the Bane in the comic books was nothing like the Bane in the movie.
Batman is slipping. He doesn't fight crime as well as he used to. Batman's getting old and it's showing . Robin keeps saving is but more and more. One-way Bane was able to psychologically destroy Batman was to distribute drugs to the pedestrians and kids of Gotham city. Bain even convinced that Batman's top villains, including the Joker and scarecrow, to join his side. Batman gets weaker every time he goes out into the night.
Bane appeared at the residence of Batman, and being revealing that he knew he was Bruce Wayne. He was not able to defeat Bane. As a result, Batman was paralyzed by possibly the greatest super-villian. It goes to show you that even the greatest and most popular superheroes can be beaten, and are only human after all. In this series Batman passes the torch, because he feels is no longer worthy to fight crime. As a result, Bane takes over Gotham city.
This side of Batman is no emotional showing that I feel, put readers can connect to. Since then, I feel comic book writers have tried to put more human emotion into superheroes. In addition, I feel that writers have put more human error into superheroes actions.
Batman has always been a lone Wolf, as shown in the comic books and the movies. In Batman: Knightfall, he starts to feel the psychological effects of being alone.
I think this is an essential comic books series for the comic book fan and story lover alike. I tried not to give away too much of the story itself, but check it out if you get the chance.
transportation and transport tape ability in the cultivation of genre consistent attitudes and estimates
This is based off an article I read called transportation and transport tape ability in the cultivation of genre consistent attitudes and estimates
This article brings us through the cultivation theory. It has been said that many viewers of television are affected by what they see on TV. What is shown in the media can affect a viewers worldview. The study that these individuals have used involves transportability as a valid indicator of usefulness for the cultivation research. According to this article transportability predicts transportation for many viewing experiences. Because there were still lingering questions about the mechanics of linking the exposure to perception, transportation and trends portability were of great interest in researching cultivation.
Genre consistent attitudes are vital in the viewer experience. In every episode of Law and order, you expect to see a dead person in the first minute. At the beginning of every CSI Miami you expect David Caruso to put on his sunglasses and say a corny line while that transitions into the show's opening. In a typical HOUSE episode, one would expect house to give his patient treatment that makes them better, but five minutes later it makes them worse than they already were before.
This study investigates the typical reoccurring patterns in John Rose, stereo typical plots and suggestive views of reality. If an individual watches the show 24 to much, he might assume that all Muslims are terrorists.
It has unrecognized but stories are the vital communicative item in long-term cultivation affects. One reason why people still read books is so people can think for themselves and imagine what the story is like. Films and movies tend to think for you and create middle earth from another person's perspective. Stories, when they are being distributed to the masses, are created in standard patterns in character type, event structure, and setting. These stories are sent with similar messages, and the audiences that absorb too much have a different understanding of social reality.
This article brings us through the cultivation theory. It has been said that many viewers of television are affected by what they see on TV. What is shown in the media can affect a viewers worldview. The study that these individuals have used involves transportability as a valid indicator of usefulness for the cultivation research. According to this article transportability predicts transportation for many viewing experiences. Because there were still lingering questions about the mechanics of linking the exposure to perception, transportation and trends portability were of great interest in researching cultivation.
Genre consistent attitudes are vital in the viewer experience. In every episode of Law and order, you expect to see a dead person in the first minute. At the beginning of every CSI Miami you expect David Caruso to put on his sunglasses and say a corny line while that transitions into the show's opening. In a typical HOUSE episode, one would expect house to give his patient treatment that makes them better, but five minutes later it makes them worse than they already were before.
This study investigates the typical reoccurring patterns in John Rose, stereo typical plots and suggestive views of reality. If an individual watches the show 24 to much, he might assume that all Muslims are terrorists.
It has unrecognized but stories are the vital communicative item in long-term cultivation affects. One reason why people still read books is so people can think for themselves and imagine what the story is like. Films and movies tend to think for you and create middle earth from another person's perspective. Stories, when they are being distributed to the masses, are created in standard patterns in character type, event structure, and setting. These stories are sent with similar messages, and the audiences that absorb too much have a different understanding of social reality.
Comic Strips and Animation
A part of it that I found interesting was when it talked about comic strips and animation. In it they mention how comic strip and book characters speak with bubbles, over exaggeration of faces, and extreme angles. It was said to the world of animation and comic strips strongly represent a world that is very much different than our own.
They tell a story or stories for characters that can't age, scar, or feel pain. It would seem that superheroes can recover from anything, and that they always win. Every superhero has a perfectly chiseled body, would be one stereotype of your standard comic book. One might ask, how does Bruce Wayne have time to go to work, be Batman and have the body of Mr. Olympia?
The narratives that are portrayed comic book show that a superhero can do no wrong, and as I said before can't age. The punisher is original background story, was that he was a Vietnam vet. In a 1992 comic book, the Vietnam vet looks to be not older than 32. Even though Capt. America fought Hitler in World War II, he looks just as good in the 90s. Also what I've noticed, Beetle Bailey has been a private for over 40 years!
The example that was used in Chapter 2 was the animated series The Simpsons. Maggie has been the same age since 1989. Bart has been in the fourth grade for about two decades. Lastly, they are all wearing the same clothes. They are all dressed like it was still the 90s.
It wasn't up until the new millennium, in which animators and comic book artists started keeping up with the times. In Japanese animation, main characters can feel fatigue, they can lose, and they can even die. Same thing goes with comic books. Many members of the X-Men were killed off as well as some of the villains. Batman is start a think what is the point of saving Gotham city.
I think the narratives in comic strips and animation are getting much more creative. And I also believe that they're keeping up with the times as well. In an upcoming blog. I'm going to talk about the comic book series that change the way we think about comics. It's called Batman: Knightfall. I'll be posting it soon. Enjoy!
They tell a story or stories for characters that can't age, scar, or feel pain. It would seem that superheroes can recover from anything, and that they always win. Every superhero has a perfectly chiseled body, would be one stereotype of your standard comic book. One might ask, how does Bruce Wayne have time to go to work, be Batman and have the body of Mr. Olympia?
The narratives that are portrayed comic book show that a superhero can do no wrong, and as I said before can't age. The punisher is original background story, was that he was a Vietnam vet. In a 1992 comic book, the Vietnam vet looks to be not older than 32. Even though Capt. America fought Hitler in World War II, he looks just as good in the 90s. Also what I've noticed, Beetle Bailey has been a private for over 40 years!
The example that was used in Chapter 2 was the animated series The Simpsons. Maggie has been the same age since 1989. Bart has been in the fourth grade for about two decades. Lastly, they are all wearing the same clothes. They are all dressed like it was still the 90s.
It wasn't up until the new millennium, in which animators and comic book artists started keeping up with the times. In Japanese animation, main characters can feel fatigue, they can lose, and they can even die. Same thing goes with comic books. Many members of the X-Men were killed off as well as some of the villains. Batman is start a think what is the point of saving Gotham city.
I think the narratives in comic strips and animation are getting much more creative. And I also believe that they're keeping up with the times as well. In an upcoming blog. I'm going to talk about the comic book series that change the way we think about comics. It's called Batman: Knightfall. I'll be posting it soon. Enjoy!
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