Wednesday, 27 July 2022

The Boys s3

Wild rollercoaster ride. Fun stuff. Good (better?) character development than earlier seasons, maybe.

Mad God

If Harlan Ellison's "I have no mouth yet I must scream" was a trilogy, this was the fourth part written while on LSD.

Amazing stop motion. Not sure I'm getting the whole story yet. Babel. Rebirth. Circle. Empty gestures, empty living...

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Kate

Fun action film where protagonist knows she will die and tries to take revenge on the yakuza.

The Gray Man

Enjoyable full-fight action film with Ryan Gosling as CIA "gray" man, full on action like John Wick etc.

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Enjoyable enough western shootout game.

Stray

Truly beautiful game where you play a soft-mewing stray cat trying to escape the post apocalyptic underground city.

Saturday, 23 July 2022

Sophia Kennedy - misc

Good stuff. Some in German.


"People treat their problem as pet / feed it while it's hungry / mourn it when it's dead"

Thursday, 21 July 2022

quote - Japanese game

 "To teach is to learn
Please make space for me,"


Petrichor - words

petrichor

The distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell.

The yellow organicoil that yields this scent.

Stray

Fun, beautiful. Particularly the first scene.

Loved how initially it is "just being". You don't read text - weird script - you just walk around.

Things get different when meeting B-12, the little robot. Let's hope things don't get too explainy.


Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Spiderman: No Way Home

meh.

Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain

Nice but sad documentary about the famous cook, his work, his travels, his fighting with mental issues.

Controversially, they used three deep-fake voice-overs of him with identifying them (well, one of them).
This will become more and more common and it's weird.

Monday, 18 July 2022

the Imitation Game

Great film about Alan Turing and his work (and sad end) on the Enigma and the bombas.

Wonderful acting from Benedict Cumberbatch as per usual.

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Remember Me

Enjoyable enough game where in cyberpunk Paris you need to fight using certain patterns for maximum impact to get your memories back. 

Sometimes you need to go into someone's mind and adjust their memory. Fun concept. 

Quite cinematic in its story telling and cut scenes. Nothing super great but enjoyable stuff.


Writing this while still playing (and not doing the game justice, I'm not reading all the background stuff), it seems a serious attempt at a Matrix meets Tombraider (without the puzzles, without the bullet time). It's not bad. The story telling, while not spectacular, is okay, considering the audience and time it came out.

Doctor Strange and the multiverse of madness

Yeah, well, one of those Marvel things in the MCU.

The "madness"? It wasn't really there.

It was alright. I do remember liking the first one a lot, this one... glad I did not pay a cinema ticket.

Saturday, 2 July 2022

Outer Range

Intriguing series over a Wyoming farmer who finds a huge hole into nothingness in his land.

A lot left unexplained, there's a danger of Lost-approach here, but intriguing nonetheless.

Very nice soundtrack.


To check

* Kris Kristofferson - "Casey's Last Ride"

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Stranger Things - s4

Enjoyed it more than s3, well, it's still ongoing. 

Long episodes, each easily spanning an hour.


Good stuff!!

Some amazing moments, "I piggybacked via a pizza dough freezer" and the Metallica "master of disaster" concert given in the Upside Down.

Picard - s2

With John DeLancie's Q! And borg!!

Good so far.

Umbrella Academy - s3

Usually silly fun.


Nice how they incorporated the transition of the actor Elliot Page. 

Some good songs, as well, really liked "My Silver Lining" by First Aid Kit.

Shining Girls

Interesting series with her from The Lake about a vicious attack that leaves her switching times and places, and trying to trace her attacker.

Was a bit confused by the ending.