Some thoughts...

[rurounihime]

I saw two good movies recently.

The first, X-Men 3 (went and saw it today). Good film, most definitely. The darkest of the three. It felt good to be able to point out plot points and characters from the original comic series to all the noobs who you can just TELL were not fans of the X-Men as children. Either that or they are too young. I found the ultimate body count to be very, very high, especially in the ranks of the regulars. Quite depressing, for sure. Some things I would have liked to see more of. Fire, you are right: I miss Gambit. And WHERE THE BLEEP WAS NIGHTCRAWLER?? *weeps* Oh, but wasn't Angel the hottest? Mmmmmm... *drools* *wants wings*

The second, Silent Hill (about a week and a half ago). I tell ya, I am very glad to see one of those horror video games finally make itself into a good stand-alone movie. Resident Evil, fun for kicks, but not all that great when it comes right down to it. And Res Ev 2? Totally incomprehensible about halfway through. Either that, or just not scary anymore. Too bad, because that game series is FREAKY. But Silent Hill... Man, that was like the scandalous love child of Lovecraft and Giger. TOTALLY up my alley as far as what is scary. I liked them twitchy nurses, for sure. And I just adore the ghost story concept about alternate dimensions, and brushing past each other while on separate planes. And that whole issue about Daytime versus His Time. That was a stroke of genius, and it makes me want to play the game. But again, Fire, you are right: the death scene of Alice Krige's character Christabella? Totally over the top, and definitely thought up by some male somewhere, probably a tentacle-hentai lover. *shakes head in disappointment* I really recommend this movie. Waaaaaay creepy, way bloody, way engrossing, except for that death scene I talked about back in the spoilers section. The actors were wunnerful, with the exception of a certain ebil child. *rolls eyes at a certain ebil child voice-over* But Kick-Ass Cop Girl, Cool Mom Girl, Hot Dad Boy, Crazy Bag Lady, Ebil Religious Fanatic Lady, and BAD-ASS WITH THE FUNKY POINTY HELMET FROM YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES GUY were great!

Did I ever tell you about the day I first played Silent Hill? Well. I also played Resident Evils 1 and 3, and watched "Excel Saga" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" in the same afternoon. Kind of a mind fuck of a day, all around. ^_^

My sis got a big ol' trampoline for the backyard a week or so ago. We have been practicing our front flips. I likes me that trapperleen. *flies about* *...sadly, without wings*

So yeah. With the recent movie watching. And the recent trapperleen jumping.

Comments

[physixxx.livejournal.com]

Fire, you are right: I miss Gambit.


oh... you're one of THOSE X-fans...

[physixxx.livejournal.com]

PS --> i do hope you stayed until AFTER the credits????

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

AAAAAGGGHGGHHGJHGLKJGHDPJBDKIVEGTGBGBBQWTF NO! We are sitting right in front of a whole slew of the NOISIEST girls on the planet! I swear, they would not SHUT. UP. So we got up right after it ended. *CRIES*

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Yeah, WERE. Not ARE. *grinds teeth at my misspellings*

[kirili.livejournal.com]

Sorry to comment!stalk here butbut!!

What happened after the credits?!

[fireelemental79.livejournal.com]

And (being that I am the fire in question and thus the origin of the compalint), what is wrong with "those X-fans?" Hmmmm? Hmmm? Hmmmmmmmm?

:-D

No really. I'm curious. Do people talk about us Gambitfantatics behind our backs?

[physixxx.livejournal.com]

hahaha


i think there's a (probably small) faction of fans from the UXM#94 through probably FALL OF THE MUTANTS era that hate the "everyone knows kung fu and are ninjas" that, really, was the fault of the artists who seemed to be only able to draw that kind of action. Gambit was the first in the XMen to sort of be that, so he's the respresentation of that "all-great Evil"... plus, the ret-conning of MUTANT MASSACRE-era history (and canonical fact, by the bye) that says that HE led the Marauders to the Morlocks when in fact, they FOLLOWED a Morlock named Tommi to the Morlocks and THEN ret-coning him to be a time traveller and influencing Mr. Sinister in some way... bah!

At any rate, he takes the unfortunate brunt of fans who liked UXM during that era who detest the kung-fu fighting trend that comics had shortly after his inclusion to the team.

But you know... it made them lots o' money, so i guess it couldn't be all that bad...

[sarcastic-irony.livejournal.com]

So, on the plus, there was lots and lots of St. John Allderyce and Bobby action [hotties]. On the negative, they killed off basically everyone, which was stupid, made Rogue a whiny bitch, and there was no Gambit. So yeah...your feelings towards the movie are somewhat more benevolent than mine.

[physixxx.livejournal.com]

they so failed miserably on the Pyro-Iceman front it's not even funny.

Bah!

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the body count really was high, wasn't it? I didn't mind Rogue... I just would have liked to have seen more of her, you know? She was barely there. ShadowKat got more of a part than she did.

And yeah. A wee bit anticlimactic with the Fire and Ice, for sure.

[sarcastic-irony.livejournal.com]

It's true. It was a failure, especially then ending of it all. But at least they looked good, which is more than can be said for a lot of movies. I was really excited when they met up outside the Cure clinic (was I the only one who saw this as an abortion protest?) and get all snarky, but it just never accelerated to a good enough point.

[e-dork.livejournal.com]

The no Gambit thing made for much pouting on my part but Angel's simply lickable hipbones sorta kinda made up for part of it.

:D

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHA! *grins*

[fireelemental79.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I agree. WTFWHERETF WAS MY ELFMAN? I fell in love with him. Sure, at first I'm like "woh, they went old didn't they?" and "hey, Nightcrawler is the ultimate in blue hotness (no offense Beast but comeonhere, the ears damnit)." But then eventually I just lovedededed him to pieces and what, he goes back to his monestary? *mindless bleeping cussies*

And still no Gambit. At this rate, the only way they will be able to make it up to me is having THE GAMBIT TRIOLOGY. Three movies devoted to my favorite explosive Cajun badass. *wantsmecajunbadassRemydrools*

However, while I have never been a big fan of the o'winged one (or of Jean for that matter) both got me in this movie, just as Hugh Jackman got me on Wolvy's side in the first one. I mean, guh, wuh, huh, hawt....grrrr, wings! *puddle* And that scene where (SPOILER) he breaks free in the lab, uh. I could have died and let his barechestedness carry me off to heaven (ENDSPOILER).

Oh the subject of Silent Hill, sorta, you need to check out that Stained video for AL (lovethatShikee). Um, you'll totally see why within the first few seconds. Creepy, but also reminescent. And oh yes, (NEWSPOILS) barbed wire tentecle impalment? WTF?(ENDSPOILS) But I'm with you, I wouldn't mind playing that game, and yes, his time vs. day time (both creepy) was such a great device.

Anyway... That is all I gots to say I guess.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that video link. It was so great! Maybe she and Trent could talk to Maynard. I saw some Schism influences in there as well. ^_^ And isn't THAT a twisted video.

Yeah, see, I was never a fan of Jean Grey either. Probably because my main dose of her came from that cartoon series, which portrayed her as the whiniest whack out there. Oh god. I hated Cyclops too because of that. I just could never see why both Wolverine and Cyclops were sprung over her, especially when Storm was right THERE. HelLO.

[eskiie.livejournal.com]

Yes! X-Men 3! So much love. And yeah, I'm missing Gambit, too. It'd be interesting if they did happen to introduce him in the movies... and then have some jealous!Ice-man. Ooh, yeah. Just for me. :P

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. Sadly, the Rogue bit will be different now... Maybe. Though I have my doubts, seeing as a certain magnetic somebody was exhibiting more powers...

[karaz.livejournal.com]

Angel had some lovely abs didn't he? I was sitting between my mother-in-law and my husband so I couldn't even properly appreciate them... but gunh! There were quite a few things that made me go o.O, while watching but overall I liked it. And they've left it open for a sequel so that's a bonus.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Yeah, on the whole, it was a good movie. I did not find it lacking, except that they could have given more time to certain things and certain people, I think. Alas. That's okay. I hear that Hugh Jackman is definitely signed up for at least one Wolverine-focused movie. So that should be fun. ^_~

[drowning-london.livejournal.com]

Well, that cements it, I'm definately going to see SH now, I'd been sorely, sorely tempted. And of course I'll see X3. Dur. :p Sadly, I own SH3 or something and I've never played it. And I liked RE movies, just not /hugely/ on the second one.

Trampoline! Ah, I am jealous! My sis only has an itty bitty trampy. You trampy tramper you!

*jealous*

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Silent Hill 3 is actually the one I played on that mindfuck of a day. The buzz is that, while SH3 has a lot to do with the original story of SH1, it is not as good as the first two. But from what I played, I found it to be quite creepy, and very unsettling. Good stuff. ^_^

I like RE 1 (movie): see, I have a soft spot for Michelle Rodriguez, and I think the action sequences and the zombies in that movie were great. The second one I just didn't find as scary. But I enjoyed the concepts.

And yeah: I'm a trampy tramper. Most certainly. *tramps*

[alex-s9.livejournal.com]

I heard there is a special kind of fics called wingfics where the charecters are, well, winged.

Just to comment on your new obsession...

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Neat! *is intrigued*

[kirili.livejournal.com]

For people who hadn't played the game that was scary but so confusing. Wondering is a good thing to leave an audience - utterly "heh?" isn't.

hehehe. Heh! Wingdude's superman pose.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

You mean those who haven't played Silent Hill? I haven't really played it (just SH3 a little bit), and I didn't find the movie confusing at all. I loved it. ^_^

Wingdude was hawt in that pose... *swoons*