The Long Road
Archives: January 2004
Friday, January 30, 2004
Smallville is a “retelling” of Superman’s early years so its taken a few liberties with what was established in Comic Book history. I don't mind most of the changes made; some have made the show more interesting than it could have been and some of them were completely pointless. Just so you know, I’ve decided to point out some of the differences that I know of.
Lana and Pete
They’re both supposed to be white for one thing and they’re supposed to be in a love triangle with Clark. Instead we got the Lana-Clark-Whitney and Lana-Clark-Chloe triangles. Pete is never supposed to find out about Clark’s powers but Lana does, and even with knowledge of Clark’s amazing abilities she chooses Pete over Clark (aaaw).
Chloe
Sorry doods, she never existed. There’re rumours that she’s Lois Lane’s cousin though.
Jor-El
In an episode this season it revealed that Jor-El had visited Earth and the Kents before ever sending Clark to them, and had decided that he wanted the Kents to raise Clark. This is the one change I really disagreed with. The fact that Clark was found and raised by decent, moral folk (instead of, say, the Luthors) was supposed to be a stroke of fate, not some “plan”.
The Luthors
Lex never grew up nor lived in Smallville, and he never met Clark before he was Superman. He was raised in the slums of Metropolis and made his fortune when he, at a young age, bought and collected super-life-insurance for his parents and then burned down their house. It was heavily hinted at in December’s episodes that Lionel did these things. So Lex was always a rotten kid and didn’t have this Vader-esque fall to the Dark Side. I don’t know how they’re ever going to get Clark to be Superman without Lex knowing it unless they mindwipe him again.
And if you’re wondering, the writers have said that the only time we’ll see Clark “in costume” will be the very last scene of the last episode of the series.
Posted by Rayne @ 01:08 PM EST [Link] [11 comments]
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
When this show first aired I was pretty turned off by it for a couple of reasons. First of all it was aired on YTV which doesn’t have any credible live action shows and this was a Jim Henson production with puppets as main characters which reinforced the whole “this isn’t serious sci-fi” thing. So I never paid any serious attention to its original run on TV. It was only near the hoopla caused by its eventual cancellation and actually siting down to watch one-quickly-turned-to-four episodes that I realized how wrong my perception of Farscape was.
Farscape is the best sci-fi series since DS9 and has the strongest first season of any show I have seen this side of Twenty-Four. I like this show for the same reason I liked DS9 and 24, because it tries to tell one whole story. Each episode of Farscape isn’t simply just the next chapter in the-disjoint-adventures-of-some-characters. There is an overall plan for the series, an ultimate destination for the characters, both physically and mentally (if not, it at least seems like there is).
In only the first season, so much happens to these guys that changes them and the way they interact with each other, and most importantly, they remember this stuff several episodes after the fact! Each episode also always finds time for the characters to interact meaningfully. They bicker, bond, cry (a lot!) and it never feels forced and isn’t for the sole purpose of advancing the plot. John and Aeryn have one of the strangest yet coolest relationships ever.
Aside from the continuity there’s the fact that it’s a pretty creative show. For one thing, their ship, a living ship!, is symbiotically bonded to its pilot. There’s also the vast array of aliens who don’t look like humans with weird foreheads. And even the humanoid aliens usually have weird enough internal physiology to make them more than just aesthetically different humans (photogasms being the best).
I also love the costumes on the show, especially how the costumes keep getting better and better as the series goes on. Like when someone realized that D’Argo didn’t really look all that menacing in a pink robe. And no one makes better use of leather than the Peacekeepers. The best outfits belonged to the PK commandos who wore the tan suits with all the belts and buckles, later used by Aeryn to our great pleasure.
I keep wanting to compare Farscape to Enterprise but there is no comparison worth making. Farscape beats Enterprise to a bloody pulp feeds the pulp to Rigel and sends Rigel’s excrements into the nearest star. There are only three reasons for watching Enterprise; subtract T’Pol and the only reason left for watching Enterprise is my wasted loyalty to anything Trek.
One of the episodes that stands out the most from Season One is: 1x16: A Human Reaction.
Throughout the whole episode it seemed obvious that a twist would be forthcoming and I kept waiting for it, and probably not paying as much attention to it as I should have. This is definitely the episode that I remember the most, maybe because it was so weird, but also because it was very much not your typical “humans know better than any species in the universe, no matter how advanced” Trek style sci-fi.
Posted by Rayne @ 05:55 PM EST [Link] [13 comments]
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Is being uncomfortable in your own clothes. Take yesterday for example. I was wearing a t-shirt with a pull over. AND SOMETHING KEPT STABBING ME IN THE CHEST. Of course it was probably some stray hair or something. I spent all morning squirming around in my clothes, trying to shrink away from them so as to not feel the intolerably annoying pain. I also kept fiddling around under my shirt to see if I could maybe get the offending object. Basically I was fidgety for ½ the day. When I finally found the long brown hair embedded in the zipper I was so fantastically relieved. Its so hard to describe, it was like an hour long sigh of relief. No longer having to fear being pricked simply for making the slightest movement was such a great feeling.
And another thing, how the frell did the long brown hair get stuck in the zipper of my shirt? I haven’t even been remotely close to anyone with that kind of hair in ages. Especially not in the week since I last wore the bloody thing.
Posted by Rayne @ 05:41 PM EST [Link] [6 comments]
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
It seems way too easy to hit emotional highs and lows.
All it takes sometimes to make the day, or even the week, is a good conversation, something nice someone said, or an unexpected statement on a drunken night. You just carry that single moment for as long as it’ll last until it fades into a warm fuzzy memory stacked away somewhere.
And then you have those other days when someone gives you the evil eye, or doesn’t return a phone call, or goes offline without saying goodbye and leaves nagging doubts in your back of your knees for days to come. Or you have those people whom you never want to see and running into them while they’re happy just makes you cringe and colours your day. Maybe a complete stranger does some random act of unkindness and it angers you to the point where you can’t enjoy some wonderful moment you’re having.
Sometimes there’re these crazy bouts of optimism that last a couple of days until reality hits and you think “what the hell have I been wasting all this energy on THAT for?”.
I really wish it weren’t so easy for someone else to make or break the day. And so often it’s completely unintentional on the person’s part because just the fact that they exist could be bothersome.
Posted by Rayne @ 05:39 PM EST [Link] [7 comments]
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Its really hard to quantify that statement without doing an actual count (which would take oh-so long). All I can do is emphasize by saying that I have A LOT, or A LOT, or even better yet, of comics.
OR to get a real sense of my collection, you can check out these pictures.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Posted by Rayne @ 11:15 PM EST [Link] [6 comments]
Friday, January 16, 2004
Lists, I like lists. This isn't only a list of movies that I think will rock our worlds but also of movies that I have to see because of what they are. Last year had around 5 comic book (*) based movies. This year has at least 8!
Kill Bill: Vol. 2: Did you see the first one? Well you should have. I can't wait to see what other kind of insane, bloody, and gory shite QT will be putting on screen in the conclusion.
Jersey Girl: Kevin Smith's first post View-Askew movie. Sure it stars J.Lo and B.Fleck but c'mon, Kevin Smith's sense of humour is going to be worth it. I hope.
Hellboy*: A big red demon, a merman, and a girl who can wield fire fight off superpowered nazis and monsters. How can you go wrong? All that and its directed by he who made Blade 2.
The Punisher*: This looks really bad and really cheesy.
Van Helsing: Wolverine vs Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and the Wolfman. Sort of sounds like LXG + Underworld but its gotta be twice as good as both of those put together because it can't possibly be worse.
Shrek 2: I really liked the first one. Who didn't? I have no idea what the plot to Shrek 2 could possibly be though, how many more fairy tales can they mine?
Troy: The movie I'm looking forward to the most this year. Troy is the story of a telepathic counsillor on a starship full of..no wait. Troy is the story of Achilles, The Trojan Horse, and the siege of the city of Troy. I like historical epics a lot and this promises to be a whole movie resembling the first 20 minutes of Gladiator.
The Day After Tomorrow: The first real disaster movie since 9-11. This movie is going to make destroying large North American cities cool again! Large storms, toppled buildings, and a new ice age all in the first act.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The first 2 were pretty good just really "sugary" towards the end. They've changed directors now so I think there'll be a few less minutes of sappyness. I'd also like to mention that this is the director who made a movie about 2 guys and a girl who went on a road trip and had a threesome.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Sequel to Pitch Black. Also first of a planned trilogy. The trailer has some really nice gothic imagery and cool looking technology...then Vin Diesel shows up. The guy will make or break this movie because everything else looks rather filling and tasty.
Spider-Man 2*: Spidey VS Doctor Octopus, who looks much cooler than I would have ever thought possible. I don't think the first one stands up to repeat viewings too well but this sequel doesn't have to be bogged down by minutes and minutes of character introduction nor an "Origin Sequence".
King Arthur: A "historical" look at the legend of King Arthur. None of that Merlin, magic, excalibur stuff. More than anything, King Arthur will be known as the movie that made Keira Knightly dress up in tattoos and leather belts. And I mean ONLY tatttoos and leather belts.
I, Robot : Directed by the guy who made Dark City so this movie will at least look cool. I've never read any of the "I, Robot" stuff but they're classic sci-fi. I hope this isn't like Bicentennial Man.
Catwoman* : I happen to think that Halle Berry is one of the most overrated actresses around. She destroyed Storm with "do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightining" so why not give her another superhero to mess up? I also happen to think that making up some other character who isn't Selina Kyle to be Catwoman is a preposterous decision.
Thunderbirds: Based on that funky 80's "marionation" show and directed by Will Riker! I can't really see non Thunderbird fans being interested in this but I think it'll be cool.
The Village : The next movie by M.Night Something. Something about a village, the woods, and the supernatural.
Alien Vs. Predator : I have no hope for this movie. None. I mean, from the very beginning they started calling it "AVP" which is such a bad sign of things to come. Freddy vs Jason was cool, this movie will only TRY to be cool.
Deathlok*: A military cyborg gone rogue. Think Robocop with more of an attitude and guns.
Blade: Trinity*: I liked both previous Blade films and the same writer is involved with this one but he's also making is directing debut so things might get a bit sketchy. The plot has something to do with vampires either taking over the world or already having done so. Its gonna be tasty!
Man-Thing*: Not a porn film. Man-Thing is a swamp monster who lives off of the fear of its victims. Doesn't sound all that fantastic, but you know...its based on a comic.
Constantine*: Keanu Reeves is John Constantine, The Hellblazer. He's an crusty magician who's waging a one man war against both heaven and hell. The comics had lots of sex, violence, swearing, and british humour. The movie will have none of that.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse: This sequel looks like it will stay much closer to the video games with at least Jill Valentine and Nemesis showing up. But its also by the same people who put the ridiculously stupid Red Queen in the first one.
Alexander: Collin Farrel is Alexander The Great. The third "historical epic" of the year!
The Incredibles: Pixar! I don't think these guys can do any wrong. ALL their movies have been fantastic, no one else can say that. AND their making a movie about superheroes.
The Polar Express: 2004 is the year traditional animation dies in North America. Polar Express is the third CG flick and I've heard of no traditional ones. This movie will be known as "the movie that decided to fully render Tom Hanks instead of using the real Tom Hanks"
Mortal Kombat: Domination: I can't really believe that they're making a third one, but they are. Will this be as entertaining as the first one or set back our society by a thousand years like the second one? Maybe they think that no matter how bad the movie is the theme song will save it. Definately falls in the "have to see it because of what it is" category.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: Who cares what the plot is or who the stars are in this movie! This is all going to be about STYLE. This movie is an homage to classic 30's pulp sci-fi, think Flash Gordon and live action "Iron Gian". Did you see the cool visuals in the trailer? And the giant flying robot army? And the fricken Ornithopters? OMG!!
Posted by Rayne @ 12:49 PM EST [Link] [32 comments]
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Insulting someone during an exchange of opinion does not make you right. Ever. Thinking otherwise only means you're stupid.
Posted by Rayne @ 02:58 PM EST [Link] [20 comments]
I think a First Person Movie would be cool; A film where the main character is, essentially, the camera man. The whole movie from start to finish would be only from this character's eyes and ears.
I don't know if such a movie exists, but man, I'd see it. Just thinking about it though, it would probably be pretty hard to make. The story could only be told from one person's pov at all times, you can't have scenes of other characters scheming or explaining unless the main character were there. Even first person shooters can't tell a full story without cutting away to another perspective or set of characters. I guess you can't really have bullet time either...unless the main character's running in circles really quickly. Anyways, the main character would of course be voiced by Keifer Sutherland, it could be like phonebooth where you never see his face, unless he looks in a mirror.
Posted by Rayne @ 11:45 AM EST [Link] [4 comments]
Monday, January 12, 2004
I write "comic book", you think "skip this entry", "superheroes", "comicbook guy".
The perception that comic books are solely about superheroes and read mainly by kids or by middle aged men who've never outgrown their adolescence is a gross North American misconception. In my 2 years working at a bookstore I have seen probably 1 kid for every 20 adult whose bought a comic.
In France and many other parts of the world, comic books are as valid a form of entertainment as any prose novel. Book and record stores are filled with comics. And it is very common for a comic book to be listed along side a prose novel in the weekly bestsellers list, a feat that has only happened in North America very recently with Neil Gaiman's “Sandman: Endless Nights”.
The fact that comic books were invented in North America but have not found the success here that they have overseas is a little ironic. The reason that comics have achieved mainstream acceptance as a storytelling medium elsewhere is that they are not relegated to telling only stories about superheroes; Mangas and Bande Dessinees cover everything from mysteries, to teen romances, to horrors. These genres exist in North American comics but they're either selling extremely poorly or they're written in superhero trappings.
North American comics are trapped in this weird little catch-22. There are probably something like 300000 people who buy North American comics in North America. A very niche market. To reach mainstream audiences and acceptance, content has to expand into more genres but any of those genres can't survive long enough with the current buying audience to make an impact in the mainstream.
The answer to this problem is obvious. I'm moving to France!
Posted by Rayne @ 02:40 PM EST [Link] [7 comments]
Saturday, January 10, 2004
I notice patterns in people's writtings and speech. I think I'm better than most people at it too. I can pick up a reused phrase 60 pages apart in a novel and the repetition would bug me. With that in mind, if you read Jerome's journal you've probably noticed that he's used the word "tasty" to describe food he likes quite often. So with the help of some others, I've made a compilation of these tasty foods in a nice little webpage.
This is most honestly the second best webpage I've ever designed! Inspired by Dennis' asdshdk, I proudly present to you tasty.woot.net . Questions? Compliments? Criticisms?
Posted by Rayne @ 07:13 PM EST [Link] [8 comments]
I was gotten drunk and taken advantage of!
So I’m at a bar and there’s a girl I’m after. I suppose things were going well (it’s never easy to tell). After a certain point in the night, when I’m already quite intoxicated, one of her friends just keeps handing me money and says “get yourself and her a drink”. Never one to pass up free alcohol, the girl and I run the guy at least 6 drinks. So what happens when at the end of the night when I’m so drunk I don’t care about anything at all? I see the girl go home with the guy who kept feeding us alcohol.
Posted by Rayne @ 01:09 PM EST [Link] [7 comments]
Thursday, January 8, 2004
I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated on my life. So sorry! I’ll try to make it up to you guys today.
My alarm rang as it has every other day this week at 7:20. I hit snooze a few times before deciding that I’d make it to work for 10 o’clock. A few taps of the snooze button later I got up and it was around 8. I had some Cheerios with milk I had to steal from Lachlan (dood, I owe you a bowl of milk) then made two peanut butter and jam sandwiches for lunch. I went back upstairs to get ready, got ready, and went back downstairs where Dennis was. We discussed bills very briefly before he went out to work and I left shortly after.
It was very bitterly cold outside as I walked towards the bus stop where Janet (from 205) was also waiting. I talked to her (or was it her talking to me) while standing there, she recounted the epic tale of how she thought the bus was supposed to arrive 10 minutes ago. When the bus got there, we got on, Janet found a seat while I opted to stand since I spend all day sitting down. We talked until the bus brought me to my stop where I got off; Janet didn’t get off because she was going a couple more stops. As I stood in the shelter, my toes were freezing and I was wishing I had either worn my boots, bought thick socks, or had toe sox (this is an in-joke with someone who may or may not be reading this). When the bus finally arrived I went all the way to the back only to hear 3 dumb guys proving to each other how smart they were by knowing that everyone was going to get off the bus at the university. Fools.
Anyways, I arrived at work at about 10 as I had expected. Not too much exciting happened there. I discovered that the program I’m working on uses one more database than I had previously thought, that makes THREE. Utterly ridiculous. I’m hatching plans of integrating it all. Also made progress in tracking down the bug I’m looking for only to be thwarted around 6 by a global variable being declared somewhere that I cannot find. Such are the perils of debugging 32,462 code files and 3 databases with notepad as your only tool.
I also emailed Mike a few times at work and msn’d Arthur, Phong, Andrei and Melissa Py at varying times throughout the day. Found out some interesting things about Mel, even though she keeps thwarting me when I try to flirt with her.
Ate one of my sandwiches around 11:30 and Jane asked me if I wanted to join her and Adrian for lunch around noon. I asked her where they were going and she said the lunch room; I had to decline partly because I didn’t need to eat my second sandwich yet and partly because I fear being in that lunch room with the rest of the staff. I hate being in a room full of strangers where I know I’ll stand out. At about 3:30 I ate my second sandwich with a delicious fitty-cent can of pineapple juice I bought from the then-almost-empty lunch room. The guys in there tried to talk to me about the weather and discovered I was very badly equipped for such a conversation.
Around 4, Sean was leaving for the weekend and told me I could use his computer to look at that mysterious 3rd database I found. Mine couldn’t see it because I had an older version of Access. Andrew then found the computer that was supposed to go to me being used by someone else so I’m stuck with that p2 until a new one can be built for me.
I left around 6 to catch the bus home; I think I was the last one out of the office again. On the bus, I saw Patrick Szeto. By the time I decided that I should maybe talk to him, I had already sat down and thought it was already too late to make it seem less weird. He got off the buss in front of Philthy’s and I got off the next stop and headed to Arthur’s place. There, I asked Brian some more questions about the badminton club, I’ll probably go to next week’s introductory meeting at the very least. I scrounged around their kitchen for some food to stave my growing hunger and snacked on a slice of bologna and some kind of dry cereal. At 7, Arthur and I left to go to Waterloo Martial Arts Academy.
It was my first class, an intro to how things work – for free! Remember when I said I didn’t like standing out in front of strangers? Well, it happened. I was in my black and red gym clothes while everyone else were in their white gis (pronounced like the french name "Guy"). Great. The warm up consisted of 10 laps with 10 push-ups between each lap. It wasn’t too bad, I think 3 more laps and I would have been really exhausted. The stretching part was particularly tough. My poor hamstrings.
So while everyone was practicing things they’ve already learnt, I had my own instructor for the 45 min session who taught me some basic stuff. Its pretty tough to co-ordinate all these body movements at the same time but I think I did okay for a first timer, but certainly not the martial arts prodigee I was hoping to be. Anyways, it’s 75$ for 3 months and that includes a free gi. I’m very seriously considering joining if only for having a gi around. Haha. It’s only 20$ to join the badminton club. Brian vehemently denied that the money went towards his basketball shoe collection. I might join both.
I was thinking of going to the pac to do at least some back extensions but Arthur didn't feel like it so he drove me home and came in for a bit, he talked about martial arts and sparring while I chopped up some vegetables. When Dennis got back, the two of them went off to Dennis’ room. I continued cooking oblivious to the laughter and screaming coming from downstairs. Dinner was Teriyaki beef stir fry on hot rice. It took 40 mins, cost 5$, and I made enough for 2 meals. And it was rather filling and tasty. Arthur left after he and Dennis were done; I had finished dinner by then.
Dennis and I then proceeded to look at all the crazy apps he has for tuning his 7.1 speakers, there are many. I gave him some of the x-mas cookies I still have left over. I want to finish them before they get any more stale. After that, I came upstairs and did the dishes and put away my leftovers. Then came up here and wrote this entry. 1 hour later, I finished. See my dedication to you guys?
I’m not sure what else I’ll be doing tonight. Prolly some reading, situps, a shower, then bed at midnight.
Posted by Rayne @ 10:26 PM EST [Link] [6 comments]
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
The goal last term was to read only books by authors I had not read before (I've read some Gaiman comics, but they're not "books").
The Starchild Trilogy by Pohl and Williamson: A book of BIG IDEAS. Each subsequent book in the trilogy deals with crazier and crazier sci-fi ideas culminating in Sentient Stars. The book is marred by pretty boring cookie-cutter characters and bad prose (every time The Planner or the Planning Machine are mentioned they are emphasized with “himself”/”itself”). The book is still worth reading for the out-there ideas it has (if you’re into that sort of thing), something tells me that Grant Morrison has read this.
The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster: This was recommended to me a while ago and it was pretty good. After I read it, I thought that it definitely felt like just the beginning of a story and sure enough, upon some research I found that this was only the first book of a TWENTY-ONE book series set in the same universe. This book was the author’s first and it is a pretty impressive first effort and I’m certain he’s gotten a lot better since, but there’s no way I’m committing myself to 21 books.
Nightfall by Asimov and Silverberg: An awesome premise. What would it be like in a world of perpetual day and the suns finally set after 2000 years. The book takes a bit too long to set up Nightfall and the final resolution seems a bit too Deus Ex Machina to me. What I really want, after having read this, is to read the original short story by Asimov.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman: By far my favorite book this term. This book, right up Gaiman’s alley, is the story of man stuck in the middle of a brewing war between the waning Old Gods that people used to believe in and the new Gods of America: such as the god of media, the internet, and the God of Cars (who’s received more human sacrifices than any other god). Gaiman’s prose is rather tasty and all his characters are instantly likeable. The ending is a bit anti-climactic but the book is worth it. I’m really impressed with the amount of research that must have been done to write this, including the research into all the small towns, and the many, many gods of so many cultures. After having read this book, I have a pretty big desire to go out on a road trip and find all the cute little towns featured here. A quote: “I need her, not as an end in herself but to wake me up a little. Even King David knew that there is one easy prescription to get warm blood flowing through an old frame: take one virgin, call me in the morning.”
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This book screams “English class”. All the imagery, themes, and metaphors are so obvious. But still, I liked it a lot. The ending was an emotionally gut wrenching part, I had to read it twice. There’s nothing sadder (in mine eyes) than a goodbye that you know is forever. Here’s an anecdote, the essay in the front of the book says it was originally titled “Something That Happens”. Haha!
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Another one of those books with an essay in front. I honestly didn’t understand anything out of this book. I found it very boring and impenetrable. And it took me almost a year to read. The only interesting part I found was near the end was when the narrator began talking to the widow, there was some stuff there that I could really relate to (shush!). And then the book ended very suddenly! I really didn’t like it. The writer’s so Polish!
Posted by Rayne @ 10:28 PM EST [Link] [17 comments]
Monday, January 5, 2004
1. Do you acknowledge that Nintendo has an image problem?
no? then you need some new eyes.
2. Read carefully:
A console is judged on its exclusive content.
Nintendo is its own largest provider of exclusive content.
A very large majority of Nintendo's output is simple mascot-based games.
And again: "Nintendo’s insistence on pumping out all-ages mascot-based platformers and party games is why it’s stuck with the image of being a console for kids."
Posted by Rayne @ 12:05 PM EST [Link]
Sunday, January 4, 2004
Content:
When I hear Xbox, I think FPSs, sports games, Xbox Live. PS2? RPGs and Fighters. GameCube? Mascot Platformers and party games. These are obviously just general impressions, there is some amount of crossover.
Nintendo’s insistence on pumping out all-ages mascot-based platformers and party games is why it’s stuck with the image of being a console for kids. That, plus the fact that it’s a cute little box with the pretty colours.
Games are all about escapism. They’re about being a badass mercenary, a general, a prince. Adult games are about an emotionally and intellectually interactive experience; they’re about being completely immersed in a complex world with complex characters and relationships. This level of immersion is only truly possible with realistic graphics. That’s why games are constantly approaching real-life. That’s why Solid Snake is more appealing than Mario Mario and that’s why presentation is so important. If it were not, then there’d be no reason to move beyond the N64 since it can do anything gameplay-wise that the Cube, PS2 and Xbox can. The fact that Snake is a violent sum’bitch is ancillary to the enjoyment of Metal Gear Solid, it is because he is in a complex and intriguing plot and a presentation so slick it makes Mario’s eyes bleed that make the game so enjoyable.
The cube is sorely lacking in realistic games, playing as a fat little plumber who jumps around on mushrooms just isn’t all that satisfying an experience; sure Mario and his plethora of Party games can be fun, but where is the suspense, the adrenaline, and the emotion?
As far as innovation goes, no one has been innovative in a very long time. Nintendo’s platformers are all re-dressings of Mario 64. No matter the presentation, you’re still jumping around and looking for meaningless artifacts that will magically solve all your problems.
Posted by Rayne @ 04:32 PM EST [Link] [28 comments]
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