I have gotten so hopelessly behind in updating that I am just going to start a new life.
I woke this morning thinking of movie titles. Not exactly thinking them up, or on the other hand pondering the titles of movies I knew. In a contemplative state I thought: Any Second Now is a mystery-thriller; Any Minute Now is a romantic comedy, possibly about a young woman come to the big city for adventure; and Any Day Now is a moving and uplifting family drama. I actually remembered no films with those titles, but I assumed they existed.
Well, I just looked them up. Any Second Now is a murder-thriller. Any Minute Now is a romance, but a horror-romance rather than a RomCom. And Any Day Now is an uplifting family drama about a kid with Downs. None were films I'd known about.
James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice) used to complain about movie titles that could be anyting -- crime, musical comedy, slapstick. Your Money or your Life. Hands Down. Up and Coming. Etc.
Well, I just looked them up. Any Second Now is a murder-thriller. Any Minute Now is a romance, but a horror-romance rather than a RomCom. And Any Day Now is an uplifting family drama about a kid with Downs. None were films I'd known about.
James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice) used to complain about movie titles that could be anyting -- crime, musical comedy, slapstick. Your Money or your Life. Hands Down. Up and Coming. Etc.
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I don’t want to spend the rest of the summer comparing movies to The Avengers, but it’s only fair to point out that if The Avengers is still in theaters and somebody in your party has not yet seen it, you should probably make “Yet Another Showing Of The Avengers” your #1 option for movie money.
This weekend, assuming everybody in the group is tired of YASOTA, Battleship is actually a surprisingly good option #2. I liked it almost as much as John Carter of Mars, and more than Lockout, which I liked more than I probably should have. Here’s the trick, though: you need to try not to engage in certain sorts of mental behavior. I’ll enumerate them for you:
1) Don’t ask “why are we getting to know these characters?” during the opening two or three scenes. Just roll with it. These scenes are fun in their own way, and even if you’re just here for the popcorn and explosions, the explosions will be more fun if you know who’s exploding.
2) Don’t ask “is that really how naval wargames work?” Because I don’t know, and I suspect I’m happier NOT knowing. Stuff will start exploding soon enough.
3) Don’t ask how the FTL comms or travel work. Don’t even ask “wait, is that FTL?” because the movie is going to give all that stuff a much wider miss than the approaching aliens should have given our space junk. Just nod to yourself, think “cheap FTL, got it,” and move on.
4) Whatever you do, don’t start asking about the motivations of the aliens, or the implications of their technology. Especially best left unasked: “if they can project an impenetrable force-bubble 300 miles in diameter, why do they use clunky ballistic munitions?” I opened that can of worms after the movie, and am convinced that it is worms all the way to the bottom. The bottom of the universe.
It’s possible I’ve said too much. Just looking at this list you’re possibly saying to yourself “this movie is too stupid to live,” in which case I suspect you’re up for YASOTA this weekend. Or maybe you’ll MST3K your way through Battleship and manage just fine.
(Note: the use of an actual battleship when they’ve all been decommissioned? Nicely handled. Also, the part of the movie that actually looks like it might be based on the game? Clever, and very silly. Oh so very silly.)
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Ben wrote up an article on the game already, which I think you might enjoy. But of my favorite things about it is the incredibly genuine person behind it. Watch this YouTube video, clearly converted from VHS or something, where he teaches you how to play his game.
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The new paradigm for loot in multiplayer action RPGs has been altered somewhat. Skeletons still explode with cash and prizes, that portion has been rigorously maintained. But the merchandise they drop essentially drops separately for each player, so you never have to worry if you picked up the wrong thing or got somebody’s money or any of these other bookkeeping things (like Inventory Tetris) that used to be considered gameplay.
I don’t mean that in a dismissive way, either. I liked Inventory Tetris! But this Diablo is smooth, smooth edges, smooth, from Health On Contact Globes to its infinitely
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