And another thing..
This is completely random but I need to vent.

The Riddle is pretty much bullshit. The "hints" are misleading as hell and the solutions are pretty goddamn obscure. And yet I'm incredibly hooked to this right now. I'm only on level 5 though, and considering how frustrating (and not in the fun way) level 4 was I doubt I'll last much longer.

That said - try this out. If you solve it, post a comment and let me know how long it took you. I'm not going to comment on that test/riddle/thing quite yet.


EDIT: Hahaha - okay, 1 hour later and I'm changing my opinion of The Riddle. It's just complete bullshit. I wasted 45mins because the clues in the riddle itself state "On the 8th of November" - and have the title, "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy". BBVD turns out to be a band with a tour date on, you guessed it, the 8th of November. Sounds like I was on to something right? Nope. Not at all. 8th of November is a reference to a song lyric of their's. Unfortunately, out of all the song lyrics I'm sure they have, the riddler decides to use one so that the clue can easily be misunderstood/misinterpreted and lead you down a path that goes nowhere and results in nothing but wasted time. Sorry - that's not a riddle, that's an annoyance. This game isn't about following a logical thread, it's about getting lucky, extensively searching google, and other bouts of unfun. Sorry, I'm out - this is just retarded.
- posted by Brendan @ 3:30 AM 0 comments

 
"But you were the chosen one!!!"
I've seen the Revenge of the Sith trailer. And now, as the Trainable Persons would say, "I'm wet and sticky."



Now, before I get into this let me backtrack. Although the initial Star Wars boom was before my time, I got introduced to the whole thing fairly early on and I amassed quite a collection of original figures when I was 6-10yrs old, going to flea markets with my mom.

So when Episode I was announced and the trailer released, I was pretty stoked. And then I saw the film. To be completely honest, for me it was okay for what it was - the first chapter in a 6 part opus. It's mechanical. It introduces characters and begins the premise from which all things would evolve. Jar-Jar Binks was horrible. The acting wooden (newsflash though: take an objective look at those original films). And little Anakin was a chode. However, that final lightsaber duel? Come on. It was 10x better than any of the lightsaber duels in the original trilogy. And from a "we know what's going to happen" standpoint, the ending to the film is indeed very dark. And while I did not have all my hopes for The Phantom Menace fulfilled, I knew that there was something greater coming.

Next there was Attack of the Clones. I very much liked this film. Not just "more than the first" but as it's own entity. I did not, at any point, think the political aspect was too weighted, in fact I thought the whole thing was well balanced. The love story was silly and awkward, but it was almost a necessary evil. So what made up for that? Well - everything apart from it. And no, Yoda's badassery did not bother me. At all. Yet, even as good as AotC was - it still felt to me that there was something greater coming.

And tonight, I saw the first glimpses of greatness. That's right: Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

Now, I know what everyone's thinking - "Don't get your hopes up. The trailers for the first 2 films were cool, too."

But no - this is different. This is way different.

The first two movies (and the original trilogy) had hope in them. They were about inspiring awe and showing cool things exploding. This movie, this trailer, is not about that. This movie is IT. This is the big, big, event. This one isn't about hope, or awe, or being a badass. This is the one about losing *all* of that. As Lucas said - this one, "ends in hell". It's a tragedy. We're going to watch almost every character from this trilogy die a horrible death. The crumbling of the Republic, and Anakin transform.

And if you're worried about wooden performances ruining the film - listen to Ewan Mcgregor as Obi-Wan plead desperately with Anakin, "But you were the chosen one!!" - lava exploding around them. In-fucking-tense.

This movie will own us all.
- posted by Brendan @ 2:27 AM 0 comments