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diff --git a/content-org/reviews.org b/content-org/reviews.org index fc4c37d..d94cd0e 100644 --- a/content-org/reviews.org +++ b/content-org/reviews.org @@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: reviews :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Reviews2 -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :reviewSection '(Books Games) +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :reviewSection '(Books Movies Games) :END: ** Reviews My reviews of fun things! + * Books [0/0] :@reviews: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: reviews/books @@ -807,6 +808,615 @@ All that we got was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dts0rjp5V8][trailer]] whi In it, a shot of people saluting the stalker is shown, which is a complete antithesis of what the Stugatsky brothers are telling us. +* Movies [0/0] :@reviews: +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: reviews/movies +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :reviewSection '(Movies) +:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: image +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "reviews/screenshots" :image_max_width 765 +:End: + +** Movies reviews +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Reviews of movies +:END: + +I watch movies, so why not whine about them in the process? +Note, that most of what follows is SciFi. + + +** DONE Johnny Mnemonic (1995) +CLOSED: [2024-06-11 Tue 15:52] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: johnny-mnemonic-1995 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mirco reviview of the cyberpunk classic +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4.0 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image reviews/covers/johny-mnemonic.jpg +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/brain-rot/american-scifi/johnny-mnemonic-1995/) +:END: + +One plus of the linear-tv age of the past is that I've seen movies I would have no chance otherwise. +Polish stations tried to put as many new blockbusters as possible. +Other times they had to resort to movies of lesser fame, like the hero of the day - /Johnny Mnemonic/. + +Willian Gibson, the father of modern /Cyberpunk/ genre, doesn't have much luck when it comes to movies. +/Neuromancer/ is finally getting an adaptation, but unfortunately it will be a TV show[fn:neurotv]. +His /Aliens III/ script was rejected. +At this moment, his only legacy in this medium is /Johnny Mnemonic/. +Luckily, it's an awesome legacy! + +The story is what he does best - a classic story in a cybernetic world. +Johnny is a courier who smuggles information. +The trick is that he is not smuggling them on tapes, but in his own brain. +This time he overdid it and loaded too much data (320 gigs!) overflowing his capacity. +He needs to get it out, and to do it /fast/. +It won't be easy as the data is /hot/ and yakuza and gigantic corporation are trying to stop him. + +/Neuromancer/ is a heist story with a twist, /Johnny Mnemonic/ is a fugitive story with a twist. +For what it's worth, I found the story to be great. +There is nothing profound, nothing makes you scratch your head. +It's story about a smuggler and the whole world trying to kill him. + +The worst aspect of this movie is the acting. +It's Keanu Reeves at his most mediocre, single faced act. +Even Takashi Kitano seems to be bored on set. +I have no idea why, but *no* actor seems to be invested. + +But everything else works. +First, the movie looks great. +All special effects are selling distopian vision of near future - be it the scenes of high raise buildings, slums, or of cyberspace. +It all looks like one would expect (no sky /the color of TV turned to a dead channel/ though, which is a shame). + +Talking about cyberspace, when have we ruined the way we talked about computers? +/Johnny.../ has all the Gibson's words, like Ice-breakers. +It's magical and hypnotic. +We live in world of his novels (with corporations being more powerful than nations, internet everywhere, or the destruction of environment) but this is what we lost? +It's so dull and dry! +I don't want App, I want "visual interface". + +#+attr_shortcode: :file johny-mnemonic-1.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :alt Keanu Reeves in metal VR goggles grimming his teeth. The helmet covers most of his face. +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +This looks like something I want! +Screw that plastic toy from Apple. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file johny-mnemonic-2.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :alt A futurstic CGI city resembling cyberspace +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +This was the cyberspace we were promised. +#+end_image + +I may be looking at this movie through rose-tainted cyber-visors, but I was expecting a terrible movie. +I saw as a teen and loved it. +But somehow, after all this years /Johnny Mnemonic/ holds up. +It's not a big nor overly smart movie. +It's a product of it's times but does it marvelously. +I loved it. + +[fn:neurotv] It's a sign of the times. +Platforms want to get as much from every license, a /Neuromancer/ is as hot as SciFi goes. +This means that it will most likely be expanded into self-parody, with one unnecessary thread after another. +And /Neuromaner/ is already structured as a *movie*! + + +** DONE Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) +CLOSED: [2024-07-21 Sun 22:22] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My review of a meh horror +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image reviews/covers/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/brain-rot/american-scifi/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956/) +:END: + +/Invasion of the Body Snatchers/ is a 1956 film about a town that's being attacked by aliens. +However, the attack is not an all-out warfare, but instead slow replacement of town's folks. +Everything that makes us individuals is removed, and all that's left is a souless husk. +The body is replaced by a clone straight out of a pod, your memories are transferred - but your soul is gone. +It can happen to you! + +Yeah, it's a /commie/ horror. +Guess becoming part of a collective was the worst the authors could come out with. +I have not read the book, but the film let me down. +I saw it ages ago, and it was OK, but I remember very little. +Now I know why - the film is extremely forgettable. + +The idea of being replaced by an identical clone, that /is/ you but at the same time it missing what makes you human is very cool - in a scary way. +But the film does nothing with it. +Everyone in the town is slowly being replaced by /pod people/ and only our main heroes are fighting for their individual selves. +Even in the first act, where the replacement is just revealed, the characters don't show many emotions. +Hey, let's put this strange body on our pool table. +It will be good, don't worry about it. +There is no suspense, nor are there any interesting reveals. + +/Invasion of the Body Snatchers/ is a very basic classic horror. +It's not that it's old, as the same year we got /Forbidden Planet/ and /The Day the Earth Stood Still/ is 5 full years older. +But somehow, this film became a classic with endless remakes. +Technically, the movie is great - the acting, the effects. +But story-wise nothing stands out, nothing stays with you. +And I'm always in for the story! + + +** DONE Running Man (1987) +CLOSED: [2024-06-24 Mon 23:45] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: running-man-1987 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My review of the Schwarzenegger's classic +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image reviews/covers/running-man.jpg +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3.0 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/brain-rot/american-scifi/running-man-1987/) +:END: + +I never got into 80s action packed ultra-manly movies. +I was never fan of them, as action scenes bore me. +There was, however, quite a few of them in SciFi setting so this site will force me to finally get to know them. + +So, /Running Man/ is a 1987 SciFi movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger based on Stephen King's story. +In the not-so-distant future of 2017 the world faced an economic cryis and America became a totalitarian state. +Captain Ben Richards (played by Arnold) is a police officer who refuses to massacre unarmed civilians. +He finds himself to be government's scapegoat and, as a result, is jailed. +After a prison break, he is once again captured - but this time he is given a chance. +If he participates in /Running Man/, an ultra-violent TV show, he may regain freedom. + +There is a /bit/ more to the story, but not much. +What is there, however, was a surprise! +There is a plot and there is commentary about risk of fascist state, of controlling crowds through entertainment, and about controlling the narrative by those in power. +/Running Man/ is /1984/ if Orwell wasn't so talented. +The entire world building happens in the first half an hour of the movie. +The rest is an hour-long series of Richard's fights against /stalkers/, professional killers who star in the show. +And I *have* to be sincere here: I hated the second part much less than I anticipated. +Yes, it's over-the top and mindless, but it has nice gore. + +But mostly because of the montage. +I remember watching the second /Avengers/ and absolutely hating it. +Most of the movie was random characters fighting without any order. +One /cool/ scene after another. +In /Running Man/, on the other hand, I was able to follow the plot of the fight. +I knew not only what was going on, but I also had a vague understanding of where the fights were and where characters were in relations to another. + +#+attr_shortcode: :file running-man-1.webp +#+attr_shortcode: :alt Face of a white, bearded man lighting a cigarette +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/this-one-would-be-a-big-dream-the-remake-of-the-only-stephen-king-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-team-up-edges-closer-to-reality/ +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Typical prison beard +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file running-man-2.webp +#+attr_shortcode: :alt White man wearing a bright yellow, shining, one-piece suit +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/this-one-would-be-a-big-dream-the-remake-of-the-only-stephen-king-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-team-up-edges-closer-to-reality/ +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +The most offensive thing here are the costumes +#+end_image + +So, this movie is not a completely mindless fight scene. +I should have hated it (like the aforementioned /Avengers/), but I did not. +I haven't /loved/ it, or even truly /liked it/. +Furthermore, I don't feel like I lost anything by not watching it when it was played on repeat on TV. +But it's not offensive[fn:off], it's not even boring. +I /enjoyed/ it, but I will never watch it again. +It's not one the great Schwarzenegger's movies. + +[fn:off] Enjoyment-wise. +The movie is very offensive with its sexualization of women. +But this very nicely matches the metaphor in the story. +This, however, would not be made with modern sensitivity. + +** DONE Ghost in the Machine (1993) +CLOSED: [2024-02-09 Fri 22:59] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ghost-in-the-machine-1993 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mirco reviview of a computer thriller +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine /blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine/ brain-rot/american-scifi/ghost-in-the-machine-1993/) +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3.0 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image reviews/covers/ghost-in-the-machine.jpg +:END: + +Talk about a surprise! +I was expecting a /schlock/, but I've seen a nice move. +A dumb one, but still. + +The plot is the biggest problem: a serial killer has an MRI and due to electric storm gets his soul moved to computer network. +With this, he becomes able to: +- kill person by moving to a microwave and changing its settings, +- kill a dog by arousing it with a TV program (using nothing by electric breakers), then hitting the dog with a VHS tape ejected from a VHS player which causes the animal to run towards the pool + +It makes as little sense in the context of the movie as it does here. +But the acting is (at the very least) acceptable and the FX are better than they should - and there is a lot of them. +Moreover, the camera work is crazy! +The movie /looks/ better than it should. +It seems that this dumb, little movie got more passion in it than the entire MCU combined. + +The problem is that I have no idea what was going on. +People were dying, cool computer interfaces were shown, but the plot barely connected those scenes together. + +It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution. +I enjoyed it a lot. +It is not a /good/ movie, but it is enjoyable. + +I give it a =3.0/5.= + +links: +- [[https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine][Ghost in the Machine on TVDB]] + + + +** DONE Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) +CLOSED: [2024-03-03 Sun 16:52] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: colossus-1970 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract A short review of SciFi classic +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4.25 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image reviews/covers/collosus-forbin-project.jpg +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(brain-rot/american-scifi/colossus-1970/ /brain-rot/colosus-1970 /blog/2024/colossus-1970/) +:END: + +Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem. + +/Colossus/ is a 1970 movie about a not-so-distant-future where Americans decide that it would be a great idea to give control of their military potential to a computer. +On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stopped by petty things, like morality. +Guess how well that turned out? +Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP. + +And then this SciFi thriller stops being so /crazy-computer/ focused, and analyzes /crazy-human/ reaction. +Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented. +It[fn:it] starts /demanding/ to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate. +And the scientist decide that it would be a great idea. +The computers start exchanging data and developing language. +Still - looks cool, let's see what happens. +Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea. + + +The movie is often described as an evil-computer story. +Colossus is never evil in the movie. +It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy. +The evil ones here are the humans who never stop and think that maybe we are on the verge of the end of humanity. + +So yeah, it's an movie about Altman. +We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things. +No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about. + +#+attr_shortcode: :file colossus-1970-0001.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes. +Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment. +#+end_image + + +#+attr_shortcode: :file colossus-1970-0002.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Rest of the movie is not as sexy. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file colossus-1970-0003.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Colossus in person. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file colossus-1970-0004.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +At first Colossus communicates only via text. +Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file colossus-1970-0005.jpg +#+begin_image +This one as well. +Because it has a printer! +It took me half of the movie to get that. +Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious. +#+end_image + +Story wise, /Colossus: The Forbin Project/ holds splendidly. +Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin[fn:sex]. +But the actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today. +The questions and subject are more relevant now that half a century ago. +What was a huge /what-if/ scenario becomes a real /ok, but how do we stop it/. +The Pentagon is already working on militarization of AI[fn:pent]. +We're pretty much screwed already. + +The best SciFi is not about giant battles or space travel for space travel sake. +It's always about humans, a warning for us. +And the /best/ SciFi is a warning for the next generations, as the threads become more real as years go by. + +There is a moment in the movie, where the entire day of Forbin is planned and monitored by an AI. +What was a horror story, is now what a lot of us /expect/. + +/Colossus/ in a movie version of earlier book of same. +There are 2 more in the series, and (as I've been told), Aliens make an appearance later on. +Maybe someday! + +As for the movie, I give it a 4.25/5. +[fn:it] There's an interesting discussion about what pronoum to use - He or It. +[fn:sex] It is a plot point! +A terrible one, but still. +[fn:pent] Vide: [[https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/][Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI]]. +Note, it's from the official website of US Department of Defense. + +** DONE Hardware (1990) +CLOSED: [2024-02-17 Sat 19:39] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: hardware-1990 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/brain-rot/hardware-1990 /blog/2024/hardware-1990/ brain-rot/american-scifi/hardware-1990/) +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3.5 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image reviews/covers/hardware-1990.jpg +:END: + +I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[fn:cp]. +I spent my formative years watching /Anime, art house/ and ignoring most of USA movies. +This means I haven't watched a lot of the /cult/ movies out there. + +/Hardware/ is a 1990 movie about a killer robot in a post-nuclear world. +Think of a mix of Terminator, Aliens and Short Circuit. + +I heard of this movie years ago, but it seemed to be noting more than a cash grab after the success of /Terminator/ - a movie which I don't partially enjoy. +After watching, I have to say that there was a of true in this assumption. +But somehow I ended enjoying /Hardware/ much more. + +Not that the story is better - if anything, it is much simpler, or just plain /simplistic/. +Say what you will about /Terminator/, but the basic premise was great. +/Hardware/ on the other hand doesn't offer a great idea. +This is a straight movie about a killer robot. + +However, I enjoyed it more, as it is much closer to what /Alien[fn:alien]/ achieved +The entire action is encapsulated in only a few, closed locations. +Half of the runtime is spent in a single apartment, where the /Mark-13/ robot shows up from to time a try to murder someone. +Much like the /Nostromo/! + +This allowed the movie to be *stunning* visually. +I loved every frame here! +I know that most of the effect is based on fog and lighting, but I dig it! +Just take a look at the gallery below. + +Another thing which reminded me of /Alien/ is how they handled the special effects of the /monster/. +We see very little of /Mark-13/ - he is often hard to see, covered in darkness. +From time to time we see his movements, and well. +Hiding him was clearly a good idea... just like with the /Xenomorph/. + +All in all, I enjoyed the movie. +I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed every minute of its short runtime. + +I give it a =3.5/5=. + + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0001.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Red sky of postnuclear... summer? +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0002.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +The Nomad. +#+end_image + + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0003.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0004.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +An ordinary store. +Great vibes! +Fun for the whole family. +#+end_image + + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0005.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Same store, different view. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0006.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +The perfect glasses. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0007.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0008.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +What posses as art now. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0009.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Computer we want but don't deserve. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0010.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0011.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Remember when spirituality was cool? +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0012.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense. +I'm sure no one will drop it. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0013.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +UI we all want. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0014.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +What lurks in the shadows. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0015.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Yup, Jin-Roh. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0016.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Yankee-Roh. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0017.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +With some striking shadows. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0018.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0019.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Prelude... +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0020.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0021.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Yup, a hand. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0022.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Hold the presses! +The glasses are back! +I repeat: the glasses are back. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0023.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Mark-13 in all of its glory. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0024.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +This is only a window, but what a window it is. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0025.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +They have not used Wilhelm's scream. +What a wasted opportunity. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0026.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0027.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +I am a sucker for this type of fish eye. +Always reminds me of /City of Lost Children./ +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0028.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0029.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Ok, it does. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0030.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +One of the few CGI moments here. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0031.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +And one of /many/ lighting shots. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0032.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Look how black it is. Classy. +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0033.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +But does it run Quake? +#+end_image + +#+attr_shortcode: :file hardware-1990-0034.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+begin_image +Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich. +#+end_image + +And a few nice /gore/ sceenes which I won't show it. +This is a family-friendly website! + +Links: +- [[https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware][Hardware on TVDB]] +- [[https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/][Director's official website]] + +[fn:cp] I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element... or most of "cyber". +No one rebels against the system, no one enters the /cyberspace/. +But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than /Johny Menomic/ a /Cyberpunk/. +Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it. +[fn:alien] Aka "the clearly superior of the /Alien/ series" + * Games [0/0] :@reviews: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: reviews/games @@ -1211,8 +1821,6 @@ Lots of annoyances and finger pain, but no enjoyment. Just running into random spots, bashing melee attacks and checking for weakness from time to time. I play on easy and was tired of that very quickly, I can't imagine having any actual problems with this system you have no enjoyment with. - - The real-world activities are almost none-existent. I loved how the Phantom Thieves bonded and became friends. None of this here. |