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Star Trek: actually good
I went in ready to hate the thing. It looked nothing like Star Trek, I hate J.J. Abrams’s mysterious shit, yadda yadda. I also complained plenty during the movie, but when I sat and thought about it… It was actually a pretty damn good movie, and the best Star Trek movie since… First Contact? Certainly better than that Insurrection and Nemesis crap. I had very few major complaints: Red Matter: Um. Red Matter? Red stuff?! Honestly. Just a little bit of technobabble won’t drive away the masses, Abrams. Uhura: her character only did three things: 1) avoid Kirk’s advances, 2) intercept a Klingon message (off-screen), and 3) love Spock. Not…
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Another hubris-eaten “hero”
I watched most of Death Note this weekend; the first 27 eps. I love(d) it. But the main character has hit his peak and is obviously going to fall in the same ol’ hubris-infected way. I’m told there’ll be good filler along the way, but the end is predictable and predicted. American Gangster did the same thing. Great character, same old crumbling under the weight of his own power. I want to see the bad guy win. Or at least not fail in that way. I don’t want a cheesy or easy win, but if Light had triumphed over L (and I mean really triumphed, not let himself get roped…
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Tastee (del.icio.us) links!
Links for April 19th from 03:28 to 03:28: Minesweeper : The Movie. Destructoid offers reviews, previews, trailers, cheats, and more. – I totally want to see this movie… except it doesn't exist. Good, hilarious trailer. I didn't know College Humor had actually gotten funny in the last little while.