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Eva Yojimbo

As for the "twist", I never really saw it as a big twist... it's not like we thought that the "flash-sideways" world was just a normal part of their normal reality... it was always going to be an alternate dimension, or an after-life, or a different timeline, etc. We didn't know...

Eva Yojimbo

I finished Lost. I should be in bed now but so many ideas are tumbling around in my noggin I thought I'd just drop in to mention this. I don't expect to be making coherent sense of everything (or anything, really) by tomorrow, or maybe ever. I also really think that a second watch is almost necessar...

Eva Yojimbo

TBH I'm really surprised you didn't like the Toussaint/Blood & Wine stuff more. That whole DLC seemed a really colorful, creative riff on the Don Quixote theme blended with tons of fairy-tale stuff. Granted, something like Shrek's kinda already done that, but I've never seen it done in a video ...

Eva Yojimbo

Should I bother with Gwent? I haven't so far, but offers to play during missions keep popping up. I agree with Raxi. Gwent was one of my favorite parts of the game. The only difficulty was in collecting all the cards as there are some that can only be gotten at certain times from certain people (an...

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Finished Season 5. TBH, I got a bit lost with all the time-traveling stuff, which is not unusual given that time travel, even in the best of cases, is completely absurd. Still, the more the season wound on the more I liked how it was using the time travel element to play with notions of fate VS free...

Eva Yojimbo

By 13 I was already getting into classics and foreign films, but I was a weird kid. When I was younger, some of my favorites were: -Wizard of Oz -Labyrinth -Dark Crystal -Most anything Disney/Pixar (Lion King and Toy Story were favorites) -Star Wars (original trilogy) -E.T. -Raiders of the Lost Ark ...

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Finished Season 4. I think compared to the previous seasons, S4 was the most streamlined and focused in that it was mostly about the suspense generated by the situation. It seemed far less theme-heavy than the previous seasons and mostly there to setup the ending. Despite the less theme-heavy approa...

Eva Yojimbo

I agree with Raxi, but I'd add that many long movies had "intermissions" that make for a natural stopping place. IIRC, Patton had one. Of course, by my standards we aren't talking "long movies" until we get to something like the 7.5 hour Satantango, which I actually did watch in ...

Eva Yojimbo

I played/reviewed AC:O here if you care to read: http://forum.pittersplace.com/viewtopic ... 348#p27348

Eva Yojimbo

Finished Season 3. It was a pretty manic season. I'd say it probably had more highlights and lowlights compared to S1 and S2. As soon as they split the group I felt like they had real trouble balancing the different storylines, and in particular the stuff with Jack/Kate/Sawyer and The Others just ov...

Eva Yojimbo

I clicked on this thread expecting there was finally going to be a Sandman adaptation. I am dissapoint.

Eva Yojimbo

I finished Season 2. I think overall I liked it better than S1. I liked the narrative switch early on with the new cast members and the interesting plotting of several episodes where they jumped around in time. I also think they kept the main storyline thread progressing in every episode instead of ...

Eva Yojimbo

Oh believe me, the stretching out gets worse. Some of that is just because its a network show and one that started 15+ years ago at this point (And things were certainly changing often in these early stages behind the scenes. Hell Jack was supposed to be played by Michael Keaton originally and was ...

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Gendo wrote:Eva's never seen Lost before now?? Whaa?

I don't watch much TV, unless it's stuff that happens to be on when I eat, and then it's mostly just sit-coms.

Eva Yojimbo

I finished Season 1 of Lost yesterday, probably stayed up way too late doing it. In a way, the series reminds me a lot of Twin Peaks in that you have this balance of character-driven, soap-opera-ish melodrama and the weird, supernatural-ish, mystery element. Much like Twin Peaks, it seems to get wor...

Eva Yojimbo

Just thought I'd drop this here:

Eva Yojimbo

I keep getting (intentionally) distracted by side quests and exploration. Yeah, that's what drives the playtime of these modern RPGs up so high; it's very easy to get lost doing all the side quests/exploration. As big as Witcher 3 is, I think the last Assassin's Creed (Odyssey) I played was even bi...

Eva Yojimbo

Yeah Event Horizon could have been a lot better but the premise was good. You also seem confident about The Birds's message but I still think it leaves room for interpretation. Anyway - Psycho (1960) - Can you believe I've managed to go through twenty-six years of life without knowing about either ...

Eva Yojimbo

Cassius Clay wrote:I still can't believe Kobe Bryant is fucking dead. And died in such a horrific way with his little girl and 7 other people. What the fucking fuck.

Indeed. :(

Eva Yojimbo

Just wanted to say I'm still reading your posts here even though I haven't been in the mood for gaming recently. I think what you wrote about Ghost Survivors DLC is why I stayed away from it. I also think there's the fact that it basically ditched everything that I love about RE in favor of turning ...

Eva Yojimbo

Have you done the Bloody Baron storyline yet? I forget exactly where/what part of the game that was (I know it was quite early), but Raxi and I mostly agreed it was the best part (we just disagreed some on the quality of everything else).

Eva Yojimbo

^ You know what I've often said about preferring interesting failures to uninteresting successes, so even if Lost just ends up being fun to discuss while it degenerates later on, I might end up considering the journey to have been worth it. Good to know about Abrams, btw. One thing I will note is th...

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The Birds (1963) - To me, The Birds was always pretty simple to "decode," and may have been the most direct that Hitchcock ever was about a metaphor. Early on you have Hedron as the socialite hearing rumors about herself/her love life. Immediately after this, Taylor buys a pair of "l...

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OK, I actually saw this. I agree with everything you said. Great docu-series. It starts off slow (the entire point of the first episode seems to be a basic introduction to what competitive cheer even IS), but by about ep. 3 and 4 it really gets interesting with the personal stories of those involved...

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Wow. You've seen a lot of films, Eva. Thanks for posting your reviews. I really enjoyed reading them. I understand why you liked 'Crimson Peak' so much more than me. You've always cared more about aesthetics rather than plot. I really don't know why I sometimes enjoy some film and sometimes not. Th...

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I kind of liked the mythological bent myself. Typically though when I hear people say they don't like Prometheus its because of the illogical way the scientist characters act. Characters acting irrationally in fiction rarely bothers me unless it's either very much against their character, or I simp...

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I doubt anyone here watched The Grammys, but apparently it ended up being a pretty emotional night, especially given that it coincided with Kobe Bryant's death. Anyway, the emotional climax had to be this performance from Demi Lovato. Knowing she wrote/recorded the studio version of this less than a...

Eva Yojimbo

Actually sounds quite interesting. I remember watching a bit of Cheerleading competitions back in the day on ESPN (or some offshoot channel) and thinking even then that what they did was every bit as much a sport as the more popular sports. I'll make it a point to check this out.

Eva Yojimbo

RE The Witch discussion; I haven't seen it, but it almost reminds me of the old debate I had with that psycho Harry on the old IMDb about Black Swan. His view was that the film supported the misogynistic notion that women that seek professions are crazy (because the professional female protagonist d...

Eva Yojimbo

^ Good job on the S+ man! I can't even imagine playing the game enough where I could do a run like that. Especially with survival horrors where the atmosphere tends to make me want to take more breaks than I do when playing lighter stuff. Anyway, did finally continue Dark Souls last night. Manage to...

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Funny article. I've had intense enough experiences watching various media way too high off edibles (which is more psychoactive than smoking weed), I can't imagine what something like that would be like on psychedelics.

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Good question, and knowing Hitchcock it could very well be "both." Again, it seems like the answers to almost every either/or question was has about this film ends up with a both/and answer. Hence the ambiguity. Yeah the more I dig in, the more I feel that way. More than maybe any other f...

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Inventing the Abbotts (1997; Pat O'Connor) Pretty solid romantic drama with Joaquin Phoenix in a leading role. Film examines class relations and relationship between two brothers (brother is played by Billy Crudup) in a small American town. This film was a nice surprise. Pollock (2000; Ed Harris) A...

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Inception - I don't know. Whatever. It was okay. I wrote a long review for that one back in my Cinelogue days: https://fpscinema.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/inception/ Before Midnight . Our opinions on these films seem to be reversed: I liked Before Midnight the least of the trilogy, perhaps in part b...

Eva Yojimbo

I think you have more interest in these kinds of "challenges" than I do. I actually enjoy watching people on YouTube doing this stuff, but for whatever reason I don't enjoy them much personally. I will say that it's possible to get through the sewers without even tangling with any of the G...

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I guess I'll mention I started watching Netflix's Witcher. Normally I'd wait to get my system set up but I thought this was something my dad might like too so I'm just watching it at his place. We finished ep. 6 tonight. Took me to ep. 3 to realize the timelines weren't concurrent, but I think I bas...

Eva Yojimbo

^ Sure, why not?

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Not entirely sure but I think I strained a back muscle working out. I was a little sore a few days ago, but woke up Tuesday and it was hard getting around. Worst pain I ever experienced actually happened several years ago when I went to my back porch to read, sat down in my chair, and (I think) slip...

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I don't care to watch the trailer as I'll be buying (eventually) regardless. Hope I can get back to Souls today. It's been a rough couple of days trying to adjust to a new schedule I had to get on with one day's notice. Not helping that somehow I really hurt my lower back yesterday and am having tro...

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Not a lot of time today but I thought I'd post my review for In Absentia while the movie's fresh in your mind: “When we first presented this film to [Karlheinz Stockhausen]… a BBC crew had arrived with us… and at the end of the screening there was this commotion… What had happened was Stockhausen wa...

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All of EoE is meant to be pretty brutal in general; it is the apocalypse after all. I think more fans get shocked by Shinji masturbating over a comatose Asuka, while Asuka's disembowelment is more par for the anime course. Even if Asuka hadn't died in the Eva, Shinji would've tanged her along with e...

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Well today was basically a clusterfuck. No time for gaming or much of anything as I woke up to the emergency of my parents' DVR randomly deleting recorded shows. After hours on the phone with customer service, they couldn't help and just said they'd send another one. This basically means I'm going t...

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I've read Wood's first chapter on Marnie and its some good stuff. He actually does address the thing about Marnie killing the horse here, noting that some of her lines in regards to the horse are oddly sexual ("Oh, Forio, if you want to bite somedbody, bite me!") and that the killing of t...

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Late Chrysanthemums vies with Sansho Dayu, and Chikamatsu... as my second favorite Mizoguchi after Ugetsu. I think Sansho is the most moving, Chrysanthemums the most beautiful, and Chikamatsu is like a mix of the two (with Ugetsu arguably being his most beautiful AND most moving film). I Am Cuba is,...

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^^ "Mind being overwhelmed" is, I think, the typical response to EoE. After my first viewing I sat until the end of the credits (I never do that), stood up, walked to my couch, plopped face down, and stayed there for a good hour-and-a-half. Yeah, the experience is completely draining. You ...

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^ Yeah, I killed the Golden Golem and freed DoO back when I first beat the Hydra, but I don't remember I picked up the Broken Pendant from Duke's Archives (I'll have to check my inventory). I'm pretty sure I went there after the Hydra so I probably did. On the one hand I really love the minimalist v...

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Well, no DS today because I guess I took a little too much of my MJ-meds (still trying to work out the best dose/combination) and got a little too loopy to game... although maybe playing games high is something I should try some time. Would probably be better to start with a "happier" game...

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^ That's interesting to hear! All my years of watching anime and I've heard plenty about VHD and seen it on plenty of "best of" lists, while it seemed everybody just ignored VHD:BL. I guess the years have been much kinder to the latter than it was when it first came out...

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Just a quick update, I did get some Souls time in tonight. Went to the New Londo Ruins and beat The Four Kings. Pretty interesting section despite its brevity. On the one hand, it seems like a strangely sparse and hastily done level, as if the developers didn't have more time to build it out into so...

Eva Yojimbo

TBH I'm really surprised you didn't like the Toussaint/Blood & Wine stuff more. That whole DLC seemed a really colorful, creative riff on the Don Quixote theme blended with tons of fairy-tale stuff. Granted, something like Shrek's kinda already done that, but I've never seen it done in a video g...

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