Rambling – ShotGlasses

Enter The Void

CR — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:46:34 +0000

This past Friday was the season finale of Book 3 of Legend of Korra. If you haven’t seen it or any of season 3, let me help you out there.

Those who’ve seen it, does Avatar know how to a Book 3 finale or what?!

No spoilers, but man that was beautiful end fight.

Korra is still, in my opinion, the worst avatar ever, but man do I feel bad for her. Her bromance with Asami evolved nicely though.

Who didn’t see that coming with Bolin? They were pushing to hard for one thing for it not to be another. Was I the only kinda hoping for an Opal x Eska fight over him…just me…ok.

Boring Mako is boring as is Awesome Jinora is awesome.

Hey, whatever happened to the plants overgrowing the city? I know you’re busy with trying not to die Avatar, but I would like to get into my house at some point.

If you want I could get spoilery in the comments, but for now that’s it. Watch that finale, Watch the entirety of season 3, Just don’t watch the first two seasons. They’re like the awkward transition period between Last Airbender and Legend of Korra.

Here’s a couple of links for ya, before I go…

It’s Disgusting

CR — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:16:22 +0000

And…AND TWINS!: Guardians of the Galaxy

It is disgusting that we are back to one after-credit scene. The movie just came out so I won’t spoil it for those who haven’t seen it yet. But c’mon you should’ve seen it already.

So instead you get a weird link.

Also tonight is the finale of Korra. Just going to say my girl Azula (still the best villain of the series) came the closest.

And Tomorrow some Doctor Who, turning out to be a good weekend.

Its Not Wise to Keep 2 Together

CR — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:28:08 +0000

Now that Tony and Robert each have a half of bff necklaces, let’s move on: Thor: The Dark World

No After-Credit shot cuz computer messed up, so you get 2-in-1 today.

Back on track since after the Avengers we get two after credits scenes again.

The first one has a hidden gem in it that, if you know what to look for, it is worth a geeky squee. We see The Collector and the mention of the Infinity stones. Expanding the universe; That’s how you do an ac scene.

The second one is shows Thor returning to earth and a beast frolicking the streets of London. Nice meaningless scene after the Important one. Avengers did it, Thor does it, seems to work pretty well so let’s continue with Cap.

The collector’s collection is going to be incomplete: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

My google-fu is not a strong as I hoped, sorry for the blurry links.

Both the ac scenes are both Important Sequel bait, Cap 2 could you get any better?

I want to meet the twins. Is it weird, in a games of thrones kind of way, that they were married in Godzilla and now are playing brother and sister…

Bucky remembers. Wonder if they will give him the horrible U.S. Agent uniform…spoilers…

Well I Guess That’s Worth a Look

CR — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 21:06:10 +0000

With that almost all the pieces are in place: Captain America

In case you don’t own a TV, have access to the Internet, or didn’t see any other movie except Captain America, Cap has you covered with a trailer for the Avengers.

How excited was everyone for Avengers? If you know anyone that didn’t like Avengers you have a moral obligation to kicked them in the nuts.

The After-Credit Scenes quick shot will return on Monday with…

The Avengers!

Thor’s Day

CR — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:23:26 +0000

How hard was it too find though, really?: Thor

Short one today, If Loki was already controlling Dr. Erik Selvig, why did he need to mind gem him in Avengers?

Journey Into Mystery

CR — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:28:10 +0000

And then there was fourÂ or two(Maybe, I don’t know how this team works yet): Iron Man 2

Thor was the movie I was unsure about. Was I pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be better than expected, Verily.

With the Son of Coul finding the hammer, Let’s talk about Agent Coulson. I feel like he was suppose to be generic S.H.I.E.L.D. agent whose purpose was to connect the movies without having to shell out more money than they had to.

But then he became a fan favorite and now has a mediocre tv show.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D….after Captain America: Winter Soldier, but you have to admit it didn’t have the greatest of starts.

Such Nice Suits

CR — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 22:20:19 +0000

So Nick Fury plans for an unknown unknown. Next Up: The Incredible Hulk.

So Tony Stark meets with Gen. Ross basically saying we’ll find and keep the hulk in check on this “team”. Now with Mark Ruffalo’s performance in Avengers, everybody wants a solo movie. Â I say keep him to cameos and ensemble casts. I’m not saying Ruffalo can’t carry a movie, He’s a fine actor, but the hulk is better kept to being the monster in the dark.The explosive rage Banner keeps just underneath the surface, we don’t need a whole movie about how he doesn’t want to get mad. If you really need a hulk fix, They should make a She-Hulk movie. It would cover so many bases. You would have a strong female superhero movie and you would get your Mark Ruffalo cameo. And it could be a different kind of superhero movie w/ Jennifer also being a lawyer. Ooooh, I wonder if Jennifer Walters is going to cameo in the DareDevil netflix show.

R.I.P. Robin Williams

Just an Action Movie

CR — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:29:12 +0000

I recently saw the new 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. I’m not going to do a review about it or anything like that. My love of turtles doesn’t allow me to fairly critique the “film”.

What I will comment on is some reaction I’m hearing from friends and acquaintances. It’s a stupid action movie or it’s a kids’ movie. Now I’m fine with stupid movies. Dumb action movies(good or bad) have their place, so if that’s how you want to justify your enjoyment of the TMNT movie, good on ya.

What I have a problem with is calling it just a “kid film”. Being a movie for children allows Hollywood to put schlock on the screen? Hasn’t ten years of award winning Pixar movies shown us anything? Did you not feel for Jessie in toy story 2? Kids’ movie is not an excuse for a movie being trash. Stop. With the sequel already announced, I don’t want to hear that excuse for TMNT 2.

That’s not what I came here to say. It is and It isn’t. I wanted to talk about marvel after credit scenes, but then I was distracted by some plebian.Â I am going to be doing…something…writing -wise about the After Credit Scenes all week. Starting off with the one that started us off, Iron Man.

So question, When Nick Fury comes to talk to Tony about the Avengers Initiative, who is he talking about? Thor hasn’t arrived on earth yet and Cap hadn’t been discovered. Was he expecting Iron Man(who he doesn’t even think is right for the team) to team two super spies and maybe a hulk? Let me know if you know what master spy Nick Fury was planning.

Mass Effect 3: The Ending Is Just The Beginning

JD — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:37:39 +0000

So, I finally finished Mass Effect 3 this past weekend. And yes, I was disappointed with the ending, as are tens of thousands of other Mass Effect fans. We get it. Bad ending is bad. But let’s not pretend like the ending was the only problem this game had.

Warning. Spoilers.

To start with, let’s discuss how they handled my favorite odd-speaking insect-like alien species, The Rachni. Sorry, Vincent D’Onofrio. It’s a video game staple that giant ugly things will eventually try to kill you, so it was against all my instincts to let the Rachni Queen survive in the first Mass Effect game. But the promise of the Rachni race “adding its voice to ours” in the inevitable final battle was too alluring to refuse. Little did I realize that this was only fancy bug alien talk for “we’ll help you build your giant magic space gun.” I thought this decision would have some major impact down the line. Nope. Whether you let the Queen live or not, they Rachni race still ends up recovering, then being owned by the Reapers. The only difference your decision made was that if you didn’t let the Queen live, the Rachni eat some of your scientists and you lose some Galactic Readiness points, which are completely pointless anyway.

And speaking of pointless, remember all those people who died during the Suicide Mission in ME2? Well, the game doesn’t. They’ve all been replaced with people who fill the exact same role without missing a beat. Sure, their replacements don’t know or trust you as well as your fallen comrades would have, so you might lose some GR, but as I’ve already said, GR is BS.

And speaking of bullshit, what the hell is up with the cut scene incompetence of Shepard and his crew? When three people with guns, telekinesis, and holographic energy shivs just stand idly and watch as their terminally ill friend takes on MGS4’s Raiden, on space-steroids, I can’t help but pound my head into the wall. And when I get to fight this prick for the first time I have him shieldless, naked, and defenseless in seconds, but when the cut scene comes in he hands our asses to us. He literally picks up one of my crew and throws them ass-first into the rest. And then takes off with our VI. What the hell!?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for losing a fight for the sake of story, but have at least be believable in the context of the game and the story. Don’t just have my squad mates magically forget how to pull a trigger. I mean, I watched Shep kill a Reaper with his bare hands, but he can’t handle Space-Raiden? Please!

And alas, poor Legion. Poor, stupid, Legion. Can’t anyone restore this guy from backup? I know Legion’s was a unique case, but all of the Geth are just programs, right? Did they not believe in off-site backups? And why exactly did he need to “kill” himself to upgrade his friends? Who designed this upgrade, Microsoft?

And they don’t say why it’s like this. Just that he has to do it. Why can’t one of the other, not as badass, Geth do it? One of the ugly ones who I didn’t survive a suicide mission to save the human race with?

And speaking of people I survived a suicide mission with, not one of those jerks wanted to come back on my team? Not one!? So much for loyalty. I mean, after all we’ve been through, I would’ve liked to have one of my ragtag band of misfits back at my side. Hell, I would’ve even taken Jacob back!

And my last, and by far most petty, gripe is disk changing. Talk about a mood killer.

Thessia is burning. And there’s nothing we can do. The Reapers are devouring the entire galaxy. And Cerebus needs to pay. Punch in those coordinates, Joker, and let’s finish this fight once and for all. This is for Thane. This is for Thessia. This is for the fate of the entire galaxy!

Please Insert Disk 2.

Now I have to get off my ass, walk all the way across the room and switch out the disk. Oh yeah, it’s just a video game. Thanks for the reminder, Bioware. I guess Cerebus can wait until tomorrow. What’s new on Netflix?

3 Days Until PAX East!

DrunkKnurd — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:57:19 +0000

The granddaddy of them all! Or at least the creepy uncle.

Same as last year, I’ll make it my mission to locate beer, harrass cosplayers, and incite a civil war between PAX East and PAX Prime.

And same as last year, I’ll forget about those other objectives the moment I accomplish the first.

New podcast, articles, and maybe even a comic, coming very soon.

Happy Easter Everyone!