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Saturday, 10 September 2011
A Cold Winters Day PART FIVE!!!!
The weak, because of how things worked out, I will be listing the LEAST popular vote, which was "Follow the girl."
Which mean Rex Worthington will be both opening the box AND returning the call.
Deciding not to follow the girl at all, Rex sits down at a bench on the sidewalk, fumbling to open the box, whilst holding the phone to his ear with his other hand, waiting to see who answers.
Finally, the string has come off the package, and Rex fumbling continues as he tries to remove the paper, using his shoulder to hold his phone against his ear.
"Hello," comes the voice from the other end.
"Hi, my name's Rex and-"
"Please hold the line."
"Damn it!"
Finally, the paper is off the package, and what's in side is a particularly nice carved wooden box, with gold hinges, locked at the front with a padlock, and a four digit number combination above it.
"Where's the key?" says Rex aloud, as he fumbles through the paper in which it was packaged.
"Hello?" answers the oddly familiar sounding voice at the other end.
"Hi ... um ... who's this?"
"This is Rex Worthington ... and I've been expecting your call."
"Wait, that's impossible"
"Right now, you're sitting on a bench on the sidewalk out side of a bakery where you shared a quick bight to eat with an old lover."
"How could you possibly know that?"
"I told you, I am you."
"Well then you know how I get into this box - what's in here anyway?"
"Knowing what's in that box could potentially cause an unwanted paradox - the only way to know is to find out."
"So you're me ... from the future?"
"A potentially alternate future, but yes."
"Will you at least tell me one thing?"
"You're going to ask me what the combination is to open the box, and where the key is for the padlock. As for the padlock, I'm not going to tell you, the combination however, you already know."
"I do?"
"Yes - how many options have you had?"
*~*~*~*~*~*
How many options have you had? (Remember, it's a four digit number)
*~*~*~*~*~*
Which mean Rex Worthington will be both opening the box AND returning the call.
Deciding not to follow the girl at all, Rex sits down at a bench on the sidewalk, fumbling to open the box, whilst holding the phone to his ear with his other hand, waiting to see who answers.
Finally, the string has come off the package, and Rex fumbling continues as he tries to remove the paper, using his shoulder to hold his phone against his ear.
"Hello," comes the voice from the other end.
"Hi, my name's Rex and-"
"Please hold the line."
"Damn it!"
Finally, the paper is off the package, and what's in side is a particularly nice carved wooden box, with gold hinges, locked at the front with a padlock, and a four digit number combination above it.
"Where's the key?" says Rex aloud, as he fumbles through the paper in which it was packaged.
"Hello?" answers the oddly familiar sounding voice at the other end.
"Hi ... um ... who's this?"
"This is Rex Worthington ... and I've been expecting your call."
"Wait, that's impossible"
"Right now, you're sitting on a bench on the sidewalk out side of a bakery where you shared a quick bight to eat with an old lover."
"How could you possibly know that?"
"I told you, I am you."
"Well then you know how I get into this box - what's in here anyway?"
"Knowing what's in that box could potentially cause an unwanted paradox - the only way to know is to find out."
"So you're me ... from the future?"
"A potentially alternate future, but yes."
"Will you at least tell me one thing?"
"You're going to ask me what the combination is to open the box, and where the key is for the padlock. As for the padlock, I'm not going to tell you, the combination however, you already know."
"I do?"
"Yes - how many options have you had?"
*~*~*~*~*~*
How many options have you had? (Remember, it's a four digit number)
*~*~*~*~*~*
Saturday, 3 September 2011
A Cold Winters Day ~ Part 4.
There was no majority vote.
Note: You are no longer "you," you are now Rex.
Standing on the sidewalk, Rex comes to an indecision about whether or not to walk or take a taxi, standing there, as the snow begins to ease, he is approached by stranger.
"So you are the one they've been talking about," she says.
"Me? No, I'm just-"
"Here, take this," she says as she puts something into Rex's pocket, before continuing on.
"Wait, who are you? You can't just give things to strangers."
The woman looks back at Rex, almost as if she's suggesting he should follow, but would be unconcerned if he didn't.
Rex's phone rings, and the box he was earlier given starts to vibrate in a very telephone-like manner. Panicking, Rex pulls out the phone, and sees it's not a call, but a text message from an unknown number reading "It's almost time to open the box - do so at your own discretion."
NOTE:**** Sorry about the non-working poll.
We'll do it the old fashioned way ... it's Google's fault for not allowing polls on a per-post basis, and all the kerfuffle that has to be gone through to get one there ~
Open Box
Return Call
Follow Girl
(Combinations are allowed), Posts that offer more than just a choice will be completely ignored.
Standing on the sidewalk, Rex comes to an indecision about whether or not to walk or take a taxi, standing there, as the snow begins to ease, he is approached by stranger.
"So you are the one they've been talking about," she says.
"Me? No, I'm just-"
"Here, take this," she says as she puts something into Rex's pocket, before continuing on.
"Wait, who are you? You can't just give things to strangers."
The woman looks back at Rex, almost as if she's suggesting he should follow, but would be unconcerned if he didn't.
Rex's phone rings, and the box he was earlier given starts to vibrate in a very telephone-like manner. Panicking, Rex pulls out the phone, and sees it's not a call, but a text message from an unknown number reading "It's almost time to open the box - do so at your own discretion."
NOTE:**** Sorry about the non-working poll.
We'll do it the old fashioned way ... it's Google's fault for not allowing polls on a per-post basis, and all the kerfuffle that has to be gone through to get one there ~
Open Box
Return Call
Follow Girl
(Combinations are allowed), Posts that offer more than just a choice will be completely ignored.
Saturday, 27 August 2011
A Cold Winters Day PART THREE (An original online interactive novel).
NOTE: "Your Ex-Lover" is now a female, and you are a male.
Majority vote was: Tie between Show & Tell and Show.
You sit there, contemplating whether or not to show your ex-lover the box, wondering if you should tell her what you saw.
"It's a bit cold out, isn't it?" she asks you casually.
You hesitate, but eventually answer "Yeah, I kind of wasn't expecting this snow to last for so long."
"So, about that man who bumped into you on the way out ~"
"What about him?"
"He gave you a package; I saw it. Show it to me."
Hesitantly, you agree, reaching into your coat pocket, pulling out a small, brown-paper package, tied up with string.
"It feels like a cardboard box," you tell her.
"Hm, I think I know what it is, but we will have to go somewhere safe. Luckily, I am staying in a hotel on the other side of town; here is the address," she says, as she writes down the address on a piece of paper and hands it to you. "I will expect you there by no later than 3pm"
Looking at your watch, you notice it is 1:15pm already.
"Couldn't you just take it with you?"
"No, it's safer for you to take it."
Nervously, but trying not to show it, you agree.
Having left the bakery, you walk out to the street with your ex-lover, and she hails a taxi, telling you "Remember, that address, no later than 3pm."
"Can't I just come with you now?"
"No, as I have said already, it's safer for it to go with you."
The taxi drives away, and you look at the address, and if you walk there, it would take you until around 3pm to get there, give or take five or ten minutes either way.
Majority vote was: Tie between Show & Tell and Show.
You sit there, contemplating whether or not to show your ex-lover the box, wondering if you should tell her what you saw.
"It's a bit cold out, isn't it?" she asks you casually.
You hesitate, but eventually answer "Yeah, I kind of wasn't expecting this snow to last for so long."
"So, about that man who bumped into you on the way out ~"
"What about him?"
"He gave you a package; I saw it. Show it to me."
Hesitantly, you agree, reaching into your coat pocket, pulling out a small, brown-paper package, tied up with string.
"It feels like a cardboard box," you tell her.
"Hm, I think I know what it is, but we will have to go somewhere safe. Luckily, I am staying in a hotel on the other side of town; here is the address," she says, as she writes down the address on a piece of paper and hands it to you. "I will expect you there by no later than 3pm"
Looking at your watch, you notice it is 1:15pm already.
"Couldn't you just take it with you?"
"No, it's safer for you to take it."
Nervously, but trying not to show it, you agree.
Having left the bakery, you walk out to the street with your ex-lover, and she hails a taxi, telling you "Remember, that address, no later than 3pm."
"Can't I just come with you now?"
"No, as I have said already, it's safer for it to go with you."
The taxi drives away, and you look at the address, and if you walk there, it would take you until around 3pm to get there, give or take five or ten minutes either way.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
A Cold Winters Day PART TWO (An original online interactive novel).
NOTE to the Reader: I'm just making this up as I go, and by and large have no real plans for what's going to happen to any of the characters.
Also, I'm trying to keep the characters as generic as possible, so if a female reads this she can interpret "ex-lover" as a guy. I'm just trying to make it as accessible to as broad of an audience as possible. However, that is proving difficult, and might just yet turn"your ex-lover" into a sheila (Note to overseas readers: "Sheila" is, as well as a woman's name, Australian slang for woman).
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: We share this journey together.
Majority vote was: Follow.
Remembering your ex-lovers scent, and remembering how spending time with them made you feel, you decided to ignore the door and try and catch up, as you watch your ex-lover cross the road, hoping you can get there before the lights turn red again.
You call out, "Hey, it's me! Hey!" quickly hastening your pace, however, you are a little too late, as the lights change colour, and busy traffic begins to flow in front of you.
Behind you, you heard the loud slamming of the door you almost most opened, and see around five, unidentifiable men, completely clothed, head to too, in some sort of militaristic outfits. Any chance you had of finding out what was behind that door is now gone, so you decided to continue your pursuit of your ex-lover.
You walked down that same street you saw them go, and can smell that delightful bakery where you both used to share so much time together, and decide to go in, hoping to find your ex-lover. Just as you walk through the door, a person un-apologetically bumps you accidentally on purpose, handing you a small box, but as you turn to get their attention, they have blurred into the crowd. Regardless, you see your ex-lover sitting a small metal table, in a metal chair, and decide to go up and talk.
"Why did you follow me here? and who was that person; what did they give you.?"
You explained that you didn't know them, and as you begin to reach into your pocket to take out the box and show it to her, you remembered that this ex-lover of yours ... never lied (as such), but was ... sneaky ... under-handed ... devious.
DO YOU:
1) Show your ex-lover the box
2) Forget the box, and just keep talking.
3) Tell your ex-lover about the events you saw near the door earlier this morning.
These are your options:
Show
Talk
Tell!
Show & Talk
Show & Tell
Also, I'm trying to keep the characters as generic as possible, so if a female reads this she can interpret "ex-lover" as a guy. I'm just trying to make it as accessible to as broad of an audience as possible. However, that is proving difficult, and might just yet turn"your ex-lover" into a sheila (Note to overseas readers: "Sheila" is, as well as a woman's name, Australian slang for woman).
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: We share this journey together.
Majority vote was: Follow.
Remembering your ex-lovers scent, and remembering how spending time with them made you feel, you decided to ignore the door and try and catch up, as you watch your ex-lover cross the road, hoping you can get there before the lights turn red again.
You call out, "Hey, it's me! Hey!" quickly hastening your pace, however, you are a little too late, as the lights change colour, and busy traffic begins to flow in front of you.
Behind you, you heard the loud slamming of the door you almost most opened, and see around five, unidentifiable men, completely clothed, head to too, in some sort of militaristic outfits. Any chance you had of finding out what was behind that door is now gone, so you decided to continue your pursuit of your ex-lover.
You walked down that same street you saw them go, and can smell that delightful bakery where you both used to share so much time together, and decide to go in, hoping to find your ex-lover. Just as you walk through the door, a person un-apologetically bumps you accidentally on purpose, handing you a small box, but as you turn to get their attention, they have blurred into the crowd. Regardless, you see your ex-lover sitting a small metal table, in a metal chair, and decide to go up and talk.
"Why did you follow me here? and who was that person; what did they give you.?"
You explained that you didn't know them, and as you begin to reach into your pocket to take out the box and show it to her, you remembered that this ex-lover of yours ... never lied (as such), but was ... sneaky ... under-handed ... devious.
DO YOU:
1) Show your ex-lover the box
2) Forget the box, and just keep talking.
3) Tell your ex-lover about the events you saw near the door earlier this morning.
These are your options:
Show
Talk
Tell!
Show & Talk
Show & Tell
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
A Cold Winters Day ~ (An original online interactive novel).
By Ian A. Hollis © 2011.
It was around noon when you'd finally made it into not-quite-main part of town, and as you walked down that snow covered street, and pulled your jacket around you to get warmer, you suddenly heard the sound a loose, unlocked door beside you.
On any other, ordinary day, such a sound may have not caught your attention at all, but for some reason, on this, somehow not-quite-ordinary day, it did.
You look to your left, and see a red door, and hear a cupboard door being blown open and shut by the wind, however, as you reach for the door handle to investigate further, you hear the voice of an old lover in the distance, venting the frustrations of their day, to the person on the other end of their mobile.
What do you do next:
Open the door, or follow your ex-lover?
Open ............. or follow?
Please comment your answer
NOTE: "Suggestions" on how I should approach future installments will be ignored; You're either playing or you're not.
I'll check back in a few days, and which ever option has the most votes is the direction in which I'll take the story. Like I said, we share this journey together.
It was around noon when you'd finally made it into not-quite-main part of town, and as you walked down that snow covered street, and pulled your jacket around you to get warmer, you suddenly heard the sound a loose, unlocked door beside you.
On any other, ordinary day, such a sound may have not caught your attention at all, but for some reason, on this, somehow not-quite-ordinary day, it did.
You look to your left, and see a red door, and hear a cupboard door being blown open and shut by the wind, however, as you reach for the door handle to investigate further, you hear the voice of an old lover in the distance, venting the frustrations of their day, to the person on the other end of their mobile.
What do you do next:
Open the door, or follow your ex-lover?
Open ............. or follow?
Please comment your answer
NOTE: "Suggestions" on how I should approach future installments will be ignored; You're either playing or you're not.
I'll check back in a few days, and which ever option has the most votes is the direction in which I'll take the story. Like I said, we share this journey together.
Monday, 13 June 2011
Why Hollywood will never win the war against illegal downloading
While I can admit I'm not the best at writing essays, or blogs, this blog will be an essay-style attempted blog explaining why, in my eyes at least, Hollywood will never win the war against illegal downloading.
Not everybody wants the cinema experience.
While the idealistic experience of attending the cinema - that is, seeing the film on the big screen, with Dolby Digital Surround Sound, and in 3D when possible - with friends is a nice one, it's quickly flattened by the undisciplined teenagers sitting around you, commenting on everything that happens in the film, or sometimes just gas-bagging about nothing in particular, and ruining the entire experience. I have even seen, over the past few years, children, with their parents present, sitting as casually in the seats and aisles as if it was their own living room!
Over the past few years, however, I have noticed the sound being played at an almost deafening volume, which I believe is in an attempt to drown out the noise of people sitting near you, who you care not to hear.
Also, TVs being what they are these days, it's getting easier an easier to have a close-cinema-experience at home, which leads me to my next point:
What I wanna watch, when and where I wanna watch it.
At home, a user can watch a film in the leisure and comfort of their own living room, with little to no disturbance from outside sources.
At home, the user doesn't have to conform to the time that best suits the cinema to run any given film, and can watch any given film from their collection at a time of their choosing.
ONLY IN CINEMAS
Many a film today is promoted with the phrase Only in Cinemas at the end of the trailer, indicating that the film will not be available to purchase on DVD/Blu-Ray until a few good months until after its run its course at the cinemas.
However, all it takes is one person, with one camera to make bootleg or "cam" copy of the film to distribute the media to various online sources, thus making the line Only in Cinemas a mute point. Again, this goes back to the What I wanna watch, when and where I wanna watch it. (Not when or where the industry want me to watch it)
Hollywood attempting to combat this with 3D will only go so far, given that 3D is now becoming a more and more common place thing in ordinary people's homes.
As for legal downloading ~
A brand new DVD/Blu-Ray will cost around thirty dollars ($30AUD) give or take, and what most people don't realise is what they're actually paying for, the smallest amount of which would be for the film itself. The rest of that money is for the manufacturing of the plastic cases; the glossy covers; the plastic discs, and the printing of the films onto those plastic disc. When it comes to legal downloading, all of that is done away with, and the user has only the file to download.
There are many users, I know, who are content just to have a film, for the sake of having and watching the film, but I am one of the, perhaps few, who actually enjoy the additional content on discs such as Audio Commentary, Making Ofs, and Interviews with Cast & Crew, yet no legal movie download sites, of that I am aware, offer the download of a complete DVD or Blu-Ray, leaving the user with only a film to watch.
World Famous Across America!
Another thing with most, if not all, of these legal movie download sites, is that they seem to feature only English-language films, and only American ones at that. As a genuine movie buff - that is someone whose happy to watch almost any kind of film, in any language, from any era - it's not surprising to me that people will download films illegally, having, at times, that being the only way to acquire a copy of a movie they've been longing to see.
Hollywood, if you really want to combat illegal movie downloading, you should endeavor to create an easy to browse, legal movie download site that contains the following (in no particular order):
- An international selection of titles, both old and new (including 3D titles)
- The ability to download a file as if it was a store-bought DVD or Blu-Ray, extras and all.
- Unlimited downloads that can be kept forever
- Reasonable Prices
- Pay-per-film/Membership fee.
Signing off,
Ian/ZetaCron
Monday, 21 March 2011
Sweeney Todd.
A while ago I was asked by a friend to play keyboard for my home-town's local theatre company's amateur production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
I hesitantly said yes. (Given that his original, somewhat misleading question, was something like "Have you ever wanted to play keyboards in an orchestra?")
The more I heard about what was going on, the less I wanted to do it (especially given that I didn't really want to do in the first place), so I've since opted out.
I know I wouldn't have liked doing it anyway, and was fed up with hearing "It'd be good for you". I think the person who knows what would be best for me is me. To quote Morning Musume's I WISH "More than anyone else, I know myself the best."
I hesitantly said yes. (Given that his original, somewhat misleading question, was something like "Have you ever wanted to play keyboards in an orchestra?")
The more I heard about what was going on, the less I wanted to do it (especially given that I didn't really want to do in the first place), so I've since opted out.
I know I wouldn't have liked doing it anyway, and was fed up with hearing "It'd be good for you". I think the person who knows what would be best for me is me. To quote Morning Musume's I WISH "More than anyone else, I know myself the best."
Thursday, 10 March 2011
I don't know what to put in these things.
Simply because I'm just not good at expressing myself.
I don't know how, and I don't remember school ever teaching me ~
I don't know how, and I don't remember school ever teaching me ~
Short story.
I had this idea for an Alien Encounter short story, before I went to bed the other night, and dreamt a good deal of what happened that night, I was shown what the cover should be and all, and even dreamt the theme song were it ever to become a movie.
I've started writing it down, and hope it to become an eBook.
I'll let you know more as I up date it.
I've started writing it down, and hope it to become an eBook.
I'll let you know more as I up date it.
Singing lessons
I've been going for a few weeks now, and started with Final Fantasy IX's, Melodies of Life, and am now working on Final Fantasy VIII's Eyes On Me, and the next song I'd like to tackle is Love Don't Roam, from Doctor Who, followed by Song for Ten, also from Doctor Who.
I don't want to be a Wiccan, but I might just try what Tip Toe Chick said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEQKVBYbD9o&feature=feedu
That is, talking about writing, and being completely honest, or at least, as honesty as I know how to be with myself at this point in my life, and hold back as little as possible.
Maybe I'll start blogging a dream journal?
That is, talking about writing, and being completely honest, or at least, as honesty as I know how to be with myself at this point in my life, and hold back as little as possible.
Maybe I'll start blogging a dream journal?
Sunday, 6 March 2011
New music.
So, I'd written this new version of one of my old pieces of music, using EastWest Quantum Leap's Orchestra Gold, which uses super-realistic sound samples, and of course, feeling quite proud of my accomplishment, I decided to show someone, and Mum was the only person in the house at the time.
So I showed her, hoping for even the smallest about of praise, and what do I get?
"I was just talking to Maty, and he says Sweeney Todd rehearsals start in a few weeks, and you'll need to wear a black shirt" (I'll be playing the string section on keyboard).
*sigh*
After 33yrs, you'd think I would've learnt by now ~ -_-;
So I showed her, hoping for even the smallest about of praise, and what do I get?
"I was just talking to Maty, and he says Sweeney Todd rehearsals start in a few weeks, and you'll need to wear a black shirt" (I'll be playing the string section on keyboard).
*sigh*
After 33yrs, you'd think I would've learnt by now ~ -_-;
Saturday, 5 March 2011
My sister just left in Mum's car
because her's isn't registered.
She didn't say where she was going.
She didn't say where she was going.
Just told Mum her washing had finished.
And then she was like "Can you turn it off?"
It's your fucking washing, bitch, you can turn it off yourself; facebook's not THAT important.
It's your fucking washing, bitch, you can turn it off yourself; facebook's not THAT important.
I'm angry.
I've recently gone back onto the dole (government benefits) for the gazillionth time in my life, after getting off Austudy, because the university I attend (UNSW) has me suspended for failing three terms in a row.
I've been on gb (government benefits) since I was about sixteen years old and have never had a "proper" job (The only employment I've ever had was when I lived in Sydney as a student working on casual employment as an extra.
It's time I had an ordinary job ... any job ... a 9-5, Mon-Fri office job.
I'm a qualified Graphic Designer and Journalist, but companies don't won't people with qualifications, they want people with experience - experience that I can't get without a job.
I want a job that earns me enough money to get me off the dole FOREVER.
I'd like to save up some money, buy a nice house in a nice location and start renting out and keep doing that until I've got a nice passive income going.
I'd like to be a filmmaker, but I'm completely over education - I'd like to start working now.
Previously, I was never willing to move to get a job. Now, I'm willing to move to anywhere where I can receive employment.
I've been on gb (government benefits) since I was about sixteen years old and have never had a "proper" job (The only employment I've ever had was when I lived in Sydney as a student working on casual employment as an extra.
It's time I had an ordinary job ... any job ... a 9-5, Mon-Fri office job.
I'm a qualified Graphic Designer and Journalist, but companies don't won't people with qualifications, they want people with experience - experience that I can't get without a job.
I want a job that earns me enough money to get me off the dole FOREVER.
I'd like to save up some money, buy a nice house in a nice location and start renting out and keep doing that until I've got a nice passive income going.
I'd like to be a filmmaker, but I'm completely over education - I'd like to start working now.
Previously, I was never willing to move to get a job. Now, I'm willing to move to anywhere where I can receive employment.
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
I decided not to go to TAFE after all.
I've been thinking of learning web design, and have gone to the trouble of getting Dreamweaver CS5 Classroom in a Book from the local TAFE Library, but haven't done much yet.
I went to TAFE seeing if I could do Web Design, but the teacher said I've got such a clear idea of what I want, I should just go it alone, as TAFE covers a very broad area of it.
The clear idea I have in mind, by the way, is that I want to make a website to sell my music.
And I guess I have enough skills under my belt already that self-learning shouldn't be too big of a step.
Thank you.
I went to TAFE seeing if I could do Web Design, but the teacher said I've got such a clear idea of what I want, I should just go it alone, as TAFE covers a very broad area of it.
The clear idea I have in mind, by the way, is that I want to make a website to sell my music.
And I guess I have enough skills under my belt already that self-learning shouldn't be too big of a step.
Thank you.
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Friends and the YouTube Community
An acquaintance of mine said in a video that she thinks, from her perspective at least, that YouTube is one of the closest online communities there is. I'm sorry, but that is something with which I am going to have to disagree.
On YouTube, for me at least, I felt like I've felt most of my life - like a round peg in a square hole. ... Like a wind-up toy trying to be accepted in a world of digital devices.
It almost seems "exclusive" from where I stand. That is to say, that each group is so closely knit within itself, that as soon as an outsider comes along and tries be a part of that group, that they then have to prove themselves worthy of being in that group.
High School, anyone? o.O?
And then there's the group of people who don't fit in any other group except the group of people who don't fit in ... and I don't even feel like I fit in there, either. :-\
Only two things exist in this world; You, and your perception of how things are.
On YouTube, for me at least, I felt like I've felt most of my life - like a round peg in a square hole. ... Like a wind-up toy trying to be accepted in a world of digital devices.
It almost seems "exclusive" from where I stand. That is to say, that each group is so closely knit within itself, that as soon as an outsider comes along and tries be a part of that group, that they then have to prove themselves worthy of being in that group.
High School, anyone? o.O?
And then there's the group of people who don't fit in any other group except the group of people who don't fit in ... and I don't even feel like I fit in there, either. :-\
Only two things exist in this world; You, and your perception of how things are.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Disney's Tangled. Movie review.
A surprisingly typical Disney fair - and I mean that in a nice way -, with even songs, however, shorter than your average, being present.
It has all the magic, fantasy, romance, playfulness and whimsical wonder of any Disney Classic you care to mention, with Rapunzel no doubt soon to find her place among the "Disney Princesses"
The story is well told, and flows nicely from beginning to end, with all of the highs and lows expected from any fantasy film ... in a way it kind of reminded me of Shrek ...
The songs were nice, although a little too "pop" for my liking, and each one a tad too short, except for "I Have a Dream" which was a full-blown musical number, and actually, in a small way at least, key to a later part of the plot.
My personal favourite character, Maximus, the horse.
Please enjoy the film with your family and friends, as there's something in it for people of all ages, young and old.
It has all the magic, fantasy, romance, playfulness and whimsical wonder of any Disney Classic you care to mention, with Rapunzel no doubt soon to find her place among the "Disney Princesses"
The story is well told, and flows nicely from beginning to end, with all of the highs and lows expected from any fantasy film ... in a way it kind of reminded me of Shrek ...
The songs were nice, although a little too "pop" for my liking, and each one a tad too short, except for "I Have a Dream" which was a full-blown musical number, and actually, in a small way at least, key to a later part of the plot.
My personal favourite character, Maximus, the horse.
Please enjoy the film with your family and friends, as there's something in it for people of all ages, young and old.
Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) Review
As good as this game is, and I assure you it is a good game, and a very good one at that, I must say that it's stupidly difficult.
I mean, seriously, this game's levels have not only half way points, but most levels actually have two, third of the way points, with the occasional level here and there having quarter of the way points.
Not only that, but when you visit Cranky Kong's house, you can buy up to another 7 lives at a relatively inexpensive price, allowing you to get tens of lives easily.
You'd think the above would suggest to the game makers that the game is hard enough as it is, and they should perhaps go back and re-balance the difficulty of some levels, requiring the accuracy of any given player to less like that of a ninja, and more like that of an ordinary human being.
But no ...
Instead, they've made it so that if you die enough time's during a level, the little pink pig from the half/third/quarter way points will wave a white flag at you, and ask you to hit the + button, which will initiate a super guide, allowing a silver Super Kong to complete the level for you.
All of these issues aside, Donkey Kong Country Returns is a fun, and exciting romp through a new, yet somehow familiar world.
And while I'm going to suggest that this game is a "Must buy", at the same time, I'm going to say that it's also neither for the impatient or easily frustrated ... but if you were either of those, you wouldn't be gamer now, would you? ;-)
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