Dear bloggie,
Wat is a bucket list? Well, it's supposed to be a list of things one wanna do in his life before one's well... kick the buckets... Cutesy name noes?
A REALLY FANTASTIC movie... really... While the plot is rather predictable... 2 man about to kick the bucket, decides to make the best of whatever time they have left to do the things they really wanted to do in their life. In the process, finds the courage to do the things they dared not to do. The movie was a fun ride, funny yet thoughtful. Great acting by both veteran actors, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. A highly recommended to put in ur bucket list "To Watch Movie"...
Friday, February 17, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Movie marathon
Dear bloggie,
Just bought myself a few dvds to make it through this weekend and public holidays...
1. Cowboys Vs Aliens [Watched]
2. Crazy Heart
3. Sunset Limited
Yesterday watched Cowdung vs @$$lien... I was expected a action movie that at least entertaining to watch visually especially with Bond, 13 & Harrison Ford... Wat a utter garbage... The script and direction of the movie was so f*ckin terrible I could not stand but fast forward to get to some action scene. And the disappointing action scene... OMG WTF! The onli memorable part is probably when Bond activate his arm wrist alien gun for the 1st time... The rest is a BIG YAWN...
Anyway, I'll start on my 2nd movie soon... The Sunset Limited... Never heard it before but it was really the description of the movie that caught my attention:
"THE SUNSET LIMITED is a searing two-character drama that mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New York tenement apartment, the story focuses on two very different men – a deeply religious black ex-con (Samuel L. Jackson) who thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor (Tommy Lee Jones) who tried to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, The Sunset Limited. As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other."
Very very "Before Sunset" like... I suspect it's a movie with onli 2 characters b*cthin the whole way through like "My Dinner with Andre" hence why I didn't watch it first coz I was rather sleepy last nite and need something more adrenaline rush rather than a heavy dosage of philosophy.
For the 3rd movie, I actually wanted the sport movie "Miracle" but could not find it. So I was teetering between "The Wrestler" or "The Blind Side". I however finally came across "Crazy Heart" and was attracted to "The Harder the life, the sweeter the song" catchphrase for this movie.
So tat's all... time for my round 2...
Anyway to end tis post in a discorded manner, here's a song tat I been hearing quite frequently in the radio lately
Just bought myself a few dvds to make it through this weekend and public holidays...
1. Cowboys Vs Aliens [Watched]
2. Crazy Heart
3. Sunset Limited
Yesterday watched Cowdung vs @$$lien... I was expected a action movie that at least entertaining to watch visually especially with Bond, 13 & Harrison Ford... Wat a utter garbage... The script and direction of the movie was so f*ckin terrible I could not stand but fast forward to get to some action scene. And the disappointing action scene... OMG WTF! The onli memorable part is probably when Bond activate his arm wrist alien gun for the 1st time... The rest is a BIG YAWN...
Anyway, I'll start on my 2nd movie soon... The Sunset Limited... Never heard it before but it was really the description of the movie that caught my attention:
"THE SUNSET LIMITED is a searing two-character drama that mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New York tenement apartment, the story focuses on two very different men – a deeply religious black ex-con (Samuel L. Jackson) who thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor (Tommy Lee Jones) who tried to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, The Sunset Limited. As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other."
Very very "Before Sunset" like... I suspect it's a movie with onli 2 characters b*cthin the whole way through like "My Dinner with Andre" hence why I didn't watch it first coz I was rather sleepy last nite and need something more adrenaline rush rather than a heavy dosage of philosophy.
For the 3rd movie, I actually wanted the sport movie "Miracle" but could not find it. So I was teetering between "The Wrestler" or "The Blind Side". I however finally came across "Crazy Heart" and was attracted to "The Harder the life, the sweeter the song" catchphrase for this movie.
So tat's all... time for my round 2...
Anyway to end tis post in a discorded manner, here's a song tat I been hearing quite frequently in the radio lately
Friday, February 3, 2012
Life for yogies 101
Dear bloggie,
"If I can choose, I want to die when while exercising... Then I will die happy..."
Sometimes, wisdom comes and slaps you across the face when you least expected it. For me, it occurred while I was soaked in sweat, sore at my shoulders and puffing for air... My yoga instructor gave up her thoughts on her preferred way to kick the bucket. Many of u was thinking like me, "Wat a health nutcase freak". But she explained, she rather die while exercising then die lying on the bed due to disease. She rather die trying to pushing herself to the limit tat to die doing nothing.
Death is something unpredictable after all, you can simply drop dead any moment... Your heart just suddenly gave up, a lorry suddenly ram into your room, you just suddenly stop breathing... She told her experience on flirtation with the grim reaper. A surfboarding trip in Bali, she was sweep away by the waves... Was drowning under water... She kicked and push to get to the surface but was in vain, and she thought at that moment "She was thankful to god, she was going to die this way... Die doing something" when she just on the verge of giving up... Then she saw a glimpse of her surf board, and despite her exhausted body, she fought her way towards her surf board and the surface...
Having flirted with the grim reaper too, I can understand her point of view. Life is something we often take for granted... We always think, there is tomorrow. Truth be told, what we have is only this moment. So we ought to make full use to this moment... You wanna live forever?
"If I can choose, I want to die when while exercising... Then I will die happy..."
Sometimes, wisdom comes and slaps you across the face when you least expected it. For me, it occurred while I was soaked in sweat, sore at my shoulders and puffing for air... My yoga instructor gave up her thoughts on her preferred way to kick the bucket. Many of u was thinking like me, "Wat a health nutcase freak". But she explained, she rather die while exercising then die lying on the bed due to disease. She rather die trying to pushing herself to the limit tat to die doing nothing.
Death is something unpredictable after all, you can simply drop dead any moment... Your heart just suddenly gave up, a lorry suddenly ram into your room, you just suddenly stop breathing... She told her experience on flirtation with the grim reaper. A surfboarding trip in Bali, she was sweep away by the waves... Was drowning under water... She kicked and push to get to the surface but was in vain, and she thought at that moment "She was thankful to god, she was going to die this way... Die doing something" when she just on the verge of giving up... Then she saw a glimpse of her surf board, and despite her exhausted body, she fought her way towards her surf board and the surface...
Having flirted with the grim reaper too, I can understand her point of view. Life is something we often take for granted... We always think, there is tomorrow. Truth be told, what we have is only this moment. So we ought to make full use to this moment... You wanna live forever?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Quote of da day...
Dear bloggie,
"Two days later the miracle was made complete. My boys defeated Finland to win the gold medal, coming from behind once again. As I watched them out there, celebrating on the ice, I realized that Patti had been right. It was a lot more than a hockey game, not only for those who watched it, but for those who played in it. I've often been asked in the years since Lake Placid what was the best moment for me. Well, it was here - the sight of 20 young men of such differing backgrounds now standing as one. Young men willing to sacrifice so much of themselves all for an unknown. A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes at the Games - Dream Teams. I always found that term ironic because now that we have Dream Teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most - a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe." - Herb Brooks
"Two days later the miracle was made complete. My boys defeated Finland to win the gold medal, coming from behind once again. As I watched them out there, celebrating on the ice, I realized that Patti had been right. It was a lot more than a hockey game, not only for those who watched it, but for those who played in it. I've often been asked in the years since Lake Placid what was the best moment for me. Well, it was here - the sight of 20 young men of such differing backgrounds now standing as one. Young men willing to sacrifice so much of themselves all for an unknown. A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes at the Games - Dream Teams. I always found that term ironic because now that we have Dream Teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most - a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe." - Herb Brooks
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Skyrim Vs Fallout: Las Vegas
Dear bloggie,
Had my chance to play both RPG recently... While I onli 1/2 thru in Fallout: Las Vegas, here my potshot on both games.
Excellent RPG both... But if I had to pick, common... Sexbot, The F word, Ghoul, Rangers, Paladin, Soldiers, Legions, Guns and Lasers, Super Mutant, Las Vegas... Bring it on, Fallout: Las Vegas.
A rough comparison on both games... Both games has a huge world map... It really feels like your transported into another island or world. Skyrim has I feel the bigger world map, it feels the size of Selangor. However this does raises one problem, too much empty figures. Not everything has a quest or etc, hence these houses, statues, NPCs, etc are just there to make up this virtual reality world. While I feel in terms of interaction, Skyrim has more things to interact with, but in terms of quality Fallout has more interesting interaction.
Skyrim uses Radiant AI to try to make their NPC more "alive". NPC in Skyrim not just stand fixed at one spot... They will move around, they will eat, sleep, drink, hunt, etc... More "alive" but still fails to simulate as if these NPC are real peoples. Fallout however takes a slightly different approach to make the NPC "alive". Fallout NPC has way less AI, usually limited to stand at spot X and when night, go bed to sleep. Fallout however tries to bring these NPC to life with better voice acting variation, unique model face and creative dialog script. A problem in Skyrim is alot of NPC reuse the god damn same face model! I can't really recognize who da f*ck is who due to this. The usage of voice elements like slang and tone, can really give a feel that your really talking to a life person. Hence the f*cking reuse of voice for the NPCs, reminds you that you really playing a game.
As for quests, both games are after all RPG and suffers from "Go A, Go B, Go C" feel. However it's the cover story which hides this issue. Skyrim quests are perhaps abit boring in my opinion... Too serious perhaps? Fallout quest story however has a touch of sarcastic humor which leads to a better gaming experience. For instance there's a quest in Fallout which requires you to pimp for 3 exotic prostitutes. A cowgal ghoul, a suave man that can provide a "boyfriend" experience and a sexbot!? Imagine getting rob by 3 grannys wielding "baking bat" dressed in a summer dress... A nutcase Caesar wannabe that after killing his foes, booby traps the place so "someone" (which is you) gets a nasty surprise when one loots the death body.
As for combat, Skyrim 3D approach still SUX... Fallout is 3D but adds VATS elements into the fray... Still sux however, sux less onli... Inventory however is overload for both games. Skyrim continues it's tradition that everything (almost) is an item practice. From books, bread, barrel, plates, spoon... F*CK! Fallout however has less of this crap. However after playing for a while, the inventory management tend to be a very tedious task. Quest items mixed with your weopon, armour, etc and throw in the loot items... My philosophy in inventory management is if you're not using it just sell it away.
Besides combat, there is also sub skills in both games. You can in simple layman language "create item". Skyrim wins in tis aspect as you can create potions, enchant item, up weapon and armour, cook new items, etc... The combination is pretty huge, as you can really create a unique weapon or armor. In Fallout however, items tend to stick to a template item. You can add some customize, but it's rather limited in my opinion as these customization items are rare and expensive to purchase.
As for gameplay feel, Skyrim is the ancient knight and mage feel while Fallout is more post apocalypses modern highwayman feel. Overall, I based my verdict on the simple fact, I had more memorable moments in Fallout compared to Skyrim. I mean, getting f*cked by a sexbot really makes you LOLed...
Had my chance to play both RPG recently... While I onli 1/2 thru in Fallout: Las Vegas, here my potshot on both games.
Excellent RPG both... But if I had to pick, common... Sexbot, The F word, Ghoul, Rangers, Paladin, Soldiers, Legions, Guns and Lasers, Super Mutant, Las Vegas... Bring it on, Fallout: Las Vegas.
A rough comparison on both games... Both games has a huge world map... It really feels like your transported into another island or world. Skyrim has I feel the bigger world map, it feels the size of Selangor. However this does raises one problem, too much empty figures. Not everything has a quest or etc, hence these houses, statues, NPCs, etc are just there to make up this virtual reality world. While I feel in terms of interaction, Skyrim has more things to interact with, but in terms of quality Fallout has more interesting interaction.
Skyrim uses Radiant AI to try to make their NPC more "alive". NPC in Skyrim not just stand fixed at one spot... They will move around, they will eat, sleep, drink, hunt, etc... More "alive" but still fails to simulate as if these NPC are real peoples. Fallout however takes a slightly different approach to make the NPC "alive". Fallout NPC has way less AI, usually limited to stand at spot X and when night, go bed to sleep. Fallout however tries to bring these NPC to life with better voice acting variation, unique model face and creative dialog script. A problem in Skyrim is alot of NPC reuse the god damn same face model! I can't really recognize who da f*ck is who due to this. The usage of voice elements like slang and tone, can really give a feel that your really talking to a life person. Hence the f*cking reuse of voice for the NPCs, reminds you that you really playing a game.
As for quests, both games are after all RPG and suffers from "Go A, Go B, Go C" feel. However it's the cover story which hides this issue. Skyrim quests are perhaps abit boring in my opinion... Too serious perhaps? Fallout quest story however has a touch of sarcastic humor which leads to a better gaming experience. For instance there's a quest in Fallout which requires you to pimp for 3 exotic prostitutes. A cowgal ghoul, a suave man that can provide a "boyfriend" experience and a sexbot!? Imagine getting rob by 3 grannys wielding "baking bat" dressed in a summer dress... A nutcase Caesar wannabe that after killing his foes, booby traps the place so "someone" (which is you) gets a nasty surprise when one loots the death body.
As for combat, Skyrim 3D approach still SUX... Fallout is 3D but adds VATS elements into the fray... Still sux however, sux less onli... Inventory however is overload for both games. Skyrim continues it's tradition that everything (almost) is an item practice. From books, bread, barrel, plates, spoon... F*CK! Fallout however has less of this crap. However after playing for a while, the inventory management tend to be a very tedious task. Quest items mixed with your weopon, armour, etc and throw in the loot items... My philosophy in inventory management is if you're not using it just sell it away.
Besides combat, there is also sub skills in both games. You can in simple layman language "create item". Skyrim wins in tis aspect as you can create potions, enchant item, up weapon and armour, cook new items, etc... The combination is pretty huge, as you can really create a unique weapon or armor. In Fallout however, items tend to stick to a template item. You can add some customize, but it's rather limited in my opinion as these customization items are rare and expensive to purchase.
As for gameplay feel, Skyrim is the ancient knight and mage feel while Fallout is more post apocalypses modern highwayman feel. Overall, I based my verdict on the simple fact, I had more memorable moments in Fallout compared to Skyrim. I mean, getting f*cked by a sexbot really makes you LOLed...
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