Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series
Now I felt that this was a movie/series that needed to be looked at but I don't have time, as of now, to do a video review of it (already lined up is Dreamcatcher review (three parts), two parts of The Host rant, a video of me singing, AND a Top 5 Things I Dislike About College video). At the same time the brief reviews I usually have on my fanpage don't provide enough space.
Title: Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series
Released: 2009
My Rating: 4/5
Basic Premise:
Blair Williams is sent to find and destroy a "ghost" (a machine that causes disruption in communication). When she finds out the "ghost" is a human, things start to get a little more complicated.
Graphics:
As can be told by the title, this direct to DVD Terminator movie (though IMDB says it was a tv series) uses computer graphics. I didn't mind that at all. For those of you who don't like computer graphics, you probably won't like this movie. My only real complaint is that the lip-syncing (aka how the lips/mouth looks when a character speaks) was just downright annoying. I had to look away from their mouths it got so bad. Everything else, though, was pretty enjoyable.
Characters:
John Connor
Pros: He's shown to be a person that others trust and very knowledgeable.
Cons: He doesn't appear (not even his voice). So for those of you that were disappointed about how little he was in Terminator Salvation, you probably won't like this movie. Myself? I didn't mind how little he appeared in Terminator Salvation and I don't mind how little he appeared in this movie.
Blair Williams
Pros: Moon Bloodgood again reprises her role (though it is only her voice). Her character is expanded upon and goes through some changes because of her encounter with Laz Howard. You get to see some cleavage.
Cons: They're only computer graphics (though that probably doesn't matter to most of the men out there). If you didn't like Blair Williams in Terminator Salvation you probably don't want to watch a movie where she's the main character.
Laz Howard
Pros: He's a complex character. On one hand he doesn't like Skynet because they are waging a war on humanity and yet he doesn't like the Resistance because he feels they are too much like the machines. With his encounter with Blair Williams he changes.
Cons: This is a new character and if you want a Terminator movie with the classic Terminator characters, this is not the movie for you.
Character Note:
Blair Williams and Laz Howard do not become a couple. Just good friends. The encounter is not sexual.
In Closing:
This is a good movie if you like the Terminator series and adore action flicks. This is not a movie that will make you become a Terminator fan. If you don't like the premise of the Terminator series you will hate this movie. However, if you like action flicks then you will probably enjoy this movie. There is hardly a dull moment and the majority of the movie is made up of cliches and action sequences. Yes, there is character development but only the bare minimum. Plus the plot is very paper thin. Another good thing about this movie is it again expands on the different viewpoints that humans living during the war with Skynet have.
Note:
This movie does not even have Arnold in it. Arnold is not the be all and end all of the Terminator franchise. His character is kickass but just because a Terminator movie does not have him in it does not mean the movie sucks.
Title: Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series
Released: 2009
My Rating: 4/5
Basic Premise:
Blair Williams is sent to find and destroy a "ghost" (a machine that causes disruption in communication). When she finds out the "ghost" is a human, things start to get a little more complicated.
Graphics:
As can be told by the title, this direct to DVD Terminator movie (though IMDB says it was a tv series) uses computer graphics. I didn't mind that at all. For those of you who don't like computer graphics, you probably won't like this movie. My only real complaint is that the lip-syncing (aka how the lips/mouth looks when a character speaks) was just downright annoying. I had to look away from their mouths it got so bad. Everything else, though, was pretty enjoyable.
Characters:
John Connor
Pros: He's shown to be a person that others trust and very knowledgeable.
Cons: He doesn't appear (not even his voice). So for those of you that were disappointed about how little he was in Terminator Salvation, you probably won't like this movie. Myself? I didn't mind how little he appeared in Terminator Salvation and I don't mind how little he appeared in this movie.
Blair Williams
Pros: Moon Bloodgood again reprises her role (though it is only her voice). Her character is expanded upon and goes through some changes because of her encounter with Laz Howard. You get to see some cleavage.
Cons: They're only computer graphics (though that probably doesn't matter to most of the men out there). If you didn't like Blair Williams in Terminator Salvation you probably don't want to watch a movie where she's the main character.
Laz Howard
Pros: He's a complex character. On one hand he doesn't like Skynet because they are waging a war on humanity and yet he doesn't like the Resistance because he feels they are too much like the machines. With his encounter with Blair Williams he changes.
Cons: This is a new character and if you want a Terminator movie with the classic Terminator characters, this is not the movie for you.
Character Note:
Blair Williams and Laz Howard do not become a couple. Just good friends. The encounter is not sexual.
In Closing:
This is a good movie if you like the Terminator series and adore action flicks. This is not a movie that will make you become a Terminator fan. If you don't like the premise of the Terminator series you will hate this movie. However, if you like action flicks then you will probably enjoy this movie. There is hardly a dull moment and the majority of the movie is made up of cliches and action sequences. Yes, there is character development but only the bare minimum. Plus the plot is very paper thin. Another good thing about this movie is it again expands on the different viewpoints that humans living during the war with Skynet have.
Note:
This movie does not even have Arnold in it. Arnold is not the be all and end all of the Terminator franchise. His character is kickass but just because a Terminator movie does not have him in it does not mean the movie sucks.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Moved Over
Welcome everyone from my LiveJournal (LJ) account (acrazyraven). Just to be alerting you that I will now post new blog posts/videos here. Older blog posts will not be moved over here due to the fact that there is a ton. Besides, some of the older blog posts are here (I just didn't post here regularly).
If you're a friend from my LJ account I will continue to check in with that account every now and again.
Happy New Year everyone!
If you're a friend from my LJ account I will continue to check in with that account every now and again.
Happy New Year everyone!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Terminator: Sarah Connor (TSCC)
Sarah Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (the Terminator tv show, aka TSCC) went through some changes herself. In TSCC she has calmed down a little but still has a deep relationship with her son. I will talk about her relationships with a few people on the show.
Charley Dixon: This is her fiance that she breaks up with because she feels she has to keep moving on. She also doesn't want him to become involved with the Terminators if they ever show up again. In the show you can tell that they both still love each other deeply but they can't recover from what happened (Sarah leaving him). Charley does end up becoming involved with Sarah's life and is the reason why Derek Reese survived. And, when Sarah decides to leave John because she has cancer, she decides to let Charley take care of him.
John Connor: Sarah Connor is protective of her son and sometimes controlling at times. She is distrustful of Cameron and Riley Dawson because John likes both. One reason Sarah is so close to John is because he's the only person she can really trust. The fact that he saves the world is just another fact about him to her.
Derek Reese: Sarah finds out that Derek is Kyle's brother and probably tries harder to free him because of this fact. She ends up not trusting him because he lied about not killing Andy Goode. I believe she did learn to like him, as she was very heartbroken about his death, but could never admit it. This was probably due to the fact that he wasn't Kyle, just his brother, and that he can be a handful to deal with. The thing that put up a wall between them was that he hid his relationship with Jesse and so endangered John's life (nevermind the fact that John basically knew what was going on and it was his fault, Derek didn't know about Riley knowing Jesse).
Cameron: Sarah Connor was nearly killed by the first Terminator she met and so doesn't trust Terminators. Cameron is no different. Sarah ends up trusting Cameron but isn't even conflicted when the choice comes down to kill her. Why would you care about a heartless machine? Sarah ends up putting up with Cameron for the sole fact that Cameron has been sent to protect Sarah and John.
I'd put in about her relationship to James Ellison (the FBI Agent that at first goes after the Connors but that changes) but he isn't really involved with her enough to warrant it. Maybe with a Season 3 that would've change (as Sarah and James were having to look after Catherine Weaver's daughter).
Also, it seems anyone that Sarah likes ends up dying at some point (Andy Goode and Charley Dixon among them).
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Charley Dixon: This is her fiance that she breaks up with because she feels she has to keep moving on. She also doesn't want him to become involved with the Terminators if they ever show up again. In the show you can tell that they both still love each other deeply but they can't recover from what happened (Sarah leaving him). Charley does end up becoming involved with Sarah's life and is the reason why Derek Reese survived. And, when Sarah decides to leave John because she has cancer, she decides to let Charley take care of him.
John Connor: Sarah Connor is protective of her son and sometimes controlling at times. She is distrustful of Cameron and Riley Dawson because John likes both. One reason Sarah is so close to John is because he's the only person she can really trust. The fact that he saves the world is just another fact about him to her.
Derek Reese: Sarah finds out that Derek is Kyle's brother and probably tries harder to free him because of this fact. She ends up not trusting him because he lied about not killing Andy Goode. I believe she did learn to like him, as she was very heartbroken about his death, but could never admit it. This was probably due to the fact that he wasn't Kyle, just his brother, and that he can be a handful to deal with. The thing that put up a wall between them was that he hid his relationship with Jesse and so endangered John's life (nevermind the fact that John basically knew what was going on and it was his fault, Derek didn't know about Riley knowing Jesse).
Cameron: Sarah Connor was nearly killed by the first Terminator she met and so doesn't trust Terminators. Cameron is no different. Sarah ends up trusting Cameron but isn't even conflicted when the choice comes down to kill her. Why would you care about a heartless machine? Sarah ends up putting up with Cameron for the sole fact that Cameron has been sent to protect Sarah and John.
I'd put in about her relationship to James Ellison (the FBI Agent that at first goes after the Connors but that changes) but he isn't really involved with her enough to warrant it. Maybe with a Season 3 that would've change (as Sarah and James were having to look after Catherine Weaver's daughter).
Also, it seems anyone that Sarah likes ends up dying at some point (Andy Goode and Charley Dixon among them).
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