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The way I used to do reviews is now dead. Instead I will begin to post video reviews. The first, a pilot episode, is coming soon. I'm currently filming segments for it.

I promise. I might even subject myself to Twilight.

One that will cost a ton of money and will probably drive me over the line to madness. But that dream is to make Stormtrooper armor. Why? Because it's fucking cool.


Also some reviews coming up, maybe some of which are actual videos.

I'm switching to recording videos for my reviews. It should be an interesting experiment and we'll see how it turns out.


Also please watch Dollhouse on Friday night. It airs on Fox at 9:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

Every once in a great while a complete dog shit movie is released, this is one of those films. ( Read more... )

Several people are twittering as characters from Stephen King's The Stand.

The most prolific so far are Mother Abigail and Randall Flagg.

There are a bunch more, just look up your favorite character, odds are they're up.

This is the kind of stuff that amuses me.

I'm actually starting to twitter or tweet or whatever the news calls it. I'm following a ton of people now. But if I missed you and you can read this. Let me know.

https://twitter.com/RatmanPictures

First of all I loved it. I feel that it will rank up there with the truly great series finales. This whole post is really my go at addressing a few complaints that I read on the various boards I post on.

Flashbacks:
I thought that they were brilliant.  They really showed us how these characters wound up on the path that allowed them to survive the fall of the colonies.  The best was probably Baltar and Caprica Six's scene.  It let us know that there really was something deeper to their relationship.  Maybe it was really part of Six's plan to seduce Baltar, but I like to think that she really did care for him.

God (or whatever it likes to be called) and the angels:
At least one board I post on had the opinion that claiming that "God did it" was an easy way out.  There has been references to God since the beginning.  Head Six even told Baltar that she was one of God's angels, he didn't believe her and neither did the audience.  In a way, the audience and Baltar went on the same journey to learn that some force was behind everything. 

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace:
I'm happy that they didn't really explain what she was.  Because no matter what it was, people wouldn't be happy.  I don't like shows spoon feeding everything to me.  I like things to be vague.  It actually gives you something to think about.  Like in Blade Runner, was Deckard a replicant?  I think that he was, but we'll never really know.  Personally I think that Kara was a different manifistation of the angels.  The real Kara died and a replacement was sent to lead the human race to our Earth, but first the humans had to side with the Cylons.  Getting to Old Earth and the events afterward is what lead to a partnership between the two races.  Working together, they defeated the other Cylons and rescued Hera.  Hera literally is the future of both races.  With all that done, Kara used a song that she knew from childhood, a song written on Old Earth by her husband nearly 2,000 years before she was born.  She got them to a new home, which is what she was meant to do.  In a way, she did bring the human race to its end.  The human race as it existed in the Fleet and the Colonies is dead.  The present human race is a blend of Colonial Humans, Earth Humans, and Cylons.  Kara having done this, disappeared.  I assume she followed her husband Anders to the other side.

Lee's Plan:
Well it did apparently work.  During the last cycles, Kobol was abandoned due to some event (possibly connected to why the Cylons went far from the Colonies) Old Earth created Cylon Centurions and was destroyed.  Two thousand years later, the Colonies were destroyed from their Cylon creations.  These Cylons even dealt with civil war among themselves.  Lee's plan got 150,000 years without the creation of more Cylons.  The question remains if Cylons will be created at some point in the future.  New Earth has created robots, which are becoming more and more advanced.  Maybe being part Cylon will change things and maybe the process will repeat itself yet again.  Some feel that it is unrealistic that people would abandon technology so quickly.  But the Colonials have done it before, the previews of Caprica show a very different version of the society before the original Cylon war.  After the war, they resemble present day Earth in most areas.  So it isn't a completely alien concept to them.  Then you have to imagine what they have been through.  If you spent four or five years on a craft that compares to a modern airliner or cruise ship.  Surviving on very little water, algae, dewindling supplies, and constant fear of Cylon attack.  If this happened to me, I'd be more than happy to build a cabin and live off the land.  It is a hard life, but even if they built cities there is no way to sustain it.  Sure the ships will run for a while, but eventually they will quit working.  Then you just have large objects collecting dust.  I would imagine that they kept basic tools and whatever medicine was left.

Also I'm glad they let the Centurions go.  The poor things stopped the war in exchange for skinjob technology.  One of those skinjobs enslaved them again and implanted a chip to keep them from rebelling.  Once freed they even helped humans fight other Cylons, this didn't benefit them.  So they deserved it.

But let me know what you think.

Damn, this takes me back.  Still one of the most depressing films I've ever seen.  That dog is the finest actor of the 1980s and I will fight anyone who disagrees.

For those familiar with my LJ You may know about my Halloween reviews, usually I fuck up and post filler for most the time, but I do try for a few days. So as you can tell I'm something of a horror fan, mainly the slasher genre of the 1980s. So now we have a remake of the first three Friday the 13th movies (more or less) coming out on Friday.

Now I've always been more of a Freddy fan, but the hockey masked killer has a special spot in my heart. So I am looking forward to the new one, fuck yes. Because of the films that feature Jason, the first has his mother, the only one that really sucks is the ninth film. Which is where Jason was a worm thing and possessed people. So as long as Jason is walking around killing people, I'm happy. Throw in some female nudity and great kills and you have the makings of a great Jason movie. Based on all I've seen, this one will deliver all three.

Also if you're a fan of the series, I recommend getting a documentary called "His Name Was Jason". It details the whole series, has interviews with the various Jasons over the years, an interview with the only black guy to survive a movie, and it is hosted by Tom Salvini. Wal-Mart had it for $10, so most places probably have it around the same price. Plus it comes with a poster and free ticket to the new movie.

Also here is the finest moment in the whole series, Crispin Glover spazzing out.

A little Acer netbook.  It's tiny as hell, but I love it.  If you're looking for a decent computer, but for dirt cheap, look no further.


Also I'm making a new costume for Dragon*Con and this one is none cardboard related.  The BSG deck crew uniform, because Tyrol is still my favorite character and after tonight's episode he just hit the level of ultimate bad ass.

I'm ordering a new laptop next week, a netbook to be exact.  I'm also considering looking into getting a new video camera.  I currently have a Flip camera, which only records for 30 minutes.  So I need something a little better.  I'm looking into getting little HD camera I've found that is getting some decent reviews.  With that in mind, I'm planning on doing more video content.

Matt Smith, who I have not seen in anything, is the Eleventh Doctor. He is currently the youngest at 26. I just downloaded the special where they announced it and it had an interview with him.

I'll miss the Tenth Doctor, but all good things must come to an end and change is the only real constant the show has. I can't wait to see what the Eleventh Doctor is going to be like.

I could describe this, but words do not do it justice. It must be seen in order to be believed. So here it is you lucky people.



Although at this point, who hasn't seen it. But if this is your first chance to see it, well at least you know who to blame.

Remember the finale for the most recent Doctor Who season where pretty much every companion from the new series appeared? Well this is pretty much the stop-motion Christmas special version of that. ( Read more... )

What am I getting myself into?

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