Archive for January, 2009

what the hell. i thought Kahlan was the Mother Confessor. apparently she’s not, and this strange chick appearing from nowhere with an entourage and a night wisp is. i thought at least Kahlan’s mother was the Mother Confessor. is that true in the series?
the Mother Confessor, in her infinite wisdom has decided to round up her surviving Confessors and evacuate to a hidden island. this, naturally, will not jive with Kahlan, as she is of the Richard School of fight, don’t run. ah, the Mother chick just wanted to give Kahlan the choice. all that is left of the Confessors is the Mother and her couple of side kicks. one lost a hand to Nass, who is taking trophies.
suddenly some random guy appears looking for Kahlan’s dead sister (from the pilot episode) … only the sister can’t be dead if this guy is still under her Confessor power.
so Kahlan must find her and rescue her.
why do Confessors have such impractically long sleeves? they must catch on everything.
speaking of sleeves, Zedd just regrew that Confessor chick’s hand. (more…)

i watched this episode last weekend. i don’t think that i’ll be writing and ranting about this show as i watch it like i do other shows. Battlestar Galactica is in another league; when i watch it, the laptop is closed.

Dualla’s suicide … damn. … she felt a bit of happiness then killed herself because she had no hope of feeling that way again. damn.

i really would not have thought Ellen was the final Cylon. on SyFy Portal they posted an article breaking down the suspects for the final Cylon and i dismissed Ellen as an obvious ‘no’. i thought it would be Gaeta, especially since he had a whole webisode series devoted to him.

as for Starbuck… she died on Earth and her ship was destroyed. so she and her ship are an exact replica of themselves. just like the final five are replicas of themselves who died on earth 2000 years ago. is Starbuck now a Cylon, and if so, was she a Cylon before? was earth originally populated by human who developed a replica/cloning technology so when they died they were remade as Cylons? or what makes the replicas? something on Earth? something outside of Earth? a machine/technology? were the final five really born in the colonies? or were they created by the Cylons/Earth-Cylon technology and planted in the colonies? are they some kind of technological reincarnation placed in the genetic code of the colonial humans? (more…)

the circumstances of this episode vastly differ from those in the book, however, i like it. overall, i have been rather impressed with how they’ve managed to squeeze in bits from the book into this series. i still wish Gellar were involved. but i guess fewer characters makes for more action with the main characters.
Zedd the entertainer. i like it.
RACHAEL. whilst the evil princess Violet goes off to get some jewelry, Zedd is left with Rachael. here’s is where he’ll do all Gellar’s stuff.
meanwhile, Richard and Kahlan attack some guards to stall Lord Rahl from going to Tammerang (sp) and getting the box. Richard kills a guard Kahlan was going to Confess because he didn’t think Kahlan was going to Confess him fast enough, and she’s pissed that Richard is being to protective. but they have the guard’s journey book. (more…)

ah. Denna. for once, a character appears as i imagined. (well for second; Kahlen works.)
they’re talking about Kahlan betraying Richard, as Shota predicted. i shoulda re-read the books.
i know Shota has some sort of anti-Kahlan thing, but I think it doesn’t really culminate until Temple of the Winds… the “She’ll betray him ‘in her blood’” thing. ugh. that scene is still ingrained in my mind, and i read that book over 10 years ago. anyhow, this episode is gonna take me all evening to watch if i keep pausing it to ruminate.
holy shit. they’re making out. and she still hasn’t told him about her power. instead she stalks off without explanation and decides to leave them.
woah. she just said that there are other Confessors in hiding. that is so not canon. all the Confessors are supposed to be dead. (of course it makes more sense that there’s some alive in hiding, but that’s beside the point.)
nice little confrontation between Kahlan and Richard; and she just told him that she has no feelings for him. that may have been the first scene in which i found Richard truly believable. maybe i’m just really getting into this episode.
hell yeah. Mord Sith. how are they gonna G rate this now? (more…)

Will and Methos are buddy-ing up here and bonding on their common talent for observation. so is Will Methos’ long lost son?

oh look, Tesla’s still alive. i’m so surprised.

i’m guessing Methos is going to get killed and Will has to fill in with his powers of observation.

what do the Cabal want from Ashley if it isn’t intel? her blood? they could just take it without her consent. why do they need her cooperation?

meanwhile, back in the labyrinth, the boys have a pissing contest. (more…)

Here i am, bouncing around online with Sanctuary on in the background. I had 3 episodes in my DVR to catch up on. (still haven’t watched Heroes or Sarah Connor either)

anyhow

the Instinct episode was stupid. no biggie. fine for background entertainment. then i put on Revelations part 1 and who should cross my screen… Methos.

mutherfucker.

first Joe, now Methos. who’s next Duncan Mc Leod of the Clan Mc Leod? (more…)

yesterday i watched all four indiana jones movies from beginning to end. let’s see how they stack up.

raiders of the lost ark -

opening action- one of the most well known movie sequences ever. people who have never seen indiana jones know rolling boulder = indiana jones. and it’s right there in the beginning. the stage for the Indy vs Belloq rivalry is set.

lead female- Marion Ravenwood. She can drink. She’s not afraid to fight. She stands up to the bad guys. Sure, she made mistakes and got captured, but she didn’t sit and cry about it and wait to be rescued. Of course, she didn’t manage to escape, but she tried. (more…)

oh, i will be buying this. i should pre-order it now, but i’ve spent too much this week already.
but next week is vacation, so i can get it then.
the crayon physics deluxe site
the original game a month site, Kloonigames

i remember playing the original mini game ages ago and i loved it to bits.


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