Okay, okay, I'm always so late in reviewing stuff, it's never relevant, but right after this I'm reviewing Skyfall and Rise of the Guardians, slightly more current.
So I wasn't particular about going to see this film, but my friend was and I thought "Well it couldn't be bad."
And thankfully it wasn't.
It's a lovely coming-of-age story about a boy names Charlie, played by Logan Lerman, nervous about his first day at high school.
Bless 'im.
So, within a few days he makes friends of two seniors, Sam, played by Emma Watson and Patrick, played by Ezra Miller, a step-brother and sister.
Charlie kinda gets taken in by them and their friends,from trying cannabis brownies, unbeknownst to him, doing Secret Santa and watching and performing in a theatrical version of Rocky Horror Picture Show.
From dealing with awkward issues such as dating, first kisses, first loves and coming to terms with suicide, homophobia and sexual abuse. There are laugh out loud moments, embarrassing moments and just times where your aches with sadness for the characters.
I advise you to read the book, by Stephen Chbosky, it's not that much different though you do get a different feel from the main character and I believe the film captures it quite well. Of course there are things that are different, there will always be things that get missed out or added to films.
In terms of acting, this was one of Emma Watson's first films after the Harry Potter series and I think she does an outstanding job as smart flirty Sam. Ezra Miller first big breaks was We Have to Talk about Kevin where he chilled people with his character, but thankfully in this he plays a lovable character, serious when he needs to be but always trying to keep a smile on his face.
And lastly Logan Lerman who plays the main socially awkward lovable Charlie, by the end of the film you've gone through some major things in his life with him, cringed at all of the humiliating moments and awww'd at the most heart-wrenching scenes.
So I've leave you with that, I guess, that and go watch it.
I loved it, and I'll leave you with my friend's favourite quote from it.
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
Til next time, peeps.
Monday, 10 December 2012
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Judgement Time for Dredd 3D
So yes, I nearly forgot about this post, but here I am typing it away.
I love Judge Dredd, and I think it comes from the fact my dad collects comics and at one point he had a few figurines of Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson, so I was so very happy when she appeared in this film. If people don't know what the plot of Dredd 3D is, let me enlighten you.
There's a drug going around called Slo-mo, where the taker experiences time going by reallllllyyy slowly. So basically, everything is in slow motion. Judge Dredd, our hero, is assigned to evaluate a rookie, Judge Anderson, who has psychic abilities. First job of the day and they take on a triple murder case at a 200 storey apartment block, which is controlled by drug-lord Ma-Ma.
Can you guess what she sells?
Slo-mo?
Don't be silly..yeah it's Slo-mo.
Who knew?
So floor by floor, they have to rise to the top to take down Ma-Ma and her huge clan of badasses.
Think The Raid: Redemption" with more futuristic elements.
I was looking forward to this film anyway, because I love Karl Urban and I loved Lena Headey in Game of thrones.
Now in my previous post, I might have mentioned that a jawline has never been so sexy. True to the comic books, Dredd never takes off his helmet. And his face is in a constant frown. Not that you can see it but it's basically like :( which doesn't even begin to start at how moody he is.
Full of actions, drugs, violence and mentions of prostitution, Dredd is definitely not one for the kids, in every scene at least one person dies and it's never in a pretty way. Either way, I'd highly recommend it even if you don't know anything about the comics,just because it's a bloody kick-ass film.
I kinda zipped past Dredd a little bit, mainly because I want to talk about the new Star Trek coming out. I'm kinda linking it in with Karl Urban.
So yeah, Star Trek into Darkness, JJ Abrams is directing again, which I'm happy about, I don't think it would have quite been the same without him.
All the old cast is back with the exclusion of Eric Bana but the magically inclusion of a Mr. Benedict Cumberbatch, who is playing the villain. We still don't know exactly who he's playing but there have been pictures of him wearing a torn star ship uniform and also resisting the legendary Vulcan Death Grip *gasp*
It's due out on the 17th of May 2013, and has anyone seen the budget?! $185 Million! then again, I bet they need it for all of those Lens Flares.
It'll also be a good opportunity to update my Star Trek poster :D
Someone I also love in this film is Anton Yelchin, (Fright Night, Charlie Bartlett, The Beaver) and once again he's playing Pavel Chekov, I must say he's one of my favourite characters in the Original series too, but in this he's just plain adorable.
So altogether I'm looking forward to the cast getting together, the 17th of May and Anton Yelchin.. And Karl Urban.. And Chris Pine... And Star Trek in general.
I love Judge Dredd, and I think it comes from the fact my dad collects comics and at one point he had a few figurines of Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson, so I was so very happy when she appeared in this film. If people don't know what the plot of Dredd 3D is, let me enlighten you.
There's a drug going around called Slo-mo, where the taker experiences time going by reallllllyyy slowly. So basically, everything is in slow motion. Judge Dredd, our hero, is assigned to evaluate a rookie, Judge Anderson, who has psychic abilities. First job of the day and they take on a triple murder case at a 200 storey apartment block, which is controlled by drug-lord Ma-Ma.
Can you guess what she sells?
Slo-mo?
Don't be silly..yeah it's Slo-mo.
Who knew?
So floor by floor, they have to rise to the top to take down Ma-Ma and her huge clan of badasses.
Think The Raid: Redemption" with more futuristic elements.
I was looking forward to this film anyway, because I love Karl Urban and I loved Lena Headey in Game of thrones.
Now in my previous post, I might have mentioned that a jawline has never been so sexy. True to the comic books, Dredd never takes off his helmet. And his face is in a constant frown. Not that you can see it but it's basically like :( which doesn't even begin to start at how moody he is.
Full of actions, drugs, violence and mentions of prostitution, Dredd is definitely not one for the kids, in every scene at least one person dies and it's never in a pretty way. Either way, I'd highly recommend it even if you don't know anything about the comics,just because it's a bloody kick-ass film.
I kinda zipped past Dredd a little bit, mainly because I want to talk about the new Star Trek coming out. I'm kinda linking it in with Karl Urban.
So yeah, Star Trek into Darkness, JJ Abrams is directing again, which I'm happy about, I don't think it would have quite been the same without him.
All the old cast is back with the exclusion of Eric Bana but the magically inclusion of a Mr. Benedict Cumberbatch, who is playing the villain. We still don't know exactly who he's playing but there have been pictures of him wearing a torn star ship uniform and also resisting the legendary Vulcan Death Grip *gasp*
It's due out on the 17th of May 2013, and has anyone seen the budget?! $185 Million! then again, I bet they need it for all of those Lens Flares.
It'll also be a good opportunity to update my Star Trek poster :D
Someone I also love in this film is Anton Yelchin, (Fright Night, Charlie Bartlett, The Beaver) and once again he's playing Pavel Chekov, I must say he's one of my favourite characters in the Original series too, but in this he's just plain adorable.
So altogether I'm looking forward to the cast getting together, the 17th of May and Anton Yelchin.. And Karl Urban.. And Chris Pine... And Star Trek in general.
Saturday, 6 October 2012
Back to University :3
So it's been a while, again.
I'm back to uni after a torturous summer away from all of my friends and I'm trying to remember what films I went to see if I did.
Dark Knight Rises after a Nolan Batman Marathon (Twice)
Brave in 3D for my mother's birthday.
And I've recently been to see Dredd in 3D. Oh...my god. I loved it. But I will talk about that in a separate post x3 and I can talk about Star Trek at the same time.
So lets get discussing.
Dark Knight Rises
Yes. My Lord, yes!
I've heard a lot of bad things about this film but it depends where you're looking at it.
No, there wasn't a lot of actual Batman, but Yes, there was Bane and a good storyline.
I loved Tom Hardy as Bane, even though there were a few plot holes, if that,s what you call them. It didn't actually explain what happened to Bane which made him use the mask, and they altered his appearance from the comics, which I don't mind so much cause people took him more seriously I think.
And I was also so veeery happy that the Scarecrow made an appearence
So Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. I was a bit iffy about it when I heard as I can't think of her being in another action role in the past, but she really pulled it off, it didn't go too much into her story but I still enjoyed her interactions with Bruce Wayne.
Poor Alfred, when he was talking at the end, I did cry, I'll admit, I just felt so sorry for him.
And I have to admit I also enjoyed the ending with Robin 'John' Blake, and I will forgive Nolan even if he didn't make a Nightwing film or whatever, because I loved the Dark Knight Rises that much.
Brave
I walked into the cinema, sat down. Then realised I didn't know a thing about the plot of Brave.
I'd seen the trailers, but I didn't get much plot from them, just that the heroine, Merida, was being forced into marrying someone she didn't want to and that there was a magical forest and a big-ass bear!
After watching the film, I just decided I loved it. I'd gladly go see it again, I adored the storyline (when I realised what it was), the characters, the animation, everything!
And yes, I cried.
And yes, I know I cry way too easily.
I also want to mention the pre-animation that Pixar are quite famous for, it was La Luna this time and it was beautiful, just saying :)
I'm back to uni after a torturous summer away from all of my friends and I'm trying to remember what films I went to see if I did.
Dark Knight Rises after a Nolan Batman Marathon (Twice)
Brave in 3D for my mother's birthday.
And I've recently been to see Dredd in 3D. Oh...my god. I loved it. But I will talk about that in a separate post x3 and I can talk about Star Trek at the same time.
So lets get discussing.
Dark Knight Rises
Yes. My Lord, yes!
I've heard a lot of bad things about this film but it depends where you're looking at it.
No, there wasn't a lot of actual Batman, but Yes, there was Bane and a good storyline.
I loved Tom Hardy as Bane, even though there were a few plot holes, if that,s what you call them. It didn't actually explain what happened to Bane which made him use the mask, and they altered his appearance from the comics, which I don't mind so much cause people took him more seriously I think.
And I was also so veeery happy that the Scarecrow made an appearence
So Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. I was a bit iffy about it when I heard as I can't think of her being in another action role in the past, but she really pulled it off, it didn't go too much into her story but I still enjoyed her interactions with Bruce Wayne.
Poor Alfred, when he was talking at the end, I did cry, I'll admit, I just felt so sorry for him.
And I have to admit I also enjoyed the ending with Robin 'John' Blake, and I will forgive Nolan even if he didn't make a Nightwing film or whatever, because I loved the Dark Knight Rises that much.
Brave
I walked into the cinema, sat down. Then realised I didn't know a thing about the plot of Brave.
I'd seen the trailers, but I didn't get much plot from them, just that the heroine, Merida, was being forced into marrying someone she didn't want to and that there was a magical forest and a big-ass bear!
After watching the film, I just decided I loved it. I'd gladly go see it again, I adored the storyline (when I realised what it was), the characters, the animation, everything!
And yes, I cried.
And yes, I know I cry way too easily.
I also want to mention the pre-animation that Pixar are quite famous for, it was La Luna this time and it was beautiful, just saying :)
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Avengers and Prometheus after a long time in Stasis
Lets seen then, new post.
What have I been doing with my life?
I've finished my first year of University. w00t w00t.
I've been to see a few films:
Avengers (Twice)
Prometheus (Twice)
and if I seen anything else I can't really remember. Mirror Mirror too, I think.
So I'll talk about these films for a bit.
Avengers.
Ooft.
I love Marvel movies, even enjoyed the Incredible Hulk when I actually sat down and watched it.
So come the 26 of April, I had a bad day, coursework got on top of me and dragged me down into the dumps.
Then my friend walked into my room and was like "Wanna go watch Avengers?"
I was up and on top of the world, sitting in the cinema with a Gin and Tonic in hand, ogling the people who had come dressed up as said Avengers.
Needless to say, the movie was amazing. No doubt it wasn't going to be.
Well, I was a bit worried that because of the huge hype about it, it would be a slight let down.
God, I was wrong. If the action didn't do it for you the comedy sure did, a majority of it one liners but still absolutely amazing. The Hulk stealing a huge part of the show in his "Puny God" scene with Loki.
And have you heard the avengers theme?
I love it. I like soundtracks and scores and this film had both.
The soundtrack was more rock based with bands such as Silverstein, Buckcherry and Shinedown's songs being selected.
I think my favourites are "Even if I could" from Papa Roach, "I'm Alive"from Shinedown and "Unbroken" from Black Veil Brides.
Well worth a listen.
As for the Score, written by Alan Silvestri, who's famous for doing scores such as Back to the Future, Predator and Forrest Gump, he also did the score for Captain America: The First Avenger.
A majority of the soundtracks takes elements from the main Avengers theme, an amazing ring of trumpets over the top of the track.
One piece of music from the score I can listen to forever, is "Assemble" from the Avengers Score.
It takes a few minutes but then you get the recognizable trumpets singing over the top.
And Boom, here it is:
Okay, and now for Prometheus.
I wanted to see this, so I sat down and had my own like Alien marathon (Cause no one would watch them with me)
But I really liked them so it was all good, the best I think being the first Alien, cause it was hilarious. Just the classic chest-bursting scene, I laughed so much, though it did freak me out a bit, the way the thing downs down the throat, it makes my own throat feel all clogged and scary.
So of I went to see Prometheus, merrily along with my friend, in 3D cause it wasn't being shown in 2D.
Well the thing is, I went to see it twice, cause I went to see it with my friend, then went for my friend's birthday.
It was harder to sit through the second time, but about 45 minutes to the end it just picks up and rolls on so smoothly, I think it's cause I knew what was going to happen so it was like "Get on with it!"
I can't rally pick my favourite moment, but it might be the beginning scene with David, the android, walking around the ship whilst everyone else is in stasis.
I'm not kidding when I say, I think an Alien is adorable.
If it was in front of me, maybe a bit more scary, but whilst it's on screen, I can love it all I want.
Now the thing I was most impressed with with Prometheus, was the trailer. The David 8 one.
http://www.weylandindustries.com/david, you can watch it here.
Now, I love Michael Fassbender, I loved him in X-Men:First Class, Inglourious Basterds. And I still want to watch Shame which I will do sometimes.
But just him as David. Wow, I went to see it again, pretty much just for him. But the detail, they go into on the Weyland Industries website, like how he's made and just little details which means they obviously thought a lot about advertisement and such. And even then on the site you can make David act out emotions. Now to be fair, his face doesn't move much. But he still looks dayum good.
Am I right, or am I right?
As for Noomi Rapace. This beautiful Swedish actress and has charmed some of us from The Millennium Trilogy, the original version. However for some people I'm betting she didn't appear on screens til Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, which she was AMAZING in.
In Prometheus she is on a completely different level.
I'm in awe of her, she's still like one of my favourite actress', next to Scarlett Johannson and maybe Rachel McAdams.
And in Prometheus, she must have worked like hell because she did hell of a lot of running, sooo much running, I felt tired just watching her.Running towards this, running away from that, running towards this, rolling away from that. Completely kicking ass every step of the way.
What have I been doing with my life?
I've finished my first year of University. w00t w00t.
I've been to see a few films:
Avengers (Twice)
Prometheus (Twice)
and if I seen anything else I can't really remember. Mirror Mirror too, I think.
So I'll talk about these films for a bit.
Avengers.
Ooft.
I love Marvel movies, even enjoyed the Incredible Hulk when I actually sat down and watched it.
So come the 26 of April, I had a bad day, coursework got on top of me and dragged me down into the dumps.
Then my friend walked into my room and was like "Wanna go watch Avengers?"
I was up and on top of the world, sitting in the cinema with a Gin and Tonic in hand, ogling the people who had come dressed up as said Avengers.
Needless to say, the movie was amazing. No doubt it wasn't going to be.
Well, I was a bit worried that because of the huge hype about it, it would be a slight let down.
God, I was wrong. If the action didn't do it for you the comedy sure did, a majority of it one liners but still absolutely amazing. The Hulk stealing a huge part of the show in his "Puny God" scene with Loki.
And have you heard the avengers theme?
I love it. I like soundtracks and scores and this film had both.
The soundtrack was more rock based with bands such as Silverstein, Buckcherry and Shinedown's songs being selected.
I think my favourites are "Even if I could" from Papa Roach, "I'm Alive"from Shinedown and "Unbroken" from Black Veil Brides.
Well worth a listen.
As for the Score, written by Alan Silvestri, who's famous for doing scores such as Back to the Future, Predator and Forrest Gump, he also did the score for Captain America: The First Avenger.
A majority of the soundtracks takes elements from the main Avengers theme, an amazing ring of trumpets over the top of the track.
One piece of music from the score I can listen to forever, is "Assemble" from the Avengers Score.
It takes a few minutes but then you get the recognizable trumpets singing over the top.
And Boom, here it is:
Okay, and now for Prometheus.
I wanted to see this, so I sat down and had my own like Alien marathon (Cause no one would watch them with me)
So of I went to see Prometheus, merrily along with my friend, in 3D cause it wasn't being shown in 2D.
Well the thing is, I went to see it twice, cause I went to see it with my friend, then went for my friend's birthday.
It was harder to sit through the second time, but about 45 minutes to the end it just picks up and rolls on so smoothly, I think it's cause I knew what was going to happen so it was like "Get on with it!"
I can't rally pick my favourite moment, but it might be the beginning scene with David, the android, walking around the ship whilst everyone else is in stasis.
That, and the end. If you've seen it, you know what I'm on about."The trick...is not minding that it hurts."
I'm not kidding when I say, I think an Alien is adorable.
If it was in front of me, maybe a bit more scary, but whilst it's on screen, I can love it all I want.
Now the thing I was most impressed with with Prometheus, was the trailer. The David 8 one.
http://www.weylandindustries.com/david, you can watch it here.
Now, I love Michael Fassbender, I loved him in X-Men:First Class, Inglourious Basterds. And I still want to watch Shame which I will do sometimes.
But just him as David. Wow, I went to see it again, pretty much just for him. But the detail, they go into on the Weyland Industries website, like how he's made and just little details which means they obviously thought a lot about advertisement and such. And even then on the site you can make David act out emotions. Now to be fair, his face doesn't move much. But he still looks dayum good.
Am I right, or am I right?
As for Noomi Rapace. This beautiful Swedish actress and has charmed some of us from The Millennium Trilogy, the original version. However for some people I'm betting she didn't appear on screens til Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, which she was AMAZING in.
In Prometheus she is on a completely different level.
I'm in awe of her, she's still like one of my favourite actress', next to Scarlett Johannson and maybe Rachel McAdams.
And in Prometheus, she must have worked like hell because she did hell of a lot of running, sooo much running, I felt tired just watching her.Running towards this, running away from that, running towards this, rolling away from that. Completely kicking ass every step of the way.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Singing Detectives
So whilst watching The Singing Detective (2003) film, I decided to check my DeviantArt, and in the notices there was this:http://techgnotic.deviantart.com/journal/Sherlock-Holmes-The-Ever-Evolving-Icon-290385112 .
So me, being me, clicked on it and read through the journal entry and some things stood out at me.
I think it was the way it started with "Ever Evolving", when you think about how many differennt adaptions of Sherlock Holmes' adventures there are, it's incredible. Sherlock Holmes holds the record for being the 'most portrayed movie character', and according to the World Records site, he's been portrayed in over 238 films, played by over 30 actors right back since 1900, and even now more adaptions are being made. And that's not including people on stage and the parodies of people on YouTube.
That's over 100 years of Sherlock Holmes, in movies alone. TV series, radio series, comics books, video games.
Now I guess, with all of those adaptions, we do have favourites somewhere in it all. I mean, over 30 actors and we're meant to love them all equally? I've not seen a majority of them. I've seen the BBC's Benedict Cumberbatch, Granada's Jeremy Brett, and Guy Ritchie's Robert Downey Jr. They all bring something different to the table but each play the brilliant detective, I can't choose.
I think it's because they all play Sherlock Holmes and I love Sherlock Holmes in general.
Now back to this Journal entry I found, Techgnotic adds some questions for the reader. Which I loved and enjoyed answering.
Does it bother you when the depiction of a favorite fictional literary character is radically altered in film or on TV over and over again? Or does it all depend on the quality of the depiction and the story?
I think in some way it bothers me that people will get bored of the idea of Sherlock Holmes, and I pray to god that they don't because the stories are amazing and I think they should be shared in any way possible.
But for whether I like a portrayal, depends how well they do it and whether I find the whole adaption enjoyable.
4 In which way do you prefer your adventure story hero to achieve his/her final victory:
I'm just sat here thinking "Well...neither, Katniss and Peeta does." But if I had to choose. Sherlock, cause I don't know who Liara T'Soni is....Mass Effect, I think? But then, in the 74th, they both could win considering the changed rule and I'm sure they'd figure out how to both survive between them.
And Speaking of Sherlock Holmes, I leave you with this parody video my friend sent me after she saw me with my deerstalker.
So that's me done for another blog-day.
Happy reading and I'll see you next time.
So me, being me, clicked on it and read through the journal entry and some things stood out at me.
I think it was the way it started with "Ever Evolving", when you think about how many differennt adaptions of Sherlock Holmes' adventures there are, it's incredible. Sherlock Holmes holds the record for being the 'most portrayed movie character', and according to the World Records site, he's been portrayed in over 238 films, played by over 30 actors right back since 1900, and even now more adaptions are being made. And that's not including people on stage and the parodies of people on YouTube.
That's over 100 years of Sherlock Holmes, in movies alone. TV series, radio series, comics books, video games.
Now I guess, with all of those adaptions, we do have favourites somewhere in it all. I mean, over 30 actors and we're meant to love them all equally? I've not seen a majority of them. I've seen the BBC's Benedict Cumberbatch, Granada's Jeremy Brett, and Guy Ritchie's Robert Downey Jr. They all bring something different to the table but each play the brilliant detective, I can't choose.
I think it's because they all play Sherlock Holmes and I love Sherlock Holmes in general.
Now back to this Journal entry I found, Techgnotic adds some questions for the reader. Which I loved and enjoyed answering.
Does it bother you when the depiction of a favorite fictional literary character is radically altered in film or on TV over and over again? Or does it all depend on the quality of the depiction and the story?
I think in some way it bothers me that people will get bored of the idea of Sherlock Holmes, and I pray to god that they don't because the stories are amazing and I think they should be shared in any way possible.
But for whether I like a portrayal, depends how well they do it and whether I find the whole adaption enjoyable.
2 Most of the muscle-bound comics superheroes beginning in the 1930s-40s also seemed to possess great intellects along with their dominating physiques. Do you think this was because of being influenced by the Holmes character of 30 years before? Or just a coincidence – since if as character has a super-strength body, why not a matching super-strength brain?
This is a good question, I had to think for a while but then I thought, what's the point of brawn if you don't have the brains to use them? Hence the 'super strength brain' bit, but whereas I believe Sherlock Holmes is more about puzzles with action and lot of superheroes seem to be about the fighting action with little puzzles.
3 Which Sherlock Holmes novels or short stories have you read?
I have this huge book of the Complete Stories but I've only read few a few of them, A Study in Scarlet, Sign of the Four, Scandal in Bohemia and a few others, but I'm slowly making my way through them in my spare time :D
This is a good question, I had to think for a while but then I thought, what's the point of brawn if you don't have the brains to use them? Hence the 'super strength brain' bit, but whereas I believe Sherlock Holmes is more about puzzles with action and lot of superheroes seem to be about the fighting action with little puzzles.
3 Which Sherlock Holmes novels or short stories have you read?
I have this huge book of the Complete Stories but I've only read few a few of them, A Study in Scarlet, Sign of the Four, Scandal in Bohemia and a few others, but I'm slowly making my way through them in my spare time :D
4 In which way do you prefer your adventure story hero to achieve his/her final victory:
- His/her superior intellect; puzzle-solving skills.
- Physical strength and fighting skills, and a little good luck.
- A mix of both brains and brawn.
- Through lone wolf personal action; breaking of rules & protocol.
- Through leadership of a team of relative equals.
- Other - Please Elaborate. I would love to know which story ending achievement tropes I might have left off of this list
5 Who was/is your favorite Sherlock Holmes -- and why?
- Basil Rathbone
- Jeremy Brett
- Peter Cushing
- Christopher Lee
- Robert Downey, Jr.
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Other
Probably Jeremy Brett, I find him hilarious, in one of his first episodes he's like "And why is Sherlock Holmes cheerful?"
And Watson, David Burke, replies "Sherlock Holmes is cheerful, so Sherlock Holmes must have a case." And Jeremy Brett is all "HA! I have a case!" It was brilliant.
6 If Sherlock Holmes and Liara T'Soni are the District 3 Tributes in the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Who survives and why?I'm just sat here thinking "Well...neither, Katniss and Peeta does." But if I had to choose. Sherlock, cause I don't know who Liara T'Soni is....Mass Effect, I think? But then, in the 74th, they both could win considering the changed rule and I'm sure they'd figure out how to both survive between them.
And Speaking of Sherlock Holmes, I leave you with this parody video my friend sent me after she saw me with my deerstalker.
So that's me done for another blog-day.
Happy reading and I'll see you next time.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
The Hunger Games
So whilst bored one night, my friend suggested I read the Hunger Games, some of you may know the series, quite recently picked up due to the film of the first book being released.
The Book:
So, published in 2008, The Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy about post-apocalyptic North America, written by Suzanne Collins.
Basically, there are 12 parts to the country, or Districts, as they're called, each with their own produce specialties, such as Mining, Agriculture, Live Stock, Textiles, Transport etc. And every year a boy and a girl from each Districts is chosen to participate in the Hunger Games.
Which is, put quite simply, a fight to the DEATH.
The contestants get trained a bit, put in a arena and left to their own devices to slaughter each other in anyway possible. And these kid's age ranges from 12 to 18, and they're just picked up and killed for the rest of the world's entertainment.
Think Battle Royale, but...no it is just Battle Royale. And there was a lot of controversy about how similar it was but Suzanne Collins said she'd never even heard of Battle Royale before.
AND on top of all that, it's been banned! It's on the 'Top Ten most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010.
"5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence"
Back to the story line:
The main character, Katniss, from District 12, the poorest District there is, volunteers herself to replace her 12 year old sister who gets picked. Understandable, of course, and the male volunteer is a boy called Peeta, they know each other, being the the same age, but never really spoke, apart from once when he gave her some burnt bread.
That's Love right there.
Now I won't spoil the ending for those who've not read it yet, but I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys romantic, bloody, post-apocalyptic teen novels.
It must be kinda good, it's getting a Movie and it's own game.
The Movie:
Katniss is played by the lovely Jennifer Lawrence, who also played Mystique in the new X-Men First Class, and did a good job of it too, playing Peeta is Josh Hutcherson, who's been in...Zathura, Bridge to Terabithia, Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) and Cirque du Freak (which was terrible).
The cast also includes Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz and Elizabeth Banks.
So all in all, sounding very good. And apparently they've signed on to do the remaining films also, so I hope the don't mess up the first or it's down hill from here.
It was originally going to be rated 15 however due to the audience of the books, it's been knocked down to a 12A which was done by removing a few (LOADS) of blood splash marks on the set and on weapons.
It's out sometime this March so I look forward to dragging my boyfriend to go and see it :D
And for those who've not seen it; here's a trailer.
Others:
There's actually a game on it. Now don't get too excited. It's a Facebook game from what I've heard, basically like Farmville or Frontierville where you perform tasks and share items amongst friends. I think I'd prefer a game it if it was out on an actual console, PS3, Xbox, PSP, PC. And where you can control Katniss or another character and go through the game, like the Harry Potter games, that'd be awesome.
And of course there'd be a online multi-player but where you can play against people from all over the world in a epic, bloody gore fest to the death.
But that's me dreaming. Still, I hope they do it.
They've also got out a nail varnish collection. Every so often you get one of these. OPI have done movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Muppets. But this series, Capitol Colours, is being done by China Glaze and there are 12 to represent the 12 districts, each with their own cooky little name. As seen here: http://chinaglaze.com/products/index.php?coll=57
Now most of those colours look bloody lovely. But I don't really like glittery things so I think I might skip out on these lovely varnishes and their probably expensive price tag.
So like I said, go check out the Hunger Games, I highly recommend it and I can't wait to read the next two books to find out the conclusion of this thrilling world that Suzanna Collins has created for us (whether or not she did rip off Battle Royale).
Till next time, Have a nice day.
References
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (2010) Top ten most frequently challenged books of 2010 [WWW] Available from: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/2010
The Book:
So, published in 2008, The Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy about post-apocalyptic North America, written by Suzanne Collins.
Basically, there are 12 parts to the country, or Districts, as they're called, each with their own produce specialties, such as Mining, Agriculture, Live Stock, Textiles, Transport etc. And every year a boy and a girl from each Districts is chosen to participate in the Hunger Games.
Which is, put quite simply, a fight to the DEATH.
The contestants get trained a bit, put in a arena and left to their own devices to slaughter each other in anyway possible. And these kid's age ranges from 12 to 18, and they're just picked up and killed for the rest of the world's entertainment.
Think Battle Royale, but...no it is just Battle Royale. And there was a lot of controversy about how similar it was but Suzanne Collins said she'd never even heard of Battle Royale before.
AND on top of all that, it's been banned! It's on the 'Top Ten most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010.
"5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence"
Back to the story line:
The main character, Katniss, from District 12, the poorest District there is, volunteers herself to replace her 12 year old sister who gets picked. Understandable, of course, and the male volunteer is a boy called Peeta, they know each other, being the the same age, but never really spoke, apart from once when he gave her some burnt bread.
That's Love right there.
Now I won't spoil the ending for those who've not read it yet, but I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys romantic, bloody, post-apocalyptic teen novels.
It must be kinda good, it's getting a Movie and it's own game.
The Movie:
Katniss is played by the lovely Jennifer Lawrence, who also played Mystique in the new X-Men First Class, and did a good job of it too, playing Peeta is Josh Hutcherson, who's been in...Zathura, Bridge to Terabithia, Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) and Cirque du Freak (which was terrible).
The cast also includes Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz and Elizabeth Banks.
So all in all, sounding very good. And apparently they've signed on to do the remaining films also, so I hope the don't mess up the first or it's down hill from here.
It was originally going to be rated 15 however due to the audience of the books, it's been knocked down to a 12A which was done by removing a few (LOADS) of blood splash marks on the set and on weapons.
It's out sometime this March so I look forward to dragging my boyfriend to go and see it :D
And for those who've not seen it; here's a trailer.
Ohhh look at it on it's own mini screen. And I have to say, those last four notes, the whistle, gives me goosebumbs most every time.
Others:
There's actually a game on it. Now don't get too excited. It's a Facebook game from what I've heard, basically like Farmville or Frontierville where you perform tasks and share items amongst friends. I think I'd prefer a game it if it was out on an actual console, PS3, Xbox, PSP, PC. And where you can control Katniss or another character and go through the game, like the Harry Potter games, that'd be awesome.
And of course there'd be a online multi-player but where you can play against people from all over the world in a epic, bloody gore fest to the death.
But that's me dreaming. Still, I hope they do it.
They've also got out a nail varnish collection. Every so often you get one of these. OPI have done movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Muppets. But this series, Capitol Colours, is being done by China Glaze and there are 12 to represent the 12 districts, each with their own cooky little name. As seen here: http://chinaglaze.com/products/index.php?coll=57
Now most of those colours look bloody lovely. But I don't really like glittery things so I think I might skip out on these lovely varnishes and their probably expensive price tag.
So like I said, go check out the Hunger Games, I highly recommend it and I can't wait to read the next two books to find out the conclusion of this thrilling world that Suzanna Collins has created for us (whether or not she did rip off Battle Royale).
Till next time, Have a nice day.
References
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (2010) Top ten most frequently challenged books of 2010 [WWW] Available from: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/2010
Monday, 12 March 2012
Starring...My Posters!
In my dorm room I have...a lot of posters.
Well more than the average person has. And I think it makes my room feel A) More homely and B) More Mine.
So I'm going to make my blog look pretty with pictures of my pretty posters! Yey.
So Firstly. This is the poster of the room. And it's just something I found one day, it's called...ermm...Étoile du soir by an artist called Mucha. He was a leader of the art nouveau period, which was all very decorative with curved lines and inspired a lot by flowers and plants.
I have this poster cause I like the neutral colours of it and it just seems lovely to have around, I have to admit I do quite like Art Nouveau.
Now, these two.
The Spooning Leads to Forking poster, just plain makes me laugh, and it's cute in it's own weird way. I didn't actually bring it to uni, I bought it when I was here, in some kind of poster sale that goes on every so often.
Now not sure if you recognise the make but it's David and Goliath and they do a few things things, mainly based at the female audience with little images of cupcakes with faces on them or hearts with glasses talking about loving Nerds.
All very nice.
And I admit, I have a Keep Calm and Carry On poster.
I could have got a huge one but I changed by mind.
It was meant to be a huge moral booster back in the times of WW II but never actually made it to the public eye. They were all meant to have been pulped at the end of the war but some obviously survived and since then it's been spread around and parodied to hell and back.
And even now I think it's a huge moral booster to me, I do love it so.
So next up, is a cheap thing I pulled out of TotalFilm magazine, It's an Avengers poster if you didn't recognise the logo and it's biding it time til the movie comes out and I can an real poster, if they do any good ones that is.Now, Tron Legacy.
I love the original 1982 TRON and so when the new came out it was like "Oh~ Really?" and I quite enjoyed that one too.
Partially because Cillian Murphy had a nice little uncreditted cameo in it. And the other half is Olivia Wilde, I love her too.
Now the special thing about this poster is..IT GLOWS IN THE DARK!
Like no kidding, the little blue bits on the Lightcycle and the grid glow and the bits on his suit and the main title.
It only cost me like 2 quid from play.com and I thought, I'm not missing that.
I like glowy things.
Right, now my moody Star Trek one.
It's quite a big dark one and tends to stick out in the middle of my room but I love Star Trek and I really enjoyed the 2009 movie too and so I got a poster.
There was an a film montage poster with Kirk and Spock and a huge space scene thing going on but I chose this one cause it has my favourite character in it.
On the faaarrrr right there's like Chekov. So cute. Anton Yelchin is just amazing, kinda reminds me that I need to watch Fright Night.
Now my Exploding Tardis poster, also from play.com
I love this poster for two reasons.
1) It's Doctor Who, and I love Doctor Who
2) Style of Vincent Van Gogh, who happens to be like my favourite artist of all time.
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It's huge. A lot bigger than my other one and equally as annoying too. The amount of times, I've come into my room and it's falling down or has fallen down, is ridiculous.
It used to be right next to my bed before so it's a but tattered where I've kicked it or caught it on something, but it's good still.
It's pretty much, my first poster and I got it at a car boot.
"How much is that?"
"How much you willing to pay?"
"A POUND!"
"Grandma! It's worth more than that. Two pound."
It cost me 3 in the end but then again it seems my grandma and I are both stingy.
My X-man First Class was free at a Forbidden Planet store, and I got it cause I love posters. And it was free.
But then again I did really enjoy the movie, despite the fact everyone else seemed to hate it :/
Now for the last two main posters.
The first of the last two being Puss in Boots.
This was a Christmas Present from one of my best friends, Imogen and I love her to pieces for it.
And it directly opposite by mirror so at night and when I wake up, I see these adorable eyes :3
Strangely enough I bought it when I went to Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows.
As for my Chronicle one, also got given free from Forbidden Planet, they're so nice.
And I did love the film too, it was original and I really enjoyed the whole thing apart from the fact you never found out why they had powers. And the ending was boring with the cousin talking into the camera like "you did it! well done." Boring.
This little group is just a small collection of posters of animes and games I love.I get them from Manchester in Afflecks Palace and they're like 4 for a tenner.
The first ones I got were the red one, Fullmetal Alchemist and the middle one, Hope from Final Fantasy XIII. Then the others are Ciel and Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), in the top left and bottom left and the last one top right, is from Hibari and Dino from Reborn, my favourite characters.
Right! That's me done, and I know it's all waffle so thanks for staying this long if you have.
Check out some of the links and expand your horizons, and I'll see you next time.
Probably tomorrow, cause the whole OIPP is due in on Friday D:
Elementary, My Dear Sherlock
So talking to my amazing tutor today about how I don't think my Online Individual Personal Portfolio (OIPP) was going to be good enough and that this, combined with a presentation was worth 25% of this module I'm doing.
Then moving onto another subject she said "Why don't you write about that? It should be simple because you know about it.
So here it is, and yes, it's another Sherlock Holmes post..however did you guess?
So basically, Sherlock Holmes is heading over to America.
It's a modern day version, funny cause that's almost like...The BBC's version of Sherlock..but I've heard that if it's too similar, the BBC will sue them so it's all good.
The show, Elementary, has been commissioned by American channel CBS, which at the moment shows programs like CSI and How I met your Mother and The Big Bang Theory.
It will star Jonny Lee Miller (who has starred with Benedict Cumberbatch in Frankenstein at the National Theatre), as Sherlock, a recovering addict who helps the police with their investigations and as his faithful sidekick who we all know and love, Joan Watson..wait..JOAN?
Yes, if you've not heard by now, they've made John Watson FEMALE.
Okay, calm down, who's playing him-er..her?
Lucy Liu.
Is this right? I mean, we know America, they like a bit of romance, and Sherlock and Joan will probably be pouncing each other. Cause what Sherlock Holmes and John Watson do is flirt.
It's practically all they do.
Oh yeah, and solving crimes is just a hobby for them, obviously.
It's like "The Bro-mance is strong with these two."
Though despite all of my whining and whinging about it all, I'm looking forward to it.
I do love Sherlock Holmes and I like the idea of it being set in a modern world, I just can't wait to see how it all fits together with Miss Joan Watson.
I mean, Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu are not bad actors, I enjoy their films, especially Lucy Liu in Watching the Detectives, that was amazing and lets not get started on Kill Bill.
So I eagerly look forward to the pilot episode and wish them the best of luck of as of now there's been no sign of dates as to when it will be aired.
Til next time, which will probably be in like a few minutes cause I'm bored and this work needs doing.
Then moving onto another subject she said "Why don't you write about that? It should be simple because you know about it.
So here it is, and yes, it's another Sherlock Holmes post..however did you guess?
So basically, Sherlock Holmes is heading over to America.
It's a modern day version, funny cause that's almost like...The BBC's version of Sherlock..but I've heard that if it's too similar, the BBC will sue them so it's all good.
The show, Elementary, has been commissioned by American channel CBS, which at the moment shows programs like CSI and How I met your Mother and The Big Bang Theory.
It will star Jonny Lee Miller (who has starred with Benedict Cumberbatch in Frankenstein at the National Theatre), as Sherlock, a recovering addict who helps the police with their investigations and as his faithful sidekick who we all know and love, Joan Watson..wait..JOAN?
Yes, if you've not heard by now, they've made John Watson FEMALE.
Okay, calm down, who's playing him-er..her?
Lucy Liu.
Is this right? I mean, we know America, they like a bit of romance, and Sherlock and Joan will probably be pouncing each other. Cause what Sherlock Holmes and John Watson do is flirt.
It's practically all they do.
Oh yeah, and solving crimes is just a hobby for them, obviously.
It's like "The Bro-mance is strong with these two."
Though despite all of my whining and whinging about it all, I'm looking forward to it.
I do love Sherlock Holmes and I like the idea of it being set in a modern world, I just can't wait to see how it all fits together with Miss Joan Watson.
I mean, Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu are not bad actors, I enjoy their films, especially Lucy Liu in Watching the Detectives, that was amazing and lets not get started on Kill Bill.
So I eagerly look forward to the pilot episode and wish them the best of luck of as of now there's been no sign of dates as to when it will be aired.
Til next time, which will probably be in like a few minutes cause I'm bored and this work needs doing.
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Studentship task week 23
After looking through the learning material on Blackboard, I realized looking at the first question (what you feel you have learned from these studentship tasks?), I didn't really learn anything as such as were reminded by it. Since we had seen mostly the exact same slides in a lecture session before. Then again it depends on your definition of learning, I guess.
I actually quite enjoy this style of Studentship tasks, it something you can flick through at your own pace and you can make notes in your own time, instead of trying to keep up with everyone else in the lecture session.
The only thing I wish for it to be is more interactive, at the moment the most interactiveness you get from it is pressing next and changing colours, font and size of writing. Maybe a few questions to answer during it would keep more students from just glancing through it and pretending they'd read it. I think this would make it more interesting and I think the information sinks in more if you're tested on it.
I think I would go back to task to revise from instead of lectures notes if it was more accessible and not hidden behind all of the different links in Blackboard, but overall I enjoy these little slideshow things :D
I actually quite enjoy this style of Studentship tasks, it something you can flick through at your own pace and you can make notes in your own time, instead of trying to keep up with everyone else in the lecture session.
The only thing I wish for it to be is more interactive, at the moment the most interactiveness you get from it is pressing next and changing colours, font and size of writing. Maybe a few questions to answer during it would keep more students from just glancing through it and pretending they'd read it. I think this would make it more interesting and I think the information sinks in more if you're tested on it.
I think I would go back to task to revise from instead of lectures notes if it was more accessible and not hidden behind all of the different links in Blackboard, but overall I enjoy these little slideshow things :D
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
3D
Okay, so I assume a large majority of you have two eyes. Sorry if you don't.
So two eyes = two different views on the world, albeit slightly different.
When those views are pieces together in your mind, it's called Stereovision.
Basically, the images from your mind arrive in your brain at the same time, and then your brain, clever thing that it is, sorts out the similarities and differences and puts them together.
Why you ask?
So we can create our own mental map of how near or far an object may be. And it was probably done becaue of predators, no point in looking at something and thinking it's miles away when it's really in front of you.
Which brings me to the next point.
Depth Perception
The brain has all these tricks to make us notice when something is far away or close up, they're called Depth Cues. And these include stuff like:
Focus- If you can see details on say, a gravel path. The closer it is, you can see more stones, but the further and it just seems like a blur, hence the Focus.
Occlusion- if something obstructs another object, you assume the one doing the obstructing is the one closest to you.
Linear Perspective- things like vanishing points. Like how if you stand at one end of a street the other end seems to meet in a point, the further along it is, the further away the object is.
and Vertical Position- if something is higer up on your view, you assume it's further away.
I hope that's kinda explained, harder than I thought to do so.
SO! 3D GLASSES!
I love 3D, gimmick or not, part of it, is getting the glasses. You know, way back when, when it was the typical red and blue glasses, also known as 'anaglyph' but know you get the kinda stripey, grey ones.
Anaglyph glasses work in the way that the red side only lets red objects pass through and the cyan (not blue, people), only let everything..not red through..
So your brains gets two different images.. and sorts out the differences and similarities out and puts them together and voila! We see in 3D.
The first 3D films was apparently created in 1915, but it wasn't til the 1950's where we started to pick up on it a lot more.
Polarised Glasses are what a majority of cinemas use now (unless they're rich and use the electronic shutter glasses, which shutter between images funnily enough).
Polarised glasses, have a filter in the lens, which is at a different angle to the other lens, normally at about 90 degrees apart, therefore seeing different images and then brains sorts them, and you see in 3D.
(Then you get out of the cinema and kids think they're so cool to pop out the lens and put on these thick rimmed glasses. It's not. If you want glasses, have bad eyes like the rest of us.)
My View
The first 3D film, I went to see was Alice in Wonderland, the Tim Burton version, it was okay but the fast bits blurred a bit, not too impressed.
Since then, I've also seen: Clash of the Titans (same problem), How to Train your Dragon (too worried about wanting a Toothless to care) and Avatar, and Harry Potter 7 part 2, and Puss in Boots and probably a bit more than that.
I quite enjoyed a lot of them, I wouldn't go to the cinema just because something was 3D, but I wouldn't mind watching it in 3D, I'm not out rushing to buy a 3D screen either.
What I do want though is a 3DS, but that's for the pure fact a game from one of my favourite franchises are coming out on it.
And I'll leave you with that, see you next time~
References
HAL MORGAN and DAN SYMMES (1982) Amazing 3D, Canada: Little Brown and Co pp. 165–169.
Julius B. Kaiser (1955) Make Your own Stereo Pictures, New York:The Macmillan Company page 271
So two eyes = two different views on the world, albeit slightly different.
When those views are pieces together in your mind, it's called Stereovision.
Basically, the images from your mind arrive in your brain at the same time, and then your brain, clever thing that it is, sorts out the similarities and differences and puts them together.
Why you ask?
So we can create our own mental map of how near or far an object may be. And it was probably done becaue of predators, no point in looking at something and thinking it's miles away when it's really in front of you.
Which brings me to the next point.
Depth Perception
The brain has all these tricks to make us notice when something is far away or close up, they're called Depth Cues. And these include stuff like:
Focus- If you can see details on say, a gravel path. The closer it is, you can see more stones, but the further and it just seems like a blur, hence the Focus.
Occlusion- if something obstructs another object, you assume the one doing the obstructing is the one closest to you.
Linear Perspective- things like vanishing points. Like how if you stand at one end of a street the other end seems to meet in a point, the further along it is, the further away the object is.
and Vertical Position- if something is higer up on your view, you assume it's further away.
I hope that's kinda explained, harder than I thought to do so.
SO! 3D GLASSES!
I love 3D, gimmick or not, part of it, is getting the glasses. You know, way back when, when it was the typical red and blue glasses, also known as 'anaglyph' but know you get the kinda stripey, grey ones.
Anaglyph glasses work in the way that the red side only lets red objects pass through and the cyan (not blue, people), only let everything..not red through..
So your brains gets two different images.. and sorts out the differences and similarities out and puts them together and voila! We see in 3D.
The first 3D films was apparently created in 1915, but it wasn't til the 1950's where we started to pick up on it a lot more.
Polarised Glasses are what a majority of cinemas use now (unless they're rich and use the electronic shutter glasses, which shutter between images funnily enough).
Polarised glasses, have a filter in the lens, which is at a different angle to the other lens, normally at about 90 degrees apart, therefore seeing different images and then brains sorts them, and you see in 3D.
(Then you get out of the cinema and kids think they're so cool to pop out the lens and put on these thick rimmed glasses. It's not. If you want glasses, have bad eyes like the rest of us.)
My View
The first 3D film, I went to see was Alice in Wonderland, the Tim Burton version, it was okay but the fast bits blurred a bit, not too impressed.
Since then, I've also seen: Clash of the Titans (same problem), How to Train your Dragon (too worried about wanting a Toothless to care) and Avatar, and Harry Potter 7 part 2, and Puss in Boots and probably a bit more than that.
I quite enjoyed a lot of them, I wouldn't go to the cinema just because something was 3D, but I wouldn't mind watching it in 3D, I'm not out rushing to buy a 3D screen either.
What I do want though is a 3DS, but that's for the pure fact a game from one of my favourite franchises are coming out on it.
And I'll leave you with that, see you next time~
References
HAL MORGAN and DAN SYMMES (1982) Amazing 3D, Canada: Little Brown and Co pp. 165–169.
Julius B. Kaiser (1955) Make Your own Stereo Pictures, New York:The Macmillan Company page 271
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Internet Killed the Music Industry..
Or did it?
Music has always been with us, right from the beginning, since, I'm assuming, cave men could bang rocks together and make a lovely tune I'm sure.
But now in this day and age, is the CD which is classed as "New Media" now becoming old?
New Media is a term which changes constanly, defined by hundreds of different people and always open to interpretation, but in broad terms its media which can be accessed anytime, anywhere on any digital device.
So, once again, I assume a CD is classed as New Media.
The lovely Compact Disc (CD) was first made and introduced in the 1970's and business boomed from there. Or maybe right from when the BBC played a Bee Gees' album on Tomorrow's World.
Then about the time of the 1990s, a little thing we call the Internet began to pick up and by 1994, music in MP3 fomat was quickly spreading like wild fire.
Since early 2000s, the popularity of CD's has decreased dramatically, and even now MP3 popularity rises.
So Why?
Say, I buy a CD, the first CD I bought myself was My Chemical Romance's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, with my laptop, I 'rip' the CD's contents, A.K.A. copy the music onto my laptop so I can listen to it anytime, put it on any device I want, so I can then listen to it anywhere I want.
But what's stopping me from sending the MP3 files to my friend, who wants to listen to that album?
Nothing really, but they didn't buy it. And if they got the album from me, they won't have to.
Which is basically, what's happening. However, with strangers, across the internet. People I've never met before, putting music up on the Internet and myself going "Oh, I quite want to listen to that actually."
Thinking of it like that, I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this. Maybe I'm wired the wrong way because I'm not too sure that's wrong. Despite the fact it's classed as "Music Piracy".
Don't get me wrong, I still buy CD's, if one of my favourite artists brought out another album, I would buy it, so long as I had the money. If there was a single in the charts I wanted I would buy it.
Then I would rip it to my laptop and stick it on my phone and send it to my friend over Bluetooth, or my PSP and copy it to my PS3 via media sharing.
Sharing being the key word there.
Like how I could go onto youtube and listen to a tune there. More Sharing.
Then again..
Back in...hmmm...2008? Sometime around there, I had a birthday, and my friend got me a £25 iTunes voucher.
I'd never used iTunes in my life. I never had an iPod or anything like that so Windows Media Player served me just fine.
That and if I didn't go out and buy the CD, I would get the thing I wanted from someone from the internet who was very good at 'sharing' their things.
It wasn't till the start of this year, (2012, in case people have lost track), that I found something I actually wanted to buy with it.
I didn't have to.
But I did.
And that is the BBC's Sherlock Soundtrack. Cost me something like £7.99 but I had it and oh was I happy. Not sure if the same wave of happiness would have overtaken me had a downloaded it, but I guess I'll never find out.
But then I copied it to my PSP and my PS3, but not to my phone cause I've lost the wire.
Then I bought the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Soundtrack.
But then I copied it to my PSP and my PS3, but not to my phone cause I've still not found the wire.
And yesterday, 28th of February, Sherlock's second series' soundtrack came out, so I bought that.
And then I copied- nah I oly copied to my PS3 cause I couldn't be bothered to find to wire for my PSP or my phone, which I've deduced by now, I've left it at Home.
But I did send a few files of it to my mother and my boyfriend, because I was very excited and wanted to talk to someone about it and say how it made me feel and how I was sad for Irene Adler at this track and how I wanted to kill Sherlock at this track and the way it integrated these tracks, and how I was completely in LOVE with it.
They were bored within seconds but I digress.
Even now, I have it on a memory stick and I've stuck that stick into the computer at university and am listening to it as I type.
Is that wrong?
Did I lose out on not buying the CD?
Is anyone losing money?
Chances are, I would have gone to HMV and bought it, which would have cost me £8.99, so I saved myself a pound or so off each of them.
So overall...
I don't think anyone is really losing out.
I got my gorgeous music, as did a few friends and family, and I actually paid for it too.
Is the only reason why they hate this sharing because they lose out on money? Possibly. Maybe....Definitely.
So, I'm signing off now, and I will leave you with this.
It's a youtube video containing a majority of the music track "Sherlocked" from the BBC's Sherlock soundtrack. (See! It's been a day and it's up!)
It integrates Irene's Theme, a violin solo and The Women, her basic theme thoughout a A Scandal in Belgravia.
If you've seen it, you know it's where he's typing the code into her phone and where it goes quiet and builds up again is from the last scene where you find out what happens to Miss Adler.
Quite Easily my favourite peice of music from this Soundtrack.
If you've not seen BBC's Sherlock. Shame on you, it's brilliant. Go watchy.
Yeah I'm actually going now.
Bye~ and thank you for reading~
Music has always been with us, right from the beginning, since, I'm assuming, cave men could bang rocks together and make a lovely tune I'm sure.
But now in this day and age, is the CD which is classed as "New Media" now becoming old?
New Media is a term which changes constanly, defined by hundreds of different people and always open to interpretation, but in broad terms its media which can be accessed anytime, anywhere on any digital device.
So, once again, I assume a CD is classed as New Media.
The lovely Compact Disc (CD) was first made and introduced in the 1970's and business boomed from there. Or maybe right from when the BBC played a Bee Gees' album on Tomorrow's World.
Then about the time of the 1990s, a little thing we call the Internet began to pick up and by 1994, music in MP3 fomat was quickly spreading like wild fire.
Since early 2000s, the popularity of CD's has decreased dramatically, and even now MP3 popularity rises.
So Why?
Say, I buy a CD, the first CD I bought myself was My Chemical Romance's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, with my laptop, I 'rip' the CD's contents, A.K.A. copy the music onto my laptop so I can listen to it anytime, put it on any device I want, so I can then listen to it anywhere I want.
But what's stopping me from sending the MP3 files to my friend, who wants to listen to that album?
Nothing really, but they didn't buy it. And if they got the album from me, they won't have to.
Which is basically, what's happening. However, with strangers, across the internet. People I've never met before, putting music up on the Internet and myself going "Oh, I quite want to listen to that actually."
Thinking of it like that, I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this. Maybe I'm wired the wrong way because I'm not too sure that's wrong. Despite the fact it's classed as "Music Piracy".
Don't get me wrong, I still buy CD's, if one of my favourite artists brought out another album, I would buy it, so long as I had the money. If there was a single in the charts I wanted I would buy it.
Then I would rip it to my laptop and stick it on my phone and send it to my friend over Bluetooth, or my PSP and copy it to my PS3 via media sharing.
Sharing being the key word there.
Like how I could go onto youtube and listen to a tune there. More Sharing.
Then again..
Back in...hmmm...2008? Sometime around there, I had a birthday, and my friend got me a £25 iTunes voucher.
I'd never used iTunes in my life. I never had an iPod or anything like that so Windows Media Player served me just fine.
That and if I didn't go out and buy the CD, I would get the thing I wanted from someone from the internet who was very good at 'sharing' their things.
It wasn't till the start of this year, (2012, in case people have lost track), that I found something I actually wanted to buy with it.
I didn't have to.
But I did.
And that is the BBC's Sherlock Soundtrack. Cost me something like £7.99 but I had it and oh was I happy. Not sure if the same wave of happiness would have overtaken me had a downloaded it, but I guess I'll never find out.
But then I copied it to my PSP and my PS3, but not to my phone cause I've lost the wire.
Then I bought the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Soundtrack.
But then I copied it to my PSP and my PS3, but not to my phone cause I've still not found the wire.
And yesterday, 28th of February, Sherlock's second series' soundtrack came out, so I bought that.
And then I copied- nah I oly copied to my PS3 cause I couldn't be bothered to find to wire for my PSP or my phone, which I've deduced by now, I've left it at Home.
But I did send a few files of it to my mother and my boyfriend, because I was very excited and wanted to talk to someone about it and say how it made me feel and how I was sad for Irene Adler at this track and how I wanted to kill Sherlock at this track and the way it integrated these tracks, and how I was completely in LOVE with it.
They were bored within seconds but I digress.
Even now, I have it on a memory stick and I've stuck that stick into the computer at university and am listening to it as I type.
Is that wrong?
Did I lose out on not buying the CD?
Is anyone losing money?
Chances are, I would have gone to HMV and bought it, which would have cost me £8.99, so I saved myself a pound or so off each of them.
So overall...
I don't think anyone is really losing out.
I got my gorgeous music, as did a few friends and family, and I actually paid for it too.
Is the only reason why they hate this sharing because they lose out on money? Possibly. Maybe....Definitely.
So, I'm signing off now, and I will leave you with this.
It's a youtube video containing a majority of the music track "Sherlocked" from the BBC's Sherlock soundtrack. (See! It's been a day and it's up!)
It integrates Irene's Theme, a violin solo and The Women, her basic theme thoughout a A Scandal in Belgravia.
If you've seen it, you know it's where he's typing the code into her phone and where it goes quiet and builds up again is from the last scene where you find out what happens to Miss Adler.
Quite Easily my favourite peice of music from this Soundtrack.
If you've not seen BBC's Sherlock. Shame on you, it's brilliant. Go watchy.
Yeah I'm actually going now.
Bye~ and thank you for reading~
Monday, 2 January 2012
Game of Sherlock
I do love Sherlock and I do love Robert Downey Jr.
Well, yey for Sherlock Holmes.
And especially for it's sequel, A Game of Shadows.
Like the first, the comedy is brilliant, the action (running scenes and where Sherlock gets beat up) is brilliant and Sherlock is..brilliant.
Despite the fact that Moriarty was not as terrifying as I figured him to be, Jared Harris played the aloof criminal mastermind to perfection, even as he poisoned (by accident, obviously.) the lovely Miss Irene Adler who was in for quite a small amount of time.
And Jude Law makes a comeback as the trusty Watson, along with his wife (who goes for a swim), hangover, and "make it count" shooting.
Like the first movie, the slow motion fight scenes were back in action which were amazing in the first one and they knew it. They completed one, another got interrupted by the gorgeous Noomi Rapace, practically fresh from the Millennium series, and The last one was just jaw-dropping, despite the poor outcome. Though of course everything was solved accordingly as Sherlock and Moriarty went tumbling over the balcony and into Reichenbach falls.
The only thing I will say about the film was one scene was utterly awe inspiring but distressing to every cell in my body.
It was the slow motion forest scene, as they run from the bullets and the trees are exploding around them, I was near in tears from thinking, "What would it be like to be in that situation."
Basically what a film is meant to do, I believe, put you in the situation and make your skin crawl with anticipation for the characters, no matter how doomed they seem, it's only halfway through the movie, they can't die yet!
And with the cliffhanger at the end, I can barely wait for the next one, no matter how far it may be, what with RDJ in the running for The Avengers and Iron Man 3 which I'm also looking forward to.
Over all, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Acting: 7/10
Story: 6/10
Nerve wracking slow-mo forest scenes: 10/10
Til next time "?" ~
Well, yey for Sherlock Holmes.
And especially for it's sequel, A Game of Shadows.
Like the first, the comedy is brilliant, the action (running scenes and where Sherlock gets beat up) is brilliant and Sherlock is..brilliant.
Despite the fact that Moriarty was not as terrifying as I figured him to be, Jared Harris played the aloof criminal mastermind to perfection, even as he poisoned (by accident, obviously.) the lovely Miss Irene Adler who was in for quite a small amount of time.
And Jude Law makes a comeback as the trusty Watson, along with his wife (who goes for a swim), hangover, and "make it count" shooting.
Like the first movie, the slow motion fight scenes were back in action which were amazing in the first one and they knew it. They completed one, another got interrupted by the gorgeous Noomi Rapace, practically fresh from the Millennium series, and The last one was just jaw-dropping, despite the poor outcome. Though of course everything was solved accordingly as Sherlock and Moriarty went tumbling over the balcony and into Reichenbach falls.
The only thing I will say about the film was one scene was utterly awe inspiring but distressing to every cell in my body.
It was the slow motion forest scene, as they run from the bullets and the trees are exploding around them, I was near in tears from thinking, "What would it be like to be in that situation."
Basically what a film is meant to do, I believe, put you in the situation and make your skin crawl with anticipation for the characters, no matter how doomed they seem, it's only halfway through the movie, they can't die yet!
And with the cliffhanger at the end, I can barely wait for the next one, no matter how far it may be, what with RDJ in the running for The Avengers and Iron Man 3 which I'm also looking forward to.
Over all, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Acting: 7/10
Story: 6/10
Nerve wracking slow-mo forest scenes: 10/10
Til next time "?" ~
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