For those of you that haven’t been able to find a good trailer for the new JJ. Abrams film, which is still unnamed, then look here for a good, clear video of the trailer, and all the Ethan Haas Was Right movie-clues.
Edit: I’ve put up a temporary link to the movie trailer here. It’s flawless quality.
This weekend had its ups and downs. Let’s list them, shall we?
Up: Transformers!
Down: Only Dennis and Mouls seemed to enjoy the place we went to afterwards for drinks. My brother seemed, as always, cool with whatever, but he has my kind of level of enthusiasm, so it was hard to say whether or not he liked it.
Up: Found some DVD storage units. No longer is my desk a mess!
Down: I had to go to fucking Ikea to go and find them. I hate Ikea, but I had promised Moulsari not to be negative about it while going there, while there, and while on the way back. What a soulless, corrupting void that place is.
Up: 24″ widescreen. Nuff said.
Down: Ended up not gaming. Richard wasn’t there. Frank wasn’t there. Dennis could only be there later, and I couldn’t find the energy to write down the stuff that I needed to in order for the game to run smoothly. Hopefully everyone can be there next sunday, and I can find some time to prepare, because if I do, the next part is going to be fucking awesome!
Up: Got some sleep.
Down: I got angry at this BBC article on “Stuff Lust”.
Transformers (2007) [2007]
Director: Michael Bay
Actor: Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, John Turturro
The first scene in which one of them transformed sent a cheer throughout the packed cinema, and that set the tone for the entire experience I had. Cheers of surprise, amazement or just plain, unbridled, uncontained amounts of awesome. This movie kicked several shades of ass.
Sam is a highschooler with a crush on the “jock concubine” and once he finally gets a car he manages to get a shot at impressing her. His car, however, is one of several robots, come to earth and taken on the disguise of mundane vehicles. This is the start of Sam’s adventure, where he becomes – by way of a horrible plothook – a crucial part in the fight between the good robots, the Autobots, against the evil and oppressive ones; the Decepticons.
They’ve come to earth for the “allstar,” or “the cube.” This cube radiates energy that can make even the most mundane of electronic devices become lethal, sentient, killing robots. The good guys want to destroy it, the bad guys want to use it to destroy humanity and savage earth and strip it of its natural resources, building a vast army of toasters and mobile phones to conquer the next planet.
Since it’s Michael Bay that directs the movie, the action scenes are crazy wicked, and the humor is solid and continuous. They’ve thrown enough cartoon-references into the movies for the real punters, but it’s still (relatively) accessible for those people that didn’t grow up in the 80s. :)
Moulsari’s birthday present arrived today. Life starts at 1920×1200. It’s fantastic, it’s so amazing.
For any of my friends, I’ve got a 19″ CRT if anyone wants it. (Oh, and another, old 17″ CRT that I’m thinking of junking.)
I just got a birthday present from my colleagues. It’s an electric hamsterwheel, that you can connect to your computer by way of a USB cable, which, when you type on your keyboard, starts spinning. The faster you type, the faster it spins. Useless, and amusing. :)