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"Hello. How Are You? I am Fine. My Name is Jerry."
Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 7:01 PM
Hello world!
I know you don't actually play along with my little guessing game of blog titles so I shall attempt to refrain from that from now forward. Yes, I do get a good bit of a amusement out of it but seeing as these blogs are written for you and not for me, I feel we should attempt to play to your desires. Though, since I am so bereft of original ideas I shall still continue the tradition of stealing them from other sources. Firstly, let us discuss last week's blog. The "Nine Times" quote. You know where thats from, right? Ferris Bueler's Day Off of course! Now, if you've somehow made it through your life up to this point having never seen that amazing piece of cinematic magic, well, your life just isn't complete. It is a classic in every sense possible. I don't think I could possibly count how many times in my lifetime I have seen that movie though I can tell you that up until a week or so ago, it had been several years since I had seen it. Something whispered in my ear telling me to pop it in the ol' DVD player (actually, its a Blu-Ray player but the disc was a DVD and as we all know, BR players are backwards compatible and play DVDs) It was certainly the right choice. I could go on and on about all my favorite scenes but I'm sure you know them. And if you don't, fix that immediately!
This week's title comes courtesy of Michael Crichton and his novel Sphere. As you may recall from a blog a few weeks, I mentioned my desire to read it not just to enjoy the wonderful story telling but to experience it and see how close my potential storyline idea for the novel I'll never write comes to being a rip-off. Thankfully, the answer to that question is "not that close." I won't reveal my plot line yet since, well, since I don't want to but I will say that my story probably won't be as technical or intelligent and will probably end up not being plausible. Have you read Sphere? No probably not. Have you seen it maybe? Sam Jack is in it. He plays a math genius. Anyway, its about a spaceship found on the floor of the ocean in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, that, based on the growth rate and amount of coral covering the craft, has been there for 300 years. You may expect that the vast majority of the book would be spent attempting to unravel the mystery of the spacecraft, but its not. The secrets are revealed rather quickly and the book becomes more about what is found inside the spacecraft, the titular "sphere," and the human reaction to power. Its a good read. Especially once its gets going, its rather hard to put down. For some reason though, its ridiculously hard to find and I had to buy a used copy on eBay. This week's blog title comes for the book. It appears on their computer screens. Though, first actually, it appears as a seemingly random output of numbers. I'll save you the translation process but yes, when translated, it appears as though an alien entity is speaking to them through the computer monitor and that this being is named "Jerry." Yeah, odd, ain't it? Naturally, its far less simple than that and only the book handles the translation process properly seeing as the way its done in the movie, when the twist comes later down the line, it then becomes an incomprehensible mess. Poor writing on the movie's part. Shame on them.
What else shall we discuss this week? Well, I was dragged to the midnight showing of New Moon. However, I'm not so sure that I should discuss it. Not because I fear for my manhood seeing as I already mentioned that I saw it at midnight. No, because I fear that I shall alienate a good portion of you with the long winded diatribe that I have just waiting to burst forth. For what its worth, the movie itself was done well I would say. Certainly much better than the first movie, thats for sure. Speaking from a purely technical stand point that is. Ya know what was rather funny though? The theater accidentally started playing A Christmas Carol in 3D instead. I found it hilarious. The crowd of teenage girls and their mothers did not.
In happier news, I have finally had a chance to get started on Uncharted 2! Let me tell you, so far it is simply incredible. Certainly a contender for the title of best looking console game ever and besides that, its just plain fun! You know all those crazy scenes from action movies? This is your best chance to play them. If you own a PlayStation3 and somehow don't own Uncharted and Uncharted2 then there is something wrong. You should fix that as soon as you can. Come on down to GameStop, we've got a couple in stock just for you ; )
In Pensive related news . . . well, actually, I don't really think there is any this week. The Chargers won. Thats Pensive related. The Chargers won, the Vikings won, and the Steelers lost. Sounds like a perfect Sunday to me! With today's gigantic trouncing of the Broncos, our Chargers have moved into first place in the AFC West so let's just hope we can hold onto this little win streak we're on so we can make it to the playoffs again and maybe finally get that Superbowl we deserve!! Though, there's still tons of great teams out there, including the undefeated Colts and Saints and of course, Brett Favre and his Vikings so it'll be a tough year for whoever ends of winning.
Is that it for this week? Yes in fact I think it is. Did you enjoy this? I did. I am happy. Do you want me to manifest the squid again?
Nathan Drake |
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