Monday, August 10, 2009

What I Did This Summer

This is just a list of series that I watched over this summer. Some aren't over but I did watch every episode available.

Battlestar Galactica
Cowboy Bebop
Lucky Star
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Endless Eight was probably the worst thing ever.)
FLCL
The Boondocks
Mission Hill
Gurren Lagann
Firefly
Stella

Sunday, August 9, 2009

G.I. Joe

Go me. I saw a movie in a theater. That means I've seen something relevant. That reminds me, I'll probably write about The Princess Bride since I just saw that. G.I. Joe is an awesome movie. It's a great summer action cliche flick. I was never really a fan of the show so not too much bothered me about the character differences and stuff. Except Snake Eyes' giant black rubber lips. And Baroness' missing accent. Seriously, giant rubber fraking lips. It was creepy. The accent is what made Baroness so hot. The story is simple, a loose association of people want to destroy some stuff and a bunch of other guys don't want the things to be destroyed.It sets up the action without detracting from the movie, which is the point of a summer summer action movie film cliche movie. The action is really cool. I can't even think of another action sequence as cool as the Paris chase scene. People are running and being badass and other people are driving and being badass and Snake Eyes is doing what Snake Eyes does. (Note: Snake Eyes only does two thing. 1. Being Badass. 2. Having giant creepy rubber lips.) I can't even describe the action properly but it's totally worth going to the movie to see.

I was expecting to be disappointed but G.I. Joe held up. Marlon Wayans is awesome. The red Mountain Dew Game fuel tastes like gummy worms. Channing Tatum is a terrible actor. Cheesy lines from stupid 80's cartoons don't have to be terrible. (Take that Transformers!) Cobra Commander needs his crazy shiny mask. The hood would have been acceptable too. I did not like that clear plastic mask. Snake Eyes had ridiculous lips but at least he didn't make a joke at the end (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/trivia)