Well actually saw this Sunday night but owing to a lot of things haven't gotten around to commenting on it til now. Will attempt to avoid any spoilers but be warned ya know?
Anywho, I'd say overall maybe a 3.5 - 3.75 outta 5. Very good action, def. good humor too. Well worth your time to go see it. Which leads to why such a low score? Well it's not unique or original. There's some of the old Indy in it and granted that's expected but it also borrows a lot from newer fare: The Mummy series and Stargate. I was waiting for Richard Dean Anderson to run by with Thor in tow. The other issue was the pacing. Somehow it just wasn't right. Almost seemed too fast if that's possible.
I think in the long run it will stand alright amongst the Indiana Jones but probably never be the best. I suppose it's hard to top a legend!
29 May 2008
24 May 2008
Webmaster Tools
Google has another toy out there called Webmaster Tools. Mostly it tells you when Google's bots last trawled your page and in general what Google sees when it does trawl you. Not sure how useful it'll be but hey I'll give it a shot. This blog has to be way over-managed for the amount of posts and readers it gets.
I do have to chuckle a little because "Rappan Athuk" seem to be the big hits this blog gets. Turns out it's because the blog entry shows up one the first page of a Google search for the above so people actually see it. This would be the page in question that ironically the main link to that page is from this blog here.
Kind of odd how that all works.
This does make me want to go back and play both Rappan Athuk and Ptolus which were the two big games that I got that were essentially self contained (yes I know they both required the three 3rd Edition D&D core books, thanks for the remindor...) The challenge now would def. be getting a stable group of players. This summer looks to be rocky as people will be gone and the people who would be interested don't necessarily play well together. Ah if only Dani & Brady were here. Them with Carl and Casey and I've got almost the perfect team. Throw in some irregulars and it'll do alright.
Anyhow, Google's Webmaster tools, check them out if you're a web geek like me! :D
I do have to chuckle a little because "Rappan Athuk" seem to be the big hits this blog gets. Turns out it's because the blog entry shows up one the first page of a Google search for the above so people actually see it. This would be the page in question that ironically the main link to that page is from this blog here.
Kind of odd how that all works.
This does make me want to go back and play both Rappan Athuk and Ptolus which were the two big games that I got that were essentially self contained (yes I know they both required the three 3rd Edition D&D core books, thanks for the remindor...) The challenge now would def. be getting a stable group of players. This summer looks to be rocky as people will be gone and the people who would be interested don't necessarily play well together. Ah if only Dani & Brady were here. Them with Carl and Casey and I've got almost the perfect team. Throw in some irregulars and it'll do alright.
Anyhow, Google's Webmaster tools, check them out if you're a web geek like me! :D
23 May 2008
Big Blue
Well went all out today and took off the afternoon from work to paint the guest bedroom. Probably should of taken a bunch of photos to document the thing for no reason other then to document it for historians to analyze 800 years later whilst trying to determine the primitive lifestyle of those of us living in the year 2008. I didn't though so onwards.
Went with an eggshell sheen as opposed to the original semi-gloss. In fact that was really the only change as I stuck with the same color, Ocean Sigh (is that really a color, sounds more like a sound effect to be honest). Painting went surprisingly well, taping was probably the biggest pain. I did not tape the ceiling and I really should have. There is now an uneven blue edge to most of it and at some point when I get re-motivated I will have to tape off the walls and re-paint the ceiling edge white. At least I only needed one coat.
Looking at it now as the sun is setting (so there is no direct sunlight into the room) it looks pretty good. I think I maybe should have gone with maybe one grade flatter sheen but it's def an improvement over the previous. I still like the color that got picked out. I wonder if it would be more helpful if they made the little color cards with a color different variations of sheen too cause that's what got us in the first place.
So if you want to see the redone room stop over. Maybe not this weekend cause Josh will be crashing there!
Speaking of this weekend, any of the -3 readers who are from Point (that's all -e/i^2 of you), at some point a bunch of us are going to see the new Indiana Jones. Somehow I got put in charge although no one let me know. I am attempting to coordinate now so if you are interested give me a holler. I'm targeting Saturday at this point cause I think the girls are moving on Sunday and Josh will be here Saturday night.
That is all. On a side end note I will try and blog more regularly as Dani says its good for my 3.5 brain cells. And she's a geneticist so I'd better believe her! (Or to quote Futurama: "Better listen to him, he's a whale biologist.")
Went with an eggshell sheen as opposed to the original semi-gloss. In fact that was really the only change as I stuck with the same color, Ocean Sigh (is that really a color, sounds more like a sound effect to be honest). Painting went surprisingly well, taping was probably the biggest pain. I did not tape the ceiling and I really should have. There is now an uneven blue edge to most of it and at some point when I get re-motivated I will have to tape off the walls and re-paint the ceiling edge white. At least I only needed one coat.
Looking at it now as the sun is setting (so there is no direct sunlight into the room) it looks pretty good. I think I maybe should have gone with maybe one grade flatter sheen but it's def an improvement over the previous. I still like the color that got picked out. I wonder if it would be more helpful if they made the little color cards with a color different variations of sheen too cause that's what got us in the first place.
So if you want to see the redone room stop over. Maybe not this weekend cause Josh will be crashing there!
Speaking of this weekend, any of the -3 readers who are from Point (that's all -e/i^2 of you), at some point a bunch of us are going to see the new Indiana Jones. Somehow I got put in charge although no one let me know. I am attempting to coordinate now so if you are interested give me a holler. I'm targeting Saturday at this point cause I think the girls are moving on Sunday and Josh will be here Saturday night.
That is all. On a side end note I will try and blog more regularly as Dani says its good for my 3.5 brain cells. And she's a geneticist so I'd better believe her! (Or to quote Futurama: "Better listen to him, he's a whale biologist.")
22 May 2008
On 24
Well this weekend I will attempt to re-paint the guest bedroom so it is slightly less blue. I am just shooting for a flatter version of the current color. With luck it will turn out very nice!
I am re-watching Cowboy Bebop with Dani (kind of a long distance dual running commentary). It's been a long time since I've seen this! It's still good fun!
I am re-watching Cowboy Bebop with Dani (kind of a long distance dual running commentary). It's been a long time since I've seen this! It's still good fun!
20 May 2008
Dreams of the First Age
IE what my original A/C dreamed since it was that old. But it's replaced so hopefully the electrical bill will be significantly lower this year. We shall see.
Dreams of the First Age did indeed finally come out last week and I have been perusing it much since then. Overall I'm impressed by the quality. The mechanics seem pretty good although admittedly the crunch assessment is not my strong point. Stuff is powerful so it's hard for me to gauge.
Setting wise it's quite interesting. Favorite setting point I've run into so far is that there is a Primordial still on the loose during the 1st Age and there seem to be no indication that it's been dealt with up to the current time in the setting.
Haven't gotten far in the Meru guide either but it's well put together. The map is nice too but the places are a bit hard to read and I'd have loved it to be bigger.
Overall worth the purchase and the wait!
Dreams of the First Age did indeed finally come out last week and I have been perusing it much since then. Overall I'm impressed by the quality. The mechanics seem pretty good although admittedly the crunch assessment is not my strong point. Stuff is powerful so it's hard for me to gauge.
Setting wise it's quite interesting. Favorite setting point I've run into so far is that there is a Primordial still on the loose during the 1st Age and there seem to be no indication that it's been dealt with up to the current time in the setting.
Haven't gotten far in the Meru guide either but it's well put together. The map is nice too but the places are a bit hard to read and I'd have loved it to be bigger.
Overall worth the purchase and the wait!
07 May 2008
More RPG.net fun
"Yes. Like all truly impressive disasters it begins with a wedding..."
-tabrumj, RPG.net forums (in reference to how the end of Exalted's 2nd Age would commence)
-tabrumj, RPG.net forums (in reference to how the end of Exalted's 2nd Age would commence)
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