baylaust

You are wise.

Two threads about what I look like under this mask. Huh.

Lolno.

Looking at this thread, if I had a face, it would probably be making this look:

Two places where Shana can go to ditch the clothes. She must be in heaven right now.

Check out my Wreck-It Ralph review if you haven't already, guys: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/44323-baylaust-reviews-wreck-it-ralph/

Nobody, and blue.

Oh really?

So I had a thread addressed to me, huh? Anyone mind telling me what I missed?

Tery's eyes slowly opened, and he pushed himself upright to a sitting position on his bed. He let out a loud yawn and rubbed his eyes, blinking several times. He hadn't gotten very much sleep the previous night, he couldn't prevent his mind from racing over everything that was going on in his life. Well... guess this is how it begins. Day 1. Tery swung his legs off of the bed and slowly stood up, still feeling somewhat drowzy, had a shower, and got dressed. He knelt down on the ground beside the bed he slept in and picked up his purple crystal necklace, having taken it off just before he fell asleep the previous night. He stared at it in his hand for a moment, and his hand tightened slightly around it. He threw it on around his neck and walked downstairs. He reached the dining room and saw cereal and milk sitting out on the counter. Tery found where the bowls were, filled his with cereal and milk, and went to sit down. Maybe it was due to him still being somewhat drowzy, but Tery hadn't realized until now that Luke had gone into the garage on his own and Jenna was with her boyfriend outside, so there was only one other person in the room with him: Pacifica. Tery picked up his cereal and began to slowly walk towards the table. "Um...... good morning, Pacifica." Pacifica looked in Tery's direction, and he immediately felt shy.

I'm pretty sure it's not exactly a secret here, but I am quite the gamer. Gaming has always been a passion of mine, and I in fact, want to be a game developer in the future. I love games, I love Sony, I love Nintendo, and I love Microsoft. So imagine how I reacted to the first trailer for Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, a movie that appeared to be a love letter to the gaming crowd. Needless to say, I was pumped. So now, Wreck-It Ralph is out in theaters. It's certainly filled to the brim with gaming related material, but is there a good movie at its core? I've seen it, and here's my review. Keep in mind that this is MY review. Your opinion may very well differ from mine. Story The movie follows Wreck-It Ralph, the antagonist of the game Fix-It Felix Jr., a Donkey Kong style arcade game. Through every game session, the player controls Felix, fixes Ralph's wave of destruction, and Felix is the hero. There's only one problem: Ralph is actually a pretty good person, and hates being treated like the villain all the time. So Ralph decides to go game jumping, hopping from one game world to another, to earn a Hero Medal in order to gain the respect from his peers that he desires so badly. This, however, ends up creating a mess that will not only threaten Ralph's game, but every game in his arcade. Now, for anyone who is an avid gamer, this will make you start to fanboy / fangirl. Probably multiple times. There are so many characters from so many games, and plenty more references, in not just gaming, but movies and general media as well. Disney really did their homework with this movie, and it shows. There were so many references I picked up and had me laughing hard, especially one particular scene that genuinely caught me off guard in a "how did they get away with that" moment (*cough*Kano*cough*). Any future video game movie adaptations, take notes from Disney. They know what gamers like. Now as for the story itself, it's a pretty standard Disney animated plot without a ton of surprises thrown in. While the idea of a video game character that doesn't want to be bad and starts traveling across games is CERTAINLY not something I've seen before, at its core, you'll probably know what you're getting in terms of plot structure. But that being said, the amount of passion and work that was put into this movie is clear, and those subtle jokes and references that some might miss really brightened my experience. And the characters are actually pretty strong. Ralph is, despite being a villain, a really nice guy, and you don't like seeing him feeling low. And the movie's other main lead, Vanellope of the Mario Kart style racing game Sugar Rush, is a character that, while annoying at first, really grows on you and you find yourself really caring about. Acting Now whether a celebrity is playing a voice over character or it's someone obscure, I really don't care. What matters to me is that they actually do a good job, because like a bad performance, a bad voice acting job can kill a movie. Well luckily, the acting is solid all around. John C. Reilly (a.k.a that other guy in Step Brothers) does a good job as the lead role, carrying most of the movie on his shoulders, and Sarah Silverman brings a lot of life to the character Vanellope. The rest of the cast does a good job, but I'd say the stand out role is Jane Lynch as hardened military commando Calhoun in the Halo / Alien style shooter Hero's Duty. Jane Lynch is a terrific actress, and with this movie, proves she is a terrific voice actress as well. Presentation Disney truly nailed the style of this movie. The standard, Pixar-like animation is bright, colourful, smooth, and is really well done, but where the movie really shines is in its game style as well. Some characters act like old style arcade characters, performing flat-out 90 degree turns and hopping without any jump animations. Sometimes when a character gets hit by something, they will perform a death animation and respawn a second later. Things like these really add to the movie, and add to the sense that Disney really did their homework. The soundtrack is nothing outstanding, but it certainly does its job, so no complaints there. Verdict So in the end, I thought that Wreck-It Ralph was: Great!! It has some great animation to back it up, characters you care about, the voice acting is solid, and it truly is a love letter to gamers and the gaming community in every way, and excels at that in a way I've never seen before. However, at its core, the movie doesn't really hold any surprises in terms of the plot, and for anyone who isn't a gamer, a lot of the references might fly over your head and weaken the experience. However, speaking as a passionate fan of gaming, this was a great movie that I recommend to anyone if you've ever enjoyed games at some point in your life. It's not just a great movie, but it's a love letter to anyone who has ever picked up a controller and taken control of their favourite video game characters. So, have you seen Wreck-It Ralph? What did you think? Was I too harsh or too lenient? Did I miss anything? Let me know. baylaust out.

Dad gave some money to get dinner. He had some of those new $20 bills that are plastic. Weird to see now, weirder to think that they will be the standard bill and the paper ones will be gone in a few years.

Oh boy, Twilight... First I'll start off by saying that I respect your opinion completely, just as long as you respect mine, which you can probably guess what it is by now. And second, I don't like to just blindly hate something without experiencing it, so know that I have read the first book and saw New Moon, so I'd say I have some experience with this series. But oh boy, where do I begin... I'm not going to bring up how ridiculously boring and emotionless everyone is in the movies, because quite frankly, that's just bad acting, not a reflection of the actual series. And as for the mythological inspirations the series takes in the vampires and werewolves (which are really just shapeshifters, if I'm not mistaken), and especially how unfaithful these vampires are to their lore, that's been talked about for ages, and I realize that a lot of people are able to accept that. I personally cringe whenever I hear about sparkling vampires, but others may disagree with me on that front. No, Twilight falls REALLY flat in two, VERY major aspects: character and story. First let's start off with the characters, specifically with our main character, Bella. Holy hell, this woman set the women's rights movement back at least 30 years. She thinks of herself as tortured even though she really doesn't have any problems in her life. The most she could complain about would be her split parents, which coming from a split family, I can say from experience really sucks. But as for Bella herself, she's selfish, she's manipulative, she never stops whining, she's self centered, she's male dependant, and quite frankly, idiotic, and she's supposed to represent the reader, the every day teenage girl, which quite frankly, blows my mind. She decides she wants to get married to an emotionally abusive, distant, stalkerish boy, when she isn't even out of high school yet. She will pledge herself to one boy, and then immediately fool around with another, and then get mad at that boy and run back to Edward. And speaking of Edward, as I said, he's emotionally abusive, distant, and quite frankly, a stalker. He breaks into her house and WATCHES HER SLEEP, and Bella decides to not file a restraining order like anyone else would do, but decide that this must be the boy of her dreams. They think it's true love, that there has never been a love stronger than the one they have, but quite frankly, it seems more like they're just looking to have sex. Which isn't helped by the fact that Edward wants to wait until marriage to have sex, and Bella immediately decides that she wants to marry him. Now, it's possible for something to survive something like this and still at least be decent. There have been several poorly done romances and characters in the past that have been part of good pieces of literature or cinema, some of which even become classics. But when the entire story, the entire series is focused on such a poorly executed romance with such poorly made, unlikeable characters, that's really bad. REALLY bad. Which brings me to the second point: the story. A girl who is in love with a vampire, I'm not going to slam the idea, because it is something that can be pulled off, and pulled off well. It has been in the past. But Twilight really dropped the ball on this, by having pretty much nothing going on other than this love story. This story that is apparantly an even greater work of art than The Princess Bride and Romeo & Juliet, right from the author's mouth. Then of course there's the flatout creepyness that the book dives into, the least of which is the fact that Edward is over 100 and Bella's a minor when they "fall" for each other. Then Breaking Dawn comes along and has the brilliant idea of introducing the concept of Jacob falling in love with, or "imprinting," on A LITTLE KID. You can try to justify that all you want, that is really, really weird. And the author likes this. Again, I have no problem with anyone who likes, or wants to defend the series. I will respect your views and opinions, just as long as you respect mine.

I desire to see this continued.

Kaiso, where are you?

Welp.

Because.

Saw Wreck-It Ralph. Expect a review later today.

That's... actually pretty badass.

.........

I feel so betrayed.

You're telling me.

Why do I keep getting shipped with people?

I thought you were a hedgehog.

Hey, if you want to be shipped with him, he's all yours.