Odds and Ends
Yesterday we didn't have our usual Saturday Night Out (which so amazed my mom when she came home to find me in my room), so I just had my Greenhills foray and went straight home after. I was able to experience some odds and ends.
Combat Mission
For one thing, I was able to watch the new(?) reality-TV gameshow Combat Mission, on Studio 26. The game's host is Rudythe scrappy old navy seal who endeared himself to millions in the first Survivor. Well, apparently Mark Burnett (the producer of the Survivor shows and various others) was so impressed with Rudy, he made him the host of this military-themed game show. How can I describe it? Live Counterstrike. The show's contestants are all male and of more-or-less high fitness quality. There are two teams that embark on combat missions that may either be training exercises or actual battles which involve them accomplishing an objective with shadowy enemy soldiers providing opposition. Of course, they use only blank ammo but kills are easily registered when they happen, and as per the rules anyone 'killed' has to sprawl to the ground. It seems pretty difficult; one team totally lost control and got several guys killed before they were extracted. The second team was able to accomplish their mission without a scratch, but were ambushed on their way back, losing all but one man. Ouch.
Anyway, like Survivor, losing teams have to vote out a man at the end of the show (in this case, it's 'discharged'), though for a limited time they get to replace that loss with a fresh man they choose via dossiers. After a while though, losses will be permanent and a team will have to deal with going undermanned.
It was a pretty hammy show, and Rudy talks like a robot, but it looks fun. I got the impression though that the show's appeal is limited, and the contestants are ALL men (and apparently from law enforcement or military backgrounds). Not a show I'd make a point to watch.
Black and Bruised for PS2
I was able to get a copy of the new PS2 boxing game Black and Bruised. It uses 3-D graphics with cel-shading, resulting in very cartoony, over the top characters. The gameplay is suitably unrealistic, with power-ups like super punches and speed boosts mixing it up with combos. I don't usually like boxing games, but this one roped me in with fun character designs (my favorite is the geisha/martial artist, Maiagaru), a funny story mode and pretty smooth animation. You can read my full review of the game here.
Pages... More pages...
Continued drawing pages for the Immacolata update, and it should be done this week. Was able to pencil a couple more Angel Ace pages too.
Kim Possible
Ah. Got to watch a new episode of my favorite spy teen. A pretty cool episode where Kim has to go on a mission with her twin brothers. Best of all, Drakken and my fave Shego are in it too. I really love the anime/Hong Kong martial arts movie influence this cartoon has in the way Kim and Shego move and fight. I REALLY REALLY REALLY want a DVD or VCDs of this series. I like it that much. Someday...
Last Action Hero
Got to catch this classic stinker on AXN. It's an old Arnold Schwarzenegger film about movies coming to life, and with a fantasy story like that it should be great. But for some reason, it isn't. An uneven script which is too serious for it's own good a lot of the time, humor that falls FLAT all the time, an uncharismatic kid sidekick, bad execution and bad dialogue consign this as the movie that started Ah-nuld's fall from power. But guess what? Gandalf/Magneto is in it! Yep, I only realized last night Ian McKellen appears near the end as Death from The Seventh Seal. Funny.
Well that's that for now. Later then.
Yesterday we didn't have our usual Saturday Night Out (which so amazed my mom when she came home to find me in my room), so I just had my Greenhills foray and went straight home after. I was able to experience some odds and ends.
Combat Mission
For one thing, I was able to watch the new(?) reality-TV gameshow Combat Mission, on Studio 26. The game's host is Rudythe scrappy old navy seal who endeared himself to millions in the first Survivor. Well, apparently Mark Burnett (the producer of the Survivor shows and various others) was so impressed with Rudy, he made him the host of this military-themed game show. How can I describe it? Live Counterstrike. The show's contestants are all male and of more-or-less high fitness quality. There are two teams that embark on combat missions that may either be training exercises or actual battles which involve them accomplishing an objective with shadowy enemy soldiers providing opposition. Of course, they use only blank ammo but kills are easily registered when they happen, and as per the rules anyone 'killed' has to sprawl to the ground. It seems pretty difficult; one team totally lost control and got several guys killed before they were extracted. The second team was able to accomplish their mission without a scratch, but were ambushed on their way back, losing all but one man. Ouch.
Anyway, like Survivor, losing teams have to vote out a man at the end of the show (in this case, it's 'discharged'), though for a limited time they get to replace that loss with a fresh man they choose via dossiers. After a while though, losses will be permanent and a team will have to deal with going undermanned.
It was a pretty hammy show, and Rudy talks like a robot, but it looks fun. I got the impression though that the show's appeal is limited, and the contestants are ALL men (and apparently from law enforcement or military backgrounds). Not a show I'd make a point to watch.
Black and Bruised for PS2
I was able to get a copy of the new PS2 boxing game Black and Bruised. It uses 3-D graphics with cel-shading, resulting in very cartoony, over the top characters. The gameplay is suitably unrealistic, with power-ups like super punches and speed boosts mixing it up with combos. I don't usually like boxing games, but this one roped me in with fun character designs (my favorite is the geisha/martial artist, Maiagaru), a funny story mode and pretty smooth animation. You can read my full review of the game here.
Pages... More pages...
Continued drawing pages for the Immacolata update, and it should be done this week. Was able to pencil a couple more Angel Ace pages too.
Kim Possible
Ah. Got to watch a new episode of my favorite spy teen. A pretty cool episode where Kim has to go on a mission with her twin brothers. Best of all, Drakken and my fave Shego are in it too. I really love the anime/Hong Kong martial arts movie influence this cartoon has in the way Kim and Shego move and fight. I REALLY REALLY REALLY want a DVD or VCDs of this series. I like it that much. Someday...
Last Action Hero
Got to catch this classic stinker on AXN. It's an old Arnold Schwarzenegger film about movies coming to life, and with a fantasy story like that it should be great. But for some reason, it isn't. An uneven script which is too serious for it's own good a lot of the time, humor that falls FLAT all the time, an uncharismatic kid sidekick, bad execution and bad dialogue consign this as the movie that started Ah-nuld's fall from power. But guess what? Gandalf/Magneto is in it! Yep, I only realized last night Ian McKellen appears near the end as Death from The Seventh Seal. Funny.
Well that's that for now. Later then.
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