Status Report

by dj

Not much has changed since my 360 got shipped off, I have gone out with friends more often and done more stuff at school but not much different. I do admit that it sucks that I can't play any of the many releases that are coming out now. Hopefully I will get my 360 back by the time winter break comes up so I can play some Gears 2 online. That is the one game thats a must have for me. I have a short list of games that are must haves for me. Besides Gears its, Dead Space and Mirrors Edge. I also really want Fallout 3 but that can wait till the summer when I got nothing else to do.

While I wasn't playing games I watched a couple of my movies. Here's my brief thoughts on each:

Rambo

Rambo is a shallow war movie that delivered exactly what I expected. Stallone's character has retreated to the jungles of Vietnam in order to try and escape the horrors of war. For the first part he is an empathetic character who just wants to live in peace and never kill again. However that doesn't last for long because his life is put in danger. Then both his character and the movie break down into a generic war film; complete with flying limbs and explosions. As long as you put your expectations appropriately low then you can enjoy this movie.

Event Horizon

When doing some research about Dead Space I heard that alot of inspiration was drawn from this movie. Throughout the movie I noticed the striking similarity between this and Dead Space. I really enjoyed the look of the ships and the technology in that movie. It kind of reminded me of the dirty future look that The Matrix did so well. While the sci-fi story seemed rather boiler plate I went along with no issue. However then it declined into a sub-par horror film that left me disappointed with the whole movie.