From the better-late-than-never category on Tuesday I went and watched the new James Bond movie. I really liked it, that actually isn't all that surprising, I've always gotten a kick out of Bond movies. Now I liked the Pierce Brosnan Bond movies, but I have to say I thought Casino Royale was easily the best Bond movie since the 1960s. I’m considering actually picking it up on DVD when it comes out, which would be a first for me with a Bond movie. I found the free running chase scene at the beginning of the movie featuring Bond chasing the bomber Mollaka through a construction site and into a foreign embassy to be quite stunning. All in all I think the movie stayed pretty faithful to the original book, and I have no problems with the area’s that were expanded, or changed. The one element I thought was going to bother me was the substitution of poker (no-limit Texas hold’em) for baccarat (Baccarat Chemin de Fer if you really want to get technical), but honestly I didn’t have a problem with it when watching it on the screen.
I haven’t yet put my new chairs together, but I did assemble my new end table. I’m sure my mother will be quite happy when I tell her both my telephone and my answering machine are now situated on a table, instead of the floor.
I did spend some time over the last few days listening to some of the podcasts from Evil Avatar Radio. Evil Avatar is primarily a video game site, but they do have a sizable minority of comic book geeks there as well. I mainly listened to the various interviews with different comic writers and illustrators. I found them to be pretty interesting, and I learned about a few different titles I’m going to keep an eye out for.
I finished up the first season of Tsubasa Chronicle. I found it to be quite excellent. The season ended with a very interesting revelation about Syaoran. I haven’t watched any more of Samurai 7 yet. I haven’t decided if I’m going to finish that up first, or if I’ll start in on the second season of Tsubasa Chronicle. There are a handful of other series I’ve been eyeing lately, but I haven’t really decided what to watch next.
I’ve also been working on organizing the ridiculously large amount of pictures and images I’ve downloaded since I got my computer. So far I’ve been working on my anime screen shots, fan art, and wallpapers. I really need to start looking for some software to aid in this task. I’ve played around a little bit with Google's Picasa, but I haven’t really made any effort to explore its features.
3 comments:
Hey, man, Phil from Evil Avatar Radio here. Just wanted to say thanks for the mention. I'm assuming you know I'm from Morris as well -- do I know you?
It never occurred to me that you might actually see this. We have a mutual friend in Todd, so we met maybe two or three times this last summer. You would mostly likely remember me as the guy who helped Todd put your TV cabinet/entertainment center together.
Oh rock. Awesome, man. Glad you've got a chance to hear the show then. You have lots of comics waiting for you at John's, I think. :p
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