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'Lo, mortal! Thou hath stumbled unto the realm of Ceiling Cat. Fear not, for she is merciful. Flee not, for she is kind. But know that if thou put forth thy foot into tomfoolery, thou shalt be Judged, and it shall be good. (For me. ;p)
But in all seriousness, this is my blog. I'm Kei, one of the News Editors for the site. I don't bite (hard), so don't be afraid to approach me. I'm actually quite tame.
So.
I have finally acquired internet at home.
I'M SLIGHTLY LESS LAME NOW.
Whoo.
So.
For those of you that know me (which, I can safely say, is likely not very many), you'll know that I'm a very large fan of a good fight. (For those 90% of you that didn't know that...SURPRISE.)
Therefore, you can understand my excitement when I found out that CBS would be airing a live broadcast of the mixed martial arts competition in primetime this past Saturday. I tell ya, I was pretty geeked up about it as soon as I saw the commercial last Sunday. (As someone who was pretty much glued to SpikeTV late at night when SASUKE or Kinniku BANZUKE wasn't on G4 back when I was at college for the fights, you can probably tell how excited I was to be able to see the awesome mano-e-mano, or in some cases mano-e-foot, action.)
So I look forward to this all week, and I sit through whatever show was on before the fights were about to start (I think it was Numb3rs). Then I'm positively jazzed and sitting there wide-eyed ready for the show to start....and I'm greeted with: "The following is a special presentation of *insert station name here*."
And a telethon came on.
I. Was. PISSED. (My mom thought it was funny as hell.)
Honestly, I don't know why they did this. The one time, the ONE DAY they had LIVE FIGHTS ON PRIMETIME, they have a damn telethon. Now, don't get me wrong, raising money for sick kids is a good thing.
BUT THE FIGHTS. The glorious possibility of bone-breaking, slobber-knocking action with one-round KO potential galore. THEY TOOK IT FROM ME.
I almost cried in a corner, I was so sad.
Yes, I realize that I can likely look it up on YouTube. But it's not the same. I wanted to see it Saturday. I was forced to sit and take solace in an old copy of Duet Magazine I bought in Chicago (Japanophiles, you know what I'm talking about).
*sigh* Have any of you gone through a similar experience? Where you've been completely hyped for something only to have it slip away?
So.
I went to the opening night of the special screening of the first Death Note live action movie last night. The theatre itself wasn't particularly packed, though I'm pleased to say it wasn't exactly empty, either. I even saw someone dressed up, haha. It was a very nice Mello cosplay. (I was so sad I didn't bring my camera to take a picture of her!)
So, anyway, they showed a preview of the Bleach: Memories of Nobody movie that'll be showing June 10 & 11 (I think; you'll have to check the Fathom Events website to double-check), and that looked pretty interesting. I'll probably go if I don't have anything else to do.
So, on to the movie itself. (SPOILERS, AHOY!)
As one of the few Death Note fans that hasn't managed to already see the movie online somewheres, I didn't know what to expect. Overall... I have to say the movie was decent. It wasn't stellar and it wasn't abysmal; it was nice and in the middle.
Now, I realize that when you take something that's been done in two different mediums beforehand and turn it into a live-action venture, some things are going to get lost in translation. However... The avenue the director took by having Light and Shori so closely together and whatnot wasn't something I was really kosher with. Especially with Light acting the was her was toward her (even though we saw the real Light shine through at the very end). Also, the fact that they actually showed Naomi dying was troublesome. I mean, that was one of the most interesting first major twists in the early story: We don't know what really ended up happening to her, but in the movie she just up and kills herself, just like that. (Well, of course, Light made it happen, which was actually well thought-out on the director's part, because that's something that Light would probably actually do, but the principle remains.)
There were also little things that bugged me (most prominently the fact that they changed Raye's last name: A native and a foreigner marry?! NOT IN OUR GODDAMN COUNTRY.), but they're easily glazed over. But enough about the hitches.
The acting, I thought, was actually very good, especially with L, Soichiro and Light. Now, I'm the first to admit that I'm an L fangirl till the end, but speaking from the most neutral standpoint I can have, the actor that played him got L down to a T. (Hence why he's getting spin-off movies, more than likely.) When I imagined L as he would be in real life, the way Ken'ichi Matsuyama played him was exactly that. It was both really refreshing and really creepy to see, heh.
It was the same with Light, though he really didn't get down the uber-creepy, demonic "I AM GOD, MWAHAHAHA!" look that Light is famous for. But it was still a really good job.
And Matsuda was as hilarious as always. Silly Matsuda, he tries so hard.
But, like I said, it was a decent movie. I would have preferred that it was shown in Japanese with subtitles so I could hear the actor's original voices (which would have probably made the film look a bit better, what with dubbing over live-action doing what it does to the film itself), but beggars can't be choosers. Besides, I've come to adore Matsuda's English voice, since it fits him so well. (Have you noticed that I'm a Matsuda fangirl too yet?)
So, yeah. I would suggest giving the movie a rent when Viz releases it to DVD (if they haven't already). It's mostly worth it.
Yeah, well. There've been a lot of things going on over here, so that's why I haven't been posting. Sue me.
Anyway, I obviously survived my graduation, so I'm officially an adult. Go me.
I'm chilling out at home and looking for work currently, so wish me luck on that.
I'm also finally getting around to playing Final Fantasy X (yeah, I'm lame, I know), and I must say, the first Seymour fight is effin' RETARDED. The only thing that annoys me more in the knowledge that I'll have to fight him again. --; At least, that's what I've heard. I don't know, I'm only playing this for the first time. And I've heard that Yunalesca's a bitch, too. Good times ahead, yo.
I'm thinking about buying a DS to play The World Ends With You so I can review it for My Two Pixels (God, that thing's been so neglected). Anyone who has it: Worth it? Yes, no, maybe?
Oh, and by the way, thanks to everyone that commented on my thesis. Despite the obvious comments that were made, you were all very kind and I do thank you. I might start a series of things on mythology in video games as a result, since I didn't get as in-depth as I wanted to in the actual thesis itself (as I explained in the comments). Wish me luck, lol.
Anyway, that's it for now. You all take care.
So I found out that I passed my Senior Seminar class (the one I had to write the incredibly long thesis for, if you don't remember).
I don't know what I got on the paper exactly (I don't even know if we'll be able to pick up the graded ones), but since I devoted so much time and energy into it... I've been thinking about publishing it here. Well, on From the Brains of Kittens, but you get the idea. Only question is... would you guys actually be interested in reading it?
(For those of you that missed the boat, the title is "Mythology and Mythological Adaptations as Moralistic and Philosophical Teaching Tools in Video Games." Yeah, a real mouthful.)
