{"id":170,"date":"2011-04-02T12:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2011-04-02T12:21:52","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T12:21:52","slug":"i-only-know-one-resident-evil-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"I only know one Resident Evil joke"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second part of the Resident Evil<\/em> coverage is up on Random Action Hour. Get your sandwiches ready!<\/p>\n

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I watched Up<\/em> a couple of nights ago. I’ve a bad habit of seeing commercials for animated films, thinking “I must go and see that sometime in theatres!” … and then I spend too long thinking about it that by the time I’m ready, it’s no longer listed. Same thing happened with The Princess & The Frog<\/em>. Kinda vexing!<\/p>\n

Like all of Pixar’s stuff, everyone else on the face of the planet (and probably a few Venusians for that matter) has gone on about how they’re great films in better paragraphs than I’m capable of. I could run through my regular review routine, but I’ll just focus on the element I admired the most.<\/p>\n

They didn’t crowbar an aesop down your throat.<\/p>\n

Seriously. Yeah, the story had morals, and occasions of mature themes for that matter, but it never felt the need to explain them letter-by-letter for the audience; if you saw it, you got it. This was a serious relief, especially after Wall.E<\/em> and its entire second half seeming to be nothing but it shouting morals through a megaphone. See, that’s the problem with that film – I liked the first half hour, but by the time it reached the space station it was exclaiming its “protect the rainforest!” and “don’t be a fat-arse!” messages so loudly that I can’t remember anything else about it. I can’t remember the great animation or character interaction, I can only recall the aesops being thrown in my face like foul-smelling underpants.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I’m a bit biased against Wall.E<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But regarding Up<\/em>, it really is a fantastic film, and I’m really, really glad I watched it. The animation is beautiful, the voice acting is spot-on, and I love how it manages to balance whimsical fantasy with unfortunate reality in a smoothly done package. Until I get watching the rest and re-evaluating my thoughts, I’d definitely consider Up<\/em> to be my favourite of Pixar’s productions.<\/p>\n

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Today’s observation:<\/strong> I think I’m a little too<\/strong> obsessed with Bionic Commando<\/em> on the 360. I was walking through the forest part yesterday, looking at a railway bridge and wondering why the grapple reticle wasn’t showing up.<\/p>\n

Today’s other observation:<\/strong> For the longest time I thought reticle was spelt “recticle”. How are my immature bum jokes going to work now?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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