Yess!! Remember my efforts to allow my blog to appear when searched with a search engine? Well tonight I fiddled with Google and found that if you type SuperPatQuest or Super Pat Quest, my blog will appear in the search results!
Sure, it's no asshole painter, but it's better than nothing! I also like the description of my blog that's given on Globe of Blogs:
"The blog of a regular dork in Maryland. Viewer Discretion and Spell Check Advised."
I also added links to other blogs that I read to the right. I'm thinking of adding links to some websites I regularly visit as well.
Things are looking up for this site! Gotta love it.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Monday, April 25, 2005
Fixed Comments
I finally fixed the comments. Now you don't have to click twice to post a comment. Now it's a pop-up that appears instantly. I figured maybe that's why more people don't post comments on this bleeding thing.
Friday, April 22, 2005
Superman Revealed
This has been all over the internet today, and as a true Superman fan I couldn't neglect it from my site. Here is the new Superman costume for the upcoming movie, Superman Returns.
I'll be honest, at first I didn't like it that much, with the darker reds and smaller S shield, but I've warmed up to it. Now I have to figure out how to get one of my own.
I'll be honest, at first I didn't like it that much, with the darker reds and smaller S shield, but I've warmed up to it. Now I have to figure out how to get one of my own.
Playing the Movie Review Card
Okay, I haven't had much to say lately, so I apologize for keeping all of you in the dark for so long. I've been busy as all Hell. Also...nothing is happening.
Sure, it's a sad time for pedophiles, with the Michael Jackson trial still going on and the death of the Pope, and people seem to care more about the beating of a cop-killer than the fact that he killed a cop, but those topics have been beaten to death and I'm not about to join the rampage, so to speak.
So instead I'd thought I'd review a movie. No, it's not out in theaters and I haven't seen the movies I want to see in the theaters yet. This one is straight to video and stars Steven Seagal. A little treasure* called Into the Sun.
It's about a political assassination in Japan committed by the Yakuza, and former special agent Seagal is called in to deal with it. Probably because he speaks Japanese. He's teamed with a rookie agent, who is stationed in Japan but for some reason doesn't speak Japanese. Turns out a branch of the Yakuza is teaming up with the Chinese gangs and killing older loyal Yakuza in order to take over Japan, then from there to the U.S. There's not much to the plot. But I didn't expect much of one to begin with.
Aside from the plot, there's a lot of other problems I had with this movie. First, Seagal spends most of his time talking to people. Yeah okay people talk in movies but this is extra annoying. Because while Seagal is speaking in English most of the time, the people he's talking to are speaking Japanese. It goes back and fourth from English to Japanese for about 5 minutes in most cases. The mix of languages and subtitles is horribly jarring and doesn't flow at all. You'll wonder why Seagal doesn't just...kick someone already.
Second, There are no likeable characters, except one. The characters come off as cardboard cutouts you couldn't care less about, and act very poorly. These include the gruff CIA boss, the love interest, the vengeful son, the loyal daughter that came out of nowhere, and of course, Seagal himself. Seagal's character comes off as a jerk. A BIG JERK. Who only wants to get some ass. The one likeable character, the rookie agent, gets killed about halfway through the movie because of Seagal's JERK-ness.
Third, barely any nudity. Remember Under Siege? The cake scene? Awesome. This movie? A naked chick swimming in a fish tank in the background. That's it. What a bummer.
Finally, and this is the worst part of the movie, the fight scenes. Or lack thereof. Look, the reason you watch a Steven Seagal movie is for the fight scenes, plain and simple. You don't watch it for the drama, or the acting. You watch it for the action. And there is little in this movie. The bad guys get most of the scenes and they're not good. I only remember three fight scenes with Seagal himself in them, when he wasn't blabbing his damn mouth, and even they weren't very good. Seagal himself has slowed down to a crawl. Sure, it gives the illusion of quickness with fast cuts and obscure camera angles, but it all looks sloppy. You sit through several minutes of crap before you get to a fight scene, then you sit through half the movie until you finally get to the next fight scene, which happens to be the last in the film. And what's with the obviously fake blood?!? Last time I checked, blood was red and liquidy, not pink and chunky. The scenes tried too hard to be ultra violent when they knew they couldn't pull it off anyway.
Bottom Line: A Seagal movie that doesn't deliver what you should see in a Seagal movie. A menagerie of bad acting by Japanese-speaking jerks in an explosion of fake blood.
That turned out longer than I expected it to. I wish I spent that much time on something worth talking about. Goddammit.
*By "treasure" I mean "piece of crap."
Sure, it's a sad time for pedophiles, with the Michael Jackson trial still going on and the death of the Pope, and people seem to care more about the beating of a cop-killer than the fact that he killed a cop, but those topics have been beaten to death and I'm not about to join the rampage, so to speak.
So instead I'd thought I'd review a movie. No, it's not out in theaters and I haven't seen the movies I want to see in the theaters yet. This one is straight to video and stars Steven Seagal. A little treasure* called Into the Sun.
It's about a political assassination in Japan committed by the Yakuza, and former special agent Seagal is called in to deal with it. Probably because he speaks Japanese. He's teamed with a rookie agent, who is stationed in Japan but for some reason doesn't speak Japanese. Turns out a branch of the Yakuza is teaming up with the Chinese gangs and killing older loyal Yakuza in order to take over Japan, then from there to the U.S. There's not much to the plot. But I didn't expect much of one to begin with.
Aside from the plot, there's a lot of other problems I had with this movie. First, Seagal spends most of his time talking to people. Yeah okay people talk in movies but this is extra annoying. Because while Seagal is speaking in English most of the time, the people he's talking to are speaking Japanese. It goes back and fourth from English to Japanese for about 5 minutes in most cases. The mix of languages and subtitles is horribly jarring and doesn't flow at all. You'll wonder why Seagal doesn't just...kick someone already.
Second, There are no likeable characters, except one. The characters come off as cardboard cutouts you couldn't care less about, and act very poorly. These include the gruff CIA boss, the love interest, the vengeful son, the loyal daughter that came out of nowhere, and of course, Seagal himself. Seagal's character comes off as a jerk. A BIG JERK. Who only wants to get some ass. The one likeable character, the rookie agent, gets killed about halfway through the movie because of Seagal's JERK-ness.
Third, barely any nudity. Remember Under Siege? The cake scene? Awesome. This movie? A naked chick swimming in a fish tank in the background. That's it. What a bummer.
Finally, and this is the worst part of the movie, the fight scenes. Or lack thereof. Look, the reason you watch a Steven Seagal movie is for the fight scenes, plain and simple. You don't watch it for the drama, or the acting. You watch it for the action. And there is little in this movie. The bad guys get most of the scenes and they're not good. I only remember three fight scenes with Seagal himself in them, when he wasn't blabbing his damn mouth, and even they weren't very good. Seagal himself has slowed down to a crawl. Sure, it gives the illusion of quickness with fast cuts and obscure camera angles, but it all looks sloppy. You sit through several minutes of crap before you get to a fight scene, then you sit through half the movie until you finally get to the next fight scene, which happens to be the last in the film. And what's with the obviously fake blood?!? Last time I checked, blood was red and liquidy, not pink and chunky. The scenes tried too hard to be ultra violent when they knew they couldn't pull it off anyway.
Bottom Line: A Seagal movie that doesn't deliver what you should see in a Seagal movie. A menagerie of bad acting by Japanese-speaking jerks in an explosion of fake blood.
That turned out longer than I expected it to. I wish I spent that much time on something worth talking about. Goddammit.
*By "treasure" I mean "piece of crap."
Monday, April 11, 2005
I Like to Bowl It Bowl It.
Thanks to Malcolm having been born last week 23 years ago, I finally got to go bowling again. I told a lot of people I was very inconsistent when it comes to bowling. Sometimes I'm good, other times I blow. True to nature, my first few frames totaled about 14. Then I had a bowling catharsis and started kicking butt.
Score!
Score!
Those are the scores midway through the second game. Guess which one is mine. For those first few frames of the first game Mike called me Senor Zero. Needless to say he adopted the name for himself after my rebirth of skill.
I gave Malcolm an issue of DC's Countdown to Infinite Crisis, the 80 page comic book written by three of DC's best writers and illustrated by five talented artists, and it only cost a dollar. It's a good self-contained story, and a great marketing strategy. 80 pages for only a dollar? Let's face it, you can't beat that value. Which means DC readers and non-DC readers alike will pick it up, and perhaps buy other DC books. It remains to be seen if Malcolm liked it or not. Comments!!
I gave Malcolm an issue of DC's Countdown to Infinite Crisis, the 80 page comic book written by three of DC's best writers and illustrated by five talented artists, and it only cost a dollar. It's a good self-contained story, and a great marketing strategy. 80 pages for only a dollar? Let's face it, you can't beat that value. Which means DC readers and non-DC readers alike will pick it up, and perhaps buy other DC books. It remains to be seen if Malcolm liked it or not. Comments!!
Also while at the bowling alley, I had my first taste of a genuine Dance Dance Revolution arcade machine. I wasn't planning on doing such a thing, so I wasn't prepared for it. I wore my Timberlands to the alley, and because the machine strongly recommends shoes to play, I had to make do. Playing 3 songs at a standard level with clodhoppers on your feet is QUITE the workout. Plus, you really have to stomp on the pads for them to notice you. And the freezes, where you have to keep your foot on that pad for a certain amount of time, were tough because...well...I'm not heavy enough. After 3 songs, my legs and feet were feeling the pain. Nevertheless, it was fun, and it was great to draw a crowd. That's right, Mike and I drew a crowd. They gasped in awe and Mike and I stomped it to the beat for three consecutive songs, and it would probably be considered the first time I ever drew a crowd.
In other news, I completed another video project. This time I had to interview three students about HCC. I thought it was going to be boring, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. What's annoying though is the fact that I was the only student in the class who completed the project. It was due today, and almost everyone else had some lame-ass excuse as to why their project wasn't complete. Out of about 10 students, only two projects were presented to the class. If I were the instructor, I'd be flustered...just like chicken with honey mustard.
I'd really like to be able to post movies on the internet. If anyone can help me with that please let me know.
Thank you again Mandie for the pics. They're awesome!
Later peeps. And for cripes sake leave some comments.
In other news, I completed another video project. This time I had to interview three students about HCC. I thought it was going to be boring, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. What's annoying though is the fact that I was the only student in the class who completed the project. It was due today, and almost everyone else had some lame-ass excuse as to why their project wasn't complete. Out of about 10 students, only two projects were presented to the class. If I were the instructor, I'd be flustered...just like chicken with honey mustard.
I'd really like to be able to post movies on the internet. If anyone can help me with that please let me know.
Thank you again Mandie for the pics. They're awesome!
Later peeps. And for cripes sake leave some comments.
Monday, April 04, 2005
SuperPat Returns!
Miss me? Didn't think so. Spring break is over and I still have a lot of crap to do. I never did get to improve my action figure, because of more important matters I had to attend to. I didn't get as far along as I wanted to on the other projects I worked on either. Not a very productive spring break, not at all. However I did get to hang with my little brother a lot. I love the little bugger.
Spring break was a combination of work, little bro-time, non-work related work, and maybe a little bit of outage. I was able to hang with people I don't usually hang out with, which was fun. But I didn't get to chill with the friends I usually do, which was disappointing.
The break ended with drill on the weekend. I swear one day I'll be able to keep the goatee or beard or whatever I happen to grow during the month. It was okay. A while back I mentioned how some people don't have the drive to work at drill. This weekend I noticed it again, and it seemed to be based on the squads.
My squad leader doesn't want his squad to sit around and do nothing; he wanted us employed. The entire squad agreed with him and he gave us legit, productive things to do. Another squad leader, Kevin (I've mentioned him before) also kept his squad busy for the same reasons, to be productive and useful. Meanwhile, the other squads were doing barely anything, just sitting around. I could tell immediately that the amount of work done by a squad heavily relies on the squad leader. If the squad leader doesn't want to do anything, or doesn't encourage productivity, the squad will do nothing. An assessment at the end of the work day also displays this. The two squads that worked had something to contribute, while the two that didn't work...well...didn't.
Just an observation, and I thank Sgt. Lloyd and Sgt. Kevin (remember him?) for the good leadership.
Also, to those who noticed, I haven't been online to chat lately. With all the crap I'm up to, I figured what's the point of having my away message up all day. So I just don't sign on. I'm not being antisocial. I swear.
Peace out.
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