Tropic Tunder: My Review!

Tropic Thunder is truly a comedy like no other which I admire for It's individuality. This film's very sole reason for existence is to make fun of Hollywood and the way it does business. That alone is well worth the ticket price even if it was bad. Was it?To tell you the truth, I liked it. For several reasons.

First aspect I like was the characters. Robert downy Jr. plays a Australian actor who happens to undergo surgery to become a African American. This character sort of reminds me of a middle aged Bill Cosby with a slightly deeper voice. But not by much.

Second aspect is the humor. It's goofy with a pinch of morbidly dark humor. It's not that dark like south park and Christopher reeves sucking the stem cells out of fetuses. Or should I say, it's no clerks 2. But expect some of it to be a tad fucked up.

Anyhow, It was a good movie, and I recommend anybody with a general sense of humor should see. Only negative to bring to the plate is the films drags midway into the film. But rest assured, It will definably pick up. The end is a good part indeed.

Rating: ***1/2

The News Can Be Violent

Have you ever wondered why the daily news can be outright violent? Am I the only one, the personally See's the news more as a circus show, or visual entertainment, other than simply informing us? Why can't the news be more straight foreword, rather than utilized subliminal scare tactics, and overly dramatic words to convey a event?

Why? That is where the money is. People prefer the news to be perverse entertainment covering Death, destruction, chaos, sex, drugs, and constantly reminding scared mother's about potential pedophiles and ways they can get a chance to molest their daughters or sons. People are really attracted to bad News and the American audiences who love the news can be considered somewhat masochists.

And you know what's really fucked up, the Media loved 9/11. Because the more powerful the disaster, the more money they make from sponsors. During the events of a disaster, media outlets across the globe go into a all out coverage war. The winner, which covered more of that specific event gets more sponsors.

I have made a lot of controversial statements. But there is some truth to what I have said even if you are not aware of the specific dangers of the news. I dare you to watch the news tonight, local preferably, and count how much violent descriptive language and creepy images you seen. Then determine if you want to let a four year old watch the news. Or read this CNN News Story.

This brought tears to my eyes.

Iwata for Apologizes poor E3

Yes he did apologize. He is truly a remarkable business man and a great president. Reggie, on the other hand, lied to us. The IGN interview with cammie,the NOA evp of sales, was just plain damage control.

By the way, I remember Reggie saying something to the effect of...

"There's gonna be a big game for the holiday that the gamers will want," he said. "All I can tell you is what we announce during E3 is gonna be fantastic. The gamer is gonna be excited and the expanded audience is gonna be excited."-Reggie Fils Aime

What title are you talking about? Wii sports 2? Wii Music? That is not a core game for gamers. They are casual titles for people who do not want to think to much. Games some people call Mind Rot.

I am done bashing reggie. He has enough on his mind. Rabid earthbound fan, Pissed off gamers, critisim from the media, and more. Reggie, do you think it is time to bring over Mother 3? Or maybe upload Earthbound to the VC server?

If he's reading this, he is probably sadistically laughing while burning the last super nintendo copies of earthbound. Shame on you Nintendo, Shame on You!

E3 Announcements & More!

E3 has came and left us this week but left fans hungering for more. Sony show was good and Nintendo's was not slightly amusing. I feel that Nintendo is giving more to casual game fans and less to hardcore players. This deals a serious blow to Nintendo's hardcore gamers. There is no need to fear.

I feel that Nintendo is just taking advantage of the market shift. More and more Mothers to grandfathers all over the world are getting into Nintendo. To Nintendo, hardcore genre fans are slipping into the fray. But this does not mean Nintendo has forgotten us. No way in hell.

I will make some daring predictions why this e3 shown more casual games. Here it goes...

1. Kid Icarus did not have enough development time. It needs to be cooked more to be really appreciated.
2. They started developing the New Zelda two months before e3. Most likely, still in post production.
3. Nintendo is not letting go of all their cards until the Wii sees a sales drought.

Number 3 is the most likely of them to be true. Nintendo has a lot of things planned. If they had revealed them all, that would be very retarded thing to do. In Nintendo's fan based market, You have to leave the consumer wanting more. If you reveal everything too soon, this leads people to lose interest in their investment down the line. No butts, this has been proven in market studies.

Another thing besides e3. Itoi, the earthbound creator is up to something it seems. Take a look at this web cam live from Itoi's studio break room. *SATURN CAM*

Mother 3 's Translation Progress

It has been over two year's since Tomato and friends decided they were up to translating Mother 3. Reflecting back at those two years, I could not help to wonder how hard this task possibly was. The team ran into problems, some major, some deemed impossible. In the end, they ran victorious.

One thing I do admire about the translation team is that they never lost their focus, they always had the goal within their minds. Never for a moment, they lost faith. This my friend, is a truly a rarity amongst small translations, or possibly any small production effort.

I am proud to announce, they are done the hardest ROM hacking, and as of now, Draft 2 is 91% complete. One more draft to go, and lost of in house game testing as well. Great job tomato, and friends, you making earthbound fans ultimate dream finally come a reality!

Peace,
Retro Hippie

Comming Soon In A Website For You

Hello,
I am the not so famous RetroHippie from the www.Starmen.net User Forums.

This is my blogging website. It's sole purpose is to stimulate the brains of Humaniod creatures Level one or over. This means You<------

I am here to talk about Earthbound, Video Games, and pretty much everything else under the sun. Some blogs will be about Video games, and others will be beyond video games. Like Activism, Philosophy, Rare and Common issues.

Wait a minute! Taking a break from video games? Such blasphemy!

I think it is quite necessary. To be fixated on one subject long enough is unhealthy, people need diversity. That is how people become well rounded don't you think?

bah, your talking in tongues mister. Very UnKosher for a gamer.

Speak what you will NOOB. Great knowledge comes from things besides playing cool games. Sounds like your missing something from the world. A girlfriend perhaps?

Uncool man. seriously Uncool.

You will find someone someday. I have a girlfriend thats a never leaves her house without her DS or PSP.

She sounds hot?

She is very beautiful and intelligent. I love her to death so you cannot have her. There is plenty girls like that. You just have to know where to look.

You should make a blog about that subject.

Congratulations! you are coming more diverse in the world of earth!

what did I do?

Seriously, Go Play a video game or something.

Alright, check you later.


Word of warning, I will be concentrating more on the Earthbound movement when I am talking about video games. That does not mean 100% Earthbound. Other video game blogs may surface.


Just to break it down further,

50% Earthbound
50% other blogs excluding Earthbound

Got to go to bed. Ahh sleep. Wonderful sleep..........*dreamy*.............. In my opinion, what every human has in common is the fact they like sleep. Oh no! 2:20 am and waking up 6am. I am screwed.

No i am not. I'll just sleep on the train.

Looking forward to posting more this weekend!

Retro Hippie Here,
Peace out