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rionaleonhart) wrote2009-08-18 06:04 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2009-08-18 06:04 pm
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Commando 8: This Time It's Personaler.
Apparently, my writer's block has spread to writing Livejournal entries, which cannot be a good sign.
My brother and his friends have apparently taken it upon themselves to watch as many Arnold Schwarzenegger films as they can get their hands on, and I have been joining them, because, whilst 'THINGS BLOWING UP/GETTING SHOT/GETTING SHOT AND THEN BLOWING UP' isn't usually my genre, it is a fairly hilarious experience. Commando is probably my favourite so far, just for the ridiculous one-liners. 'I HAD TO LET HIM GO.' 'LET OFF SOME STEAM.' Amazing. I suspect the writers came up with the one-liners first and then wrote in the events to accommodate them.
Here is an exercise for you: the next time you are watching a film, imagine that every role is being played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. We tried this with Mamma Mia! recently, and it immediately became so much better. (This also works with BRIAN BLESSED.)
Oh, Kingdom Hearts II, I love your ending. Most of the game is about Sora running around and saving Disney worlds with Donald Duck and Goofy, but from the ending you'd think you'd just played through the Gradually-Unfolding Love Story of Sora and Riku.
(I would be extremely happy to play through the Gradually-Unfolding Love Story of Sora and Riku, but Kingdom Hearts II, prior to the World That Never Was, isn't it.)
Something I hadn't realised before: the relationship between Sora and Kairi is never made explicitly romantic. They are always friends, first and foremost. And there's plenty of subtext, with the paopu fruit and Donald's teasing and so on, but that's all.
I sort of like that. The idea of Sora/Kairi as a romantic relationship makes me really sad, just because Riku is excluded. You can't exclude Riku! (Sora/Riku and Riku/Kairi I can handle, even if Sora/Riku/Kairi is cuter, because Sora and Kairi are cheerful enough to be able to cope with being outside their friends' romantic relationship. Riku is much more likely to brood and retreat into the daaaaarkness in his heart. (Also, he's my favourite, so I may be biased.))
Oh, dear, and now I'm imagining Sora, Riku and Kairi all being replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Donald is replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger with a poorly-edited-in duck's bill.
Let's not think about this.
I've just remembered: during the Asylum convention, someone asked Jared Padalecki who should portray Future Sam Winchester, aged forty or fifty or sixty. The inexplicable suggestion offered by a member of the audience was 'Zac Efron'. The obvious real answer is 'Arnold Schwarzenegger'. Jared is slowly turning into him anyway, so it makes sense.
My brother and his friends have apparently taken it upon themselves to watch as many Arnold Schwarzenegger films as they can get their hands on, and I have been joining them, because, whilst 'THINGS BLOWING UP/GETTING SHOT/GETTING SHOT AND THEN BLOWING UP' isn't usually my genre, it is a fairly hilarious experience. Commando is probably my favourite so far, just for the ridiculous one-liners. 'I HAD TO LET HIM GO.' 'LET OFF SOME STEAM.' Amazing. I suspect the writers came up with the one-liners first and then wrote in the events to accommodate them.
Here is an exercise for you: the next time you are watching a film, imagine that every role is being played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. We tried this with Mamma Mia! recently, and it immediately became so much better. (This also works with BRIAN BLESSED.)
Oh, Kingdom Hearts II, I love your ending. Most of the game is about Sora running around and saving Disney worlds with Donald Duck and Goofy, but from the ending you'd think you'd just played through the Gradually-Unfolding Love Story of Sora and Riku.
(I would be extremely happy to play through the Gradually-Unfolding Love Story of Sora and Riku, but Kingdom Hearts II, prior to the World That Never Was, isn't it.)
Something I hadn't realised before: the relationship between Sora and Kairi is never made explicitly romantic. They are always friends, first and foremost. And there's plenty of subtext, with the paopu fruit and Donald's teasing and so on, but that's all.
I sort of like that. The idea of Sora/Kairi as a romantic relationship makes me really sad, just because Riku is excluded. You can't exclude Riku! (Sora/Riku and Riku/Kairi I can handle, even if Sora/Riku/Kairi is cuter, because Sora and Kairi are cheerful enough to be able to cope with being outside their friends' romantic relationship. Riku is much more likely to brood and retreat into the daaaaarkness in his heart. (Also, he's my favourite, so I may be biased.))
Oh, dear, and now I'm imagining Sora, Riku and Kairi all being replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Donald is replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger with a poorly-edited-in duck's bill.
Let's not think about this.
I've just remembered: during the Asylum convention, someone asked Jared Padalecki who should portray Future Sam Winchester, aged forty or fifty or sixty. The inexplicable suggestion offered by a member of the audience was 'Zac Efron'. The obvious real answer is 'Arnold Schwarzenegger'. Jared is slowly turning into him anyway, so it makes sense.
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