I started to freak out when I saw the new "repost" function (which is apparently a few months old now, but I've been hanging out on Dreamwidth, so I'm afraid I'm a bit behind) because something that has always creeped me out about Tumblr's reblog function is that it allows people to make a copy of your post and effectively take it out of your ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, I started and finished reading The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, a novel with so many holds in every library (41 on the copy in my hometown) that I didn't even remember having placed it on hold myself when I was emailed by Berkeley Central. It was my first John Green book, and because I'd seen passages from his various books ( Read more... )

Spoiler-free reaction: It was all right. It is definitely one of the most gorgeous movies I have ever seen, encompassing mise-en-scene, visual effects, cinematography, actors (Charliiiiiize~), make up, and costumes (Colleen Atwood + gunmetal = aaaaaah!). And though logic is sometimes sacrificed for beauty and the character development left me ( Read more... )

Overall, liked it a lot, but I thought it was way too short for the size and power of its cast of characters. There isn't anything I would want taken out of the movie (though perhaps moved or altered), and yet there's so much more I wanted to be in it. So I came away feeling a little disappointed but also loving every moment of it.

( Things I Loved & Things I Wish Had Been Included, mostly in caps )

Adaptation
Watched this in my film class, and it is amazing. The backstory is that the screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), was commissioned by Columbia Pictures to adapt the bestselling book The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean, into a Hollywood film. The problem is that The Orchid Thief, which ( Read more... )

This is the last segment because I finished the game! This makes Final Fantasy VII the first Final Fantasy game I have actually finished. (I've made it to endgame for another three. What can I say? I love playing the games and don't typically feel compelled to put and end to that.) Screenshots from Caves of Narshe, as always.


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This is a short entry because Part III ended so close to the end of Disc Two. But except for the the frustratingly slow shuffle through the tunnels beneath Midgar, the events of this entry were NON-STOP EPIC. Screencaps are from Caves of Narshe.

( spoilers for disc two )

I played so much FF7 this weekend, but I don't actually have much to say. This entry goes up to the defeat of Diamond Weapon. Screencaps are from Caves of Narshe.

( spoilers for entire game )

This installment of "Fred Plays Final Fantasy VII" takes us from Nibelheim to the end of Disc One! Which is quite a lot. Two more party members, a date, a betrayal, Cloud losing it a few times, one less party member, tears, and a lot of foreshadowing. Screencaps are from Caves of Narshe.

( spoilers for whole game )