BrowserMetrics

Terminator Salvation. Even the title doesn't make sense.

There are at least several movies residing in the latest Terminator
flick. There's the story of the new cyborg, Markus. Is he a terminator
or man's salvior? There's the story of John Connor. How does he become
the great leader he is made out to be in the previous movies? There's
the story of Kyle Reese. How did he become the cool, crafty veteran
that made John Connor send him back to the first movie? Then there's
the story of humanity after judgement day. How did we survive and what
are we doing to win? These would be interesting stories in and of
themselves. They would make perfectly good movies. But mash them into
one film and you have a mess.

Terminator Salvation wants to tell it all, and in so doing, tells us
nothing. It's very disjointed. First, we meet Markus, a condemned
prisoner, before judgement day. Then we're off to John Connor who
wasn't even the leader of the resistance. He finds something or other
and blah, blah, blah, we're needing to go follow this yadda-yadda-yadda.
(I still don't know what that was all about!). Next comes Kyle Reese
and his meet up with cyborg Markus. He's just a kid! Finally, we get
explosions in a factory harkening back to all the previous Terminator
movies -- melt then freeze then crush. In the end, it's all about
heart.

Wait for this movie on sci fi network.

1 of 5 stars.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/

Labels: movies, review

Away Game!
Originally uploaded by browsermetrics.

We went to catch the O's at Washington. Loss. Now I know how Boston fans can act so obnoxious coming to the Yard.

Labels: Baltimore Orioles, baseball, picture

Watching and listening to the Orioles play the Nationals. Going into this series, I was incredulous that we were as bad as that team. I mean, they're the worst in the majors we're better, right? Not so fast. Our hitters at the end of the order are just as bad. Just as bad is our pitching.

But we've done well so far these last two games.

We've won 4-2 in extra innings last night and 2-1 with only three hits tonight. Amazing. Both teams are evenly matched.

We are just as bad but just a little bit better than them.

Labels: Baltimore Orioles, baseball, winners

It's been three years since the original showing of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was broadcast in Japan. It has been a long wait for the second season. As you know, I've been waiting, then not waiting for the second season.

At first the original season was going to be broadcast, but this time in the chronological order similar to the story path in the light novels. This is when I explain that the original broadcast order was funky with the first four chronological episodes, the literal light novel story, where interspersed with other stories from the SOS Brigade.

It seems like they'll follow chronologically the story so it will take a while for the second season to be fully released


If you can't wait like me, and don't want to get your bit torrent client up and running, then you can follow along as the new episodes of Haruhi are release by reading some anime bloggers.

Labels: anime, geeked, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, why am i telling you this?

Everybody! Panic!

Yes.

Get that bit torrent client fired up!

Sweet.

Nagato!

Praise to Kami-sama!

I'm hoping that it's the long awaited season 2.

Labels: anime, geeked, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Grade S on the zettai ryouki scale: grade A thigh high stockings, twin tails, tsundere goodness. Kei-chan!

Good sixth episode for Hatsukoi Limited. The mangaka, Kawashita-sensei, previously did Ichigo 100%. Whereas Ichigo 100% focuses on harem style, love triangle fun, Hatsukoi Limited focuses on love dodecahdron style. Every girl likes some guy who likes some other girl who likes another guy. It's a nice short read in manga about 4 volumes or so. The anime is faithful to the story because it is so compact. The animation is faithful to Kawashita-sensei's style. In fact, I think Kei Enomoto is drawn better in the anime. Yet, Kawashita-sensei still rulez with her trademark curvy girls.

Labels: anime, Hatsukoi Limited, manga, so kawaii, tsundere goodness, you'll need babelfish, zettai ryouiki

K-ON! nendoroids are coming! K-ON! nendoroids are coming!

Of course it's gonna be the otaku favorites, Mio Akiyama and Yui. But I can't wait for the others. Just can't wait. I'm gonna have to do the pre-order!

>__<

Labels: commerce, nendoroid

Forgot to celebrate five years of BrowserMetrics. Hurrah!

Onto the sixth...

Labels: meta

I'll go ahead and say it, "Star Trek was fun."

There were space battles. And worm holes. And Vulcans. And Romulans. Big space ships from the future and the Starship Enterprise. There was sexy Uhura and ninja-tastic Sulu. Scotty, his pal, and their tribble show up. Bones McCoy came as the curmudgeon of the group while a young Checkov exhibited the youthful exuberance of a young Checkov. And Winona Rider.

But Star Trek is Kirk and Spock. They take center stage in this movie as it explores how these ambitious and talented Starfleet officers became rivals and then friends. Yes, at first, they are rivals in the way they command a ship to the woman they bed. Kirk, all cocky and brash, makes a joke of the Kobyashi Maru excercise which Spocked programmed. He beat it, but misses the finer the point of the lesson. Kirk, all cocky and brash, thinks that he can woo Uhura, then he finds out she's got a thing for Spock. D'oh! Both of theses officers may be the best that Starfleet has produced, but neither one will budge on who should be the leader.

In the end it that leader is Spock, but not of this movie, our Spock whom imdb lists as Spock Prime. (Like Earth Prime of the DC universe). Spock is that leader. As the universal ambassador in our universe, he tried to save the Romulus only to have sparked a time conundrum which kicks off our movie. So, the acts in this film are not done in the same universe as what we've watched in the last forty years. It is an alternative which may spark some interesting stories.

What makes this film fun is the introduction of old friends. It may not be the way true diehard Star Trek Trekkies know how each character came to be, but for us simple Trekkers it's okay as we meet our good friends at a much younger and adventurous time. This film doesn't foolishly retcon new backstories to the characters, but re-imagines their lives in this alternative univers. It's like they are given a different face, but remain the same person as they always were.

This new Star Trek is pretty geeky, but accessible. I think I want to see it again in the theatre.

5 of 5 stars.

Labels: geeked, it rocks, movies, review

Umm. I wonder who could this be?

If they've cracked the code, or if they got those software sweatshops in India on the case, we're in fro some trouble.

Labels: fright

Ghosts of Minis Present
Originally uploaded by browsermetrics.

Chased her from 795. She's got the sport package accoutrements. Black wheels to boot. She also didn't get the front licence installed, but chose the aftermarket tow hook licence dongle. I'm not sporting it though. I wonder if it's her boyfrind's car.

Labels: mini, picture

For those who haven't bothered to click on any of my K-ON! posts.

Labels: anime, K-ON, time sink

Yes. Mio, Yui, Mugi-chan, Ritsu! The K-ON! club performing at their school festival. "Light and Fluffy Time" The rest of the episode is good too. I thought episode five was good, but this one is beating it out as my favorite. I like the crackly voice of Yui, and Mio's shyness melting away. Plus, pantsu!

Labels: anime, K-ON, time sink

Tried to watch some of the early evening Orioles game from Tampa. They were up 3-1 in the sixth when I tuned in. Kojira was pitching good. Then the wheels came off. They lost 6-3. This is going to be a long season. Kojira is decent, but then he goes to pot in the sixth. Jeez.

Labels: Baltimore Orioles, baseball, sports

Who's that?

Oh, Nozomi. You can't fool us. We know it's you behind those sunglasses, and that fedora. Is that your boyfriend's shirt to complete the "I'm gonna go sexy by wearing my guy's clothes" look? It's very nice on you. And it's very nice to catch you like this this morning.

Good morning, Nozomi-chan. You always make us smile.

Labels: Nozomi Sasaki, so kawaii

Yes. Mio. Moe, moe, kyun! >_<

Labels: K-ON, so kawaii

She's every otaku's current 2d infatuation. Meido Mio Akiyama!

Labels: K-ON, so kawaii

I agree: Wolverine is ridiculous.

Claremont, despite his histrionics, never violated the central tenet of Wolverine's appeal and left the Canadian's mysterious past mysterious. Alas, when he left the X-Men in 1991, suddenly everyone wanted to play with the coolest character in the Marvel universe. In just a few years, writers and editors clumsily managed to graft every single antihero trope onto his backstory. According to his new biography, Wolverine has been, at various times, a Canadian cowboy, a ninja, a private eye, a secret agent, a bootlegger, a mercenary, a bodyguard, a caveman, a victim of the Holocaust, a Vietnam vet, a World War II vet, a corrupt cop, and a lumberjack. Also, he was raised by wolves; he was raised by native Canadians; he is the reincarnation of a warrior from a race of humanoid dog people; he was at Hiroshima when the bomb fell, and all his girlfriends died (11 to date). Oh, and he's saddled with five children.

He was much cooler when we couldn't know who or what he was. Or even how he became what he is. When we look back at his lifestory, we get the sense that comics are filled with lame stories. Then we must grow up and accept that Wolverine is pretty lame himself.

Labels: comics

Somebody got hurt tonight. A crushing left hook decks the englishman. He was out even before he hit the canvas. Ouch! Nighty-night.

Labels: sports

Wolverine is a terrible movie. The plot changes left and right. Was it an homage to Watchmen? "Someone's murdering our old team." Or did they just make it random. He was helping then he was the enemy then he's part of the plot. Or he was my friend, then my brother, then my enemy and now my friend again.

The opening was another homage to Watchmen.

Why was Sabretooth jealous of Wolverine? I don't know. They never show Wolverine doing anything awesome. In fact I thought Sabretooth was the bad ass.

Hugh Jackman was always miscast as Wolverine. Too friendly and not menacing enough. "I'm the best at what I do, and what I do ain't pretty." Sure. Sure. Pretty boy. I haven't seen you do anything kick ass.

I always thought to know the origin of Wolverine was the suck. This movie shows how stupid it was.

I want to see Professor Xavier/Magneto movie.

2 of 5 stars.

Labels: movies, thoughts

Nothing makes music better than the inclusion of a horn section!

Madness's new tune. Looks to be a new album within the next month or so...

Labels: time sink