Sunday, June 12, 2011

Another little rant about a trip to the movie theatre...

Ladies and gents, i have a little question before today's rant.
I'm looking for a good set of Headphones? any suggestions? like something you can take anywhere that's not too big or to loud, something that makes music sound perfect and blocks out the noise from the outside world. Is there a set of Headphones with those qualities today?

Now that thats out of the way, Last night after posting the last little story i went out to go to the movie theatre to go catch today's latest flicks that don't make me want to shoot myself. Now i saw a couple good movies and i was thinking to myself hell why not be brain dead for another 2h and try to understand something. So i went to go see "Very Bad Trip 2" which i must say wasn't better then the first one but was pretty funny. Now waslking out of the theatre i over heard some of the youth talking about a certain rumor of a "Halo Movie" now being a Halo Player i thought to myself, "what is the point in making a movie about a video game that explains the whole damn story to you right then and there?" Then it hit me... Why make a movie about a video game in the first place? Those who have played the Game will know the story and most likely be disappointed when they see the movie cause "it has nothing to do with the game itself." Having played most retro games, i played Tron, the Original one, not the remake, so i was pretty excited when it came to the theaters, i sat down and proceeded to watch something that burned my eyes out... Tron the Movie completely destroyed the whole original concept of the game, nothing, not one thing had to do with anything that was shown in the game. And to make it worse, they named it *TRON* but not once do you see Tron actually do anything other then growl and die... The the Horror of the "(One of the)Prince of Persia", i can't even begin to explain how that movie screwed up my vision on the game.. Anyway all this coming to show that when you make a Movie about a game, especially one that has a huge fan base, make it something like that game not some random PoS that has nothing to do with the game, not even a side story, like an entire F*ck Up of the game itself, so that is why i am scared to go see this rumored "Halo Movie" because i am one who loves Halo, I've played all the games and enjoyed playing them, Online as well, I have read the books and I've followed the Story line since the beginning. Making a movie from a video game sucks i'll say it right now, From comics alright aslong as you can explain something that happened in the comics, But from a video game, no one wants to see the game replayed on a large screen but no one wants to see the game destroyed through a story that never existed and doesn't make sense. Anyway, The next topic most likely will be Video Games that come from Movie, Thor i'm lookin at you right now >:( Idea's guys?

23 comments:

  1. I've been looking for some good headphones too. The apple headphones that came with my ipod sounded good and were nice and portable, but I still heard noise from outside. You may have to sacrifice portability for outside noise reduction or vice versa.

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  2. I always get cheap headphones because despite the quality I will end up breaking them somehow in a few months. But I heard Sennheiser is the best brand.

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  3. I can relate im always looking for good headphones, the ones I buy end up breaking. I usually just go to futureshop or bestbuy for decent ones.

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  4. Try JVC Marshmallow headphones, and if you want relatively inexpensive ones, pick up JVC Gumy, you can pick up a pair for around $10 and they last about 2 months (heavy use). I have a pair of Sennheiser 500-series for home use when I'm not doing stuff in town.

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  5. I use SkullCandy Inked headphones. Only cost around $15 or so, and they're sound cancelling. They've gone through the wash a couple times as well. About the rant, that mainly seems to be the case with every one of them. If the game came out first, the movie is likely to be shitty, because it allows time to manipulate the storyline. If the game comes out AFTER the movie, it's very likely they threw all of it together last minute. Which also adds to its shitty-ness.

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  6. I got some great Sony Headphones for about 50 bucks at walmart. Great sound, you can't hear much of the outside world when you're wearing them. They're great.

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  7. I hear ya, movie theaters can be such a pain

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  8. I use Eskuce brand headphones, makes me feel like a hipster.

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  9. Headphones- I prefer the around the neck headphones that sony makes. Under 20 bucks, good cord, good sound for the money, and pretty reliable. Not the best sound or noise cancelling, but definitely the best cheaper headphones i've bought.

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  10. Sad reality is, they keep making crappy video game movies because people keep paying to watch them. They figure if x million people play a game they'll get that many to watch a movie with the same name, and sadly they do. Which means that movie studios will keep pounding them out until people learn their lesson. Same thing with comics to movies although those often seem to be better done.

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  11. Argh, sounded painful and annoying.
    I use simple skull candy headphones, they work well :)

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  12. Haha fucking movie theaters, loved ur rant, followed, be sure to check out my blog, i will update it every once in a while.

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  13. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR7506-Professional-Diaphragm-Headphone/dp/B000AJIF4E/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1293916358&sr=1-2


    get those headphones and you will not be disappointed, they're studio quality, professional grade

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  14. I use in-ears. sound quality and portability are both important.

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  15. ear buds have been great to me so far, interesting post man. Followed!

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  16. Yea it's like that for everything though. I've heard Harry Potter fans complain that the movie is different from the book. Although I've never played Tron or Prince of Persia so I can't really make the reference. I think it's just the producers who get an idea from playing the video game but want to make it their "own" movie.

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  17. Nice rant but the formatting makes this hard to read.

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  18. generally, if Uwe Boll was involved the movie adaptation will suck. He may have jinxed the entire movie genre, although I'm somewhat optimistic about the assassin's creed adaptation since lineage was awesome.
    also, mortal kombat legacy is fucking amazing.

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  19. About movies and games... Take Max Payne for instance, hardcore fans said it was nothing like the game... except to eye-candy matrix effects. I played Max Payne when I was young, but never seen the movie because of the reviews...

    Pretty much expected!

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  20. Good headphones are hard to find, no matter what. I tried every kind there are, and I found some off brand in ear ones with the silicone covering and I love them.

    I agree with the video game movies. They just need to stop because of the fact most of them are just outright atrocities. Sad fact: producers have run out of original ideas.

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  21. Thanks guys for all the headphone Idea's, I finally ordered a pair from AKG so i hope they live up to the hype! And on the subject of the blog, it's obvious that when a "Game-Movie" comes out the fanatics from the game will go see it because they think that some of the actual game will be in the Movie, like a scene from DOOM3 that was a first person shooter type wasn't that bad, it brought back good memories from that game and almost a bit of Nostalgia in the theater even if it was only for less than 30 seconds, but other "Game-Movies" don't incorporate that or very little of it. =/ The Destruction of good movies is coming from Video Games, and the Destruction of good video games is coming from the movies... Two things that shouldn't be mixed what-so-ever. Anyway, glad to see what you guys think of this!

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  22. There's apparently a "trailer" maybe a spoof on youtube if I remember correctly

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  23. Oh headphones are a difficult topic. I was very excited about the Koss Porta Pro, but they're very fragile. Besides that the sound is good for only 30€ and it's comfortable to wear them.

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