If you read this blog at all or know me even slightly you know that I love Speed Racer.
I just watched it again on DVD and have decided that it is my favorite movie of all time, replacing The Breakfast Club, The Incredibles, and Terminator in their three way tie.
From the moment it started I could already feel the emotional attachment I felt for the characters welling up, and simply the anticipation of the inevitable plot points made my eyes shimmer. No other movie has ever made me feel this way. At any given point during the movie I was enjoying myself completely, and eagerly awaiting the next scene. “Oh shit!” I’d think to myself “They haven’t even gotten to CASA CRISTO yet!!” after being completely blown away by everything the movie had to offer so far. People complain that the movie is too long by being a little over two hours, but Godamn, when it ends, I want more, and yet, I’m satisfied.
I can’t believe a movie this good has been received so poorly… but people complain about the things you’d complain about in any movie. “I didn’t understand what audience this was aimed at,” “It’s too long,” whatever. Sometimes I argue with people about it being amazing to people who use those arguments, and it’s like… didn’t you feel anything? I mean, the movie is all about fighting the man, fighting for what you believe in, singing your own tune and living by it, and people are complaining that they didn’t understand what audience it was geared towards? Why are you caring about a corporate decision like that when you have this awesome story in front of you to enjoy? Can’t people take a step back and enjoy an experience for everything that its worth instead of scrutinizing it for its relevance in modern society?
Fucking amazing. I have a Die-Cast miniature Mach 6 and it’s probably my favorite figure.
I’m not talking like NES hard. I’m not talking, like, Ninja Gaiden hard. I’m talking “holy fucking shit if I have to play this level one more time I’m going to fucking kill you” hard. Now I know why they made it downloadable. If it was a disc I’d have snapped mine in half about 3 minutes in.
That’s not to say it isn’t good. It completely tosses out all preconceptions I had about the game. I thought since the graphical quality is all the way back to Mega Man 1 (like, not even Mega Man 6 where the graphics are oh so much better), the gameplay would suffer because there are a lot of limitations with this old shitty visual style. But I was wrong. As I play I’m quickly forgetting about the things I thought they could do and being very impressed by the things that they did do. I also thought the graphical drop would hinder the theming but wow I’m impressed. In fact I started laughing at Hornet Man’s stage just because of how… hornety it is.
They did a great job and suggest you check it out. It’s out on WiiWare now for 10 bucks. It’s coming out on XBLA on October 1st or something. I’m getting that version too (gotta support Mega Man). Also Achievements are cooler on the 360 ahaha yeah I’m an achievement whore fuck you.
This is the last “redux” I’m releasing. It’s the last of the content I had made for the DVD before I decided to hang up on it. After this it’s off to NEWTOWN as in I’m going to be making new stuff. Also watch out for MGS Collab 2 on Newgrounds… I’m going to be in it. =)
Also my Ebay auctions are still going strong! I forgot to mention because a lot of people have been asking again, if anybody wants anything special from me, like a signed doodle or something like that if you win an Ebay auction… just let me know! I’d be happy to do that for you guys! Check out the auctions here!
Anyway I came across these videos about Gamestop in the style of Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation. It’s called “Zero Originality” and while it sounds like a cheap knockoff, the style was used in order to simply let off some needed steam about working at the company. It’s an interesting watch and if you can stomach all 90 minutes of it you’ll come off a little bit wiser about their practices.
Watch them in order of the first number (02, 03, etc). I started disliking Gamestop after catching on to some bullshit they’ve been pulling, especially since they’ve been buying retailers who still sell old games like Rhino Games. Mostly it was the “new” games that are already opened and covered in stickers, but their overpricing was a concern, too. It’s pretty crazy a lot of the stuff they do, too. Check out those videos.
This time I’m selling my other systems and a couple game lots. Some of the systems are missing wires, they were kinda like my backup systems. They’ll probably go for cheaper than normal because they’re missing wires, so jump on these while you can.
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On the 19th I’m releasing a new video! It’s not an Awesome video, although it does have a little bit to do with them. It’s one of my favorite videos EVER, and it took me longer than usual to make it. I hope you guys like how it turned out. =)
So I’ve been playing more of this Bullet Witch game and essentially it’s more of the same but I’m really enjoying the diversity of level design. But my GOD does this game suffer from a SERIOUS AI problem. It’s almost depressing to play this game because it’s so obvious this game was spawned from a good idea, but I guess lack of budget or time made this game suffer dearly. In fact at one point I fell through the floor off the stage! It’s been a while since I’ve played a console game so unpolished.
Going back to the AI thing, really early on you fight these gigantic Godzilla sized beats with mounted machine guns on their arms. They’re pretty intimidating, but the AI makes them almost dopey. At one point the first one I encountered, after firing a volley of bullets at me just stopped and stood there. I shot at him for nearly 30 seconds and then he died. If the AI were better, encountering this asshole would’ve been really epic. I was looking forward to fighting another, and I did, but it was equally as stupid. It’s a shame.
One thing I enjoyed a lot about this game is that you can download different outfits for the main character. For some reason that just made me all giddy! I like this ethereal water goddess type outfit she’s got.
Anyway, I leave you with a badass video you’ve probably all seen anyway!
Terminator 2: Low Budgment Day! Probably one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
Also CASTLE CRASHERS IS OUT. Have you bought it yet? Do it now. It’s totally rockin’, spankin, kickassin’. It’s total arcade goodness packed in with the longevity of a home game. You beat the shit out of enemies and you NEVER STOP. Fucking seriously.
Also I dunno if you heard but Awesome Center Redux got released a while ago. I didn’t post a little diddy on the site about it, I’m sorry. =(
So I’m playing this game Bullet Witch right now on the 360. It got horrible reviews and I understand why but there’s something alluring about it. You play as a girl (awesome) who has a big gun and you kill a bunch of asshole zombies. They aren’t mindless brain eating zombies there are nazi jerk zombies who randomly shoot people and crows. In the game all you do is run around and kill assholes. What’s cool is each level is this huge world that progresses into really different areas. So you’re just constantly progressing and killing shit. Another thing I really enjoy is that there are no items or secrets or whatever. I enjoy killing assholes and I hate the notion that, oh, maybe there might be a treasure down this empty hallway. I just wanna kill shit not play Rambo’s Hide and Seek Adventure 2: Where’s the Upgrade. Killing shit gives you money and then you can change your weapons between levels. Kind of clunky but it works.
I could go on about the flaws in the game because it’s very flawed, but the fact that it doesn’t really try to be anything other than an action shooter where you kill asshole zombies is really refreshing to tell you the truth. I can really focus on one thing and not worry about leveling up or collecting all 30 gems or fucking I dunno, whatever FPS’s have you doing nowadays. You do have to save civilians in the game too, but like, fuck them, I really don’t care. lol
Also the heroine is really cool. I kinda wish she was in a better game. It seems like they had a really simple cool idea but they didn’t have a lot of money or time to realize it. I feel like if they gave a shit about this game it would’ve ended up being really cool. Alas it’s not. But I’m still playing it so that’s kind of a testament to it not sucking as hard as people may think.
Anyway, back on the topic of Terminator, anybody here a fan? Particularly of The Sarah Connor Chronicles? It’s coming back in the air super soon, and I’m stoked. I fucking love Terminator, even the 3rd one which is riddled with stupid shit but I still love it. I watched the shit out of Sarah Connor Chronicles and I think it’s really cool albeit a bit confusing as some points (they go a little overboard with the time traveling nonsense). Last season was an incomplete season because of the writer’s strike so it ended up being a little less than satisfying. The last episode was certainly a deal sealer though since a lot of CRAZY shit happened in it, especially the kind of crazy shit that made my little Terminator fan penis erect. I can’t wait to see this full season now, and I’m super mega stoked for Terminator 4, but I hope they don’t mess it up even more than T3 did.
There was one thing in T3 that really bugged me and that’s how right from the get-go they showed future John. Like, that was one of the most mysterious things about the Terminator franchise was that they never showed future John or anything he did. He was just this Godlike entity and that was the point. Even in Sarah Connor Chronicles they never show future John, they only talk about him as if he’s God’s gift to Earth. I think humanizing him only weakens his character.
What do you think? And do you think they’ll fuck up future John in T4? I get the feeling they’ll give him some kind of sensitive side or some shit, and that’s really not what future John was all about.
Edible Castle Episode 10 has been out for a while and it’s really awesome. Why is it awesome well because I animated a segment for it! I love Arbuckle and Dennis for their really unique vein of humor and I couldn’t resist contributing to a big collaboration like this. Check it out, I had fun making a little diddy for them!
Also, Ashleybanger made this super sweet documentary type tribute video to me. It’s really swell, and it made me tear up! Check it out!
You guys are so cool, I swear!
And finally for the last update of today (more coming tomorrow, don’t wanna overload these posts), I went to visit Suzy for a week and we had a blast! Suzy, Tomamoto and I all hung out at Downtown Disney where a joking comment about “Downtown Frisbee” became an obsession! Suzy and I became absolutely enthralled by frisbee! Suzy also had an awesome photoshoot while I was down. The pictures turned out amazing, check out our favorite!
I can’t wait to see more from the shoot!
Now that I’m back home I’m working in overdrive trying to write and animate a bunch of new things. I have like… 4 movies in production now and they’re REALLY coming along. I’ve never seen so much progress from me! I was strapped for time for a while because I had a commission for an introduction of an internet show, and it turned out REALLY good! I’m not sure if I can show it here, yet, but I’ll post it when I can!
Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson is a goofy guy who draws a lot and makes a bunch of silly internet cartoons called the "awesome series." He also likes video games a lot and usually talks about them, and hopes to be able to make a bunch. He's got a bunch of stories to tell so look out 'cause he's going to tell them.
If you read this blog at all or know me even slightly you know that I love Speed Racer.
Mega Man 9 is ridiculously hard.
Yes! Check out what all the FUSS is about! A new movie is out called PSP Squirrels!
Ebay time!!!
So I’m playing this game Bullet Witch right now on the 360. It got horrible reviews and I understand why but there’s something alluring about it. You play as a girl (awesome) who has a big gun and you kill a bunch of asshole zombies. They aren’t mindless brain eating zombies there are nazi jerk zombies who randomly shoot people and crows. In the game all you do is run around and kill assholes. What’s cool is each level is this huge world that progresses into really different areas. So you’re just constantly progressing and killing shit. Another thing I really enjoy is that there are no items or secrets or whatever. I enjoy killing assholes and I hate the notion that, oh, maybe there might be a treasure down this empty hallway. I just wanna kill shit not play Rambo’s Hide and Seek Adventure 2: Where’s the Upgrade. Killing shit gives you money and then you can change your weapons between levels. Kind of clunky but it works.
