So I got CoD: Modern Warfare 2 a while ago for PC, and been playing off and on, so I went browsing through some of the youtube videos for it and I stumbled upon some of these gems. I could not stop laughing at some of them.
Javelins are supposed to be anti-vehicle missiles but...as you can see it doesn't work as advertised
If you get a decent killstreak, you can get a "care package" delivered to you, but...again, sometimes it doesn't work out too well
For those of you who don't play first person shooters, a lot of people say "camping" (sitting in one place, not moving, waiting for people to walk into your gun) is too common in this game...
So anyone can pick up care packages, and this guy thinks he's hit the motherlode when...
You know when I first found out I had scoliosis, it was already pretty bad with a lower curve at 47 degrees and an upper curve at 35 degrees, and I was really looking forward to surgery because that would mean I wouldn't have to wear a back brace anymore, probably the most uncomfortable thing I've ever ever had to do my entire life. Although risks were there (Dr. Pence: This isn't a small surgery you know, this is a major surgery, so I have to tell you) of dying on the operating table, I was still eager to get it done because, supposedly, it was supposed to fix me. Side effects of surgery? Loss of 30% of flexibility. All right, I can live with that, what choice did I have really?
Even after surgery, I was eager to mature to the age that my skeleton would stop growing so my bones would completely ossify and the danger of my upper curve worsening to the point of needing surgery would end. What I didn't anticipate was that, although I was not in danger of dying a horrible death at 40 from my scoliosis progressing beyond 200 degrees and literally breaking my back and crushing my internal organs, that after ossification, shit hurts all the time now. Things that normal people would consider simple like standing up for longer than 5 minutes, sitting down in a chair, getting up from lying down on the ground, these all fucking hurt a lot. Everyday I get funny looks and comments when I wince when I sit down. Even while sitting in a chair, after a while, when I shift or stretch, my bones pop and grind against each other, it's really quite disconcerting. I can't even really lean back in a hard backed chair; the right side of my back protrudes like 4-5 inches further than the left side. It's hard to concentrate on things when it hurts to sit for longer than 10 min. as we all know text books and articles take a lot longer than that read.
It's been getting worse the past couple years I suppose; I used to be able to sleep like 12-14 hours at a time without waking up. Now, I'm up 4-5 times a night for no apparent reason. Sleeping and then just wake up, sometimes my back hurts, other times I'm just awake. Getting special beds and shit like that don't seem to help really. It's not that I'm not tired, I'm exhausted all day, every day. If this is how it is and I'm only 25, only 12 years after surgery, what the fuck is going to be like when I'm 40? 50? I don't anticipate living past 60, I can't imagine a body taking this kind of structural punishment without it taking its toll in some way.
Damn you John Woo, Gan Ning doesn't die at Chi Bi. That is all I have to say about Red Cliff's 5th hour.
So...Knowing. The idea was good, it really was. There was some good thriller/mystery in there and it was pretty good. Then...God I don't know, makers of the movie loved Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull too much or something and botched the ending. It had so much potential but then it was lost by the end.
Yes Man. I expected it being kinda like Liar, Liar, the idea was kinda the same right? Jim Carrey, he can only say yes or else bad things will happen to him. I'll be honest here, if the movie didn't have Jim Carrey in it, I think it would've been a lot better. The premise was good, the plotline was really good. But some of the charm was lost with Jim Carrey trying to be serious, and then of course, like every movie he's in, he makes crazy faces and does crazy things. Not really appropriate for this movie I don't think but it's in there anyway. A good movie...if there was another actor playing lead.
Crank: High Voltage Uh...yeah SADLY the best movie here out of this lot. Although, like the first one, maybe you should file it under "comedy" as opposed to "action". Sure there's a lot of action, but all of it is SO ridiculous it's hilarious. The obligatory public sex scene with Amy Smart like in the first one is in there too, and just as funny as chinatown, maybe even better since now they had a *real* audience.
oh dang hard choice... Jennifer Morrison vs. Yvonne Strahovski.
I must say that it's not really fair, they chose a somewhat unflattering picture of Jennifer Morrison what with the deep wrinkles and the tired, dirty blonde hair whereas Yvonne Strahovski's picture is like...I don't know what the hell they did to that picture but it's bright and lively in comparison. Sadly I must say Jennifer Morrison will probably lose, but she was a lot more attractive in House, seasons 1-3 than Yvonne was in Chuck when her hair always looks kinda weird when she ties it back.
I find it funny that this virtually unheard of actress Yvonne is pretty much dominating this blonde vs. blonde competition. Look at the % of win, Jennifer Morrison just BARELY edged out her competition in the semi finals but dannnng look at Yvonne 97% 73% 94%. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
So I finished watching Red Cliff. The last 1/4 of the movie is pretty much an epic battle scene depicting (surprise!) the Battle of Red Cliff. All of the necessary components are there - the wind changing directions, massive fire attack on Cao Cao's navy chained together, but, although John Woo does follow some of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms story lines, he definitely makes up a lot of other drivel to take up screen time. Anyway, a decent movie if you're a fan of ROTK or just Chinese made Chinese movies.
I Love You, Man - I don't know what it is about Paul Rudd that screams to me "mediocre movie" but there it is. It was enjoyable, somewhat, but for a movie meant to be a comedy, there were very few actual funny parts in my opinion. The premise was good, and the plot workable but there was just something missing.
Resident Evil 4: Degeneration Yeah...don't watch this. It got higher than expected reviews, but really. Really...yeah.
Bolt Sadly, I enjoyed watching this more than all the other movies in this post. Revolving around a dog who thinks he has superpowers slowly learning that...he doesn't, and learning how to be a real dog. Just a lot of fun, there's soul searching, but nothing too deep. Surprisingly good for a Disney movie.
Crank So...I guess this is supposed to be an action movie, but I found it to be hilarious. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of action, I mean it's based on a guy who's been injected with a poison that will basically cause a coma and death if his heart rate drops so you can imagine all the ways you could get your heart rate up right? Well, add in he's trying to find the guy who poisoned him and kill him and naturally having a limited time frame. First he just berserks around by running, then he's driving fast, then he does couple grams of coke, then he injects himself with 100 cc's of epinephrine (yeah...). This is funny enough in its own right since, at this point, he's running around town with an unclosed hospital gown on. Oh, right, then he tries to save his g/f but, oh noes his heart rate is dropping. The cure! Sex in the middle of Chinatown. Old ladies cheering him on, tour bus of people taking pictures etc. Just hilarious.
