Bolt
Tags:Movie Posters, Movie Reviews, Movies
I ran into a discussion about this film on reddit with a post about how this movie went from being a concept called “American Dog” to the eventual movie that it became. They mentioned someone was claiming this was one of the best Disney films released in 2008, which I found to be dubious, but since I have D+, I figured I’d see what the hubbub was about. Upon seeing the movie poster, I remember exactly why I’ve always skipped it, because Travolta and Cyrus are both celebrities that I just don’t care too much about, and having them do the voices of cartoon characters feels more like celebrity stunt casting than anything merit based. At the root of it, the film is a Truman Show style gas lighting situation for this poor dog, who’s convinced that he’s a super-hero by a bonkers directors that’s a little too into the craft than he should be.
The movie’s good, not best of the year good, but good enough that if it’s on in the background I might mention that it was an enjoyable film, but I definitely won’t be going out of my way to watch it again.
Humble Comics Bundle: Image Comics 30th Anniversary: The ’10s
Tags:Comic Books, Humble Bundle
Andor 1975 TV Intro (Spoilers)
Tags:star wars: andor, Television
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
This is the third game in the trilogy that was uprezzed for the PS3 from older PS2 games. There’s still a couple more ps2 remasters to play before I get to the first ‘real’ ps3 game, but if the quality continues to increase at the rate it’s been going for these three games, I’m perfectly happy playing through as many as necessary. The graphics are much better, the gameplay is much smoother, and the weapons are much more interesting. There’s also plenty of fun story elements that kept me engaged for the entirety of the game. It does show it’s age at times, with a President of the galaxy that sounds like Bill Clinton, and some mask stuff that might have been cool back in the day, but landed oddly here.
One more thing that I appreciated is Armin Shimerman as Doctor Nefarious, a perfectly pleasant villain that prompts the entire affair by trying to convert the galaxy into robots.
