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Hot Fuzz
It took me a long time to see Hot Fuzz, and I was convinced that it was going to be overhyped. I had heard too many people rave about it, and when too many people rave about something, it ends up being Harry Potter or The Hunger Games or Frozen and...yeah.
Now, I'd already seen Shaun of the Dead and really liked it. I wasn't expecting to like Hot Fuzz better than Shaun of the Dead but I did! The movie was a pleasant surprise and definitely has rewatchability.
Ulysses
People complain about Ulysses being a really difficult book and I get where they're coming from but it's also...gorgeous? Granted I'm reading it off and on (since I'm reading JV's copy), so I haven't finished it yet, but that's not because I'm not enjoying it. When I was in middle school someone once told me that this was the worst book ever written in the English language. For the record, Jay, wherever you are: there are definitely worse books than Ulysses!
Fallout
As I've mentioned before, for a long, long time I was convinced that the Fallout games were hardcore shooters. I don't know why or how I labored under that misconception for so long, but I'm glad I finally rectified it. (No, I still haven't gotten around to Fallout 4 yet. #PatientGamer)
Steven Universe
This was another one that was getting way too much hype, but I took the trusted advice of a close friend and gave it a shot, and....amazing.
The Turkish Delight novels
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I randomly found one of these novels on GoodReads somehow, and immediately alerted my book friend in Turkey that she had to read it because Turkish! transvestites! detectives! She couldn't find a copy in Turkish, but managed to secure on in English and then passed it on to me, and it was actually really fun! It's not great literature but it's a goofy beach read. Also, they've been translated into Swedish, which is good news for my language practice. There aren't that many books in the series (yet?) but the Swedish library has most of them.
I'm ashamed to admit that... I don't know any of these things (well)! Okay, I have heard of Fallout, and also was under the impression that it's a shooter (oops), which doesn't really appeal to me. I may have to look into it after all. I don't know if I'll dig the whole post-apocalyptic thing, though: I usually prefer vivid, beautiful worlds to explore (for instance the fantasy worlds of LOTRO or GW2, or sci-fi as in SWTOR).
ReplyDeleteIt's a FPS perspective, so if you go by screenshots alone I think it's easy to see why it seems like a shooter! But the VATS system takes all of the shooter-y aspects out of it by just auto-aiming for you. The first few levels can be a slog, as you don't have enough mana equivalent to use the auto-aim bits a whole lot, but eventually you become Death Incarnate.
DeleteI've only played Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas. The world in Fallout 3 is huge, but kind of dull and gray. The world of Fallout New Vegas is much brighter and...appealing. And colorful, despite being in the desert. I've never really wanted to visit the American Southwest before but now I'd love to see all those desert vistas in person!
Ha! I just watched Hot Fuzz myself and enjoyed it a lot! I'm totally looking forward to watching the other movies in that ?series?group? I did expect to like it, but was surprised at how much. Way more movies should have hordes of gun-wielding angry old people.
ReplyDeleteIKR? lol @ this months old comment, I thought I replied to you but I guess I only *thought* my reply!
DeleteI liked Shaun of the Dead, though not as much, and I haven't seen Run Fat Boy Run or whatever it is yet. TBH I'm not sure if I want to, the story sounds like...not really my thing.
But Hot Fuzz is goddamn perfection. PERFECTION.
IKR? lol @ this months old comment, I thought I replied to you but I guess I only *thought* my reply!
DeleteI liked Shaun of the Dead, though not as much, and I haven't seen Run Fat Boy Run or whatever it is yet. TBH I'm not sure if I want to, the story sounds like...not really my thing.
But Hot Fuzz is goddamn perfection. PERFECTION.
I am not a big shooter game fan, mostly because the majority of games are just mindless sequels with no real innovation, but Fallout is definitely an exception to my normal preferences. You need to get to playing Fallout 4 ;)
ReplyDeleteUuuugh I do! But time. Time is not my friend. :C
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