tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904任是无情也动人tanithryudotanithryudo2023-04-22T20:03:32Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:507110Life is as entertaining as Art2023-02-02T20:12:01Z2023-04-22T20:03:12Zpublic3Been following the melodrama that is the CNY holiday period box office in China, and the multiple movies who are fighting tooth and nail for their piece of the pie.<br /><br />There's 《深海》whose reviews are very polarized. There's 《无名》 which became target of its "流量" actor's fans & anti-fans (成也流量败也流量). There's 《熊出没》 which is running steady but whose fans are salty about the low percentage of theater sessions (is that what the term is?) and IMAX sessions.<br /><br />But the fiercest fight has been the top two movies: 《满江红》vs 《流浪地球2》. <br /><br />Basically the accusation from the Wandering Earth 2 supporters is that they had the highest gross & attendance on day 1 of release, but starting the 2nd day, more theater sessions were given to MJH. That MJH kept its higher share of sessions even though it's actual attendance % is one of the <a href="https://i.imgur.com/gz85yRO.jpg">lowest</a> among all the films (especially starting this week after people started working again). That MJH made under the table deal with theaters to keep more of the profits during the holiday period to ensure their # of rooms, thus squeezing the rest of the movies out of what should have been better performance. Particularly, why does a wuxia detective movie deserve the lion's share of IMAX rooms over Wandering Earth or either of the 2 animated movies. And, MJH used false advertising of the movie as a comedy and happy ending film fitting for holiday family outings, when it's really neither, and incorporates bad history besides.<br /><br />The MJH supporters (and fans of its "流量" actor) insist that the movie is perfectly suited for all audiences unlike WE2, because sci-fi is too niche for the majority chinese audience to understand, and WE2 is too long and boring besides. That MJH deserves its championship in the box office and that its success does accurately reflect the public's choice.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://tanithryudo.dreamwidth.org/507110.html#cutid1">And then there's the water army...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Also this week, as the government holiday period ended and people started going back to work, it looks like 央视 is leaning towards support of WE2, leading to fun articles like <a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/aL6TArz38Swhy77FbQDCdQ">this one</a>.<br /><br />Me personally, I haven't seen MJH and I don't really have a stake in this fight, so I don't really have a strong opinion either way. But watching the fighting on douban, bilibili, and weibo is pretty entertaining in itself.<br /><br />EDIT to add: And then there's this bit of supreme irony... This song was originally expected to be a standard tribute to Beijing Radio's 30th anniversary. But no, the important bit is that it's co-produced by CCTV6 (the movie channel), which used it for this MV tribute to all of the movies showing during this holiday period. As some fans have ironically stated, it's about the only place where you'll find these movies together in Love & Peace. XDXDXD<br /><br /><embed width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-l2wqw-x6B8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></embed><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=507110" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:506256Wandering Earth 2 Review2023-01-24T05:05:47Z2023-01-24T20:49:09Zpublic5Got to watch this in the theater today. Brought my mom and my cousin who was visiting us for CNY. Some thoughts...<br /><br />The good: <br /><br />- SFX is good, definitely on par with the <i>average</i> hollywood blockbuster; good to see the chinese movie industry getting this far. The space elevator scenes were cool. <br /><br />- Heartwarming moments were heartwarming. Teary moments appropriately teary. It could be that I'm part of the targeted demographic (ie chinese) for the storytelling. But it did hit the right emotions when needed for me.<br /><br />- I personally liked the attempt to be inclusive in the scope of the movie. Yes, the main focus were on the chinese heroes and their heroic moments, but that's just expected like we expect the americans to be the big damn heroes of american blockbusters. Aside from the main characters, there's certainly a better range of representation of nationalities, genders, languages... than many american shows (that make a big production of being diverse...)<br /><br />- A new appreciation for a certain MV. =P<br /><br />The meh:<br /><br />- While I, being fluent in english and chinese, found the movie to be very friendly to me in terms of language, I can understand that other people might have more difficulties. There's a lot of english speakers in it, so chinese audience would have to rely on the subtitles just as much as the english audience would have to for the chinese parts. Can lead to confusion for people who can't read fast enough. Not sure there's a solution to this issue though.<br /><br />The bad:<br /><br />- The plot...eh, I was aware of the silly premise that was already revealed in the first movie, so went into this with the brain turned off. And there are certainly a lot of plot holes, and lack of explaining a lot of stuff the story just takes for granted but makes you go "what, what about...". Then in addition to that, there's some convolutions to the plot. As it is, my mom walked out of the theater not having understood several core elements of the story and I had to explain it to her.<br /><br />- I had been reading other reviews that complained about the length, and I did feel the stress of sitting there for 3 hours (the last hour of which I was studiously trying to ignore the bathroom urge). There does seem to be some bits that I feel could have been chopped or simplified. Or maybe a shorter theatrical version and then a longer extended cut? That way you can sell it twice.<br /><br />Overall: 8 out of 10 maybe? Would like to watch it again (main struggle here is my paranoia of going outside while COVID is still lurking).<br /><br /><br />EDIT: Want to add my cousin's feedback on the movie...<br /><br />She liked it and felt it was better than a lot of American blockbuster movies she'd watched, in terms of SFX, theme, and drama. She definitely felt the distinctively chinese cultural differences in the movie, and felt it was new and interesting. For example the emphasis on family and community over the individual, and the focus of the sci-fi on megastructures and communal projects rather than the more western staple of starships/age of sail theme.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=506256" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:505962Wandering Earth II2023-01-17T03:59:17Z2023-04-22T20:03:32Zpublic6This is actually a prequel to Wandering Earth I, so not required to watch the first movie to get it.<br /><br />And...huh, it's opening in US theaters the same time as in China. (Well, actually a day later given timezones, but both on the 22nd!)<br /><br />Tickets: <a href="https://wellgousa.com/films/wandering-earth-ii">https://wellgousa.com/films/wandering-earth-ii</a><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zymRxNB.png"><br /><br />I feel...a little tempted to go watch. >.><br /><br />Because: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adcieMCh3Ho">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adcieMCh3Ho</a><br /><embed width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ULZkY7wXeQ8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></embed><br />We have guests coming on the 22nd though. So maybe the day after or so...<br /><br />EDIT: Just checked the seating availability online, and it does look like there's a lot of people actually prepaid to go see it on the first day!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=505962" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:478575Hilarious parody from Honest Trailers2019-06-05T00:53:00Z2019-06-05T00:53:00Zpublic1<a href="https://youtu.be/8T1toif1GRM?list=PL86F4D497FD3CACCE&t=269">From the entry on Mary Poppins</a><br /><br />Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride<br />A thermosetting plastic made by heating up zinc chloride<br />And don't forget to add a pinch of phenol formaldehyde<br />Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=478575" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:459088Star Trek Beyond review2016-11-05T23:49:51Z2016-11-18T22:42:24Zpublic3No I didn't watch this in the theater. And for once I didn't bootleg it either. =P I watched it for $3.99 on Google Movies. After, of course, having already thoroughly spoiled myself on the plot already, so I already knew going in that it was supposed to be more like a normal TOS episode than the previous two.<br /><br />And, y'know, I actually kinda liked it, as a Star Trek AU. And considering how much fanfic I read, I don't have anything against AUs in an of itself. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://tanithryudo.dreamwidth.org/459088.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=459088" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:455312Finally Saw CA:CW Yesterday...2016-05-29T18:32:14Z2016-05-31T05:41:06Zpublic4Yes it's good. It didn't disappoint even though I had fully spoiled myself on the plot before walking into the theater. (Aside: And a nice theater it was too; a new AMC at the New Park Mall which had large leather couches for seats, with an electronic foot rest. Nice.)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://tanithryudo.dreamwidth.org/455312.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=455312" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:455161The Sokovia Accords2016-05-16T19:12:09Z2016-05-16T19:13:56Zpublic2I still couldn't find anything online about the actual contents of the Accords aside from that one page which appeared in the trailers. I suppose it's a good idea not to show it so that movie watches wouldn't nitpick the thing to death instead of enjoying the movie itself, but still, that prevents me from nitpicking the thing to death. =P<br /><br />Also, it seems that even internally, Marvel <a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/15497-what-marvel-s-agents-of-shield-totally-got-wrong-about-civil-war">isn't very consistent about what the Accords do</a>. Pretty sure movie canon takes precedence over TV canon though.<br /><br />Anyway, I found <a href="http://thelegalgeeks.com/2016/05/10/why-the-sokovia-accords-are-unconstitutional/">this article</a> online which pretty much explains a lot of my feelings about what we do know of the Accords, better than I can. Of course, this would be in a realistic USA in a realistic universe...so of course that wouldn't include the MCU. -_-!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=455161" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:453238Hobbit BOFA extended scenes2015-10-30T19:43:45Z2015-10-30T20:24:22Zpublic0So it seems the extended DVD for Battle of Five armies is out. I've been going through the clips that have been uploaded to youtube to see if there's anything decent added to canon. They were mostly underwhelming, unfortunately. <br /><br />Also, no awesome combat scene for Thranduil *sadface*. Didn't bother to look at the extended Legolas vs Bolg scene - the Mario hop over the crumbling stone that made it into the theatrical release already obliterated my SOD for that sequence.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkgLCrjcyHo">WTF is this--?</a> - Helicopter seige...bolts, what? I'm pretty sure that's not possible..really? And...and the dwarven army lugged all of this seige over from the Iron Hills, like, overnight? Over two nights? And then they didn't bother to use them on the orcs/trolls? I'm...not going to accept this as canon. No. Someone's dipped too far into the sauce for fantasy CGI.<br /><br />Ok, <a href="https://youtu.be/gvAmVj-rA9M?t=870">this bit here</a> I can accept as canon, if only cuz it kills off that really annoying guy.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxulIRlN3yQ">Thorin's funeral</a> - no Elves or Men in attendance, really? Moar character assassination ho! Where's the frickin' moral of this story?! AAAUGH!!<br /><br />Ok, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktNA9Q-2Slc">this one</a> made me laugh. But, uh, why did Thranduil namedrop Ecthelion? The Battle of Five Armies took place in TA 2941, while Ecthelion became Steward of Gondor in TA 2953 (after the death of his father). At this point he's...not even a prince...just the heir to the Steward of Gondor. I mean, would he have cared to know Boromir's name circa LOTR?<br /><br />More <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jl134TK0Gk">White Council vs Nazgul</a> - I can't tell, is the flashing light when Elrond strikes the Nazgul coming from his hand/ring or from his sword?<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMP61fjPKhs">Beorn the bear cavalry</a> - Well at least he looks better than Lupin did in HP. *squints* I wish they actually put him up against one of the giant siege trolls instead of against random canon fodder though. Crushing a bunch of mooks doesn't really do much to establish your cred in fantasy land.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=453238" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:448120Avengers 2 review2015-05-25T01:29:26Z2015-05-25T01:41:46Zpublic5Finally saw the movie today. I actually went in with...fairly low expectations, so at least I was pleasantly surprised. If you treated it as a sequel to Avengers 1 and ignored all character development in IM 3 and Cap 2, it's a decent sequel. <br /><br />I would have liked to see the process of the team actually building up into the dynamics we're dropped into, but I guess team building would've required a separate plot all on its own and there was no way to squeeze it in without ruining the pace. Still, even a throwaway line about how long they've been working together as a team again would've helped the audience get a general idea of the background events since Cap 2.<br /><br />Also couldn't help but feel that Joss was trying to jerk around the fandom just for the purpose of jerking around the fandom rather than for the sake of a good story. The characterization of Clint and the giving him a family I feel was also his FU to the odd masses of Clint/Coulson shippers -- not that I minded this particular development for Clint, personally, since I wasn't one of those shippers. The real litmus test will come in the following Avengers films, to see if they'll kill that family off like they did in the Ultimates for the cheap shock value.<br /><br />The Nat/Bruce thing was a total waste of character development that could've been better spent elsewhere. They did such a good job staying away from making the strong female lead a romance focused role with Avengers 1, Cap 2, and the Peggy Carter series. Pity they blew it here. Also, the whole sterility = monster thing was just as horrible as everyone said it was. If that wasn't the message intended by the film, then your scriptwriters totally blew it.<br /><br />What I did like...<br /><br />Action scenes were pretty good. Didn't drag on for too long aside from the Hulkbuster one (that one was obviously pandering to the fanboys).<br /><br />Clint and Steve's interaction with the twins were good buildup.<br /><br />Steve had some really sassy lines and some really inspirational lines. As he's still my favorite, I liked. that. Also loved his scenes with Thor, the two make a really good pair on the battlefield. He also budged the hammer just a tiny bit... (my headcanon is that when the Bucky arc is finally over he might be able to lift it.)<br /><br />I also actually liked it that he didn't throw a fit at Tony over the Ultron thing, that he was only a little passive aggressive about it but still trusted Tony to be on the team afterwards. Most fangirls who project too much of themselves into fics tend to forget that as far as shown onscreen, Steve is more about doing what needs to be done than indulgent in melodrama. And that he's not an actually a closeminded asshole just because they want to make Tony a woobie. /rant<br /><br />Ultron and Vision weren't as bad as I feared they would turn out to be, which is good. Still a lot of hand-wavey about how it all happened but I'm going to just chalk all of it up to space magic.<br /><br />Some further thoughts and concerns...<br /><br />It's already somewhat evident that with the expanded cast, it's hard to squeeze in enough characterization for everyone. Even if they're permanently dropping Hulk from future Avengers movies, they are still accumulating major characters like whoa, which will make things even tougher in the next film. It's not that I want them to start axing more characters in the films until then...but I do wonder how they're going to handle it.<br /><br />There's not a lot of decent post-AoU fanfics, at least on AO3, period. Usually there's a glut right after the movie comes out. Even the Steve/Tony ships aren't drawing from it. Not sure what that means in terms of the fandom reaction to the movie...<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=448120" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:443462The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies2015-01-10T05:00:41Z2015-01-10T05:14:57Zpublic3So, I, uh, watched this on fast forward. Basically, skipped scenes that didn't have elves in it. I didn't have a lot of expectations going into the film since I've read all the spoilers and know what I was getting into. And yeah, no pleasant surprises. Ugh.<br /><br />Let's get the really obvious complaints out of the way.<br /><br />1. Pacing was horrible. As bad as the last one.<br /><br />Smaug. Dying barely past the opening credits. W. T. F.<br /><br />No further major battle scenes about 2/3rds of the way through in favor of Thorin's little corner of the field. I thought this thing was supposed to be about armies?<br /><br />2. Characterization was spotty.<br /><br />Galadriel. WTF was she supposed to be? Weakling who couldn't bear up under the Nine? Powerful enough to zap off Sauron? Was she going dark or something with all that black-lighting? Cuz that's what the colors give off.<br /><br />Tauriel. Ugh. Don't shoehorn in a female OC if you don't want her to be scrutinized. She was a horrible disappointment as a female character. She brought *nothing* to the table except a horrible romance that did not belong to this story. Also, threatened regicide (and kinslaying!). WTF. Did everyone forget this is supposed to be a Tolkien elf? Only thing she got right was not to get fridged.<br /><br />Legolas. Poor boy. Three extra movies and they still couldn't give him a memorable characterization that could stand out beyond the other major characters. *sigh*<br /><br /><br />Honestly, outside of some moments of coolness, there's not much that this movie has going for it. <br /><br />Anyways, the few things I liked:<br /><br />Elrond & Saruman swashbuckling duo. Surprisingly hypnotic dance combo. *cough*<br /><br />Thranduil. Awww, he's a good daddy; like, total and complete pushover when it comes to his son. Also, a pretty reasonable guy, and a decent king.<br /><br />Did those eagles airdrop in bear cavalry? Oh, I think that was supposed to be Beorn.<br /><br />And some of the fight scenes are nice. Too many of those builds up a tolerance unfortunately.<br /><br /><br />*sigh* I had such high hopes. Back before Hobbit 2 anyway. *shrug*<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=443462" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:443134Home Sweet Home2015-01-03T00:59:39Z2015-01-03T01:27:13Zpublic1Didn't actually get any sleep the last night in Auckland. Basically just tossed and turned for like 4 hours. We flew first to Sydney and then waited for another 4 hours for our connecting flight to LAX. Not sure why they can't just have us fly directly from NZ to the US but I'm guessing it is probably due to group rates. I didn't get any sleep on that flight, but did manage to catch maybe an hour's nap during the wait.<br /><br />The international flight from Sydney to LAX was supposed to be about 12+ hours in duration. I watched two in flight movies (Qantas international has a pretty big list to pick from) - Guardians of the Galaxy and Inglorious Basterds. Then I think I must have slept about 5+ hours, which is pretty good, even if I missed the 'midnight' ice cream snack they served.<br /><br />As an aside for the movies, they were kinda meh to be honest. GotG didn't really grab me, and I thought the male lead way too cliche. Inglorious Basterds reminds of a revenge fanfic; I didn't get what's so great about it that has so many authors on AO3 lauding it.<br /><br />Anyway, the connecting flight from LAX to SFO was much tighter in schedule. We were lucky that the checkout was quick (they didn't even collect my customs declaration form, which is kinda a WTF after the interrogation in NZ), and the check-in wasn't too bad. We managed to get through everything in like 1.5 hours and just 15-20 mins before the boarding. <br /><br />The flight to SFO was uneventful, as was the BART ride afterwards. One the "same day" that we left NZ, as a matter of fact, due to crossing the international date line. (Hm...looking over the timestamps of previous entries, it seems that IJ used the US Pacific Time for all of them even though I posted them from AU/NZ. Ah well, don't think it would be worth the bother to manually change them all.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=443134" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:435449X-Men: Days of Future Past2014-06-09T20:12:08Z2014-06-10T02:10:19Zpublic3Saw this the past weekend. It was ok, I guess. <br /><br />Is it just me or did Fassbender...gain weight? I initially thought they got a new actor for Magneto, before the end credits rolled.<br /><br />Alas, not so much interactions/chemistry between (young) Charles and Eric this time, which is kinda a let down from my expectations after XMFC. I guess fanfic has spoiled me too much. There was slightly more feeling between old Charles & Erik, but they didn't get enough screen time together. (Which is a shame. C'mon... it's Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen). <br /><br />Some WTF moments and thoughts...<br /><br />* How long did it take Trask to build them demo robots? Long enough for Eric to find out where they're manufactured and follow the train to DC; for Charles to fly back from Paris, then fly to DC; for Kitty to...not die of blood loss in the future? He built a dozen giant flying robots in like...2 days? With 70s tech? Man, Tony Stark must be crying a few universes over.<br /><br />* They...did they kill off Emma, Sean, & Alex off screen? WTF? I mean, the boys you might be able to explain away as getting drafted for Vietnam. But Emma?<br /><br />* Ok so Mystique picked up past!Wolvie at the end in Strycker's guise. But...doesn't that mean in the new timeline, Wolvie is never experimented on by Weapon X and never gets metal claws?<br /><br />* Post-credits tag shows Apocalypse, so I guess they are doing another sequel? Is this going to still be with young Eric/Charles in the 80s/90s? Or in the new "future". It seems weird to me since this movie feels really a lot like closure for the storyline begun in XMFC. They could've put a "The End" at the end and it would've felt complete. *shrug*<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=435449" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:434833Ramblings from a fangirl (Exalted/MCU)2014-05-08T18:57:47Z2014-05-09T21:27:27Zpublic0So I have been reading a lot of Worm fanfics on the Spacebattles Creative Writing forum. A lot of the best crossover fics I've seen have been with the Exalted RPG. The discussions on those threads invariably get inundated by Exalted game mechanics, so I've learned more about those than I've wanted to.<br /><br />Anyway, so then I was watching CA:TWS. And throughout the movie, I kept thinking - My god, Cap is such a <a href="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?124338-Exalted-Zenith-concepts-why-can-t-I-come-up-with-one/page3">Zenith</a> (Exalted "sub-class" for the Solar "class"). He would make a great Exalt expy. And then afterwards I ran a google search to see if any Exalt games/fans have tried to create a character sheet for Cap and came across <a href="http://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/main-category/exalted/110443-captain-america-winter-soldier">this discussion</a>. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://tanithryudo.dreamwidth.org/434833.html#cutid1">So anyway my imagination runs away with me...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />EDIT: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gn9c3uC7FgpbX8mFxTrSQa_5KmS9fmWaNX-StB_5WCs/edit">For my own reference</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=434833" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:434572Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014-04-27T06:19:23Z2014-10-14T20:41:35Zpublic6First, let's get my squeeing out of the way. I absolutely LOVED this movie. Love <3<3<3!!! I went into the theater with high expectations. I was not disappointed. It ticked ALL of my likes. Cap, you are my favorite superhero evar!! <3<3<3<br /><br />*cough* *ahem*<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://tanithryudo.dreamwidth.org/434572.html#cutid1">Attempted coherency...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />There's other stuff I loved, but the above covers most of the big things. <br /><br />Incidentally, <a href="http://hellotailor.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/captain-america-winter-soldier-part-1.html">this</a> <a href="http://hellotailor.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/captain-america-winter-soldier-review.html">reviewer's</a> <a href="http://hellotailor.blogspot.de/2014/04/captain-america-winter-soldier-tragedy.html">posts</a>? I agree with all of it. ^_^<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=434572" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:429638The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2014-01-01T20:15:36Z2014-02-06T19:46:31Zpublic6So I saw The Hobbit (Part 2) lately, and found I do have some stuff to say about it.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://tanithryudo.dreamwidth.org/429638.html#cutid1">spoilers ahoy</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=429638" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-29:1864904:427368Movie Review - Thor 22013-12-16T00:32:20Z2014-01-29T17:21:14Zpublic1Saw Thor 2 today. I liked it, better than Thor 1 actually. Maybe it's because I didn't have high expectations going in this time, or maybe because there's less emphasis on Loki (I still don't get the fandom's obsession with him... OK I get the why, I just don't feel it myself).<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://tanithryudo.dreamwidth.org/427368.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tanithryudo&ditemid=427368" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments