Movies and Games and Such

Alright, first off, Yes, in case you are still unaware I do have GTA IV. I have been playing it, it is fun. Note that I have no urges to go out and drive like an idiot, steal cars or shoot people. The evils of the video game have not yet got me. I must say that it looks really amazing, and the soundtrack and such is cool. I preferred the music from Vice City, but the Russian Punk station is cool.

Next off we'll launch into the movie category. I have seen several this weekend. Friday night I was going to see Iron Man, but since the jackalopes unplugged the theater I ended up seeing 3:10 to Yuma, which was a good movie. It seems there have been a lot of westerns coming out lately. Anyhow, I'm not sure that it is worth buying, but it was a good movie to watch.

Then yesterday I rented some movies and watched a couple. First off was Alien vs. Predator Requiem. I can say that I'm glad I didn't see it in the theater. It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't all that impressive either. So yeah.

Then was Charlie Wilson's War, which I thought was really good. I think that will be one that I will end up owning. I am kinda interested now in looking into it a bit more and seeing how the movie differs from actual events and the like.

We went back to the theater and saw Iron Man which was really cool. Probably one of the best movies adapted from a comic book that I've seen. Also the whole thing was a big AFMC commercial. Which was kinda cool to see.

And then today I ended up watching The Kingdom, which was interesting. It was good. Its one that I had heard was good from a number of people, so I ended up watching it.

Finally this weekend I watched Transformers. Yes, I had not seen it until today and I have to say, I really wasn't impressed. I mean, the CG looked good and all. But with everything that I had heard about the movie I felt kinda let down. It just wasn't all that good. So yeah, definitely not one that I would end up owning.

And now into upcoming movies. In case it was unclear to anyone, I am excited to see the new Indy movie. They had a new preview of it before Iron Man and I was quite excited. Also they had a new preview for the Dark Knight, which I'd also like to see. Oh, and then there is Get Smart.

As for video games there is the Lego Indiana Jones game coming out which I plan on getting and the Force unleashed. Perhaps that new Guitar Hero business as well.

Keyboards

Ok, so I want to get a new keyboard. My top priority is to get one with media controls. Every time that I end up using my laptop and then switch back to the desktop I want to have those skip and pause buttons. The volume is nice but mostly skip and pause is what I want to have. If I can pull off that I'd also like to get one of the ergonomic keyboards, kinda split and all.

Also I've been looking at those fingerprint readers for the computer. It would be really cool. I nearly picked up one the other day. However right now most of my money is being diverted from toys, so I didn't end up getting it.

Anyhow, its been a movie weekend, played a little GTA IV. So far since the weekend started I have seen 3:10 to Yuma, Alien vs. Predator Requiem, and Charlie Wilson's War. As long as the theater is actually working tonight I'll be watching Iron Man and then I also have The Kingdom and Transformers rented, so I am planning on watching them as well.

I'm sure that there will a post later on this weekend about all these movies, so I will let you wait till then.

GTA IV

Ok, I did get the game at midnight. I've gotten to play it. It looks amazing. No, I have not gotten to spend hours on end with the game, but it is really cool. Reading more and more about it, it is a very extensive work of art. Any how, I know I've done a bunch of short posts, at some point I'd like to be able to sit down and do some long ones too. But until then, I wish you all well.