While I'll declare aspirations of achieving greatness - whether it be through my job, pointless ramblings, or my website - I am, at heart, a hopeless geek. Happy with what I got, but content to vehemently complain about it all, I've been drifting through life for the last few years. However, while I'm not complaining or achieving anything, I've been known to spend much of my time with my books, my films, and my videogames, yet within these three fields I have a difficult time trying to conform with 'the masses' opinions. With books I tend to prefer my speculative fiction - something that plays with, and often breaks down, many barriers... so yes, that means all you buggers who rate The Da Vinci Code can bugger off. Film wise I enjoy something with plenty of strong characterisation, regardless of genre. For example: Crash (the more recent, racism-tackling one); Batman Begins; House of Flying Daggers. Recently I have become totally obsessed with Corpse Bride. Damn that film leaves me feeling so uplifted. With the videogame side of things, it'll be easier to list some favourites: Prince of Persia (all three of the newer series); Ninja Gaiden; Lumines; Street Fighter 3: Third Strike; King Of Fighters; Shadow of Colossus; Rez, Shenmue... I like my 'pure' experience. So yeah. ..
Anyone interesting.
How fuckin' sweet is Serenity? Damn, it's exactly what a sci-fi movie should be, and it still upsets me that the series preceding it (Firefly) was cancelled.
Batman, Geese Howard, Urien, Iori Yagami, Kyo Kusunagi, Chip-Zanuff, Ryu Hayabusa, Akira (of Virtua Fighter), King (of KOF, not Tekken), Venom, Akuma, Elena, Faust, Terry Bogard, Rock Howard, Maki, Freeman, Gato, The Joker. Man, I could go on. Who needs 'real' heroes, anyway? Oh, and a game with them all would be stunning.