Movie Review (By Cinco)

From independant director, Glen Tennis. Comes the the next hit family film, The Pillgrums. Starring everyone's favorite Grumster, Grum! This film takes us back to the days of the Mayflower and the Indians, as we follow the exploits of Grum.

The Pillgrums: 3/5

Topic: Should "Traditional Art"Medias be replaced with "Digital Art" Medias.

Art should never be phased out for a new medium, they should coexist like hamburgers and hotdogs.

What is Beauty?

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion"

-Francis Bacon

Crit-Eek Me: Childs Drawing

 "And we're not little children
and we know what we want.
And the future is certain
give us time to work it out."
-Road to Nowhere, Talking Heads

Art Review: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.

109 years after the end of World War III, The super computer "AM". Has killed off all of humanity, leaving only 5 strangers alive to torture for his own pleasure. Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" is short but memorable story that plays heavily on morality and the human psyche. The story is told from the point of view from one of the unlucky survivors Ted, arguably the "sanest" of the group as the others have either lost sight of what they were or in the case of another character Benny, has lost all of his past self and his humanity after being turned into a beast of horrors. The story does a great job of putting you in the place of Ted as he experiences the grotesque events unfold.

Its hard to explain more without giving away most of the good parts. But the short story is a definite good read if your looking for something different and interesting.

http://www.surfturk.com/endoftheworld/ihavenomouth.html

Crit Meh: Fernando the Great (rough sketch)

"Let me fall out the window
With confetti in my hair
Deal out jacks or better
On a blanket by the stairs
I'll tell you all my secrets
But I lie about my past
So send me off to bed forever more"
- Tom Waits, Tango Till They're Sore

Violence:"Murder Simulators"

I found this graph to be a bit interesting considering the amount of controversy these titles stirred. I guess the moral guardians may be a bit off about video games causing violence.

Art Review: Paranoia xp

"Are you unhappy, citizen? May I be of assistance? The Computer is your friend."

Paranoia XP is another instalment of the beloved role-playing series. Players take the role of troubleshooters, an "elite" (heavy quotations on elite) group of secret police living in the Dystopia Utopia of Alpha Complex. Players must complete objectives from the beloved caretaker of Alpha Complex, The Computer (AKA The giant eye ball on the big screen). Battling mutants, commies, and the most dangerous enemy of all Mutant Commies. Players themselves must also hide their secret identities of being mutants and/or being a part of a secret society devoted to taking control of Alpha Complex. Players are encouraged to lie, cheat, and betray help and work together with

their friends at the best opportunity, hence the name Paranoia.
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Gamemasters must use the players as toys, to be beaten with a stick and given a treat afterward for their determination and creativity. Gamemasters are all knowing  and are never to be questioned by the players, players should never know the rules and should be punished for use of tactics, meta-gaming, or strategy in games.

All in all Paranoia xp is a fun twisted time that will entertain most any gameing groups as long as they can deal with the implausibility and chaos of it.

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Paranoia xp: 5/5

Crit Me: Seal Beta

AP is watching you

Art Review: The Fly (1986)

On the flip-side, while the original was a mystery and a bit more subtle. David Cronenberg's version takes a new view on the story, turning it into a tragedy and more of a monster flick, which is a good take on the story, rather than just doing a shot by shot remake or just recycling the same story. There are some simularities, the same setup of "scientist mutates with fly" is still there. But instead of a sudden and dramatic change right away, were given a slower but still horrific metamorphasis as we see the main character Seth Brundle ( played by Jeff Goldblum) slowly loses his humanity and changes into something new.

The Fly 4/5