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Our Adventures: Halo: Reach beta impressions
As some of you may know, the beta for one of this fall’s most anticipated releases, Halo: Reach opened to the masses (at least the masses who bought Halo 3: ODST and received a code for the beta) a little over a week ago. I’ve been playing a decent amount of the beta since then and thought I’d fill you in on some of the new features and how they work.
Author: Cody
Our Adventures: Lost – “The Candidate”
Jesus, that was the most heart-wrenching death in the history of the show. I didn’t think anything could top Charlie’s, but watching Sun and Jin kiss each other, and then when their hands, wedding rings in view, finally lost the strength to cling to each other…that one scene redeemed a relationship that hadn’t been interesting for a couple years now. And at first I was really pissed that the writers were going to rob us of that final bleak thought by not having it be the last scene of the episode, but I think it worked even better when we saw Hurley and Jack break down crying, especially Hurley. It was just so touching, which only makes it more infuriating that they felt the need to throw some stupid ass cliff-hanger (Focke going to “finish what [he] started,” presumably Desmond). Sometimes I feel like there are so many questions to answer and so little time that Season 6 rushes by these beautiful character moments that were so characteristic of earlier seasons. But really, that was a very powerful scene between the Kwons, who are now resting at the bottom of the sea (guess they’re not Adam and Eve). Just wish they spent more time in the sub and less time using crappy CGI from the outside.
Author: CodyOur Adventures: Lost – “The Last Recruit”
Two weeks in a row the writers slap their fans of six years in the face with some pathetic “answer” delivered through casual conversation. It’s seriously getting a little ridiculous now. It’s nice to know that Smokey was taking the form of Christian (at least when Jack first saw him on the Island…Christian’s off-Island appearances still aren’t explained), but the matter-of-fact delivery of this information makes me wish the writers would just leave everything as a mystery so we the viewers can decide for ourselves. The writers are almost talking down to us at this point and it detracts from the quality of the show. Frankly, the majority of the dialogue in Season 6 has been sub-par and a bit forced. Not a whole lot of it feels like the natural character development of previous seasons. But now that that rant’s out of the way…
Author: CodyOur Adventures: Lost – “Everybody Loves Hugo”
Well, I’ll try to assess this episode as best as I can but my mind has sort of been occupied with some family matters today, so I don’t know how great of an analysis I can give. But I’ll start by saying that I hooted with joy when that bitch Illana got a face full of dynamite.
Author: CodyOur Adventures: Lost – “Happily Ever After”
That’s what I’m talkin’ about brotha! I think we’ve finally entered the home stretch where every episode is going to be epic in some way or another. But yeah, “Happily Ever After.” You can always count on Des to deliver a great episode. It was certainly one of the more cryptic episodes in the show’s entire run, but I also feel like it could be one of the most dense and telling ones as well. To me, at least 75% of the lines spoken tonight felt like they had some deeper double meaning. This episode shall require re-viewing.
Author: CodyOur Adventures: Lost – “Ab Aeterno”
Before I get into anything I’d just like to say that I’m writing this a few hours later than I usually do, so the episode isn’t quite as fresh in my memory. Sorry ’bout that. But anyways, it was a pretty darn good episode. I don’t think it was nearly as mind-blowing as it should have been, but Richard’s personal story was more interesting than most, even if they did try to recapture the magic of “The Constant” at the end and failed.
Author: CodyOur Adventures: Lost – “Recon”
You know how despite it’s rarity, the Recon armor in Halo 3 is just a superficial skin that adds nothing of substance to the game? Well, that’s how I feel about this latest episode of Lost. I mean, it’s not like it was necessarily bad, it was just utterly pointless filler.
Author: CodyOur Adventures: Lost – “Dr. Linus”
At several points during tonight’s episode I was on the verge of calling it the worst of the season, but by the end of it, they managed to handle everything in such a way that I’d probably label it the best of Season 6 so far. Michael Emerson is clearly one of the most talented actors on this show and it’s always great to see a character-driven episode with him in it.
Author: CodyOur Adventures: My thoughts on Shadow Complex and the Just Cause 2 Demo
Not Just Cause 2, in case you were wondering.
Yeah, I’m doing two impressions in one post. That’s just the way we jerry-rig things together here at InsaneBear. You got a problem with that, punk? That’s what I thought. Now onto my very valuable personal opinions!
Author: CodyOur Adventures: Lost – “Sundown”
Well, I’m officially getting sick of analyzing these every week, because it just makes it all the more disappointing when an episode doesn’t deliver. “Sundown” was exciting enough, but for the love of God, DO NOT PROMISE ANSWERS IN THE PROMOS IF NONE WILL BE REVEALED! Seriously, I can’t think of one question that was answered in this episode. If I were a writer for Lost, I would advise my cohorts from cramming every big revelation into the final month of the season. Unfortunately, though, I am not a writer for the show, and that seems to be the road they’re going down.
Author: Cody
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