Last Month's Movies: "Oh, You Vampire of the Soul..."

Just got back from my company's holiday party. Yes, our holiday party is in March. It makes sense, okay? Anyway, while I munch my Taco Bell cinnamon twists, here's some movies.

Last Month's Movies: "Someone Else?"

Thank goodness I pre-write these. Some nights I get home and can barely stay awake long enough to write the intro and copy-paste the review. Tonight is one of those nights... On an unrelated note, I really want to buy a PS4, and though I have the money for it, still feel guilty about even considering it. Very torn.

Cool Stuff Sunday: "Movie Posters, Fat Hamlets, and... A Weird Dark Souls Video?"

It's Sunday! Do you know what that means? Do you REALLY? I mean, besides that I'm unwashed, unshaven, and unslept, and that I'm shouting words at you via internet text medium thing. No, I don't mean that I'm going to have delicious bacon and maybe eggs if I'm not too lazy. No, I don't mean that tomorrow's Monday. I mean that it's time for COOL STUFF SUNDAY! WOO!

First up, apparently Hamlet might have been fat? I don't know that I believe this, since "fat" could also mean "out of shape" but not "corpulent to the point of morbid obesity." But that's up to you to decide.

Slipcovers for every animated Disney movie. They're pretty cool.

A bunch of hi-res movie posters without the text. Also pretty cool.

A glimpse behind the curtain of movie-making.

This YouTube video about Ornstein and Smough from Dark Souls... I don't even.

German messers aren't technically swords, but they're totally swords.

This blog here analyzes depictions of dinosaurs for lord knows what reason, and it's pretty cool.

Oh, hey. This dude does Lego stop motion of stuff like Fallout, and it's cool.

Disparate Gazes: Camera Styles in Hamlet

A security camera’s viewfinder frames the empty hallway. Cautiously, a guard trudges down the corridor. The camera pans to track him. After setting the stage in the castle’s night-emptied halls, we are introduced to Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus using an over-the-shoulder shot which operates almost as a fourth person eavesdropping on the trio. As the three men huddle together, their retelling of the previous night’s events is interrupted by an abrupt switch to a first-person handheld shot. This viewpoint stalks slowly towards the murmuring group, who quickly turn in terror, shying away from the unseen arrival. Horatio stammers out a command to speak, but the apparition—Hamlet Senior’s ghost—ignores him and departs. Once again the point of view switches abruptly, back to the security camera. Three men stand together, terrified, in an empty hallway. 

5/4/13 Reviews: WHY LORD WHY?

Hello, world. Welcome to the first review collection here at Geekery and Madness. Below, you will find short little dissections of whatever I've managed to read/watch/whatever over the last week (a little more, since my internet was down.) And for those who are new to my reviewing style, there are three "grades": Yeh, Meh, and Neh. Yeh is for things I enjoyed wholeheartedly. Meh is for things that were okay, but nothing special, things that could have reached Yeh status, but had one too many flaws. Neh, obviously, is bad. As in, don't waste your time bad. Sometimes other ratings will show up, but those are the main three. Now! On to reviewing!