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[jdotmi]

Administration:
Happy belated birthday to uberspoon!

Shopping:
So, we just had Employee Appreciation weekend. I made three trips to the store during it. I spent over $400 after a 40% (20% on DVDs) discount.

We aren't buying anything until September. :-p Food. Gas. That's about it.

Picked up a book for satyr_mi and a book for margaras last night on my way home. Cheapest trip yet. :-p

My loot from the event?

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide - Volume 3" - Guide to seasons 5 through 7
Sailor Moon R - Second season, Japanese with subtitles
"The Complete Divine" - Overpriced splatbook
"Expanded Psionics Handbook" - Overpriced steroid abusing splatbook

I could almost count Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seasons 6 and 7 with my loot, but they're more for satyr_mi. I liked DS9 (and Next Generation), but it's not really something I can sit down and watch in large chunks like, oh, say, Buffy. :-p

City of Heroes:
I took the weekend off of CoH. O_O This is dangerous. Normally if I take a break from an MMORPG, I never go back. :-p I'll play tonight, though. I want to get Kung Ru to 25, but that requires eating through 5 bubbles of debt with no missions. :-p It's like level 19, but without Clockwork. :-p

Entertainment:
So, what did I do if not CoH you ask? Simple. I watched every episode of Sailor Moon R. :-p Every. Single. One. Yeah, I'm insane like that. I also watched Spiderman again...

Friday night, after meeting dianak at Borders, we even headed off to watch Spiderman 2! We both agreed that one of the fight sequences alone was worth the price of General Admission.

I've still got one more showing of Spiderman 2 to attend. :-p Provided carebear_flare and I can work out a time for it. :-p Then I will be content to wait for it's arrival on DVD before watching it again. ^_^

satyr_mi is going to kill me over this, methinks. ^_^

Worky Worky:
My right bicep is all wonky from bringing soda and water into work. Four six-packs of 24oz bottles. Bicep no likey me for that. I'm such a wimp. :-p So typing is fun. I can't really lift my arm off the desk without it complaining that I was insane to carry that many bottles on one arm from the middle of our large parking lot into the office and into my cubicle area. :-p

Comments

[ex-nomoresci293.livejournal.com]

I've seen Spidey 2 twice now and need to see it again, but because it was SO GOOD I don't know if I can go back and watch Spidey 1 ever again.

Which fight scene was your favorite? For me, it's a toss up between "Aunt Mae" and "Clock Tower/Subway". I really enjoyed (and was completely horrified by) the "Hospital" scene, which was probably the most horrific thing I've ever seen in a comic book movie ever. (The only thing I can think of that comes close is the Joker saying "wait'll the get a load of me!")

Trek vs. Buffy. I totally understand.

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

I can watch Spiderman over and over again without issue. It's a great movie. Spiderman 2 is the better of the two, yes, but it doesn't make me never want to watch the original again.

The train fight was worth the price of general admission. :-p The Hospital scene was scary once, but is too over the top on repeated viewings. As are several of the "Let's have a stupid woman run directly at the camera screaming her fool head off or have the camera run directly at her" moments. Went a little too far into the camp of some of the director's other works.

[ex-nomoresci293.livejournal.com]

I was originally annoyed with the women screaming at the camera but now I think it's just fun. The hospital scene IS over the top, which is why I like it. I guess we can like this movie for different reasons, which is what makes this movie great!

I'll try watching Spidey 1 again. It did have it's moments. The balcony scene with Mary Jane was fun and it's always good to see Macy Gray every so often...

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

My problem with the "camp" is that it seemed decidedly out of place with the rest of the movie. There are campy moments in the first one, but they aren't quite as over the top as in the second one. The second one had campy moments that made me think I was watching a Joxer episode of Xena. If an entire scene played out that way it would be great, but it's this random interjection of "OHMYGOD IT'S A SUPERVILLAIN!! AIEEEEEE!" in the middle of an otherwise somewhat serious dramatic/fight scene that, well, made me roll my eyes. :-p

But the story and the action sequences? Fucking awesome!

[ex-nomoresci293.livejournal.com]

I agree with the second part. I liked the screaming even though it was out of place. I even liked the parts with the girls who were swooning over Spidey every time he swung by. It was a bit dumb but I liked it anyway....cause a really great special FX shot usually followed.

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't mind the swooning girls, because it mostly fit. Okay, it was way silly with them crowding around Aunt May after the bank sequence, but still. :-p

[ex-nomoresci293.livejournal.com]

I loved that part. It made me laugh even though everyone else was groaning. If I saw Spidey swing by, I'd probably swoon too!! (...although I am much more a 'fan' of Beast and Colossus...but that's a whole other discussion...)

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

If I saw a superhero, any superhero, go whizzing by my head, I'd be bee-lining for the nearest bomb shelter. They've always got supervillains on their heels.

[ex-nomoresci293.livejournal.com]

Realistically speaking, you are right. But part of me would be too amazed to do anything but swoon.