The latest episode of The Round Table has been posted. This time out, Chuck Tinsley and Lonnie Ezell from the excellent Dragon’s Landing podcast join Mick Bradley and Chris Miller around the table to discuss incorporating the monomyth and mythical archetypes into table-top roleplaying games.
Go download the show or take 2d12+4 points of damage from my Gaze of Nerdly Disapproval!
Acres of style, but very little substance. The Spirit is all over the place: campy, serious, and everywhere in between. Eva Mendes is little more than empty-calorie eye candy; Samuel L. Jackson is clearly having fun but even that isn't enough to redeem this dud.
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Flashy, violent and physics-defying tale of a fraternity of secret assassins. An entertaining watch with a very familiar feel if you've watched director Timur Bekmambetov's Night Watch and Day Watch.
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Some films just don't stand the test of time, and Enter the Ninja is one of them. Fight sequences that once were top-notch now seem awkward and anti-climactic, and the plot is stolen from every Chuck Norris movie ever made.
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Hidden beneath the titillation and gore is a subtle, complex and surprisingly rich cautionary tale about the dangers of...oh, who am I kidding? This movie is utter trash and proud of it.
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Laura says that the big problem with Get Smart is that it gets too hung up on having a plot. As weird as it sounds, I tend to agree.
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I’ll take my chances.
So the pallor of death has been removed from your countenance?
The pallor has been removed, though my ears are still blocked and I believe there’s fluid in them. Probably not pleasant fluid, either.