The Realm of Cluefire is my blog i use to talk about things i like and review anything i want
Saturday, January 29, 2011
TF Review HFTDTerradive
This review is a tryout for other figure reviews such as gundam, transformers, figuarts and others.So I am reviewing Hunt for the Decepticons Terradive. Terradive is a jet based on the Sukhoi SR-47. now in the jet mode is a variant of the cockpit, one is translucent orange and what I believe to be the variant a semi-translucent red cockpit. The jet colors are mostly orange with a black tip of the jet that forms two black lines going down the jet to the tail fins and white wings tips. The transformation is pretty easy when you know how to transform it but at first there is one step that if you can not figure out it can mess up the body entirely. I would recommended the instructions for one then you can do it with out them. The robot mode is really nice looking, there is no kibble on it what so ever. Though I am not a fan of the chest due to how bulky it seems and how easy it is to mess up. The head is a very good sculpt but the light piping is clear and the eyes are painted red so when you shine the light though you see red with the regular light coming out of the edges. The arms are very good in look and articulation but mine seems a little tight when you move the arm away from the body, on the right shoulder is a 3 mm clip so it can hold the other weapons and Terradives weapon. The body is really nice but due to the transformation there is a small gap between the chest and back. The legs are very good and simple in transformation, the feet seem reversed to me where the black heel should be the foot while the white part is the heel but since it is the white part is the foot I feel like it breaks up the black and grey on the legs. The winds on the legs are a nice way to use the legs but on the right leg the wing on mine likes to pop out no matter how hard I press. The weapon is a trident which can fold up and placed on the underside of the jet and since it uses the 3mm clip and a clip on the back there are multiple ways to hold the weapon. The only con I have with the trident which is the side points of the trident is not that secure and does not plug in the well when the top is pulled down and the trident does feel really brittle. So overall Terradive is a very well done figure with a few problems but they can be overlooked so I give Terradive a 9 out of 10
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Theory on time travel and paradox's
My theory on time travel is that time can only move forward, so when someone goes back in time, they actually go to a parallel world/universe where the time they want to go back to is the present in that world but since time has passed in the world they left they cant go back so if they go foreword in time they go foreword in that worlds time line instead of the world they left. This theory helps solve a lot of the problems with time travel such as paradox's. Now if you don't know a paradox's are things that can not exist because it leads to contradictions and defies logic and reason such as the grandfather paradox where if you go back in time and become your own grandfather so therefore you can not be born so therefore you could not go back in time etc but there are some stories such as -all you zombies- which is a favorite of mine where a number a paradox's occur where a single girl becomes her own mother father daughter. now i love the concept of paradox's because they show that almost anything is possible if you are willing to risk everything such as the universe or your reality could change and you would not even know it and accept as reality.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Ultraman episode 1
I just watched the first episode of the 1966 series Ultraman and well it was interesting. There were a couple interesting effects such as the underwater sub and it's missiles having rocket thrusters and when the main hero's ship goes flying, it looks like someone pulled the ships string and it went flying but the one effect i could not take was that almost every shot of Ultraman was a shot that could be considered dirty or a crotch shot and his face, now I never really liked the ultraman faces because they look too cross-eyed to me. I dont mind the karate chop hand beam thing I don't know the name but for a first episode it kind of dragged and the dub was not as funny as I thought it would and surprisingly the sub was funnier then the dub. As a series I can not say if it is good or not after a episode but as a first episode I felt like it was a bit slow and the final fight of the episode just seems dirty and sexual with the holds and grunts but I guess the fight was a good one so I give the first episode, a 7/10
Monday, January 10, 2011
Thoughts on Stolen Voices Buried Secrets
While watching American Chopper on tlc I saw a advertisement for this new show Stolen Voices Buried Secrets. The main plot of this show is basically your average csi show were they go over the case with interviews of the cops and family of the victim but the main twist for this show is that you get the narration and thoughts from the victim. While watching this show I thought it had a interesting concept but after the show ended, I had a HUGE problem with the show. When they found out who the killer was and why he did it was my main problem on this show. He explains that he asked he out and she rejected him and that i did not have a problem with because as he says he lost it but the main problem is that he says she pushed him when she rejected him, so that got me to thinking what makes this show different is not the narration of the victim but it is a show all about perception. Like every show before it they have interviews with the family and friends which of course their views are going to be biased due how close they were. But they do not show if she was really like that, which is just like all other kinds of csi type shows but she could have been the girl that is rude and snobby to people. So why do I think that she was this type of girl because they show her as a innocent girl who could do no wrong that lives in a small town who worked at a pool where her body was found, now the guy said he had hit on her and she rejected him but what could have happened is that she could have been rude and made fun of him all the time with her friends or without is up to you but maybe he put up with it because he liked her and after she rejected him she could have made fun of him some more and even the guy says she pushed him and that's where he lost it, and to me that makes perfect sense because of the show. They act like she was pure and innocent and yet the viewer or anybody would not know any better and especially how her narration acts and with her tone becoming mean and nasty they show that he admits he did it and she says that her murderer could not look at the pictures they had of her body and how disgusted he was now in the video his head was in his hands as he was crying so to me that shows it is not his fault entirely and she could have been the cause of her own murder and yet they act like she was innocent and he was a cold ruthless killer who got life. so that's my main problem with this show it only shows the view of the victim and their family and friend and a few with cops, now i know they cant interview him and only get one side of the story. Will I try to watch it again, maybe just to see if they do it again or try to show both sides, so who knows. Overall I give this show a 3/10.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Review: Gundam 00 the movie Awakeing of the trailblazer ( Thoughts while watching)
Gundam 00 the movie Awaking of the trailblazer was what it said it was in the title with two major character developments for a lot of the minor characters getting a little more flushed out but the main subplot was just as the title says it shows the awaking of the trailblazer as Sestsuna deals with his newly awoken powers as a innovator. but it almost feels like the attacking force of the gls metal is more of the subplot then Sets una learning how to deal with his powers, but the main problem with that is that now that Setsuna has the powers of a innovator, everyone acts like he should have the answers for every little thing . but there were parts of the main plot that were very cool and surprising at the same time such as the return of Lockon using the Dynames of one scene which i dont know why he did not just use the Zabanya. The second shocking return was the return somewhat of ribbons but he was at the same time not Ribbons, the best way to put it is think of the t2 terminator from the second terminator movie with out the shape shifting.I really like the introduction of the Raphael gundam which saves Setsuna from being killed by the els metal but it was nice to see the 00raiser getting a damaged if not just a lost limb or so instead of being this all powerful suit though it is the condenser type,though I am not a fan of how it is revealed that Tieria is alive in a body,i think he would have worked better as a hologram controlling the Raphael from afar.But sadly the Raphael kind of got screwed since Tieria self destructed to save Setsuna again.One character that confuses me is that the scientist that is Billy's love interest, Meena looks a little like Nena Trinity and acts a little like her but if i remember right Nena was not a innovator or innovades. The introduction of the braves was a very nice touch with Graham leading the charge.The relationship between Sestuna and Graham having a somewhat Goku and Vegteta relationship where Sestuna keeps getting stronger and Graham is always trying to surpass him. The els metal as a enemy is a good idea since they are a mix of the t2 from terminator and nanobots, so they can take the shape of anything they kill. there are three main problems I have with awaking of the trailblazer, one Marina did absolute shit in this movie at least in the show she first was a love interest to Setsuna and then she to be Lacus from Gundam Seed where she tried to get peace though music which made the 00raiser into a giant music box. but in the movie she did shit. the second problem i have is the death of Graham, even though his death was a kamikaze to open the core to Setsuna, i felt his death was wasted because anyone could have done that, they could have kept the Raphael around a little longer and used the self destruct then but instead the relationship between Graham and Setsuna has been wasted and the final problem i have with this movie is the ending. In my opinion it makes no sense after Setsuna enters the core and saw what happened to the els metal home world Setsuna and hologram Tieria decide to go to the home planet and after they use the quantam burst to teleport there,the els metal stop and in place where the Quanta was is a giant flower and the movie ends with a happy ending i guess? But what was the point of adding the two well three love subplots in the series. Marina became more of a friend to Setsuna and Feldt,... after the ending i have no damn clue what was going on with Feldt but they just had to add in Mileina as a love subplot for Tieria which i dont get considering how Tieria had a huge man crush on lockon in the first season and is now a computer program basically. so i have to give the movie a 7/10 maybe a 7.5/10 for the designs of the mobile suits and the funny gundam movie in the gundam movie and with Saji crying that he was not in it. I felt that this movie had a lot more potential but yet it felt more like a arc for the 3rd season which they could have used Descartes Shaman (the guy in the trailer) as the main enemy since he acts like he is better then everyone else since he is the second true innovator. I dont even know if you could count this as cannon since it felt more like a Dragonball z movie which has nothing to do with the plot of the series at all. Since this is my first post let me know how the reivew is and leave feedback please... o and Patrick is still alive, damn nothing kills that guy.
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