TV Tuesday: Continuum

Today's review is

Continuum

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Status: Season 2 finished

Quick tip: Don't try to classify the factions as "good" or "bad," but the main characters are likeable and you are rooting for them. Don't expect the well constructed plot to hold up in later seasons though.

The main lady [I don't remember her name] is basically a policeperson from the future sent back to present day along with some terrorists who want to end the corporate run government. She is supported by a (non retarded/ somewhat believable) nerd and her (sexy) police partner. (The main lady is sexy too, but when is a female lead not?)
Fairly original as far as these things go, and it tends to make sense. The concatenation of present an future works well, and is done in a way that doesn't confuse the viewer. It is also nice to see a computer nerd portrayed in a [relativity] believable manner. You don't see him pecking away at the keyboard trying to hack the NSA [Hello PRISIM!] or have stupid long winded technobabble that is such complete bullshit that you want to punch someone. Take note future script writers, no one wants some bullshit nonsense as to how things work, just a quick and vague one sentence description to set the parameters, and then back to the story.

The end of season 2 didn't make much sense, and makes me think that the series wasn't preplanned. If this is the case, there is really no recovery and it will go downhill until it gets LOST, but the first season is quite good, and I will watch season 3 in hopes of continued goodness.

Rating:  4/5 stars.
Watch it on netflix.

Written 2013-10-31

Movie Monday: Gravity

Today's review is

Gravity

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Status: Watched

Quick tip: Don't bring your calculator, but do bring your glasses. Some may need their xanax as well. Oh, and if you don't like Sandra Bullock, you should probably sit this one out.

No space aliens here, or grandiose save the world tale, just a really intense survival movie. Most of it is done exceptionally well, and the suspense is carried up to the very end. In one scene you see a little bit of [--] in the background sort of in the corner, and then you see more, and it gets closer and it ramps up quite well.

There are a few issues though, with the fire extinguisher scene really being the worst, where the suspension of disbelief is really tested, but it is manageable.  

Rating:  3.5/5 stars for personal preference 4.5/5 for general ratings.
Watch it on the big screen.

Written 2013-10-31

Stupid Saturday: Blogger f**ks up backgrounds

I have a background, it is the right size and everything, but when I upload it blogger rebalances the colours so that they are all fooked up. I have no idea why, the file size is only the slightest bit smaller. I even tried doing a higher compression and it does the same thing. Now it looks ugly.

TV Thursday: Galilei Donna

Today's review is

Galilei Donna

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Status: Ep 4 - still watching

Quick tip: If you plan on taking a drink every time someone says Galileo or Galilei be sure to stock up beforehand. Naruto says "nani" less than these people mention Galileo.

Basically there are these three girls and they are the great great great ... great great great granddaughters of Galileo, one of them is a lawyer, one is a klutzy martial arts master, and one is a genus inventor. Oh, and apparently Galileo made some super weapon or something and now everyone is after it. Of course the girls don't know where it is so they have to hunt down the clues to find it before the evil corporation or (presumably) good pirates get their hands on it. There is really nothing original, and I'm fairly sure the writer has an "unnatural" obsession with Galileo. (I mean, I have nothing against Galileo, but this is just too much)

So, why am I still watching it? Well...

• I don't have anything else [that I want] to do.
• None of the charters need a breast reduction.
• I haven't seen a little girls panties or crotch yet.
• No harem or fetish elements.

Now I realize that those may not be great reasons, but it generally accepted that if you want to watch anime you have to put up with the results of a sexually repressed society, (Someone really needs to legalize porn in Nippon...) and a break from the usual is worth it enough to put up with what is a fairly average show.

Rating:  2.5/5 stars
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Adventures in money saving!

I have a laser printer which I use to print all my schoolwork. I refill the toner cartage to save money, and as a result the print drum has some streaks on it. You don't notice it when I print B&W text, but grayscale photos (that cheap lasers are never very good at to begin with) can't be seen very well.

This isn't usually a problem, but for one of my classes we need a photo of ourselves on the cover page, and you couldn't make out the photo. I could have just given up and printed it on my inkjet but I tried moving it to the side of the page with less streaks with a small amount of success before realizing that I just needed to adjust the image brightness and contrast before printing it to make it visible on the laser printer.

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Project

I made a butterfly puzzle.

It has 6 parts. If your butterfly does not have all of these parts (Right wing, Left wing, Body, Proboscis, Blue pieces, and Yellow pieces) Then you did not get a complete butterfly kit.
Please note that the cutouts from the brown wings are not needed and may be missing (as shown) but all of the yellow and blue pieces are needed.

The first step is to punch out the inner brown shapes on the wing and replace them with the yellow and blue shapes. Peaces should snap in with relative ease, if they don't they may go in a different spot. If any pieces are loose use some tape on the back of the wing.

With all the pieces securely inserted into the wing it is time to insert the wings into the body as shown below.

Then, simply insert the proboscis/eye piece as shown below.

Now you are done Enjoy!