Sunday, November 9, 2003

Platypus
Well, time again for Bug Biz…and various other rants.

First, I fear that I, DeathBug, the man you all admire, is stuck in the “Friend Zone”. You know what I’m talkin’ about: there’s a girl, who’s my long-time friend, whom I’ve developed a crush on. She, of course, has no idea, and I, of course, can’t ever broach the subject. Sigh.

In other news, I bought a Transformer on sale: Demolishor, the tank. Nifty little dude; reminds me of Tankor. Still can’t find Thrust or Sideways, though. (My new plan is to get the chars that seem most like my fave Transformer faction, the Vehicons. Thrust=Obsidian, Sideways=Thrust, Thundercracker=Jetstorm, Tidal Wave=Megatron.)

I can’t find a good website that has background html to put here; nor can I get the midi I uploaded to play. If anyone knows a site with html, or midis they know will play on myOtaku, let me know.

I’m also getting together my Christmas list; the Spider-Man Encyclopedia, Super Mario Advance 4, the new Less than Jake CD, the Death of Gwen Stacy, X2 DVD….The trick is to wait until my sisters have their stuff; my mom then offers me ten dollars more than the most expensive sister. (I’m going to Hell, aren’t I?)

I want to buy Yu-Gi-Oh: The Sacred Cards, but not yet.

I’m going to build a Masked Beast Des Gardius YGO deck, but not tonight.

There’s something else I was going to say, and I’ll remember it as soon as I post this…but right now, I forgot…

And now…reviews…

Comics:

Spider-Girl # 66: In the finale of Marked For Death, May finds out who’s been pulling the strings, and the Black Tarantula’s out for revenge. A nice ending to a nice story.

Amazing Spider-Man: Unintended Consequences: Now reunited with MJ, Pete’s on top of the world, until the mutant gangster Digger arrives. Spidey has no choice but to protect Digger’s target, a retired mobster and his daughter. I kinda’ liked Digger, but the last two chapters of the story, featuring Ezekial, really turned me off.

Zeke basically says that Peter has to consider the consequences when he captures people as Spider-Man, but the whole thing comes out sounding hollow.

Shows:

Smallville: 1961: Boooorrriiinnngg, All that build-up for a completely contrived plot. Very, very lame, and one of the weakest episodes.

Angel: Anything featuring masked Mexican wrestlers is funny, except “Los Luchadores”. This episode was no exception.

Friends: Completely forgettable; no highlights whatsoever.

Scrubs: The best part of this episode was the scene with Dr. Cox and JD’s brother; it was sweet without being syrupy. That’s a hard mix to get. Oh, and I’m said they shortened the intro.

South Park: This episode was hilarious. ^_^ “Grandpa, I believe seniors should have rights, but I don’t want to die.”

Anime:

Yu-Gi-Oh: The first episode started out okay, and Gansly gained a few cool points by making fun of Yugi’s hair. Afterwards, it completely lost focus. The first duel with the deck Master system should be dynamic, not a bunch of wussie monsters with annoying effects.

Also…Noa’s plan kinda’ sucks. I mean, it’s decent, but the execution is wrong. H e could be striking with all of his pawns all at once, but by spacing them out, he’s assuring that Yugi will have time to help them all. Duh. (Oh, and you can’t be evil wearing those shorts….)

Heh…Tristan braved a Mad Sword Beast to help a girl, and she doesn’t even notice. Been there, done that. I feel for ya’, man.

Oh, and a future complication: I hope all of the Big 5 don’t talk in corporate metaphors. It’s okay for one duelist, but for five? Agh.

Note to Bandit: Mokie Mokie Mokie!!

Jackie Chan: Rerun of an episode I panned the first time.

X-Men: Reruns. I think they’re through for the season.

Sonic X: A baseball game between the good guys and the bad guys. I liked it…but there’s only one bad guy. And I’m still waiting for the debut of Shadow. Shadow rules!!

Shaman King: A nice episode; I like Ryu, and the Lizard appears to be a worthy opponent. Anyone check the edit? Yeah, he “knocked out” Muscle Punch…with a knife. Sure. Heh…”Sacred hang”….

Ninja Turtles: Tuuurtles…Innn…Spaacceee!! Now being teleported into another galaxy, the Turtles have all sorts of wacky adventures! Yay! Evil dinosaurs! Yay! Fugitoid was a bit annoying, but otherwise, it’s all good.

Thought of the moment: I still need to see “Matrix: Reloaded”.

Quote of the moment: “Aw, man! I’m stuck in the friend zone!!”- Tristan, “Yu-Gi-Oh”

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