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 Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:17 pm
Introduction
Welcome. This is just a little place for me to keep my reviews as I write them. That way I can keep editing them if I see faults, etc. When it comes time to start putting the current issue together, I'll pick an appropriate review from here and add it to the submission topic, or wherever.
Map:
1 -Introduction
2 -Code of the Ninja / Grading / Tag
3 -List of Completed Reviews
4 -Future Projects
5 -Author's Notes
6+ -Reviews and Comments
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:19 pm
Code of the Ninja
5 - ninja ninja ninja ninja ninja - The ninja approves of this; failure to cohere with the ninja's decision is a grave mistake.
4 - ninja ninja ninja ninja - The ninja enjoys this, but he finds flaws.
3 - ninja ninja ninja - The ninja would rather date your sister, but since you may not have one he will take this instead.
2 - ninja ninja - The ninja warns you that he was only marginally impressed.
1 - ninja - If proper confession is made, the ninja will forgive you for taking part in this.
0 - xp - If you are looking for an invigorating experience I would suggest poking your eye out before this; the ninja does not approve.Grading-characters -storyline -style -substance -overall TagGot a bone to pick with the reviewer? Want to suggest a work for review? Dying to hear about a new media or genre? Contact Rushifa with your questions and comments.[i]Got a bone to pick with the reviewer? Want to suggest a work for review? Dying to hear about a new media or genre? Contact [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/profile/index.php?view=profile.ShowProfile&item=39736]Rushifa[/url] with your questions and comments.[/i]
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:20 pm
List of Completed Reviews
Movies
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Published Dec. 05
Brokeback Mountain Published Jan. 06
Memiors of a Geisha Published Feb. 06
Date Movie Published Mar. 06
Pride and Prejudice
Silent Hill Publsihed May 06
Books
Wicked
The Kite Runner
Games
-none yet-
TV Shows
-none yet-
Comics
-none yet-
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:21 pm
Future Projects
Movies
Serenity
Better Than Chocolate
Howl's Moving Castle
Ghost World
Heather
Interview With a Vampire
May
TransAmerica
Date Movie
But I'm a Cheerleader
If These Walls Could Talk, 2
Yours, Mine, and Ours
Books
Idoru
Geisha, A Life
Slayers
The Kite Runner
Howl's Moving Castle
Wicked
Games
Suikoden III
ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Silent Hill 4
TV Shows
Firefly
Lost
Slayers
Ranma 1/2
Naruto
Comics
Sandman
Clover
X (X/1999)
Hana-kimi
Wish
Author Spotlight
Neil Gaimen
CLAMP
Robin McKinley
Diana Wynne Jones
Cornilia Funke
J.K. Rowling
Rumika Takehashi
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:47 pm
Author's Notes, Rants, and Updates
04.06.06
Finally, I have something besides a movie review up! I have a review for Wicked up, although it needs revising. The review is pretty upbeat, which doesn't feel critical enough to me, but then again, I did really enjoy the book. Oh well, there will be other, less favorable reviews of books in the near future, with any luck. I could rant about the Kite Runner all day, if I had to.
On another note, it sounds as if we may actually be getting more reviewers soon, which would be nice. This month I just want to work on building up a number of reviews so I have a few to choose from when the end of the month comes along, and more to draw on during my next slow month/s.
02.10.06
I'm begining to amass a collection of Movie Reviews, although I haven't branched out to the other medias yet. I do have a number of prospective works lined up. The catch is I want to actually have a chance to reread, watch, play, or what have you, the works before I write a review of them. This is mostly so I will be in the right mind frame, but to give me the chance to relook at them with a review in mind. It helps, believe me. Of course, some of the pieces are so beloved to me that I can write about them straight from memory. Which brings me to another problem.
I hate writing exclusively stunning reviews. Giving Brokeback Mountain all fives was difficult for me to stomach, but I really believe it deserved them. The main problem I'm facing is that I only tend to go to movies which look interesting to me, and so I am naturally leaning more towards liking them, since they're my type of movie. I suppose this is good and bad. On one hand, it allows me to cater directly to my own specific tastes. But on the other hand, it offers a very one-demensional opinion for the readers, especually since I'm currently the only reveiwer. I'll try to branch out and move outside my comfort zone, but I make no garantees!
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:12 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:18 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:28 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:57 pm
I'm glad you've taken on and outlined a wide variety of reviews! This definitely helps...
One request, please. I see spelling mistakes everywhere...
*eye twitch*
Heheheh, kidding...about the twitch thing. Good job, though.
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:54 pm
Nemea I'm glad you've taken on and outlined a wide variety of reviews! This definitely helps... One request, please. I see spelling mistakes everywhere... *eye twitch* Heheheh, kidding...about the twitch thing. Good job, though. oh, yeah, sorry about that...I write the introduction down pretty fast, since I just wanted to get the topic made. I shall go edit 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:19 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:27 am
Date MovieDirected by Aaron Seltzer, 2006Published Mar. 2006, Issue 14If you see one movie this month, please, for the love of god, don't let it be this one. For what it is, Date Movie isn't so bad. It's funny. Which of course, is its point. In a nutshell, Date Movie is to chick flicks what Scary Movie was to horror films. It's a parody, and not much else. Its novelty depends on the viewer having seen most if not all of the movies being parodied. But it's bad. Painfully, graitingly, intentionally bad. So bad that even the characters know not to take themselves serious. It also pulls the whole 'I can be offensive as long as I'm offensive to everything' trick that is so popular these days. If you're uptight or thin skinned, avoid this movie; you simply wont be able to enjoy it. Date Movie proves that, above all, we have to be capable of laughing at ourselves. Personally, I don't enjoy these types of movies. Sure, they're funny, but they're really nothing beyond that. I enjoy a good laugh, but I like it to be mixed in with a good plot or at least some entertaining dialogue. 2- ninja ninja -characters 1- ninja -storyline 2- ninja ninja -style 1- ninja -substance 2- ninja ninja -overall Got a bone to pick with the reviewer? Want to suggest a work for review? Dying to hear about a new media or genre? Contact Rushifa with your questions and comments.
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:06 pm
Book Review: Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the WestBy Gregory Maguire, 1995 Review by RushifaPublsihed Issue #19 When this book was first recommended to me, I didn't actually expect it to be good. I expected it to be funny, certainly; a lively parody and an entertaining read. But I certainly never expected to be captivated by it. I've never been a big fan of the Wizard of Oz. Sure, I liked the movie well enough, and recently read the book, and have always enjoyed it, but I was never terribly attatched. Well, now I can never look at it the same way again. Wicked doesn't change the events of the original book, at least not very much; it merely adds context to the events which simply wasn't there before. I'll admit, I've never read beyond the first book, so I can't say how much of the mythos was already established, but Maquire throws in demensions of politics, romance, betrayal, religion, racism, and maturity which I'm sure were not a part of the original childrens book. As its title suggested, Wicked follows the life of the woman known to us as the Wicked Witch of the West. It sets up her birth, her family, her school days, her friends, her lovers, and her history, all while making her a character we identify with and love. He doesn't simply change her personality, he simply weaves everything together so her eventual meeting with Dorothy is understandable and sad. The book itself is very well written. The author, although male, proves able to write both genders superbly, and allows each character to shine in their own vividly real ways. Despite being set in a fantastical land, the book feels very real. The writing is discriptive and entertaining, and the structure and connections are all very subte and well done. 5- ninja ninja ninja ninja ninja -characters 5- ninja ninja ninja ninja ninja -storyline 4- ninja ninja ninja ninja -style 4- ninja ninja ninja ninja -substance 5- ninja ninja ninja ninja ninja -overall Wicked at Amazon.comWicked, the musical
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:37 pm
The Kite RunnerBy Khaled Hosseini, 2003  I'll admit, I have a soft spot for a good coming-of-age novel. Unfortunately, this wasn't one. The Kite Runner isn't bad, per se, but it's not good, either. It's getting alot of undeserved over the last few years, mostly because it's set in Afghanistan. Yes, it serves as a good way of connecting middle America with Afghanistan, and it's timely for that, but I'm sure there are better books for that cause. Like I said, the book isn't really bad. The characters are endearing enough, and the basic plot and writing is pretty interesting, but there's nothing new about this book, except it's setting. Set it anywhere but Afganistan, and this book has been done before, many times, better. Part of it's lack of quality is that The Kite Runner is obviously the author's first novel. It reeks of forced metaphors, connections, and symbols, as if the writer simply couldn't decide which to use, and thus threw all his ideas in there. It comes off as ridiculous by the end, and ruins what could be a gripping climax. It's predictable. For all it's failings, The Kite Runner is still an entertaining read, especially if you haven't read alot of similar novels. It serves its purpose, as a window into recent Afghani culture, well. I doubt it will stand up to the test of time, but it's a relevant read no matter how sloppy the construction. 3- ninja ninja ninja -characters 2- ninja ninja -storyline 3- ninja ninja ninja -style 2- ninja ninja -substance 3- ninja ninja ninja -overall The Kite Runner at Amazon.comGot a bone to pick with the reviewer? Want to suggest a work for review? Dying to hear about a new media or genre? Contact Rushifa with your questions and comments.
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:55 pm
Silent HillDirected By Christophe GansPublished Issue #15 This movie has been long anticipated by fans of the games. Although I've only played some of the 4th game (which, I'm told, while a good game, is not very "typical" of the series), I went in with a few specific expectations. For the most part, I left satisfied. Plot wise, Silent Hill follows Rose, whose daughter Sharon is haunted by nightmares and sleep walking. A search for the cause of her repressed memories leads Rose toe Silent Hill, the town which may be Sharon's birth place. With Dad left behind and uninformed, Rose takes Sharon on a car trip to try to get to the bottom of her past. After a car crash and the disappearance of Sharon, Rose teams up with a sexy police woman named Cybil as they try to survive the abandoned city and find her daughter. I'm not a big fan of horror, and I always prefer psychological thrillers to blood and gut horror. Most of the movie was the former, but a few scenes delved needlessly into the latter. There were some obvious fan-pleasers, and some cg which will definitely not stand up to the test of time. The end was horribly disappointing, or at least the climax was. The actual note the movie leaves off on, however, gains it back some of the points it lost for cheesy special effects and unnecessary gore in the latter half of the movie. 4- ninja ninja ninja ninja -characters 3- ninja ninja ninja -storyline 2- ninja ninja -style 2- ninja ninja -substance 3- ninja ninja ninja -overall Got a bone to pick with the reviewer? Want to suggest a work for review? Dying to hear about a new media or genre? Contact Rushifa with your questions and comments.
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