August 11, 2012

  • Went to check out the remake of Total Recall today.  Wasn't very good.  For once, and weirdly enough, I'll agree with the one reviewer who claimed that it's just a whole bunch of stuff borrowed from movies I've seen already.  Or as the reviewer claimed, "from movies you actually care about."  Yes, yes.  I'm afraid I must agree.  It was like Star Wars meets Avatar meets I, Robot meets The Fifth Element.  The robot soldiers were the color of storm troopers, and the movements of the trade federation robots. The city itself was like the one from Avatar (and heck, even Star Wars too).  The chase sequences were like I, Robot's and Fifth Element.  Nothing felt...."wow" enough to me.  While a handful of aspects were cool (I did like the hologram head device), a majority of it gave me the sense of "been there, done that."  Not that the original was all fantastic either, (in fact, I still find the original movie kinda stupid), but at least it was cool in its freaky and corny originality.  So eh...it's not really worth a thorough review.  Pretty forgettable and won't be joining my collection.  But that's no different than the original, which also hasn't joined my collection either anyway, so no biggie.

    Anyway, not much else to say.  As is common lately.  I can't quite say the blogger in me has died, as I still do enjoy writing and/or typing.  But talking about myself or my day to day life just seems so...wasteful.  It's a big reason why I never bother to blog anymore.  Facebook is to blame too, since it's so much simpler to access and update.  I often cringe thinking about the nonsense I once blogged about back in the day.  But then I also think, if I ddn't express or share myself, would I be the person I am today? Would I be better? Worse?  Can't know for sure, of course.  But it is what it is.  I have to take steps to get out of this rut of mine. I gotta stop relying on the addition of any one particular factor to dictate what I should or should not do in my life.  Of course I'll be so much happier with a man in my life.  Of course I'd enjoy being around him in even the most boring of days, and of course I'd love it even more if he felt the same.  But I can't put all my eggs in one basket.  That's a happiness that will have to be delayed for now while I dabble in other areas that can make me happy.  I need to lose weight once and for all.  I need to awaken my inner artist again...drawing, sculpting, and video editing.  And most importantly, I need to re-establish my relationship with God again.  I need to stop going waking up in the morning, going throughout my day, and going to bed at night without ever acknowledging him or saying a prayer.  I need to find myself.  And maybe when I do so, I wouldn't be sitting here pining for something else.

    I know, I know.  Stop talking about it and get it done.