October Challenge: Prometheus (2012)

Prometheus (2012)

Well. I had high hopes for this one.  I know, me, you and everyone else.  But I had hoped that against all hope that the bad reviews were because people just didn't understand it.

Boy was I wrong.

Now it's not that this is a bad movie.  It just has so many plot holes and there are too many answered questions. It is also no where near the suck-fest that was Alien: Resurrection, but it was also no Alien either.

The acting is good. The pacing is a bit slow in the beginning, but I think that is on purpose to set the last acts.

There are some nice thrills in the Engineer's base.  Still have no idea what they were all running from in the holo-recording.  The creatures were interesting of course.

I noticed a lot of nods to the first two Alien movies.  And because I had heard about it, little nods to Blade Runner as well.

There are some scary moments. I mean they won't rank up there with Alien.  Though this movie did make me want to re-watch Alien.

Tally: Watched 24, New 19

What are you watching?

Witch book

The Witch is out!

And I could not be more pleased.  Here are a few photos of my first proof copy.  It's hard bound, but the ones at DriveThruRPG will all be softcover to keep the costs down.

A little extra flash to see the watermark image on the back cover.

Inside.

Compared to Liber Mysterium my 3.0 D20 witch book.

The Witch is on sale now at DriveThruRPG.

October Challenge: Girl vs. Monster (2012)

Girl vs. Monster (2012)

So I was not originally going to count this one till my wife pointed out that it is actually better and scarier than  some of the other movies I have forced her to watch with me.  This one was obviously my kids' choice but it turns out it is kinda fun.  There are homages to Buffy, Ghostbusters (lots), and Beetlejuice in this.

Skylar, a fearless teen discovers near her 16th birthday that she is a 5th generation monster hunter. Not a bad premise really. Her mom and dad have a Steampunk-looking Ghostsbusters like lab. Where they keep all the ghosts, vapors and spooks they catch.

The special effects are not bad. Not great mind you, but not bad.  The message is not a bad one either; you are going to have fears, but they don't have to control you.

From my point of view it would make a cool game for kids.  I can certainly see Disney doing a sequel to this one.

I'll count this one as a horror movie, but I am going to have watch something scarier soon.


Tally: Watched 23, New 18

What are you watching?

Something Wicked this way comes!

I am proud and excited to finally say my Old School source book The Witch is finally out!!

Currently available as a PDF from DriveThruRPG with the Print copy on the way.

Grab my latest project!

Compatible with most "Basic Era" games.

Zatannurday: More Art

Some more Zatanna art that I have found the last few weeks.

No theme, just some great art.



Zatanna by *Protokitty on deviantART


Zatanna Print by ~OzWonderland on deviantART


Zatanna 2_ Commission by *tombancroft on deviantART


Pooof by =MrLively on deviantART


Baltimore Zatanna Sketch by *RandyGreen on deviantART


Zatanna by *RandyGreen on deviantART


Zatanna by ~jadecks on deviantART


Zatanna Commission by *calslayton on deviantART


ZATANNA by *Vinz-el-Tabanas on deviantART


Zatanna by ~iurypadilha on deviantART


Zatanna by ~arielmedel on deviantART


sdrawkcaB eltiT by *Dangerous-Beauty778 on deviantART


Zatanna by ~digiland on deviantART


Zatanna and the Justice Bunnies by ~13wishes on deviantART


Zatanna, sweet sweet Zatanna ! by ~El-Jerko on deviantART


Zatanna Color by ~Youngjusticeaddict on deviantART

Enjoy!

October Challenge: The Raven (2012)

The Raven (2012)

John Cusack stars as Edgar Allen Poe in the last few days of his life in the murder mystery with horror elements.   It's not exactly horror, but it has it's moments.

Of course this is a completely fictionalized account of Poe's last days and a murderer that is using his poems and stories to act out some grisly murders.  There are some issues with the movie from a historical perspective; the first that jumped out at me was a newspaper talking about a "Serial Killer" a term that was still 130 years away from being invented.

There are twists and turns and Cusack is great.  The movie did feel slow in some spots, but overall I rather enjoyed it.  I am not 100% sure it was horror though.








Tally: Watched 22, New 17

What are you watching?

Binders full of Women?

Yeah have that too.

And men, elves, dwarves, halflings, superheroes....but still mostly witches.