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Final Fantasy XIII Review

2011-02-02T03:35:19Z

I have not completed the game, but the majority of the aspects I will be discussing aren't dependent on what actually happens with the story; I'm going to be talking about more technical/logistical aspects to it.

Final Fantasy XIII is the latest game to Square Enix's long-running series. This time it features a female protagonist who goes by Lightning and is claimed to be their first female protagonist and is set in the world of Cocoon, floating above a larger planet called Pulse.

Plot/Storyline:

There are a lot of complicated elements to FF13 (tired of using Roman numerals gtfo it), and I don't want to reveal them all for anyone who is interested in playing, but if you want to know some more details, just message me and I'll be happy to give you some more details. However, the basic set up is that Cocoon (and Pulse for that matter) are controlled by these great god-like machines called fal'Cie. When in fear for their lives, or seeking to preserve their world/themselves, fal'Cie will brand humans, which then become l'Cie. l'Cie must complete a Focus, or mission given to the l'Cie by the fal'Cie or they will turn into monsters called Cie'th. All is well in Cocoon until one day the Sanctum (government of Cocoon) discovers a Pulse fal'Cie outside a city; in fear of the Pulse fal'Cie, Sanctum issues the Purge, which plans to deport all of those living in that city to Pulse.

The story begins with Lightning on a train being sent to be Purged from Cocoon, and suddenly breaks free and hijacks the train, causing a chain reaction of events and ultimately leading a group of people - Lightning, Sazh, Hope, Snow and Vanille - to become Pulse l'Cie. Unfortunately, Focuses are not very clear, and only revealed to l'Cie through flashes, and with an entire world against them, the group must find a way to complete their Focus.

My main problem with the way the plot/story is explained is how half of it is delivered in a manual called the Datalog. It offers information on gameplay basics, like functions of save points, upgrading weapons, etc., but then there's an entire section that tells the story. I want to play the story; if I wanted to read a story, I would read a book. Also, while Square Enix is parading around saying that Lightning is their first female protagonist, I'm not really sure who the story is about, to be honest (I'm also unsure as to why Yuna doesn't count). I don't believe there's a clear-defined protagonist in this game, just a group of main characters. That's not necessarily a bad thing depending on what kind of game you're into, but I don't think it makes sense to say that Lightning is the protagonist when she's really more of a protagonist.

Which leads us to...

Characters:

I'm not exactly sure what Square Enix has been doing these past few years, but I've never seen a sloppier ensemble of characters. Lightning generally had the best characterization in the game, mostly because she was believable. I also enjoyed Fang as a character. The rest of the cast was generally a mess. Tied for most obnoxious were Vanille and Hope; Hope's mother passes away in the beginning of the game, which leads him on a tailspin of anger and frustration, but the way it was characterized was unbelievable for a 14 year old kid. Vanille was a rehash of Rikku from FFX but in a shittier way. I'm all for the cute and lighthearted character, especially in such a serious/intense game, but she was ridiculous at times and her lines were kind of fucktarded ("It smells all naturey,"). Sazh and Snow were tied as well, though Sazh was moderately less annoying, however I can't help but feel he was just a token character like Square was saying, "We love black people! :D" Snow wasn't too bad except for his obsession with the word "hero" (vaguely reminiscent of FFX-2 Paine's obsession with "hurt").

All of these characters had pasts that led them to their point in time when Lightning's assault on the Sanctum train, but instead of letting us sort of play through them, or even just give a general background at the start of the game we were forced to watch these ridiculous scenes and then because you were so mind-numbed by its boring nature, you'd have to read about them in the infamous Datalog to understand what the actual fuck was going on.

Gameplay:

The gameplay wasn't too bad, but the beginning (more like first half) was basically run from point A to point B, watch cutscene. Run from point A to point B, fight boss, watch scene. Switch to a different group. Oh, yes? Did I mention your party is split into 3 group of 2 up until about halfway in the game? :)

Some other aspects to the game are the Crystogenesis, which is your leveling up system. I think this system is a bit more reminiscent of FFX's sphere grid, but it is based off different roles your characters can play in battle, which I will explain those roles later. You will basically use your CP to move your character along the grid; it's pretty straightforward, but once you get to about level 3 in each role, it requires about 293048192389109238102 points to move like 2 places, which is obnoxious.

Upgrading your weapons is also an option; you can collect random items through your travels, and use them to upgrade your weapons, which will boost your magic or strength. You can also disassemble weapons to gain scrap parts to use and upgrade weapons.

One thing I did have a complaint with was the lack of items I actually needed. Upgrading items is great and all, but the majority of chests were filled with these items, and not things like gil, Phoenix Downs or Potions. Something about Square Enix thinking the games in the past were too busy. And in case you were wondering, you will not be collecting those items from fiends you fight either. I'm literally in the last fourth of the game and I have maybe, 2000 gil to my name? I've only bought Potions maybe once. |: I'm not saying I have to open a chest and get 23948209348912 gil or 29038492038 potions, but it would be nice not to have 1 potion and like 3 gil to my name when I'm at the halfway point.

I think the game also had a problem with jumping; since your party is broken up into 3 groups for an amount of time, you interchange to another group/party every once in a while. But every time you change, you're randomly somewhere new. Sazh and Vanille go from some wasteland to some forest, to some city. There's no flow.

Battle System:

As with almost every Final Fantasy, there is a new battle system. Vaguely reminiscent of FF12's set up (though with some tweaks as that system was heaping pile of horse shit), FF13's battle system has some pros and cons. For those of you who are familiar with X-2, your characters can take on different roles (like dresspheres). Those roles are Commando (an attacker), Ravager (attack/black mage), Medic (white mage), Saboteur (inflicts status ailments to enemies), Sentinel (takes on damages from enemies), and Synergist (casts protective magic on your party). Up until the halfway point, all of your characters are able to alternate between three jobs. However, unlike X-2, you are not on a grid that allows you to change your job. You have what are called paradigms, pre-programmed set ups, which you can change during battle through a paradigm shift. You are able to change/create up to 6 paradigms outside battle in the main menu. So, for example, you could have a party of Lightning, Snow and Vanille, and you could have paradigm set ups of Com/Sen/Med, Rav/Sen/Rav, and Med/Sen/Sab.

However, you only control the leader of the party. Your other two characters in battle are controlled by AI, and will act accordingly to what role you have them under. It's important during battles to use Libra (scan) to determine what weaknesses your enemy/ies have in order to make sure your AI will use the proper magic (and not heal it) or cast certain types of magic that will hinder the enemy. Another feature to the game is Auto Attack; based on what your character knows from Libra (or having previously fought that particular enemy), your party leader will formulate some abilities that the game (I'm assuming) considers the best strategy for combat. The battle system is also an ATB gauge type game, meaning you have to wait for your ATB gauge to charge. Your characters will start with 3 ATB slots, meaning they will perform up to 3 attacks (sometimes less depending on how many ATB slots something requires). As the game progresses you can either gain one after boss battles, or earn one on your Crystogenesis grid. If you'd rather only perform a partial amount of attacks, you can press a button to interrupt the ATB charging and just select an incomplete amount of attacks.

Your characters also come with Eidolons. You have to fight the Eidolon first, but instead of killing it, you're trying to charge a bar that will make the Eidolon yield to you. However, the Eidolon will first cast Doom on you, which starts a countdown until your character dies. You have until then to make the Eidolon yield, which you should cast Libra on (or read a walkthrough) to find out what makes it yield. The Eidolon then becomes like your summon.

I'm particularly unimpressed/not a fan of this battle system. While it's an upgrade from gambits, it's not much of one considering I only have control of one of my characters and I barely have time to strategize. FFX has been my favorite battle system thus far simply because I was able to think and create a strategy, and also take turns. I didn't have to sit there in anxiety going GEE I HOPE THE GAUGE FOR CURE CHARGES BEFORE HE UNLEASHES SUPER MEGA ATTACK AND KILLS MY ASS. I would get my turn. I also got to see how the turns were distributed. But I think the ATB is a matter of preference. I still don't like that Square Enix thinks I only deserve control of my party leader (which you can change at any point in time after getting the entire party together along with your battle party). But just a suggestion, Lightning/Hope/Fang is the best party if you decide to play this game. :)

The last thing is that this game also doesn't have random encounters like FF12. However, the difference is you would approach an enemy/group of enemies, and you'll be taken to a battle scene/set up. I'm not really sure why they don't want random encounters, but w/e. I actually don't mind them and usually by the point you don't want to deal with them, you get some sort of accessory that gets the enemies off your dick (or out of your vagina).

Misc:

I really enjoyed the graphics of the game, though I think that Square Enix spent more time on them then formulating the game tbh. They are some very beautiful landscapes/scenes, but I was disappointed at how I didn't really get to explore Cocoon or Pulse to a full-extent. I just kind of appeared there, and ran considering how the entire game you're basically being chased. The CG scenes are incredible, too, and the general cutscenes are very well done too, not like some of that sloppiness you found in FFX. The music was semi-tolerable, I only really hated Serah's theme song or w/e, but the battle music I actually enjoyed. :)

My only real complaint is basically the only sidequest in FF13, which is grinding Cie'th missions on Pulse. Basically after you get there, your characters aren't high-leveled enough to do jack shit, so you have to dick around forever killing random fiends (where the mission stone is all the way in the South end of your area and your target is all the way in the North end) and basically just leveling up for hours. It's annoying, frustrating and a lot of other -ing words. I thought it was sloppy and really a tragic flaw for this game considering it already takes 15-20 hours to actually get in the game. I'm right at 60 hours and I can't proceed because I'm still grinding Cie'th so my characters don't suck balls when I go to progress.

Overall:

The game isn't the worst game I've played, but it's just not that great in my opinion. I'm going to finish it so I can play FF13-2 when it comes out because I wonder where Square Enix will take the story, and also I've already put 60 hours into this game so like hell I'm quitting now. I wouldn't really recommend or not recommend this game, it's just all going to be based on what you like. I don't think this is SE's best game by any means, however.

what makes you tick?

2010-07-27T18:25:15Z

Alright, I finally did a friends cut. If you feel like I shouldn't have cut you, or you want to try being friends again, that's fine with me, just comment on my original friends only post. I mostly cut people who I never really spoke to, or had left their journals indefinitely or permanently. Otherwise, no hard feelings, and I hope to see you around lj some more. ♥

I will warn those of you who I did NOT cut that I may or may not be done with my friends cutting action. Not to ~scare~ anyone, but yeah lol. ;;

i believe you'd unfold your paper heart and wear it on your sleeve

2009-11-15T06:21:38Z

☂ Leave me an anonymous comment pouring your heart out. Say anything. Tell me your stories, your secrets, those things no one ever asks but you wish to tell. Tell me about your love, your hate, your indifference, your joy. Tell me about what's inside of you when you're reading through these entries on your friends list, and tell me why you continue to come back here. Tell me anything. Tell me what you really think of me or yourself. Anything.

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i'm a love fool

2009-11-06T22:47:35Z

the admiration & love meme

➀ Been having a rough time as of late, and I noticed a few other people are, so I made this little meme.
➁ Just post your username and use the code to link to your thread on your lj.
➂ Comment with things you secretly, or not-so-secretly love about this person.
➃ Anon comments are enabled for those of you who are a little shy.
➄ Email notifs are off, so if wank appears, let me know and I'll get rid of it.
➅ Totally comment on people, even if they aren't your friends! A little love is always appreciated!
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if i could make a deal with god

2009-10-29T22:59:09Z

paraibaocean → douknow

I finally changed my livejournal username. I kinda went ahead and cut everyone, so if you want to stay friends, ADD ME BACK. Otherwise, it was nice being friends! I'll see you around.

PS. I did a small friends cut before this, so if I don't add you back that's why. Sorry. ):

you're such a beautiful you

2009-08-17T02:45:39Z

voice video post: comment to this post and give me things you want me to say. it can be as long or as short as you want and there's no limit on the amount of things you can have me say.

Topics (so far): Yunho/Cola Chris, sing, Wuthering Heights, favourite cookie recipe, rap, clothes/clothes I would wear on a date with Yunho, dreams, food

It begins with a list of all 26 letters of the alphabet. Comment with something for me to talk about that starts with one of those letters. Make me babble about anything -- TV shows, actors, actresses, food, be creative. One topic per letter. I will cross off letters as topics appear. I will post a new post talking about all 26 topics given to me.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

farewell

2009-01-25T19:35:42Z

Friends cut = success.

If you were cut, nothing personal, we just don't share enough common interests/you didn't comment on my entry asking if you wanted to stay--so I assumed you didn't. xD;;

If you feel this is a mistake and want to come back on my list, comment on my friends only post and we'll see. If I don't add you back, then nothing personal.

See you around lj!

a diamond in the rough

2009-01-11T03:44:13Z

What do I most admire about Yunho?

There are some things you can't explain in life. Sometimes it's an A on a paper you wrote the morning it was due. Or maybe it's your grandmother's cancer that suddenly went into remission. Maybe it's something material, but just as important, like the driver's license you lost at the county fair, but it somehow ended up in your mailbox anyway.

For me, it's Yunho. I'll admit, when I first discovered him, I wasn't really interested. He was some cute guy in some pop band I didn't really know who had a funny rap in that song with purple lights. Otherwise, I really had never put much stock in caring what celebrities said. Then again, when I found him, I was a bratty 16 year old who thought no one ~understood~ her.

But a lot changed before my junior year of high school. My relationship with my mother got worse and worse, and I found things I had been hiding about myself coming to surface. And though he was in another country, Yunho provided a certain form of comfort. His words in interviews and lyrics always seemed to carry the message I needed to hear most, whether it be to remain diligent in the hard times, or to see that I am beautiful.

Yunho has always been and continues to be an example of the kind of person I want to be. He is intelligent, polite, respectful, determined, confident and humble. He never forgets where he came from, or what matters most in life, and is a forgiving man. He has encouraged and influenced me to become a better person; I know I'm not perfect, and I will never be perfect. But I've been able to see and accept that I don't need to be perfect to be a good person. I've become more forgiving, and though there are times where I want to be spiteful, I have strived to become less bitter. Most of all though, Yunho realizes and reminds me that everything worthwhile takes hard work, perseverance and a lot of faith in yourself.

So what I admire most about Yunho is in fact Yunho himself.

For dreams to come true, it requires diligence. Believing is the most important thing! --Yunho, B-Pass Magazine (2010)

douknow @ 2009-01-07T19:58:00

2009-01-08T01:00:36Z

It's common to have people on your friends lists that you're curious about. But sometimes you don't want to ask questions about the person out of shyness, or fear of being rude.

Post this meme allowing others to comment on your journal, anonymously if they so wish, and asking you the questions they've always wanted to know. You must answer the question. How is up to you.

douknow @ 2008-11-27T00:18:00

2008-11-27T05:21:09Z

☯Comment anonymously and ask me a question you've been too scared to ask me, or haven't really thought of asking me. There are no rules about what you can ask, orhow many times you can ask. You can ask as many questions as you'd like. I must answer the question, but I am allowed to be as vague as I want.

After doing so, post this in your journal and see what people want to know about you.

review

2008-11-22T03:39:21Z

Game: Tomb Raider: Legend
Overall Rating: ★★★★☆

Notes: This is actually my first time playing one of the Lara Croft series, but I was really excited to give this game a crack--especially since I really like the first Tomb Raider movie and I read that there were a lot of good things since Crystal Dynamics went back and tweaked a few things (I'll comment on said things later). ~~Daniel Craig ftw.~~ :) Anyway, I've broken down the review into several sections; plot, gameplay, music, and miscellaneous.

Plot: ★★★★☆

I actually really enjoyed the plot. It mainly centers around Lara's past (specifically her mother and then bits and parts of her father and a colleague named Amanda). I rather wish there was a bit more to the story itself though. I feel like the game just progressed from mission to mission and I felt a little tuckered out. The dialogue was a bit cheesy at times (some of Amanda's lines come to mind).

The way the game ended was brilliant and definitely set up for the new game, Tomb Raider: Underworld, which I just purchased last night. I won't give any spoilers, but if you're into King Arthur and his legend, then I would consider looking into this game.

Gameplay: ★★★★☆

I would imagine they've improved significantly since the first Tomb Raider days, but either way, there were a few things I did and didn't like. Let's start with what I did like.

I did like the camera. I was able move it around, and I hear that in previous games, you would turn the corner and end up viewing Lara's breasts, or her arm. I did like the controls and how they were pretty straightforward. I did like the checkpoints (at times, they were pretty much vital to my survival). I was glad for health packs, the way weapons cycled, and the binoculars and the option to change the camera lens so it would give you help to figure out what pieces needed to be used for puzzles.

I did not like how fickle the controls could be. Especially when dragging around objects. Lara would just whip around these huge metal containers like they were pillows and it got annoying when I was trying to position the shape in a particular angle. I didn't like that the personal light source was on a time limit. The targeting was also annoying. I wished that there was a way to change the targeting by flicking the camera angle or something. Same for grappling; I wished for a way to lock onto objects that could be locked onto with the magnetic grapple. I was also hoping for more melee and hand-to-hand combat from Lara when fighting foes.

Music: ★★★☆☆

Generally okay. Sometimes the music scared me (I'm timid ;_;), but it was a good kind--the thrill the game should offer. I generally like a game to have a wide variety of music. Overall, my favorite background music was the music offered when Lara first arrived in Nepal towards the end of the game, but other than that, the rest was fairly all right. Nothing really stood out to me. :(

Miscellaneous: ★★★★☆

Some things I feel I missed is what I would consider something I need; a map. A map like the one in Final Fantasy games that basically told you exactly where you were going and showed you everwhere in proximity doesn't have to be implimented if Crystal Dynamics feels that's too straight-foward and takes part of the challenge out of the game, but perhaps a map tracing locations you've visited already would be helpful.

Something else would be hints. Sometimes I would get stuck during a puzzle and it would be nice of there was an option on the PDA where Lara, Allister or Zip gave a hint or tossed you a bone at something to do. I feel like the PDA function should have been expanded more and offer more things to help Lara throughout her journey, but it ended up being a second pause menu, more or less.

The graphics were spectacular, and I enjoyed the voice acting. However, at times, I couldn't hear what Lara, Allister or Zip were saying, so I'd end up cranking up the volume to hear a few comments in hope of a hint, then having to jack it down as soon as the music started roaring again.

A few maneuverability issues and camera angles need to be tweaked, as well as a few bugs I heard were in the game (like when fighting a boss in a dungeon towards the end of the game) need to be worked out, but all in all, if what I've heard about the past games is true, this is a vast improvement for Crystal Dynamics.

I've just begun to sink my teeth into Underworld, and I've noticed they've made several changes and edits to the game and even made it more realistic, so I can't wait to get into it a bit more. :)

iloveyou

2008-11-18T01:50:05Z

☆ the love meme ☆

Love
-noun
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.

The word love can hold so much meaning and sometimes, it can mean so much to hear the simple words of, "I love you," be it as a friend, more than a friend, like a sibling, or something entirely different. Spread the love. Post your username and see how many people on your friends list love you and why.

✂→ Wank = GTFO. I'm not tolerating any. Nice, loving comments only. \:D/
✂ → Spread the love. Anonymous comments are on for our shy users.
✂→ Tell why you love this person. Let them know what's special about them.
✂ → Pimp this shit, bbz.

♔ code

douknow @ 2008-11-16T18:12:00

2008-11-16T23:26:04Z

☼ Leave me an anonymous comment pouring your heart out. Say anything. Tell me your stories, your secrets, those things no one ever asks but you wish to tell. Tell me about your love, your hate, your indifference, your joy. Tell me about what's inside of you when you're reading through these entries on your friends list, and tell me why you continue to come back here. Tell me anything. Tell me what you really think of me or yourself. Anything.

Post anonymously. Speak honestly. Post as many times as you like.

iconsss

2008-11-15T04:23:20Z

001-029: Women of Asia
001-003: Otsuka Ai
004-010: Sawajiri Erika
011-024: Lee Hyori
025-029: Hamasaki Ayumi
030-059: J-Rock
030-37: LM.C
038-50: the GazettE

HERE or HERE

douknow @ 2008-11-07T19:00:00

2008-11-08T00:01:43Z

THE ANONYMITY
MEME PT DEUX

douknow @ 2008-11-04T12:37:00

2008-11-04T18:28:53Z

Step One:

- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 unlimited 8D holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two:

- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

Fandom:

(1) A Week Holiday Changmin Poster 1 A2

T album 2DVD + 2CD

(3) A Week Holiday TVXQ Poster 1

~~T Tour Hong Kong Ver.~~ ily nightpwnsj00

Mirotic Poster ver. A

Other:

Christmas cards would be cool. : D

Yunho <--I REALLY WANT THIS ONE GAIZ D:

Clothing/Accessories:

Orange Kitty Stud Earrings

Cute Candy Earrings

Pink Hello Kitty Earrings

I HAVE A LOT OF WANTS ;A;</div>

douknow @ 2008-10-19T15:07:00

2008-10-19T19:25:09Z

I'm bored and I think the world of LJ could use one, so... |D

Don't forget to pimp it.

THE KPOP FRIENDING MEME

Fill this out and post a comment 8D

Name?:
Age?:
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Anything else you'd like to share? ;D:

Oh, and keep the wank out. :/ KTHX.

blogcrew!

2008-10-17T21:07:20Z

「 ღ INSERT CLAIM, you have got to be the ◊finest◊ thing in history ☆ 」

☆RULES☆
1. One user per claim. Members of the same group that moved to another don't count. For example, if someone claimed Tegoshi from Tegomass, he cannot be claimed from NewS. However, people on my friends list may claim someone again if they've already been claimed.♥
2.One claim per user. ♥
3. Comment with "I'll eat you up" as your subject for the claim. ♥
4. Don't fight over the claims. D: It's just a blogcrew, not srs bzns. ♥
5. Give me your claim's full name, band and country pls&ty. ♥
6. This is open to GENERAL ASIAN MUSIC. :D ♥
7. Check the claims list before commenting and requesting. Saves us both time~ ♥
8. I'm going to claim Jung Yunho from DBSK, but I'm going to leave it so another person can claim him because I'm nice like that. \:D/ ♥

code:

Claims

Chinese Music

Super Junior - Mandarin
Henry Lau → jpop_fanatic

Japanese Music

Acrobatic Boys Club - Z
Hashimoto Ryosuke → nickerz21

alice nine.
Shou → kissme_deadly_x

Arashi
Onho Satoshi → amethystdream3

the GazettE
Aoi → lifeisnyaa

Hey! Say! Jump
Takaki Yuya → chibilover14
Chinen Yuri → eunixe

KAT-TUN
Akanishi Jin → murasakimegumi
Ueda Tatsuya → ainekaikan
Kamenashi Kazuya → elasticbanana
Tanaka Koki → kokified

Kis-My-Ft2
Fujigaya Taisuke → kissme_deadly_x

NewS
Koyama Keiichiro → silver881
Yamashita Tomohisa → annatanhe
Tegoshi Yuya → moriharuuka

TETRA-FANG
Seto Kouji → kaanivaru

Solo Artist
Koda Kumi → nani_kumi
Amuro Namie → jaejoong Korean Music

DBSK
Jung Yunho → douknow | wintergal
Kim Junsu → hi_ya_ya
Kim Jaejoong → zoetekohana
Park Yoochun → revezauxetoiles
Shim Changmin → changminiminmin

SHINee
Kim Jonghyun → se7endragon

Super Junior
Lee 'Eunhyuk' Hyukjae → hyuktsu
Kim Heechul → gackt_tytta
Lee Donghae → zumodefrutas
Hankyung → inuvampy
Kim Kangin → saki_hoshino

Solo Artist
Lee Hyori → liveinthaskye
BoA → baboboy

douknow @ 2008-09-13T18:06:00

2008-09-13T22:08:06Z

Comment anonymously with:
1 One thing you really like about me
2 One thing you don't really like about me

Lolz, *pats iron body armor*

movie reviews

2008-08-07T00:05:01Z

Type your cut contents here.The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer
3/5 Stars
Brenden Fraser, Jet Li

What a complete and utter waste of Jet Li. I'm sorry, but when I go to see a movie with Jet Li in it, I want to see amazing fighting sequences of stuff I can only dream of doing. It was...wasteful of him. =/ All he did was bark orders in Mandarin and do a few flippy-twists.

Anyway, the cast featured a change in Evelyn. The story is that an emporer conquered most of China, but wished to conquer death. When a witch placed a curse on him and his army, it was sealed away until Alex, our favorite British-accented child turned American-accented discovers him in a dig in China.

There were a lot of plot holes, and the original is by far better. It's an okay story, though. Got your romance and what not. So it's worth seeing on a rainy day with nothing to do, I suppose.

Journey to the Center of the Earth
2/5 Stars
Brenden Fraser

BOREFEST. And of course, I had to see the dreaded 3D version. Absolutely horrible. I hated it.

The idea is based on researcher Trevor finding his brother's copy of the novel and eventually stumbling upon the center of the earth with Icelandic mountain guide Hannah and his nephew ~~(who's name I don't care about)~~. However, they have 72-48 hours to get out because it's heating up rapidly.

If you've read the book (or even played the stupid PC game), you can basically guess what'll happen. It's just plain boring. Sry2sey.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe
3/5 Stars
David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson

I dunno if any of you guys have watched the show, but when it's a movie, I'd like it to be more...sci-fi-ish. I'm weird like that.

It ended up being about a psychic, who was formerly a convicted pedophile...who was formerly a priest. Always a good mix.

Anyway, half the movie was about some stupid sub-plot with Scully and this boy with a patient. I felt like I was watching FFX-2 on the big screen, considering NOTHING showed any relevance to each other until the very end.

And of course, it was just plain creepy, disturbing and creepy looking Russian men. >.> Oh well. It took up 2 hours.

douknow @ 2008-08-01T19:05:00

2008-08-01T23:06:09Z

I'm going to the beach. I'll be back on Wednesday evening. ^^

Try not to cut me if you're doing friend's list cuts. XD

See you guys when I get back!

Try not to miss me too much. <3

EDIT: Making this public.

A few people have added me without commenting on my friends only entry. Please, when you get the chance, comment there. It's one of my rules, and I like my rules. D: Thank you.

douknow @ 2008-07-21T19:21:00

2008-07-21T23:23:30Z

erotic_suju

WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?

GOD,
PLEASE STOP. PLEASE.

;__________________________________;

Made public for righteous shit.

Friends Cut

2008-07-10T22:12:51Z

About time I did this, goddammit.

If you've been cut, it's one of these reasons.

You don't comment and you've not made yourself known as one who doesn't rly comment, and we don't talk on AIM/YIM/MSN/email/messages.
I can't remember adding you.
I don't remember WHY I added you.
You're figuratively dead.
We don't get along well.

The following people were cut:

ai4jui
bcnoir
cachocy_cacheek
gigirl942
iluvzkyou
kagamiofdeath
kiri125
kyoya84
pianist0521992
wordstoasong

If you want, I'll add you back, just comment on my original entry. Do not add me again if you plan to repeat one of those reasons up there, however.

Rainbows Review

2008-07-04T16:32:48Z

Ho shit, guess who watched Rainbows PV? ME. And here I am to give a review.

Music: I loved the music part of it. I really did. The guitars were badass, and I loved the solos. Absolutely amazing. And Saga was great on bass, as was Nao on drums. The riffs were amazing on Tora and Hiroto's parts, and this is the most impressed I've ever been with them on their playing talent.

The part I'm iffy on is Shou.

He's got...a voice that tends to favor the lower vocals. And that's where he needs to stay, IMO. Towards the end, he goes up really high, and that was not music to my ears, sry2sey.

8/10

Costumes: I liked Saga's costume, I was iffy on Tora's, and I liked Hiroto's costume. As for Shou, lmfao, he didn't match at all, poor boy. And I kept waiting on Kayne West to pop out and kick his ass for the shutter shades. It was hard to see Nao's costumes, but it was meh. I think he was wearing silver pants, which made me laugh a bit.

7/10

PV: The PV part was okay. At least I didn't get motion sickness from the spinning unlike another PV. *eyes Mirrorball*

The treadmills Hiroto and Tora and Saga were walking on made me feel like I was watching OK GO. here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again...

Another plus--no blinding white backgrounds unlike yet ANOTHER PV.

7/10

OVERALL: 22/30 (73% approved by Alexia)

There are a few things I'd prefer them to do before I consider myself a fan of theirs again, but if they stay on this track musically I may consider giving them a listen to again. :D

We're getting to that point...

2008-06-18T02:11:37Z

It's at that point where I think I'm going to do a friend's cut to get rid of dead journals and people that I don't talk to much.

However, I know there are people working/doing exams and what not, so I'm going to leave this open. For my own record, journals exempt from this (due to hiatus/other purposes) are:

If you guys know someone on my F. list who should be exempt because of a hiatus or whatever, let me know so I can add them. As for people I just added or I know to be sort of un-avid commenters, I won't be cutting you. XD;;

As for people who have me on their list and I don't have you on mine, please post here and let me know why I should add you. Thank you. :)