Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday

Guilty Conscience

by Eminem ft. Dr Dre

In this song, written by Eminem and Dr Dre, tells the story of three men who are all going to commit violent or sexual crimes or are doing things that calls their morels into action. Eminem plays the bad side of the Conscience where as Dr Dre plays the good side. The song runs through the three stories where Eminem and Dr Dre are trying to convince the three what is the right thing to do.

During the first verse, a man is going to rob a store to help pay for his family; Dr Dre tries to convince the man that this was not the right thing to do, where as Eminem tries to convince the man that he can get away with the crime. The man chooses the right thing to do and does not rob the store - instead he leaves.

In the second verse a young man finds a fifteen year old girl, drunk at a party; Eminem tries to convince they man that if he slips something into her drink, he will get away with doing what he likes with her, where as Dr Dre tries to convince him that it was not right to take advantage of this young woman, that he would go to jail and ruin this girl's life. The man decides that the right thing to do is take advantage of the girl.

The third and final verse is about a man who comes home from a long day to find his wife with another man; Eminem tells the man that he should kill both his wife and the man and then take the child and leave, while Dr Dre begins to try and calm the man down, saying that there could be a reasonable explanation for what is going on, but Eminem antagonizes him and Dr Dre eventually agrees with Eminem that the moral thing to do is kill both of the wife and he lover.

<Merlin>

Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday!

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Hey guys! Flashback Friday time, today I will be writing about Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. This here is a game and a half, an absolute classic! This game was the beginning of the Oddworld series. The original Abe's Oddysee came out in 1997 on the PS1 and PC, a series that sadly have not made many games lately. Their HD re-make of Abe's Oddysee - Abe's New and Tasty - came out late last year and truly does live up to the original game standards. It was kept mostly the same, but they added some new features, which make the game a little easier to play. One of these are a check point system. Although this may take away from the over all difficultly of the game itself, it makes the game more enjoyable to play and you're less likely to rage quit after dying over and over again on that one hard part you can't get past because you need to keep re-starting the entire level, which in my opinion makes the game a lot better.

In this game you play as Abe, a floor-waxer at RaptureFarms - a meat processing factory, which is losing money, because all their products are going extinct. This is where Abe's boss "Mullock the Gulkkon" comes up with the idea to turn Abe's fellow Mudokon slaves into tasty treats, in a last-ditch effort to save his dying company. Abe over hears this, and after receiving a vision  from "Big Face" (actual name, no joke), he goes on a mission to save the Mudokons and the other life forms on the world. After venturing through some rather hardcore levels, you eventually get to the boss level, where you finally get to fight Mullock.

<Merlin>

Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday!

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Hey guys, how we all going? Today ill be doing a review on one of my favourite movies; Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino. If you haven't seen this movie, you need to. It's awesome!

The story revolves around a group of separate characters and their lives. All through the movie there are a mix of funny and serious parts, witch show the genius of Quentin Tarantino. The movie is made up of six separate stories, some of which crossover. The first one is about "Hunny Bunny" and "Pumpkin," two small time criminals who are robbing a diner where they were having coffee.

The second one is about Jules Winnfield and his partner in crime, Vincent Vega, who are going to collect a package from some people who owe there boss, Marsellus, some money. After Jules and Vincent collect the package, they kill the entire group, except for one.

The third chapter is mainly about Vincent. In this part of the movie, Vincent has been asked to take Marsellus' wife, Mia, out to dinner. On his way to get her, Vincent picks up some high-grade heroin, which Mia later overdoses on.

In chapter four we meet Butch as a child and his father's friend, who just got back from Vietnam, and tells young Butch the story behind his father's gold watch. Later in the chapter, we see Butch accepting money from Marsellus to throw a fight for him. Butch double crosses Marsellus and runs from him.

In the fifth chapter we go back to Jules and Vincent, who are now driving back with the survivor, when Vincent accidentally shoots him in the head. Needing to get off the road and clean the car, the pair call "The Wolf," a notorious gang member, to help them clean up the car.

In the final chapter, we see Vincent and Jules in a diner, which just happens to be the same one Pumpkin and Hunny Bunny are robbing.

In conclusion, Pulp Fiction is a great movie, one that is definitely worth watching. If you haven't seen it yet, you should watch it now!

<Merlin>

Christmas Tale: Part 2

Christmas Tale

Part Two

'Twas the day of Christmas,

And all through the house,

Every creature was stirring,

Even the mouse.

All kids were grounded,

For their late night,

That gave mum and dad,

A bloody big fright.

The Greek went home,

For he was a dick,

He decided to ditch,

What a bloody big prick.

Santa Claus was hungover,

But all gifts were there,

All four felt great pride,

as they gave them a stare.

"We did a good thing," Merlin laughed aloud,

The Elder smiled, "Santa would be proud."

The Elf's lips' corners lifted,

As she gave The short Dwarf a look,

They then said in time, "This should be in a book."

And that's how the story of drunk Christmas began,

With a tipsy 'Claus and a bloody great plan.

Merry Christmas to all,

And to all a bloody great night.

THE END OF PART TWO

What did you think of part two? Should I do a part three?

-The Dwarf

Update!!

Update!!

Hello everyone!

Merry Christmas to all and we hope you've all had a fantastic day, we know we have. 

This year was actually even busier than last year, so we have been worse than ever at keeping things updated and posting often. We are very, very sorry about that, but we're definitely going to pick up the Christmas spirit for the rest of the month and, as our New Year's resolution, we're going to try to post at least five times every month from now on.

Unfortunately, most of these posts will still be by me, since I have internet access most often and am available to do things on a more regular basis. Next year, The Dwarf and The Elder will be posting more often, I assure you, but probably still not as often as we would like. We all have busy lives, but we will definitely try to be more consistent. If we still can't post very often, we apologize in advance, but we are aiming to have more regular posting by June next year - at the latest.

The Friday Flashbacks have been very inconsistent, but hopefully from next week on wards, we'll be posting every Friday. We also plan on doing as many new reviews as we can in the next few weeks, before we have to get back to school and work, etc... Otherwise, we plan to do more things for the blog next year, which we're quite excited about.

Hopefully, we'll have everything sorted next year and be much more organized.

In any case, we hope you all have a lovely Christmas! Best wishes to everyone and we hope you all get the things that were on your wishlist this year.

We love you all very much, and thank you for checking out the blog!

~The Elf

Insidious (2010)

Insidious (2010)

Creepy Ghost #1

Movie Information:
Insidious is a supernatural horror film, the first in the series, which revolves around a couple's son - who enters into an unexplained coma. Due to the coma (some how) he becomes an in between for some creepy ghosts/demons (for example, the one to the right).

Plot Summary:
"The teacher Josh Lambert and his wife Renai move with their three children, the boys Dalton and Foster and the baby Cali, to a big house. When Dalton is exploring the attic, he falls from the ladder and hits the head on the floor. On the next morning, Dalton does not wake up and stays in coma, but the doctors are not able to diagnose his problem. Three months later, weird things happen in the house and Renai sees apparitions. She is sure that the house is haunted and convinces Josh to move to another house. Sooner Renai sees ghosts in the new house and Josh does not believe in his wife. But his mother Lorraine tells him that she had also had a vision of a fiend in Dalton's room. They invite the medium and Lorraine's old friend Elise Rainier, who brings her team of ghost hunters Specs and Tucker to investigate the supernatural phenomenon. Elise explains that Dalton is a traveler with the ability of leaving his physical body and travel in astral projection. Now his spiritual body is lost in a place called Further that is not for the living and entities are gathered trying to get inside his empty physical body. Among these entities there is a demon that needs Dalton's body to cause pain to the others. Further, Lorraine discloses that Josh is also a gifted traveler and must seek out Dalton in Further and bring him back."- Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil http://www.imdb.com/
Our Review:
This movie was... well, strange. The movie itself was great, well directed and brilliant for jump scares, but it takes watching it twice to fully understand what the hell is happening. We loved watching this movie, mainly because we both have a habit of becoming completely immersed in whatever we're watching. We are both people who are not scared easily, but we were screaming at almost every jump scare. This film has a way of getting under your skin, making you look over your shoulder constantly, which is one of its best features.
We watched this movie with the Dwarf, but she fell asleep half way through, so we ended up practically lying on top of her on the ground - which she was not pleased about. Our group get together to watch scary movies quite often and Insidious is, and will forever be, one of our favourite ones.
We can't wait for Chapter 3 to come out next year!
~The Elf and <Merlin>  

Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday!

Hey people, what's up? The Elf has been grinding my ass to do this post for the past month 'cause she's evil and I'm lazy. So here it goes;

 Ed, Edd n Eddy

This was my favourite show growing up. It's all about 3 dudes trying to make enough money to buy a really, really large jawbreaker, that all the other kids in their cul-de-sac seem to have. To get this jawbreaker they come up with random schemes to scam the other kids out of money, but they never seem to work. Personally I love this show so much, 'cause I can relate to it... kinda... I mean, I was always doing things to make a quick dollar and, like these guys, it never worked. You should go check out this show if you haven't already! If your a 90's kid you probably have, though. It's amazing and I know it will always be a special part in my childhood.

So to re-cap, Ed, Edd n Eddy was a great show from Cartoon Network that should come back.
It's original run was 10 years long and it's definitely better than any show on there at the moment, in my opinion.
So what's your favourite show from your childhood? And what should I do next week? Sweet as! Have a good one dudes and dudettes!

<Merlin>

Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Assassin's Creed Black Flag is a game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game is set during the golden age of piracy, you play as Edward Kenway a young man trying to make his fortune, he leaves his wife and family to join privateer's working for the British navy. While on duty the ship he is on comes under attack from the rogue assassin Duncan Walpole. Both ships are destroyed in the conflict and Edward and Duncan survive and are stranded on the island together, he kills Duncan and disguises himself as the rouge assassin. He sneaks into the Templar meeting but is eventually found and must escape. This conflict continues through out the game. Edward eventually becomes an Assassin and hunts down the Templar order.

My Review

This is a beautiful game with many unique and interesting places to travel to on your ship "The Jackdaw". The game has great character development, excellent game play and an amazing story line with many twists that keep you guessing. You can customize your character's look as well as weaponry and your ships look. the game play varies depending on how you want to play it, you could run in and chop everyone down to dog meat or you can sneak through like the sneaky little assassin you are.

*The Elder* and <Merlin>

Christmas Tale: Part 1

Christmas Tale
Part One

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all things were dark,
Except for one house, near Burnside Park.
The lights were turned on, inside and out,
Then two cheering girls decided to shout:
"Merry Christmas my dear friend! And let the season never end!"
The pair were joined by a group of three,
The signs on their faces were showing nothing but glee.
The Elder jumped up and onto the bed,
"Best Christmas so far." He finally said.
All of a sudden outside was a roar,
And the five ran out, and into the door.
"Ouch!" They all cried and yelled "What the hell?"
As their yelling was stopped by jolly red bells.
"Santa?" Merlin asked, "But, you aren't real?!"
Then his lips were magically sealed.
"'TIS I!" A drunken Saint Nick replied,
"Oh God, he's drunk." The Greek boy sighed.
Santa tripped over and out of his sleigh,
in a very informal and drunken way.
He waved his hand and gave his fingers a snap,
and not a second after, Merlin's voice came back.
"Santa can not deliver presents like this!"
"Not when he's currently on the piss!"
"We should be Santa!" The Dwarf hit The Elf's arm,
"Well, we've done worse, so I don't see the harm."
The Dwarf dug through her bag and pulled out a red hat,
then onto the sleigh the five of them sat.
"This will be stupid." The Greek said with a grunt.
"Shut up, Greek boy. No body cares."
Moaned Merlin, who received multiple stares.
The Elf turned round to give them a slap,
Then turned on the radio to Eminem's rap.
As the five of them cheered, the sleigh lifted up,
And coffee spilled out of The Elder's cup.
House after house, the presents dropped in,
"This is quite fun." The Elf said with a grin.
Five hours later, with lots of complaints,
They headed home to watch Boondock Saints.
They went backwards and forwards, trying to find their way,
But navigation was difficult, in the red sleigh.
After a while they were back on track,
And The Elf and Dwarf said back to back:
"See, I told you this Christmas would be fun."
"Yes, but drive faster, I can already see the sun."
They parked on the driveway, as quiet as a mouse,
And tried to sneak into the Christmassy house.
Their mum opened the door and said, "You're all grounded."
"WHAT?!" They all screamed, rather astounded.

THE END OF PART ONE

What did you think? We'll be posting part two next year ;)
-The Dwarf