http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/sc_afp/sciencearchaeologyentertainmentfilmskull well, Indiana Jones movie fails for another reason I guess 
Zero Punctuation: LEGO Indy
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OK first off to everybody out there Lego Indy is NOT better than MGS4, MGS is about the experience, which it had in spades (IMAO)and was totally rad, plus for those of you who like online gaming MGO is very cool. Sorry I know I am a total douchebag for bringing that one up again.
Good review, entertaining as always, lots of lols. New intro and outro is rather flashy, I kind of miss the simplicity of the old style plus the custom songs, but at least we got a decent amount of content this time (nothing like waiting a week for a 3 min. video)
I like the hard rock music, I think it fits fine, because it is cool like the reviews...
Good review, entertaining as always, lots of lols. New intro and outro is rather flashy, I kind of miss the simplicity of the old style plus the custom songs, but at least we got a decent amount of content this time (nothing like waiting a week for a 3 min. video)
I like the hard rock music, I think it fits fine, because it is cool like the reviews...
funny as always.
the new intro was cool.
and im honestly more concerned with the continued quality of the reviews than i am about how the intro to them looks.
good stuff as always Mr. Croshaw.
the new intro was cool.
and im honestly more concerned with the continued quality of the reviews than i am about how the intro to them looks.
good stuff as always Mr. Croshaw.
All Lego games to me have been meh at best, but then I stopped caring for lego games about the time i stopped caring for legos, which was what 12, 13 years ago. eh Still an entertaining review as usual yahtzee and yay for originality and fascism.
I never saw the new indy film, after 99.9% of people I talked to said it was shit I couldn't be bothered finding out just how shit it is so I'm sure your review was spot on
I never saw the new indy film, after 99.9% of people I talked to said it was shit I couldn't be bothered finding out just how shit it is so I'm sure your review was spot on
Yeah, not hot on the new intro and outros. They feel more glitzy and higher budget but less personal.
I like the new intro.
It's a shame the new Indy had to suck as much ass as everyone knew it would. They finally made another movie with Commies as bad guys (Cate Blanchett's manifesto was pretty accurate--and fulfilled, in my opinion), and as fate would have it, it wasn't that good.
To be fair though, it wasn't any less entertaining than Crusade was (or less corny). The real mistake Lucas made was the attempt to flesh out all the supporting characters nobody cares about. Admit it, the movie kicked ass until LaBeouf showed up.
The rocket-car?
The doom town?
THE FRIDGE ESCAPE???
P.S: Temple of Doom was the best Indy. Anyone who says Last Crusade was eats paint chips.
It's a shame the new Indy had to suck as much ass as everyone knew it would. They finally made another movie with Commies as bad guys (Cate Blanchett's manifesto was pretty accurate--and fulfilled, in my opinion), and as fate would have it, it wasn't that good.
To be fair though, it wasn't any less entertaining than Crusade was (or less corny). The real mistake Lucas made was the attempt to flesh out all the supporting characters nobody cares about. Admit it, the movie kicked ass until LaBeouf showed up.
The rocket-car?
The doom town?
THE FRIDGE ESCAPE???
P.S: Temple of Doom was the best Indy. Anyone who says Last Crusade was eats paint chips.
I was trying to work some penis-related, auto-fellatio joke into this reply that somehow corresponded to excellent word choice and sentence structure while doing these reviews...but **** it, man. It's 3:20am in the morning.
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Zero Punctuation is the only thing that makes Wednesdays worth it.
For those of you who claim to "love" the new intro, I'm curious as to what part you love. The generic nu-metal? The flying animation that seems oddly out of place with the stopframe animation of the video itself? The flashbacks to old videos of which don't make sense when taken out of context?
All the comments comparing this to "Waynes World" are spot on - the introduction seems to have been designed by people who have no clue as to why the videos were popular in the first place. They just seemed to have thrown together a couple of unrelated things together because they are individually popular, like... oh... say... Indiana Jones and Lego.
The fundamental rule of new marketing initiatives is that they should add value. Whereas the old intro/outro gave 10 seconds of "Ah... I see the connection" the new one gives 10 seconds of "Get on with it!". It's a complete waste of time, adds no value, and you've just flushed the time, effort and presumably money of creating it down the toilet.
All the comments comparing this to "Waynes World" are spot on - the introduction seems to have been designed by people who have no clue as to why the videos were popular in the first place. They just seemed to have thrown together a couple of unrelated things together because they are individually popular, like... oh... say... Indiana Jones and Lego.
The fundamental rule of new marketing initiatives is that they should add value. Whereas the old intro/outro gave 10 seconds of "Ah... I see the connection" the new one gives 10 seconds of "Get on with it!". It's a complete waste of time, adds no value, and you've just flushed the time, effort and presumably money of creating it down the toilet.
Well, seeing as how a court case would crush them, I'd probably stay on the safe side. Anyway, I think you maight be jumping the gun just a tad. It might have nothing to do with copyright issues.Mr.Dillinger said:
Yes, yes, yes we can all see what you did there. By pre-empting us fans on not liking the new intro you have succeeded in pointing out that we, your fans, are boring and predictable. That makes it all ok; the fundamental balance of the cosmos is preserved...
But seriously, I can understand that you are no doubt under pressure from the escapist to keep things above board by not using music you haven't got the permission to use from the original publisher, but surely you could have come up with something a bit more fitting than this. It looks and sounds like the ZP equivelent of the intro to a show about monster trucks or a world's strongest man contest or something.
I've worked with Russ Pitts before, he is a great editor and this intro is indeed very professional looking, but I really think that it waters down some of your personality and style.
I think the comments in this thread are compelling enough proof that the new intro is not liked. I would like to see another attempt, by you (Yahtzee) this time and without 'music to enjoy a frat party to'.
Otherwise, great review as always.
But seriously, I can understand that you are no doubt under pressure from the escapist to keep things above board by not using music you haven't got the permission to use from the original publisher, but surely you could have come up with something a bit more fitting than this. It looks and sounds like the ZP equivelent of the intro to a show about monster trucks or a world's strongest man contest or something.
I've worked with Russ Pitts before, he is a great editor and this intro is indeed very professional looking, but I really think that it waters down some of your personality and style.
I think the comments in this thread are compelling enough proof that the new intro is not liked. I would like to see another attempt, by you (Yahtzee) this time and without 'music to enjoy a frat party to'.
Otherwise, great review as always.