So if you read my last post, you might remember that I said I was going to visit my cottage this past weekend. Well I did, and it was pretty great. The weather was really nice, so I had a pretty good time just sitting and relaxing with all the nature surrounding me. My Mom has some hummingbird feeders up, and there were hummingbirds around them for a fair bit of the time, which was cool. They were really cute. There was one that was really surly and chased the other birds away from the feeders, even if he didn't want to actually go on them himself. Pretty funny.
I also saw a WILD TURKEY. This is the first time I had ever seen one, actually in the wild. Unfortunately I was in the car at the time, so I couldn't follow my manly instincts to go hunt it with nothing but a sharp stick and mud camouflage. And, as science tells us, the urge gets stronger the closer we are to Thanksgiving, so it was pretty hard to resist. Count yourself lucky this time, TURKEY!
Other than that, I went on a couple of rides in my Dad's boat and visited some family that I haven't seen for a while, so that was good. And I think I might have gotten at least a small creativity boost from the change of scenery, which was mainly what I was looking for. I got an idea for a new story, and after thinking about it for a while, I actually had an idea for like, kind of a different form of storytelling. I'll have to think it out a bit more, but hopefully I'll be able to nail it down and start posting it on this blog. If so, I think it would be kind of like a multi-part shortish story. Can't promise anything, of course, since everything I've promised so far hasn't really happened yet.
Anywho, I also saw Elysium while I was up there, and it was pretty good. The sci-fi stuff was cool, and I really enjoyed Sharlto Copley, and especially Jodie Foster. I thought she did just an amazing job. I also laughed at the shape of the space station...nice Halo ring there, guy. Not that that was bad though, it was actually pretty cool looking. That's not to say that there was nothing wrong with the movie, of course.
I guess some spoilers might follow, but nothing really too specific.
So, my big issue with Elysium was how many stupid movie cliches were in it. You know, that kind of thing that makes you go 'aw, come on, really?' when something works out juuuust right. Also how the main character seemingly has like super-hero level endurance, even after being stabbed. How everyone is at the right place at the right time, and how the guy's computer is just magically able to interface with all of Elysium's stuff.
It's the same problem I had with Pacific Rim, which could have been just a cool story about giant robots and monsters, but for some reason they stuffed in a terrible love story too. I mean it was just awful. There was nothing that bad in Elysium, but it's still disappointing to see these lazy storytelling methods being used so heavily in mainstream movies. Like, I feel like we could do without the magically-best-in-the-world-at-what-he-does protagonist who always knows what to do. Maybe that's just what people want to see though, I dunno.
Anywho, as I said, I still enjoyed Elysium, but yeah, I felt it could have been better. So I guess that's it for today, sorry it's not really much again. Hopefully I'll be able to get things straight and get to work on something again soon.
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