The thing about Arnold movies is that they never get old. Some might claim them repetitive when the tempo of a movie is concerned, but the dialog, setting, plot, acting, and characters make up so much that whether your watching Predator, Commando, Terminator, Running Man or Pumping Iron, you feel that the whole setting is real, and it's like watching a documentary except that it's interesting.
The most superduperawesome thing that makes Arnold movies timeless is, however, the critique they present. If you watch, say, Running Man, you can still apply the movie's message to the current state of the world very easily. I'm not going to speculate the message here, because its crystal clear and America sucks again etc, but furthermore, I don't want to spoil anyone's movie experience.
Other than spending time with my best friend Arnold, my laptop broke down. Now I gotta buy a new one. In Finland you have to wait usually for few weeks when you want to buy a computer. In Hong Kong, you have to wait 2 hours. TWO FUCKING HOURS??!! What the hell is that? That's like more awesome than awesome. So I got used to that kind of service because I bought my last laptop from Hong Kong, and now my attitude is that if I want something, I want it NOW. If I can't get it "now", I don't buy it. In Malaysia you have to wait. Shit.
... and here I went to look for laptops ranging from 2500 - 3000 RM, recommended by a friendly PC Gamer magazine. No shop so far has the models available I'm looking for, so fuck them. "We can order" is the most common answer, and "1 to 2 weeks" is the most common waiting time. However, in Malaysia you can double the promised waiting time easily, and furthermore, I'm super pissed even if I had to wait more than 1 day. I'm left with an option to go through all the computer shops until one of them has a satisfying model. This will take more than 1 to 2 weeks, but it gets me less pissed than the alternative of ordering. Ordering sucks also because if the laptop is broken for some reason and I have to return it, then I'm SUPERDUPER pissed.

Fuck slow service. This is 2000's and I'm a kid who has it all. Do something.
Arnold does a good job. He clips heads off in the elevator and just doesn't care.
ReplyDeleteI tried watching the '06 Punisher movie yesterday. My expectations were low due to the sucky previous movie, but I thought "Hey, it's The Punisher, he's full of piss and vinegar from Vietnam and is going to avenge till there's no-one left to kill." Well, it didn't quite work out like I thought.
The Punisher caught a bad guy and wanted information from him. Arnold would punch until the info comes out. The comics Punisher would torture. In the movie the Punisher threathened to burn the bad guy's back with a blowtorch, explaining how it first feels cold, then you smell burning flesh and then the pain comes.
Well, he burned a steak with the blowtorch to make the smell, and poked the interrogatee with a popsickle. Really. He, instad of burning poked the guy with a delicacy. And after he got the info he even showed the trick to the guy.
Very much unlike Arnold, the hollywood Punisher is useless. You know which to watch.
Haha! The Punisher.. I remember that sh.. one. Actually I had already forgotten how ridiculous the movie was. Thanks for reminding me, and this even elevates Arnold's god status (if possible!).
ReplyDelete"Well, he burned a steak with the blowtorch to make the smell, and poked the interrogatee with a popsickle. Really. He, instad of burning poked the guy with a delicacy. And after he got the info he even showed the trick to the guy.
ReplyDeleteVery much unlike Arnold, the hollywood Punisher is useless. You know which to watch."
That scene was actually in the comics, back in the 90's. I believe Frank Miller wrote the issues it was in.
Score one for The Punisher (2006) then. I have to confess ignorance at this point.
ReplyDeletePlease read my previous comment as follows: "The newest Punisher movie was full of crap because it didn't resemble my personal image of The Punisher and therefore didn't satisfy my unrealistic expressions even if it stayed true to the comics. Arnold rules."
Anyway, thanks for the heads-up.