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I don't think Tomb Raider should be compared with Heavy Rain in any way. Two completely different games in terms of genre and tone. Also I wouldn't single out the female characters in Heavy Rain as being particularly mistreated, because pretty much everyone in that game gets fucked up.So I don't think the violence towards the female character stands out when you look at the whole game and in context.

The Tomb Raider stuff is weird because you get the sense that the developers are putting her through so much _because_ she's a female protagonist. Like they're saying "Yeah you weren't expecting us to do this to her, right?!" It's obvious they're trying to ride on Uncharted's success and that includes what that series has put Nathan Drake through. He get's pretty beat up, but only just enough to make it seem like he's not a superhero. But the abuse Lara takes, seems almost comical. She can't just take a fall without getting impaled, can't parachute without hitting every tree on the way down and of course every enemy is a potential rapist as well. Everything that could go wrong, does and it does so times ten. I like the idea of a different Tomb Raider and the game looks nice anyway. But I don't think this way of portraying women and violence is that groundbreaking as the developers seem to think it is. Having seen The Descent, it has been handled sooo much better. It doesn't matter if it's a dude or dudette falling 50 feet in a dark cave, limbs will be broken regardless and we're not afraid to show it. But right now, the sole focus of the game seems to be "How many terrible things can we put Lara through". So I guess the potential rape was the thing that finally took it over the top.

@NTM: The movie is clearly set in the same universe. But other than that, Prometheus's connection to the rest of the Alien movies are loose. The few references they cram in are not very subtle though. I'm not going to spoil anything, but if you know some of the key moments from the Alien movies, you'll probably go "Ah, I remember that" in Prometheus. The story isn't the strongest part of the movie. You have a couple of moments with heavy exposition, that we unfortunately need because it's hard to figure who's doing what and for what reason. Sometimes it feels like the movie is missing scenes. Characters in the movie will no apparent reason know a lot more about what's going on than the audience. So you will probably think "huh?" and "what?" a few times.

The mood and atmosphere is pretty awesome. Everything about the movie feels strange and alien. The opening part is etched into my brain. It's probably the thing I'll remember most of all as time passes. It might end up as a bit of an action romp, but it has some awesome and strange bits that make it worth a watch.

@myketuna said:

Let me get this out of the way: Jump scares. How many? I am a sucker and a pansy for jump scares. That said, I'm still going to go see it regardless of the amount. Movie looks like it'll be interesting at the very least.

You'll see most of it coming, so it's not bad. If you're squeamish, the death scenes are pretty graphic though.

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Did you see in 3D? If so how was it, I only bother seeing movies in theaters these days if they got good 3D as I can easily wait for the Blu Ray and watch in 1080p with DTS surround.

The 3D was actually pretty good. It was mostly tasteful stuff. You get a POV from a person in a spacesuit, and the HUD looks awesome. It's mostly stuff like that. You could watch in 2D and wouldn't know it also looks just as natural in 3D. But as I pointed out earlier, the lightning in this movie is amazing, and with dark tinted 3D glasses, it looks a lot worse. There's absolutely nothing wrong with how this movie looks in any way. It's simply gorgeous to look at. Watching it in the cinema is highly recommended.

Michael Fassbender looks like a late 90's EBM vocalist and Stringer Bell drives the ship. All in all, a good casting I'd say.

The move looked _spectacular_, there's no other word for it. I loved the first 30 minutes. Great atmosphere and slow, moody pacing. It doesn't fall apart later on, but I think the movie is worse off for the Alien-connection. The audience wants to see monsters, but the filmmakers wanted to make something more philosophical. It ends up being a somewhat pompous sci-fi horror with too few but at least satisfying death scenes. I think it will grow on me, just wish it didn't have anything to do with Alien.

Also, I watched in 3D, but the dark tint of the glasses ruins the lightning :(

As good as it can be during the circumstances. We moved our separate ways 10 years ago and have almost nothing in common, so there's very little to talk about. But he's eager to lend a hand if I need to some solve practical issue, but he also likes to ask for help in return. We don't live that far from eachother, so I meet him from time to time. Not the most exciting relationship, but considering some of the replies here, it could be a lot worse.

Dead Space was full of subtle touches. I remember walking under a ceiling that was dripping with water and the water droplets actually hit your character. I wasn't expecting that kind of detail, but it was all the better for it.

Wtf is this shit?

Eh, whatever. It's friday and everyone is a bit tired. Yeah they should have stopped sooner, but who cares if some curses were thrown out. It's just words. As for Brad's ragequit, they'll cool off over the weekend and it'll be fine on monday.

wtf man. RIP MCA.

How could I forget about this...