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May 08, 2007

1155: "I'm talking about violence!"

The Saunders kids march to the beat of a different drummer. Specifically, this one:

To that end, we have failed to get over 300 while the rest of the world moved on several million years ago. Whatever. Bite me. Bite us both. You see this tattoo? It's a clown and it symbolizes street warfare. See, I'm part of the clowns now, you dig? Yeah, I thought so.

As many of you know (but most of you don't), I was an art history student. As even fewer of you probably know, I was only about a credit away from also having a minor in classical archaeology -- something which would have undoubtedly served me well in the competitive world of... uh... hmm. Whatever. Don't hate! JEALOUS!

Likewise, Chris gets a lot of use out of his degree in history when he, uh, plays Rome: Total War.

He's fussed with it so that his men no longer look just like "red mummies" but "red mummies with things on their heads." This makes them Spartans. See? History! Sadly, I don't think they ever get around to doing this kind of thing:

It's the leg flying off at about 22 seconds (or 46, if you watch it directly on the YouTube site -- why are the clocks always reversed when the clip is embedded?) that really puts a smile on my face. Some girls like dinner by candlelight. Some girls like fresh flowers. Me? Stylized violence.

Speaking of... 28 Weeks Later, anyone?

Pete and I are a little bitter about the first one to varying degrees. I'd really hoped it would be more but after starting out so strong, it just... went a little From Dusk 'Till Dawn, if you know what I mean. I felt so disappointed that it actually messed with my desire to see Dawn of the Dead. That, of course, ended up being completely great, but my anxiety about the 28 Days Later franchise lingers on -- is the new one going to stink? Mr. Amoeba, any thoughts? (By the way, I tried to message you through Myspace earlier but every time I logged in, I got spammed with a bajillion fake messages and the only way to deal with it was to log out and scream at my compy for a while. Has that been happening to anyone else lately?)

* NB: The title of this entry refers to Outlaw, which I've still not seen and continue to fear the worst for; nevertheless, watching Ronin with Pete reminded me how much I love the Bean. I mean, he plays Spence so distressingly pathetic that you can't help but despise him -- and yet elsewhere, he's totally my hero and the greatest military hero the world has ever known. Favoritest actor ever! When will he be in a zombie movie?! He'd die in it, of course, but wouldn't that be great?

Posted by ashley at May 8, 2007 10:57 AM

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