Gantz the movie

January. 21. 2011

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AAAHHH EPIC FANGIRL SQUEAL!!! I love the manga, I really liked the anime and I got to see the world premiere last night AHH~!!! I was so dead at work today but it was totally worth it~!!

[SPOILERSSSS if you don't want anything to do with knowing what happens before you see it yourself, pretend I never existed and go somewhere elseee XD]

I honestly saw it just because Kenichi was in it hahaha I loved him in the Death Note movie and watned to see how different he was here. SO DIFFERENT MENGG I didn’t know he was taller than Nino O.o I thought he was generally short, but he was probably trying to look short in Death Note =_= EITHER WAY! He did a mad good job. And Nino did a good job in acting like a slight perv too XD although in the manga Kei was a SERIOUS hentaiman xD

But also, I wanted to see how Nishi was gonna be portrayed since he was my all-time favorite Gantz character…..even though he dies in the second mission and doesn’t come back until a shitload of volumes later. Well, he was played by Kanata Hongo he gave off the arrogance quite well, but I didn’t blame the lack of character depth on him since he didn’t write the script XD During the Tanaka alien mission, you learn a lot about Nishi in both UGHness and AWWness, if you got that :D I don’t really know how else to put it. But right before the mission, you’re just like “he’s an ASS” and then after the mission you go “NOOOOOOOOOOO DON’T GOOO” xDD there was none of that in the movie, just….arrogance XDDD but I did like how his presence felt a lot lighter in the movie haha like in the anime and manga, you felt pretty disturbed and even disgusted sometimes even when he was just standing there. Level of coolness was retained in the movie :D

The suits were so awesomely made!! Apparently it costs about $5k to make each suit O.o I don’t blame them, that shit was detailed and LIGHTS UP~~~ it looks mad awesome when the suits go all electric blue~ the Gantz ball was also awesome, too :D and I like how the man inside the ball was more human than in the anime….probably cause the skin color in the anime was so dull and pale. But in the movie, mystery-gantz-man was pretty dark toned. And then weapons AAHHH they made them the best they could ^^; I loved the detail though. And the transportation scenes were AWESOMENESS.

Now for how the story was rewritten, the general storyline was the same…..of course, if they changed even the general plot, they’d have their heads blown up by gantz guns. But yeah, the arcs were in order and played out generally the same way. I didn’t have a problem with it cause there was time restraint and even with all the abridging, it was still 2.5hrs long. Small details changed were:

First mission Kei never puts the suit on, he only realizes around the end of the mission that you actually need it. Also, when Nishi traps the alien, he asks Kato to shoot it, not Kei. And, the rule about being automatically killed outside the given diameter limit wasn’t in there.
Second mission Tanaka alien was the only one that needed to be beat instead of that weird bird thing being the actual target. Oh, and there was no dog ….or Sadako, I think. And this alien wasn’t bird-obsessed, of course. And in case you haven’t noticed by now, it’s not called Suzuki, it’s Tanaka here. Like there’s really a difference xD that was the original name in the manga anyways >_> and Tanaka’s sonic power was changed to a physical blast, not a screech that makes your ears and eyes bleed. So Nishi basically died from the impact, not from the sound. Speaking of Nishi, he didn’t lecture the grandma or call for his mom at the end.
Third mission There are two statues, but the first is easily destroyed by a single shot before it even comes to life. It didn’t take long for Kei to kill the second statue since he did it quick but still with the same awesomeness as the anime. There was a second part to this mission, but it didn’t involve the sheer number of members and targets. There weren’t that many players and there was only that thousand-arm buddha and that really random tiny statue. The way Kishimoto dies is a little different…..less gore. And she dies before she gets to kiss Kato >:] oh yeah, and Kei gets injured fromt he very beginning of the second part by the buddha’s swords and isn’t fatally wounded. He actually gets back up after everyone else is near death and beats the aliens himself. Also, Kato pulls and awesome sword from his suit. This fills in for the sword he was supposed to have taken from the alien :D it was cooler this way.

ONE MORE THING! In general, there was a shorter time limit for each mission.

So yeah, that’s it for now :D if this never comes out on dvd, I am so buying it x]

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I just recently got a 3rd gen 32GB iPod Touch and updated it to iOS 4 right away. You can see a lot of great updates right on the spot and since I have no life and have nothing better to do, I’ll go through those updates. I’m sure a lot of people have already seen them and are enjoying it :D

This is what is would look like generally, but this is the iPhone

1. The most noticeable thing – the wallpaper. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! Being able to customize your home screen wallpaper :DDD of course, it’d be better if you were able to move the icons wherever you want, but that’s just asking for too much. After all this IS Apple we’re talking about. But yeah, you can set different images for your lock screen and home screen wallpaper.

2. Multitasking is now here. You just press the home button twice (really fast though….seriously xD) and then a row of recently used apps show up on the bottom. Keep scrolling to the right to see all the apps you’e used (I honestly don’t know exactly how many apps this keeps in the list….perhaps all O.O) and if you scroll all the way to the left, there are your playback controls. You can long press on the icons as you would on the home screen (when moving icons). Doing this allows you to delete apps from the list so that you’re not wasting battery life or ….whatever xD apparently, this multitasking is supposed to SAVE battery life, but I wouldn’t count on that.

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Haha if you’re a camwhore, then this camera is DEFINITELY for you xDDD

Yeap. It’s a beauty. I don’t remember every spec of it but it’s 12.2MP (or something very close to that) and it has a nice 3″ touchscreen (or was it a little over that xDD) for those of you who like that stuff ^^ as I saw it, it’s menus were a bit complicated cause there’s like icons galore but I guess as with anything, once you get used to it, you get used to it.

Now there’s the TL225 model and the TL220 model. They’re basically the same, the only difference is the build quality, which affects the pricing. The 220 is made of a plastic housing rather than the 225′s aluminum housing which makes it a good bit cheaper. I’d get the 220, screw that xDDD

Now the key selling point of these cameras is the extra display in front of the camera. Acts as a portrait mirror and is also touchy touchy so just tapping it will activate it. It will also display a countdown when you’re taking timed shots. Very handy deshou ;]

Don’t know EXACTLY what the price is…..I guess if you get it from reliable online stores, it’ll be a bit cheap. Like B&H BWAHAHAHA. Advertising them much xD it’s very recent though, so good luck on that xDD but yeah it’s a very worthy camera. Even I’m thinking about getting it to replace to crappy camera on my phone x3 I take too many pictures to be using this~!!!

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I know a lot of people have trouble with their .ogm files because most media players don’t support this. It’s either .avi or .mp4 and there aren’t many good programs out there that can convert this for free. But FormatFactory is pretty good. Most free programs limit the size of the file you convert, but I just converted a whole anime movie with this XD yeap. It’s a Chinese program, but it’s free AND it doesn’t have one of those annoying watermarks that tell you to purchase the full version. It’s all legit and it does everything well. It doesn’t just convert .ogm, it can convert between almost any video and audio file you can think of. You can even tweak the conversion settings and all.

The conversion quality’s pretty good compared to other stuff I’ve tried (although there’s almost nothing else to try =__=). It was pretty clean and frame rate was pretty good too :DD so all in all, if you want something that’ll convert almost anything for you, here it is. GET IT GET IT GET IT XD

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After a day of using it, I absolutely LOVE IT~! But of course, there has to be some things that aren’t good about it XD

My biggest complaint was the EmoDio software that you have to get =___= I mean, you don’t NEED it persay…..unless you wanna get pictures and videos onto your player, THEN you need it. You have to convert and everything which I don’t mind, but the program is a tad bit slow o.o strangely. Maybe it’s just me. But I really don’t like it XD sadly, I need it =___=

One other complaint was that the headphone jack was right next to the charger. When you want to disconnect the player, you need to press the sides of the USB to get it out, but you can’t do that with the earphones in the way…..you have to take out the earphones, then unplug the USB and then plug back the earphones again =___= oh speaking of earphones…….DO NOT USE THE EARPHONES THAT COME WITH THE PLAYER xDDD hell, even my Skullcandy earbuds sound better than it xDDD

Now the good stuff……it is SERIOUSLY responsive. Maybe it’s the upgraded firmware, but it’s A LOT more sensitive and responsive than I thought it’d be o.o pages move really smooth and it detects gestures really well. I’m actually impressed. And there’s a lot less mispresses like when you’re touching the screen to do one thing and it accidentally does another. It doesn’t do that anymore :D one sad thing is that it didn’t come with the Sketchbook widget T^T I really wanted that……

It loads pretty fast and the build quality is what I expected. All metal and glass. The hairline finish on the back seriously is GORGEOUS. I never thought I’d like the silver version, but hell I LOVE IT. It’s not too heavy but it’s not light enough to make it feel like you’ll snap it if you drop it.

I also didn’t find the volume buttons on top to be too much of a problem O.o cause when you’re holding it and using it, your hands are automatically gonna hold the entire player, not just the bottom part, so getting to the volume controls weren’t much of a pain as I thought it’d be.

Recording quality was also AWESOME. It’s more real and clear than most mp3 players’ recorders I’ve used, thanks to Samsung’s awesome audio chip ^^

And the haptic feedback is awesome XD I don’t know why, but it’s so fun xD

It did freeze sometimes, but when you press the power button, it actually shuts down and then reboots itself so you won’t be needing to press the reset button too many times *^^*


So yeah, that’s the P3 in all its pwnage godly glory XD I did take some pictures of it, but currently too lazy to put them up xDD

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I just couldn’t resist talking about this k-drama. I tend to stay away from most k-dramas, but this one was better than most :P

Basically, this drama deals with many different domestic issues and some morality stuff with some psychoticness/stupidity mixed in. In the beginning, I thought it was gonna be a comedy with some romance in it, but as the story progresses (unlike most k-dramas these days, this isn’t a “mini-drama”, so it’s still running), the plot got more complicated and more serious and just keeps you shaking your head going “these people are ridiculous” xD it made me wanna actually go in the drama and beat the crap out of them xDDD


I’m not gonna say too much about it (cause I don’t wanna ruin anything), other than that it’s much better than most typical k-dramas (the dramatic romance stuff). For a more detailed description: 밥줘

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You’ve probably seen this in my favorites list *^^* but it’s just so good that I simply MUST let others know, if you haven’t heard about it already.

Let’s start with the specs :D get all the nerdy stuff out of the way xD


>> Specs <<

Capacities: 4GB ($120-$130), 8GB ($130-$190), 16GB ($170 – $250), 32GB ($300) – these are prices I found in various sites…..not many sites have the 4GB or 32GB T^T
Colors: black, silver
Dimensions: 2.1″ x 4.0″ x 0.4″
Weight: 3.4oz
Display: 3″ touchscreen with 480×272 resolution and haptic feedback
Supported audio: MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC
Supported video: MPEG-4, WMV, H.264, AVI (DivX and XviD)
Supported photo: JPEG, BMP, PNG
Rated battery life: 30hrs (audio), 5hrs (video)
Connection: MTP


>> Design <<

I thought the design was pretty nice. VERY nice. The screen, first of all, is a nice 3″, which is plenty of space. Added to that, the screen is made of tough glass, so it won’t be scratched by your keys or anything (someone actually made a video testing this, it was amazing O.o). And the body has this awesome metal finish to it. I wouldn’t say it’s that heavy, but it has enough weight to make it feel durable (in which is certainly is).

On the sides of the player, there’s nothing, just a silver line going around it. On the top though, you got a power/hold button, volume controls and a mono speaker. In between the volume controls and the speaker there’s this little pseudo-button that I wish they used to make more room for the speaker =__= well anyways…..it’s nice that they have a speaker in the first place :D I do find the placement of the volume controls a little weird. You have to reach to the top of the player to control volume…..something I’ll have to get used to.

On the bottom, there’s the 3.5mm headphone jack with Samsung’s proprietary USB connection and the reset/mic hole…..how they combined reset and mic is beyond me xD

It’s nice that they got rid of that useless circle light thingy that was on the P2 xD it was starting to get annoying cause so much space was being wasted.

Now I’ll talk a little more about the display. The screen looks so clear and nice. The 480×272 is pretty good and everything’s so crisp, it’s beautiful ^^ the only thing I’m concerned about is the smoothness of the screen cause after all, it’s a touchscreen. If you use it right and you update it regularly, it shouldn’t be a big problem. Now this will lead into the UI…..


>> UI <<

Just in case, UI stands for: user interface. It’s basically how everything looks, like the icons, the menus, etc.

So yeah, the UI is soooo nice. Well, depending on how you configure it. The way it comes in the box…..some might not like it. The background’s nice, but I didn’t like the icons xD I never liked Samsung’s icons THAT much. The good thing is, you can make your own themes using Flash Macromedia 8 (which I did, but I have no talent for this xD). There’s a generous person who teaches how to make your own theme :]

There’s also widgets. Some come out-of-the-box and there are some pretty useful and cute ones :D one that’s famous is the sleep cat xD I don’t know why people think this is useless cause it basically sets a timer for when the player turns off. Handy if you’re the type of person who falls asleep to your music then wakes up next morning to find that your battery is dead (like myself). You can move these around (you can move the icons also) but I think there’s a limit of like 5 pages O.o there’s also this bar you’ll see under the screen that’s touch-sensitive. Depending on how you touch it, it’ll either bring up the widget bar or a simple music player that has like play/pause/skip, etc.

The P3 uses Samsung’s ARM chip, I believe, which is one THE best sound chips out there. If I’m wrong, then I’m so sorry T^T but it doesn’t change the fact that the audio quality on this thing is SUPERB~~ and on top of that, they have a 7-BAND customizable EQ, that is CRAZYYY. And they already have a bunch of preset EQs that work pretty well. The music options are AWESOME~ oh and they also have the folder viewing option, if you like going through your music that way. That’s where you can also delete files. Not many players allow you to delete files right off the player so that’s awesome. Oh oh and one nice thing to note is that it allows you to create a few playlists, I think it was up to 5 o.o I don’t know if you can name them, though.

Now, the connection…..when you connect it to your computer, it shows as a storage device, which means you can simply drag-and-drop. I personally must use media players (like WMP) to sync my stuff (ID3 tag OCD). But you don’t have to. That’s a nice option ^^ speaking of connection, I forgot to mention that it has Bluetooth capabilities. It’s able to connect to phones and headphones using Bluetooth. But one problem. Many people complained about how it doesn’t connect to many Bluetooth headsets or phones. The reason is that the P3 uses Bluetooth 2.1 while most things use 2.0. No wonder they’re not compatible.

It also supports flash games :3 as I believe it, it comes preloaded with a few O.o oh and uh, it also supports TTS (text to speech), just to put that out there xD

Now to change the theme, it comes with a CD that as the EmoDio software, but I recommend that you don’t use it =___= I really…..recommend that you don’t.


>> Resources <<

Well I mentioned many things that are from other sources, so I want to share them with you ^^

Appliance Best Buys – 8GB YP-P3 for $135 + tax
Partsearch-technologies – Samsung USB for $8
ABI – extras for P3 (support, firmware updates, etc.)
Gomdol’s themes

I tried to find the video of the guy proving the screen’s durability with knives but I couldn’t find it T^T I couldn’t find that list of phone compatible with the P3, either T^T nor the tutorial that this guy made T_T I remember how to do it though so I’ll try to upload the files that he provided T^T

But I so say that it’s well worth the money if you do get one :D just don’t, PLEASE don’t go on EmoDio, it’ll give you a MASSIVE headache. Of course, almost any Korean program can give you a headache =___=