Terminator Movie review

This weekend I was really bored at home so I decided to watch a movie. As I was looking through my collection I found the last of the Terminator series; Terminator Salvation. To make an awesome blog about it I decided to create a movie review. Here it is and be sure to watch it.

I think that the new Terminator movie gets two thumbs up. The new sequel to the sci-fi thrillers is packed with action, suspense and doesn’t get boring.

John Connor is the man picked to keep the human race going against Skynet and the army of Terminators. The future that John Connor has been brought up to believe in has now changed completely from a strange and mysterious man called Marcus Wright. The last memory that Marcus can remember is being killed but yet he’s still there. The vital decision that Connor needs to make is to decide if Marcus is a traitor working with the terminators or is trying to help what’s left of the human race. After breaking into the Skynet headcounters, Connor and Wright meet up to try to terminate the terminators.

Directed by McG this movie has a number of amazing actors. John Connor is played by Christian Bale, while Sam Worthington is Marcus Wright. I believe that Christian Bale and Sam Worthington had a hard job acting that needed a lot of concentration because playing the part of human survivors, fighting against a whole army of robots seems very tough. With this movie being the fourth in its series there are a number of things that could have been changed and also kept the same. One of the biggest differences in this movie and the previous three are the graphics and special effects. The older movies had more of a action based plot and each movie later they are becoming more and more of a suspense movie meant to keep you on the edge of your seat.

I think that the special effects were everything in this movie. Without the special effects this movie would have been horrible because the whole terminator armies aren’t actors and they need to be digitally created. One of my favorite scenes is when John Connor comes into a deserted city and finds another human, but the person is actually a Terminator robot and then starts shooting at Connor. This is just an example of how the special effects played a key role in this movie and without them this scene wouldn’t have been created. The music also went very well with the movie because it added suspense throughout the entire part.

This movie was rated pg-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, and language. Given that this movie is pg-13 I think that it’s for anybody that likes sci-fi and thriller movies. I personally think that this movie should be for kids 13 and up, not just because it has a lot of violence but because it is hard to understand so the older you are the better the movie will become. Watching the previous terminators also helps, so you start from the beginning and you can follow the movies as they continue.                                                                                                                                                  

Pro's & Con's

For our English 9 class we are expected to write in our blog quite frequently and even though sometimes it can be fun, it also can be a drag. For this post we were required to talk about the Pro's and Con's of blogging. Ok, so the pro's pretty much can just be laid out right now. You can write about your life so I guess its kind of like a diary, once your blog is going you can get quite a lot of people reading it, and also if you do write in it for English class it’s a fairly easy grade compared to being forced to write essays. There are actually a few Con's too that actually bother me a little bit. For one, I don’t really like being "forced" to write things I don’t want to. To me its pretty much like forcing me to read something that I don’t want to read. I would rather choose a book out of a group of them instead of just being forced to read a specific one, just like how I would write in this blog for a class but on my own time rather than with guidelines. I think that if our grade depended on how good the blog progressed and how interesting it was then kids would update it more regularly and it would be more like a twitter account thing. Overall I feel rather positive about the whole blog thing because its defiantly not the hardest assignment that we had and it can really help our grade if we take a few minutes every week to write a new post. 

PSN (PlayStation Network)

Video games are a huge part of people lives today and unfortunate or not, millions of people use them everyday for hours. Obviously with such a high demand of video games there is quite a lot of competition in the "video game business." Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft control most of this competition with their three main consoles, the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo WII. Even though the WII caters to younger gamers or to family's and the Xbox 360 is much better for playing online games; Sony falls within both of these categories and cannot afford to loose costumers. A little more than a month ago the PlayStation Network, which is the service that allows people to play online, went down. This means that PlayStation users couldn't only play games like Call of Duty online with their friends but they also couldn't use the services that  PlayStation has to offer, such as Netflix. The PSN had gone down not from maintenance but from a hacking team that took over the network. This is something that was really surprising because being a trillion dollar company, Sony really doesn't have the option to let something like this happen. To make matters worse, out of the 70 million PlayStation users, 20 million had their credit card information accessed. This even really did hurt Sony a lot even though they did everything they could to fix it in time but they're stocks went down dramatically and ps3 trade ins skyrocketed. I personally still think that PlayStation is a great console and that Sony just made a mistake that will help them in the future so this wont happen again. 

Agua

Water is something that every country, every state and every person needs every day.  Unfortunately water causes many problems especially with the country I live in but also water has been a major problem for Japan, with there tsunami that destroyed a rather large part of the county. Here in Venezuela water has really affected the country the past 4 years. About 3 years ago there was a time when it rained for 3 days straight. Given that Venezuela is a very mountainous country flooding was not an issue but what is, are landslides. Landslides can be very destructive here and a big problem with them is that they can block narrow streets that completely stop traffic. Then about 2 years ago there was another water problem here in Venezuela. There was a severe drought for a little more than 6 months. Ironically this also caused landslides because of how dry the sides of the mountains were. Also there were many fires that started on the Avila because of how dry the vegetation was. Just when things concerning water couldn't get any worse, they did. With the lack of water, the lakes started shrinking and shrinking therefore the dams didn’t have any water to create electricity. This was a major problem because Venezuela's biggest electricity creator is by hydropower. A few months later electricity was beginning to be rationed for everybody and the power was physically shut of at certain times in the day. The problem with this was that when it was turned back on, big units like AC's and TV's were getting fried with the huge input of electricity. So far everything related to water here is back to how it used to be but it really does show how delicate the country is concerning water and how it can really affect everything.

3D TV's

Hello readers, Bucky here! As you guys are all aware of, television has truly evolved throughout the past few years. When our parents were kids color was brought to TV and from then many amazing things have changed just to let us have a better viewing experience. A little less than 8 years ago TV's were starting to become something that were big and bulky and couldn't be moved around a lot. Plasma TV's started to become popular and not only was the quality terrific but also the thickness of the TV was nearly only inches thick. Ever science then the battle to create the best, thinnest TV has been going on for years until a new kind of technology was brought out. 3D movies have been out for a while but never for personal usage and therefore they're are many pro's and cons but overall I am against them . First of all who likes to wear glass when they watch TV? I get headaches with out them and for me wearing glasses while watching something really gives me a headache. Also the biggest thing is the price. While normal LED, or plasma TV's can cost up to 1500 dollars, a good quality 3D TVs can easily cost up to double the amount of money. For something that I don’t even do that often, I don’t really think that watching  TV really deserves 3000 Dollars of my money. Even if you get past the tremendous price of these TV's you still have to realize that almost all TV programs are not in 3D and therefore your going to have to buy 3D movies which aren't abundant. I really think that a high end non- 3D TV is worth much more than a 3D and that personal 3D technology is just a fad like CD's. 

Blackopz

Hey readers, Bucky here! Today I have a amazingly popular topic to talk about, Call of Duty Black ops. Blackops is the latest edition of the Call of Duty series. Call of Duty is a first person shooter which basically means you shoot people in a video game. Something to take note, is that you cannot judge this game without playing it. Before I had played the "Call of Duty" series I thought that it was kind of stupid and a nerdy thing to do but once you play, your hooked. There are basically three different modes that this game has to offer, Campaign, Multiplayer and Zombies. The Campaign is a story based game mode where you become a player that travels around the world while working in undercover operations. Something that the Call of Duty series is known for is combing historical events into they're games so you can kind of experience what happened. In Blackops, Fidel Castro is brought into the game and you can get an idea of what he did to start his revolution. The next option of how you can play this game is Multiplayer. Multiplayer takes this game to a whole new level and this is achieved by allowing anybody who has the game to be able to play with each other just over an internet connection. This is very fun and lets people interact over the game online by talking through a microphone and makes the game seem very real. The last option of how to play this game is called Zombies. Zombies is a game mode that allows you to take on waves of the undead. You can play this game either by yourself or with a few friends but the basic idea is to survive as many rounds as possible. Every round more and more zombies come into the map and you have to fend them off. Overall this game is very fun and it is definitely something that will keep you occupied. The thing to remember is not to judge this game before you play it! 

Audiophile time

Hello readers  Bucky here! I'm going to be talking about a great interest of mine, Technology. Specifically I'm going to be talking about headphones. For a while I have been really interested in headphones and speakers and also listening to great quality music. This interest sparked one day when I was listening to my IPod a while back with the stock white apple ear buds. I was with my family and we had been out shopping for most of the day and we decided to go to BestBuy or some electronics department like that. I saw a bunch of headphones and decided to try them all out. I was completely astounded when I even heard the cheapest pair. They were nothing like the stock white ones I used. The music was completely put into a different level and I could hear thing in the songs that I never even knew were there. After that I invested some money into a pair of Bose ear buds that were outstanding. Soon after I purchased a pair of Logitech Z2300's which are computer speakers. I was super happy with this purchase because this 2:1 speaker system was just amazing. I spent many hours listening to music while doing my hw after that. Very recently for Christmas I got a pair of Beat Studios made by Monster. These headphones are simply crazy and have changed the way I listen to music. Not only do these headphones look amazing but they also sound extraordinary. Since I've gotten them I have had to listen to all of my songs again just to here the hidden details that the songs have. One of the coolest thing though is that the audio is so crisp and clear that you can actually hear the breath of the artists singing. This might be kind of creepy but it defiantly allows you to experience all of the music. I take my music very seriously and something that I cannot stand is to listen to music with a cheap pair of headphones for very long.     

Tha beach!

Hello readers, Bucky here and today I'm going to be talking about a very hot topic, the beach. Ever since I can remember I have always gone to the beach quite frequently. I have always loved the beach but there are definitely some things that I'm not to crazy about. To start with the positives, the beach is just an awesome place because there is an unlimited supply of sand. Almost every time I travel to the beach I have to make a huge fort with the sand and it can be especially big because of the unlimited supply of sand. Another really good thing about the beach is when you come out of the water and take a drink of anything  cold. It is probably the most refreshing thing ever. There are two types of beaches that I go to. Calm beaches were the water is like glass and you can see down super deep. The other kind is the wavy type where there are huge swells that knock me to my feet every time they come in.  I actually like beaches with a lot of waves more than calm beaches but an exception is that I can take photos of all the underwater life when its calm. The beaches with a lot of waves are a lot more fun because I love to just let the waves knock me over and boogie board. I haven't tried surfing but I bet I would really enjoy it. It may be ironic but something that I also hate about the beach is the sand. One of the worst feelings ever, is when your wet and sandy and you have to just sit (or walk) without rinsing off. I actually cannot be more uncomfortable when I have to do this. Something else that I'm not a big fan of is extreme humidity at the beach but that’s minor because you cant have everything you want! I cant wait to go to the beach again and play in the waves.

The walking dead

Now that LOST is over I had to find another T.V series to watch. I'm not really into watching T.V so I had a hard time finding a show that I could just watch for fun so I let this problem just fade away. I then went to my friends house and we watched a couple of movies and he showed me a new series called the Walking Dead. At first I was a little bit hesitant to start watching a Zombie series but then It was actually really spooky and fun to watch. The season starts off when the main character Rick is shot while he's on police duty. He then wakes up in the hospital but slips into a coma. Months later he wakes up to see that the flowers next to his bed are all dried up and that there is no nurse. This is really bizarre because when I first watched this I didn’t understand what was happening. After Rick leaves the room he was in he finds the hospital a mess and sees a room that is chained shut and says "quarantine" with hands poking out the door. I don’t want to give a way the rest of the episode so I'm going to talk about it a little more. The plot is surprisingly well thought out and it its super interesting. Something that I don’t really like about the season that much is that there is a ton of gore and some people like that in shows but I personally really am not interested in that. Something that I didn’t know was that this show is based on the comic series by marvel. I think that the comic would be a lot less exiting and scary then the tv show. I cant wait until the next season of the walking dead because its going to be much more in depth because the plot has already developed.

LOST, (spoiler alert)

I have finally finished LOST and I have to say it was the best TV series that I have ever watched. Yes its 2011 and the LOST pilot aired in 2005 but I was only 8 when this TV show became popular. The  first time I watched LOST was during summer 2010 and I had too watch the first 2 seasons on my laptop because I didn’t have the seasons on DVD. One of the things that I didn’t realize before I started LOST was that It had a sort of mystical and spooky aspect of it, especially in season 1. Adding to that thought I really liked  the beginning when Sayid found Rousseau's broadcast on the radio because this was really the beginning to all of there future problems and the events that would occur. Something that I still don’t understand is the polar bear that was on the Island that Sawyer killed with the gun. Maybe it just was something in season 1 to make the Island seem more mystical without showing to much.  My favorite characters have to be Charlie, Hurley and Richard. Hurley is awesome because he is rich but has the right mindset to help others. He is the one that comforts and helps people when they are down and he is also the one that cracks jokes throughout the whole series. Charlie is also one of my favorite characters because he is recovering Heroin addict and even though there was a huge stash of heroin found on the island he successfully didn’t  start taking it again and stopped all together. Another reason why I like Charlie is that even though many people thought he was a just a drug addict he only cared about helping others, you see this in season 3 where he is the one that tells Desmond "its not Penny's boat". Richard is also one of my favorite characters because he is just cool. While everybody is wearing ripped shirts and jeans, Richard is wearing  dress pants and a nice shirt and he always knows what to do. I really felt bad for Jack and Sawyer at the same time during season 5 because Jack convinces everyone that they should set off the bomb and this ends up killing Juliet and this was Sawyers first real successful relationship. When the "Flash sideways" start happening this added another huge part to the series. Even though it wasn’t actually happening in the real world it still showed all of the characters and how they would act in a perfect life. Many people don’t like the ending of LOST and feel that I didn’t tie up enough loose ends but I really enjoyed it and thought that it was the perfect ending to the Series. The main message of the END was that you always need friends and that all of the survivors and the people that were taken to the Island were all missing something in there life and the island gave them what they needed, Friends. 

2011! and the new year!

Hello readers, Bucky here! 2010 has been an amazing year; its been fun in many ways but its also been a lot of work. 2010 was the year that I would begin high school and have my first final exams. Even though I'm glad that they are over this means that I have to start working harder to get better grader for the next semester. After I finished my exams and the vacation officially started me and my family went to Peru for vacation. Peru was really fun and it was a very different trip than what I usually do during Christmas. Usually I go back to the United States and spend time with my relatives but this time I had the opportunity to enjoy my winter break in another country. During my stay in Peru I traveled to the beach, the jungle and to Machu Pichu. Going to Machu Pichu was especially fun because I hiked the Inca trail to get there instead of taking the train. The first thing that I wanted to do when I got there was to take the famous photo from the rock looking down across the lost city of the Incas. Later in our trip we took another plane to a small airport in the jungle called Puerto Maldonado. From there we stayed at a lodge on the river and explored the jungle for a  few days. It was truly spectacular given that I saw monkeys, parrots, spiders and many other exotic animals. One of my favorite days in the jungle was when we hiked a few hours to a big lake that was as hot as a bathtub water. This was one of the best days of the trip and the lake was very refreshing. The end of our trip was nearing so we headed back to Lima for one more night until we would have to travel back home the next day. After our long trip and absence of school I'm actually ready to get back and have a routine again. Even though long vacations are fun, sometimes I'm ready to learn! I hope that this year is better than the last and I'm exited to have a great start to 2011.