Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

Okay, I lied. I didn't post later that night. XD In my defense I had a really busy weekend. I still have to watch Vampire Knight Guilty 8. I keep falling slightly behind. Ugh.

Okay, update on the awesomeness that is ToS: DotNW. I am over 22 hours into the game, and things are beginning to come together a little bit. Questions are answered, more questions are asked.

So Emil's split personality was always more than Ratatosk mode. Anyone playing the game would realize that, but now it's come out that he looks exactly like someone whose name is Aster. During the game Emil keeps having 'waking dreams' of Richter killing him, and apparently this Aster was killed by Richter. So it's easy to connect the dots that Emil might be Aster. The question is, WHICH Emil? Or are they both just creations of his mind because of his amnesia?

The enemies in Tales games are always awesome. However they have reached a new level in this game. They are truly...some of the most amazing characters I have ever seen. Alice is a sadistic 18 year old girl who fights by commanding monsters and she carries a whip. She talks in a baby voice half the time, and nicknames all the girls she hates, and she nicknames all the guys she likes. One of her lines is "I just LOVE breaking cute little girls arms~," she is almost NIGHTMARE worthy. XD Then there's the true winner. Decus. (He got the screenshot spot!) Decus is madly in love with Alice, and would do almost anything for her. He also has a habit of buying mail-order items. He wears this cologne Eau de Seduction that smells HORRIBLE, but he hopes that it will cause Alice to fall for him. He also does these amazing poses while he's talking..he's just...like Zelo's x10 and devoted to one woman.

It was explained that Lloyd wasn't really the one who attacked Palmacosta. (I knew it) It was really Decus who has the ability to transform into other people. I really SHOULD hate Decus since he managed to kill Lloyd's reputation, but I really can't. My whole party is being killed and I'm sitting there laughing my ass off at his special attack. I love characters like that.

I still think Tenebrae knows a hell of a lot more than he's letting on. ESPECIALLY about the effects of Ratatosk's core on Marta. If the same thing that happens to people whose Exspheres were removed, but it was the only way to protect Ratatosk I'm pretty sure Tenebrae would keep it to himself. I don't WANT Tenebrae to be bad but it's almost impossible for him not to be.

I WANT MORE YUAN!! We saw him ONCE! THAT HAD TO MEAN SOMETHING! WE HAVE TO SEE HIM AGAIN. IT'S NECESSARY! XD Oh, and the summon spirits too. It annoys me that Sheena can't summon them in battle anymore. I want to see my favorites again!

I had more to say on this subject, but I started this at 11:50 and now it's 1:20 in the morning. I need sleep. I have to get up early tomorrow.

Only 1 week left of dog sitting.

Good night

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope every ones Thanksgiving was wonderful, mine was pretty good. My dad and I went to get spiral Christmas trees for our front yard, and then we put them out. After that we ate. (and it was all delicious so I overstuffed myself x_x.) Then I passed out on the couch for an hour and spent the rest of the evening playing Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, and taking care of the neighbor dog who I'm petsitting currently.

I'm going to do two posts tonight. One on Twilight, and the other on ToS:DOTNW. That game...has made me laugh, and smile SO much. Not as good as the first, but it's definitely one I'll treasure.

I realized earlier that I hadn't done a post on the Twilight movie. So I decided I'd post some of my personal opinions up.

I'll admit..if you didn't get this from my one post, I wasn't going in expecting it to be great. So I wasn't surprised when I was disappointed with a lot of it. There WERE elements I liked though. Very much.

I'll list those first. I thought that Kellan Lutz as Emmett did an AMAZING job. Every time he was on screen he actually FELT like Emmett. Even the way he held himself was in character to Emmett Cullen. He was the only actor I was actually THRILLED with in the movie. I really wish they would of given him more screen time even though Emmett didn't really get a lot of attention until Breaking Dawn.

The other characters I was OK with were - Jacob, Alice, Esme, Carlisle, Mike, Charlie, James, Victoria, and Jessica.

While Charlie was the complete OPPOSITE of how I pictured him I actually enjoyed every time he was on screen. I never thought Charlie got enough attention in the books. Especially the first. So the subtle threatening of Edward, and the added pepper spray stuff was amusing.

I thought that the way they opened the movie with the deer running in the forest and then having a vampire attack it was very well done. I wasn't excited UNTIL that started. Then I felt the static electricity of excitement shooting through the room and it was affecting me as well.

The Baseball scene was epic. I thought that it was extremely well done, and very cool. Especially when Emmett and Edward collided in the air. Along with the added scene in the kitchen where they were making Bella something to eat when she was coming over. "How do you know she even LIKES Italian?"

"Her names BELLA!"

Now onto the disappointments-

Edward and Bella. I flat out didn't like them. Whenever they were on screen it felt DEPRESSING. I thought their way of speaking sounded MONOTONE. There wasn't a very large range of emotion. Even when they were happy it felt exactly the same as when they were in the hospital having that little fight.

I also thought that Edward just seemed so AWKWARD. In the books Edward was more 18th century than modern teenager. In the movie he was just an awkward teen with the urge to drink blood. I couldn't even THINK of him as Edward. Same with Bella. They weren't the characters, they were just people with the same name. I was cringing when they had Edward even mention the word sex because it just felt so out of character. He couldn't even say it in the third book when he had been with Bella for over a year, let alone for a couple weeks/months.

I thought they were concentrating too much on the high school scene in the movie. They had 2 hours to work with, and most of it was Bella at school. They completely botched the ending, but they managed to make room for Jessica to say that her boobs looked great in a dress. Let alone the fact that they made Angela seem so SHALLOW. UGH. Oh, and that Eric was completely different. He was funny, yes, but he was supposed to be a DORK. I hate the fact that they manage to change almost every character just because they can. WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CHARACTERS BEFORE? The teenage lingo was overdone as well. Nobody, and I mean nobody talks like that. At least no one I know.

I don't think they touched down on the subject that the Cullens were vampires. They didn't even MENTION that Jasper had a special ability. Alice's was barely used. Edward said he read minds and that's how he found her at Port Angeles, but that was IT.

Let alone that they did the ending all backward. They basically took out Jasper, and Alice's most important parts. If you've read the books you would know that Alice doesn't have a vision of something until AFTER a person makes a decision. In the movie they had her see the Ballet studio before Bella even DECIDED to go. In the movie Bella gets the phone call after Alice see's the Ballet studio, and THEN she decides to go. She also sits there saying whatever she wants into the phone instead of the well thought out strategy that Jame's had in the book. Jasper, and Alice SHOULD have been able to hear her, but no. Suddenly Vampire's hearing is the same as anyone elses. Go. Figure.

Then at the airport when Bella had to use some brain power, and sneak away from Jasper by slipping out the other exit of a bathroom, and then hailing a taxi as fast as she could. Then RUNNING to the ballet studio so that they didn't get to her before she made it and stop her. Do you think they did that? No. Do you think they even TRIED to make it look challenging? No. SHE WALKS OUT THE DOORS, AND GETS IN A TAXI. THAT. WAS. IT. It's almost INSULTING to the characters. It makes Jasper and Alice seem PATHETIC. It also took away how much of a genius James' REALLY was. Instead they just had him as a bloodthirsty Vampire who wanted a fight. The thrill of the hunt was barely there.

The battle scene, even though it wasn't necessary, was entertaining enough. I don't have much to say on that part. I understand that they were going to make it as appealing as they could. It would draw more of an audience if there is some epic battle at the end. I can live with that. The noises Bella was making before and while Edward was sucking her blood was creeping me out though. xD; I wish they would of just LET her have her eyes closed like she was supposed to. I, as horrible as it is, started laughing at one point. When she crossed her eyes...it just made me laugh. You just wanted to go "GIRL, JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES YOU PSYCHO."

I DID find it amusing that it was Alice that went over and broke James' neck. Alice you badass you.

Then the prom. It was cute. I got bored when Edward, and Bella were dancing. xD It just seemed to never END. I did get exasperated when they walked in and I saw the back of Victoria's head, and then when she was upstairs looking out at them dancing. I'd like to point out that EDWARD WOULD HEAR WHATEVER SHE WAS THINKING. I KNOW they wanted to make sure people knew there was more to come, but REALLY. EDWARD WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE!

So as Twilight being turned into a movie I give it 2 and 1/2 out of 5 stars. Maybe 3 stars. Emmett gets a whole star for himself.

As just a regular movie it would be a 3 and a half to 4 stars from me.

It just felt rushed in my opinion. It could of been worse. Much much worse.

So Happy Turkey Day everyone, and if you see Twilight then I hope you enjoy it more than I did.

Peace~

Vampire Knight Guilty 7

I watched Vampire Knight Guilty 7 on Saturday. I just re watched it so that my speculation might at least pick up most of the details from the episode. Wow! And what an episode it was. Lots of stuff happening. You only get one or two questions answered each episode, and they make sure to give you 5,000 more.

Alright lets start with Yuuki's hallucinations. The slow deterioration of her sanity is extremely well done. Not that she goes insane. It's just they started off really slow, and made them not really a big deal. Over the episodes they became more frequent, creepier, and she couldn't deal with them as well. Sometimes stuff like that can come off as silly, but they managed to pull it off.

I've come to the conclusion that the blood in the vial Ichiru tried to slip Yuuki was Kuran Rido's. (Shiki's father. I FINALLY KNOW HIS NAME!) I have a feeling that it was meant to speed up the process of her 'awakening'. Since Kaname's blood is what 'woke' her it would make sense that Rido's blood would do the same. If not a little...differently. They're both pure bloods, and they're both Kuran's so it's a high possibility.

It was finally announced in the anime that Yuuki, and Kaname are siblings. I'm not sure what that last line from Kaname meant but I'm going to ignore it in my next theory. I had known they were siblings because I had accidentally seen a spoiler on Wiki when I was doing some research on the series.

I have had this idea rolling around in my head since I watched episode 7 the first time...so I'm going to type it out now. It's very unlikely, but it could still work. We've seen what Yuuki's mother looks like now. (Her name is Julie, in case you were wondering.) Both Kaname, and Yuuki look VERY much like her. Especially Yuuki. We have yet to see their father so I was thinking at the possibility that Rido may have taken advantage of Julie (We saw he was very capable of taking what he wants. He was planning on forcing himself on Ruka, after all.)and Yuuki might be his daughter. Might. That could be why her blood is so important to him. By using Shiki's body, and Shiki's blood he was able to come to half his previous power. If it's a direct bloodline connection then that would make sense why Yuuki would be the target, but not Kaname.

I also want to know which side this Uncle is on. Their mothers, or their fathers. Along with the eyes. I think that's a huge part in this. As you can see I included a screenie of Rido in Shiki's body with that evil smirk of his. I'm going to tack on that I feel extremely bad for Rima. You can tell the two were together no matter how unenthusiastic they were about it.

Also, what is the connection between the engagement of Rido and Shizuka, and the Kuran's and Zero's family? The fact that Chairman ended up with Yuuki, who's family was murdered by Rido, and Zero, who's family was attacked by Shizuka, can't be a coincidence. They're all tied together by these two pure bloods, and the Vampire Council.

Oh, and I think Kaname and Yuuki were engaged, or they were GOING to be once they were older. The clip where someone was playing with Yuuki's hair saying "We're going to be just like father, and mother one day." made it clear that they were going to be more than siblings when they were older. (This was in episode 5 or 6) Along with the fact that I don't think Yuuki has anyone else who would refer to her parents as "Father, and Mother".

I think that covers all my thoughts on this episode. Or at least most of them. XD

Peace out, my friends!

Vampire Knight Guilty 6

Alright, I just got done re watching episode 6 so it's fresh in my mind. FORWARD TO THE SPECULATION AND RAMBLINGS!!

I'm a little confused. A lot of stuff happened in this episode. Lots to absorb. Here's what I've come up with though-

My speculation of the woman leaning towards Yuuki being a Vampire was wrong. Or at least, I THINK it was. If the woman in Chairman's memory is the one leaning towards Yuuki then that has to be her mother. I mean they look EXACTLY alike.

I'm assuming Ichiru was trying to kill Yuuki with that vial of blood he had. There are one of two options here -- He has orders from the council to eliminate Yuuki, or he was going to kill her as part of his revenge on Zero. He blames Zero for Shizuka's murder, so he takes the most important person in Zero's life from him. Seems logical to me. However, HOW did he obtain that vial of blood? Shizuka was killed by Kaname. Nobody was around when that happened. So maybe the council were the ones that gave him that vial. Hmm....

I have to say that Kaname has made me hate him. This episode especially. The fact that he made Zero watch his interaction with Yuuki was just CRUEL. He KNOWS that Zero cares deeply for the girl, and he flaunts the fact that Yuuki has agreed to be his lover. While really, Yuuki only agreed because she wants him to tell her about her past. He is STILL dancing around the subject even though she has given into his demands. URGH. I WANT TO STRANGLE HIM.

Speaking of Yuuki's past -- I think that the bloody hand reaching out to her in her dreams is Shiki's father. While my speculation about Shiki's mother seems to be completely off, I still think that Shiki's father has a big part in this whole thing. He is obviously power hungry. From what he said at the end of this episode, "What will he think when the true heir appears" or something to that affect, makes me think that he thought they belonged in the Kuran's place. It's always a power trip, isn't it? Haha

Chairman, as always, made me laugh almost every time he was on screen. I felt bad when Ichiru walked out on his dinner. HE WORKED SO HARD! D=

Another cliff hanger. This episode was only available in high quality subs on Monday. I'm still holding out hope that episode 7 will be made available on Friday.

Oh, and Friday I'm going to see Twilight at the movie theater with my friends. I'm actually dreading it. I was never excited when I heard it was going to be made into a movie. I'm going, and if I hate it at least I'll be able to explain WHY. If I actually enjoy it (fat chance) then hooray!

I have Yoga in the morning.

Should sleep now.

Peace

EPIC

FAIL! NINE DAYS BETWEEN POSTS? What is my problem!? I can only say that I wasn't feeling well last week (Seriously, I canceled almost everything I was doing.), and then my new game came when I was feeling better. I'm going to be doing two posts today. One on Vampire Knight Guilty 6 a little later. I want to re watch, and make sure I absorb EVERYTHING before I go on my mass rambles. This post, however, is going to be an update on what I've been doing the past week. Along with some mass spazzing about Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. My love for Tales of Symphonia never went away...it just became dormant over the years. Now the flames of my love has come back with a burning passion, and I can't stop spazzing about the characters. *insert floaty hearts*

Honestly, I really HADN'T done anything much last week. I texted a few of my friends and lazed around the house waiting to feel better. I also helped clean my grandmothers house which doesn't exactly fall under the category of fun. It's not so bad though. We blasted the Mama Mia! soundtrack while I mopped the floors. (She called me weird about 3 times for prancing around like a fairy. xD) I also spent all of yesterday reading the book "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" It's pretty good. It's not a book I would usually pick out to read, but I'm enjoying it.

Okay, time for the epic spazzing I promised. I posted more than a month ago about Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World with the opening in my post. I never did a huge profiling on the game for one big reason. I didn't want to read too much about it, or I wouldn't be able to contain the excitement of the sequel coming out. I'm only 8 hours into the game (it came for me on Monday) which since I don't breeze through games as quickly as some, only puts me in Iselia's Human Ranch. I like to explore way too much for me to just breeze through dungeons.

SO, from what I've seen about the game so far I have to say, I'm enjoying it. I scream almost every time one of the original characters appears. The main character Emil is OK. I know his character will build as the game goes on (he already has grown a bit) but his constant apologies, (Yes, I know Colette apologized all the time too.) and fears of EVERYTHING is an extreme difference from Lloyd. Plus it's hard for me to play as characters who HATE Lloyd! You fall in love with Lloyd when you play the first game. You KNOW that he would never have attacked Palmacosta, and killed Emil's parents even if you DID watch the scene at the beginning. So it's hard for me to hear the constant bashing on Lloyd and all his friends. Even if Emil thinks Lloyd is the murderer of his parents.

Marta, however, is the complete opposite of Emil and she manages to get on my nerves as well. XD Her constant flirting with Emil is enough to make me want to strangle her. Don't get me wrong, I actually DO like these characters. I just have to get used to their quirks. Colette got on my nerves my first two play trough's of ToS, (I have played that game at least 6 times. More than 120 hours of my life was put into that game.) but I still LIKED her.

Then there's Richter. I'm not sure what I think of Richter yet. I DO get the feeling he knows Emil more than he's letting on. I have a hunch that he MIGHT be related to Emil somehow. No, I don't think he's his father. LOL (Even though I guessed right about the major spoiler in the first game. HAHAHA Never letting my brother live that one down.) Maybe a brother, or an uncle though. I'm not sure yet. I have to play some more and see how they interact. My mom hates all three characters from what she hears when she's doing her hair in the bathroom. She keeps telling me to kill all the main characters off! XD

Tenebrae is my favorite of the new set so far. His sarcastic nature reminds of Jade Curtis from Tales of the Abyss. The dry wit of his humor is great, and he plainly speaks whatever is on his mind. Yay for forward characters! I have a feeling he knows more than he's telling Emil, and Marta. I just hope he doesn't betray them later on. That will make me sad. WHY ARE ALL MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS TRAITORS?

The battle system is, as usual, excellent. I'm not sure if I like the addition of adding monsters to your party to fight with you. I always liked having four people fighting. This change makes me feel like I'm playing Pokemon. Not that there's anything wrong with Pokemon, I just don't care for the idea of all the Tales games going in this direction. I CAN'T BELIEVE I CAN'T PLAY AS THE OLD CHARACTERS WHEN THEY'RE IN YOUR PARTY. I mean in the middle of a BATTLE you can change to one, but other than that you can't even RUN AROUND as one. I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING AS SHEENA, AND LLOYD AGAIN!

Voice actors are pretty good. I never like when voices change in a series. I'm happy they managed to get some of the originals. I.e, Presea, Colette, and Kratos.(EVEN THOUGH HE ONLY NARRATES!! WAAAH! My favorite character! *wibble*) Raine's voice is pretty close to the originals, and Zelos' is OK. I heard a clip of Sheena's on youtube and almost cried. Lloyd and Sheena's are a disappointment for me. Their original voices were so PERFECT for them.

There is so much to say about this game, and this probably won't be my only post about it. This game has made me so happy in the span of two days. XD I'm planning on playing some more when I get back from the store today~.

I will say that the Lloyd I know and love appeared in the game. Defeated my characters (I swear it was the fastest kill I have ever received. Span of .2 seconds.), and sealed us in a room. Leaving behind a sign with the poorly drawn Lloyd from the first game, and it read "LLOYD IRRVING WUZ HERE!!!" I had gigglefits for at least 10 minutes. It was so LLOYD. I loved it.

"...and that began the regeneration of the world."

LATER!

Vampire Knight Guilty 5

Okay, I watched this on Friday. I was just too lazy to post till now. XD So lets jump right in here-

Yuuki was hallucinating again. I really like the way they do her hallucinations in the show. The blood..and her voice from 10 years ago going "I'm scared". I always love the eerie feel. I can't help it. XD

I am officially in love with the Chairman, and Yagari. The Chairman is only serious for about 10 seconds at a time. Yagari is the serious one, but still manages to ALWAYS make me smile. When he stole Chairman's cuttlefish I couldn't stop laughing!

I was doing some mass speculating, and here's what I came up with --

The person Zero keeps seeing in those chains when he's drinking Kaname's blood is Shiki's father. I'm almost positive he has a direct connecton with the murder of the Kurans. At the end of the episode they show that clip AGAIN while Zero worries about Yuuki. So I'm assuming it has something to do with her memories. Then Yuuki's memory is of that lady leaning towards her. I assume that's Shiki's mother. (If I knew their names I would use them) We saw her in episode 3, or 4 and obviously she lusts for blood. She drank from her own SON. Another reason I think this is because RIGHT AFTER Shiki's father, in his child form, kissed Yuuki on the cheek, her memories started to resurface.

I'm not sure WHY they would want to kill the Kuran's. Most likely for power since the Kuran's were pure bloods. I have a feeling Ichijou's grandfather, and MAYBE the entire association was a part of this.

That is what I think on the subject of Yuuki, and Kaname's tangled past.

Ichiru is now going to Cross Academy. Even more drama. Poor Zero. He catches no breaks in life, really.

NOW, the end of the episode. I think Kaname's logic is so screwed up. Any possibility of me ever liking him flew out the window in this single episode. Not only does he more or less FORCE Zero to drink his blood, he tries to make Yuuki be his lover in exchange for telling her about the past. "I'm afraid you'll hate me. So promise to be my lover and I'll believe in you." Is basically what he was saying. AUGH. I understand he wants to protect her, but she has a right to know her own past! WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

New episode tomorrow. Subbed by Friday. I'll try to post THAT DAY. I swear. xD

ZeroxYuuki forever!

Vampire Knight Guilty 4

Ok, I know I lied. I didn't get a chance to watch it till Sunday, and then I have no other excuses for not posting sooner. Vampire Knight Guilty 5 came out today. It should be subbed by Friday, but maybe if we're lucky it will be Thursday. =D

Let me start by saying, I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!! HAHAHA! Okay. I'm good now. The little kid WAS related to Shiki. In a different way than I thought, but still related. I'm assuming that Shiki's father has something to do with the murder of Kaname's parents. I don't want Shiki to be his evil fathers puppet! I LIKED SHIKI! I wonder what Ichijou is going to do after seeing him like that.

I'm glad that Yuuki is finally acknowledging her memories, or lack thereof. The scene where she was bathing and suddenly the bathwater turned to blood was CREEPY. Very well done. I liked it.

The Association president was strange. He creeped me out. Obviously he wants Zero to kill Kaname, or at least cause problems for him. The whole association seems to be out to get Zero. Poor Zero. Nobody loves him. XD

Okay so Kaname HAS to have something to do with concealing Yuuki's memories. I'm not sure if it's COMPLETELY his doing, but he obviously knows more than he's telling. The scene where he told Aidou that his parents were murdered wasn't a huge surprise. I want to go deeper into the character's pasts. ALL of them.

More ZeroxYuuki scenes. So cute. The chemistry between Zero, and Yuuki is so ...sweet. I wish she would just forget about Kaname. XD I'm curious to see what happens once Yuuki actually STARTS to remember things. That has to be where this is leading. She can't stay in the dark forever.

Well I'm off now~.

I might post later tonight. Cat Street ended and I want to absorb the finale a bit more.