Por fin terminé este AMV que hace años quiería hacer. Que opinan?
Nota: Tuve que cortarlo en 2 partes por las (estúpidas) nuevas políticas de youtube de máxima duración de 10 minutos.
domingo 31 de mayo de 2009
miércoles 27 de mayo de 2009
Star Trek
Acabo de ver esta película (viéndola tardíamente, como siempre), la versión 2009 del viaje a las estrellas.
Gracias a la magia del tiempo y que tengo mala memoria, no tengo mucho con qué compararla. Sin embargo, desde un punto de vista objetivo, la película goza de buenas construcciones de las naves da antaño y los personajes están bien recreados. Veamos, nunca he rateado una película antes en el blog, entonces tengo que crear un sistema.
Voy a hacer algo basado en como califico la música, de 1 a 5, donde 1 es mediocre, 2 es divertida, 3 es buena, 4 es excepcional y 5 es épica.
Personajes 4/5
Los personajes originales son geniales, en este caso la recreación de ellos, lejos de ser perfecta, fue bastante precisa.
Actuación 3/5
No fue nada excepcional. Pero los roles principales y algunos secundarios fueron a la altura.
Guión 3/5
Este tuvo que ser el punto débil de la película. Aunque la trama tiene gran potencial (mezclar el espacio y el tiempo suena muy bien, además de retomar los orígenes de la saga) no fue desarrollada como lo merecía. Además de esto, hubo escenas que en términos de física cuántica moderna son ridículas, especialmente las relacionadas con el hoyo negro. Nada que no se pueda arreglar con efectos y plot devices.
Arte 4/5
Los efectos y figuras de las naves y su animación da un aspecto artístico a la película innato. El maquillaje de algunas razas es también grato al ojo del espectador.
Total 3/5
En general una película buena. La veo más como necesaria para proseguir con las secuelas que prometen mucho.
miércoles 13 de mayo de 2009
Wow, grandes noticias!
NEW AVANTASIA ALBUM IN THE MAKING!
After the tremendous success of his latest Avantasia-album "The Scarecrow", Tobias has announced that he is currently working on new material for a new "Avantasia"-album. When asked for a release date he said:
"This is not a Rock-&-Roll-homestudio-project, we'll work with a choir, with a symphony orchestra and - no matter if the music-industry goes down the toilet- I'll spend a fortune on creating the whole thing. So I'll take all the time I need, and it won't see the light of day until I am completely satisfied.
Some who know my plans said, that it's unreasonable to spend one's savings on creating a piece of music these days, as the music industry is going through hard times. Absolutely right! But do you consider it extremely reasonable to shoot a man into space?
It's unreasonable to spend money for whatever, life itself is unreasonable, because - believe it or not - in the end it's quite often pretty lethal. I am rather unreasonable and therefor unsad."
After the tremendous success of his latest Avantasia-album "The Scarecrow", Tobias has announced that he is currently working on new material for a new "Avantasia"-album. When asked for a release date he said:
"This is not a Rock-&-Roll-homestudio-project, we'll work with a choir, with a symphony orchestra and - no matter if the music-industry goes down the toilet- I'll spend a fortune on creating the whole thing. So I'll take all the time I need, and it won't see the light of day until I am completely satisfied.
Some who know my plans said, that it's unreasonable to spend one's savings on creating a piece of music these days, as the music industry is going through hard times. Absolutely right! But do you consider it extremely reasonable to shoot a man into space?
It's unreasonable to spend money for whatever, life itself is unreasonable, because - believe it or not - in the end it's quite often pretty lethal. I am rather unreasonable and therefor unsad."
sábado 9 de mayo de 2009
Lines and Diamonds
First, be aware I'm a little crazy. What follows is a series of articles in which I intend to explain life boiling it down to its fundamental parts.
I've always said that life is but a bunch of choices and this can't be more evident in the system I'm about to present. But let's see what's coming, first.
1. Lines and Diamonds: I explain the parts that this system, and thus life, is made of.
2. Life's But a Bunch of Choices: I explain the system in action and give some examples of it in use. I also intend to speak of its interaction with Murphy's Law and explain its usefulness.
3. Holy Quantum Diamonds, Batman!: I explain how this system relates to Quantum Physics.
Life is choice
Before getting into the first part per se, I want to explain a little bit my statement of "life is made of choices" in case you don't know what I mean. Well, it's pretty literal. Every aspect of life, your life, is governed by the choices you make. What about destiny you say? You choose your own destiny, or perhaps you chose it, or you will choose it, eventually. In the end, it's all choice. Decisions. Options. Whatever you wanna call them. A situation, problem, event occurs in life and you're left in the position of making a move, choosing what to do next about it. That's all there is to life.
Now with that out of the way we can delve into the basic parts that constitute our system, that we may call Lifechart, since it's basically a way of seeing life as a flowchart. Or you can call it simply by its constituting parts Lines and Diamonds.
Remember, all life is made are choices, so lines and diamonds are simply two ways of representing the same thing: a choice. Some decisions are more complex than others and thus this is how the systems graphically addresses this issue.
The Line
The simplest of choices in life are represented in our Lifechart as lines. The line has the characteristic of being a simple choice between two options. And these are usually:
A) Facing a complex decision (diamond), or
B) Going back to the previous complex decision (diamond)
One of these two options, or plans, is going to be more obvious than the other, and this is the way we connect decisions together in our life.
The Diamond
Not all in life is so simple. Complex decisions come in the form of what I call diamonds. They are situations in life that have more than 2 choices. What happens is, people usually confuse diamonds with lines, and think their situation has only two possible outcomes. This close-mindedness is usually the cause of great disaster and regret.
Diamonds, or complex decisions in life, have the following options, or plans, to be resolved with:
A) The most obvious choice according to your personality and usual course of action
B) The most obvious alternative according to your personality and usual course of action
C) The non-obvious, underlying, option. We often do not see it and thus fall into the trap discussed above
D)The stupid, or dumb, option. Like plan C, it is not obvious, it is in fact, the hidden, not-considered option; because it is so divergent to the normal course of action that is regarded as nonsense
Regardless of its label, the most beneficial choice we make in a certain situation can be any of those options. And any situation in life can theoretically fall into the line-diamond principle. If we make an effort and see the hidden C and D plans of a diamond, we're looking at the big picture and not thinking-square or inside the box. We are, instead, being open minded about a subject and thus, able to make a better decision.
That's it for part one, we'll see how these two guys connect on part II of this article.
I've always said that life is but a bunch of choices and this can't be more evident in the system I'm about to present. But let's see what's coming, first.
1. Lines and Diamonds: I explain the parts that this system, and thus life, is made of.
2. Life's But a Bunch of Choices: I explain the system in action and give some examples of it in use. I also intend to speak of its interaction with Murphy's Law and explain its usefulness.
3. Holy Quantum Diamonds, Batman!: I explain how this system relates to Quantum Physics.
Life is choice
Before getting into the first part per se, I want to explain a little bit my statement of "life is made of choices" in case you don't know what I mean. Well, it's pretty literal. Every aspect of life, your life, is governed by the choices you make. What about destiny you say? You choose your own destiny, or perhaps you chose it, or you will choose it, eventually. In the end, it's all choice. Decisions. Options. Whatever you wanna call them. A situation, problem, event occurs in life and you're left in the position of making a move, choosing what to do next about it. That's all there is to life.
Now with that out of the way we can delve into the basic parts that constitute our system, that we may call Lifechart, since it's basically a way of seeing life as a flowchart. Or you can call it simply by its constituting parts Lines and Diamonds.
Remember, all life is made are choices, so lines and diamonds are simply two ways of representing the same thing: a choice. Some decisions are more complex than others and thus this is how the systems graphically addresses this issue.
The Line
The simplest of choices in life are represented in our Lifechart as lines. The line has the characteristic of being a simple choice between two options. And these are usually:
A) Facing a complex decision (diamond), or
B) Going back to the previous complex decision (diamond)
One of these two options, or plans, is going to be more obvious than the other, and this is the way we connect decisions together in our life.
The Diamond
Not all in life is so simple. Complex decisions come in the form of what I call diamonds. They are situations in life that have more than 2 choices. What happens is, people usually confuse diamonds with lines, and think their situation has only two possible outcomes. This close-mindedness is usually the cause of great disaster and regret.
Diamonds, or complex decisions in life, have the following options, or plans, to be resolved with:
A) The most obvious choice according to your personality and usual course of action
B) The most obvious alternative according to your personality and usual course of action
C) The non-obvious, underlying, option. We often do not see it and thus fall into the trap discussed above
D)The stupid, or dumb, option. Like plan C, it is not obvious, it is in fact, the hidden, not-considered option; because it is so divergent to the normal course of action that is regarded as nonsense
Regardless of its label, the most beneficial choice we make in a certain situation can be any of those options. And any situation in life can theoretically fall into the line-diamond principle. If we make an effort and see the hidden C and D plans of a diamond, we're looking at the big picture and not thinking-square or inside the box. We are, instead, being open minded about a subject and thus, able to make a better decision.
That's it for part one, we'll see how these two guys connect on part II of this article.
miércoles 6 de mayo de 2009
Artes de Onira
En Onira, la magia es un arte.
Cuando un hechicero utiliza el skill Perform mientras realiza un hechizo, tomando al menos 1 minuto para su interpretación, éste se considerará de un caster level mayor para efectos de ese hechizo dependiendo de su resultado.
15+ +2 caster level
20+ +4 caster level
40+ +6 caster level
NATURA
Natura es el arte de comunión con el mundo y todo aquello que lo compone. Consiste en canalizar las energías naturales y manipular las leyes de la naturaleza.
Hechizos: Transmutaciones (excepto telekinesis y las asociadas con movimiento)
Perform: Dance
PRESAGIO
Presagio es el arte de la adivinación, la predicción y la interacción con el destino.
Hechizos: Divinaciones
Perform: Sing
PRESTIDIGITACIÓN
La prestidigitación es el arte del juego de manos y de la ilusión. A diferencia de la sofística, la prestidigitación no confunde los sentidos de los demás, sino que crea efectos e ilusiones donde antes no había nada.
Hechizos: Ilusiones, telekinesis
Perform: Act
PRIMA
El arte prima es la más esencial y primitiva forma de la magia, y sin embargo una de las más poderosas. Consiste en manipular las energías primordiales del universo.
Hechizos: Evocaciones
Perform: Dance
SOBERANA
El arte soberana es utilizado para imponer la autoridad de la moral y la ética sobre otras criaturas, o bien, valerse de sus debilidades morales para manipularlas y protegerse de ellas.
Hechizos: Alineados (Good, Evil, Chaotic, Lawful)
Perform: Oratory
SOFÍSTICA
La sofística es el arte del engaño. Consiste en confundir los sentidos de los demás e incluso manipular sus mentes.
Hechizos: Encantamientos
Perform: Wind, String, Keyboards o Percussion
TRAVESÍA
La travesía es el arte del viaje y del movimiento eficiente. Consiste en facilitar el movimiento de las criaturas y transportarlas a lugares que de otra forma les sería imposible llegar.
Hechizos: Teleportaciones, callings, summonings y transmutaciones que mejoren el movimiento.
Perform: Comedy
NULIFICACIÓN
El arte prohibida. Consiste en desmentir la magia y la naturaleza en sí, utilizando la lógica, y por ende cesando su existencia.
Hechizos: Necromancia y dispel magic, greater dispel magic, Mordenkainen's disjunction, silence
Perform: Oratory
Cuando un hechicero utiliza el skill Perform mientras realiza un hechizo, tomando al menos 1 minuto para su interpretación, éste se considerará de un caster level mayor para efectos de ese hechizo dependiendo de su resultado.
15+ +2 caster level
20+ +4 caster level
40+ +6 caster level
NATURA
Natura es el arte de comunión con el mundo y todo aquello que lo compone. Consiste en canalizar las energías naturales y manipular las leyes de la naturaleza.
Hechizos: Transmutaciones (excepto telekinesis y las asociadas con movimiento)
Perform: Dance
PRESAGIO
Presagio es el arte de la adivinación, la predicción y la interacción con el destino.
Hechizos: Divinaciones
Perform: Sing
PRESTIDIGITACIÓN
La prestidigitación es el arte del juego de manos y de la ilusión. A diferencia de la sofística, la prestidigitación no confunde los sentidos de los demás, sino que crea efectos e ilusiones donde antes no había nada.
Hechizos: Ilusiones, telekinesis
Perform: Act
PRIMA
El arte prima es la más esencial y primitiva forma de la magia, y sin embargo una de las más poderosas. Consiste en manipular las energías primordiales del universo.
Hechizos: Evocaciones
Perform: Dance
SOBERANA
El arte soberana es utilizado para imponer la autoridad de la moral y la ética sobre otras criaturas, o bien, valerse de sus debilidades morales para manipularlas y protegerse de ellas.
Hechizos: Alineados (Good, Evil, Chaotic, Lawful)
Perform: Oratory
SOFÍSTICA
La sofística es el arte del engaño. Consiste en confundir los sentidos de los demás e incluso manipular sus mentes.
Hechizos: Encantamientos
Perform: Wind, String, Keyboards o Percussion
TRAVESÍA
La travesía es el arte del viaje y del movimiento eficiente. Consiste en facilitar el movimiento de las criaturas y transportarlas a lugares que de otra forma les sería imposible llegar.
Hechizos: Teleportaciones, callings, summonings y transmutaciones que mejoren el movimiento.
Perform: Comedy
NULIFICACIÓN
El arte prohibida. Consiste en desmentir la magia y la naturaleza en sí, utilizando la lógica, y por ende cesando su existencia.
Hechizos: Necromancia y dispel magic, greater dispel magic, Mordenkainen's disjunction, silence
Perform: Oratory
martes 5 de mayo de 2009
MCC - Mayo
Por cierto, estoy concursando con esto para Mayo. No es gran cosa pero espero pasar a la siguiente ronda.
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