Category: I did this!

Netflix And Moongfali

December 30th, 2018

It’s a cold winter night. Your future is as dark and cold. You’ve to study andt there’s a cell phone lying next to you, and the moongfali that you purchased by surrendering your will to get slim, what do you do?
Simple. You watch black mirror Bandersnatch and question your reality, which you otherwise anyways do.
So I ate groundnuts and chose nothing in the beginning, Netflix itself chose to show me whatever it wanted to. (Nahi dekhni bey prem rathan dhan payo)
But then the fourth wall was broken and I started choosing the outcomes. And then it ended, I scratched my balls and dozed off. Woke up in the morning with terrible gas, and regret eating moongfalis but not watching Bandersnatch.
Man! What great story it was, not as great as other interactive game stories, but what the hell, who doesn’t want to tell the protagonist to chew his nail or to shout at his on-screen I-wish-I-Could-slap him dad. I wanted to see more of Colin played by the genius kid who created mutant toys. It’s really him and mutant toys are the future.

P.S. I’m no expert on a what a story should be, it could be anything, I liked it so I’m scribbling this blog post. I would give it 4 peanuts and an antacid.

Next is Bird Box.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

October 9th, 2018

Thanks to a friend who not only shares the zest for playing video games, but also owns a ps4. His courtesy that I got to try my hands on this new edition of the Tomb Raider Franchise.

After catching the glimpse of trailer few months ago I had this itch to try the game.

Man!!! what treat Shadow of the Tomb Raider is. I have played TR since the time I had 256MB of RAM in my PC. And seeing Lara do so much is like an old man seeing their kids do wonder. Not like Lara Croft is my brain child, but the connect is that strong. An amazing storyline ( all thanks to theRadBrad), easy controls, smooth graphic transition and what not. I would totally waste my time to pursue this action adventure, but I believe, that is for some other time. For now, it’s time to get back to the usual business.

P. S. Is it just me or you guys also feel that the Uncharted Series has changed the way the world will look at action adventure games?
Infinity War

May 14th, 2018

Man! It has been more than two weeks since I saw this and, to be very honest, I have still got the hangover.
Despite all its flaws and plot holes and a retard lover boy, this movie still shines like anything.

I remember reading Raj Comics as a kid, and in one of the issues ( hopefully it was Nagraj aur Misskiller) Nagraj and Dhruv saved Superman’s and other Hero’s ass. I was mesmerized by the valor that these heroes had.
But to my disbelief, my brother said other heroes are better than our desis and then introduced me to detective comics. I was completely blown by the story arcs and the detailing and multiple layers of these characters. I can say nothing more in their praise as a lot has already been said. What I can only say is that these characters made my childhood amazing.

As I grew a little older and color and cable TV made its way to our house I saw these amazing DC and Marvel cartoons. I was hooked to these. Then I dived into marvel comic books, but before I could get anymore further my board exams came and Iron-man made its way to the silver screen in 2008. The rest is history.

I have seen and followed Marvel cinematic universe very religiously since then. All I can say is after all these years my love for these characters has not changed a bit. I wish to see more from DCU. But for now its high time to live the characters I have loved all my life.

P. S. Someone please get Super Commando Dhruv on big screen with utmost sincerity and respect to Indian Heros. Universe please make this happen.
Justice League

November 18th, 2017

As a kid, when I developed my interest in our desi superheroes my elder brother introduced me to the concept of plagiarism. He gave me a couple of Superman and Batman comics… well, our heroes were not directly based but heavily influenced by the Marvel/DC characters. But this handshake with years old characters sparked an itch in me to go through all the possible timelines and storylines I could. A nerd was born and from there started a journey which took me to the cinema hall last night to catch the first justice league movie.

I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether you want to watch the movie or not but for me it was a lot of nostalgia loosely packed in two hours.

Nostalgia, because I blushed when Princesses Diana saw Bruce checking his wounds… and also because Superman and Flash were going to race. Man, it was so awesome to catch that entire graphic to motion picture changes.

I enjoyed every single bit of it but at times I also felt that DC is in some kind of hurry. You know, like a friend who is back from a vacation and wants to tell you every possible thing in a single breath.

I had this same feeling while watching Dawn of Justice. Where on one hand Marvel took sufficient time to narrate the story and make necessary changes every now and then, on the other hand, I find DC’s attempt quite rushed.

Well, the thing is for an avid comic reader like me it is a great time. Watching Ragnarok two weeks back and catching Justice League this week is nothing but pure bliss.

And also, is it just me or anyone else also think that Batman’s character also seems to be jinxed like Defense against the Dark Arts position?

Category: I did this!

Netflix And Moongfali

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Infinity War

Justice League