Nathan and Beth vs. Evil

[vovat]

I haven't made a post here in a while, mostly because I really don't have anything personal to say. I'm still not working, and my leisure time can be somewhat fitful, with my sometimes switching between the Internet, reading books, and playing games. I've played quite a bit of The Sims 3, to the point that I'm kind of bored of it now. I've come to hate those zombies that mess up your garden, but it's kind of funny to mention. "Hey, what happened to your garden?" "Zombies killed all the plants." One thing that kind of bugs me about Sims 3 when compared to the first two Sims games is how much of a hassle it is to change households. I've also played some more of Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, but set it aside when the part in the tree became too difficult. I should probably build up my levels and try again at some point. That's the way to deal with most difficulties in a role-playing game.

bethje and I went to the Monster-Mania Convention on Saturday. As usual, we just attended the question-and-answer panels rather than meeting anyone. Dave, the guy who runs it, has said he's turned down some people who would only be willing to do panels and not sign autographs, but I for one would be fine with that. There are some people I wish I'd gotten autographs from, though. One was a totally non-horror-related guest, the now late Captain Lou Albano, whom I probably could have gotten to sign my Super Mario Bros. Super Show DVDs. Also, if Fairuza Balk ever comes back, I should probably get her to sign my copy of Return to Oz, if she doesn't charge too much for it. We also learned that Kane Hodder, who played Jason Voorhees in four of the Friday the 13th movies, chokes people who get autographs from him, which would certainly make for a story to tell.

As far as the panels this year went, we missed Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), whom I really did want to see. He was sort of a replacement for Carrie Fisher, who canceled all of her appearances due to illness or something. We did see three of the people who played Jason, then some of the stars of Freddy vs. Jason, Rob Zombie's films, True Blood, and The Walking Dead. We've never seen either of those two TV shows, but Beth's friend recommended she watch The Walking Dead because of its hopeless vibe, which is the kind of thing she's into. The show really does sound pretty bleak; a lot of the discussion they had involved characters dying off, including child characters. Those zombies are even worse than the Sim ones who destroy gardens! {g} There was also a panel with Tyler Labine from Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, which we also haven't seen but is on our Netflix queue. So, yeah, it was a fun time, but a little too much of sitting in the same place for hours on end. Oh, and speaking of horror stars, Bill Moseley (the one from Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and the Rob Zombie movies, not the one from the Narnia films) has a pretty interesting Twitter.

Comments

[poisonyoulove.livejournal.com]

The Walking Dead is really good, and you definitely have the correct impression of it. Also, I don't know if you guys watch Game of Thrones, but that is the most depressing and bleak show I've ever seen.

I know Bill Moseley from Repo: The Genetic Opera. ^_^ (clip is NSFW)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Never watched Game of Thrones. I tried reading the first book, and it was all right, but didn't really hold my interest. It did seem pretty bleak, though.

[(Anonymous)]

I used to go to science fiction and fantasy conventions when I was in high school. Not a big horror fan. You should try and find a DVD of "Logan's Run" on the internet. My favorite movie of all time. There are also three novels, but they were almost impossible to find even when they were new. I managed to read the first two. I think the author's last name if "Nolan". The "Westworld" and "Future World" movies are great, too. (the second one is the sequel to the first)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Logan's Run is on our Netflix queue.