The Umbrella Academy || Review

Release Year: 2019

Genre: Dark Humour, Drama, Fantasy

1 Season (10 Episodes)

Country: USA

Language: English

Well, to be honest... I didn't expect it to be this good.

I have never heard ''The Umbrella Academy'' even though that I love reading comics. And this is an well done comic book adaption from Netflix. Actually, it is pretty different from the comics. (Yes, I've read them after watching the TV series to compare and for another perspective.) Many character features weren't included in the TV series and the story is very different. Yet, they still have some references in the TV series which are mostly understandable if you have read the comics first. For example, they were just mentioning and making a quick reference about an occurrence at the Eiffel Tower where you can know the anecdote only from the comic.

The TV series got me by its soundtrack choices at first. Can you believe it? I even remember what they played in each episodes. 

1: They Might Be Giants - Istanbul, 

2: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now, 

3: Nina Simone - Sinnerman etc.  [This was also sang by Tom Ellis in ''Lucifer'' and I like it too.]

Even these three songs are the ones that I really love. I sincerely appreciate the person who chose them.

Basically, the TV series is the story of 7 (-1) interesting people who are gathered under a academy by being adopted from a rich, old weirdo. He gives numbers to all of them based on their usefulness.

1: Luther / Spaceboy. The leader of the Umbrella Academy. The strongest one. [Cannot say the same for his intelligence.]

2: Diego / The Kraken. Hit or miss but he never miss. [Sorry, I couldn't help it.] Master of knives. Mama's boi. There is only one thing which he reminds me whenever I look at him. Nothing but a tiger. [I can't exactly say that ''It's not related to Ice Age'' lol] He is agile, aggressive and behave like a predator all the time. [And also good looking, of course.]

3: Alison / The Rumour. I've heard a rumour that she has talent for making people whatever she wants by just saying it. [And guess what occasion does she have? She is an actress. (since she can make everyone believe what she says.) Clever, huh?]

4: Klaus / The Séance. He speaks to dead people, but he is much more than that. [Also, a true sinnamon roll.]

5: Five / The Boy. Yeah, he got no name. [And no place since he has time travel ability. I mean, if you are not belong anytime then how can you have an existence in the world? Clever naming this time.]

6: Ben / The Horror. He has ability to call tentacles of monsters from another dimension. [I am still not sure if being cute af is also his special power.]

7: Vanya / The White Violin. She's known as the only ordinary one. For now.

  Let me say this clearly... *insert screaming seagull meme here* PROTECT AND LOVE KLAUS.

I am truly amazed against his character development. In my first time seeing him, he was an absolutely attractive character by his talent (then after him, Diego comes second for me) and supposed to be loved by me. I got a weakness for those kind of characters... Poor little boy background, dark-humoured, lymphatic -even though he is not when you take a closer look- and psychologically unstable character are my taste.

Except that, I loved his relationship with Ben...

   But also his relationship with Diego. Plus, I think these are the only ones who are like real siblings and care for each other. This is another reason why Diego, Klaus and Ben are my top three favourite characters.

  Aside my fangirlling for this trio, the story of comic -so the TV series'- was quite interesting for me. The story is mainly based on babies were born at the same year around the world having unusual features and talents. Personally, i believe the characters' development within the story and varying improvements in their skills/bonds between each other is the best side of the show. In general, it is always funny and usually using dark humour in many aspects but also have melodramatic side, too. [Except the cry baby Luther running around by saying ''thEn wHy did dAddY sEnd mE to mOOn?!''] ,

I think I really appreciate how they have continuously showed what is happening and what happened in stories of each character (even the supporter characters' stories too) and collected them into one smooth story. The mysterious parts of events were well hidden in the scenario except the fact that there're many things left to be explained. I'm only ungrateful about this. At least, the second season is coming soon and there are many theories going on around the fandom. I mean, what if we can learn more about the other special kids' stories? What happened to the umbrella kids? Ah, and there're still too many questions to answer...

My rating: 4/5

10 Movies Don't Let You Down [Romance Edition]

  There's going to be more of this post with different genre editions under series called ''10 Movies Don't Let You Down'' later. In this part, I've gathered 10 mainly romance movies which I'd watched before with pleasure and at least 70% satisfied by them.
  There're several movies meant to relate many stuff and I think you can find at least one of them useful for you.
I hope you enjoy the list!

1》Absolutely sweet, fun to watch and close to the reality:
Two Night Stand

Warning: 100% sweetness and funny stuff %49.9 by fiction and %50.1 by Miles Teller.
[Yeah, it's that guy, the Whiplash boy.]

2》Something funny but in a spy way:

Knight and Day

Warning: Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise are together in this, do you still have doubts?

2-1》But i want it in more parody style:
The Spy Who Dumped Me

Warning: Many "didn't see that coming"s.

3》What if I want parody, romance, horror at the same time? How 'bout that, huh?

Chilling Romance

Warning: Weird flex but ok. Interesting story.

4》Making decisions and seeking consequences:

Love, Rosie

Warning: It might not attract you first, then you get used and like it.

5》W5+1H style puzzled with decisions movie:

Definitely, Maybe

Warning: Catching the events might tire you but has good narrating. Since it is narrated by RYAN REYNOLDS. [Oh, I should hold my fangirlling crisis.]

6》Having unexpected events funnily lead the way to the right person:

The Proposal

Warning: Haha. Do not have one in my mind but.. It is a quite good movie since Ryan Reynolds is playing, lol. Comedy king. Also Sandra Bullock. She's a romantic movie queen.

7》It must be unexpected but also I want more, an interesting & unique fiction:

Whatcha Wearin'?

Warning: Have slightly lewd stuff and many dirty jokes. If you have problems with it, pass this one. Beside them, movie is great and especially the song towards the ending.

8》Nothing can ever be so fun as it bleeds my heart, change my mind:

Me Before You

Warning: I don't get deadly/emotionally affected by movies but when I do.... Oh, this nailed it. I've bought/read the book just after the movie and noticed that it was flawlessly adapted into the movie. Sam Claflin, Emilia Clark, Matthew Lewis... I really don't know, this movie was well done.

9》From classics but have hidden savageness:

Pride and Prejudice

Warning: The story is taking place in old times. Really old since it's adapted from Jane Austen's book.

10》Can it be more science related too and at least 90% confusing?

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Warning: The camera quality of the movie might be kinda low if you are not used to watch old movies. The complex fiction and slight angst might bore you.

Va-ll Hall-a || Review

Initial release date: June 21, 2016
Engine: GameMaker: Studio
Designer: Christopher Ortiz
Developers: Sukeban Games, Wolfgame
Genres: Simulation Video Game, Visual novel

''Time to mix drinks and change lives.''

First of all, it reflects what kind of situations does a bartender face while working at a bar. This part was my favourite because I liked the reality within the game. You are a bartender at Va-ll Hall-a Bar in ''Glitch City'' of a distopia world. While serving drinks to people, you have the change about learning their stories, secrets and much more of these information. So... Pour your drink, take a sip, relax and enjoy the game!

Beside that, its illustrations and humourous part and references (As you can see it from its name though.) of the game were good and its ending system was quite different. If you ask why, it is because your CHOICES during chats doesn't effect your ending. It's the DRINKS you made.
Isn't it kinda impressive? While most story lines of these non-linear, multiple ending games are based on the players' choices but here, it doesn't directly play the big role. And I am not even talking about its weird characters with weird tastes and preferences. Lol.

    Basically, all you need is preparing drinks by using the guide is given to you and serving them to your customers. You gain money by serving the right cocktails or other alcoholic beverages according to your customers' preferences. Just like the real bartenders.

However, it is not always that easy to figure out what your customers want and can be satisfied with. After a point, you need to know some customers' specific beverages and serve it by your own guess. It can be found out from your dialogues between you and your customers but the thing is... Oh man. They talk too much sometimes and you literally listen everything they talk about.

Also, you use the money which you from the bar for buying several stuffs. It's not totally needed to buy everything from the market but you must if you want to get the achievements or trophies. (Of course, it is for steam or other platforms' users.) And you must buy some of them because they are required while serving drinks to some specific customers.

Oh, by the way... As I've mentioned in the beginning of the post, be careful about the drinks you prepare and your customers' preferences. Otherwise... You might not be satisfied or disappointed by the ending.

There was something which I really liked about the game... It has CRT screen option -the kinds of screen where you can find in usually retro games- and also, it's known that the game is inspired from old Japanese adventure games in specifically PC-98. This mean it gives you an experience by having some touches from old meanwhile it was made in a modern engine. I guess combining old stuff with advanced technology is pretty appreciable every time because the nostalgia feeling it gives is beautiful.

In general, the game has average fun and nice fiction but it is really so easy to get bored. So, I am not sure that I can say 'ohh, it is an amazing gameeee' but at least, it got some interesting game play for an average game.

My rating: 4/5

Detroit Become Human || Review

Initial release date: May 28, 2018
Director: David Cage
Developers: Quantic Dream
Genres: Multiple Ending, Adventure, Mystery

Welcome to Detroit.
The android capital of the world in 2038.

And let me say some important things about it:
1》G-R-A-P-H-I-C-S
2》T-E-X-T-U-R-E-S
3》C-O-N-C-E-P-T-S

They are all detailed in the game. Oh, I still can't get rid of its effect. I've got a lot to day about this.

According to my searches, this game took at least 4 years to make it and the reason is clearly seen when you play it. Well, the endings (approx. 45) might not be as much as the Until Dawn's [which is one of my favourite] endings (approx. 256?) but still, it satisfies you. I specifically care about this part because butterfly effect and similar theories have special meanings for me. I'm usually fond of multiple ending games. Even though the number of endings are lesser than it, there are plenty of crossroads in the game and they are all appreciable.

Art concepts and technologies of the game are especially a different issue to discuss about. Telling an engine to explain the mechanism of it is hard because the materials are complex and mostly programmed by Quantic Dream. The aesthetic within the game is pleasuring your eyes. Ah, one of the best places for me was the house of a well-known artist, Carl Manfred. The colours of its decorations and anterior design was exactly reflecting his character.

As we mentioned about the year 2038, this makes the game quite impressive from the beginning. [Considering that is released in 2018, there's just 20 years.] I don't know if it is only me but in this way, you got the chance of empathizing the characters. Maybe because smaller gap between years makes it more understandable or having nothing too much utopia related helps this too.

Seeking morality of the life and artificial intelligence combination is pretty confusing. These guys, have thirium 310 [blue android blood] within their synthetic veins and this provide their biocomponents [android organs] work properly. Just as normal human blood, thirium is very helpful forensic cases or repairing damaged/injured androids.

Those androids... They are truly realistic and enchanting. They all have their own areas to function. There're three main androids take part as protagonists who symbolizes different parts of the society:

Connor [RK800, #313 248 317]

"Hi, my name is Connor. I'm the android sent by Cyberlife."

 Markus [RK200, #684 842 971]

"An eye for an eye and the world goes blind."

Kara [AX400, #579 102 694]

"My name is Kara."

You see everything. You feel every change.

All these characters give you change to have this unique experience from many different aspects. Their character development, relationships and lifes are up to your decisions. You can make the story longer or shorter. Additionally, they are developing themselves too and sometimes they might surprise you by their own actions based on you previous decisions.

Even the supporting characters have important backgrounds. [I won't talk about any of them specifically because I can't stop talking about Hank and Connor's relationship.] You get addicted as much as you play, learn about them. Plus, there's something which I found clever: you can track what's going on the world by finding and reading magazines in the game. Their content change according to changing events. Thus, the game makes you feel completely part of it.

Furthermore, there are gynoids/guynoids in the game for satisfying robosexual/romosexual people. This is a part which I've always thought about, because terms of relationships are totally changed in today's world. Many people lost their tolerance towards others and no one listens to the others. So, an obedient partner without having any concerns or uncontrollable emotions in the future can be preferred from most of these people.

In the end, I certainly recommend this game. No matter what you do, it will not waste your time.

I mean... If you haven't played this game, you are loosing:

Beautifully created art concepts.
Well organised story-line.
An unusual gameplay.
MEMES. Great memes.

Take your time to meet Connor, Markus, Kara and the others. Listen, watch, experience their stories.

You will not regret.

My rating: 5/5