Frozen

Even though the year is coming to an end the blog is definitely not! In fact, we'll be back and ready to tell you more about what floats our boats around the time the bell rings in the new year! So without further ado: My last post of 2013.

Looking back it has been a great year. I've collected so many memories that I wouldn't be without and I've just had a great time watching musicals, being with the people I love the most and enjoying life. I've been more spontaneous than usual, I've learned more about myself and ... I could talk about this forever. But the most important thing: I've watched Frozen!

Okay, well, it may not be the most important thing - but it was a fantastic experience!

Frozen is the new animated Disney-movie based on the fairytale The Snow Queen by H.C. Andersen (Denmark! Woop woop!), and it was just incredible. Funny, warm, exciting and magical - just as a Disney-movie should be and definitely something I'd recommend watching!

The movie centers around the two sisters Princess Anna and Princess Elsa, where the latter posses the ability to do ice-magic. Sadly she can't control it even though she wishes to do so, and Anna sets on a quest to find Elsa, who has escaped from the town and her duty as Queen in order to find peace and a place where she cannot harm people.

Ahhhhhhh! Doesn't it just sound exciting!? And do you wanna hear the best part about it??! Almost all of my favorite actors and actresses from the musical-word are voicing the characters! Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad and Santino Fontana! Isn't that just amazing!? And they did SUCH a good job - though it was a little bit weird listening to Idina Menzel singing something else than the Wicked soundtrack! It's non the less very good and I'm sure you've heard this song a billion times already, but here you go - Let It Go from the movie:

Anyway, I hope you will consider watching this masterpiece of a new Disney movie (maybe it even has been out for ages in your country ... how should I know - we only just got it in Denmark)! And you'll take care and have a LOVELY NEW YEAR as well!

Thank you so much for reading along this year! :)

The Walking Dead Season 2 - The Game: Episode 1

And I'm back!

[CONTAINS SPOILERS – Do not read any further if you haven’t played the game but plan to do it]

I also warn you about all them feels I’m going to express! I’m usually a bit more objective, but that’s just not possible with this game.

The Walking Dead Season 1 was an amazing experience that I probably won’t ever forget. The game showed me how serious life can be and how hard it is to make the right choices. It is my favorite game for a reason. Now, if you haven’t heard of the game, it is a zombie game, where you have to make decisions that will let you survive the game. Bad decisions will kill you. Good decisions will let you live. It’s as simple as that.

Instead of the usual first person shooter survival game, The Walking Dead created by Telltale focuses on the story more than the gameplay. If you’re looking for a shooter, this game may not be for you, but if you love a good story like I do, you will love this game. There’s not much gameplay in the game. The game is set up much like a movie. What makes this as game though, is the fact that YOU are making the choices of the characters – you decide their story.

Now on to what I was actually going to talk about. The Walking Dead season 2 - Episode 1: All That Remains came out yesterday, and because I had preordered it, I could install it as soon as it came out. When the download had finished, I went right into the game and played the first episode of this season. And boy, what an experience!

I’ve known for a while that Clementine would be the main character this time, but I didn’t really know how to react to the news. I might have felt a little bit split between feeling good or bad. I mean, Clementine has suffered so much and I just couldn’t bear to see her out there alone, but at the same time I liked the fact that I didn’t have to get attached to a whole new character all over again.

After clicking play, it took me about five minutes before I was already crying. I will just leave it at that to not spoil too much – but I’m starting to see the evil in the people who created this game. I don’t think I know any books, movies, etc. which are sadder than this game. And the fact that Clementine is now walking around casually with a gun in her hand really sets me off. That one hit me hard. I don’t know what it is, but seeing a child having to carry a weapon like that is really not something I ever want to experience in real life.

And that’s not even everything. Clementine really has changed. That’s not negative, of course, but she’s become so mature that it’s almost hard to handle. Her values have changed. She’s so young, but finding a big box of toys only makes her throw it away and say: “Mmph. Nothing edible.” I just don’t see much of a child in her anymore.

 

Just when I think the thought that maybe the creators aren’t that heartless after all by letting Clementine have a dog as her friend so she isn’t alone, the freaking dog attacks her and makes her kill it (or I kind of made her kill it – but only because it was suffering!). That friendship was ruined in a time span of about ten minutes. That is what I call evil. Just when you get attached, you have to let go again.

To not only have sad things in this rant of mine, I must admit I love when Clementine uses sarcasm. I caught myself laughing out loud several times over her talking to herself. I actually think one of the things I love the most about these games is the sarcastic comments throughout the game.

Well, that’s all for this time, I apologize for the rant!

Here’s a trailer for you!

 

Shia