Rename it the Cave of Intelligence

[azurite]

Well, I finally did it. I beat the blasted E-Beast, and I made it through Level 9 of the CoT. I actually made it through part of Level 10 too, before a bunch of ClubGunners killed me. ;_; My guide suggests being in the high 100s before tackling the newly-redecorated Cave of Trials (it really resembles the Field of Intelligence, what with all the machines and weird tiles). That means I have to train a lot on Levels 8 and 9 before I get there... Current party stats are (give or take a few levels)
Claude: 165
Rena: 156
Celine: 112
Opera: 114
Precis: 112
Leon: 122
Chisato: 124
Noel: 80 (poor, underused Noel)

Yep, I wanna get my majorly used characters (Claude, Rena, Leon, Chisato, Opera, and maybe Precis/Celine) up to Level 180 before tackling Level 10 in the CoT. And yes, I do wanna work on "Perfect World."

Speaking of other fics...
* I just went through my ideas page and plucked out all the YGO fics that I have already started work and taken notes for. I'm moving them to an 'In-Progress' page so I can remember what to include, where to end, etc.
* Evanescence's "Fallen" CD has me thinking of such fics as "Prophecy Girl" and the as-yet-unposted/unwritten "Life Is But A Game" (tentative title). Creepy music.
* I really want to work on WDKY, TLC, and Family though, so I'm going to work on one of those shortly, until my brain juice leaks out of my ears... must make SOME headway today.

Yeah, so no one's replied on the CodeGrrl.com forums, and I'm really stuck. I don't want to accidentally trash the whole database if I do something wrong, so I'm pretty nervous about doing anything on my own. I need serious help with PHP... I'm such a script whore.

Did I mention I finished the 1st Harry Potter book already? I did it rather quickly, and I've already started to nitpick details that seem to contradict stuff from the 3rd movie. o_O Mom won't give me the second book until I finish the dishes. Yeesh.

Booooooored.

Comments

[homgsekrit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Harry Potter series is rather quick to get through, reading wise. ^^;; Hehe...actually, the third movie contradicted with the third book, and the others, actually. _^_! Harry crying that easily was just completely OOC for him. Really.

Amongst other things. (Not to mention the movies, having to be a certain length) cut out of the lot of the character development that happens, not to mention certain events that shape how the charaters are, or explanations you need. The movies you should really only watch if you've read the books so you get the whole effect. They just leave out so much. ~_~;;;

Ack! I spent this much space on a comment whining about HP books versus movies. ~_~;;; ::pathetic!::

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[katiat325.livejournal.com]

well its a pretty long book...to make it accurate the director would have to make two movies for book 3 just to include at least 60% of the book.

Versus

[azurite]

I'm on the opposite side, where I actually think it's better to see the movie first-- that way I can sit through the movie without nitpicking. Plus, it makes reading the books a lot more enjoyable. Assuming I don't get addicted, I might hold off on reading Book 4 until the movie comes out. We're not sure if they're going to do a Movie 5 yet, but if they do... yeah. ^_^

yupp

[schmollieollie.livejournal.com]

eh people shouldnt be upset they have to leave things out..its a movie, what do you expect? nothing will be perfect! um yeah saturday...katia wants to see the film again, shes going with jason chue and invited me, you, and crystal. it would be sometime after 5/6pm since i have to work. yeah i will talk to you soon!peace!

[luckisalady.livejournal.com]

and I've already started to nitpick details that seem to contradict stuff from the 3rd movie. o_O Mom won't give me the second book until I finish the dishes

That's why I refuse to watch any of the movies. I'm too afraid the movies might've butchered book canon.

I wish I could make your Mom give you the second book already, though.

In hand, on page... something or other

[azurite]

Yep, reading it now. Mom gave it to me after I did the dishes.

People seem to think it's better that I've seen all the movies first, because instead of nitpicking the movies as they come out (already being familiar with the books), my mind is a nice blank slate. My friends saw the movies after they'd read the books, and spent most of the time talking about what was wrong/missing.

But I've seen the movies first, so if I read the books, I can go "Ooh, now that thing in the movie makes sense!"

Yay!

[luckisalady.livejournal.com]

How do you like it so far?

Haha. That's funny. I've been leery about books-turned-movies since the release of "Jurassic Park" 2 and 3 honestly. (There was no third Jurassic Park book, and they reeeeally f*cked up the second one.) But I can think of some good movies-that-were-books-first: "The Outsiders" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" spring to mind.

One thing that's always bothered me about books and movies, though: Is the movie an extension of book canon, a completely different canonverse, or simply fanfiction on a very large-scale budget?

Re: Yay!

[azurite]

See, that's what I was thinking. What do you do when there's a movie adaptation of a book, and it changes things? I'm thinking "Walk to Remember," where the BOOK originally took place in the 1950s, but the movie takes place in modern times. At FFnet, the ficverse is mainly based on the movie (but I think it's in the Book section).

@_O Go figure. I saw the first JP movie and thought it was pretty damn good (okay, I saw it 32 times in the theater), but when I read a book summary and found out Ian died I was like WHA!??!

Jeff Goldblum is so cool. :P But yes, they did f*k up the 2nd book, and the 3rd one was just... eekkk. Ellie should have had a bigger part, and not just randomly gotten married and settled down. That's rather OOC, imho.

I just finished HP2, and want to move onto 3... I saw the movie on DVD as I was reading through it yesterday, and I kept nitpicking details-- like the whole Quidditch match, the lacking of Percy and his Big Ol Secret, etc. I hate the way screenwriters think they have to take elements (which inevitably end up becoming important later) just to compress screen time.

Meanwhile JK Rowling came off as a snooty Brit during the interviews: she was all "it's an AMERICAN!!!" when ref. the screenwriter. Hmph.

Re: Yay!

[luckisalady.livejournal.com]

Actually, Ian doesn't die. They just lead you to believe he does. But he comes back for the second book, which was way different from the movie.

Jeff Goldblum rocks. =)

I hate the way screenwriters think they have to take elements (which inevitably end up becoming important later) just to compress screen time.

Ugh. You and me both.

Re: Yay!

[azurite]

Mislead by the Great American Bathroom Book! *dramatic fainting* Auch!