Yesterday I had a really great time while gaming with some friends. We were taking part in the Star Wars based fantasy RPG which uses the d20 system (using a 20 sided dice for success roles). This is the part of this particular blog where I bore you with what characters I play. So, if you find you'll be bored with this seemingly mindless and useless information feel free to scroll on down to where I've printed "Silliness Ends Here" and you can pick up from there. Here we go...
Mad Mario, the master of all Game Masters (or GM for short) started us with this game about three years ago. The first character I rolled up was a Scoundrel named Jodz Burdoz and he was fashioned after a Han Solo type of character. But, so as not to be too cliche I gave him the personality of Kurt Russell's "Big Trouble in Little China" character, Jack Burton. So Jodz was played as a braggadocious, loud mouthed oaf with a heart of gold. My buddy, Bruce, played his Wookie sidekick, Scoobaloompa (Scoob for short) who was a vibro-axe carrying wookie who wore a Hawaiian shirt. We had the whole Han / Chewie vibe going, except it was slightly more extreme. Jodz and Scoob both had incredible ships. Scoob had a cool freighter we called "The Naughty Vixen" and it had a pin-up girl painted on the side of it. It also had some fun modifications to it such as a huge bacta tank (to boost health back up) and a small brigade (to hold bounties we need to return to either the Jedi, the Republic or nare-do-wells). During our 3rd game Jodz "acquired" a Sith Infiltrator. He named it "The Screaming Whor...errrr Wench" (We'll call it "The Screaming Wench" here in the blog as to not offend the weak minded / easily offended).
After a couple of years we hit a scenario where Scoob didn't make it out alive. There was such a good repore that we had with the characters that Jodz was kinda boring without his big, furry buddy. So a semi-retired Jodz flew off in "The Wench" and into space smuggler semi-retirement. I decided to role up another scoundrel, this time in the form of a Starship Ace who was of the alien species known as Lepi. Lepis are 6 foot tall, bipedal, green rabbits. Though they weren't seen in any of the movies there was one featured in one of the early Star Wars comic books. My Lepi, who goes by the name of Netto Loz, has inherited "The Naughty Vixen" from his old friend, Jodz and now captains our fine group of SW adventurers around the galaxy. I play Netto as Bruce Campbell's character of Ash from the Evil Dead movies. (No. I'm not linking all of that again. I've done so in the last 20 posts. So go back to those visit that blog.)
SILLINESS ENDS HERE:
.... and that's supposedly where the $50 million is hidden. Oh, hey, glad to see you guys who passed by the SWRPG stuff have joined the rest of us who're, unlike yourself, actually blessed with imagination. Now on to other stuff.
I also got to see two movies this weekend. Time Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in the theater and "Constintine" on DVD. "Charlie..." is a fun movie. The set production is great, Johnny Depp (as Wanka) is great and the kids are great. There's also a cool cameo from one of my favorite actors. The story is very parallel to the original film with the exception of a few things. Depp's Wanka is more childlike than Gene Wilder's original slightly sinister Wanka. You also get a big peak into Willy's past as a child and why he is the way he is. I found it quite fun and enjoyable, but not one that I'll run out and by on DVD (like I did Burton's "Sleepy Hollow"). Again it's acute little film that leaves you with a warm feeling in your heart, but nothing spectacular.
"Constintitne" was a bit of a thorn in my side before it was ever released in the theater. As I have whined about in a past post, the casting of Keanu Reeves as modern day mage, John Constintine and Americanize the British comic book character ("John Constintine: Hellblazer") was Hollywood's way of saying, "Let's insult the intelligence of our viewers and completely frell up this character to try and make a bit of money off of this trite and lame script." Though, the movie did have a lot of features from the comic book, it lost it's charm that is so well captured in the book. The plot was typical Hollywood / supernatural dren that they could have easily replaced the character of Constintine with any old made up character. In all fairness, I like Keanu Reeves and he does ok with what he's given, even if it is a bastardization of the original content. Perhaps that's why it's already out on video a few short months after it came to theaters. If you're a fan of the comic, be prepared to be disappointed, although it might be worth a look (especially if one of your friends spent the money to rent it) for nothing more than morbid curiosity.
Well, I'm going over to Gemanfest with friends and family today, so I gotta go get ready.
Talk to ya soon.
Zangz.
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