Monday, November 7, 2022
Saturday, November 5, 2022
The Problem with Atlus Rereleases
Alright, let’s do this one more time. Now, this is going to be a bit of a strange video. As some of you may know, I’m a pretty big fan of the persona series. In fact, longtime viewers might be a bit confused since I’ve already covered persona 5 before on this channel… twice. I’ve said basically all that’s needed to be said at this point so why am I even talking about this? Well, the answer is quite simple. The kind folks over at Sega and Atlus were generous enough to send me an early copy of the Persona 5 PC port that, at the time of this recording, has recently released. I initially only wanted to talk about the port’s quality and whether or not you should consider picking it up. However, I figured I could use this opportunity to have a more nuanced discussion about how I believe Atlus have been mishandling their rereleases of the megaten series. This video is going to be divided into two distinct parts. I want to cover the Persona 5 ports before diving into the main meat of this topic. A lot of people have been looking forward to either getting back into the game or trying it out for the first time, so I think we should quickly look and see if these ports are at all worth getting. Just a heads up, I’m going to make the assumption here that you’ve either already played Persona 5 or know the general gist of it. While there aren’t going to be specific plot spoilers in this video per se, the footage you’ll be seeing is from the mid-game since it best represents what to expect out of it gameplay-wise. Just keep that in mind in case you’re a new player looking to get into this game for the first time. I’d also like to reiterate that I played the PC release for this video and everything said is about that version of the game. I won’t be covering the PlayStation and Xbox versions of the game, but I will briefly talk about the switch release since a lot of people are excited about that one specifically. The Problem with Atlus Rereleases. in The Problem with Atlus Rereleases I'm going to be talking about why Atlus Rereleases are bad. I'll also be dedicating a large portion of this video to the recently released Persona 5 Royal PC port, Persona 5 Royal Switch port, Persona 5 Royal Xbox port, and Persona 5 Royal PS5 port. We'll be taking a look at Persona 5 Royal PC to see if you should buy Persona 5 Royal PC and to answer if Persona 5 Royal Switch is worth it. You can actually view this as a Persona 5 Royal Switch Review if you want. But don't let that distract you from the fact that this video is on The Problem with Atlus Rereleases by Nam's Compendium. I want Atlus Rereleases to get better in the future and the Persona 5 Royal Ports are a good start, but it doesn't fix The Problem with Atlus Rereleases in its entirety.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
3 Women (1977) - Robert Altman | Review | AllMovie
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Few filmmakers short of Luis Buñuel have made better onscreen use of dreams than Robert Altman, and 3 Women is the film in which he most successfully (and disturbingly) captured the hazy logic and off-kilter visual perspectives of the unconscious state. Shelley Duvall delivered the best work of her career as a woman so shallow that it never occurs to her that people are laughing at her behind her back, and Sissy Spacek is brilliant as Pinky, the naive girl who worships her; their emotional give and take as they begin to exchange personalities exemplifies the kind of risky but satisfying performances that Altman knows how to draw from actors. Gerald Busby's quietly troubling, discordant score and Bodhi Wind's surreal artwork are singularly appropriate aural and visual backdrops, while Charles Rosher Jr.'s cinematography layers the images in intoxicating washes of yellow and blue. While Altman has made a career out of endings that don't spell themselves out, the conclusion of 3 Women is both vague and provocative -- have we witnessed the aftermath of a tragedy, a descent into insanity, or a quiet but defiant call to arms? Altman isn't telling, but one can read 3 Women in a number of ways and still walk away convinced that it's a work of singular vision and emotional power from one of the most gifted American filmmakers of his generation.
Best Horror Films of the 80s
Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, dragons, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers.
40. The Sender - Roger Christian
39. Friday The 13th Part VI - Tom McLoughlin
38. Psycho II - Richard Franklin
37. Prince Of Darkness - John Carpenter
36. The Hitcher - Robert Harmon
35. Spellbinder - Janet Greek
34. Friday The 13th Part III - Steve Miner
33. The Fog - John Carpenter
32. He Knows You're Alone - Armand Mastroianni
31. Halloween II - Rick Rosenthal
30. The Howling - Joe Dante
29. The Entity - Sidney J. Furie
28. Altered States - Ken Russell
27. Dead Of Winter - Arthur Penn
26. Ghost Story - John Irvin
25. The Changeling - Peter Medak
24. Friday The 13th - Sean S. Cunningham
23. Night Of The Creeps - Fred Dekker
22. Hellraiser - Clive Barker
21. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 - Chuck Russell
20. Evil Dead II - Sam Raimi
19. The Beyond - Lucio Fulci
18. Possession - Andrzej Zulawski
17. Re-Animator - Stuart Gordon
16. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 - Tobe Hooper
15. Dark Night Of The Scarecrow - Frank De Felitta
14. The Stepfather - Joseph Ruben
13. An American Werewolf In London - John Landis
12. A Chinese Ghost Story - Ching Siu Tung
11. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
10. Wolfen - Michael Wadleigh
09. Near Dark - Kathryn Bigelow
08. Little Shop Of Horrors - Frank Oz
07. The Company Of Wolves - Neil Jordan
06. Poltergeist - Tobe Hooper
05. Fright Night - Tom Holland
04. The Shining - Stanley Kubrick
03. Aliens - James Cameron
02. The Thing - John Carpenter
01. A Nightmare On Elm Street - Wes Craven
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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