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Fly, The $9.76 Rated: RSynopsis: Synopsis: Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man.Bonus Features: Disc 1:*Widescreen feature *Commentary with David CronenbergDisc 2: *DOCUMENTARIES:**Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly **Fear of the Flesh: Larva**Fear of the Flesh: Pupa **Fear of the Flesh: Metamorphosis*BRANCHING CLIPS: **A Radical Departure **The Rise of Marketing **Who Wants to Die? **All You Have To Do Is Be Passionate **Cronenberg's Preparation **On Cronenberg's Films **Cronenberg as Gynecologist **Cronenberg as Director **On the Cannes Jury **The Mother of Invention **It Takes Time To Spread the Goop **Glass-Break Test **Scotch & Razor Blades Genes in the Ether **Winning the Oscar **The Last Collaboration **Haunted by the Fly **The Brundle Museum of Natural History*DELETED SCENES: **Second Interview **Monkey-Cat **Brundlefly vs. Bag Lady **Butterfly Baby **Alternate ending*TEST FOOTAGE: **Main Title Elements **Telepod Tests **Make-Up Tests **The Exploding Head **Cronenfly*WRITTEN WORKS: **George Langelaan's original short story **Charles Edward Pogue's Original Screenplay **David Cronenberg's rewrite **Interactive Cinefex article "THE FLY Papers" **Interactive American Cinematographer article "New Buzz on an Old Theme" Interactive American Cinematographer article "More About THE FLY".*PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL: **The Fly Teaser **The Fly Trailer **TV Spot #1 **TV Spot #2 **TV Spot #3 **Featurette **David Cronenberg Profile **The Fly II Teaser **The Fly II Trailer **The Fly (1958) **Return of the Fly (1959) **One Sheet & Lobby Card Gallery*STILL GALLERY: **Publicity **Behind the scenes **Concept art **Effects **Monkey-Cat **Space Bug **Arm wrestling **Make-up*EASTER EGGS: **Halloweener **Vomit Drop*SUMMER OF '86: **Big Trouble In Little China **Aliens **The FlySpecifications: Audio: English: DTS 5.1, Dolby Surround 5.1, Spanish: Mono, French: StereoLanguage: Dubbed: English, Spanish & French / Subtitles: English & SpanishTheatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Box Office: $37,600,000.00

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Do We Really Need Boss Fights In Gaming?

Gaming has evolved to a point where it's more of a cinematic experience. In some cases, the action rides shotgun while the plot takes precedence, and the way developers integrate them is crucial. The Boss Battle has been the linchpin of every video game I've played since I began my journey through the constant evolution of gaming.

Within gaming, this familiar formula has been used over and over… and over, but have we outgrown the age-old Boss Battle? Pac Man never had a boss to defeat, and there was no story to speak of. Players had to navigate a labyrinth of Ghosts while eating white dots until you got them all. That was an example of a game where a Boss wasn't needed, and it seemed pretty simple.

When a plot is added to the mix, we get into an array of story elements and revelations that have to be established before reaching the finale. Like a movie, the main protagonist must be introduced along with his/her core abilities. There is some type of explosive mission or fight where he/she gets to exhibit those abilities. Then, the main mission is revealed. The main character either has to save something or defeat someone, but that's about it. Secondary characters are sprinkled throughout the story, and they help you along your journey, either by unlocking new powers or forging a new weapon. Once you've defeated a bunch of enemies and solved some puzzles, the main villain or monster emerges. Of course, you have to defeat this final level to save the scantily clad princess or retrieve the ancient artifact that could destroy the world in the wrong hands. This usually involves some type of pattern (shoot, block, dodge, shoot) that ends with you beating the Boss and the game.

Nowadays, the formula has become a bit stale since there is a lot of thought and effort put into the rest of the game. Now, it seems that the Boss Battle is there to add some type of spice to the game play. If the game is already stellar, it's not worth the extra work to have the villain transform into some powerful monster for the sake of making the game longer.

Keep in mind that there are games out there that need Boss Battles at the end. Sometimes, the main character is gunning for one person/monster the entire game, and that fight is inevitable as soon as you open the packaging. For example, Kratos has two objectives in the God of War series; kill Ares, then kill Zeus. Eventually, he reaches his goal through determination and outright ruthlessness. It is in those games that a Boss Battle is necessary. Ares is the king of bloodshed and murder, so you expect that he will be even more powerful than anything else in the game. The same goes for Zeus.

Now, in something like Medal of Honor, a final boss isn't expected as much. There won't be some faceless bear-like creature waiting for you in a dungeon after you've defused a nuclear bomb and killed the terrorists. Actually, considering the subject matter that would be pretty cool and unexpected.

The video games of today are articulate and well executed, providing gamers with an in-depth experience through story, graphics, and control. Don't get me wrong; Boss Battles aren't completely outdated since they are still appropriate for some games. But don't give me almost twenty hours of absolute awesomeness, and then throw a Boss Battle in to make my experience longer. There are a few games that have done that, and it threw me off. They didn't turn me off to the point where I couldn't enjoy the game, but they definitely didn't need a boss at the end.

*SPOLIER ALERT*: If you haven't played these games, but you want to, don't read on!

 

Uncharted 2: Among Theives (PS3):

Nathan Drake makes his way to stop a war criminal, Lazarevic, from achieving invulnerability. After the villain gains it (sort of), you have to spend the next level trying to defeat him. This wouldn't be a problem, but you have to shoot these sacks filled with flammable tree sap. Lazaravic chases you around for a bit, and you have to shoot the sacks when he passes by them.

The entire game is centered around you figuring out what happened to the lost fleet of Marco Polo, and the story gets more exciting as it goes, but this final battle proves that they couldn't come up with anything else. These exploding sap sacks are supposed to hurt the villain, but isn't he invulnerable?

I guess Lazaravic was supposed to be partially invulnerable, but it still made for an awful fight. Then, you don't even get to kill him. The natives pummel him to death, which is fine, but what was the point of that fight in the first place? I was a bit turned off by it, but the game redeemed itself by having you run for your life across a collapsing bridge.The Uncharted series is notably the first game that has put me into situations that keep my heart pumping, and I hope that continues in the third installment this Fall. However, I'm hoping there isn't some over-powered guy that can only be defeated by jumping on his head.

 

Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, Xbox 360):

The Dark Knight has had many epic fails when it comes to video games, but Arkham Asylum set the standard for what Batman games should be like. In this installment, the Joker takes over the entire asylum and taunts Batman the entire way. He uses his influence in an attempt to create an army of Bane-like cronies. Between trying to stop Joker, and a few run-ins with Scarecrow, Batman seems to be pushed to his limit.

By the end, Batman finally confronts the Joker mano y mano, but something strange happens. I thought that Batman would let himself lose control and beat Joker within an inch of his life. That would compliment the dark approach to the game and leave players with a sour, but satisfied experience. Through the years, Joker has pushed our buttons, and to see Batman so close to crossing that line is something that fans want to see.

The end to Arkham Asylum was weird in that none of that happened. Joker turned himself into a super freak and fought Batman on a rooftop. The battle wasn't that exciting since it followed the same formula as any boss fight (fight, block, dodge, fight). Batman's attacks had no affect on this buffed up Joker, so players had to resort to electrocuting him several times before punching him in the face with exploding gel. Are you serious? We've gone through an exceptional adventure to stop the Joker, collected some awesome gadgets and combo attacks, and all we can do to thwart a menacing, hulk of a Joker is punch him in the face? It reminds me of the first season of Heroes. They build up this epic story; Save the Cheerleader, Save the World. All of these super-powered people converge in New York for on massive showdown with lives at stake and the future unknown, and it all ends with a corny first fight.

Honestly, I would have preferred having to fight through a slew Batman's worst villains. I'd be challenged, but at least I would be happy that I passed such a difficult test. Instead, I was left hanging when I finally won. Hugo Strange better not transform into a giant lizard in Arkham City!

 

Mass Effect 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC):

Anyone who knows me is aware that I LOVE Mass Effect to death. It has great characters, game play, cool weapons, fantastic story, and an epic conflict on a galactic scale. Despite the ignorance of some who believe having sex with aliens is the core focus of the game, I love it. But the end of the second installment was a bit… no. Just no.

You survive the first game and stop the lone Reaper, Sovereign, from calling his buddies from deep space to ravage the galaxy. The day is won, but the Reapers are still coming. You die in the beginning of the second game only to be revived by a terrorist organization for a desperate mission.

Dangerous beings are abducting entire human colonies, and it's up to you to stop them. You spend the majority of the game recruiting the roughest, toughest allies this side of Cybertron. It is said to be a suicide mission, so everyone has to get closure on personal matters before jumping into action.

By the time the suicide mission begins, your ship should be tricked out with the best upgrades, and you should have the loyalty of the entire crew. You infiltrate the base and plant explosives at the core giving you and your team ten minutes to escape. The team then has to shoot their way out, fighting hordes of enemies. Then, they do a slow motion, dramatic run to the ship and fly away just as the base explodes. That's what I wanted to see happen.

The dramatic run never happens because of the boss fight that ensues after you plant the explosives. You find out that the missing humans are being liquefied for their genetic material to fuel a Human-Reaper hybrid. The purpose of this monstrosity is unknown, but it needs to be destroyed.

Keep in mind that I don't mind destroying this thing, but why does it come online in the first place if it's not finished? I was content with shooting my way out of tough situations the entire game, but I found myself fighting a gigantic thing that has little impact on the bigger plot at hand. Your mission is to destroy the enemy base and stop their attacks on humanity, which is exactly what you do. But why do we need a final boss at the end of the game? And of course, the pattern is the same (shoot, take cover, wait, shoot). Mass Effect 2 had a very cinematic approach when it came to storytelling, and it seemed like they were on a roll, but the boss fight at the end reminded me video game equals boss fight to some. With ME3 on the way, I hope Bioware takes a lesson from this by leaving bosses out of the equation.

 

Whenever a video game is mentioned, it is associated with a boss fight at the end. With the way gaming has grown over the years, there is no need for them in every game. I'm not sure if developers are afraid that the game won't be good if they don't have a boss fight at the end, but that's a fear that needs to be squashed since games can stand on their own with them. Maybe it's time to reinvent the Boss Battle, or maybe it's time to lay them to rest, but developers should determine whether boss fights are necessary in the type of games they develop.

About the Author

Vernon is an amateur video game journalist when he isn't working or going to school. He loves keeping up with news in gaming culture, and he makes frequent posts about it to his blog, Get Tuitt.

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Why are the Australian Football Pools Different?

The Australian football season usually gets under way in April, and Australian-based pools coupons are published in Britain from mid-late May. Australian football pools have quite a different statistical profile to British pools. Team-form based systems still work, but with a few subtle changes.

What are the Differences?

• The game is rougher. Aussie football is not football as we know it elsewhere in the world. It is much more physical and injury rates are much higher than in soccer.
• Playing standards are lower. The best teams play well below the standard of even an English third division team.
• Teams disappear and are re-born regularly and team names change regularly.
• There are usually several instances of points deductions for breaking of rules each season!
• The difference in performance between top and bottom sides in a league or division can be massive, and when this is the case then a lower performing team might not even turn up for a match, resulting in a forfeit.
• With a forfeited match, a score of even 10-0 can be awarded against the loser, which has a big impact on goal difference.
• Transfers - players change teams with great regularity, and the move of just one good player can make a massive difference to team's performance

It really is a frontiersman's game!

Many serious pools punters accept that ‘playing to form' is much more apparent in Australian football because of the much wider range of standards within a given league, but there are other interesting aspects too.

For example, statistics clearly show that when a team loses at home, then the probability of winning its next match, if it is an ‘Away', is relatively high - this appears to be counter to our sommon sense. Typically, almost half of teams avoid losing in away games following a home defeat.

So, when completing an Aussie pools coupon, the punter needs a much stronger overall bias towards Away wins than would be the case in the English football pools.

Home-Away-Draw Runs

Detailed study of the home-lose-win sequences can be rewarding, and uncovering ‘Away' bankers for a coupon is possible – something which is almost unthinkable on the English coupon (think about some of the ‘certain away wins' in the English Premiership in the most recent season, which just didn't turn out to be as expected). Again, this is down to the performance range within a given league – very wide in Australian football, and relatively narrow in British soccer (for example, in the 2010 English Premiership, Portsmouth finished bottom, Chelsea top, yet Portsmouth still fought their way through to meet Chelsea in the FA Cup final).

Indeed, predicting Away wins is much more lucrative for Aussie pools.

In the UK football pools, some people may have a view about biasing draw selections towards (or away from) Scottish leagues. In Australian pools, there are clear differences in performance statistics across the various leagues (there may be up to twelve or thirteen leagues appearing on an Australian football pools coupon); this affects the strategy for draw selection on the Treble Chance football pools.

One last point - fixed odds betting on Aussie pools can be rewarding if enough time and effort is put into analysing the bookmakers' odds. The wide range of performance levels means that occasionally a bookie may miscalculate odds and make it possible to lay a sequence of Home/Away/Draw bets across bookmakers which are almost certain to pay.

(c) 2010 Phil Marks

About the Author

The author first developed his winning pools system over 20 years ago. It is now available in updated form to deal with online football pools entry. Lots more tips, tales, information and resources at www.footballpoolswizard.co.uk

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When a pool is left uncovered, leaves and other debris can drop right into the water. Pool blankets can keep that problem at bay, and they bring many other great benefits to the table, too. If you'd like to find out why virtually every pool owner owns a pool blanket, read on to learn a little more.

Keep the Cold at Bay:

Today's best pool blankets have solar pockets that help harness the warmth of the sun. Those pockets warm up and their heat is transferred to the water below. When used consistently, a pool blanket can keep Your Pool water several degrees warmer. Check with your local Pool Shop Ipswich to see what kinds of pool blankets they offer. Chances are, most of them have solar heating capabilities.

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When your pool's not in use, why should it be left exposed to the elements? When that happens, stray leaves, grass, dirt and other debris can drift right in. In the end, your cleaning job will be a whole lot harder. The right pool blanket will keep debris out, making it a lot easier to maintain your pool. The blanket only works, though, if it is used. Get into the habit of covering your pool up with your blanket to enjoy the most benefits from it.

Cut Down on Wastage:

One basic rule that everyone knows is that water evaporates. When enough water evaporates from your pool, you have to add more. At the same time, you have to add more chemicals and other costly things. Using a pool blanket will help you reduce the level of evaporation occurring and allow you to save much more water and save on the cost of chemicals. As a result, you'll make far fewer trips to your Pool Supplies Ipswich shop than you otherwise would - and you'll save yourself plenty of cash, too!

Cut Down on Energy Costs:

Running a pool heater all the time can result in a very ugly electricity bill. While we all want to swim in a pleasant pool, we don't want to pay a hefty price for it. You can minimise your dependence on the use of your pool heater if you make use of pool blanket more frequently. Since the blanket cuts back on evaporation, too, it will lower your water bill at the same time. The bottom line is, your initial investment in the quality pool blanket itself, will recover its cost for you in a very short amount of time. There's no good reason not to use a pool blanket, so buy one for your pool today!

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Your
Pool Shop Ipswich
will usually advise that it is a good idea to have a pool blanket. Pool blankets are great ideas for a number of reasons, and your Local
Pool Supplies Ipswich
company SPR Pool and Spa carries them and can advise.

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