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An Apologia to BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013)
I've just finished rewatching for the umpteenth time the spectacular work of art that is The Before Trilogy, and since I've discovered it I have always refrained myself from writing about it because of my inability to put into words the beauty and the depth behind the meaning that these three films have progressively acquired for me.
But this time I'm going to try to say something for the sake of those who believe the screenplay to have failed in portraying Jesse and Celine’s personalities and gone out of character in this third installment – which I feel particularly compelled to defend as it's, in my opinion, not only the best entry in the trilogy, but also one of the best movies ever made, significantly thanks to the way the couple's characterization brilliantly builds up on two-decades of long cinematic work and collaborative effort and climaxes with an egregious payoff. I hope that reading about how I interpret the way Before Midnight blends in perfect harmony with Before Sunrise and Before Sunset may at least partially redeem the film for those of you who were left dissatisfied or disappointed by the decrease in naive idealism and dream-like romance.
WARNING: Detailed spoilers of all three movies under the cut.
Even though I think it’s quite easy at first to find a bit jarring the evident, apparently sudden change in Jesse and Celine's dynamic – reacting with a kind of discomfort that is clearly something the screenplay wants to induce in the audience, which is not accostumed to revisit Jesse and Celine after they have spent almost a decade together and studying each other inside out – I also think it quickly becomes clear that what Before Midnight aims to do, with regards to characterization, is to take all the most irritating and unpleasant shades Jesse and Celine had always had within themselves, whose seeds were planted and indeed palpable, albeit romanticized, in Sunrise (despite both characters trying their best to keep them hidden beneath a deeply self-conscious need to foster the spark of their newfound connection and perform the attraction/seduction role-play) and aptly watered in Sunset, and throw them full-force to the viewers’ face, challenging their ability to still feel invested in the couple by appealing to the idea that even our favorite, most beloved people in the world can intimately be ugly, paradoxical, occasionally toxic as well as endearing at the same time, because that’s a hard truth about human nature and “this is real life, it’s not perfect but it’s real”.
To demonstrate that their characterization is actually coherent with everything that came before, I challenge you to think about Jesse and Celine in these terms: Sunrise makes it clear that they are both smart college graduates, fundamentally contemplative and opinionated intellectuals (or at least, proto-intellectuals) who share a hardwired desire to shape the world around them with their thoughts and ideas and an idealist outlook on the universe, time and the human condition. The trilogy explores, among other things, the way they react to the realization that the universe, time and the human condition can’t conform to their idealistic vision, but that they themselves have to find out how to conform to the universe, time and the human condition. What deeply sets Jesse and Celine apart, then, is the direction they decide to channel the resentment and deep-seated unfulfilling dread steaming from this bitter realization towards.
Jesse directs it towards himself, which turns him into a depressed writer who is never going to be satisfied no matter what happens into his life. In Sunset, the movie starts with Jesse talking about how everything is autobiographical and proceeding to announce the concept of his next book, which happens to feature a totally depressed guy whose dream is riding motorcycles trough South America, being a lover and adventurer who finds happiness “in the doing, not getting what he wants”, but who is instead “sitting at a marble table, eating lobsters with a beautiful wife and everything that he needs”. Later on, at the Parisian café, Jesse rants about being unable to be “in the moment”, about not enjoying any minute of his best-selling book tour and about how Buddhists may have a point when they talk about freeing themselves from desire – which Celine aptly identifies as a symptom of depression. And while Sunset seems to want to make you think that Jesse’s depression may stem from his unsatisfying family life, even hinting at the idea that Celine may be the cure to his condition, Midnight slaps you hard in the face and awakens you to the reality that even though Jesse did get what he wanted, he’s still more depressed than ever – in fact, it clarifies that Jesse’s depression is existential. Celine herself outwardly calls him out on it after he relates an anecdote about the twins fighting over a trampoline, when he refers to pettiness, jealousy and selfishness as “the natural human state”. He seems to quickly scrape her comment off in the moment as one of her exaggerations, but later on admits to his accuracy when he tells her, in the last scene of the movie, that he has struggled all his life connecting and being present with those he loves the most. Which brings us back to Sunrise and his confession about being an unwanted, neglected child who eventually kind of adjusted and took pride in viewing the world as “this place where I wasn’t meant to be”, or to the acknowledgement that he is sick of experiencing his life from his own point of view (“see, I’ve heard all these stories, so of course I’m sick of myself”). I truly believe, during the car ride at the beginning of Midnight, that Jesse is thinking about the same words of his father’s that he was confessing to Celine in Sunrise, when he says, talking about his own absence from his son’s life, “This is the one thing I promised myself I was never going to do, and now I look up and I’m doing it”. I really think it often goes underappreciated how tragic Jesse’s character actually is. The point of his character is that his own childhood abandonment trauma colored his conception and experience of the world, and about how that adds up to his intellectual inability to find peace and contentment in the moment, and about how both aspects flow into apparently inescapable patterns of self-repeated misery. He’s not just depressed: he’s doomed to depression. And the truth the movie points to is that, ultimately, Celine can’t change this foundational aspect of Jesse’s nature. She has, to an extent, to learn to live with it and accept it.
On the other hand, the same intellectual resentment and unfulfilling dread that Jesse directs within himself, Celine aggressively projects to the outside world. If Jesse is fundamentally depressed, Celine is fundamentally angry. Sunrise does a masterful job at carefully planting the seeds that testify how Celine is, at her core, defined by her anger, while simultaneously never allowing for that anger to truly come to the surface and take the audience out of the otherworldly romantic idealism of their night in Vienna. She talks about the unfairness of being unable to complain to nice and supporting parents; she says that everything pisses her off and proceeds to list several examples; she thinks it’s a healthy process to rebel against everything in her life right after admitting that she has been raised happily, loved and wealthy and doesn’t even know “who or what the enemy is”; quite revealingly, she tells an anecdote about a professional shrink experiencing her anger to the effect that, after a single session with her, she had to call the police in fear that Celine might actually carry out the story about killing her ex-boyfriend that she had written as a consequence of her morbid obsession with him. And maybe most importantly, the palm reader makes explicit to the audience what ends up being the central theme of Celine’s character in the trilogy: “you need to resign yourself to the awkwardness of life; only if you find peace within yourself, you’ll find true connection with others”. Sunset dares to shed quite a bit of the romantic aura that Celine was wrapped in during Sunrise where, despite all of this, she still managed to resemble a Botticelli angel, and lets her anger manifest more vividly in several moments. “The world is a mess right now!” she shouts right before a bitter political rant. She’s also deeply resentful towards Jesse who, despite her statement in Sunrise about not wanting to be “a great story” or a male fantasy, has basically decided to spectacularize their night together and sell Celine’s most intimate side to the masses. This is why Celine proceeds to lie about not remembering them having sex – she feels like Jesse has stripped her of agency and control over herself and officialized to the world a one-sided interpretation of their encounter – so she wants to reclaim ownership and hurt him at the same time (“knowing his weak points, what would hurt him, seduce him” she told him in Sunrise while talking about her habit of studying her boyfriends in order to grasp how to manipulate them). The existence of this fictionalized version of herself out in the world that she didn’t consent to, along with the death of her romantic outlook on life that prompts her notorious rant in the taxi, only makes it easier for her to allow her deep-seated anger to bubble up and start defining her. Which brings us to Midnight, where that anger is so consuming that it ends up being directed also at herself (she resents herself for failing to live up to her own expectations of both motherhood and feminism, and for letting herself be consumed by anger). She engages in a lot of borderline toxic behaviors – parental alienation (she sabotages Jesse’s ability to talk to Hank twice), false accusation and public shame (she mischaracterizes their conversation in the car at the dinner table and exposes Jesse’s private fantasy) and generic hurtful insults. Her problem with Jesse’s monopoly on how the world perceives her is as alive as ever, and she makes it a matter of relative status in the relationship. And last but not least, she also resents the world – and men – for women’s unjust impossibility to avoid having to make compromises that motherhood (or largely, the female condition) imposes on them, leading them to sacrifice leisure time or renounce to opportunities that our modern, fully technological world increasingly abounds with. In the same scene, in the hotel room, where Celine calls Jesse out for being depressed, he accuses her of seeing anger as a positive means to deal with life, and despite her refusal to concede the point in the moment, she ultimately admits to it in the last scene of the movie (“I’m an angry person and I hurt my kids, my work and everyone that I love”).
In a nutshell, we could sum up their characters as follows:
JESSE: idealized, intellectual approach to the world --> finds out about world’s imperfection --> blames himself --> existential depression.
CELINE: idealized, intellectual approach to the world --> finds out about world’s imperfection --> blames the world --> existential anger.
Particularly interesting, in this regard, is the role each of them plays in establishing the kind of path the other ends up taking. Jesse ultimately allows his depression to take over him as a consequence of Celine's decision to miss their agreed-upon second encounter six months after Sunrise, whereas Celine ultimately allows her anger to take over her as a consequence of Jesse's decision to circumvent her previously expressed wish and publish a book about the night they spent together in Vienna. In a way, they both sealed each other's existential fate in their quest for the connection they had once shared.
So, once you peel away all the layers in their characterization and identify the root core of their motivation, choices and actions, I don’t really think it’s possible to argue that they are out of character in Before Midnight. In fact, it feels like a perfect follow-up to its predecessors, designed to force the characters to confront the origin of their unhappiness and realize that they are not meant to be each other’s salvation. Just as Celine is going to have to accept Jesse’s depression as something he’s never going to be able to fully part with, Jesse is going to have to learn to deal with Celine’s unhealthy relationship with her own anger (“I’m not asking you to change, it’s called accepting you for being you”). This is where Ariadni’s words come to mind as the testament of the film – “this is what fucks us up, right? The idea of a soulmate coming to save us from taking care of ourselves”. The point of the movie is that Jesse can’t save Celine from herself, and Celine can’t save Jesse from himself – that real love, which is to say real life, is not about that.
Another quite common form of criticism that I don't get is the annoyance at the movie being willing to occasionally be critical of feminism, or explore perspectives outside of the feminist lens – particularly with Jesse's character, whose detachment from and derision of Celine's overstated feminist apologia apparently strikes to many people as a betrayal to his characterization in the previous installments. But first of all, I don’t think there's any evidence that Jesse was ever portrayed as a feminist in the previous movies – and even if he had been, how can a change in one’s own ideology or outlook on life through an eighteen-years-long experience result in an “out of character” portrayal? People change. Ideologically and politically, I’m almost a completely different person than I was three years ago. Does that make me out of character? I don't think so. But that said, many seem to move from the assumption that Sunrise and Sunset were feminist movies in the first place, which I also disagree with. In Sunrise itself, when the topic of gender comes up for the first time between the two, Jesse points out the paradoxical nature of some common female behaviors and raises a biologically-rooted counterpoint to Celine’s obviously University-derived socially constructivist outlook. Nothing about that screams “feminist” to me.
On a sidenote, though, I find incredibly illuminating Jesse’s response to Celine’s rant about female sacrifice in the hotel room scene. He sharply brings up her privileged upbringing (she actually spent her whole childhood “travelling around the world while her father built buildings” and was raised “with all the freedoms he had fought for”, as she herself said to him in Sunrise), which starkly contrasts both with his own childhood of neglect and psychological abuse and therefore with her feminist axiomatic ideas of male privilege and female oppression, and then he mentions a specific historical male-only obligation (the military draft) to swiftly rebuff her claims. She calls him an asshole, but has no real counterargument to throw back at him other than some mockery. This writing choice was actually so clever that I had to pause the movie a moment and think back about Jesse’s character. Then it occurred to me: Jesse’s been divorced and likely lost custody of his son after a strenuous legal battle with his ex-wife that both he and Celine refer to multiple times during the film. He had to spend years travelling back and forth trying to escape the dreadful destiny of turning into his own father and dealing with a progressively litigious ex-wife who apparently exploited Celine’s pregnancy and the notoriously skewed U.S. legal system to make Jesse’s attempt at remaining present in his son’s life extremely difficult – all of this while still managing to maintain some kind of sympathy from the viewers, who know she’s been wronged and cheated on by her ex-husband. The screenplay of this movie is excellent to the point of being able to condense into a single line a character’s entire lived experience and approach to things. That amazing line from Jesse about the “trenches of the Sorbonne” not only reminds the audience that he’s not a feminist; it also reveals that he’s quite versed in (and therefore accostumed to) anti-feminist talking points. Which is incredibly accurate and realistic for an American man who has found himself having to deal with custody issues – as Celine rightly points out, “I guess judges assume that women have the mother instinct”.
The fact that Jesse’s lived experience makes him critical of feminism doesn’t mean that Celine’s own lived experience is invalid, though – nor does it mean that the movie itself is anti-feminist. And there lies the brilliance of the film. Celine’s deeply-held feminist views are still entertained and tested in their validity. She is allowed to be a feminist through and through and voice her ideas, often with incredibly powerful weight and resonance – in fact, two of Celine’s best and most poignant lines in the whole movie are "The world is fucked by unemotional, rational men deciding shit" and “You know what I love about men? They still believe in magic”. Most of the film's detractors just seem upset that those ideas are not presented by the movie as golden nuggets of truth that shouldn’t be subjected to scrutiny or falsification, or treated by the screenplay as axioms that should automatically be taken for granted by everyone. I also think having Jesse laugh at Celine exposing her worries about rape to be, once again, incredibly realistic – it highlights how there will always be some level of incomprehension between the sexes, and how men will never be fully able to put themselves in women’s shoes when it comes to truly understand and empathize with that kind of fear and vulnerability. It basically testifies men’s impossibility to live the female experience.
Moreover, the same detractors that lament their disappointment at the “lack of feminism” in the movie also seem to take umbrage at Celine being portrayed as profoundly human in her complexities, which strikes me as quite the paradox. Women can be as toxic and problematic as men, albeit often in different ways. It’s Celine’s own imperfection that truly makes her a great female character. The argument underneath this criticism seems to be that a female character who engages in problematic behaviors drawing from the ugliest side of human nature does a disservice to feminism – which I guess you might think, if your feminist belief assumes that only men can really be toxic and problematic with the other sex purely out of selfish reasons. It’s quite clear to me that a socially constructivist perspective on life and the world is informing these people's judgment on the movie and the characters, whose raw realism and unfiltered humanity they seem to find ideologically inconvenient.
I have to say I’m also baffled by some people's characterization of the argument scene in the hotel room as “boring”, or an example of “classic middle-aged couple problems" film. It’s anything but, in my opinion. I find it some of the best cinema I have ever seen, with directorial choices, a screenplay and acting performances so high-ranking and engrossing that I was left mouth wide open, with so many shades and aspects that I’d never seen any other “marriage movie” seriously bring up, let alone face. I could never give justice to the excellence of that scene with words. Similarly, I’m stunned by the recurring claim that the dialogue in this movie feels forced and pretentious, given the fact that this is uncontestably the less philosophical, more grounded script of the three. Even though I also don’t agree with those who claim that Jesse and Celine were ever pretentious, I can see how Sunrise could definitely give that impression at specific moments – though the actors’ chemistry and talent were always able to hide any artificiality as much as possible. But Sunset and Midnight particularly flow with such a spontaneous and natural rhythm, as well as flawless acting expertise, that it almost seems a criminal act to press pause during the film. This specific claim seems particularly paradoxical given the fact that the same people who complain about this simultaneously express dissatisfaction with the absence of the kind of idealistic, philosophical talk that the characters had with each other when they met for the first time – which could have easily sounded pretentious if it had been delivered by lower-skilled actors. As if, by the way, the lack of that kind of magic between the two wasn’t completely intentional and exactly the point Midnight is making, particularly when it comes to what Celine laments as her own forced sacrifice of existential discussions in favor of seemingly unending, practical maternal tasks. This is a movie where Jesse says that he misses hearing Celine think, and Celine replies that her thoughts now smell like shit. Not only is the Leopardi-esque “Death of the Illusions” one of the main themes of the film, it’s also an inevitability in the relationship between two formerly idealistic intellectuals who now have to deal with their own existential dread while at the same time raising a family together and being deprived of the luxury they used to have of closing the world outside of their time-constrained connection.
About the ending scene of the movie, I admit that it had to grow on me. On my first watch I didn’t really know what to think about it, mainly because I was still recovering from the brutality of their fight in the hotel room. But the more I rewatched the movie, the more it made sense, and now I find it not only extremely fitting but also kind of brilliant. The couple’s destiny is also once again left up to interpretation and not at all cemented in a definite trajectory like I've often seen being implied. At the same time, the trilogy comes full circle by having Jesse impersonate the time-travelling role-play that won Celine over during Sunrise, and consequently by evoking in the audience a comparison between the state of Jesse and Celine’s relationship now to that of the German couple who, likewise apparently in their 40s, had prompted Celine’s decision to change seat in the train and sit opposite Jesse, reinforcing that very idea of “awkwardness of life” that the palm reader advised Celine to resign herself to in order to find true happiness. As such, the ending solidifies the idea that genuine relationships take work to function, and that true happiness has to be found in carrying that work out ("in doing, not getting what you want"). Jesse realizes this and demonstrates that he’s willing to do the work to rekindle a kind of spark and magic that can exist outside of the transformative influence of time. Celine also eventually acknowledges this, and closes the film showing her own willingness to put in her own share of the work. "It’s not perfect, but it’s real."
Overall, this movie is a masterpiece, a milestone in romance and independent cinema and, as far as I'm concerned, the bar that any film intimately interested in the exploration of the human experience and the creation of solid characterization has to outdo.
This trilogy is History, and as such I will forever treasure it and pass it on. Thank you Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy for such a gift. Ad maiora.
#richard linklater#ethan hawke#julie delpy#before trilogy#before sunrise#before sunset#before midnight#jesse wallace#celine#jesse x celine#review#analysis#meta#mine
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oh hey is it time to go watch old media until the writer's strike is over
welp here's my list, i highly recommend adding onto it or making your own
sit-coms
Better Off Ted (office comedy about a pretty decent guy who manages the R&D department of your standard big capitalist (evil) company. absurd, sincere, and blessedly not nihilistic.)
Golden Girls (four older women living together. openly touched upon topics like gay people are human beings actually and so are people without houses. and this was in the 80s.)
Murphy Brown (Reporter/news presenter workplace comedy. i like eldin)
WKRP (set in a radio station, this one is a pain to find unedited anywhere because of music licensing nonsense)
Designing Women (i haven't actually watched much of this yet but i heard it's pretty good so i'm listing it here in hopes i'll remember to check it out)
british panel / comedy shows (ok so they're like game shows, except the prizes range from useless to nonexistent, all the contestants are comedians, and nobody really cares that much who wins. ,fair warning though, these are british. so you're just gonna get a certain amount of jokes that are like "yup an old cishet white dude sure did write that")
Would I Lie to You (contestants make ridiculous claims and the opposing team has to guess if it's real or not)
8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown (not "8 out of 10 Cats". not "Countdown". specifically "8 out of 10 cats does countdown". yes this is important)
Taskmaster (five contestants perform a series of increasingly silly tasks to try to score points)
Big Fat Quiz of the Year / Decade (a series of long quiz specials where comedians often fail, intentionally or otherwise, to answer questions)
crime/detective/spy shows (cw copaganda. bc that's the entire genre)
Columbo (did you know it's ALL on the internet archive? for FREE?)
Simon and Simon (private investigators who are also brothers, a bit more on the fun side. pretty good for the 80s, but be warned you're still gonna get some dopey tropes like ableism in certain episodes.)
Rockford Files (ex-convict PI. doesn't like guns, friends with his dad. cynical but can't help helping people most of the time. we love to see it. like the two above, it's older but it holds up)
Brooklyn 99 (much like columbo, everybody already knows this one)
Burn Notice (recent ex-spy stuck in miami tries to get his job back. an unfortunate amount of ogle-y filler shots. I liked the first 4 seasons and low key recommend stopping after it, but everybody's mileage varies.)
and finally, because i know who i a:
cartoons
Motorcity (what if the only answer to an oppressive conformist society was UNDERGROUND TEENS WITH CARS and it looked AMAZING and it was KILLED AFTER 20 EPISODES BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOD)
Storm Hawks (what if the only answer to a returning evil empire was SKY TEENS WITH AIRPLANE MOTORCYCLES, side note this is like the only time i've ever seen stylized 3D animation in a way that just looks? good?? i would love to see more stuff try this kind of direction instead of aiming for anime or realism)
Generator Rex (a teen with TRANSFORMING MUTANT MACHINE POWERS fights alongside a kinda sus organization to try to save others who have transformed into dangerous mutants. i haven't finished this one and im not a fan of the monkey character but dam this show kinda slaps)
Teen Titans (TEEN SUPERHEROES. i have a soft spot for this show. it was my first superhero show as a kid and still mostly holds up as good fun)
Spectacular Spider-Man (spider-man has a lotta cartoons by now but this is up there near the top i feel)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (it's PRETTY it's CUTE it's FUNNY and only has a few episodes i would outright skip. i stopped enjoying it by the last couple seasons but i still think it's worth a watch if you haven't yet)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THIS WORLD WATCH THIS SHOW DEAR GODS IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE IT'S SO MUCH FUN AND I LOVE MY IDIOT SONS SO MUCH AND THEN IT PUNCHES YOU RIGHT IN THE EMOTIONS WHEN YOU AREN'T EXPECTING IT-)
and Bluey. watch Bluey.
AIGHT THAT'S IT FOR NOW honestly i could add more to this but my memory ain't that good
✨enjoy✨
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Review of Death's Game
The following is a subjective list of pros and cons I've compiled through my watch of the show. I'd love to hear your opinions as well!
Pros:
Let's get the obvious out of the way, the cast is phenomenal. Pretty much everyone gave an impactful performance that completely embodied their characters. Each of the incarnations expertly portrayed the original Choi Yi-jae as well as the differences in his mental state/actions induced by new circumstances. Additionally, Kim Ji-hoon and Yoo In-soo were so believable and engaging in their roles, and Kim Mi-kyung was simply spectacular and brought out so many emotions every time she was on screen.
The show has an incredibly gripping plot that leaves you intrigued and invested. There are a few coincidences here and there, but I personally didn't find any glaring plot issues that bothered me and there certainly wasn't a moment I was bored. I loved how all the lives interconnected (I heard this wasn't the case in the webtoon?) and it's overall an interesting premise that I think was executed well on the thriller front.
There were a lot of touching and emotional moments that struck a chord with me. Obviously there was Yi-jae's relationship with Ji-su and his mother, but lots of a smaller scenes were deeply moving too, like when Yi-jae runs from the memory orb as the homeless man (who was excellent by the way) because he can't stand to live another life that isn't his own.
Also obvious, but the cinematography is beautiful whether displaying a fast-paced motorcycle chase or a soft moment of love as Yi-jae and Ji-su meet under cherry blossoms. Both the instrumental and vocal ost blended well and elevated the emotions the show brought out.
Cons:
Starting out with smaller issues first, I thought Death's character would be more fleshed out. This is more of a "my expectation" problem but I wish we got more out of their character.
The show is gratuitously violent to an extent I didn't find necessary. It's a little uncomfortable at times but...that's just the type of story it is, I suppose. This could be a pro or a con depending on what you like to watch normally.
My major issue lies in the show's depiction of mental health. I don't think it's wrong for highlighting survivor's guilt and, to be fair, the show never blamed Yi-jae or other characters for their circumstances (a lot of them were victim to societal pressures and corruption, which was made evident through the storyline even if not focused on). Where the messaging falters is with Death going out of their way to punish Yi-jae for being "selfish" and "abandoning" Ji-su and his mother. I get that the literal manifestation of death isn't exactly a great moral center and a potential interpretation is that Death was simply annoyed Yi-jae insulted it but...with the amount of times they mock and scold him (+ Yi-jae himself agreeing by the end), it definitely feels like the show itself is labeling struggling individuals as being selfish, foolish, and weak-willed. Obviously cultural differences play a role in how this theme is portrayed but regardless, the message presented is harmful even if well intended. In general, this is a topic that needs to be treated delicately and with nuance, and personally I think the show fails at this.
Overall: Death's Game is a beautifully-produced albeit gory 8-hour thriller that has you on the edge of your seat and simultaneously tearing up over a mother's unyielding love. Unfortunately, it also has a poor depiction of a very prevalent, complicated mental health issue and while I enjoyed a lot of its aspects, I'd advise that you strongly consider your own comfort level and circumstances before sitting down for a watch.
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The Isle Of Lawrence - John & Henry
Part 3
On the main deck of the spectacular dining room view for all on lookers to gawk and shock in awe.
John Stanley a new client bought out the entire evening with a sigh of relief over him.
He is sleeping feet on the table dreaming the night away as the windows shut and the doors close.
“How hell did it get so dark in here?”
“Hey, Hey”
“Let me out “
“I am in here “
“Assholes”
“Let me go”
“Where is the light coming from?@
“Why is it so bright?”
“Why do I feel so…”
My hand lands back on my console pressing the speaker button as I cough a bit clearing my throat.
My laughter burst into the microphone as
it bounces on the wall reverberating everywhere.
He jolts up from his chair shaking in fair and in shock as he is lost for words.
“Sorry but you are not going anywhere”
“What?”
“Did I stutter”
“No”
“Mwahahahahaha “
“Shut up”
“Fuck you”
“Zip it or I will perform a lobotomy”
“Damn you!”
The doors swing open following my hand pointing towards it he leaves the room.
The cool air flowing roughly through his hair and delicately down his skin oh so softly.
The sinister glare in my eyes shows how far I am willing to go and win this man for myself.
“You thought you were gods gift to women”
“To the world in fact”
“What a fool”
“You are a joke”
“A man trying to be more”
“You are not a god”
“More like dog”
“Actually you are”
“Mwahahahahaha “
Part 4
Henry Cole the final member of the Justin’s on site wedding party as promised.
He is literally enjoying the sun light radiating on to him from the sky.
His back laying on the motorcycle I lent him out for the night, he has been using it for well over a week.
He does not see me sneaking behind him in a slow steady movement.
Everything as it plans the sky I made is under the dome I created for this situation.
One loud swat on his ass awakens Gil from trance
.
“Hey Henry”
“Hey man”
“Glory for a ride “
“Use my motorcycle “
“Enjoy the simulator “
“Wwwwwwhhhhhhhhaaaaaaattttttt”
“Bye now”
“Mwahahahahaha “
“Dude no!”
“I’m in control here”
“You will do as I please”
“You thought this was vacation right?”
“It is so much more”
“A fantasy isle for me”
“A pleasure trove of fun”
“You are all my toys”
“Nooooooo”
“Oh yes! Mwahahahahaha “
I order him on to the motorcycle as he hops on to it.
Placing his helmet on to his head he speeds off and I watch in awe.
The velocity by which he goes only increase by the seconds.
Hitting top speed the bike emits a small rag of light forming a portal.
He dashes in to the portal transporting his body in to a new world.
“Where is my Master?”
“Oh you learned?”
“There you are”
“Yes sorry Master, I will do better
The end
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2023 Suzuki Gixxer SF150 Evaluation
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Bike consumers typically buy 150-cc bikes for affordability and practicality. The bikes on this class are sometimes low on maintenance prices and high on mileage.
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This makes them excellent city-commuters with respectable highway capabilities. Nevertheless, the Gixxer moniker is for all those that want to experience a barely spectacular performance regardless of being a 150-cc bike. Listed here are a number of key elements of the 2023 Suzuki Gixxer SF150.
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2023 Suzuki Gixxer SF150 – Key Elements
It has bold styling for a motorbike of this class. It attracts inspiration from the larger Gixxer and affords the purchasers a correct big-bike really feel.
There are broad tyres which increase confidence whereas taking corners at comparatively excessive speed. That is typically one thing one expects from a bike on this section, particularly because the FZ’s arrival over a decade in the past. On the entrance, there’s a 100-section tyre whereas the rear is a 140-section tyre.
The newest Gixxer SF150 comes with trendy bits together with an LED headlight, trendy fairing, clip-on handlebar, split-seat setup, stubby exhaust and extra.
Digital instrument cluster with LCD screen is a useful tool for younger consumers.
With the most recent models, there’s Suzuki Connect know-how permitting the riders to attach their smartphones with the bike.
The knowledge like SMS Alerts, WhatsApp alerts, Turn-by-Turn Navigation and different related stats regarding the bike.
When it comes to dealing with, it strikes a perfect balance between a practical every day commuter and a sporty handling.
The ride high quality is decent and the motorbike affords a great steadiness between journey and handling.
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The 2023 Suzuki Gixxer SF150 comes with a BS6 phase 2-compliant 155-cc air-cooled, fuel-injected single-cylinder engine which generates 13.6 PS @8,000 RPM and 13.8 Nm @6,000 RPM of peak power and torque.
This engine is mated to a 5-speed transmission. The bike has a 41 mm telescopic front suspension and a swing arm on the rear. It will get a single-channel ABS and disc brakes for both wheels.
There are 17-inch alloy wheels on offer. This bike weighs 148 kg, has a fuel tank capability of 12 litres and a wheelbase of 1,340 mm. The costs range between Rs 1.37 lakh and Rs 1.46 lakh, ex-showroom.
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BMW Motorrad celebrates one millionth GS with boxer engine.
World premiere of the new BMW R 1300 GS on 28 September 2023 at BMW Motorrad Welt in Berlin.
Today, on 21 June 2023, the 1,000,000th GS equipped with a boxer engine rolled off the production line at the BMW Motorrad plant in Berlin-Spandau - a BMW R 1250 GS.
BMW motorcycles have been manufactured in Berlin since 1969 and the BMW Motorrad GS models with boxer engines since 1980. Elemental, authentic motorcycles, which possess incomparable all-round qualities have spurred on countless motorbike enthusiasts on trips to distant countries, spectacular adventure trips and expeditions to the remotest regions of our planet over the past decades. The latest edition of the now legendary BMW GS with boxer engine - the R 1300 GS - will be presented on 28 September 2023 at the grand opening of the new BMW Motorrad Welt in Berlin.
The BMW GS with boxer engine: The legendary combination of road, off-road and long-haul expertise.
Dr. Markus Schramm, Head of BMW Motorrad: “With the R 80 G/S and its unique combination of on-road and off-road suitability, everyday qualities and long-distance touring abilities, BMW Motorrad created the new motorcycle genre of touring enduros in 1980. The BMW GS with boxer engine became an icon, which achieved global success in this segment. What is more: The BMW GS became a legend and at the same time an indispensable cornerstone in the BMW Motorrad model range. Its outstanding talents, such as dynamic riding performance, brawny off-road qualities, superior long-distance comfort and enormous robustness, have since been continuously developed by BMW Motorrad and transferred to other BMW Motorrad model series with great success. I am therefore very pleased that today, and especially in our “100 Years of BMW Motorrad” anniversary year, we are able to contribute a major milestone to the corporate history of the BMW Group with the one millionth BMW GS motorbike with a boxer engine. I am equally pleased that the unique history of BMW Motorrad models with boxer engines will soon be supplemented by an exciting chapter with numerous innovations with the new R 1300 GS.”
The one millionth BMW GS with a boxer engine is an R 1250 GS in Triple Black Style and was duly celebrated today, 21 June 2023, during a works meeting at the BMW Motorrad plant in Berlin-Spandau.
The new BMW R 1300 GS: Premiere at the opening ceremony of BMW Motorrad Welt Berlin on 28 September 2023.
The celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of BMW Motorrad are continuing at pace. After the big party at the BMW Motorrad Days, where thousands of motorcycle fans from all over the world are expected from 7 to 9 July 2023, BMW Motorrad Welt will officially open its doors on 28 September. In the new “heart of the brand” - located directly next to the BMW Motorrad plant site in Berlin-Spandau - the eagerly awaited new BMW R 1300 GS will be presented at an exclusive opening event. Interested fans will have the opportunity to follow the opening ceremony via livestream on the BMW Group and BMW Motorrad social media channels. From 30 September 2023, BMW Motorrad Welt in Berlin will then be open to all visitors.
The BMW R 80 G/S: Initial spark for a new motorcycle segment.
In autumn 1980 BMW Motorrad presented the R 80 G/S, a motorcycle which combined two very special areas of riding for the first time: Off-road and on-road. What began with 798 cubic centimetres of displacement and 50 hp has developed over more than four decades into a fascinating high-tech touring enduro of the calibre of the current BMW R 1250 GS. Complemented by state-of-the-art chassis technology and electronic control systems such as ABS, traction control, engine drag torque control, semi-active suspension and a great deal more. It is also thanks to this ongoing and consistent advancement that the BMW GS models with boxer engine have advanced to become the most sought-after touring enduros in the world to this day.
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I will be able to’t consider it’s been greater than two decades since Grand Robbery Auto III used to be launched. I’m sufficiently old to bear in mind taking part in the unique 2D top-down sport on my first PC, nevertheless it used to be GTA 3 at the PlayStation 2 that shifted the collection into peak equipment. The sport featured a three-D view of the motion and a refreshing freedom that ushered in a brand new generation of open-world video games. It might be arduous to overstate its affect, however twenty years is a very long time in gaming, and its age presentations. To deliver this vintage up to the moment and bring a remaster worthy of the Grand Robbery Auto: The Trilogy—The Definitive Version label would take persistence, care, and ability. Unfortunately, Rockstar passed the duty off to Grove Boulevard Video games, and it sort of feels they weren’t given the time or assets to do it justice.Again at the imply streets of Liberty Town (loosely in response to New York), I think right away at house in shipment pants and leather-based jacket as I spice up a Banshee and move to paintings for the Leone circle of relatives. You play because the silent Claude in GTA 3, the intro to a trilogy that incorporates Grand Robbery Auto: Vice Town and San Andreas. Pushing past the primary flush of nostalgic pleasure as I burn rubber and flick during the radio stations, I’m struck by way of how crude the whole lot is—the humor, in fact, but additionally the undertaking design, the threadbare setups, and the remastered artwork.You'll be able to hint a rising sophistication as you move from the prototype GTA 3 during the ’80s- action-movie neon fever dream of Vice Town, whole with approved tune hits from the likes of Blondie and voice appearing by way of Ray Liotta, directly to the attractive tale, gang war, persona building, and intensity of San Andreas. The collection were given larger and higher with each and every step, and the all-conquering GTA V owes a significant debt to its predecessors. So it’s unhappy to peer them so carelessly treated.There are insects aplenty directly out of the gate in all 3 titles. Too many to say, however highlights come with a couple of crash into the PS5 menu, falling during the map, using a motorcycle whilst embedded sideways on the street, NPCs operating in never-ending circles, a cloud of charred lifeless guys floating completely in midair after a helicopter explosion, and a multicolored CJ using a bicycle that defies the rules of physics. I performed on PS5, however it appears there are even larger problems with the PC and Transfer variations. Reality learn, those GTA video games had been at all times kinda buggy, however you forgave the strange physics glitch or exploding automobile for the reason that scale of the open international used to be so spectacular on the time. However that is now not true, and but even so, many of those insects are new.Grand Robbery Auto: Vice Town
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As we approach the weekend I sometimes like to talk about movies rather than computing. Here is one such time. Follow for more.
"Ghost Rider with Nicholas Cage"
Films that Get Better with Time: A Look at "Ghost Rider" with Nicholas Cage:
When it comes to films, some may not always receive the love and recognition they deserve upon their initial release. However, as time goes by, these films often gain a cult following and are appreciated for their unique qualities. One such film is "Ghost Rider" starring Nicholas Cage.
Released in 2007, "Ghost Rider" follows the story of Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcycle rider who makes a deal with the devil to save the life of his father. However, he soon realizes that his deal has come with a heavy price, as he transforms into the demonic Ghost Rider, seeking revenge on the evil forces that threaten the world.
Nicholas Cage brings a captivating energy to his role as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider, delivering a performance that is both intense and haunting. His unique interpretation of the character adds to the film's overall appeal and has helped solidify it as a cult classic.
Aside from Cage's performance, "Ghost Rider" also boasts stunning visuals, showcasing the spectacular and fiery transformations of the Ghost Rider, as well as the adrenaline-fueled motorcycle stunts. The film's blend of action, horror, and supernatural elements makes it a thrilling and enjoyable watch, even after all these years.
While "Ghost Rider" may not have received critical acclaim upon its initial release, it has since garnered a massive following, with fans praising its unique take on the superhero genre and its standout performance by Nicholas Cage. It's a film that only gets better with time, and its cult status only continues to grow.
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Every year, many thousands of listeners to NPO Radio 2 vote for their favourite songs. The station puts together a big list, 2000 songs long, and plays them out in that quiet period between kerstmas and nieuwjaarsdag. There are a lot of listeners, and the number one is usually "Bohemian rhapsody" or "Stairway to heaven" or something like that.
I think it would be interesting to take the Uncool 500 (as voted by about ninety people on Music Twitter on the Isles Trans-Manche: the full chart is in parts 1 2 3). Take the Uncool 500 and compare it with the NPO 2000 (as voted by everyone in the Netherlands). Voting for both surveys took place during October and November.
So I've taken the 2022 top 2000, and stripped out everything dated 1976 or earlier (as those songs weren't eligible for the Uncool 500). There's still over 1500 songs left.
The number 1 amongst post-1977 songs is "Roller coaster" by Danny Vera, from 2019. It's a soaring ballad, a very strong song, and it hit right to the heart for the Dutch public. A song you've almost certainly never heard.
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It’s a song they've never tried to make a hit this side of the channel. The next songs were "Hotel California" by The Eagles, "Fix you" by Coldplay, "Black" by Metallica, "Avond" by Boudewijn de Groot, and "Nothing else matters" by Metallica.
(What's with the Boudewijn de Groot song? Good question, it was a spectacular flop when released in ‘97 but now hits a chord with the Dutch. I don't understand why.)
The NPO list gets a lot of love from the rock and metal fans - Guns 'n' Roses, Queen, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, all have big fanbases, all get into the top 40.
"Go your own way" is the first song to appear in both lists - 18 on NPO, 81 on Uncool. Then comes "Smells like teen spirit" (NPO 23, Uncool 9) and The Cure’s "A forest" (NPO 70, Uncool 27). Don’t think BBC Radio 2 viewers would vote “A forest” to number 70...
There's a crossover run from NPO 35-38: "In the air tonight", "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, "Killing in the name", and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga (Uncools 255, 219, 139, 254). "Running up that hill" is NPO's 40, our 214. "Creep" and "Lose yourself" both made the NPO top 50.
Turns out that 134 songs appear in both lists, which is somewhat more than I'd expected. Here's the complete list, ordered by the Uncool 500 position.
Song Performer Uncool 500 NPO 2000 I feel love Donna Summer 1 417 Common people Pulp 2 1260 Blue Monday New Order 4 349 Love will tear us apart Joy Division 6 425 Unfinished sympathy Massive Attack 7 440 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 8 80 Smells like teen spirit Nirvana 9 23 When doves cry Prince 10 365 Once in a lifetime Talking Heads 14 743 Tainted love Soft Cell 17 876 Ashes to ashes David Bowie 22 763 Sign 'o' the times Prince 23 639 Born slippy (nuxx) Underworld 24 286 West end girls Pet Shop Boys 28 1301 Life's what you make it Talk Talk 29 943 Firestarter The Prodigy 32 682 Ace of spades Motörhead 34 207 Teardrop Massive Attack 37 500 Like a prayer Madonna 38 738 Motorcycle emptiness Manic Street Preachers 40 855 Glory box Portishead 41 914 Enjoy the silence Depeche Mode 42 87 Always on my mind Pet Shop Boys 43 1314 Two tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood 45 1360 London Calling The Clash 47 922 Come on Eileen Sexist Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express 58 765 Take on me A-ha 59 266 Heart of glass Blondie 63 1041 Sound and vision David Bowie 65 747 Sabotage The Beastie Boys 67 643 Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood 68 1377 A forest The Cure 70 27 Hey ya! Outkast 75 1304 Blackstar David Bowie 76 1368 Go your own way Fleetwood Mac 81 18 Smalltown boy Bronski Beat 84 513 G'd save the queen Sex Pistols 87 1274 Cloudbusting Kate Bush 95 330 Bittersweet symphony The Verve 97 84 Video games Lana del Rey 105 342 Golden Brown The Stranglers 111 376 The whole of the moon The Waterboys 113 311 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 114 101 Nothing compares 2 u Sinéad O'Connor 117 282 I bet you look good on the dancefloor Arctic Monkeys 124 423 One more time Daft Punk 125 1017 Knowing me knowing you ABBA 128 581 Crazy in love Beyoncé 134 1512 Everybody wants to rule the world Tears For Fears 135 206 Love like blood Killing Joke 138 745 Killing in the name Rage Against the Machine 139 37 Fast car Tracy Chapman 140 218 Tinseltown in the rain The Blue Nile 141 686 Out of space The Prodigy 143 1351 The man with the child in his eyes Kate Bush 144 167 Close to me The Cure 146 800 Uncertain smile The The 155 1081 Back to black Amy Winehouse 157 58 Save a prayer Duran Duran 165 1084 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 166 1222 Take me out Franz Ferdinand 170 587 Wonderful life Black 178 1393 Losing my religion REM 179 83 Live forever Oasis 182 1284 September Earth, Wind and Fire 184 153 Kiss Prince and the Revolution 190 1095 It's a sin Pet Shop Boys 192 1102 Stan Eminem 194 184 Uptown funk Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars 203 608 Everlong Foo Fighters 204 127 Shout Tears For Fears 207 811 Life's what you make it Talk Talk 209 853 Living in another world Talk Talk 212 1232 Running up that hill Kate Bush 214 40 Under pressure Queen 215 51 Sowing the seeds of love Tears For Fears 216 1044 Hurt Johnny Cash 219 36 Baker Street Gerry Rafferty 225 543 Vogue Madonna 233 1456 The winner takes it all ABBA 241 97 Paranoid android Radiohead 245 329 Blank space Taylor Swift 250 1168 Bad romance Lady Gaga 252 905 Shallow Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 254 38 In the air tonight Phil Collins 255 35 Zombie The Cranberries 257 91 The logical song Supertramp 272 243 The reflex Duran Duran 275 1059 Our house Madness 277 759 Fake plastic trees Radiohead 278 907 Walk this way Run-DMC & Aerosmith 284 1378 Sweet dreams (are made of this) Eurythmics 289 355 Take a chance on me ABBA 303 501 One U2 309 71 Praise you Fatboy Slim 310 1403 New year's day U2 313 475 All I want is you U2 315 786 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel 318 263 Somebody told me The Killers 320 991 Blinding lights The Weeknd 326 129 Because the night Patti Smith Group 334 1288 No-one knows Queens of the Stone Age 341 221 Crazy Gnarls Barkley 344 1189 99 Luftballons Nena 345 276 Basket case Green Day 349 290 Street spirit (fade out) Radiohead 354 150 Lose yourself Eminem 362 47 Man on the moon REM 364 739 Mad world Tears For Fears 374 1434 9 to 5 Dolly Parton 383 673 Lovely day Bill Withers 384 1020 Food for thought UB40 389 1273 The way it is Bruce Hornsby and the Range 395 1126 Poison Bell Biv Devoe 398 275 Ordinary world Duran Duran 401 634 The final countdown Europe 403 451 Every little thing she does is magic The Police 420 671 Back in black AC/DC 421 236 Luka Suzanne Vega 422 1253 Mr blue sky Electric Light Orchestra 426 54 Creep Radiohead 431 43 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 435 1072 Nightswimming REM 436 457 Absolute beginners David Bowie 438 884 Dog days are over Florence + the Machine 441 1001 You oughta know Alanis Morissette 443 911 What a fool believes Doobie Brothers 446 1305 No diggity Blackstreet 463 1469 California love 2Pac 464 843 Toxic Britney Spears 474 1522 Get lucky Daft Punk 479 844 You want it darker Leonard Cohen 483 756 Texas sun Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 493 1024 Chandelier Sia 497 537
NPO Radio 2's Top 2000 continues until 31 december. The station is broadly similar to BBC Radio 2, though there's no equivalent of the Jeremy Vine show.
Music Twitter might also be interested in NPO 3fm, it combines the contemporary bits of BBC 6 Music and the pop sensibilities of Radio 1.
Readers after higher culture might like to know about NPO Radio 4, almost entirely classical. My strong preference is VRT's Klara, a sprightly mixture of classical, modern, jazz, world and Other Stuff.
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How many mission are there in gta the lost and damned
One big gang a truce was formed with was the “Angels of Death,” and upon his release Billy isn’t appreciative of the effort. While Billy was incarcerated, Johnny agreed to truces with rival gangs so that they could focus more on the business side of things drug deals and what-not. The game starts as Billy gets released from jail, and his first breath of freedom results in a spectacular fireworks display going off. This time, you play as Johnny Klebitz, who was temporally in charge of the motorcycle gang “The Lost” while their leader, Billy, was in jail. The DLC takes place in the original setting of GTA IV, Liberty City. But, before we start, I must point out that this review is all based on the single player aspect game let’s be honest, that’s all almost anyone cares about. Microsoft paid a lot of money to get this content exclusively for the Xbox 360, and I’m here to tell you whether or not their money was money well spent. But if you're completely burned out on GTA already, this is not the answer to your prayers.It’s been a long time coming, but the first part of the infamous Grand Theft Auto IV DLC is finally upon us in all its glory.
I'd recommend dropping the $20 on The Lost and Damned if only because it is the latest example of Rockstar's increasingly skillful ability to tell a complex crime tale, and because terrorizing the city with a gang of bikers is more entertaining than doing the same solo. The storyline is as layered and enjoyable as any stint from the original game, but once you're finished with it, you're back to wandering the streets of Liberty City, punching old ladies and performing other acts that anger your senator. There are good reasons why the latest Grand Theft Auto eschews quality over quantity, but Lost and Damned won't suddenly give GTA IV fans the unending game they seem to crave.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, by comparison, allowed players to tour parodies of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the redwood forests of Northern California. What it lacks, however, is the scope of previous games. Liberty City is still easily the most immensely detailed cityscape of any of the Grand Theft Auto games to date. If they die, they are replaced by other members, but their carefully honed skills are lost forever, which gives you a reason to treat these computer-controlled extras as valuable commodities instead of simply cannon fodder. Once you gain access to The Lost's clubhouse - much like GTA IV's safehouses, if they were equipped with arm-wrestling mini-games and internet access - you're able to recruit members to follow you around the city.Īs you complete missions with pals in tow, their skills as felons increase, making them more effective backup when you inevitably come to blows with rival factions. Though Lost and Damned's gameplay is superficially similar to that of its predecessor, the expansion does pack two key additions - gang warfare and a decidedly darker story.Īs veep of his very own motorcycle gang, Johnny can explore the city and kill rival bikers with his posse. Then again, the wild success of GTA IV argues that most gamers either gloss over such details or are perfectly fine playing an antihero with a heart of pitted copper. But it can be difficult to sympathize with a lead character that lacks any compunction about racking up a personal body count to rival Robocop's. I respect Rockstar's team of writers immensely for avoiding Hollywood cliches in a series that could so very easily follow them to the letter and still make bags of cash.
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Bmw r9t scrambler
The rear part of the subframe is no longer removable (as it is on the R nineT), but the passenger support section still is.Ĭonventional forks replace the USD units on the R nineT, and there’s more suspension travel at both ends (5mm up front and 20mm out back). The frame’s a little different too-BMW have steepened the steering head angle to compensate for the bigger wheel. The Scrambler comes with a two-up seat, but our test bikes were kitted with a solo, aftermarket option. At a distance it looks custom and hand-made-but up close you’ll notice that the horizontal lines are embossed, not stitched (another move towards keeping the price down). The seat’s a synthetic affair, with a worn leather look. It’s the exact same shape as the R nineT’s (making it interchangeable), but it’s made from steel rather than aluminum. And they’re cast aluminum units-a cheaper option than laced wheels, with a retro, five-spoke design similar to those on Roland Sand’s Concept 90.Īnother cost cutting part is the fuel tank. The most obvious one is the wheels: they’re narrower than before, with a bump in size up front to 19”. It seems like a skin-deep styling exercise, but the list of changes is actually pretty lengthy. Instead, they set out to capture an ‘off the beaten track’ vibe-an upright, agile and robust bike with an air of approachability. But BMW weren’t aiming for dirt-shredding capability here. The differences Purists will say that a motorcycle has to have impeccable off-road manners to bear the ‘ scrambler‘ label-and will simultaneously complain that it’s an overused term. No news on whether BMW will be upgrading the existing model. It’s worth noting that the R nineT Roadster is still only Euro3 compliant. (For the geeks here, those figures are at 7,750rpm and 6,000rpm respectively). Somehow, it still makes the same 110hp as its predecessor, and only 3Nm less torque at 116Nm. The old airhead is now Euro4 compliant, thanks to a team of engineers slaving away in white lab coats. BMW have the newer, liquid-cooled boxer motor at their disposal, but ultimately decided that it’s too modern for their ‘Heritage’ bikes. Under the hood The R nineT Scrambler packs the same DNA as the R nineT-starting with its air-and-oil-cooled, 1170cc boxer engine. So the Bavarian marque’s mission was twofold: scramble the R nineT, and make it cheaper. The R nineT is a highly capable bike, that’ll give any other modern classic a serious run for its money in both performance and aesthetics.īut it’s priced at a premium. That BMW would eventually expand the R nineT range (officially filed under ‘Heritage’) was a no-brainer. When the official R nineT Scrambler finally broke cover, our suspicions were confirmed: we’d been looking at it all along, hidden under a thin veil of fancy bits and eye-catching graphics. The first clue was the Concept Path22: a customized R nineT revealed at last year’s Wheels & Waves fest, with a 19” front wheel, a surfboard rack and artwork by Ornamental Conifer. The new BMW R nineT Scrambler is a bike we saw coming a mile off. That’s the zeitgeist of the current scene…and BMW have just entered the fray in spectacular fashion.
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The carnage is so spectacular that it's easy to forgive the simplicity of the plot (the narrative is not nearly as involved as The Raid 2 it's more akin to the original Raid movie in terms of complexity).Adobe quickly took over the software world after its debut. The stuntwork is amazing and it's hard to believe that no-one was seriously injured. There's a shotgun blast to the foot, a knife through the neck, a severed hand, an evisceration, pool balls to the skull, a hook in the crotch, a utility knife in the mouth (and through the cheek), and more bullet hits and stabbings than I can recall. A man is hung on a meathook, someone is machine gunned in the face, and a grenade rips another poor bloke to pieces. As Ito, aided by his loyal friends Bobby (Zack Lee), Fatih (Abimana Aryasatya) and Wisnu (Dimas Anggara), battles to protect Reina, viewers are treated to all manner of graphic violence: bodies are beaten and mutilated, necks are slashed, and bones are broken. Having gunned down his own men and escaped with the girl, Ito finds himself targeted by the triad's top killers, who include Raid star Iko Uwais as his old pal Arian, Julie Estelle (The Raid 2's Hammer Girl) as a motorcycle-riding assassin, and a pair of lesbian hit-women: Elena (Hannah Al Rashid), who is armed with a kukri knife, and Alma (Dian Sastrowardoyo), who wields a whirling wire weapon. The film stars Joe Taslim as triad member Ito, who seeks redemption for all the terrible things that he has done by saving a young girl, Reina (Asha Kenyeri Bermudez), from his hit squad. The film's many fight scenes are wonderfully choreographed and flawlessly executed, Tjahanto's breath-taking direction employing shooting techniques that are guaranteed to astound, although it's the sheer quantity of blood and guts that really impresses. For those who thought that The Raid 1 & 2 were the last word in kinetic, ultra-brutal martial arts movies, think again: The Night Comes For Us, from director Timo Tjahjanto, is a strong contender for the most excessively violent, blood-drenched action flick ever made.
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That got me through fights in Devil May Cry 5 well enough, but it didn’t take my low ratings during each battle to show me that I was missing the point. I’d mash buttons when I entered unfamiliar territory. To a newcomer, Devil May Cry 5 plays like an over-the-shoulder hack-and-slash game, and that’s how I kept trying to play it. I fought against this approach for hours, because I kept forgetting that nothing is more important than being cool. To earn the coveted S rank, I must kill with my weapon and slay with my style.
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I earn “apocalyptic” after I learn how to time my attacks properly and use more of the moves at my disposal. I earn a rating of “dismal” when I flail around and don’t take advantage of my powers. Nico is the scantily clad, chain-smoking gunsmith who careens around the city in the Devil May Cry mobile office van.Īs in previous games, Devil May Cry 5 rates my performance not by the number of enemies I kill in each fight, but by how stylishly I’m able to slaughter them. There’s the mysterious and mopey V, with his cane, book of poetry, and wisecracking demon-bird familiar. The rest of the characters are about what I expected from the series, based on limited time with previous entries. I understand that Nero returns from Devil May Cry 4 and Dante from many previous entries. I’m more or less new to the series, which may explain why it took a moment to find my way aboard this particular cosmic ride. Devil May Cry 5 delivers on its own aesthetic with so much confidence and commitment that it justifies itself, and most of its flaws. Once I did, I was able to enjoy this heavy metal album cover come to life. I had to embrace its soundtrack’s guitar shrills, its cast of Iggy Pop wannabes, and a comically byzantine combat system. That’s a very particular term that acknowledges the shortcomings and flaws of a piece of pop culture, while also excusing them due to everything else about the experience being badass.ĭevil May Cry 5’s reliance on the rule of cool is uncompromising, and I found it grating until about halfway through my 15 hours with the game - when I began to see it for what it is, and found a way to meet it on its own terms. In this entry, half-demon demon hunter Dante, the demon-handed Nero, and their cast of sidekicks and supporting characters are back to stop (yet) another demon from taking over the Underworld.ĭevil May Cry 5’s design leans heavily into the rule of cool. The story of Devil May Cry 5 builds upon its predecessors, with our heroes once again fighting demon lords through a setting that falls somewhere between Dante’s Divine Comedy and a Grim Reaper mural airbrushed onto the side of a 1976 Dodge Tradesman.
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Capcom’s latest entry in the beloved action series is silly, raucous, and spectacular - and yet surprisingly consistent, juggling gobs of ideas but never losing focus.
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Later on, as Dante, I’m able to weaponize literal motorcycles, dragging their spinning wheels across the faces of enemy demons, ripping loose skin and meat. That scratches the surface of the game’s mood. When we first see Nero in Devil May Cry 5, he revs his sword like a motorcycle.
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