Iron Man (DVD)

I haven't watched a super hero movie in quite a while but I'd heard pretty much nothing but praise for Iron Man and since it was only £4.99, why not. And I actually quite enjoyed it! Robert Downey Jr was awesome as Tony Stark, the action scenes were exciting and the suit test scenes were funny. The bad guy wasn't quite as exciting (basically a larger, nastier Iron Man) but I guess they want to hold back on characters like Mandarin for the sequels.










Evo 2010 (Live Stream)

If you've never heard of it, Evolution is a fighting game tournament. The games played at this year's event were Super Street Fighter IV, Melty Blood, Tekken 6, Super Street Fighter II HD Remix, Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom and Marvel Vs. Capcom 2. I didn't got to the event but like thousands of others I watched it via the streaming service set up. The quality wasn't brilliant for the first couple of days but they did manage to improve it and it was still watchable for the entire event. I didn't get to watch as much as I would have liked due to time zone issues (I would have had to stay up till 3-4am to watch some of the finals) but what I did see was good.

The main upset this year was that Justin Wong was knocked out of the Super Street Fighter IV tournament without getting to the finals, beaten by a relatively unknown player called Gamerbee. What was worse for him was that Gamerbee was playing as Adon, a character Justin previously say was one of the worst characters in the game! Apart from the fights there was other funny lunacy going on, such as Juicebox getting raged on (alterative angle with 100% more viewable stick throwing), sexual tension, autism and moody commentators.