Highlander: The Source - sucks on Sci-Fi

As you may or may not know, Highlander: The Source is the fifth movie in the Highlander film series. But unlike the others, this was the first Highlander film in the franchise to debut on television instead of in the movie theaters, in America.

Highlander: The Source aired on the Sci-Fi Channel and I had the opportunity to watch it. This is what I have to say:

Between the commercial interruptions and the censoring of certain words and phrases, which were done poorly with brief pauses of audio, this movie was horribly done. Highlander: The Source would have been presented better in a movie theater, but Sci-Fi (owned by NBC) bought the rights to the film. They own Highlander: The Source and thus were able to make the unreasonable demand of debuting it on their channel, instead of in theaters.

Highlander: The Source was a big disappointment, and makes me sick. Also, the audio quality on the Sci-Fi Channel in general was horrid. The gamma* seemed a little off, possibly if the movie was shown in theaters, it would have had a better picture quality as well as an audio quality. But who knows, the film itself may have been that way too. We'll never know, unless a DVD comes out showing the film in it's original quality; when it was intended for theaters, before the decision to air it on TV was chosen.


* Gamma are the RGB (red, green, blue) values, which are the three colors of light that make up all the other colors. All colors you see in films are made up of red, green, and blue mixes.

I made rice

My first time making rice, yay me ^_^

My first international package

Today, in the mail from Hong Kong, was The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.

This title seems almost impossible to get in the states anymore. Every store I've been to, both in person and online, either had it out of stock or never carried it. So I had to import the game from Hong Kong.

Because of the rarity of this game in the states, I've seen it sold on eBay and Amazon for double and triple the MSRP (Manufacturers' Suggested Retail Price). But I managed to get it for a little over $20 by importing it.

EDIT: (8/2/2007)
After further inspection, what was shipped was counterfeit. I'm still deciding if I should take actions against the shipper, or just let it go. Since it was only $20, and that's pretty much pocket change, I'm probably just going to chuck it up to bad luck and keep searching for a retailer that sells the game. Since this bootleg copy randomly freezes, it's completely unplayable.