Once again, 'tis my turn! MUAHAHAHAHA! Just to warn you, I have a habit of
turning video games into movies, so bear with me, and use your imagination.
And why IS Raziel hitting on Mona? Where is his motive? Hmmmmmm.... By the
way, I gave Jen, the guys, and myself a DVD player in this. And I apologize
for chapter shortness.
"This movie is so lame," I remarked about halfway through Scream 2. In truth, I had thought this all along, but didn't feel safe voicing my opinion while Zephon was within earshot. So I waited until he and Jen took the PDA elsewhere. "I mean, Scream isn't even scary, it's just gross."
"Mmm," Rahab replied absentmindedly, attempting to read a very big, very old book in the semi-darkness of the basement. Hadn't he heard of a booklight?
"Look guys, all I'm saying is, if we're going for horror flicks, can we at least watch one that's remotely frightening?" I asked.
"What did you have in mind?" Turel asked, looking as bored with the movie as I was. I grinned and darted upstairs to retrieve one of the DVD's I'd brought, then made it back down in less than a minute. I put it into the player, grabbed the remote, and plopped back down on the couch as the screen showed the words, "Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem".
"This movie, boys," I said proudly, pushing 'play', "is scary. And the whole thing deals with a book," I added pointedly, looking at Rahab.
"Really?" he asked, suddenly interested.
"Oh, yes. A book, and demons, and insanity, and various undead things," I clarified. "And did I mention, lots and lots of blood and gore?"
"Hell yes!" Dumah cheered. "Bring on the decapitations!" The rest of the guys murmured their agreement on the subject as the beginning voice- over began, and watched intently. I turned my head away for several of the more disturbing scenes. They'd been graphic in the video game, and were even moreso in the movie. And it's never nice to see that girl in the bathtub full of her own blood. At least, not for a human.
"Blood!" someone exclaimed. "Oh, and so much of it!" As was more or less expected, Kain paused the movie so he and his "sons" could gaze longingly at the blood.
"That is so unrealistic," I said. "There's at least twenty-five gallons of blood in that tub; the human body doesn't hold that much."
"Be that as it may," Dumah said thoughtfully, "the girl would make quite a lovely vampire. I could use a new concubine back home."
"I really did not need to know that," I informed. "Honestly, your sex life doesn't interest me. And aren't vampires supposed to be impotent anyway?"
"Care to find out?"
"Drop it, Raziel," Rahab commanded. The boy could be very forceful when he wanted to be. And being that he was Jen's best friend...well, it was no surprise that he was enforcing her newly appointed "hands-off-the- little-cousin" policy.
"It was an innocent question, little brother," the oldest Lieutenant replied, smirking once again. "Don't jump so quickly to conclusions." He was a smooth talker. I respected that. It's a rare gift to be so convincing when weaseling people. It's also the mark of someone who can be a total jerk without even trying. He was still cute, though.
"Innocent," Rahab snorted. "Innocent, my ass."
"This movie is so lame," I remarked about halfway through Scream 2. In truth, I had thought this all along, but didn't feel safe voicing my opinion while Zephon was within earshot. So I waited until he and Jen took the PDA elsewhere. "I mean, Scream isn't even scary, it's just gross."
"Mmm," Rahab replied absentmindedly, attempting to read a very big, very old book in the semi-darkness of the basement. Hadn't he heard of a booklight?
"Look guys, all I'm saying is, if we're going for horror flicks, can we at least watch one that's remotely frightening?" I asked.
"What did you have in mind?" Turel asked, looking as bored with the movie as I was. I grinned and darted upstairs to retrieve one of the DVD's I'd brought, then made it back down in less than a minute. I put it into the player, grabbed the remote, and plopped back down on the couch as the screen showed the words, "Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem".
"This movie, boys," I said proudly, pushing 'play', "is scary. And the whole thing deals with a book," I added pointedly, looking at Rahab.
"Really?" he asked, suddenly interested.
"Oh, yes. A book, and demons, and insanity, and various undead things," I clarified. "And did I mention, lots and lots of blood and gore?"
"Hell yes!" Dumah cheered. "Bring on the decapitations!" The rest of the guys murmured their agreement on the subject as the beginning voice- over began, and watched intently. I turned my head away for several of the more disturbing scenes. They'd been graphic in the video game, and were even moreso in the movie. And it's never nice to see that girl in the bathtub full of her own blood. At least, not for a human.
"Blood!" someone exclaimed. "Oh, and so much of it!" As was more or less expected, Kain paused the movie so he and his "sons" could gaze longingly at the blood.
"That is so unrealistic," I said. "There's at least twenty-five gallons of blood in that tub; the human body doesn't hold that much."
"Be that as it may," Dumah said thoughtfully, "the girl would make quite a lovely vampire. I could use a new concubine back home."
"I really did not need to know that," I informed. "Honestly, your sex life doesn't interest me. And aren't vampires supposed to be impotent anyway?"
"Care to find out?"
"Drop it, Raziel," Rahab commanded. The boy could be very forceful when he wanted to be. And being that he was Jen's best friend...well, it was no surprise that he was enforcing her newly appointed "hands-off-the- little-cousin" policy.
"It was an innocent question, little brother," the oldest Lieutenant replied, smirking once again. "Don't jump so quickly to conclusions." He was a smooth talker. I respected that. It's a rare gift to be so convincing when weaseling people. It's also the mark of someone who can be a total jerk without even trying. He was still cute, though.
"Innocent," Rahab snorted. "Innocent, my ass."