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Show •r. M O V I E R E V I E W New Bond is bigger and badder than ever ••.--,••- V - 1 - >•>'.-. '••'•'•;v*:>v 1 •"•.: Quantum Of Solace It's everything you'll want it to be ents did. The old Bond was made to appeal to our parLife writer ents when they were our age; this rewritten Bond Just like most people my was made to appeal to us. I age, I watched lots of James loved it so much that the day Bond flicks with my parents. 1 bought my Blu-ray player, While I always considered I also bought Casino Royale them fun movies, I never in the new high definition thought anything more of format. them - that was, until the The latest Bond installfranchise was rebooted in ment, Quantum Of Solace, 2006 with Casino Royale. is the first sequel in the franSeeing the beginnings chise to link two of the movof Bond and following him ies together. Because of this, through his first double-o- I highly recommend that you seven mission brought a new revisit Casino Royale before Bond for a new generation. seeing Quantum. The new Bond was the same tough, movie picks up only minmake-it-happen special utes after the last one ends agent, only he we saw a soft and ties into it so much that side of him when it came if you don't remember the The highly-anticipated James Bond movie, Quantum Of Solace, opened on Nov. 14. to the ladies. Through the character's names and the course of the film, we saw big plot reveals, you will be as Quantum was behinc| ev- The action runs full force Bond-lovers will like Quanhow he became the coarse lost. erything, so Bond follows from start to finish. It hooks tum if they enjoyed Casino fighting machine we all Casino Royale closed the only tie he can find into you in from the very begin- Royale. But if they're lookknow him as. And instead of with Bond shooting an un- the organization to learn the ning; opening with one of ing for the over-the-top acbeing taken on outrageous, known man, one that was re- identity of the one man in the best-filmed car chases tion, one-liners and charmunbelievable rides, we were sponsible for the set-up and charge of it all. to date, and doesn't ever let ing elegance of the older given a more serious, realis- death of his lover. Vesper flicks, they're going to be Quantum Of Solace is up. tic take on the adventures of Lynd. Quantum begins with basically a non-stop action An audience our age sorely disappointed. The the character. that's used to the quick, new James Bond is gritty, ride. Since Casino Royale Bond taking this wounded blunt action of Jason Bourne ruthless and brutal. Where established the new grounds I have to admit, Casino suspect to an MI6 safe house should have no problem en- he might have interrogated for the character, Quantum Royale knocked me off my for an interrogation. In this joying Quantum Of Solace. and incapacitated someone doesn't have to take the time feet. I fell in love with Bond, moment, it is learned that a The older generation of before, he now shows no to explain everything again. perhaps in the way my par- secret superpower known V I D E O G A M E But you're not really in space and your roommates can Life writer The survival/horror genre of gaming has certainly seen better days. Of course, for the sake of clarity, when I say "better" I mean "more nightmarishly horrific." The golden days revolve around thefirstfew Resident Evils, Silent Hills and Fatal Frames before the respective series petered off into light gun centric shooters and lackluster, dumbed down sequels that cater to the crowd a little too thick to enjoy Se7en or Silence Of The Lambs, you know, those people that keep buying tickets to the latest version of .SAW. The genre languished for several years before Resident Evil 4 gave it a much-deserved kick in the pants and the deliciously atmospheric and gory Dead Space looks to continue this tradition of excellence. Dead Space, while fairly intuitive, does need a little setup. Basically, you play as Isaac, a welder sent in to repair what is thought to be a comm error on a terra- mercy, killing them without second thought. If you plan on seeing Quantum Of Solace this weekend, know you'll probably have to endure long lines, crowded theaters and sold-out showings. Wait until next week and Twilight should steal away all of the poppy, don't-know-any-better teen crowds. DATE from- B1 R E V I E W In space, no one can hear you scream Amazon.com Sony Pictures forming spaceship. Unfortunately for you, things are not as they appear, but Dead Space fails to offer anything resembling an apology. Within the first hour or so, your crew is separated, slathering monstrosities are relentlessly pursuing you throughout the ship, and your ride home is detonated. It's a little disheartening to say the least. After that, you're sent to repair one part of the ship after another while trying to survive wave after wave of the hellish, misshapen denizens that are currently running things. Since your enemies get around the ship via the ventilation system, it's hard not to eye every break in the wall with a little apprehension. The irregularity of the attacks helps to keep you on your toes, and you're always expecting something. When you do finally let your guard down and relax for just a second upon arriving at a seemingly innocuous area, the inevitable attack feels like a betrayal, adding insult to injury. And while the enemies are frightening and the at- mosphere is nigh perfect, one of the coolest things about Dead Space is the weaponry and how you use it. You see, aside from the plasma rifle, nothing that you use to hack apart, dismember and otherwise kill your enemies was originally intended as a weapon. There's the mineral cutter that you modify to fire a thee-pronged blast, and the circular saw that you turn into a blade-spitting implement of death. And speaking of dismemberment, your enemies don't go down from head shots or a bullet to the heart. Parasitic alien life-forms make their own rules. So how do you damage them? By cutting off their limbs. This adds a grotesquely unique element to the shooting elements of the game that even an old-timer like me can appreciate. So why should you buy Dead Space other than the excellent story, wonderfully executed game mechanics and genuinely scary level and enemy design? Wait — you need more reasons than that? place at the Hunger Banquet on Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. Anyone is welcome, and entrance is $7, or $5 with four cans of food. The crowd started the evening out slow, hesitantly increasing bids by one can at a time. When a man in a green hoodie stood up and yelled "25 cans," increasing the bid by 11 cans in the first auction for MAWL member Kim Rasmussen, the ice was broken and students started playing fast and loose with cans of food. The excitement grew during the evening, the last two auctions ending at 100 cans for Andrea Peterson and 75 cans for Justin Morrill. 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