Live Blogs Let's Watch: Select Episodes of Cinematech (The Original Series)

BearyScary2013-06-05 22:38:52

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Hello and welcome to my second liveblog. This time, it's for the original series of Cinematech (2002, G4), not the sister series, Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions (2005, G4TechTV).

Why didn't I do the original series first? It's somewhat complicated. The main reason is, I believe that CT is ultimately superior to C: NE, although C: NE may have been more entertaining initially, in the end, it wasn't able to maintain that level of amusement. So I think that doing the CT liveblog afterward will make for a happier ending to the Cinematech saga.

This liveblog will feature descriptions and reviews of select (i.e., the best) episodes of CT. Unfortunately, I didn't see the entire series, so this liveblog will always technically be incomplete, unless I decide to watch the eps I didn't see online. Just like my C: NE liveblog, these eps come from my personal collection of CT eps that I recorded off of TV. Because several eps feature clever edits that showcase games back-to-back, this liveblog signals return of the timecode – yes, the actual Code of Time!

Since the topic of this liveblog is a show about Video Games, it has been categorized in the VG portion of TV Tropes' liveblogs.

I plan to do more interesting things in this liveblog than in the first, so I'm excited to write it!

If I made a factual error or a mistake in the liveblog, or if a link is dead/broken, please let me know in the comments so I can try to fix it. :)

Linkies!

Complete list of '''Cinematech''' episodes

Comments

nomuru2d Since: Dec, 1969

Jul 23rd 2014 at 6:39:08 PM

... Wait... Jensen Ackles voice-acted? In a video game!? And a poor follow-up to Parasite Eve, no less!?

BearyScary Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 19th 2014 at 10:14:38 PM

Yes, he did. I was surprised, too. I think I was ignorant of it until I started the game, though I may have read about it beforehand. The quality of his voice acting was surprisingly good, even for a casual observer of Supernatural. He is capable of some great acting.

I rather liked The 3rd Birthday, even though it's very different from the first game (my favorite in the series). The game has a 70 on Metacritic. Famitsu gave it pretty high ratings; one 10, two nines, and an eight. I think that the 10 and nines may be a bit high, but I still enjoyed it.