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Saturday, May 19th, 2007 | 1,938 Views
Holy crap! After publishing my last post, I just saw L, the protagonist in Tsugumi Ohba’s Death Note.
Check out the comparison:
The guy on the left is Ken’ichi Matsuyama who portrayed “L” in the movie adaptation of the popular manga, anime, and novel, while the guy on the right is just, well, some guy in a google ad.
Look closely. Don’t they look alike? LOL. It like one of them had a Chicago face lift or something. I don’t really care which one. LOL. (more…)
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Sunday, April 29th, 2007 | 899 Views
While my friends were hapilly enjoying their nightlife in San Diego, ermmm MegaMall, Nina and I spent our Saturday lying around and watching movies. If there were such a term, we wouldn’t be called couch potatoes, but bed potatoes. 
We went to Makati Cinema square and scored a few CD’s and DVD’s. We watched three movies: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Blood Diamond, and Maid Service. These three titles are all part of different movie compilations. We bought 4 compilations in total, each DVD containing 8 different films, plus a Hentai CD with 6 titles included. I also had the chance to secure my copy of Adobe Premier and the expansion CD of Diablo 2, which is The Lord of Destruction. Okay kill me now for buying pirated versions. (more…)
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Monday, April 16th, 2007 | 1,656 Views
I’m so excited I don’t even know what to put in here *laffs* so before anything else, let me thank Talamasca. I got this from his blog.
I guess I should start with the synopsis of the movies (Warning: I suck at writing synopses). Yeah. GRINDHOUSE is composed of two movies: Planet Terror and Death Proof. Here are the details:
Planet Terror:
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Two doctors find their graveyard shifts full of townspeople infected with gangrenous sores and suspicious blank look in their eyes. There is a go-go dancer amoung their patients whose leg got ripped off in a highway/roadside attack. She loses her leg but does something completely rad to it that she leads her ex-husband, and a few survivors to a war against the mystery. (more…)
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 | 881 Views
Around a week ago Jek brought home season 1 of The O.C. I initially thought that the O.C. in the series stood for Obssessive-Compulsive. I didn’t put much attention to it since I wasn’t familiar with the series. Jek had the habit of bringing home entire seasons of American soaps. So there. I remember it being a Monday when I saw season one of the show. I got home and found it there sitting next to the T.V.. 
As usual, I followed my nightly routine of dressing and going online.
Come Friday, Mahros noticed the stack of CD’s sitting next to the T.V. and said something rather amusing [I forgot what it was but it spraked my curiosity on the said stack]. Early next day, we sat through volumes 1 & 2 and funny enough, I got hooked to it.
A few episodes into the series, A character named Anna Stern was introduced. She was a girl who just moved from Pittsburgh to Newport Beach. I was as apopletic as a 16th Century laddle [is there even such a thing?]. As you can see in the picture, she’s a hot blonde girl. She plays this geeky girl who likes sailing and comic books. She’s matched to Seth Cohen, who initially was head over heels with Summer Roberts, who by the way is half-Filipina and half-Latina with a 34-C bustline.:lol:
Anyway, I’m starting Volume 6 when I get home. I dunno actually if I’ll start with Hentai CD that Tiny lent me or resume my viewing experience with The O.C. Gah~~~ 0_o
Decisions, decisions….
Not exactly a review, but more of raving for Miss Samaire Armstrong. Ahhhh…. 
:D
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Sunday, September 25th, 2005 | 558 Views
Finally saw Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children. Damn, two hours never passed by so quickly. I had the same experience with the Star Wars Trilogy, and the Matrix Trilogy. It was like sitting in front of the screen, and then the next thing you know it was over. I don’t think I even blinked, much more breathed.
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2005 | 756 Views
Just saw war of the worlds tonight. Didn’t have plans on watching it. I originally went out to have dinner with my mom and her bf, but while waiting for a cab, I decided to see the movie instead. I faithfully trotted to G4 to get some tickets. One for me and one for Jek. After 5 minutes, Jek texted me and said she couldn’t make it. Crap. I had one extra ticket with no one to give it to. I phoned the office and hoped that someone had some spare time to watch the movie with me. So there. SME_Al came. A bit late but it was all good. He arrived 10 minutes into the movie.
Fak! The movie SAKS. Ang babaw ng kwento! So the aliens mounted a full-scale invasion/termination of the human race. A few days into their so called take-over, they start dying. Why? because their immune system wasn’t prepared for the crap that we deal with everyday. Apparently (this is a fact), man has evolved and has naturally developed immunity against diseases that plague the world…. Aliens did not. Why in the hell did they not think of this before they launched their invasion? With all their advanced technological crap (vaporizing human beings), and (according to the introduction) millions of years of observation and studying of the human race, they did not think of immunizing themselves. Did they not develop disease-scanning gadgets to protect themselves? I guess not. Fuckin’ losers.
Anyway, the film sucks. DON’T WATCH IT. It’s a complete waste of dough.
Cab of the Day: MGE
It’s a miracle that the driver didn’t seem tired. I’ve heard that the owner imprisons their drivers whenever they fail to meet the day’s boundary. So the drivers redouble their efforts by driving 24/7 just to be able to go home to their family. Tangna. Crap ang buhay. I’m glad I didn’t experience this shit.
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2004 | 521 Views
This game has superior graphics, challenging controls, great storyline. Gamers certainly have developed a bond with the Onimusha Trilogy.
Let me give you a synopsis on the Onimusha 3 story:
“The story starts in June 2 1582, in the Honnou-ji Temple as Mitsuhide Akechi leads a great number of war flags against Nobunaga Oda. The warring years of early Japan, wherein Samanosuke Akechi, the warrior possesing Ogre power stands tall in preparation to lay waste to the Demon Lord, Nobunaga Oda.
Nobunaga Oda had been successfully disposed off by Jyubei Yagyu nine years earlier, but has come back stronger and more powerful than ever. He forged an alliance with the Genma, violent, demon-like creatures from Hell.
Samanosuke was successful in fighting his way towards Nobunaga Oda and was hoping to end the battle of all battles once and for all when he is eveloped with a swirl of light and then disappears.
Meanwhile in May 8, 2004, in Paris, France, swarms of deamons lay waste to the city creating rivers of blood. A French officer named Jacques Blanc frantically fends off the demons in desperation when Samanosuke appears out of nowhere and slices and dices the demons for him. After the battle, Samanosuke is still clueless as to what happened to him when he spots Guilderstern, the Genma ultimate scientist on a rooftop. Meanwhile, Jacques suffers the same fate as Samanosuke did and is slowed by a swirl of light.
Jacques wakes up 500 years before his time in Japan, 1582. As he explores the region, he catches an illusion of Henri, his son, being attacked by a Genma demon. Jacques tries to save him but he runs out of ammunition. Suddenly, Jacques right arms shines with blinding light and is shocked to find that he now wears a gauntlet, the same gauntlet on the right arm of Samanosuke, which is worn only by a selected few who are granted the power of the Ogres.
Two men, both in times and foreign countries, united in one goal: get back home and eliminate Nobunaga Oda! (source: http://www.capcom.com/oni3.html)”
Hmmm…. just an observation, some of the characters in the game are quite identical to the characters in another superb game from Koei called Samurai Warriors. Characters like Mitsuhide Akechi, Nobunaga Oda, and Ranmaru Mori are a few to mention in the game. Further googling shows that such characters are part of Japan’s rich history. So moms out there, please let your kids play video games. They actually learn a lot from them. I speak from experience.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2004 | 458 Views
Seen the Dawn of the Dead a couple of days ago. I wonder why people are still flocking to the movie houses after more than 2 weeks on the box office?
Maybe because the movie (a remake from a George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, released last 1979) is different from other zombie movies. Sure Night of the Living Dead freaked everyone out. But the zombies there are slow-moving-mindless-slugs, just wanting to feed on human flesh. In this movie, zombies still want to gorge on our flesh. but they are no longer mindless slugs with impaired locomotor skills. They now have sensitive bodily senses, they move very fast and they have renewed strength. One bite is all it takes to infect you with their filth. Several hours later, you lose your pupils and develop a hunger for human flesh. Kewl!
This maybe one factor that gives this low-budget movie it’s appeal. Although the visual effects (makeup and shit)are rather impressive, the movie lacks focus on the script and lacks emphasis on certain aspects of the story. It would’ve been great if there was background information on all characters.
Anyway, the blood and gore was great, especially the maggot infested food on the yacht (thanks a lot I just lost my appetite).
All in all, no movie is perfect. They all have their flaws. This one was quite good, but it will not surpass Resident Evil. Apart from starting from a video game, the story was good (not far from the game itself), the characters good, the zombies better.
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