Movie Marathons and 3rd Rock from the Sun

Posted by Emory on October 4, 2008

First off… I’ll talk about the greatest sitcoms I ever watch since The Nanny.

This is 3rd Rock from the Sun. One of the old sitcoms I finished watching! Last year was The Nanny, this year it’s 3rd Rock. I remember watching this series when I was young at my grandmother’s house via Astro. It’s such a good series and the humor with aliens having human body is amazing! A good series in NBC! Heroes are also NBC too…

It’s so nice to see the story develop and how the aliens realize their feelings and thoughts does not comply with the society of human beings. It’s like showing a cake to them aliens and they experiment with it before you tell them what it’s for.

It’s nice to see the casts act more on physical comedy than most of other sitcoms I see. The Nanny is usually more to verbal comedy but 3rd Rock is both verbal and physical comedy. It’s hard to see other sitcoms like these now.

Trivia: The lead actor, Dick Solomon (played by John Lithgow) has his son in his show! The poor student that always being blamed by Dick in his class, Leon (played by Ian Lithgow) is his son.

The ending was a bit sad. I had a hard time parting with good sitcoms. I just can’t believe that it had ended just like that. Nothing more than a memory in my head.

Now, on to the movie marathons!

What Happens in Vegas is a romantic comedy about 2 persons who are messed up in life, met at Las Vegas, had a pretty good time, got married, and won 3 million dollars. The problem is, their marriage was done when they were drunk. So they want to call it off but keeping the cash. But the judge who was in-charge of their divorce thought that this case was too much with them divorcing for the money, forced those 2 to live together for 6 months. Well, the typical messing around with you and me, trying to get rid of the other half, then suddenly became in love with each other type of story.

Sadly this comedy is not all about Las Vegas. Somehow this movie is a bit of a let down. It’s too typical and the mushy mushy stuffs don’t work… Or even to HAVE one scene in the movie. Comparing this to “Just Like Heaven“? Heaven wins over Vegas… Big time!

I haven’t watched The Dark Knight. But now I have, Why so Serious?!

This movie was praised by my friend of being very good. Somehow I felt it a bit of a let down. Well, At least I get to see a ‘darker’ joker, and Two Face. It’s pretty good movie to catch but not good to keep. It’s too real, comparing with the previous Batman, this one was Just too Serious…

The only scene I liked is when Joker dressed up as a nurse and blew up the Gotham Hospital. That scene was too damn cool. And 2 face! That was a thriller! Sadly he died in the movie just like that… The fall of him killed him. Just like Batman Forever…

Eagle Eye is a Cyber Triller that uses normal human beings for a major plot. A supercomputer, built in the Pentagon was made to calculate the probability of a mission’s success. The supercomputer is link to any digital enabled device. Observing things using surveillance cameras and cellular phones, anything wired and wireless that are connected via the telecommunication system. Although the start was a bit blur, but I get to understand the flow of the story soon enough after the revealing of the computer.

One thing about the computer is that, it looks like HAL 9000 from Space Odyssey.

It’s not as thrilling as most cyber thrillers out there. It’s watchable, but cannot be with the best ones out there… Like Die Hard 4.0?

Death Race is a race to the death. The story begins with a guy losing his job, and framed on killing his wife. His baby was sent to foster care. He’s being sent to a prison where the only way to leave here quick is by winning 5 races. But the main character started to suspect that his imprisonment was being set up. The warden of the prison made this race as a Grand Prix of jail. Earning money by selling videos of the race to people. I don’t know what era the movie is being placed but seeing a Ford Mustang being modified that heavy, I wonder if it’s real metal. The movie used a lot of cameras, and most of them were crashed during the filming process.

It’s dark and dull, twisted and a bit like the old school gaming where you collect powerups and shoot other cars. A bit violent with gore, explosions and so so unfair advantages in racing. So predictable storytelling. But the racing is worth the watch.

I’m watching the movie right now as I type this post. Talk about multitasking… Heh heh…

The next few movies that I’ll be watching soon are these…

I hope something amazes me soon. Movies lately so poor…

BRB when the movie marathon ends!

Pokemon Curry

Posted by Emory on September 27, 2008

Yes, you read it correctly. Pokemon Curry - Made in the greatness of Japan. The place where people like hot stuff, cute anime creatures, manga, technology and so much more, gather in the city that is so advance, my head almost fell off while tasting this imported packed curry.

What is different between this curry and the others we eat in Malaysia? It has Pikachu on it! It’s not made of Pikachu meat or any rodent but the creature is merely an illustration that Pikachu also likes curry… (Citation needed?)

Although I’m not proficient in Japanese, I bought a pack costing RM4.90 and brought it back home and have it a go. By looking at the illustration on how to prepare them at the back of the packaging, I managed to use my imagination and the many many years of experience making instant noodles edible, to work with this curry.

Judging by the instructions, I ruled out the Microwave version because we don’t have a microwave… (just yet… (or never))…

After opening them, there are 3 objects which includes the packaging itself. Inside there is the curry sealed inside a foil with detailed instructions. A Pokemon sticker, in where opened, reveals a Pokemon inside, and the insides of the packaging with extra Pokemon information about the collectable stickers.

Got a (eat) catch em’ all!

First, I boiled the water so it gets hot first before putting in the packet.

Next, insert the whole packet inside the boiling water.

Later, wait for 5 minutes for the whole thing to warm up.

Then, remove from the pot. Here, I boiled an egg to company with the curry.

Lastly, remove the warmed curry from the packet. Serve with rice while both are still hot.

I can say that this packet of curry concept is nice. But still this is a product for kids. Not mainly for adults, or young adults to have a good meal. It’s just merely a snack. It may fill the stomachs of young kids but it may not fill mine. It’s like those small packet of Ding Dong chocolate biscuit snacks in a box with different toys inside when I was young. See how advanced Japan is?! Kids eating curry from packets!!!

I’m depressed…

After all, it’s a bit sweet and not even hot… as in curry-hot-kind-of-hot… It’s not even made of Pikachu meat!!

Yeah it’s sweet…

Debut

Posted by Emory on September 24, 2008

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This is Gempak Bumper issue 213.

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And this is in one of the pages inside.

Or 2…

YESH!!! My debut comic is out! I’m so HAPPY!!! WAKAKAKAKAKAKA…

After my 4th submission to the editor, this one was the light and the starting of my career as a freelance cartoonist. I’ve learn a lot from the editor after 8 months and I finally understand the process in making a good comic. Yeah, looking back at the first work accepted now seems like it still have flaws and newbie-ish, but I’m progressing along the way. I can’t rush work in most ways. I need to learn how to work consistently. Although this is the first year and I have a hard time coping with it, but this is life. It’s tough life…

Anyhow, I’m loving it! I’ve been through a lot brainstorming, getting sick, rushing works, late night works, walking to the office to and back… and it’s reaching to the end of the year. Although some of my plans don’t go what I want but I’m moving instead of standing still.

Now for those who already know, Support me ya?! I’ll ask my editor to leave me a copy and keep it in a plastic cover… WAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!! I need to treasure this copy like gold! Mint mint condition!

In other news,

After months of waiting, months of torture over the last short season. Something’s back!

(Heroes Season 3 - Villans)

I’ve watched the premiere show, Episode 1 and Episode 2…

All I can do is this…

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If Ethan can talk right now…

Posted by Emory on September 4, 2008

This is what he would say to me…

“Hi, Emory Ko ko (Brother in Hokkien). How are you?”

I’m fine thank you! How are you then? Happy happy smiling face everyday? Kekekekeke…

(it was from an MMS sent to me last month.)

Stop Motion

Posted by Emory on August 27, 2008

Stop motion is a video making process that takes a series of photo’s frame by frame and turning them into video. This process takes a lot of patience and time just to produce a short animation. Stop motion has it uniqueness. There are many movies that has stop motion. Most notable ones are The Nightmare before Christmas, Chicken Run, and Wallace and Gromit films.

Here are some independent short stop motion film makers showing their talents off. Most of them are pretty nice.

It takes from hundreds to thousands of photos just to complete a video like this! It’s pretty amazing how these people use their time to do these things. It takes a lot of patience and tries to complete the effect. Plus, a big planning must be done in order to convey the message across. But non the less, the animation is beyond what we can do with simple tools.