McG the savior? NOT. *Terminator Salvation Spoiler Warning*
Yea I knew he directed Charlie's Angels 3 and yes I heard about the bad reviews and like a man blinded by love (for the franchise) and hope I went anyway. Of course, I was disappointed.
Nevermind that a few scenes into the movie I was kinda reminded of those war room scenes you get from games like Red Alert, complete with bad army wardrobe and tight shots.
Nevermind that you had to cast Micheal "Starship Troopers" Ironside for the exact role he's so crappy for (apa lagi, authoratative scar-faced high ranking officer).
Nevermind that Kyle Reese's "LA Chapter" plot element sounds so fucking ridiculous. A teenager with 12 gauge shotgun and a mute lil' 9 year old janet jackson lookalike with a big afro (just in case the terminators missed seeing you the first time) surviving on 2 day old coyote meat and beating off tm's with your immobile traps (how the hell did you rig them up in the first place god knows la)? Yea right.
Nevermind the irresistable line homages. OK fine can't do without them la but seriously, "Come with me if you want to live"? "I'll be back"? Get over it la. Rasa cam nak tumbuk Bale when he said that.
Nevermind that they had to have the super-annoying-waste-of-space Common spouting his one liners.
Nevermind that everyone just automatically assumes the transplant at the end can happen, ignoring any possible biological complications.
Nevermind that Marcus Wright can overcome his programming so easily, giving the impression that Skynet was too dumb to anticipate the manner in which how he did it. Geez even Robocop had a harder time overcoming his programming.
Nevermind that everyone had pearly whites. The resistance must prioritise toothpaste over rations or sumthin. Sheesh even the rasta guy who wasn't part of the Resistance looked like he could be the Darlie guy. What kind of post-apocalyptic world is this? Obviously a listerined one.
Yes nevermind all that. What I really couldn't get is that why is it so hard sometimes to kill these puny humans. I mean, you're super advanced robots with infrared sensors and weakness analysis programs and frickin' titanium steel frames and zero compassion and advanced AI and all that for arnie's sake and takes you ages to even turn around let alone kill an agile human. If I was a terminator I'd resign from Skynet. Malu la. Cari kerja tempat lain.
There were some good points la and I'll fit them all in one line. The girl pilot not bad to look at, the big flying ship with smaller flying ship and big robot with smaller bike terminators all attached was cool, the general colour treatment was what I hoped, Marcus Wright could be cool at the times, the...uh...nope that's it.
I laid in bed and spoke to God a few nights ago. It was one of those bulu roma raising moments between you and your maker. I asked help for many things and he must have some sorta holy twitter of something coz the very next day I was sent a sign.
My days since then have been a bit different so far. Or rather, I have been making my days a bit different. In the spirit of affirmation this will last and will get better.
edit:// Hmm just re-read this post. Believe me, its not as emo as it sounds.
- Dreamt that I was organising some sort of concert - A few days before the concert the moshpit in front of the stage suddenly turned to mud - Was driving in a car with my cousins and uncle - Car got stuck in the mud and started sinking - Only my uncle and cousin got out, leaving one cousin behind - We were distraught coz we couldn't get him out. We couldn't even find the car coz it was buried under all that mud - We presumed he was dead after some time - Somehow my dead cousin was suddenly Justin and we were telling everyone the news - Found out that Az was crying at work when she heard - A few of us went back to the site to see if we can find the car and we did, courtesy of of the girl I was dating, Drew Barrymore (!!!!!) - We managed to get a door open and found Justin, who was now my cousin again - He was alive! - He had a pocket of air in there and said he had his 'superior scout skills' to thank - Everyone was happy. I sent a text to Az saying "Justin's NOT dead! He survived!" - I ended my day in the dream by avoiding evil police robots who were bent on my capture. I managed to escape coz I switched bodies with one of the robots coz I was a jeng jeng jeng - android. - The end.
Maybe I should ease up on the late night cokes. Too much sugar in my brain.
1. Aida My sister who is also now my unofficial lord justice of unhealthy food consumption Me: *spots fav ikea cookies* Oooooooooooh! My sis: Oi. Can you please reflect on yourself for a second Me: *hand frozen over cookies* Uhhh.... My sis: *starts talking to me about my health and weight etc as we walk away*
2. 20,870 The number of fans on Yuna's Facebook fan page. If you haven't heard of Yuna then you're sorely missing out. God knows the girl from Kuantan deserves all the support she can get. Check her out here or here.
3. Do As Infinity Many years ago on a college road trip to PD I spied fellow council (I was on the student council believe it or not) mate Danny checking the collection of CDs he brought:
Me: Whatchu got? Danny: Well, a lot of chinese music to be honest. Hmm. Have you heard of DAI? Me: Die? Danny: No DAI. Do As Infinity. Me: Nope. Chinese? Danny: Japanese. J-Pop actually. They're pretty good.
And that was the first time I heard of this band. Yea I know what you're thinking (J-Pop? sure or nottt) but these guys are great. Actually what really got me was lead singer Tomiko Van's vocals. I love her voice. Add to that good arrangement-driven tracks with intelligent pop sensibilities and wala - DAI. Check out the vid below for a quickfix preview of their stuff. Funnily enough my brother now is a huge fan and I think pretty much all of their albums. They also broke up but got back together at the end of last year. Yeah!
4. Mighty Muggs A line of vinyl/plastic super-deformed collectible figures filled with chibi goodness. Made by Hasbro, it started with the Star Wars line but has now moved to TF (they've also got the X-Men, GI Joe, even frickin Indiana Jones). Apa lagi beli la. Meet Bumblebee:
5. Grace Park She stars as Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii in Battlestar Galactica. I've never really seen the series proper but the few episodes I have checked out had her in it and she is, well, nice to look at.
On a side note, Ojie, lead singer and nambar 1 dude for local band Stonebay got married last Sunday. Congrats dude. Semoga anda bahagia selalu.
