Archive for November, 2009

Texas Banned Marriage

wedding gundam

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!
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Texas is so adorable XD.

What happened was that was back in 2005, the amendment that was made to Texas legislature aimed to ban gay marriages, accidentally banned all marriages instead.

The amendment was pretty much well-received by the good people of Texas, and consisted of the following:

marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman

Which was okay, you know, it’s simple and clear. But the problem lies in the next clause:

This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage

What it meant was actually that you can’t have any other legal status like domestic partnership, social union etc to signify marriage. But what they neglected was to say “except marriage”, because now they’ve banned marriage itself.

The Young Turks on youtube put it pretty well:

I don’t know if I’m for or against gay marriages. Until marriages to fictional characters are legal, I shall remain neutral.

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Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by Jess  |  No Comments »

Resident Evil: Afterlife Photo

SOOOOO…. *cries*

First things first, my overall sentiments about the movie: The first one was GREAT. I’ve watched it before playing the game itself, and it’s a really cool spin-off of the game. Everything about it was great, the zombies, the action, the licker <3, the score and the actors were great too! No cliches or cheesy stuff.

And then! Apocalypse happened. And I lost all hopes for the movie franchise. It was so bad that I kinda hated the first film because of that. When Extinction came out, I was expecting so little of it, that it actually managed to redeem itself for me.

And now, Afterlife is being shot. Gosh I still remember that time when I read it in the magazine that Milla Jovovich said that she would not be in another Resident Evil film. LIESS!

So anyhoo, this photo was floating on the internetz for some time:

afterlife set photo

And Milla Jovovich on her twitter was talking about some scene on a ship and was so secretive about it until this photo came up. See those white people? Milia sorta explained that in her twitter. This is what she said:

but we call the people in white “pod people” here on set. lol! they have been used as umbrella “test subjects” in horrifying experiments.

First of all, WOA!! Milla writes a lot on her twitter! Hmm pretty weird how celebrities seem so close yet so far from us peasants. Anyhoo, yea so there are “pod people” in Afterlife. Damn I have a really bad feeling about this movie…

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Posted on November 17th, 2009 by Jess  |  No Comments »

2012 The World As We Know It

Is coming to an endddd!!!

2012

(^^ Well, that was something amusing that came up on google images when I searched 2012.  )

the real 2012

2009

Written and Directed by Roland Emmerich

Starring John Cusack,  Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton and Woody Harrelson.

I was gonna watch it the day after the day before the yesterday of two days before the day after tomorrow, but the theatres were all packed – even the midnight showings. So we went to watch it today at noon, and there were like only 10 other people or so. How weird.

Although 2012 isn’t a movie that I desperately wanted to watch, I was pretty curious about what Roland Emmerich, who also happens to be the directer for Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, is gonna do with the subject. He’s a pretty damn awesome director, especially with Independence Day, man I loved that movie.

The movie as a whole was pretty predictable, but c’mon, what else can you do with a subject of Armageddon? The plot wasn’t anything we haven’t seen before – in fact, the whole movie is a congregation of various archetypes of disaster movies. There is always a hero, and the hero will always have some family problem, most of the time with the ex-wife and kids and the ex-wife’s new husband, and there are always the nice guys in the government versus the bad guys in the government, and not to forget there is always a crazy guy who gets to say I told you so. Then the rest of the movie will be buildings falling, earth shaking, debris, tsunamis, people running around in circles, more debris, crying, screaming, warm and fuzzy dialogues and everyone gets bloody and dirty.

2012 screenshot

A pretty mommy with kids - a heartwrenching cliche

However, even if it’s a cliche and predictable story, the director delivered it well. Throughout the whole movie, I felt as if I was in one of those 4D movie rides because the CG was so well done it draws you into the movie and make you experience it. It’s one of those cinema movies where you can’t enjoy it at home as well as in the cinema because the whole experience is much contributed by the wide screen and surround sound (unless you have a home theatre system, in which case I hate you you suck). I was on the edge of my seat most of time and it was an awesome ride.

Some critics say that movies such as this and Transformers are merely CGI diarrhea and nothing more. I agree but I don’t see why that is bad when you can have such amazing and believable CGI?

It’s not that the story is bad, it’s actually a pretty solid story and plot, it just feels like we’ve all see it before. Imo, it’s better that way for this movie, you don’t wanna think too much. You just wanna shut down your brain and go on a roller-coaster ride, which is what you’ll be getting from the movie. Don’t expect deep meanings and revelations in this movie, but good entertainment, humor, solid acting and you get to watch the world getting toasted and drowned in the most magnificent way – what other reasons do you need to watch this film? None imo. I would totally just watch it a few times more.

My Verdict: 8.25/10 ★★★★★★★★¼☆ 

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Posted on November 15th, 2009 by Jess  |  No Comments »

I am A KAMELOTIAN!

Well, I still love Linkin Park, but I’m terribly a fanatic over this band right now.

KAMELOT

Seriously, I wake up listening to them and fall asleep listening to them. Such Bliss!

I’m not really a hardcore metal person cuz I can’t stand listening to screams and screeches for the whole song. Linkin Park has just the right amount so that’s why I love them so much <3  So, yesterday, I was just surfing Youtube for random music videos until I saw Kamelot’s Ghost Opera and I played it and I was like HEY I LIKE IT! and BAMM!! I fell in love with them.

And  it’s probably also due to the fact that I’m really into opera and musical stuff, so the two albums I have of Kamelot -  Epica and The Black Halo, happened to be a concept album which was an awesome story based on Faust (I don’t know much about that it’s a pretty epic piece of literature) So when I listen to the two albums, I can actually picture the whole scenario acting out in front of me! It’s really epic.

kamelot members

My favourite song at the moment is…the whole two albums, because every song in them flow together so well it feels like one whole amazing song.  I can’t bear to choose a favourite!…But the most played track is Abandoned, with the III Ways to Epica in close second.

The vocalist, Khan, has the most amazing and emotional voice ever. With the addition orchestral music and dramatic lyrics, (and the sweet lovely female vocal at some parts) the music can move one to tears. In my case, it not only moved me, but it shoved me damn well hard. If you don’t know what hauntingly beautiful means, it means Kamelot’s music, which really haunts you and you can hear it in your mind even after you quit iTunes and threw your headphones out the window. Unless you use speakers.  Which if so, it would be worse because it’ll fill your whole room with it and you’ll hear it in the wind and the water while you shower.

Damn, I’m obsessed.

This post will never end just like my obsession for Kamelot.

Posted on November 14th, 2009 by Jess  |  No Comments »

I WANTS THIS!

I’ll sell all my clothes for it.

Resident Evil 2 promo

Hi there, this is an original Resident Evil 2 promotional in-store display cut-out of Claire and Leon promoting resident evil 2 and the RE controller, i got this back in 1998 when i got the game and ever since have really cherished having it, i think now its time to pass it on to another resident evil fan who will give it a good home and take care of it like i have.

Thanks for visiting and good luck with your bidding.

- Ebay

This is soooo going on my wishlist. In fact, it’s on my NEED LIST. I NEED THIS.

(edits wishlist page)

Resident Evil 2 is the FIRST Resident Evil game I played, and it’s the reason I got into the whole survival horror genre. And that’s how I met Leon…

I WANT THIS.

Did I mention that I want this?

Oh and it starts bid at £45. Which is 74 USD. Which is 103 SGD. I have my my currency converter right here. Dammit, where’s a rich secret admirer when I need one. Well if I forgo Borderlands, Modern Warfare 2 and my daily dose of chocolate, I just might be able to join the bid…hmm tough choices….

I WANT THISSSSS!!! AHHHHH!!! I’m not even sane enough to blog right nawwwww!!

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Posted on November 13th, 2009 by Jess  |  No Comments »