Do I feel giddy with glee? Do I feel like splurging? Do I want to shout to the world that I can support our economy?
Frankly - no.
But that's just me.
PS - I hope this isn't illegal or something.
Frankly - no.
But that's just me.
PS - I hope this isn't illegal or something.
18 June 2007
Far-Too-Lame Foursome: Rise of the Sucky Sequels
Well I'm not going to be in Mumbai when Ratatouille comes out (that's by far the only movie I'm sincerely "looking forward" to), so I didn't want to miss the chance to watch a movie before heading back to good 'ol "we-show-only-hindi-movies" Raipur.Firstly, the Fantastic Four was never really a favorite. I remember picking up with one of my first Spider-Man books at a book fair when I was in elementary school (Other books in bought during that time were Punisher and Batman). Fantastic Four, to me, has always been riddled with camp and too many "inter-galactic" adventures for my simple tastes.
That said, I have to say that I absolutely loved The Incredibles, which while borrowing a LOT from Marvel's famous family of foe-fighting superheroes, was able to translate the concept on to screen with a BANG!
The story of FF2 is quite simple really: The herald of Galactus (the planet eating cosmic being),Norrin Radd (or Silver Surfer - I prefer his real name) has come to earth to prepare it for his master. The Fanatastic Four have to stop this from happening, and surprise-surprise they do. All this happens in the midst of Reed Richards and Sue Storms wedding plans.
There's nothing really wrong with Fantastic Four - it's just too simple to be interested in; a paint-by-numbers (Finally! I get to use that phrase!) picture that is very easy to forget.
The good:
- Chris Evans as Johnny Storm - he can get pretty annoying, but I think his character kinda grew on me. The payoff of him using all the four powers to fight doom was quite cool.
- The Silver Surfer - they pretty much got his character right. I really like the way he silently disposes of any obstacle in his path. And Doug Jones is always awesome.
- Ioan Gruffud as Mr. Fantastic is also okay. But that's the whole point. I can't come up with anymore positives because everything is just "okay".
The bad:
- Julian McMahon as Dr. Doom - totally not needed.
- Galactus - I like the cloud, but it ain't Galactus.
- Silver Surfer without his sheen is very hard to watch and not too believeable.
- Lawrence Fishburne as Silver Surfer - it doesn't work.
- Some of Mr. Fantastic's stretchy effects
- The Surfer having weird powers and sometimes being too reminiscent of T-1ooo.
The ugly:
- Jessica Alba's hair and eyes. UGLY, UGlY, UGLY.
Well, there you have it. A mediocre movie. If they make a sequel, it should be straight-to-video.
Actually - this one should've been too.
16 June 2007
WALL*E
Watch the teaser trailer here - http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/walle/And the read the plot description here - http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/02/26/toon-tuesday-again.aspx
15 June 2007
Rocket Science
Too "Little Miss Sunshine-Garden State-Napolean Dynamite-ish"?
I think so. But the trailer's got me interested anyway.
13 June 2007
Gun Run11 June 2007
24 May 2007
You've Never, "You've Never"-ed?
If you're like me then you really hate it when anyone springs the endlessly pretentious, "You've never...?", in the course of a conversation.
For instance, if at the mention of say... Pavlov, you innocently ask, "Er... what's pavlov?", it's very likely that you'll be hit with the remark, "You've never heard of Pavlov?" Incidentally Pavlov could refer to anyone of several famous (usually Russian) people.
Variations on this way of showing off (with appropriate examples) are:
-"You've never been to Fiji?"
-"You haven't seen Citizen Kane?"
-"You haven't read Gone With The Wind?", quickly followed by
"You haven't WATCHED Gone With The Wind?"
-"You've never been bungee-jumping?"
-"You've never heard of Guaocamole?"
This kind of name dropping is quite irritating. I don't understand why anyone would find it hard to believe that there's a first time for everything and that no one really knows everything. I myself have had the temptation to "You've never" some people, especially when it's regarding some of the more trivial bits of general knowledge. Yet it is definitely ridiculous to assume that every person must have gone through the same education/experiences as you and therefore knows all that you know.
In fact, even the belief that this assumption exists is false. Because, ideally the "You've never?" line is the ideal opportunity to show off one's superior knowledge regarding the world.
So how do we battle this phenomenon?
Simple. We just do unto others as they do unto us. Like so:
Pretentious Prick (From now on referred to as PP): So the other day I got into an argument about Sartre's Being and Nothingness...
You: Er... Sartre?
PP: You're kidding me? You've never heard of Jean-Paul Sartre?
You: Oh, Jean-Paul Sartre? I thought you were referring to Sartre of Mignon, the hidden beast also referred to in some circles as, "The Jolly Roger".
PP: Huh?
You: Don't tell me - you've never heard of The Jolly Roger?
Walk off immediately as though you are thorougly disgusted at such a possibility.
For instance, if at the mention of say... Pavlov, you innocently ask, "Er... what's pavlov?", it's very likely that you'll be hit with the remark, "You've never heard of Pavlov?" Incidentally Pavlov could refer to anyone of several famous (usually Russian) people.
Variations on this way of showing off (with appropriate examples) are:
-"You've never been to Fiji?"
-"You haven't seen Citizen Kane?"
-"You haven't read Gone With The Wind?", quickly followed by
"You haven't WATCHED Gone With The Wind?"
-"You've never been bungee-jumping?"
-"You've never heard of Guaocamole?"
This kind of name dropping is quite irritating. I don't understand why anyone would find it hard to believe that there's a first time for everything and that no one really knows everything. I myself have had the temptation to "You've never" some people, especially when it's regarding some of the more trivial bits of general knowledge. Yet it is definitely ridiculous to assume that every person must have gone through the same education/experiences as you and therefore knows all that you know.
In fact, even the belief that this assumption exists is false. Because, ideally the "You've never?" line is the ideal opportunity to show off one's superior knowledge regarding the world.
So how do we battle this phenomenon?
Simple. We just do unto others as they do unto us. Like so:
Pretentious Prick (From now on referred to as PP): So the other day I got into an argument about Sartre's Being and Nothingness...
You: Er... Sartre?
PP: You're kidding me? You've never heard of Jean-Paul Sartre?
You: Oh, Jean-Paul Sartre? I thought you were referring to Sartre of Mignon, the hidden beast also referred to in some circles as, "The Jolly Roger".
PP: Huh?
You: Don't tell me - you've never heard of The Jolly Roger?
Walk off immediately as though you are thorougly disgusted at such a possibility.
15 May 2007
28 April 2007
MTV Ahoy!
Hey, folks!I'll be working as an intern at MTV India in the On-Air Promotions department for the next couple of months. Working in Mumbai is exciting and challenging at the same time. Will post some new stuff as it comes along.
18 April 2007
Isn't It Iyeronic presents "KEEDA" (Bugs/Fun)!!!
A stop-motion short film about bugs who just want to party! It's a pool party in a toilet. But when a guy's gotta go, a guy's gotta go. See what the bugs do to save the day!
NOTE:
-You need to have Quicktime 7 to view the video. You can download that here.
-The sound and music are only temp (The music is from The Incredibles OST)
-The titles are going to be redesigned.
-Other than further small changes, you can consider this pretty much the final cut of the film.
Enjoy! :)
24 March 2007
20 March 2007
17 March 2007
300 - What a waste...
...that it takes an extravagant visual treat of a politically-basic, big-budget, mega-hollywood event of a film to get people to appreciate a brilliant book that they haven't actually read and probably never will.
It's opera and I loved it. But what a waste.
UPDATE: Hmmm... could I be wrong?
