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Thursday, July 12, 2007

My lull period officially stretches all the way till the most important date of 2007 for me. I guess this is what is meant by 先苦后甜.

Lately I have been quite into Japanese and Korean media productions. Branching out in search of new sources of entertainment has certainly given me new discoveries. Some japanese dramas are definitely more engaging and Korean movies can also offer more than the stereotypical soap operas. Just watched "Densha Otoko" about this story between a nerdy, japanese anime-fanatic and a woman he met on a train, whom he later saved when she was harrassed by a drunkard. The plot is quite original since it is supposedly based on a true story but especially loved those hilarious bits. Then there's 200 pounds beauty which received quite good responses. I liked the songs from the movie most, apart from how it addresses the plastic surgery issue in Korea. But somehow, I don't think Koreans will think twice about going for plastic surgery after watching the movie... since everything worked well with the female lead.

Just watched Transformers last week and although I wasn't particularly looking forward to its release since I am not one of those die-hard fans, the movie impressed me alot, especially the effects. I believe this movie can only be done with today's technology and CG graphics which has improved in leaps and bounds since the 80s when the cartoon first came out. Remembered watching a few episodes of the cartoon but not exactly liking it. Two parties of robots fighting each other in an internal battle didn't seem very impressive when there were still Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other Marvel and DC heroes saving the world.

But the movie definitely called out to the adults (since the children who watched the cartoon then have grown old by now) more, trying to integrate some serious themes like threat of human extinction and wartime politics into the show. Still, the movie definitely transformed the same robots seen in the cartoon to sleek, cool realistic machinese, much thanks to CG once again.

Waiting dutifully for the release of Harry Potter Book Seven. (the movie is out already but I am more a fan of the book) The list of to-be-read-books just keeps getting longer...

Envoy of the Stars @ 11:02 PM
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