Showing posts with label Showtime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Showtime. Show all posts
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
WSOP 2012 - The Big One
The biggest game in the history of WSOP with a buy in of ONE FREAKING MILLION.
As
you learn more about this game, you'll actually start to appreciate
watching shows where they don't actually show the hole cards.
This removes the "result-oriented" kind of thinking that occur because you already know their cards.
Watching top players play without knowing their hole cards first would improve your own play tremendously.
Poker is much more than random bluffing and gut feelings.
It's about probabilities and odds, EV and ROI, patterns and tendencies.
And in a live game - tells and psychology.
This removes the "result-oriented" kind of thinking that occur because you already know their cards.
Watching top players play without knowing their hole cards first would improve your own play tremendously.
Poker is much more than random bluffing and gut feelings.
It's about probabilities and odds, EV and ROI, patterns and tendencies.
And in a live game - tells and psychology.
Even live shows have been influenced so much by online games, they're actually now showing some basic stats on players. (the patterns and tendencies)
Maybe will share some of my 心得 regarding this when I'm free someday.
Maybe will share some of my 心得 regarding this when I'm free someday.
Friday, June 01, 2012
Invincible Taker
Undertaker's match with Edge is the transition from "Undertaker is undefeated at WrestleMania" to "Undertaker cannot be defeated at WrestleMania." The end of the match is what crystallized the Undertaker's deific status at the Grandest Stage of them All: immediately recovering from two consecutive Spears in order to apply Hell's Gate and win the match.
Undertaker's toughness has only increased since then. WrestleMania 25: survives a brutal over-the-top rope dive botch which could have easily broken his neck, manages to keep up with Mr. WrestleMania for a solid half-hour of wrestling, and withstands Sweet Chin Music twice. WrestleMania 26: competes against an even more formidable HBK, the latter obsessed with ending the streak; withstands a moonsault through the table and is also given Sweet Chin Music three times but still won't stay down.
Then, of course, there is WrestleMania 27: competes against a terrifyingly focused incarnation of Triple H, who for all intents and purposes was the embodiment of war in this match; Undertaker withstands a spinebuster, another spinebuster through a table, getting speared/tackled through a glass structure (the Cole Mine), nine chair shots to the spine, a chair shot to the skull, a DDT onto the chair, three Pedigrees, and a Tombstone Piledriver, plus the following night on Raw Triple H said that he was hitting Undertaker "harder than I've ever hit anyone in my entire life," which means we are supposed to understand that even the punches in this match were the most powerful punches HHH has ever thrown. The fact that Undertaker withstood all of this is flabbergasting, even in kayfabe.
Undertaker's toughness has only increased since then. WrestleMania 25: survives a brutal over-the-top rope dive botch which could have easily broken his neck, manages to keep up with Mr. WrestleMania for a solid half-hour of wrestling, and withstands Sweet Chin Music twice. WrestleMania 26: competes against an even more formidable HBK, the latter obsessed with ending the streak; withstands a moonsault through the table and is also given Sweet Chin Music three times but still won't stay down.
Then, of course, there is WrestleMania 27: competes against a terrifyingly focused incarnation of Triple H, who for all intents and purposes was the embodiment of war in this match; Undertaker withstands a spinebuster, another spinebuster through a table, getting speared/tackled through a glass structure (the Cole Mine), nine chair shots to the spine, a chair shot to the skull, a DDT onto the chair, three Pedigrees, and a Tombstone Piledriver, plus the following night on Raw Triple H said that he was hitting Undertaker "harder than I've ever hit anyone in my entire life," which means we are supposed to understand that even the punches in this match were the most powerful punches HHH has ever thrown. The fact that Undertaker withstood all of this is flabbergasting, even in kayfabe.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Typical Idol Drama Storylines
最近看了几部偶像剧。。。
从我看过的所有偶像剧里，九成以上的剧情大概都围绕着以下几个概念。。。
由其是最后一点，简直是老到牙都掉光的剧情，还在不断重复出现 (super cliche and overdone)。
更糟的是，我觉得大多数的故事根本就没有必要用 - 毫无意义，只不过是为了增加多几集的时间罢了。
下次看偶像剧的时候，不妨验证一下。。。
肯定会有类似以上的情节。
从我看过的所有偶像剧里，九成以上的剧情大概都围绕着以下几个概念。。。
- 门当户对，家庭反对
- 一方的父母会以金钱/权利威胁自己的儿女跟某第三者在一起，或对方离开己方儿女
- “青梅竹马” 的第三者（通常是单恋狂）会出现
- 双方会背负某种不被接受的社会关系 （例如"兄妹"之类的)
- 一方会（以为自己）身患绝症，为了不伤害另一方，隐瞒提出分手
- 一方会出车祸，昏迷不醒，或，
- 一方会失去记忆
由其是最后一点，简直是老到牙都掉光的剧情，还在不断重复出现 (super cliche and overdone)。
更糟的是，我觉得大多数的故事根本就没有必要用 - 毫无意义，只不过是为了增加多几集的时间罢了。
下次看偶像剧的时候，不妨验证一下。。。
肯定会有类似以上的情节。
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Codes
This is an amusing "mathematical documentary series".
Yes. I am actually watching something related to maths.
That should prove how interesting this is.
Seriously, I think schools should show such documentary to ALL the secondary school kids. I never knew/care what 'Pi' was. I never questioned why bubbles are spherical. I never knew so much could be explained by mathematics - Not only our behavior, but also the nature, the world, and the universe.
I wished there were these videos back then - It would definitely have foster a little more interest in Mathematics inside of me.
Below are some short clips from the documentary:
Yes. I am actually watching something related to maths.
That should prove how interesting this is.
Seriously, I think schools should show such documentary to ALL the secondary school kids. I never knew/care what 'Pi' was. I never questioned why bubbles are spherical. I never knew so much could be explained by mathematics - Not only our behavior, but also the nature, the world, and the universe.
I wished there were these videos back then - It would definitely have foster a little more interest in Mathematics inside of me.
Below are some short clips from the documentary:
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Friday, December 23, 2011
Apple Of My Eye
好久好久没读华文小说了。。。
真的很久。
最后一次应该是五年前的《侠客行》吧。
而且这应该是我第一次读“非武侠”作品, 而且还是“言情”类。。。连我自己都很惊讶。
不过电影实在太精彩了。 而且又有人借我这本书，所以就忍不住读了。。。
跟电影相比，少了很多夸张，荒谬的剧情效果，多了更多的内容，更多的真实吧。。。
真的是很好的作品。
经典的对白实在太多了，不管是搞笑的情节还是深情的对白，都让人印象深刻。
非常推荐给各位。
以下是一些我最最喜欢的桥段。
「如果早就知道一定會分手，為什麼還要這麼早談戀愛？這樣不是很沒有意義？」沈佳儀很嚴肅地說。
「你一定會死，那你為什麼不現在就死一死？」我拄著下巴，實在是不爽到極點。
「這根本就是不一樣的東西，你真的很幼稚。」沈佳儀嘆氣。
我越來越好的成績，有些同學以強烈的好奇探詢我使用哪一牌的參考書，或是在哪補習等等，才能創造出如此異常的成績表現。
「如果你整天被成績比自己好十倍的女生問問題，看你會不會抓狂用功唸書？」我簡單響應，這可是箇中滋味。
……然而我暗杠了「但你還得愛上她」這真正的訣竅。
「柯同學，你為什麼認為本系所應該錄取你？」胖教授意興闌珊。
「If you risk nothing, then you risk anything.」我看著牆上的鐘，這面試好久。
「有點答非所問喔。」另一個教授冷笑，搖晃著我的高中成績單，說，「你的成績很爛，這種程度還敢來甄試我們交大！」
「拜託剛剛好好不好！我全校排名二十六耶！」我瞪著教授，說：「如果我的成績再好一點，我就去考醫科了，還跑到這裡考管科？」毫不畏懼。
就這樣，面試結束。
我被錄取了。
楊過有小龍女，我有沈佳儀。楊過有龍女花，我有小耳朵。而楊過有大鵰，我有許博淳。他媽的這不是命運使然是什麼！
「走吧，鵰兄。」我拍拍許博淳的肩膀，拿了一朵小耳朵付了帳。
我滿腦子都在計劃要如何在畢業時給沈佳儀一個小驚喜，還有如何在畢業後與沈佳儀保持聯繫。以及，思考何時才是「認真告白」的良機。
我無聊到，猛練習「三十秒流淚」的技術。
「為什麼要練習三十秒就哭出來的爛技術？你欠揍喔？」許博淳狐疑，看著淚眼汪汪的我。
「不是。你想想，如果我跟沈佳儀各自上了大學，在火車站分開的時候，如果我可以神來一筆掉下幾滴眼淚，是不是很浪漫？她會不會更喜歡我？」我擦掉眼淚，擤鼻涕。
「你有神經病。」許博淳正色道。
真的很久。
最后一次应该是五年前的《侠客行》吧。
而且这应该是我第一次读“非武侠”作品, 而且还是“言情”类。。。连我自己都很惊讶。
不过电影实在太精彩了。 而且又有人借我这本书，所以就忍不住读了。。。
跟电影相比，少了很多夸张，荒谬的剧情效果，多了更多的内容，更多的真实吧。。。
真的是很好的作品。
经典的对白实在太多了，不管是搞笑的情节还是深情的对白，都让人印象深刻。
非常推荐给各位。
以下是一些我最最喜欢的桥段。
「如果早就知道一定會分手，為什麼還要這麼早談戀愛？這樣不是很沒有意義？」沈佳儀很嚴肅地說。
「你一定會死，那你為什麼不現在就死一死？」我拄著下巴，實在是不爽到極點。
「這根本就是不一樣的東西，你真的很幼稚。」沈佳儀嘆氣。
我越來越好的成績，有些同學以強烈的好奇探詢我使用哪一牌的參考書，或是在哪補習等等，才能創造出如此異常的成績表現。
「如果你整天被成績比自己好十倍的女生問問題，看你會不會抓狂用功唸書？」我簡單響應，這可是箇中滋味。
……然而我暗杠了「但你還得愛上她」這真正的訣竅。
「柯同學，你為什麼認為本系所應該錄取你？」胖教授意興闌珊。
「If you risk nothing, then you risk anything.」我看著牆上的鐘，這面試好久。
「有點答非所問喔。」另一個教授冷笑，搖晃著我的高中成績單，說，「你的成績很爛，這種程度還敢來甄試我們交大！」
「拜託剛剛好好不好！我全校排名二十六耶！」我瞪著教授，說：「如果我的成績再好一點，我就去考醫科了，還跑到這裡考管科？」毫不畏懼。
就這樣，面試結束。
我被錄取了。
楊過有小龍女，我有沈佳儀。楊過有龍女花，我有小耳朵。而楊過有大鵰，我有許博淳。他媽的這不是命運使然是什麼！
「走吧，鵰兄。」我拍拍許博淳的肩膀，拿了一朵小耳朵付了帳。
我滿腦子都在計劃要如何在畢業時給沈佳儀一個小驚喜，還有如何在畢業後與沈佳儀保持聯繫。以及，思考何時才是「認真告白」的良機。
我無聊到，猛練習「三十秒流淚」的技術。
「為什麼要練習三十秒就哭出來的爛技術？你欠揍喔？」許博淳狐疑，看著淚眼汪汪的我。
「不是。你想想，如果我跟沈佳儀各自上了大學，在火車站分開的時候，如果我可以神來一筆掉下幾滴眼淚，是不是很浪漫？她會不會更喜歡我？」我擦掉眼淚，擤鼻涕。
「你有神經病。」許博淳正色道。
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Sweet Potato...
Don't think I've ever been more "emotionally invested" in a TV Show then this...
This is the first Korean TV show I've seen.
This is the best "idol drama" I've seen...
For the past year, this show has never failed to put a smile on my face.
I look forward to the short 20 minutes of time every weekend.
To me, this show is more than just entertainment; it's an inspiration.
And after I've grown so attached to them, they have to take them away.
Now, my weekends will never be the same again.
:(
I look forward to the short 20 minutes of time every weekend.
To me, this show is more than just entertainment; it's an inspiration.
And after I've grown so attached to them, they have to take them away.
Now, my weekends will never be the same again.
:(
I cried in my heart as I watched the last episode.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Mahjong Show
This is a really nice show for Mahjong lovers.
I especially like the last segment where each player have to guess what tiles the opponents are waiting for.
Xu Nai Lin really shows his "gosu-ness" here. He wins like 80% of the time, even during times when he's extremely unlucky in hitting on opponent tiles, and "supposedly" gets VERY LITTLE info.
He will still manage to outwit the other guy most of the time.
It's really fun to join in and try to guess the tiles.
Highly recommended.
I especially like the last segment where each player have to guess what tiles the opponents are waiting for.
Xu Nai Lin really shows his "gosu-ness" here. He wins like 80% of the time, even during times when he's extremely unlucky in hitting on opponent tiles, and "supposedly" gets VERY LITTLE info.
He will still manage to outwit the other guy most of the time.
It's really fun to join in and try to guess the tiles.
Highly recommended.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday, October 08, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Exam (2010)
No point recommending those blockbusters everyone already knows.
So for now I'll try to recommend some of those "lesser-known" movies (not shown in local cinemas) if I happen to come across one.
This is a psychological thriller film... shall not spoil it for you too much.
Basically, eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation.
Entering a windowless room, the invilgilator gives them 80 minutes to answer one simple question. He outlines three rules they must obey or be disqualified:
1)Don't talk to him or the armed guard by the door,
2)Don't spoil their papers,
3)Don't leave the room.
He starts the clock and leaves. The candidates turn over their question papers, only to find they're completely blank.
Got you interested?
Haha.
The movie is REALLY good at the start. You'll definitely like it if you like stuff like Deathnote and Liar's Game.
It kind of go downhill after the first 30 minutes though, as they shifted to focus more on the interaction between the characters.
It got better towards the end, and as for the ending where they reveal the "answer" to the "question"... well, it's is really up to individual preference.. Some will like it and some will hate it. Haha.
Clue: It is something planted very early and very subtly in the movie. Haha.
Overall, nice way to spend 90 minutes.
So for now I'll try to recommend some of those "lesser-known" movies (not shown in local cinemas) if I happen to come across one.
This is a psychological thriller film... shall not spoil it for you too much.
Basically, eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation.
Entering a windowless room, the invilgilator gives them 80 minutes to answer one simple question. He outlines three rules they must obey or be disqualified:
1)Don't talk to him or the armed guard by the door,
2)Don't spoil their papers,
3)Don't leave the room.
He starts the clock and leaves. The candidates turn over their question papers, only to find they're completely blank.
Got you interested?
Haha.
The movie is REALLY good at the start. You'll definitely like it if you like stuff like Deathnote and Liar's Game.
It kind of go downhill after the first 30 minutes though, as they shifted to focus more on the interaction between the characters.
It got better towards the end, and as for the ending where they reveal the "answer" to the "question"... well, it's is really up to individual preference.. Some will like it and some will hate it. Haha.
Clue: It is something planted very early and very subtly in the movie. Haha.
Overall, nice way to spend 90 minutes.
Monday, June 07, 2010
Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Blah Blah Blah
Just finished one of favourite series and I am seriously disappointed.
What a waste of my time.
Really don't understand why authors/writers have to ruin something that was so darn good.
Look at all those movies "trilogies". Look at all those drama with multiple seasons (some even 7 or more which is ridiculous IMO)
80% of the time, it's always the first movie or season that's regarded as the best. After that, it just goes downhill.
That's exactly what's happening here.
You've built up something from scratch with awesome plot and characters, everything is just fantastic. Great plot, great fighting scenes, great villians, great heroes. Lot of twists and spectacular moments. It already got the perfect ending, everything is resolved. Characters live happily ever and peace reigns over the lands.
So, why not just end it there?
For goodness sake; start a new series.
Why do they "die die" want to continue something that's already "completed"?
It makes me damn piss off to see some of my favourite series reduced to a pile of junk; With ridiculous, luckluster plot + some of the most cliche and dumbest new characters ever.
Sometimes you just refused to acknowledge their presence. You refused to believe such BAD SEQUELS actually exists.
Let me cite this example from 1 particular martial art series.
In season 1, there's this 2 legendary characters regarded as godly throughout the entire story. They are regarded from the start till the end as the most powerful 2 persons in the entire "world". Unmatched & unequalled. At the end, these 2 greatest force of good and evil had a great battle and ended their dispute.
...
Then in season 2, these 2 supposedly "invincible" characters got THRASHED like flies.
Suddenly, you've got "mysterious guy from the mountain", "abbot from some faraway temple", "100 year old guy breaking out of his tomb" etc etc... all appearing from out of nowhere that is much more powerful.
WTF. It not only makes no sense, it makes Season 1 look ridiculous. It just overthrow any form of logic + sense of relative strength in the story's world.
And it's not over. The characters got more and more powerful. From a "wuxia" series that should be limited to swordplay and internal energy, it got more and more "extraordinary".
It seem like the authors started having problems coming up with "powerful enough villians" for the protangonisst who are already so strong.
Therefore, randomly immensely powerful villians start appearing (with no mention whatsoever beforehand that such person exists) out of nowhere.
And the villians got more and more powerful.
Soon, they are able to use elemental powers like fire and lightning.
Then, blows and exchanges between pugilists can generate force and wreck enough havoc to tear apart mountains.
And no, it doesn't stop there.
The villians are now able to summon typhoons and lightnings.
They are able to "teleport", create halluncinations or even "real space under their control".
They can also revive the death, communicate with someone from the nether world and "see the future".
It's grown from some Martial Art series to Dragonball to some futuristic genre set in ancient world with characters becoming so powerful that they become "demigods".
...
It is so absurd.
It is just so lame.
So frigging lame.
What a waste of my time.
Really don't understand why authors/writers have to ruin something that was so darn good.
Look at all those movies "trilogies". Look at all those drama with multiple seasons (some even 7 or more which is ridiculous IMO)
80% of the time, it's always the first movie or season that's regarded as the best. After that, it just goes downhill.
That's exactly what's happening here.
You've built up something from scratch with awesome plot and characters, everything is just fantastic. Great plot, great fighting scenes, great villians, great heroes. Lot of twists and spectacular moments. It already got the perfect ending, everything is resolved. Characters live happily ever and peace reigns over the lands.
So, why not just end it there?
For goodness sake; start a new series.
Why do they "die die" want to continue something that's already "completed"?
It makes me damn piss off to see some of my favourite series reduced to a pile of junk; With ridiculous, luckluster plot + some of the most cliche and dumbest new characters ever.
Sometimes you just refused to acknowledge their presence. You refused to believe such BAD SEQUELS actually exists.
Let me cite this example from 1 particular martial art series.
In season 1, there's this 2 legendary characters regarded as godly throughout the entire story. They are regarded from the start till the end as the most powerful 2 persons in the entire "world". Unmatched & unequalled. At the end, these 2 greatest force of good and evil had a great battle and ended their dispute.
...
Then in season 2, these 2 supposedly "invincible" characters got THRASHED like flies.
Suddenly, you've got "mysterious guy from the mountain", "abbot from some faraway temple", "100 year old guy breaking out of his tomb" etc etc... all appearing from out of nowhere that is much more powerful.
WTF. It not only makes no sense, it makes Season 1 look ridiculous. It just overthrow any form of logic + sense of relative strength in the story's world.
And it's not over. The characters got more and more powerful. From a "wuxia" series that should be limited to swordplay and internal energy, it got more and more "extraordinary".
It seem like the authors started having problems coming up with "powerful enough villians" for the protangonisst who are already so strong.
Therefore, randomly immensely powerful villians start appearing (with no mention whatsoever beforehand that such person exists) out of nowhere.
And the villians got more and more powerful.
Soon, they are able to use elemental powers like fire and lightning.
Then, blows and exchanges between pugilists can generate force and wreck enough havoc to tear apart mountains.
And no, it doesn't stop there.
The villians are now able to summon typhoons and lightnings.
They are able to "teleport", create halluncinations or even "real space under their control".
They can also revive the death, communicate with someone from the nether world and "see the future".
It's grown from some Martial Art series to Dragonball to some futuristic genre set in ancient world with characters becoming so powerful that they become "demigods".
...
It is so absurd.
It is just so lame.
So frigging lame.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Unify The World
《短歌行》
对酒当歌，人生几何？——面对美酒应该高歌，人生短短
譬如朝露，去日苦多。——好比晨露转眼就不见了，失去的时日实在太多
慨当以慷，忧思难忘。——席上歌声激昂慷慨，忧郁长久填满心窝。
何以解忧？唯有杜康。——靠什么来排解忧闷？唯有狂饮方可解脱。
青青子衿，悠悠我心。——穿着青领（周代学士的服装）的学子，你们令我朝夕思慕。
但为君故，沉吟至今。——正是因为你们的缘故，我一直低唱着《子衿》歌。
呦呦鹿鸣，食野之苹。——阳光下鹿群呦呦欢鸣，悠然自得啃食在绿坡。
我有嘉宾，鼓瑟吹笙。——一旦四方贤才光临舍下，我将奏瑟吹笙宴请宾客。
明明如月，何时可辍？——当空悬挂的皓月，你运转着，永不停止
忧从中来，不可断绝。——我藏在心里的忧愤，突然喷涌而出成长河。
越陌度阡，枉用相存。——远方宾客踏着田间小路，一个个前来探望我。
契阔谈讌，心念旧恩。——彼此久别重逢谈心宴饮，争着将往日的情谊诉说。
月明星稀，乌鹊南飞。——明月升起 ，星星闪烁，一群寻巢乌鹊向南飞去。
绕树三匝，何枝可依？——绕树飞了三周却没敛翅，哪里才有它们栖身之所？
山不厌高，水不厌深。——高山不辞土石才会高大雄伟，大海不弃细小的流水才见壮阔。
周公吐哺，天下归心。——只有像周公那样礼待贤才，才能使天下人心都归向我。
对酒当歌，人生几何？——面对美酒应该高歌，人生短短
譬如朝露，去日苦多。——好比晨露转眼就不见了，失去的时日实在太多
慨当以慷，忧思难忘。——席上歌声激昂慷慨，忧郁长久填满心窝。
何以解忧？唯有杜康。——靠什么来排解忧闷？唯有狂饮方可解脱。
青青子衿，悠悠我心。——穿着青领（周代学士的服装）的学子，你们令我朝夕思慕。
但为君故，沉吟至今。——正是因为你们的缘故，我一直低唱着《子衿》歌。
呦呦鹿鸣，食野之苹。——阳光下鹿群呦呦欢鸣，悠然自得啃食在绿坡。
我有嘉宾，鼓瑟吹笙。——一旦四方贤才光临舍下，我将奏瑟吹笙宴请宾客。
明明如月，何时可辍？——当空悬挂的皓月，你运转着，永不停止
忧从中来，不可断绝。——我藏在心里的忧愤，突然喷涌而出成长河。
越陌度阡，枉用相存。——远方宾客踏着田间小路，一个个前来探望我。
契阔谈讌，心念旧恩。——彼此久别重逢谈心宴饮，争着将往日的情谊诉说。
月明星稀，乌鹊南飞。——明月升起 ，星星闪烁，一群寻巢乌鹊向南飞去。
绕树三匝，何枝可依？——绕树飞了三周却没敛翅，哪里才有它们栖身之所？
山不厌高，水不厌深。——高山不辞土石才会高大雄伟，大海不弃细小的流水才见壮阔。
周公吐哺，天下归心。——只有像周公那样礼待贤才，才能使天下人心都归向我。
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Being Human
I realized I haven't watch a Comedy in ages.
Yeah, and this was a good chance to laugh my head off.
And what's better than a new Jack Neo movie.
The storyline is mediocore, cliche and reused dunno how many upteen number of times in previous Jack Neo movies ("Tu Ran Fa Cai" comes to mind). There no big budget or superstars either.
But who cares.
It is still darn hilarious and I really had a good laugh. A much needed good laugh.
A lot of awesome humor, off the top of my head:
- "Sorry Sorry" dance,
- "DA DA VIN XIAO VOO" (Resued the "Flower Powder" idea from Money No Enough 2)
- Singing segment between Mark Lee and NoNo. I couldn't stop laughing throughout the entire thing.
Another part was near the "First Ending" of the story. I already know it's not gonna end there, but the way they present it really caught me off guard.
They kind of overdid it though. Ending at the "Second Ending" would have been great, but they have to extend it to the "Third Ending". Way too overkill.
Really nice movie overall, and the cinema was filled with laughter.
Might be Jack Neo's last.
LOL.
Go watch it!!!
Yeah, and this was a good chance to laugh my head off.
And what's better than a new Jack Neo movie.
The storyline is mediocore, cliche and reused dunno how many upteen number of times in previous Jack Neo movies ("Tu Ran Fa Cai" comes to mind). There no big budget or superstars either.
But who cares.
It is still darn hilarious and I really had a good laugh. A much needed good laugh.
A lot of awesome humor, off the top of my head:
- "Sorry Sorry" dance,
- "DA DA VIN XIAO VOO" (Resued the "Flower Powder" idea from Money No Enough 2)
- Singing segment between Mark Lee and NoNo. I couldn't stop laughing throughout the entire thing.
Another part was near the "First Ending" of the story. I already know it's not gonna end there, but the way they present it really caught me off guard.
They kind of overdid it though. Ending at the "Second Ending" would have been great, but they have to extend it to the "Third Ending". Way too overkill.
Really nice movie overall, and the cinema was filled with laughter.
Might be Jack Neo's last.
LOL.
Go watch it!!!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
New 3 Kingdoms
Largest production in the history of China TV series...
Hou Mai Dog~~~!!!
I can't wait!
One more month till release!!! (Chinese New Year 2010)
Hou Mai Dog~~~!!!
I can't wait!
One more month till release!!! (Chinese New Year 2010)
Friday, August 07, 2009
GI Joe : Rise Of Cobra
Watched this with some quite "unlikely group of people" yesterday night... Haha.
Anyway... this movie...
I am totally not a "action-movie" person, especially if the setting involves guns, lasers, futuristic spaceships and stuffs.
Still... I must say this movie is not bad.
Fair share of plot twists and plenty of CGI effects... my favourite part being the destruction of the Eiffel Tower.
The way they keep using flashback to shine in more on each character past is also kind of refreshing.
That's about all I can say. They didn't resolve everything at the end (in fact, the bad guys kind of won) so maybe there'll be a sequel to this movie.
Note: Low rating is due to my personal dislike of futuristic action films. It probably deserves higher for those who don't have condemn this genre.
Rating: 2.5 / 5
(Add 1 to the rating if you like spaceships, fighter jets, high tech armors and laser guns)
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Ultimate Survivor Kaiji
This is an anime that I came across just a few day ago, mostly because the author is the creator of 1 of my favourite anime (Akagi). Was just feeling bored and 'google' a bit about him until I come across this work of his...
Woo~ And I think I've struck gold!
This anime is, according to Wiki, considered his most famous work. (Longest too with 4 seasons)
This is a MUST WATCH!!!
The genre of the anime is classified as "Gambling", but I certainly don't think that's all to it. It is just a form of way to present the story, even though the gambling parts themselves are very interesting.
This show is very similar to "Death Note", totally has that feel. It's about deception, trickery, conning, strategy, survival, betrayal... Etc...
When I started watching it, I thought this show is "Everything Death Note and more".
When I reached Episode 9... ... that's the point when I felt this show has surpass Death Note. I don't think I've been this worked up over a drama before.
When I saw Death Note, I applauded the brilliance of the characters, I stand in awed at the plot and intellectual battles, etc...
But this anime, in addition to that, it went to an even deeper level; it makes my blood boil and it makes me feel like strangling the life out of the villians. It really made me feel the position of the main character.
I think perhaps in Death Note, the characters are too "godlike". Like Yagami... trying to "revolutionize the world", "create the perfect world"... etc... They're too far away.
In this show, the characters are people we can relate to (commoners). The "strategy" is not extremely far-fetch or "epic". A lot of it is just very simple mechanics/logic, executed in a superb way. That's the best way I can put it.
...
This anime has a very dark feel to it. It is a lot about how "inhuman" humans are. It'll show you the ugliest side of human nature... how people can go all out to kill each other in order to survive... How people make use of the trustful, how people can turn on each other, etc...
Anyway, give it a chance and watch just for 20 minutes (Till the first part of episode 2). I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
You'll be so hooked that you won't be able to stop watching!
Woo~ And I think I've struck gold!
This anime is, according to Wiki, considered his most famous work. (Longest too with 4 seasons)
This is a MUST WATCH!!!
The genre of the anime is classified as "Gambling", but I certainly don't think that's all to it. It is just a form of way to present the story, even though the gambling parts themselves are very interesting.
This show is very similar to "Death Note", totally has that feel. It's about deception, trickery, conning, strategy, survival, betrayal... Etc...
When I started watching it, I thought this show is "Everything Death Note and more".
When I reached Episode 9... ... that's the point when I felt this show has surpass Death Note. I don't think I've been this worked up over a drama before.
When I saw Death Note, I applauded the brilliance of the characters, I stand in awed at the plot and intellectual battles, etc...
But this anime, in addition to that, it went to an even deeper level; it makes my blood boil and it makes me feel like strangling the life out of the villians. It really made me feel the position of the main character.
I think perhaps in Death Note, the characters are too "godlike". Like Yagami... trying to "revolutionize the world", "create the perfect world"... etc... They're too far away.
In this show, the characters are people we can relate to (commoners). The "strategy" is not extremely far-fetch or "epic". A lot of it is just very simple mechanics/logic, executed in a superb way. That's the best way I can put it.
...
This anime has a very dark feel to it. It is a lot about how "inhuman" humans are. It'll show you the ugliest side of human nature... how people can go all out to kill each other in order to survive... How people make use of the trustful, how people can turn on each other, etc...
I can summarize the whole plot, the intellectual battles, the characters using the following...
"不择手段， 尔虞我诈， 弱肉强食， 钩心斗角， 笑里藏刀, 灭绝人性，禽兽不如, 令人发指"
"不择手段， 尔虞我诈， 弱肉强食， 钩心斗角， 笑里藏刀, 灭绝人性，禽兽不如, 令人发指"
Anyway, give it a chance and watch just for 20 minutes (Till the first part of episode 2). I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
You'll be so hooked that you won't be able to stop watching!
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