Of Movies & Cherry Blossoms
I was yearning for a good flick to watch and with so many movies to choose from, its not easy. Remember the time we used to have the usual Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Drama, etc etc. Why not DO away with all that useless classification and introduce BRAND NEW GENRES!
The Trilogies - why have one movie when you can have THREE! Gone are the days where one or at the most two movies would suffice to tell a tale. Now every movie is clamoring to be an "epic" 3 movie merchandising gimmick. Blade III is kind of a good example of a story gone dry yet they milk it for all its worth spoiling the entire thing. Chuck in a few good guys, a few bad guys, dig up the ULTIMATE KING OF VAMPIRES,... stir and mix it up, and you have a 2 hour special episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (which I followed ^_^). The Star Wars wait is about to end.
The Reversals - Ever since Mr. M.Night Shyamalawotsit's Sixth Sense, tons of shows have popped up on screen giving viewers that special "twist". The "OH I'M ACTUALLY THE DEAD ONE!" twist that shocked the world in all its filming glory. Other scripts that are similar to this genre is the "OH, MY BEST FRIEND IS THE BASTARD/KILLER/CHEATER!" movies. The only problem with this genre is, you begin to identify the villain early on in the movie. No more clear cut I'M EVIL villains anymore. The villains are now more obvious than ever before, and they don't even need to be wearing spanky bright costumes.
The Backwards Film - Stories that unravel backwards!! While I'v not seen many movies of this genre, they are out there lurking. Some leaving the viewer so utterly "WTF-ed". It was great for "Memento". But just you wait. Theres probably films out there that I haven't complained about using that weird tell-the-story backwards technique. Too much of this and its like shoving food thru your rear-exit and hoping it hops out of your mouth.
The Giant Advert - Movies that are SO blatantly advertising stuff. ONE movie I can mention is iROBOT. OMGWTFBBQ! They mentioned/showed his Converse All-Stars at least 3 to 4 times. He even had a CD player from JCV (was it) and his hyped up AUTO-CAR thing. I can't remember the brand of the car though. It was like sitting through one giant advert. While its understandable they had sponsors, it kind of made the show cheap.
The Hong Kong Allstars - I thought only Hong Kong flicks used this technique until the trend washed up on the shores of Hollywood. The way to do it is to get a FRIGGIN BIG CAST of famous people, and write a story for them. Who cares if the story is good, with that much STAR PULLING POWER, no one really minds if the show bombs. Ocean's Eleven and Be Cool are examples. For some reason its late and I can't think of more but you get the idea.
The Refilm an Asian Flick - Hollywood has gone Hog-wild buying out scripts of successful asean movies and refilming them at the same time destroying whatever original. The Grudge was a "whitened" version of Ju-On. I kinda hated that show because it was totally mindless and everyone dies but its a GREAT example of this genre. Infernal Affairs the Hollywood version is in the making now,
The Comic Hero - Comics are coming back, but not on pulp paperback. They're coming back on the SILVER SCREEN!..... Spiderman, Hulk, DareDevil, Elektra, The Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Batman and even Superman even have RETURNED! or at least made a debut. Btw Nicholas Cage is dude in Ghost Rider. Poor sod has to wear a toupee. WHY NICHOLAS CAGE!?!?! Stupid casting agents. Most of them are already burning in comic hell for their heresy against sequential art....
Thank Goodness the "Sports, Lamer Underdog Team Wins" and "Hypersteroid Goon Squad" have died out. "The Dead are Alive" and "Natural Disasters" are still hot this season. Theres this flick "Undead" coming out soon that has the heroin holding a triple barreled shotgun. Looks stupid but talk about kick-back!!....
Found time to scribble and paint something,..
.....Sakura-chan from Naturo! I've just finished d/loading Episode 133. Animation and fight scenes are getting a lot better. I must commend their fight choreographers (hope I spelled that right). For the image below, most of you probably have an idea that I can't draw manga for nuts. I born from Western Comics so my influence has always been from there.
She looks a little older here. Theres nothing like an innocent Japanese girl in a uniform, eh? HENTAI!.....
The Trilogies - why have one movie when you can have THREE! Gone are the days where one or at the most two movies would suffice to tell a tale. Now every movie is clamoring to be an "epic" 3 movie merchandising gimmick. Blade III is kind of a good example of a story gone dry yet they milk it for all its worth spoiling the entire thing. Chuck in a few good guys, a few bad guys, dig up the ULTIMATE KING OF VAMPIRES,... stir and mix it up, and you have a 2 hour special episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (which I followed ^_^). The Star Wars wait is about to end.
The Reversals - Ever since Mr. M.Night Shyamalawotsit's Sixth Sense, tons of shows have popped up on screen giving viewers that special "twist". The "OH I'M ACTUALLY THE DEAD ONE!" twist that shocked the world in all its filming glory. Other scripts that are similar to this genre is the "OH, MY BEST FRIEND IS THE BASTARD/KILLER/CHEATER!" movies. The only problem with this genre is, you begin to identify the villain early on in the movie. No more clear cut I'M EVIL villains anymore. The villains are now more obvious than ever before, and they don't even need to be wearing spanky bright costumes.
The Backwards Film - Stories that unravel backwards!! While I'v not seen many movies of this genre, they are out there lurking. Some leaving the viewer so utterly "WTF-ed". It was great for "Memento". But just you wait. Theres probably films out there that I haven't complained about using that weird tell-the-story backwards technique. Too much of this and its like shoving food thru your rear-exit and hoping it hops out of your mouth.
The Giant Advert - Movies that are SO blatantly advertising stuff. ONE movie I can mention is iROBOT. OMGWTFBBQ! They mentioned/showed his Converse All-Stars at least 3 to 4 times. He even had a CD player from JCV (was it) and his hyped up AUTO-CAR thing. I can't remember the brand of the car though. It was like sitting through one giant advert. While its understandable they had sponsors, it kind of made the show cheap.
The Hong Kong Allstars - I thought only Hong Kong flicks used this technique until the trend washed up on the shores of Hollywood. The way to do it is to get a FRIGGIN BIG CAST of famous people, and write a story for them. Who cares if the story is good, with that much STAR PULLING POWER, no one really minds if the show bombs. Ocean's Eleven and Be Cool are examples. For some reason its late and I can't think of more but you get the idea.
The Refilm an Asian Flick - Hollywood has gone Hog-wild buying out scripts of successful asean movies and refilming them at the same time destroying whatever original. The Grudge was a "whitened" version of Ju-On. I kinda hated that show because it was totally mindless and everyone dies but its a GREAT example of this genre. Infernal Affairs the Hollywood version is in the making now,
The Comic Hero - Comics are coming back, but not on pulp paperback. They're coming back on the SILVER SCREEN!..... Spiderman, Hulk, DareDevil, Elektra, The Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Batman and even Superman even have RETURNED! or at least made a debut. Btw Nicholas Cage is dude in Ghost Rider. Poor sod has to wear a toupee. WHY NICHOLAS CAGE!?!?! Stupid casting agents. Most of them are already burning in comic hell for their heresy against sequential art....
Thank Goodness the "Sports, Lamer Underdog Team Wins" and "Hypersteroid Goon Squad" have died out. "The Dead are Alive" and "Natural Disasters" are still hot this season. Theres this flick "Undead" coming out soon that has the heroin holding a triple barreled shotgun. Looks stupid but talk about kick-back!!....
Found time to scribble and paint something,..
.....Sakura-chan from Naturo! I've just finished d/loading Episode 133. Animation and fight scenes are getting a lot better. I must commend their fight choreographers (hope I spelled that right). For the image below, most of you probably have an idea that I can't draw manga for nuts. I born from Western Comics so my influence has always been from there.
She looks a little older here. Theres nothing like an innocent Japanese girl in a uniform, eh? HENTAI!.....
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