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a great little video i found online. very funny …

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this is pretty funny, family guy creator seth mcfarlane has started releasing short animations on youtube. so far, this is my favourite.

i’m not a regular cinema goer, however i’ve been to the cinema a few times recently. there have been two movies that i really wanted to see; dark knight and wall-e.

dark knight was freaking awesome. i really didn’t expect it to live up to the hype. seymour wasn’t as impressed as i was, but i definitely think it was a great movie. heath ledger was fantastic. his character was very twisted and sinister. looking at the character, i can’t really believe it’s ledger under all that makeup … the only thing i didn’t like about the film was the ending with harvey dent. his character kind of fizzled out and it made the movie run too long. there were a few nice escape points after the joker was nabbed. but they decided to grind out a more cliched ending.

wall-e was predictable, but funny. the movie made quite a few ‘leaps of faith’ regarding our ability to assume ’some’ robots had human characteristics while others didn’t. and the overall attitude towards humanity and consumerism was quite scathing. however the story was really enjoyable and the graphics were great.  it’s not a movie i’d watch again and again, but it was good to see.

i’m going to go out on a limb and say that dark knight will do well at the oscars. the hype, ticket sales and ledger’s death, all reasons why the film will be seen as a success … and in hollywood, being the centre of melodrama that it is, i won’t be at all surprised to see ledger pick up a posthumous best supporting actor award.

this. this is seriously one of the best short videos i’ve ever seen. i stumbled across it and i’m really glad that i did. i don’t know if it’s possible to understand how profound this is. what’s more, this sums up my opinions about life and the highly ravenous approach to life in korea.

if those thoughts aren’t enough to grab you, perhaps you’ll be more interested to know that it’s narrated by alan watts (famous buddhist philosopher) and animated by trey parker and matt stone (creators of southpark).

enjoy …

i’ve been watching a really cool anime series called ‘afro samurai’. it’s produced by samuel l jackson and he voices the two main characters. the story is in feudal japan, but is futuristic with its fusion of samurai and technology. at one point afro, a samurai warrior, is attacked by a robotic guy with an rpg … afro’s side kick, the annoying ‘ninja ninja’ spots the cyborg and says “rpg? that motherfucker’s got an rpg?”.

the story is based around revenge, as all good samurai movies are. afro, the young boy, watches as his father (the #2) is slain by the #1. the #1 and #2 refer to special headbands worn by elite warriors. #1 is a godlike figure who has immense power. the only person who may challenge #1 is the wearer of the #2 headband. therefore, everyone wants the #2 headband. as a result, afro (who is now #2) is constantly attacked by people who pursue power and glory. afro is hellbent on destroying #1 to avenge his father … and being #2 is the only way he can do it.

the cartoons are really, really good and i’ve been watching them on the subway (big plug here for my cowon d2 pmp). there are 5 cartoons in the first series. a second series is supposed to be slated for release this year. each episode, apparently, costs a million dollars to make … and a live action version, starring samuel l jackson as ‘afro’ is also being considered.

*update: i just downloaded the soundtrack, which has some very cool hiphop by rza. and i forgot to mention that there are heaps of buddhist statues and motifs throught the show, which is pretty cool.