Something Just for Fun

Something I did before I fly off.

Hmm...
It's a tie...

Which Office Character Are You?
	You are part Jim. You are personable, easy-going, and always socially aware. Your great sense of humor and impishness soften the blow of what might otherwise be a dark, cutting cynicism.
	You are part Ryan. You are extremely smart and perceptive, and it irritates you to no end when inferior people try to tell you what to do. Sometimes, though, your critical eye makes you come off as aloof and bitter to others, and it may take awhile for people to get to know you.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

On The Road Home

Will be flying off tomorrow. Will update when I'm back.

Something to think about:
Is John Murphy's In The House - In A Heartbeat becoming the new Clint Mansell's Summer, Autumn, Spring?

Did I get their titles right?

The reason I asked, is that I hear them in a lot of trailers nowadays.

Damn, to think that I wanted to use it for mine...

Beowulf is gonna rock! Will upload trailer when I return.

Prison Time

1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice!



If those people are actual zombies, I don't think I can fight my way through at all, even though they are not at 28 Days Later... speed.

OMGLOL

iStartingOver

I recommend everybody with an iPod to try: restore your iPod to default.

Try it.

Pain for a while, then maybe...

Adam Freeland Rocks!

I have been listening to his works recently and I'm in love with them!

To add to that, most of his music videos has a lot of thought put into it. i feel that there're actually messages in them!

We Want Your Soul:


Whoa...very, very nice.

Crazy Singers

It's so funny! I don't know if I should laugh or cry!



The two guys sparring don't even know how to react!

This is directed to...

Is there any other way to make yourself feel better without making the people you hate feel lower than you?

If you have to insult others to make yourself feel better, then...

Wait, who am I to say? I do that too.

Now I thank you for helping me realize that I do it too.

Well, i mentioned in my previous blogs: self awareness leads to self improvement. What about you?

God, I must be so bitter...

Oh don't worry, my honesty can be very brutal. Just wait for it.

I am talking about the asshole who turns opinions into debates.

I salute Brian Helgeland

Payback, Straight Up: The Director's Cut
Originally uploaded by charles_carmen

My DVD orders from Amazon arrived yesterday. One of the orders is this one, Payback - Straight Up: The Director's Cut.

The reason why I bought this DVD is because:
1 - I love the story of the theatrical one, but often feel it falls a bit short.
2 - Mel Gibson
3 - Brian Helgeland (Though I cannot forgive him for The Punisher)
4 - I know how 2 and 3 tried to convince the studios not to destroy the original story of Payback.
5 - Richard Donner mentors Helgeland

When the production wrapped for this film and entered into the post production stage, the studios decided to take the film and re-cut it. Not only that, they filmed a new third act and ending.

The studio also removed certain scenes because they had deemed it "too violent against women".

From a small, honest, low budget, 70s looking crime film, it became a big budget, explosive, wide audience friendly, a little bit silly, film.

Helgeland was very upset. And I can totally understand him.

Here's my references to what I mean.
1 - Yes, Payback is one of references to Fallen in terms of the colors. Notice how the color is the same? I colored it that way because it has lost its substance. So why not stylize it, just like Payback?
2 - Jane is supposed to be the small, true film that I want to tell the story to. Fallen became the result of making it more commercial. (Yes, I'm more mainstream aiming now, but I wasn't then.)
3 - Father, another film, totally lost its meaning when scenes are cut.

So I am very glad that the studio finally gave Helgeland a chance to release his version.

Brian Helgeland, I salute you. You're next in my list with Michael Mann, Joe Carnahan, Johnny To, Chris Nolan and several others.

Back into the Cycle

My schedule for the next few weeks is going to be crazy again.

Harsh City faces the next phrase in writing. The Moment suddenly have to take the back seat for a while. The NDP 07 Celebration is coming up.

I'm going mad! I almost never have the time to finish anyth

!!!!!!

I....Can't....breathe.....!



It's coming.

It. Is. Coming.


Back to the fear of being alone in the darkness with limited light in my hand...

Balls!

I can keep staring at them Japanese playing with their small balls.

My Total Geek Moment

Jade Raymond
Originally uploaded by charles_carmen

Where to find a local or Asian producer like Jade Raymond?

She's a hot geek/techie, man!

In case you don't know what I'm talking about, she's the producer for Assassin's Creed, the video game I have been waiting for since the teaser trailer appeared.

And then she appeared in the developer diary videos and E3 interviews.

:)~~~~

Every geek just went mad.

And she speaks French! Like how femme fatales should be!

Confirmed

I love Grand Theft Auto:


I love New York:


And I love stories about crime:

Once I got the blues and the reds,
I will,

buy the Playstation 3

Sorry Gears of War, your system's call back had turned me off. So improve, before I buy the PS3.

Bicycle Messengers

Why the hell didn't I make this film?



There is no point in thinking about it. Next time, Just do it.

Yippi-kay-ay!

Die Hard 4.0
Originally uploaded by charles_carmen

Seen it twice and I love it. I actually like it over Transformers.

"Enough of this Kung-Fu shit."

The only minus side:
The violence is mostly off-screen thanks to the studios for aiming to hit low on the MPAA ratings.

Hey, with so much kung-fu or gun-fu or free running going around, it's nice to see old fashion brute force back in town.

I love characters going through a lot of abuse and still stand and fight.

From Twisted Pictures...

This movie, will rock.



If you throw me in there, I'll die of madness.

So now you know: I am scared being alone in big foreign and unexplored places in the dark. Giving me a torch just worsens my fear.

Think real life Silent Hill anyone? Impact of video games these days.

I'm into low budget, high concept horror nowadays.

I like to make one.

Soon, I hope.

Mac and PC in Hokkien???

Lol...

The Orginal:


In Hokkien:

A Reflection

Self awareness is the first step to self improvement. (This is my line, DO NOT COPY)

So here it is:
I know at times, I'm an asshole.

Sometimes, people have problems being aware of themselves. Sometimes, they cannot accept their flaws. But please, if you can, for my sake, sit me down and tell me what's wrong before things go really bad and it becomes a norm.

Yes, yes, I'm the asshole.

5 Minutes: Nothing and Everything

I love western, especially Sergio Leone's stuff. Watching The Good, The Bad and the Ugly around aged eight or nine, I never feel so much in a film before. This movie truly set my mind in stone as a film buff.


SPOILER ALERT: This scene is the end of the second act of the movie. If you haven't seen it, don't watch it here:



And even though not mentioned, I believe Exiled is Johnnie To's take on the filmmaker's style.



I always, always love western. It's a different kind of hoodlums in the old world.

Until Brokeback Mountain destroyed it for me. I'll never watch western the same way again.

And I wanna be the next Johnnie To. Fan of his works me.

Witching Hour, Every Hour

This is bad. My sleeping habits are horrible. Now my body refuses to rest for more than four hours per day in one sitting.

I often have to stop for a nap every once in a while.

This is bad.