Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Tony Dawg!

Dog playing Tony Hawk Ride. Could this be fake due to the cuts?

Real or fake, it's pretty awesome!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Friday, December 25, 2009

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Repo Strikes Again!

Wow! I got a feeling that I'll like this better!

Monday, December 21, 2009

Brittany Murphy

She was 32.

Pussycat will be missed.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Globes 2010

James Cameron against Kathryn Bigelow! WOW!

Ex couples fight it out!

Check it out here!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Hands Up 2

LOL!

Seen this?


Now...

Whistle

I'm a dog person. Thus a post about this:

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Monday, December 07, 2009

Secret Santa

I (fucking) hate this game!

But still, I have to play with along with the majority. I have a message for my Santa.

Look into the freezer compartment from time to time, especially when I'm not around (This is so that I don't know who you are). Those who are not my Santa DO NOT READ!

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Singaporean in Just Cause 2?

Is it me or there's a Singaporean in there?



"I'm sending a helicopteeeer to pick you up. Don't leave yet."

LOL

CRIME + DRAMA = MY ORGASM

I pray that one day I can do stuff like this, inside or outside of Singapore.

Hands Up!

I'm a dog person.

But this is something else.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Exam

Nope, not in my real life at this moment, but this film:



This is just too cool. Why didn't I think of it?

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Sinners and Saints

I'm on the fence about the story and the direction. But from what I see, I believe I will love the energy this film might promise to emit out of me.



And it's totally indie with Method Man!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Chow's Jump

This actually looks interesting!

LOL! EVIL MISUNDERSTOOD!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

One of his Trademarks

Framing:




I'm such a wannabe...

Covers

Wow.








The Billie Jean cover actually inspired me to write Serene (Harsh City), a film noir that hopefully I can begin shoot within two years, low budget, self funded style.

Friday, November 06, 2009

Heavy Rain

Here's a lesson in life:

When it's raining heavily, the car will continue to go even if you applied handbrakes or emergency brakes. SO DON'T DRIVE!

Popped my accident cherry earlier today.

Insurance hassle coming up.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Finally!

A true actioner with a female character! I have been waiting for this for too long!

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Sands of Time

I'm on the fence about this one if it's going to be good.


Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in HD

Trailer Park | MySpace Video

Friday, October 30, 2009

School Girl Scream Time part 2!

More Paul Greengrass!!!!!!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

3 Minutes Avatar

I'm so close to tears...



I can bet that Cameron will pull all the strings for the audience to weep. The question is, how are you going to watch it in 3D when your eyes tear up and the 3D glasses are in the way?

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

School Girl Scream Time!

Besides Michael Mann and Johnnie To, I'm a PAUL GREENGRASS FAN!!!!!!!!!!


Monday, October 26, 2009

Chinese Noir

Yes! This is what I have been looking for recently! Finally, a noir looking Chinese film!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Fairy Tales fade

We age and life grows out of being a fairy tale.

WE WERE ONCE A FAIRY TALE:


A wonderful film. I really love this a lot.

Suport Our Neighbors!

Support support support our neighbors!

15Malaysia

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Sliding Doors for Guys

Seen Sliding Doors? This one has even larger extremes, one an action, the other a drama.



I wanna watch this already.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Thursday, October 08, 2009

CCB

An old picture of friends looking over the sign


I miss Hong Kong.

Raining Bullets

Holy Mother of God!



I don't think it's real, but holy S-H-I-!!!!

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

JD Chua on imdb?

How did I get here?

I just went for a day to help out. Now I'm credited for holding the boom.

I should have done up my producing credits on other projects?

:/

Monday, October 05, 2009

Aging

On the article How to Live to 100, I saw this list:

Lifestyle habits that age you most quickly
The culprits that will most quickly age you and negatively affect your health are:

1. Poor diet
2. Lack of exercise
3. Stress and worry
4. Exhaustion
5. Unhappiness
6. Lack of love
7. Toxic overload
8. Blockages and congestion of the transportation highways within our bodies.


Hmm, sets me thinking.

Friday, October 02, 2009

The Crazies

I really like this "almost-zombie" trailer.



Let's see how it turns out.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Crime Docs

I really love The Thin Blue Line:



Now, check this out:
Dear Zachary:



Coming to Singapore. Should check it out.

White Nights teaser

This looks awesome.



This is the short film that got it greenlit.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Accident

I just watched it. And I love it.



It's an art-house film.

One of the rare occasions that I wish I made it.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Vietnamese FIlm - Clash

I usually see art-house films from Vietnam. It's kinda interesting to see a work like Clash.



However, this looks like a video game to me. Streets of Rage comes to mind?

I like to watch it though. This aroused my interest enough.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Wait is Killing Me

I Come With The Rain

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Hee Hee, Revenge...

What a feeling...

Haunting and Beautiful

How I wish I met actresses who look or work like her and her.

Notice any similarities? If you see it let me know, so that I know why I'm subconsciously writing female characters with them in mind.

Compare here, here, here and here

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Everybody's Fine

This would be interesting. And it looks like something that it could have been shot within our region!



Damn, someone got there first.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

300 in 1776

This. Is. America!



Original 300 trailer:

RIP Patrick Swayze

He was 57.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

The Jazz Man Scene

SPOILER ALERT! "COLLATERAL"/"THE KILLER"

I have referenced this film over and over, especially of the way it is shot and have used the methods for my own films.

This is the scene that I use.


Now, I stumbled upon the Bollywood version:

Friday, September 11, 2009

Our state of Media

Zo Gang (Go Work)

Monday, September 07, 2009

We Are ODST

Wow-ism.



I'm not so much a Halo fan, but this ad blew me away. This is especially so when the shot cuts to a "new" young soldier.

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Christian Poveda

Respect.

This guy died "in the line of duty".

On A Madonna Row

I'm on loop on her music recently. Her music helps me write the film noir, so you can imagine what kind of direction is the film noir might be heading to.

Here's an MTV that I am on the fence on:



What do you think? Good? I'm not referring to the song but the MTV.

What say you guys?

Friday, September 04, 2009

Trucker

I love films about women under pressure.



I have my fingers crossed that it would come to Singapore

Friday, August 28, 2009

Shing Fui-On

RIP.

He was 54.

In Each Hand a Cutlass

I spoke with the lead yesterday, Dan from In Each Hand a Cutlass. During one of their sound check sessions, I was blown away by the music they make.

I really wish I can work with them in the future.



They would be performing at Baybeats 2009 tomorrow at 7pm.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Returns on Avatar

Hmm, I would think that it might be tough for James Cameron to break even on Avatar. I have no doubt that the sales for the film will be high, but video sales?

Releasing the film on Blu-Ray and DVD with 3D technology now may be a problem: Our televisions are not equipped with 3D yet.

It would be interesting to observe the sales of the film.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Thai Prank Call

Hahaha! (I shouldn't laugh at my own people.)



This is the lesser known Jerky Boyz prank call.

Avatar Day

Yes, I attended the 15 minute first look at Avatar last night.

It.
Was.
(Freaking.)
Awesome!

(Spartan exclamation!)



I also went to read up about the reactions towards the teaser. So here's my retort.

It's understandable why people would slam it, on the "video game" feel, the bad rendering, lazy alien designs. But these are the people who haven't seen beyond the teaser.

150 people went for the screening, and all came out with a bruised jaw. Reason, their jaw hit the floor to hard while watching it.

I'm not a fan of 3D. Every single time I pay to watch such a movie, by the 20th minute, I would forget that it's 3D. The objects stop coming into my face, causing my mind to think that it's flat. And if the objects keep coming into my face, I would think that it's just a bad gimmick.

Avatar changed my mind. It is definitely a movie ticket worth fighting for.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

While Avatar raves...

The world is congesting the websites for the trailer of Avatar, causing huge traffic, here's a trailer for another film that is worth checking out. After all, it's Andrew Kevin Walker's work, the guy who wrote Panic Room, Se7en and 8mm.

Here is, THE WOLFMAN:



I'm heading to the 15 minute preview of Avatar (in 3-fucking-D!) tomorrow. I will update on what I will see.

Sam Lake on Alan Wake



If I ever write for video games (something I do look out for), I would find a role model in Sam Lake, who wrote for Max Payne too.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Blizzard's story telling



Blizzard's way of telling a story may have become formulatic (that is not a real word). What they do is, have a good guy that you can control. Train him up, make sure that he is all powerful. The designers make sure that you love him.

Then...

He falls into the enemies' hands and then, he converts.

In a way, Starcraft's and Warcraft's narrative may be the same. Also, remember the ending of Diablo? I won't spoil it.

I hope that if they have a third franchise, it would be something fresh.

Monday, August 17, 2009

The Tournament

I can tell that the story and concept are old and will not be that awesome.

But so far, I am truly interested in this one...



...even though this looks like it's off of something from Paul W.S. Anderson.

Friday, August 14, 2009

The Fourth Kind

I am such a trailer junkie. And the marketing for this film, is truly awesome.



Also, this trailer has the Chapman University logo! I shall ask my lecturer about this.

"I'm just getting warmed up..."

Whoa!



This one, I like!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Nothing But The Truth Revisited

Remember the post I blogged about Nothing But The Truth?



It. Is. Awesome.

I would want to go out there to make films like this.




SPOILER ALERT

This line was mentioned and IT BLEW ME AWAY.

"In 1972 in Branzburg v Hayes, this court ruled against the right of reporters to withhold the names of their sources before a grand jury, and it gave the power to the government to imprison those reporters who did.

It was a 5-4 decision.

Close.

In his dissent in Branzburg, Justice Stewart said, 'As the years pass, the power of the government becomes more and more pervasive.

Those in power,' he said, 'whatever their politics, want only to perpetuate it, and the people are the victims.'

Well, the years have passed, and that power is pervasive.

Ms Armstrong could have buckled to the demands of the government.

She could have abandoned her promise of confidentiality.

She could have simply gone home to her family.

But to do so would mean that no source would ever speak to her again, and no source would ever speak to her newspaper again, and then tomorrow when we lock up journalists from other newspapers, we'll make those publications irrelevant as well, and this will make the First Amendment irrelevant.

And then how will we know if a president has covered up crimes?

Or if an army officer has condoned torture?

We, as a nation, will no longer be able to hold those in power accountable to those whom they have power over.

And what then is the nature of government when it has no fear of accountability?"




There are lots of other monologues in there which are awesome. I highly recommend it. It's going to be in my DVD-to-get list.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Poker Face like you never heard



To think that I almost dismissed her as a Britney Spears clone. Lady Gaga got TALENT!

Friday, August 07, 2009

Channel 5's woe

Some producer from Mediacorp told me this and I laughed till my face is on the verge of bursting.

"The last chairman for channel 5, the one responsible for the deal between Singapore and Montreal co-production of Just for Laughs, screws up the channel's programming so bad. If channel 8 shows color bar for twenty-four hours, the ratings for that channel will still be higher than channel 5's!"

That's when I started laughing. People around me wanted me to share but I was too helpless in laughter.

John Hughes

RIP

1950-2009

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Dance Number

Oooh, I wish I made it.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

The Blind Side

Just when I think Sandra Bullock cannot do anything else but comedy (except that one good role in Crash), this came along. Maybe she can be a good actress, or a bankable one, on other genres after all.

Singapore Iron Man

I met up with Neville Tan today.

After a chat with him, I realized that my Singapore's version of Heat may not happen. Meaning, no-two-men-of-equal-presence-who-can-be-friends-but-are-at-different-sides-of-the-law-and-thus-cannot-be-friends kind of story. He thought that his change into who he is today is more important.

All is not lost, I am interested about his story of change inside prison before 1971. It seems to be a good prison story that could be Singapore's Shawshank.

I'll be meeting him again at his second Iron Man book launch on Aug 16th 10am.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Cynthia Harrell

I already love the theme. Now a lounge version which I read that will only be available if one completes Metal Gear Solid 3 in extreme difficulty. I'm good, but this difficulty is too hard for me.

so, embedded is the track, which now I am so addicted to.



It's James Bond like, and more lounge. So chill out.

Monday, July 27, 2009

David Hayter interview!

The man behind the voice

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Yasmin Ahmad

Rest in Peace.

Friday, July 17, 2009

I Wanna Punch Sumbody after Watching

Who the hell did the choreography?



This is insane! Giving the guys from Ip Man a run for their money.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Alarm Clock

I want this!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Fake DVD Spec: Swine Trip

It's so crazy I don't know where to begin.

"Guys going on a trip away from home just to realize how much they miss it."

Goal: shoot footages of pigs.

DVD Chapter Scenes Include:
Opening - Character Intros:
1 - Norainah choosing CDs.
2 - Chris going to sleep as Lung Chieh edits.
3 - I'm watching the police (which he called) break up a gang fight while eating carrots.
4 - Don't know what was Cain doing - smoking or cleaning his camera?

MacDonald's breakfast.
Meet the Sister/Mother.
Rejected at JB pig farm.
Warm trip to the north.
Racist, Sexist (pig calling) and Egoist points.
Me vs the Coconut.
Selected windscreen wipe (foreshadowing).
Trick roads.
Hunt for hotels.
Bad Aircon verus Iceland.
A&W breakfast and lunch within ten minute's span.
Smashed windscreen courtesy of KL robbers.
Bad Malaysian Tourist police.
Dumb KL police at High Commission.
Jaded trip to the pig farm.
Sad pig farmer with a sparkling hope of change of the countries' systems.
The drive into the darkness.
Struggling cash flow home.
Emo trip home after entering the Immigration.
End credits scored by DJ Shadow.


Mid credits roll:
And then, somebody ended the emo-ness drive by saying the last one-liner:
"Cos A&W veri niceeee..."
Totally spoiled the moment.

Changed characters, each going through their own revelations.
1 - Norainah misses Singapore.
2 - Chris realizes that KL police are more troublesome than the thieves.
3 - I realized that there may be more to why Singapore do not order pigs from Malaysia.
4 - Coda scene: Cain is still stuck there.

In actual roadtrip movies, things do get progressively worse! In the end, the characters return home changed.

Running Time: 2 days

Saturday, July 11, 2009

In the Midst of Danger

I'm going across the causeway to shoot....

Pray for my safe return.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

One of the few films...

One of the few films which changed the way I wanna make movies:



It was the biggest twist that took thirty years to unveil.

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Mad Dog

If I'm looking back at memories, I must be really aging.

Trailers that Spoils Too Much

We are talking about Daybreakers and its possible spoilers. So be warned.



I would say that the trailer is cool. And the directors had come a long way since Undead. I would watch this just to support the spirit of "starting small".

Ok, here's the issue that bothered me: the marketing. It's not about Ethan Hawke, not about that Placebo song, not the effects, but the choice of scenes cut for the trailer.

I am not sure if it's intended, but 90% of the story is in there, leaving the question on how it ends.

Dot #1
We have scenes of Sam Neill with his character's son who says that he is good at being a vampire.

Dot #2
Ethan Hawke asks, what if there is no single drop of blood left. Sam Neill says that there will be people willing to pay for the real stuff. It has been set up that the vampires are making fake blood.

Dot #3
The humans say that they have the cure to turn vampires back into humans.

Dot #4
Sam Neill asks, "What's the cure?"

Draw the lines
What do you think Sam Neill will do once he gets his hands on the cure? Turn back into human? Remember that his son says that he is good at being a vampire? From there you can tell what's the theme and the story is about.

Think about it.

I would still watch it though.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Hainan Ji Fan

I was recalling the pains of this shoot:



But I'll always remember working with Mélanie Laurent.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Indian Version of...

This Is Madness!

From the peeps of Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police:



Visit site here.

Monday, June 29, 2009

9th July

The ratings and the critics over this film are shot through the roof!



This could be the Heat of this decade!

I hope Michael Mann doesn't follow the celebrity deaths soon.

Friday, June 26, 2009

My Ears In Love

Just discovered them through Lush 99.5:


Jericho - Weekend Players

Thursday, June 25, 2009

The Exile: Fat French

Asset to The Nurse in hunting down Lok.



See what he's holding? You know the budget will rocket in props, special effects and digital effects.

*EDITED: He is supposed to be black. Maybe another Fat French design in the future.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Exile: Before the Lift Fire Fight Completed

Spent another hour on it.

Here's the set up. Lok has been in hiding, and he has been discovered. The Nurse enters the lift and they engage in a stare down. A firefight boils, ready to explode.



Wouldn't it be cool on an Over-the-shoulder Shot on Wide Screen? And imagine it handheld and shot on digital!

The Exile: Before the Lift Fire Fight

Another practice.

Monday, June 22, 2009

In the Midst of Fire




Lok in The Exile. Was experimenting with soft brushes and explosion brushes.

THE STRANGERS of Malaysia

I dunno what it's about, but I like the vibe.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Exile: Family



Testing out different brushes. Was trying out two characters in one panel. Constancy thrown out the window that one.

If it's too faint to read, it's Huimin and Jessica.

Experiment.

Another practice with the tablet.


Maybe she's too bright compared to the background.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Fallen Revisited

I forced my editor to watch this, a long time ago.



I told him, Fallen should look like that.

Friday, June 19, 2009

French Scarface

Too cool! I always love French crimes! This will give Michael Mann's Public Enemies a run for his money.





Visit the site here.

And Déborah François... God, I was an arm's length away from her.

And Melanie Laurent! I worked with her! Now she's a big timer!


It's official: I love the French!

Taking a Break

Enough of the horror project for today. I shall revisit my love story with an old heartbreak.



I like to know who shot this. I like to make it a reference.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Old Republic

I don't play the game but wow, look at the cinematic.



Too bad I still refuse to forgive the prequels.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

More Exile

One more for tonight.



I can see a bit of improvement now.

The Exile - a little preivew

I did this for a span of three nights, ten minutes before I sleep.

Here's a little look at character designs of The Exile.





Mostly done as practice with the tablet.

More characters to come.




*Character design and Script registered.*

Friday, June 12, 2009

Ruse

I love this ad.

Guess why.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Occupant

The title of the Untitled Horror Project.

I feel excited about this, but writing it has bad effects to my mind.

Friday, June 05, 2009

Draft Trailer

Was taking a break and decided to make a few clicks on FCP. It spawned into half an hour of edit and into this:



Thought I share.

RIP - 4th June 2009

David Carradine.

He was 72.

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Monday, June 01, 2009

Progress Check

An update from previous post.

Untitled Adventure Project - Was my own idea, but was instructed not to be involved
Untitled Action Project - Halfway there
Untitled Horror Project - Not done yet
The Exile - Point form
Hush City (rewrite) - Haven't rewrite
Goodbye WKW - Still in pre-first-draft

I'm in so much trouble...

Sunday, May 31, 2009

29

Was watching Repo! The Genetic Opera. I looked up on Anthony Head and I realized that he is exactly 29 years older than me.

Horror of Pigeon Holes

Got removed from any involvement of my own road trip idea.










sucks.

I'm going to stay up to finish this action bit, then onward to a new comedy.




COMEDY!!! MUTHERUCKERS!

Friday, May 29, 2009

New ads from home

So funny, I laughed till my head hurts:





Ads from Home

I was recalling how funny these are:

HAWP LOLness!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009