The End is Near

I am one of the rare few who prefers Terminators over Transformers. I prefer drama.






Nine Inch Nails rocks!

Tip for those going through a Painful Ordeal

Use your broken heart.

If you have none, well, good luck.

M.I.A.

I'm addicted to all remixes of Paper Plane!

Written from the Past

As from Futureme.org



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Dear JD,

Time to look for a school man. Have you finished Monique and started on the new army one?

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Well?

Yes I am in school. Yes I have finished Monique. No the army one belongs to Wayne now.

3 Wishes

I was asked to make 3 wishes today. So for those who asked what they are:



1 - God, I wished that my career takes off along with the peeps in Batch:ten.

2 - God, I pray to you that you will watch after her. By your mysterious ways let her know that I may not know who she is yet, but I love her and have been praying for her.

3 - God, I pray that you will teach me patience, to wait for wish 1 to come true, and to wait for the girl in wish 2 to show herself.



A big thank you for those who remembered and chipped in with the presents.

A Character Study

After much thought, I think I know:
























ME.

























I think.

Something's Wrong

I can't really tell...

Is there...? Am I...?







What?







Is what I believe in going to change?







Shit.

Re-IPPT

Again, I am strength over endurance.

Pull Up - Gold
Sit Up - Gold
Shutter Run - Gold
Stand Board Jump - Gold
2.4km Run - Fail

My officers worry that I might have a heart problem.

A lot better than Ong Bak

Just what I think. I have been searching for the music from this trailer and it's killing me that I can't find it.

Cool Dad!

I always love the father character!

Return of Grindhouse

Trailers made like Grindhouse are back. Even video games are using them.

I wonder if it would be fun to make a trailer for my Gray Queen project.

The New Banshees! (not a band, but it would rock too)

For the sake of making this entry PG, I will not post any pictures.

And before reading, do note that this is spoiler city.

I am always interested in the banshees in the horror genre. I have seen and observed and have been following up on how they have changed. Here's my observation thus far.

When I talk about banshees, you will know for sure that I have to include the queen of them all here:

1 - Ringu
It has to be the Japanese to come up with such horror. Because of the appearance of that Banshee Sadako, I couldn't sleep for two nights. Then I decided to watch it again to face her before a good night's rest.

Sadako was:
dressed in white,
has long hair,
walks contorted,
and has the eye.

2 - Forgotten B-grade Korean Horror
I stumbled upon this on an online b-grade horror streaming site. I was watching it for fun but when the banshee appeared, I jumped out of my seat!

She was:
dressed in white,
has long hair,
walks contorted,
and has white eyes!

Note: wearing black doesn't count as change. I am referring to Tales of Two Sisters.

3 - Alone
This Thai horror film remixed the banshee again! Just when banshees are everywhere, trust the Thais to bring the feat back.

She was:
dressed in white,
has long hair,
walks contorted,
has white eyes,
and a contorted mouth that leans her upper head all the way back!

Soon, the banshees are plain again. but now...

4 (latest) - Left 4 Dead, F.E.A.R., REC
Even though REC is a zombie movie, the monster has definitely inspired the banshee's new look. Evident in F.E.A.R., she is now:

naked,
has balding and unkempt hair,
has pale eyes,
contorted mouth,
and being naked, you can see that she is very frail and damn skinny,
and almost five hundred years old looking.
















So,

Respect grandmothers.

Underrated Trailer

I was watching it again.



The last line really punch it. Very clever of the marketing team to use it for the trailer.

It's Coming!

18 months in the waiting after the production wrapped. It's finally coming.



I don't care if Europa makes dumb action movies like The Transporter. Any of you remember that I love stories about fathers?

Health Downfall, An Encore

It sucks to suffer the same health problem that I just recovered for about three weeks.






And it's the F$*%&ing holidays...

Back in Business

My beliefs were shaken but now, I have accepted it again.

I. Am. A. Production. Monk.

It's supposed to be a beautiful tragedy that I don't give hugs for free. My last one meant something and that's the way it shall be.

It feels great to be totally free from expectations.

Now, I will LOVE my work.

Another Can't Wait

500 Days of Summer

LMAO - Jake & Amir

Totally rad.

It's someone else!

Haha, suddenly I'm JD Chang.

check this out.

Heavily censored and edited though.

A Love Story After Mocha & Caramel

Written with She & Him playing Change is Hard in the background. Visit the site.

9: The Short Film

Amazing! Catch this Oscar nominated short before the feature version!

Special Duties Unit: Team Thirteen

This is a paramilitary police unit I about wrote ages ago in a novella back in secondary school.

I never knew I'll revisit this unit again. This time, as a screenplay.

If Singapore sell guns...

Chatters watch out: read here.

Bed Rest vs Headaches

I need to lie on the bed to do nothing to rest my thigh. But I tend to sleep.

I need to get up to do something to avoid sleeping too much or else I'll get headaches.

What should I do?

Cindee

Wow...

The Beauty/The Beast

After DeCia's birthday party, I came to a realization. This causes a film The Beauty & The Beast to be one of my favorites.

There's this girl JlL that came to the party and left. The crowd thought that I scare her off based on first impression. Not that I care, but I brought the thought to bed and here's what comes.

The Beauty is the beauty not just because she is beautiful on the outside. She is beautiful on the inside. She gives the Beast a chance by understand him, leaving behind what thoughts others have implanted into her or her own first impressions.

Beast is actually a broken hearted and romantic being.

The Beauty mends his heart by understanding him and the Beast is whole again.





I try give people second chances. And I dare say, everyone deserve this chance.

Destructoid

This is darn funny!!!

Siblings who plays too much video games and make podcasts inspired by the games they play!!!

This is an episode inspired by Team Fortress:


And this one inspired by Left 4 Dead:


And my favorite, Text Adventures:

An Untitled Semi Biographical Love Story

I'm real excited!

I have written an outline of a short love story that hopefully can be shot next year. My second love story since Shut In!

I wrote it listening to this,
The Hill, Marketa Irglova


And this,
In a Manner of Speaking, Nouvelle Vague


My first official break out of Crime.

I aim for the first draft to be done next month, then a script read follows. Currently no title.



Give me the words that tells me nothing, give me the words that tells me everything...

Applies to Everything

Read from a book.

Rejection, get used to it. And it's not Death. Just one step closer to Success somewhere else.

Patience, without waiting, nothing is good.

I Forgot

This is a followup to the previous blog. I forgot that I should pray.






He has a plan.

And wait I shall.

My Choices Since...

AtHo told me that I must be crazy. I can even reject a hot one.



I long for and yet should never have. In the long run, I should be right. It's fair for all.





I wanna congrat them. Truly.

To the both of them, and the one to destroyed everything.

This is a dot. Now draw the lines.

God's Plan

I feel like dying inside.

But a part of me says that He has a plan for me. So I shall practice patience.

It's okay I think.

"Only Broken Hearts truly know how to Smile and What it's about."

DO NOT COPY THE ABOVE LINE. IT IS ALREADY WRITTEN INTO "HONG KONG STREET"

Nothing But the Truth

Along with those I cannot wait for:



Women in men's shoes. What's not for me to love?

College Saga

It may be a repost, College Saga rocks!

I just watched it again recently and it still tickles me.

Here's all four episodes:

A New Set of Fans

Four years ago, Abrams said it's time for new fans and a new generation of people to be exposed to it.

Now, he has turned one of the most driest sci-fi franchises into something very accessible.

Along with Slumdog Millionaire and Valkyrie, I cannot wait for this:



Time to be a fan, again...

Harsh City/ The Children Proposed Opening

I always love opening credits that sets the audience on the world that they are going to watch in.

'The Kingdom' "Opening Sequence" @ Yahoo! Video

Remember RoboCop? Even a little of I, Robot.

I wrote Harsh City and The Children opening this way. Right away, the mood is set.

From Shrek

Fatalism

I realize that I have strong fatalism in me, especially when I write love stories. The more romantic I am, the more the characters will never be together.





So do I still pine?




Do I?

Hai!

"Heard within grapevines,
A secret I been keeping,
Love unjustified"

The Miami of Asia

Pattaya, I'm coming soon.

So what's after Solace?

These are the two films I cannot wait for...





I always love Bryan Singer and Danny Boyle.

To all PC users, a MTV

Switch to Mac!

Reminder

It was brought to me at an unexpected timing in the dark.

"Learn to forgive."

Short Film - Happy

This film rocks!

Atom.com: Funny Videos | Funny Animations | Upload Video Clips

PAST speaking to the PRESENT

This is an email I wrote to myself a year ago. I just received it:



Dear JD,

I figure that the FutureMe.org is on US schedule, so I send you this email a day earlier.

By the time you read this, you should be studying or getting involved in a feature already. You still have a list of things to do.

1. Time for you to review what's going on for Batch: Ten.
2. Call Juan Foo.
3. Time to carry the strength to forgive those who hurt you. You know who the two are.
4. Listen to New Radicals.
5. Go catch the movies.
6. Donate blood - help others. Call the Singapore General Hospital to arrange an appointment. You got the number in your phone.
7. Buy something simple for your superiors, even though they are nasty. We are all still human deep inside.

Here's something if you have free time for:

1. Go to Sentosa and remember the fireworks
2. Go to a spa.
3. Take a swim.

Write a new to-do list into the future two years from now. Do it.

Enjoy the rest of the week,
JD from the past
8th Dec 2005



Man, what a trip.

WASSSUP! part 2

As requested:



The original.

WASSSUP!

Nice present day touch to an old ad concept.

Of All the Gin Joints...

A sudden hello, leads to a sudden Casablanca.



What a life as Pip.

I may love Crime, but Casablanca, is my all time favorite.





Oh no, will I start writing tragic love tales?

Fincher's Ad

I always love the clash of two titans in any stories. David Fincher's Nike Ad is damn awesome!



I almost cried.

Oh how I miss it...

I miss Crime. 

First draft of Thunder Boys submitted. After tackling my Chapman assignments, I should head back to The Children Chronicles. 

Here's the line up:

The Moment leads to:
The Children
Untitled Kidnapping Project
Interrogator
Monique
Harsh City
The Commission
Hong Kong Street

It'll take a lifetime to create this universe.

Maybe more...

Gun Barrel Walk part II

Just because it was mentioned last night as the gang and I tried to list all the Bond films.

Stickman!

It's very smart, not like the Chinese Xiao Xiao version.

Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips

Total six episodes so far...

Up My Alley

One of the perfect references for Monique:



Easily one of the best films I watched this year.

As found on Yahoo

Cat:

Ninja Cat @ Yahoo! Video

Where can I get one like that?

Goodbye Cool Hand Luke

RIP

Paul Newman.

He was 83

Suits and Action

Pushed back a week and already I can't wait...

V for...?

Too funny.

Part Daft, Part Chemical

I'm no fan of Justin Lin yet, but thanks to the marketers or editors of Fast & Furious, I'm a new fan of the group Does It Offend You, Yeah?

This is We Are Rockstars



I have been Youtubing their videos.

Upcoming

Perhaps I should be more clear. Here are the projects that I'm writing on now:

Early Oct - Thunderboys
Nov - Goodbye WKW
End Dec - Untitled Kidnapping Project/ Untitled Horror Project

All are tentative.

Deadline

Work is piling up, and one of them has an unrealistic deadline.

God, help me.

Internet Refugee Still

School started. I still don't have internet.

God, this is tough...

Start Popping the Pain Killers

Did I just piss in my pants?

Script Rant

It's crazy. I'm assigned to "smarten" up a sports script.

It's like making a drama intense Rocky from a stupid screenplay like Bring It On.

Lots of pimping, adjustments and "zhng"ing to be done.

The next few days could be interesting...

Home

Where I am now, still haven't feel like Home.

Since Harsh City...

After writing one, I realized that my love for political thrillers increased.

This is the trailer for Body of Lies:

No Recovery

I'm not getting better. I should see a doctor soon.

Last 30 Seconds for Real

Grinning like a school girl, I just can't wait.

RIP Chef

Isaac Hayes.

He was 65.

Back from Nepal

Am very weak. Mostly due to my weak stomach reacting to two weeks of Nepali food. Meanwhile, I have uploaded photos here.

Will tell about it in person soon.

RIP Mac

One of my favorite comedians.

Rest in Peace, Bernie Mac

Alright, I'm going...

off to Nepal!

Say goodbye to this JD Chua cos when he returns...














He just might be a different person...



Coming Soon

Panadol is useless

For me, down a can of Red Bull followed by a bottle of mineral water in one go, feel like shit for five minutes, go pee and all set.

Headache's gone.

(Works for me but do not try anyway.)

Friend and His/Her Partner

I am generally sadden today. Someone I highly regarded as a good friend may not longer be of the same person as his partner has to control him. It's also sad to see that all his phones, online accounts and his friendship with others are controlled by her too.

Since her, I hardly had guys' kopi hangout with him.

I received a very rude email from her during lunch. She accuses me of things I am not and removes my friend from me.

What the hell?

What sparked the matter was stupid and it has past us since it was so long ago.

I shouldn't pursue this matter since the other friends all agree, we tried to help, but she is just too rude about it. Like the rest, I am going to apologize and forget this "imprisoned by love" friend.

All these are my point of view and I shouldn't judge anymore as that relationship is solely between him and her. I may be wrong about it.

And this love must be a bliss for him, so I shall step aside.

I still wish him all the best with his love and life. (edited, thanks for bring this up about the pun) And his brother too, I hope he is recovering well from his sickness.

iTwit

Just to let you guys know, I twitter. Search for "jdchua"

Words of a Wise Man

I was recalling my days as a lifeguard. There's this security guard I always speak to. I call him PeM.

At the age of sixty plus, I asked him how would he like to retire. He said that he would rather work till the day he dies. I was pretty surprised. Wouldn't he want to travel and see the world?

"What's after that?" he asked.

I told him that he can stay home and work on his hobbies or whatever he likes to do. PeM counts it as equal as waiting for death or waiting to be sick and die.

That surprised me also.

He explains thus, that a person is the most desperate and depressed is when he is sick and unable to do anything. He should be able bodied and work like the rest of the world.

What he said, changed me.

In The End...

Bitten by emotion, I chose.

That's it. Walk away, don't come to me for help for I will never be this forgiving again.

A Cold Dish

God will never approve of this. And I know I will pay for it.










But I can't deny, that revenge actually feels good.
And I'm letting the deed fit the crime. My way.

I apologize Ct, you stopped being a twenty year friend the moment you cheated my money.

Hail Sam Lake

Thanks to the writer Sam Lake, we can all feel blue the right way when it rains like all the angels in heaven decided to take a piss at the same time.

Part 1:


Part 2:


And finally, the movie:

QT presents...

Even in distribution, QT is being QT.

Zombie Waves

Sometimes before I sleep, I have been playing boxhead.


They'll never take me alive!!!!!

WKW

I'm writing a short film about our fourth president, Dr. Wee Kim Wee. Yes, it's not a crime story.

It's a political-friendly drama about a man's observation of our beloved president.

Get Yourself High

Origins of the Chemical Brothers music video!



I would really wish I can make a kungfu movie in a soundstage whereby the background is painted.

44 Years of Gun Barrel Walks

Time to salute to the art directors and designers of Bond.













(Note on this intro: Sorry guys, couldn't find the original. This is the remixed version.)
















(Note on this intro: This is my first Bond film in the cinema.)




(Note on this intro: This is my favorite opening titles in the series. In my books the best design.)










Let us all wait eagerly for the 22nd Bond.

22nd

I love the rebooted Bond:

Like Casino Royale, I kept watching the trailer over and over again. And the actual film didn't disappoint. I watched it twice, a hard feat for me to do that.

I still prefer Bourne though.

Here's something for fun:

Kanye Hands

You guys remember Daft Hands? Here's a recap:



Well, this is not exactly the same internet meme of one take, but it's still pretty cool:

Chapman University + Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Yep, i'm applying for BFA in Creative Producing.

So for the next few days, I am shoving all screenwriting gigs aside to do a write up for enrollment for this course.

Pray for me!

New Hero

Michael Winterbottom.

Since Code 46, I have been looking out for his works. I love what his documentary touch has done for A Mighty Heart.



Added to the list with Michael Mann, Johnnie To, Paul Greengrass and such...

Flash MX lessons in thoughts

Boy, Flash is hard. Maybe I should start taking lessons so that I can save Batch: Ten's budget on the website.

Back to the old Timer

When I move house...When I move house...When I move house...When I move house...

Horror is my Next Short Genre

Help me here, should I do a short screenplay on horror love story, or a horror story based on parent and child? This is when I take a trip away from my Untitled Kidnapping Project.

I always let music help motivate me to write, so I chose this one:

Kruder & Dorfmeister: Gone


Maybe you guys can help me too.

Stan Winston

He was 62.

Rest in peace.

Still Haunted

On nights that I cannot sleep, I am haunted by what JnTe did. I just recently heard the bad mouthing about me going on about how I didn't do it his way.

Well you mofo, that's because CYo and I paid for it you bloody prima donna.

And when I can sleep, I really wished I couldn't wake up.

Each day I grow really pissed off. And each day, I'm itching for the fist fight. Maybe him paying back the damages will not be enough. I wanna break his jaw, the one that holds the bad mouthing.

I pray for that day to come when I can really punch you in the face.







Several times.






Over.





That will possibility be the best way for me to move on.

Prima Donnas as explained by wiki:
Legendarily, these "prima donnas" (prime donne in Italian) were often regarded as egotistical, unreasonable and irritable, with a rather high opinion of themselves not shared by others. Although whether they are truly more vain or more hot-tempered than other singers (or than any other people in the opera houses) is not substantiated, the term often signifies a vain, obnoxious and temperamental person who, although irritating, cannot be done without.

Read it here.

As long as I live, and I hear your name, I will try whatever means to put you out of work I am involved in.

The Story of Snake thus far...

This is a retrospective of his story and Metal Gear.

A summary before his big end:

Software Love

Celtx 1.0 is released.

And I love the new features which includes notes attaching and adapt to comic panels. A must try for screenwriters/producers.

Watch tour here.

Money & Friends

Should I borrow a huge sum of money to a friend I have known for twenty-two years?

Should I?

Soundtrack Inspiration

Written Monique with Peace Orchestra playing on Youtube.

Monique's End

After three and a half months, the 120 page screenplay is completed.

It focuses on two characters. One being Yan from The Moment returns in this story. The other being Wen, a fugitive on the run after committing a murder in the quiet Hong Kong Street.

I have spent too much time in front of my computer writing. I am getting fat. I should get some exercise.

My next screenplay will be inspired by this:

Working the "hard life" theme, this story has no working title yet. But yes, it's Crime again. I can't wait to start writing.

Sarah Conner?

My God, the television series of Terminator is nothing but a high budget version of Power Rangers.

I expected so much more.

Monique

I'm rather glad that I got positive feedback about Monique (previously entitled Hong Kong Street).

Now for the mainstream ending.

Rest In Peace

Sydney Pollack.

He was 73.