RIP - 4th June 2009

David Carradine.

He was 72.

Crime Doc!

I wanna watch this!

He's Back!

Holy shit!

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...

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!

New ads from home

So funny, I laughed till my head hurts:

Ads from Home

I was recalling how funny these are:

HAWP LOLness!

Video Games | HAWP | Lips

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Team Thirteen Stands Down

Script stored in the fridge.

Method Writing

Is dangerous.

Why didn't I think of that?

MTV

Make The Girl Dance "Baby Baby Baby" ( official video )
by placeblancherec

Freed Up?

Alright. Here's to the beginning of the Summer break.
So, here's the list of to dos for work:

Untitled Adventure Project
Untitled Action Project
Untitled Horror Project
The Exile
Hush City (rewrite)
Goodbye WKW

Three months is actually too short.

Bruises

Just discovered them and I like this track.

If I have time, I may even write a new love story with this song playing.



Time for an uplifting and happy film...

If I got time to write in the first place.

The Lesser of Two Evils

I made a difficult choice today. I stayed home to study for the upcoming exam rather than to head out and watch the Dollars Trilogy.

I am feeling pain over the choice I made.

FML!

I am totally addicted to it.

A Full Circle

After years of plotting Vengeance in my screenplays, it's time to explore Forgiveness.

The Shootout Score

It's him!

The Guy behind the Score while People Shoot Each Other.

Haunted by Bullets

These few days, I have urges to shoot somebody or want to get shot at in slow motion.

I am close to tears having thoughts of it.

What the hell is wrong with me?

Jeszlene Zhou

Support!

Venge-moi: Repost

I just creamed at first:



Then I creamed again:

Woman Rights on Film

I really want to see this, even though the edit is chessy.

Majid Majidi back to back

Willow Tree and Color of Paradise.

I always enjoy screenings in school.

Black & White Kings

Surprising well received by people outside of class.

But I wonder what my classmates think about it. They were rather quiet after showing my rough cut.

Ali

I hope this comes to Singapore.



Come on Batch:ten, let's do a documentary soon.

Vengeance is Here again!

Trailer 2!

Sniper

After a long period of busy schedule, I managed to squeeze time to watch Sniper at the cinema.

I feel a little bit better about myself now.

Also, I saw the trailer of Public Enemies on the big screen. I almost cried.

Moon

I will watch this:

Next Trailer for Mann!

Yay!!~!!~!!~

My Fan Boy Moment

Attended this:



To listen to the experienced:



And to shake the hands of the writers of Infernal Affairs.


(Left: Felix Chong. Right: Alan Mak.)

I gave them my card and told that I will PA for them for free.

Watch out for Overheard, their next film.

Too Awesome to Wait

So AWESOME, I decided to post another trailer:


Visit the website
here!

Back from HK

I met many people, I shook many hands, I pitched to many ears and I am really excited about the movies that are coming out of Hong Kong.

Fragrant Port City

Off to Hong Kong for a week.

See ya.

Natasha Richardson

R.I.P.

She was 45.

Jolt

I do think that interactive websites are cool, but I do not like one that causes me to punch my laptop. Now I have to go bring my mac to a check up.

Check it out here.

Careful of jumps.

Trailers are different because...

It targets different audiences. There are for the action nuts, comedic bluffs and heart string tear jerks.





I personally prefer the latter. I like to pull heart strings in my trailers. This version, is EPIC sounding.

Message to them

In accordance to my status to FB too. I'm rather pleased with this coded message.

It reads:

"JD is not here but gone in a Big Yellow Taxi."



I feel sorry for you, but I cannot always stick around to be made used of.

Mann's Next

Here's a school girl excited...

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?