dear haters.:

I have been receiving some negative-laden comments on this blog, which is surprising, seeing as how fun-natured I am(!).

I would be lying if I said I didn't care, because if I didn't care, I wouldn't even mention it here in the first place. But maybe some of you might actually understand what goes on in their heads.

Leaving anonymous messages on blogs isn't exactly admirable... but whatever floats your boat. I'm not going to judge you because I don't even know who you are.

I rejected those comments because at that time, I thought it was very loser-esque of them (or him/her). Although, once I had the moment to think it over, I should have published them. I don't keep track of my reader demographics. I don't know who is reading and I have no idea if they're friends or strangers. What I do know, though, is that nobody ever takes this shit seriously.

The first one that came in like a week ago said: "you sound like a loser."

Ah, well, ok.

The second one was just last night and it was short and sweet: "geek." Now I shouldn't have rejected this one because my previous entry DOES prove that I am indeed a fanboy. I love comics, video games and some sci-fi stuff. Ok, I am a geek. I don't deny it but I don't tell people I'm one. But, whatever.

The first comment did not shock me one bit. I probably have a few clues as to who might have done it, but I'm not one to point fingers without having hard evidence.

So yes, I do care, but not as much as you think.

I suppose you can continue hating, because it's your God given right. But don't expect me to take you seriously. Seriously.

bandwagon.:

There was a time where print-to-screen movies were sparse. Studios refused to buy screenplays and scripts of comic book characters since Batman fell flat on its face with Batman Forever and the Adam West-esque's Batman of Batman & Robin. The only things missing from that movie were the colourful captions that exclaim "KAPOW!" or "BOOM!" or someshit like that.

Then the 21st century dawned on us and someone decided to make X-Men, which I thought was way overdue. I was highly looking forward to it. It was initially alright, except they decided to change the entire history of X-Men and more importantly, the costumes.

They wanted to make the movie more realistic, more so than the insane lady with white eyes who can control the weather or the man who can shoot plasma beams from his eyes. I can write up the entire history of X-Men right now, but that serves no purpose to you.

And then Spider-Man came out. It was GREAT. From the Green Goblin to Doctor Octopus to Peter Parker's struggles in life. We all knew the Spider-Man franchise had to crash somewhere. Must it be this soon? Especially when VENOM is in it? I heard that Venom got very little screen time because the director hates the character.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFWHAT?!?!

Ask anyone who's a real Spidey fanatic: Venom is the most loved villian in the entire series. I even find myself rooting for Venom when I read the comics or watched the cartoon series. I can't possible cheer for Venom especially when 90% of the time, he reveals his Eric Foreman/That 70's Show face with his scrawny ass voice. Topher Grace was the wrong pick for Venom. Venom doesn't even sound like Venom.

Wait. I've lost my train of thought thanks to the abomination that is Spider-Man 3.

Alright.

Everyone knows how Hulk (Ang Lee version) was a HUGE bomb. It made like chunk change. Seriously. I saw a portion of it once and thought it was possibly the crappiest movie ever made. I stand by the fact that comic to screen versions should remain faithful, but even using comicbook-like transitions?? Come on... that's just... dear lordy lord.

And since Ang Lee tried to make Hulk look like Pete Wentz on huge doses of gamma rays and failed so badly, some other studio decides to make another one. One with a more formidable opponent and interesting battleground. Hey, the streets worked for Transformers, right? And of course, they have to fight at night. Also this time, instead of using almost unknown actors like Eric Bana (at that time) they decide to use big names like EDWARD NORTON of Fight Club and American History X fame and Liv Tyler of LOTR and Armageddon fame (not to mention it's Steven Tyler's kid) to try pump up the hype.

I mean, which A Grade Hollywood star would want to risk the credibility of their career with a shit movie right?

I'm planning to watch this because there's alot of hype surrounding it, plus their marketing tactics are working on me. This made me wanna watch it REALLY bad: Lou Ferrigno (the original Hulk in the live action series in the 70's/80's) is voicing Hulk. LOU FERRIGNO!! I watched a really short trailer last night where the Hulk belted out his trademark line (which is HULK SMASH! because apparently, his IQ goes waaaaaaaaay low when he's big and green) and it sent shivers down my spine.

But a new poster has been revealed for a movie set to release in 2010. You'd never guess what it is. Hint: It has already been made in the 80's.

Give up?

Try harder.

Really give up?

You sure?

MGM is remaking Robocop. I have no idea why. Why not remake Alien or Predator while you're at it? Or how about Sound Of Music or Wizard Of Oz?

However, to stay positive, I see this summer season to be chockful of good movies. Hancock, The Dark Knight, Wanted (I don't really wanna see it, but curving a bullet?? Who'd a thunk it?) and Hellboy II.

I can't wait for Hellboy II.

killing the main character; booya, singapore.:

I will be discontinuing the entire Tim thing because... I don't feel like it. It doesn't really show ME as a person.

Okay, I'm lazy. It's tough enough to remember key happenings in my day/week. Writing up fiction through those experiences just doubles the trouble. And when I can't think of something to write, I don't and those incidences are left in the abyss of the back my mind forever, never to be brought up again.

Anyways...

I have this habit of reading through my old posts when I'm bored or when I actually remember I have a blog (which isn't happening a lot these days). When I do that, memories of ye olde start gushing in like a dam bursting from pressure and killing the thousands below. It's good to remember where you've been, but don't expect them to play out the same ever again.

This prehistoric entry however, really struck a chord in me yet again.

About a week ago, The New Paper ran a story about a young man named Pearry Reginald Teo who now resides in LA after being rejected by a popular tertiary institution here in Singapore. What's most amazing about this young man is that he has directed a movie called The Gene Generation, which was just released less than a week ago in the US. It is distributed by Lionsgate and stars Bai Ling and Faye Dunaway.

Luckily for me and other disgruntled customers of this country, the writer of the article was a snarky one. At the end of the article she said something like, "Another one overlooked" or something to that effect.

All I could do after reading it was scream in delight, thinking: "Yet another intelligent and inquisitive mind saved from the creative tyranny and oppression of this narrow, cookie-cutter Republic!"

indestructible.:

After 3 years, Disturbed has released yet another stellar album.

The opening title track, Indestructible, sort of leads us into a false sense of adrenaline pumping music coming in the next few seconds with air raid sirens and gunfire going off that sounds almost like Slipknot's Pulse Of The Maggots. The intro guitar riff and verse sound tame and almost disappointed me but when the chorus hit, I was hooked to the song. Their trademark drum thumping and melodic singing really pumped me up a notch, but still not what I was expecting. Little did I know that Indestructible was setting me up for an amazing song.

Inside The Fire (I assume it's the first single off the album) and almost every other song on this album has a generic rock arrangement (verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus) but most of them were done so well that I just couldn't complain, not that I have anything against that arrangement. If it ain't broke, don't fix it (I will be saying this again later in this post, you'll see why). This song also has alot of meaning behind it, as explained by vocalist David Draiman. Highly distraught by the suicide of his troubled ex-girlfriend, he contemplated suicide but was deterred by his bandmates and other concerned friends. Lyrics were written through his eyes, and his emotional subconscious trying to lull him into committing suicide so that he could join her. Apparently, he didn't.

"Devon lies beyond this portal
Take the word of one immortal"

Those two sentences really prove his amazing writing skills.

I won't really go into detail with every song, but I will upload my favourite songs into the player you see to the right. To sum it up, this album is not a breakthrough, but proof that Disturbed still has it.

Speaking of breakthrough, I was browsing IGN.com the night before and saw on the main page that they reviewed Indestructible. Final rating was 5.5/10. I was pretty shocked at how low the rating was.

So I went on to read the comments made by commoners like you and me. I would say that out of 10 readers, 8 totally disagreed with the reviewer. The other 2 went to say that he's right and Disturbed is purely annoying.

Ok.

2 things.

I don't understand why someone who dislikes/hates a band would actually navigate to a page that reviews that said band's new album. There were actually comments that went, "zomg I hate disturbed their singer is so annoying". Yeah ok... so what are you doing there?

The other thing... the reviewer went on to say that the band does not do anything different with this album. It sounds the same as every other album that they have done. This is a point that has been bugging me since I read that review. As a Disturbed fan, I may be a little biased, but I know that that is not true. SO not true. The only people who say that are people who don't actually listen to this genre of music.

Take this for example... I don't listen to country music. So to me, it all sounds the same... acoustic guitars/banjos/southern drawl/singing about fucking barn animals/all that shit. Now, that just isn't fair is it? I don't listen to it... it's not my thing, so I don't talk shit about it. Simple. The reviewer's article sounds forced and rushed. It doesn't seem like he listened to the album's entirety before making a fair judgment.

Totally off from the album review, I also have to slam people who slam bands for doing something different. Avenged Sevenfold is a good example. After Waking The Fallen (their trademark metalcore album), purists went on to say that they sold out and started writing music for the masses.

I listen to mainstream music once in awhile when I'm in the mood and judging from what's playing on the radio, Trashed and Scattered or Bat Country is NOT something that a normal radio-loving individual would want to listen to, amid the Umbrella or Soulja Boy craze. A song about killing your girlfriend and then fucking her dead body is totally out of the question.

So just because a band chooses to remain within their style for the next 10 albums until they retire, it does not make them boring and talentless. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Just because a band whose talents are way beyond their current or previous outings decides to veer into classical or Gregorian Chants, it doesn't make them sellouts. So what if it sells more records than before? It only shows just how much more talented and hardworking they are.

These are my opinions and I feel that they are rather diplomatic. If you don't like them, you can kiss my flat ass. Yes, I just said flat ass. If you don't like it, you can kiss-

We've been through this already.