Sunday, August 16, 2015

Eye of the Beholder

As I stare this two people, I wonder... How they will go far? I mean, they seems to be having a connection already. I think of more than connection. The lady, despite the young age, I think she is interesting. I'm too old to call it a crush but maybe yeah, she's interesting. That's all.. The dude, as we were talking about nonsense earlier seems to be comfortable having his hand being pinched or let's say having a massage by my lady wave mate. Then they exchange the favor! But how those touches or those laughs together, I don't think that will be a simple interaction. Something I feel that vibe. Romance perhaps? 

I can't believe that in my college days, I was also in that state. Having fun with a special lady.. Of course, at first, we did not really have that communication. Thanks to that class directory and her birthday date, I sent her a text greeting her a happy birthday and that went off! Not only that, we both have the same liking, interests and that laid back camaraderie. Actually, she's one of the boys.. We became close and yeah, that's it.. It is.. It was.. However, despite the ups and downs we had, we remain close friends and I wonder what she is doing these days? I haven't seen her for years.. Maybe a couple of years. I don't know.. But the last time I heard from her, she's doing great and reaching her dream corporate position. I'm happy for her and I hope she's doing fine! 

And these two souls having these sweet moments together while in class, brings me that feeling. Of course, not in class but after class fun moments.. Just laughing, talking nonsense, advising each other and most of all, billiards and drinking booze! Kidding, simply having a fun time together.

I hope these two ehem, wave mates of mine find each other. Fast! Or I hope they don't end up like me knowing in a later time that  we're not for each other.. Well, a piece of advise? Just be happy together, whatever you have now. 

As for me, enough of that scene for me and get back to my own lonely station. Thinking... I need to pass this training! 

Those lovely days.. 

My SNS

Social Network System is the long word of it. Nalaman ko lang while reading some japanese news and stuff.. Pero kahit naman dito, mas adik ata tayo kaysa sa kanila. Kaso siyempre ang tawag eh paisa isa, FB, IG, Twitter, Tumblr and a lot of social media apps to choose from. Para sa akin naman, eh wala naman ako paki, dati yun! 

Ngayon, dahil na din sa aayusin ko na yun website ko at siyempre kailangan magspread out or let's say marketing.. Mukhang magsisipag na ko gumamit ng SNS! hehe Sayang yun friendster and multiply, di tumagal, nawala parang bula.. For now, I have my twitter ID as blackswordsmann. Wordpress mayrun din but under, well facelift. hehe FB, ehem, dalawang account! One is for the real me, one is for ehem.. For social use. hahaha Tumblr, I did have one kaso well, di nagtagal.. Gagawa na lang ako ulit. The real one. 

I just hate to have this SNS kasi di naman auto update lahat. But that made sense of no auto update for security purposes. Lalo na sa mga hackers ngayon.. Grabe di ba. Iba na nag iingat. For other social media, hmmmmm Flickr? I'll pass and lalo naman yun Instagram kasi I don't reall take a lot of pics. Kita naman sa blog ko di ba? hehe Pero pagtagal, baka magdagdag ako lalo na kung ok yun phone ko. hehe Dating apps? I gave up. hahaha Simple as that. 

The voice apps or call apps, malaking tulong yan, pero malamang 2 lang itatago ko. hahaha Vibe and Line ok na. Others, I don't care. Messaging apps, I don't really use it unless may nag message sa kin, kaya ok na sa kin yun Vibe at line. 

Kaya sa mga susunod na mga linggo, maayos na nga lahat, blog and SNS so I can set my presence or make my presence felt. It's a must these days for SNS kahit sa business or personal use, it does matter. 

Pero first things first, I'll fix this damn computer. Napasukan ata ng virus crap. =)

Attack on Titan (Live action Movie)

I thought my experience with Lupin III last year will be the last. I mean that not good experience with live action adaptations coming from Japan themselves. Maybe this movie will change that.. Despite the spoilers and a lot of negative reviews! I thought of saving 200 pesos to watch this, instead of eating out with my wave mates. 

Anyway, enough of that intro and lets go straight to the movie.. Sad to say, it has only few good points! First, only one actress stand out and it's Hans by Ishihara Satomi, fully wrapped character, a crazy character. Suprisingly, did not do any of that flying moves but she was energetic and I felt that energy in her character. However, she did not do really much. But great thing, she still looks good despite with that outfit. Second, the last hmmmmm 20 mins of the film, kinda like it because it's almost the copy of the anime I saw last year. Good job on that and actually that's it. Ah yes, I forgot another good one, the blood and gore. hehe

Ok! Bad parts, I know I might sound biased or well, very disappointed because I saw this, ehem in a streaming site. However, with this film, it kinda save me some time and money going to the theater and watch this again. Not a chance!

First bad part, I felt, this film was made in a hurry. When I saw the announcement last year or I guess this year and the set will be used for the film, I knew... Despite they have a big budget (for a japanese film), it will look like not good. Months later, it only not look good but also, doesn't look like they really used the budget right. I thought there will be action from the first scene, as the manga and anime suggest, it was not.. First scene was all about carnage and seeing humanity very helpless. The set was just one town and no other towns or stages shown but it's just one stage. That's really a tight budget. 

Second part, the special effects used, although it's quite promising but not neat, except for the blood and gore parts! And of course, how the titans eat the humans, I thought they will kinda cut that off due to general audiences. But they kept it yet not polished. Sorry for the spoiler, the very big titan only showed up for minutes and the one I like, the armor Titan was not even there. The breaking wall sequences was also not polished. How about the flying sequences? Hmmmm not that great because it's few and yeah, not detailed. Titans look scary but it's just you know its CGI. If they used like the effects in the recent Godzilla, or WETA type of effects, then that will really help the film. Add to that bad shots at night! Oh my... It's so dark (maybe because it's bootleg. hehe) and it's confusing. 

Lastly, the cast! Lupin III suffered greatly because of the story and the pace but not really the actors. This film, the rest of the characters were not fit for the roles. Except for Takeda Rina who I thought she will do most of the action stuff because of her background but suprisingly she done a dramatic role and sorry, died! What! The next characters I liked, Mikasa and the Captain of the Squad, sorry that's the 2 members of the attack squad! hahaha Geez, cost cutting. Can't believe it! 

Oh I forgot, I do understand they made the changes so they can fit the story into film and well.. Budget reasons? The changes they made, did not really help the film. I mean I hope they kept Levi's character instead of Armin who only shows like thrice in this film.. Mikasa's story became also surprising! And of course, from the first scene until how Eren became a soldier, also confused me and thought, they should have really planned for those changes. Eren by the way, I'm disappointed on how they put him in this story. I just liked him at the end. 

By the way, thanks to dramanice.tv for the view! You really saved me 200 plus bucks.. hahaha I thought, great thing, I spent time and a little money to eat with my wave mates and no drinking. Few food but more laughs.. I enjoyed. Also, there was one scene that I could say, not only I laughed but kinda intrigued! Hmmmm that was hot. Almost but not quite to save the film. hehe Never that scene! 

Will I watch the prequel TV series? Maybe... It's because of Ishihara, Takeda, Sakuraba and that another hot character.. hehe I'll just wait for them to load it up!

This film, I can say.. One of the worst adaptations. I hope US version will do justice for this which I think, they'll do right because the setting is more western. I did not know how this film became a japanese setting. I'll just wait for this to be available for keeps, with Lupin III because I kept the bad ones like Black Butler and Gatchaman. It was Gouriki's fault anyway. hahaha

I hope, they'll do good in the last part which is next month! Will I give them a chance? 

Do I have a choice? 

NO. Let the titans come in!