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Iron Man 2 Trailer, Robert Downey Jr, John Lloyd Cruz, Japan

Rona — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:59:21 +0000

John Lloyd Cruz and Robert Downey Jr. They look alike, no? Incidentally, they both have been prevented from entering Japan. This week, John Lloyd Cruz is making headlines for allegedly giving false information about his trip in the country. Last year, while promoting Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. spent almost 6 hours detained in the Narita Airport because of his past felony records. I can understand being sent back to your country for lying about your true intentions but to be barred because of PAST offenses? They keep tabs of Hollywood actors’ criminal records?

Here’s the Iron Man 2 trailer. Watch out for Iron Man/Tony Stark’s casual “You complete me.” to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pepper Potts. Damn funny.

Register Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace

Rona — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:22:15 +0000

The voter’s registration has been extended until Jan. 9, 2010. Tentative opening date is on Monday, December 21. As of the previous deadline set, 49 million citizens have registered to vote for the May 2010 election. Utang na loob, go out and line up to register. You only have to do it once. It’s your right to vote and it’s about time that you exercise it. We’ve come a long way (about frakkin’ time) with the voting system and I hope it won’t go to waste because of low turnout of voters. Gone are the days when election means having to write a long list of names on paper. To be able to vote using the automated machine is exciting enough.

Here’s a video presentation from Smartmatic that can serve as a guide on how to use the new automated machine for the 2010 election:

And the Sexbomb dancers to explain it further with much fanfare:

YouTube Feather Offers Lightweight Video Viewing

Rona — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:05:41 +0000

YouTube is offering “Feather” Beta for a much more lighter video loading as much as possible. This is a good thing for those who like watching stuff over at YouTube. I have tried it and so far, the only thing that I’ve noticed is that the site loads without all the fuss around the page. It looks “cleaner” but the video loading itself is kinda the same as the non-Feather version. It could be just my laptop so I will have to try it on another computer to see if the videos does load more quickly. The YouTube “Feather” Beta opt-in page says that:

It achieves this by severely limiting the features available to the viewer and making use of advanced web techniques for reducing the total amount of bytes downloaded by the browser. It is a work in progress and may not work for all videos.

To try it, just click ‘Join the “Feather” Beta’ below YouTube’s opt in page. You can easily switch back to the non-Feather version by clicking ‘Leave the “Feather” Beta’.

As what the opt-in page says, YouTube “Feather” Beta is a work in progress so expect things to be not working as expected and try to leave comments so it can be improved.

Traditionally, Babies Are Dropped In India

Rona — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:50:21 +0000

Yeap. In Karnataka, India, they drop babies from a 9 meter-high Hindu temple onto a blanket held by a crowd dancing and singing below. This is an old ritual which they practice every first week of December. Almost 200 babies are dropped every year.

It’s about frikkin time that their government officials have called for a ban on what they call a ‘cruel practice’. I don’t know how they finally came to their senses. I’m guessing they have finally heard about Shaken Baby Syndrome which oh you know, can only lead to uh, say — DEATH and or PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE.

It is said that the circus act renders long life and prosperity to the child and family. Sure, belief and all. Go for it. Unless of course if the baby wasn’t caught on the blanket or the blanket ripped apart or the baby bounced off and gets thrown into a trash bin instead, that’s another thing.

If only Britney Spears lived in India, she wouldn’t have it hard when she “almost” dropped her baby from her arms years ago.

And ooh, found this hilarious game. Turn the volume up. Play it while listening to a slightly edited “Oops I Did It Again” in midi: Britney Spears Baby Drop!

Night Of The Living Dead Won’t Stay Dead!

Rona — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:15:14 +0000

So you like gory and scary films eh? Do you anticipate and watch with glee or close your eyes and look away when that zombie creature is about to pluck the visceral organs of its screaming and squirming victim? Either way, you would still want to watch and see what’s going to happen next because zombie films are that good. It is soooo damn bad that it is THAT good. George A. Romero is regarded as the person responsible for the whole zombie genre and all of its sub-genre because of Night of the Living Dead, a low-budget black-and-white film which he co-wrote and directed on 1968. Night of the Living Dead heavily influences the modern pop-culture zombie films and spawned several sequels and countless knockoffs and remakes. It tells of the story of the efforts of Ben and Barbra (yes, spelled just like the Streisand) and five other people to survive the night from the recently dead while trapped in a rural farmhouse in Pennsylvania. Sounds familiar? Yes. Because this is also the same plot of most zombie films that you have already seen or will see in the future.

You can watch Night of the Living Dead in full over at YouTube because of a copyright brouhaha way back then. You can read all about it here. Also, you can download it at archive.org.

This film won’t be in the National Film Registry and be deemed “historically, culturally or aesthetically important” for nothing. Watch it. Don’t forget to turn off the lights.

Bahay Kubo As Sung by Maîtrise des Hauts de France and Luke

Rona — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:39:37 +0000

This is weird, funny and awesome to hear! Our dear old “Bahay Kubo” as sung by the French Boys’ Choir “Maîtrise des Hauts de France”. This choir group is comprised of about a dozen boys and young men from schools, colleges and universities in and around Lambersart, near Lille in northern France. More information can be found here: http://frenchboyschoir.com/englishversion.htm, which I assume is their official website.

Singing “Bahay Kubo” in concert at North Arlington, New Jersey, USA, 2007:

And here’s another version of “Bahay Kubo” by Luke, a cute American kid from San Francisco, California. Luke is son to Wil and Clark. Wil is Filipino and he’s the one who inadvertently taught their kid how to sing the song:

So i just realized that these videos has been around for a long time, hehe. Huli na pala ako sa balita. *grin*