Monday, April 30, 2012

Vampires over Werewolves?

*This blog post might be lacking or misinform due to my limited knowledge of films*

As far as i can remember, Vampires used to be ugly looking beings with pale grayish skin, no eyebrows and were always hunching their backs. I got this from watching too much 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and its spin off series, 'Angel'.

 
In case you're wondering, yes this is David Boreanaz from 'Bones'.
Although the title in Buffy says "vampire slayer", there weren't much vampires being staked. This series dealt with all kinds of monsters and demons and whatever. Angel was a character in Buffy but later he got his own  show so yea. And in the 'Angel' series, well the main character of the series is already a vampire so what's more to say? I remember this short scene from the show a very long time ago where Angel tells the professor Giles that he loves Buffy but then the professor tells Angel that Buffy just wants to stake him. Haha~

And then there's True Blood, its mature contents is so not for the pure minded.
Unlike other shows where vampires live in urban areas, True Blood takes place in a countryside town and they have red necks, cowboy hats and boots, country accents and country vampires. This is the first vampire series that has fairies in it. I was like 'WTF? What next?'


I stumbled upon this series, Being Human, and i just finished watching its two seasons. 
Being Human has two versions, North American version and British version about a Ghost, Werewolf and a Vampire living under one roof as roommates. 
Honestly I didn't enjoy this series much because, Aiden the vampire always look like he wants to cry when he's with other vampires. He has an evil face but when he soften up he looks like he's on the verge of a mental meltdown. And the vampires in this series feeds very messily. I was grossed out.

And my current personal favorite series, The Vampire Diaries from the L. J. Smith books.
If Damon was ever killed off from the series i think i'll cry because he's the character who makes the viewers squirm for more. Evil-brother-turned-good-but-still-acts-evil-because-its-his-image-and-secretly-loves-his brother's-girl-but-in-the-end-still-gets-brother's-girl-to-fall-for-him-anyway-with-his-evil-charm. Too long? Did you watch Damon and Elena's passionate kiss kiss scene in episode 19? No? Opps spoiler~
Sometimes i just wish Elena just gets turned into a vampire, by accident.

And out of all the vampire shows I've watched, most of protagonist vampires are cutting back their human blood diet and taking on bunny blood because they've been bad for the past 100 years and want to change themselves. "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS" is what i would say. I wanna see some real vampire action actually biting into someone's neck and not feeling bad about it and ends up self destructing.

Seriously, Kristen Steward's acting is too STIFF !!! She gets fidgety and mumbles too much. It's like she's high on drugs, she holds herself too much and when there's eye contact she gives off a very WEIRD vibe!!!
She ruined my image and expectations of Twilight when i read the books. I am only going to watch Snow White and the Huntsman for Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth, NOT for Kristen Steward. Urghhh and there's still Breaking Dawn part two...

I'm sorry, i was supposed to talk about vampires but my frustration got the better of me. There's not much to say actually, bad vampires are always the best.


Do you notice the vampire dominance in all these series and movies? There are more vampires as the primary character in shows than werewolves who are always secondary.
*Interview with the Vampire doesn't have werewolves, they have Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and little Kristin Dunst*

So far this is the only werewolf movie that i can remember and this was released in 2010.

 Have you ever watched Teen Wolf? 
The old version was made a movie in 1985 and then remade into a series later in 2011.
Notice how werewolves used to be hairy everywhere. Well i think whoever wanted to remake the show realized how unattractive it made their wolf looked and decided to cut down on some extra fur.

The series is only 13 episodes and the action scenes looked kinda fake and lame, the plot for the bad guys was even worse. The bad alpha male werewolf, UGLY FAKE FURRY MUTT... yea i was disappointed because this is the ONLY modern day werewolf series i could find *Sorry, not a fan of old films*. Besides the bad action scenes and weird looking bad alpha male wolf, everything else is fine. There's romance, typical. Then there's obstacle in romance, typical. Then there's happy ending after getting over the obstacle in the romance, typical.

And the protagonist, Tyler Posey, he was that little kid from the movie 'Maid in Manhattan' with Jennifer Lopez in 2002.


Friday, April 27, 2012

Best Absolute Perfect

 Best Absolute Perfect debuted in January 2012 and left every teenage girl shrieking their lung inside out with their  powerful yet charismatic performance. In another words, they left a very impressive first impression with their debut single 'Warrior'.

Behold the unbelievable talented boys from B.A.P (from left)

Leader/Main Rapper
Bang YongGuk

Sub-Vocalist/Rapper/Face of the Group *yea*
Kim HimChan

Main Vocalist
Jung DaeHyun

Main Vocalist
Yoo YongJae

Sub Vocalist/Rapper/Main Dancer
Moon JongUp

Maknae/Lead Rapper/Main Dancer
Choi JungHong a.k.a Zelo


 You'd recognize leader Bang YongGuk if you heard of the song 'I Remember' featuring B2ST - Yang YoSeob. Honestly when i first found out about this song i didn't listen to it because i was curious of this newcomer, it was because of Yang YoSeob (B2ST). But i was wrong because i really really liked the song and that's how i came to know of this amazing rapper.


After finding out about Bang YongGuk, like any typical fan, i searched him up and found that he did another song in the past with a singer name Song JiEun. The song was called 'Going Crazy' which netizens claimed it was the Korean version for Eminem and Rihanna's 'Love the Way You Lie'. I like both songs and yes they are similarities between these two songs but i don't think there was any plagiarism.

 
Then Bang YongGuk apparently met Zelo when they were working on 'Never Give Up'.
After that both of them had their first Asia tour in MALAYSIA. HERE !! MALAYSIA !! It was held in Sungai Wang on the exact same day as FT Island's concert at Stadium Negara. Guess after they finished their tour here they began working on B.A.P

They went quiet after promoting their 1st mini album. I read articles about them in Singapore recently *so close...yet so far...* To me i think B.A.P set the bar really high up for all the new rookie groups. I remembered netizens were comparing B.A.P with EXO from SM Ent. To me obviously B.A.P crushed EXO because have you seen their MV for Warrior??

If no then never mind because B.A.P have just released their 2nd mini album.
This time their single is also as powerful as the 1st single.
>> POWER <<

Can't wait for B.A.P to come to Malaysia.


Monday, April 16, 2012

Reality Check

I've been avoiding my blog. Even my last post was something i didn't really wanted to do but i just did it because i thought i have this obligation to at least make it seem i still care about this...this blog that i created almost 4 years ago.

Graduation in coming soon.
The reality of me having to step out of the nest is really starting to sink in.

When i was young I always thought i will never grow up.
I will always go to school and always come home the same way everyday.
People only die in television and Pokemon and Digimon actually exist far far away.

Two days ago i had this sudden interest about life.
I'm alive now but what happens to me after i die or about to die?
Will i still experience something at the end?
Will i actually see the bright light or will the floor beneath me crack open?
Why must people die?
Why can't we just live in a fixed population on Earth that never changes?

When someone of someone dies,
I don't know how to feel for them because i just don't know.
I learned from TV that when someone dies you tell the person of that someone "I'm so sorry for your lost" or "My condolences". I always wondered why do people say such things.
How long does the feeling last of loosing someone dear to you?
Does it change you? Does it make you any different?
How will i feel when someone i know close to me dies?
Will react the same way that everyone else react?

Everyone will die eventually, either natural or sickness or whatever you come up with.
The question that i'm troubling with is, will people really really deep down inside care when someone dies?