Film Kartun Paling dikangenin

Ghost at School

Kangeeen banget ama anime satu ini.. haha.. dulu ditampilin di TV 7 setelah magrib. Jadi inget beberapa cerita seremnya.. banyak cerita-ceritanya yang masih gw inget sampai sekarang.. gw inget cerita tissue merah dan tissue biru, pengendara motor tanpa kepala.. haha.. filmnya kereeeen... mungkin karena waktu itu di indonesia masih jarang cerita seram yang dikemas dalam bentuk anime. Gw inget juga kucingnya yang satu matanya biru, satunya lagi kuning.. huehehe..

Magic Knight Rayearth

Tokoh favorit gue adalah Hikaru. Gue sampe pengen banget punya kekuatan api kaya dia.. Magic Knight Rayearth adalah tiga ksatria yang terpilih dari tiga sekolah yang berbeda. Mereka semua berkumpul pada saat kunjungan mereka ke Tokyo Tower. Beuhh, dulu gw pengen banget bisa punya aliansi rahasia begini.. haha.. gw pengen terpilih jadi penyelamat bumi. Haha.. 

Ada satu lagi cowo keren di anime ini, namanya Lantis. Setipe kaya Tuksedo bertopeng, Lantis juga punya gaya cool sedingin kulkassss.. Lantis ikut jadi salah satu kandidat raja di negeri Zephyr, ato begitulah ceritanya, ko gw lupa yee.. (penulis mulai aneh). Tapi gue suka sama tokoh satu ini.. ternyata dia bisa bijak walopun dalam cerita ini kakaknya, yang juga musuh mereka, udah dibunuh sama Hikaru, tapi dia tetep bisa baik sama hikaru, bahkan  endingnya dia suka sama Hikaru. (yahh.. diambil aja deh semuanya ama hikaru.. *apa siiiiii)

Remi

Inget ga? Dulu se Indonesia rame banget ngomongin kacamata 3D? Beuhh.. sampai-sampai kacamata 3D jadi oleh-oleh wajib orang tua seantero jagad sepulang kerja, kacamata 3D jadi bahan pamer anak-anak kecil, hahaha.. padahal juga hasilnya ga beda pake kcamata ato engga.  Hahaha.. masa kecil memang menyenangkan ya? 

Cerita yang ini lebih dewasa.. konfliknya lebih rumiit.. wahh udah kaya sinetron deh pokoknya. Kepisah sama orang tua.. masuk ke sirkus.. yang punya sirkus meninggal.. dia ketemu ibunya.. ibunya nyari anaknya padahal udah sempet ketemu. Beuhh.. tapi emang kadang anak-anak musti diajarin bahwa hidup tuh penuh perjuangan. Nahh.. ngerti kan adik-adik? Hehe..

Sailormoon

Siapa siii yang ga tau Sailormoon?? Ga cewe.. ga cowo sukaa semua. Gw inget Sailormoon mulai setelah gue pulang ngaji, jadi beres ngaji gw ngacir buat nonton sailormoon dan tuksedo bertopeng. Cantik cantik siiii.. walaupun memang ada temen gue yang bilang sebenarnya ini anime emang bukan buat anak-anak yang belum remaja.. (khususnya cowoo) secara rok nya mini-mini dan ceritanya tentang cinta yang terpisah. Ah gitu dehh..

Ada satu hal yang gw agak bingung dan sempat menjadi pikiran setelah gw dewasa (.telat bgt mikirnya..), beberapa personilnya, termasuk sailor Mars salah satunya pake sepatu pesta buat melawan monster-monster jahat. Beuhh.. lari pake high heels gitu cape banget pasti. Ckckc..

   Teko Ajaib

“Pidippidppidip teko ajaiiiiiiiib...” setau gue film ini diputer lagi di space toon.. tapi mungkin karena yang gue pikirin udah bukan tentang “dimana putri syalala” ato “kemana pangeran Dandan mencarinya” kali ya.. jadi gw ga pnah sempat untuk nonton.. huhuhu..

Walaupun tetap gw kangenin..  film ini tentang teko yang bisa pergi kaman aja.. si abang teko bisa bikin lobang menuju tempat lain.. seru dehh.. hoho....

PS. well... sebenarnya masih banyak kartun lain kaya Captain Tsubasa, Kitaro, Mijacko, Simba, Minki Momo, Fruit Basket.. cuma ga sempat lagi nulisnya.. penulisnya harus bikin proposal penelitian. hahaha... jadi inget dulu suka banget sama Genzo Wakabayahi di Captain Tsubasa, mpe pernah hampir mewek waktu dia kalah ngelawan Schneider di Jerman. huhuhu.. *lebay

Ini foto Wakabayashi.. sukaaa bgt sama diaaa.. (penulis ga penting) 

10 Songs I Want to Play in Wedding

"Music is the sountrack of your life"
well, we all have our favourite music, and we want to play those favourite music to colour our life.. many songs we want to play in a different situation. in a happy feeling, bad mood, wedding, or even at a funeral.. hohohoo.. these are 10 songs I want to play in  wedding:


1. Everyday I love You by Boyzone

Just like my friends know.. this is my favourite wedding song.. haha.. its romantic.. slow.. and the lyrics are sweeeet.. 
" If I asked would you say yes? 
Together we're the very best
I know that I am truly blessed
Everyday I love you "

2. A moment like this - Kelly Clarkson


Kelly's first single, "A Moment Like This," set a record when it went from number 52 to number one on the Billboard singles chart in one week.lagu ini emang bagus.. hehe.. liriknya daleem bgt, mungkin karena emang lagu ini sengaja dijadikan backsound nya Kelly waktu menang First Session of American Idol tahun 2002. inget banget video klipnya pas rambut dia masih sebahu trus nyanyiin lagu ini sambil duduk di pinggir kolam.. huaa.. I'm in love with this song.. I think beberapa lagu dia pas bgt dijadikan wedding song, termasuk lagu ini.. hehe..

 3. Marry You - Bruno Mars

  This song is cute.. hehehe... no need to give more explanation. huahahha...


4. Sweet Croline- Puck (Glee version)
  Gw ga pnah denger yang versi aslinya, tapi versi Glee ini jelas keren. haha.. This was Puck's first solo in the series. He sings it for the group after Rachel admits to Puck that she needs a man who is brave enough to sing a solo for her. In order to stay in a relationship with Rachel (because he wants to have a Jewish girlfriend) and prove to her that he can do it, Puck then sings "Sweet Caroline."

5. My Life Would Suck Without You- Kelly Clarkson
biar nikahannya rame.. lagunya juga musti rame.. hahha.. lagu ini punya meaning yang bagus.. tentang sebuah hubungan yang memang tidak akan selamanya bahagia, akan selalu ada pertikaian dan perbedaan pendapat.. namun hal ini (menurut lagu ini) jadi sebuah ke khas an tersendiri...  hoho...

6. This I Promise You- Nsync

"I'll be your strenght.. I'll give you hope.. keeping your faith when its gone.. 
the one you should call..;. was standing here all along.."


its just not secret anymore.. this song was created by Justin Timberlake for Britney Spears.. Well, kenyataan berjalan kurang bagus untuk mereka berdua sepertinya.. tapi gakpapa lah yaa.. masih ada gue yang mau banget klo dikasih lagu ini. Tinggal Justinnya, mau ga nyanyiin lagu ini buat gue.. heheheh...
semua lirik di lagu ini romantis banget.. every line of its song, haha.. honestly, this just all the things that girls wanna hear, mulai syair awal, sampe akhir. beuhh.. lagu ini emang cakep banget.


6. One in A Million- Bosson


 

Gue kaget kenapa di sampul albumnya rambut dia jadi pirang yah? hmm.. (penulis aneh, suka-suka dia lahhh) walapupun lagu ini tentang pencarian pasangan.. dan in a wedding, those bride surely already have the couple, gue sempat agak berpikir memasukkan lagu ini.. tapi well.. iramanya aja cukup oke.. knapa musti dipusingkan liriknya? hahah.. (penulis yang males mikir) 
tapi FYI, this song is amazing, lagu ini jadi debutnya Bosson, di lagu ini ada lirik yang gue jadi suka mikir2 sendiri.. 


"And when you didn't want me, I wanted you
Because the finer thing bout it was I like to go
I like it when its difficult I like it when it's hard
You know it's worth it if ya find your heart"

eniwei.. sekali lagi.. jangan pusingkan liriknya.. lagu nya bagus! itu dia. hahaha...


7. We Will Not Grow Old- Lenka

lagunya indah.. slow song but a bit upbeat.. well.. a lit bit difficult to explain.. 

lagu ini tentang mimpi.. semua juga tau pada akhirnya kita akan jadi tua, tapi itulah hebatnya kagu ini.. selain iramanya easy listening.. lagu ini juga oenuh imajinasi.. well semua lagu Lenka kebanyakan begitu.. 

and I do looove this one as my wedding song.. 

8. La La La Love Song- Toshinobu Kubota ft Naomi Campbell

berawal dari kesukaan gue sama fimnya.. "Long Vacation" lagu ini jadi sangat menyenangkan untuk didengarkan. I surely want to play this song in my wedddiiiiing.. hoho.. 

9. Unchained Melody- Gareth Gates

Sooo romantic. semua versi oke.. cuma karena versi Gareth Gates yang paling sering gw dengerin.. jadilah punya dia yang gue masukin, hehe.. tapi ga kalah bagus sama penyenyi sebelumnya.. (menurut gw), hehe.. 

10.Party For Two -Shania Twain ft Mark McGrath
Lagu ini emang agak aneh.. buat nikahan kok pestanya cuma berdua.. hahaha.. (yg aneh yang nulis kayanya..) hehehe.. lagu ini dibuat dua versi sama tante Shania, satu versi country (secara aslinya Shania juga penyanyi country) bareng sama Billy Currington, dan yang ini versi pop nya bareng vokalis Sugar Ray, Mark McGrath. Gue suka sama suara Shania Twain di lagu ini.. genit tapi enak didengernya.. hehe.. 

Naive

Many people get naive these days. It started with my family.. and then my friends. I respect them, always. It’s just a lit bit confusing when the facts that you saw are totally different with the words they say. 

Too naive to think they’re strong enough. Do not judge me that I’m not wise to handle this.. No.. I’m just look at the real fact, and do not ever cut when I’m speaking about you who likes him, you.. likes her.... or you.. get hurt.. or you again.. who feel lost. Its all normal. I never judge that you have to be perfect to face all the problems in this world. I have ever been in your way now.. i never lied to my heart that I'm weak, eventhough I always tried hard to be strong. 

“I'm not saying it was your fault,
Although you could have done more
Oh you're so naive yes so..”

Sometimes we just have to show those emotions..  It doesn’t always mean that you’re weak. For me, it means that I am someone who you believe. 

well.. after all I'm happy that you can face the problems by yourself though.. it means that you can be wiser either. 

life is complicated, isn't it?

Adrian Paul, back on Australia's radar (at least on this page)

I was going through boxes the other day -- trying to figure out what to chuck, to make space, because I don't live in a TARDIS (wish I did!), whaddayaknow ... so that's what happened to the Highlander paperbacks that came out in the Days of Yore, and which I used to mail order from the States because no way could you get them here.

Highlander was my favorite show back in 2000-ish, and Adrian Paul s still one of my all-time favorite actors. But when you live in this country (yeah, yeah, I come from a land downunder) you get used to living on a solid diet of A-list shows, movies and actors, because that's all the local networks buy. Anybody who isn't on the A-list will vanish off the radar. So let me see if I can do a little bit to put him back on Australia's radar!

Even for Highlander -- I used to have a mate in Canada who taped it offair for me and mailed me VHS videos, because it wasn't on here! Even now, it's not available on DVD (and before anyone leaves a comment to say, "Yes it is, it always has been," let me qualify this ... it's NOT available on Region 4 DVD, and our machines do a pretty cruddy job of playing American DVDs, which are coded Region 1, even if one could afford the high price of shipping them into the country, which -- right now, at least -- I can't).

So I lost track of Adrian Paul, big time, after about 2000, and here it is, 2011 already, and I'm wondering, "I wonder if Adrian retired?"

Ha! Good God, it's only at times like this when you realize how faaaaaar away Australia really is, and how hard you have to work (how much you have to spend!) to keep up with even the simplest little things such as, "I wonder if Adrian Paul retired?"





No, AG. The man didn't retire ... he never stopped working, he has a boatload of credits, and not only that, he still looks damned good at almost 52 (birthday = May 29).

The better question is: Why is this man not A-listed? He had the smoldery looks to blow the doors off anybody but Johnny Depp, (in fact, there's something about Christian Bale which reminds you of Adrian, and something about Adrian that reminds you of Sean Connery) plus a "weight" to his on-screen personality and performance that rivalled Brad Pitt, plus all the athleticism needed of today's action heroes, and a flair for comedy, to boot. *sigh*

So there's the answer to one question (Adrian Paul is still working, busy as a team of beavers), and another one for which there ain't no good answer, because the A-list is full of folks who have no more talent, half the looks and a quarter the athleticism. Go figure.

Anyway -- check out his IMDB list for the full catalog of credits (including Sir Francis Drake, whom he portrayed in 2009 for TV!), and here's the official site, which makes interesting viewing. Now, I'm off to work in a little while, but I'm taking an old Highlander paperback with me, and the next time I'm on a break, it'll be a blast from the past!

Have some more pictures, before I go...

Elijah Wood and Brendan Fraser ... it's all about the feet

Okay -- Brendan first, then Elijah, okay? Because B comes before E, and F comes before W, maybe. Beside, this was the order I typed it in!

Journey to the Center of the Earth was one of the movies I enjoyed most in the recent ocean of 3D offerings, and a large part of the enjoyment came from the small fact Brendan Fraser plays this sort of role so well, with just enough gravitas to make you believe in the character, yet a flair for comedic timing that's second to none. So I was very sad to find that the second Journey moved (Mysterious Island, loosely based on another Verne idea) will be Brendanless.

Seems Brendan said "no thanks" when the company -- and it's New Line! -- tried to go back on the actor's fee. Promise him a certain figure, then actually pay a lot less. That's not the kind of thing any tradesman (and acting is a trade no less than plumbing ... it's just has a lot more glam and gets a lot more publicity) can go along with, so quite rightly Brendan put his hat back on and hopefully didn't slam the door too hard on his way out. Why would New Line pull this stunt? After the Lord of the Rings trilogy, they must be floating away on cash. (Then again, Peter Jackson had to sue them over non-payment of royalties, so ... go figure.)

In fact, he's signed to do a drama next. It's something called Seconds of Pleasure -- and to this point no one has the slightest idea what it's about, just that it ain't no comedy, and also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth and Ed Harris. Well, with a cast like that you won't go far wrong! So we can only hope it's a role that'll give Brendan the chance to flex his dramatic muscles rather than the ones he acquires (rather temporarily these days) in the gym in order to make the rambunctious big adventure movies.

So what does all this have to do with his feet? Absolutely nothing ... unless maybe the situation got him so uptight (and it'd sure do it to me!) that a nice pedicure sounded like a great way to relax...

It's a cute little story, (running here with more pictures -- but beware: Brendan ain't wearing his glamorous facade. He really is the guy next door in these pictures, so if you don't want your bubble punctured, stay on this page). Let me give you in a thimble. Lady pedicurist does a superlative job on his feet ... quotes her fee as $16. Being from Hollywood, Brendan heard "Sixty," not "Sixteen," and when the pedicurist was far too honest to let him overpay, he said words along the lines of "You need to charge more," and with a smile, paid the sixty bucks.

Cute, cute story, that, to which I have but one addition to make, after looking at the above picture: Brendan, sweetheart, put your glasses on. Squinting to read is bad for your eyes, gives you headaches, and ... God knows, everybody in the world wears glasses!

Except, I suspect Elijah Wood has switched, or is switching, to contact lenses, because you rarely see him in glasses these days, while his eyesight was notorious way back in the Frodo days.

But it really is about the feet -- again! Now, this news is so new, they haven't even updated the cast list for The Hobbit on IMDB. Go there, and you won't see the name of Elijah Wood mentioned, but (and I'm chuckling with glee!) I just saw a piece on mtv.com, and yep, there's a part in The Hobbit for Elijah. Now, he says it's a small part, which is fair enough -- especially since he's long been saying he wouldn't be putting the feet on again. Who would blame him, after seeing the routine he, Sean Astin and the other kids went through every day with those hobbit feet? Eep.

But it turns out that Elijah Wood will be back in the feet for a small part in both parts of The Hobbit, and with any luck at all they'll be able to dragoon David Tennant into the part of Thranduil, which is so close to a done deal, it's actually listed at IMDB. I would dearly love to see David Tennant as Thranduil.

Also watch out for Elijah Wood in Treasure Island, which is shooting in Puerto Rico soon-ish. Mind you, you might not recognize him! A dozen years ago he'd have been playing Jim Hawkins, but this time around (and doesn't this just show you how time flies?) he'll be playing Ben Gunn! Seriously! They're all good parts, but the cogs and gears of time never stop turning, do they?

Let's have some more pictures before I sign out for today. As I always say, it's not as if there's any shortage of them, so why be stingy?

So there you are -- a tale of four feet and five movies (The Hobbit is being done in two parts). And now ... lunch, while I watch some of the Tour Downunder on tv. Ahhh, the bliss of a day off...

Chris Hemsworth or Brad Pitt ... do I *have* to choose?!

Yes, Aricia, you have to choose, because unless we're talking about The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which is a very special case, you can only have ONE actor playing the same part in he same movie at the same time! (Well, Doctor Who can be played by up to five actors at once, but only when there's a temporal screw-up and the universe is about to collapse. So that doesn't count. Right.)

And The Mighty Thor is the part to end all parts ... and it went to another emerging Aussie, a lad by the name of Chris Hemsworth:


Part of me (and a large part -- which isn't fair to Chris. But still, see below) wants to say, "Durnitall, I wish they'd twisted Brad Pitt's arm a bit harder, or maybe offered him some more money."

But the fact is, that's rather a daft thing to be saying in any case, because before I saw The Fellowship of the Ring, I was saying, "Viggo who? Orlando what--?" And a week before Avatar a lot of us, self included, were saying, "Sam, who-d'you-say?"

So to speak, give the lad a chance for goshsakes, because ... well, pictures speak louder than words, so let me clam up and show you a few!






And you have to admit ... if you couldn't get Brad ... about which, whimper, but they couldn't, obviously, for reasons undisclosed. Maybe Brad is too sleep deprived with all those babies running amok in the house? And just maybe he's had quite enough of living in the gym, pumping enough iron to build the Sydney Harbor Bridge, and eating like a rabbit while he does it! Don't be fooled, kids -- that's what it takes to get the ripped physique. It don't happen in nature, only in the gym where the salad bar is your only comfort. Gak. Where did I put my Mars Bar?

As I was saying, if you couldn't get Brad, get someone who'd easily pass for Brad in dim light, and especially if he can act as well. And it turns out, the lad can! The official trailer is playing across the www right now, so check this out: (click on the little icon to PLAY FULL SCREEN ... it looks great that way...)



So don't be deterred by the Bradlessness of The Mighty Thor, because I have a feeling the Aussie assault on Hollywood is about to continue with a vengeance. The late Heath Ledger, plus Hugh Jackman, Sam Worthington, Eric Bana, and before them it was Russel Crow, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, and these are just the mega-stars. There's also hosts of slightly-lesser stars without whom movies just wouldn't be the same. In recent years, Sam Worthington in particular has impressed the heck out of me. He was brilliant in Terminator Salvation, and it was so cool to actually hear him in Clash of the Titans, where they let him "do" it in his own voice. Yes!! Go Aussie!! [Waves flag till somebody throws beer cans]

So I do expect to be well and truly impressed by Chris Hemsworth in this one, and I think that after May 11 you'll have a hard time visualizing anyone else in the part. Still, though, I can help thinking back on Brad Pitt in Troy, and I know I've said elsewhere on this blog that Achilles looked more like Thor than Thor does! Would I kid you? You want the evidence? Here you go:



From the trailer, it seems to me that Marvell is gifting The Mighty Thor with all due gravitas, and this is great. The one thing that had concerned me was that the project would get trivialized in the translation to the big screen. Needn't have worried, and after Iron Man, it was probably never something to waste worries on. Roll on May 6!