Boo! Are you scared yet?

Spent the whole day aching away. Yes, kept to my regiment that I promised to stick to of half an hour workout - and even increased 'dosage' by ten minutes to a total of 40 minutes today (I can hear some of you laughing - 40 minutes workout.. big deal... right?)

But seriously, for someone so out of shape, this is hard, man!

I mean, masa da start tuh, semangat membara. The horrible part is TRYING to get started. Memacam alasan creeps into your head.

Still worked up a good sweat, which refreshed had me writing like nobody's business (exercise is good for getting the mind - and finger going), but had to put up with an aching body to do it. Damn! You just can't win 'em all. At least parts of my body which feel (and look) bruised and battered - appear to be developing... wait for it... MUSCLES! Matilah!!!

We'll see kalao ada result dalam sebulan dua ek. By then (if I'm still disciplined enough to follow the program I made for myself) mesti ada kesan da visually.

Anyway, malam tadi, ada meeting kat Tropicana City Mall for a meeting. Followed by a movie, a Nuffnang screening of Paranormal Activity.

Being a horror fan (which I'm sure you guys know that's me by now) I'd heard of the movie before. Never got around to downloading it, when it first made waves at Screamfest.

So anyway, I have to say - I was a teensy bit disappointed.

I mean it's not too bad. It takes the devices of a good horror (think dead silence, before loud BOOM!; subtle images like a swinging chandelier; moving shadows) and fuses it with the independent style of moviemaking in the handheld cam approach (think Blair With, Cloverfield, Quarantine etc) to present the story. This of course throws a veil over what would otherwise have been an amateurish attempt.

Still... almost 11 years after The Blair Witch Project, this doesn't break any new ground. Not deserving of the 'scariest movie ever' touted to be. To the general audience perhaps this may still be interesting. Maybe I've been exposed to too many horror films that it was just a so-so affair for me. Plus, watching a movie about things that go bump in the night is hardly scary, when it's someone like me who hears tapping on walls, knocking on windows, and hears and sense strange things everywhere I go (that has a 'presence').

But trust me, despite whatever reservation you may have pasal nak tengok movie ni - ignore it and watch it, because trust me, as simple as this movie is - you will GET SCARED SHITLESS.

A nice popcorn movie for sure and worth paying to watch. In fact, this is one of those movies you will tell your friends about, bring them along the next time after you've watched it - just to feel superior as they sit next to you and scream. Matilah...

Storyline? Simple - chick has demons following her. Live-in boyfriend has a camera who follows them. Didn't get that? Nevermind. Let me just say - it will make sense after you watch it - I love the ending. Some characters are so damn annoying they get what's coming to them.

And for people who say horror movies have no moral of the story - this one does. Don't live together out of wedlock - cause you may end up with some strange demonic force wrecking your lives. Or something like that...

Whatever...

Busy day tomorrow... will update more. Need beauty sleep now. Or more accurately - time to hibernate!

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Transformers : More than meets the eye!

This is an update. For those who remember Seha yang dulu ngan Freedom, she passed away earlier this morning after losing the fight to cancer.

Say a little prayer for her, and to Muslims, sila sedekahkan al-Fatihah ok...

She was a lovely woman. I met her for the first time sometime in early 1996 I think masa dia handle organisation for the Press tuk Anugerah Industri Muzik.

I met her again a few years later after the landslide kat Bukit Antarabangsa and interviewed her because she was staying there at the foot of the Antheneum condo.

Had a laugh.... she's riot when when's in her element.

Seha... you will be missed. You're one of the few who has contributed much to the local music industry, and you live on in our hearts.

Sorry aku tanak wat posting baru tuk ni, cause I don't want to say too much about it... but things like this sadden me...

You guys have heard me go on about my obsession for retro cartoons kan? (matilah OCD!)

Anyway, aku lupa nak cakap... if you remember... Transformers...well, they're making a live action movie, and it's due out next year.

I've been checking it out non-stop on the web. Not a lot of people seem to know for some reason... the hype hasn't been all that great, and a lot of my friends sendiri tatau masa aku ask whether they're looking forward to it.

Me? I am so stoked about it, tapi aku kecewa sikit, like a lot of fans sebab I have seen some of the production stills and I think most of the designs are crappy if you were a fan of the cartoon 20 years ago.

Kalau baru minat lain ler... suka kot.

Tapi aku nak that sense of originality. Already fans everywhere have echoed that Michael Bay and his team are hardly fans, the way they've treated the Transformers theme with such disrespect.

Apparently Volkswagon tanak bagi permission nak pakai design meka, so Bumblebee daripada VW... skang akan transform jadik... Camaro! Aiyak! Tak kena tol... that's not even the character of Bumblebee.

I mean it doesn't look too bad... tapi despite whatever amount of compensation they have to make for the translation, they should try and remain true to the original.

Entahlah... I think it looks decent, but it's just not the same...

Don't they understand anything?

Optimus Prime is now a snout nosed rig, rather than that traditional form we've come to know him, and some fans have gone as far as to call him a gay version that has had his ride pimped.

Lum agik Megatron yang tak ikut langsung design generation one.

Aduh... I waited years for the live action movie to come about... and this is how it's going to look ker?

Here are some pics on the web yang basically shows what the new live action Transformers is going to look like.

My favourite Autobot memang nampak cam kena lak Pimp My Ride. Aiyak.... tak selawa ler. The beauty of the first generation of Transformers was the sheer simplicity and fluidity of the designs.

Ni cam kalau leh nampak cam like some metallic version of Spawn jer.

Tak besh ler camni.

Tengok the live version that they shot with. Tell me if that looks even REMOTELY like

Optimus Prime that we all know and love.

It's like a 70s pimp hustler wannabe makeover saja.

But if you think that's bad, then you have to check out the links below for some of the other designs, which are positively HIDEOUS!

I don't know where to start.

Blackout, Jazz... they all look bad from the prototypes.. the initial designs... and judging from some of the on location shoots, not much was made to actually take into account the views of disgruntled fans.

Take a look at what I mean with the sketches of Megatron!

More like Alien vs Predator lak.

Busuk!!!

Apapun, it should be pretty great, though as a fan of the original series I will be disappointed, because if the trailer teaser is anything to go by... hopefully it won't just be a CGI fest.

From the clips of the shooting of the live action effects in downtown Detroit, nampak cam just any other action movie.

Don't know ler.

Anyone got any other resources on the movie, just add yours below in the Comments section.

Sites to check out :
Tranformers The Movie Official Site (the official site)
Transformers Live! (the official blog with everything you need to keep up to speed on the production)
Flickr Transformers Movie Pool (a LOT of amazing pictures from the set and the designs)
Tranformers Hype! (a good resource for updates)

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