Resident Evil Never Fails Me Part 1

I am not particularly engrossed with science fiction movies. Apart from the fact that most of them are blasphemous and atheistic, there plotlines are mostly permeated with violence and disrespect for life and property. However, I must admit that few exceptions tickle my fancy making me go past this preoccupation and generalization. These include The Matrix Trilogy, Resident Evil Series, and Transformers among others.

A week ago, the third installment of the Resident Evil has officially hit local theatres. I would have loved to watch it on the very first day of its showing but I was literally penniless at that moment. In fact, I had to search for friends to lend me their extra cash because no matter how much I rummage through my stash for extra coins, I cannot seem to find any.

A week later, my delayed allowance has finally arrived so off we go (my friends and me) to SM Cebu because it is the least expensive of all Dolby Theatres in Cebu.

The central theme is still concentrated on the massive spread of the virus because of the Umbrella Corporation’s inability to contain it. The whole world has been infected and infested with walking zombies with an appetite for human flesh.

As the movie progressed, I was relieved to note that a few more antagonists have joined our heroine (Mila Jovovich) in her crusade to have the perpetrator of the viral pay for making her the guinea pig of their experiment. This time she has developed extra-human powers including telekinesis apart from the superhuman agility, speed and martial arts technique. However, she is still under the control of the company’s power satellite. They have the luxury of turning her on to feast their eyes on her abilities or power her off to allow the humans to fall prey to the millions of carnivorous half-deads.

Of course, as expected, our protagonists have dwindled in number towards the end of the movie. Some turned into zombies themselves and the others sacrificed their lives to save the far more uninfected persons they protect in their convoy. However, because of the fact that our heroine has been tracked, when they reached Las Vegas in the hopes of replenishing their diminishing resources, they are faced with an insurmountable amount of half-deads, eventually leading to deaths of some protagonists.

To Be Continued...

30 minutes of 90's cartoons

Far from the very serious tones in my previous posts, I am grateful to be able to relive my past as a child who enjoys the numerous cartoons shown on TV.

I am born in the 80's but I really came to love cartoons to the core in the 90's. By that time, I was not solely dependent on what the moving caricatures depict. I could now comprehend the dialogues, integrate them with the current storylines and make predictions of future episodes. I anticipate the chance that somehow my predictions, out-of-this-world at times, are fulfilled if not somewhat correct. I was not only visually involved but also intellectually.

In addition, the 90’s offered a whole lot of improvement in the technical aspect. The once obvious 2D drawings are now full life with 3D application.

In memory of those times, I present thirty minutes of unadulterated 90’s cartoons. Let us all enjoy.

Corazon Aquino a Sl*t?

My newfound friend and fellow blogger, PARISUKAT of www.parisukat.com told me that another famous show American "satirical" TV show - "The Daily Show", has made yet another infuriating remark on a well-respected Filipino icon: former President Corazon Aquino.

In this particular episode, a segment involving Samantha Bee discusses the likelihood of having a first female American President (referring to former first lady Hilary Clinton). In allusion, they had to illustrate pictures of other women leaders including Margaret Thatcher of Britain, Golda Meir of Israel and our very own Corazon Aquino. Whether done inadvertently or for purposes of entertainment and comedy, they Mrs. Aquino's photograph had the word "Sl*t" beneath it.

Firstly, I find this utterly anti-women. The segment itself showed their disregard of a woman's competence as leader focusing on the behaviors people find characteristic yet comical about women. Was this an effort to somehow mask a direct tirade on Mrs. Clinton? They may not be pleased of Senator Clinton's intent for the Presidency but they should realize that the other women they are lambasting have contributed much to their respective countries and to democracy in general. After all, America is supposed to be a beacon of democracy; therefore, allowing anybody could run for president should she meet the qualifications and requisites. In this case, they have lost the true essence of democracy, which is respect. I find theirs as the say-what-you-want-do-what-you-want-even-at-the-expense-of-others type of democracy.

If they do not want a woman president, they could very well avert that by not rooting for her in their forthcoming elections. It is acceptable to openly voice out what you want but never at the expense of others and for this issue, a highly respected person.

This sick and very low joke should not proliferate any further. Desperate Housewives has done enough of damage. The last thing we (Filipinos) would want is another American Show ridiculing us.

Enough said.

On Susan of Desperate Housewives

In an episode of the newest season of “Desperate Housewives”, Teri Hatcher’s character Susan Mayer made a remark hinting on her obvious doubt of a Filipino doctor’s capacity. It would not have to the least appalling should they have shown a flashback of her previous experience with an incompetent Filipino doctor in the show and should they have not generalized if I may quote “they are not from some medical school from the Philippines”.

It is saddening to note a show as popular as that would instill in the minds of their viewers that Filipinos not just doctors are inadequately educated because they are from a third-world country. Why would they have passed their US Licensure Exams that their so-called expert doctors of medicine have made? Does that go to show that the makers of the said exam are unskilled as well?

The racist slur is totally uncalled for. She could have gone to a doctor and try to resolve her problem without even doing that. True, the Philippines may be inferior when it comes to technology but I disagree that our intellect is way behind compared to where they are now. We can never boast of our economy when compared to theirs but we are rich in our very own little ways. If it is in anyway a joke on the recent board exams hiatus, they must remember that their nursing force is infiltrated with Filipinos who they adore for being responsible, caring, respectful, honest and empathetic. So how would their writer arrive at such a preposterous conclusion? How could Teri Hatcher have not questioned such a line knowing that it was obviously racist? Have they forgotten that their show is being shown here and there are a number of Filipinos in America?

If for anything, let us show the Americans that we are more than what they think of us. We are a proud nation and we are not an object of ridicule. We will rise up to their challenge and be the resilient race we have always been.

If it is any consolation, is that doctor really Filipino-educated? Because a lot of Filipinos in the States are American citizens. They sure could have produced sons and daughters as doctors who’re US- educated, right? Just a wild thought! Haha!

One Hilarious Day

I have spent days and weeks looking for this video. I was on the brink of cussing youtube for failing me. Now, finally, after almost a month of searching, I got what I wanted.

I saw this commercial way before. So enjoy! Too bad for the girl here. It just goes to show you can never have it all.

80's cartoon mania

We may very well remember the 80’s for those colorful tops and bottoms, hairdo’s that go wherever, and “That’s entertainment”.

However, in the eyes of a child who was born in that decade, cartoon characters are far more memorable. Who would forget He-Man, She-Ra or the Ghostbusters?

These cartoons may be low-budgeted compared to the digital animation of current years but still, they remind us that once in our life we were children who would want to be our a He-Man or a She-Ra – our very own superheroes.

Let us savor the nostalgia and satisfy ourselves with what the 80’s has offered and we have come to enjoy.