Some More Awesome Trailers

Push

Dont care much about the rest...But with Djimon Honsou in it I have no fear... Premise is X Men with an added dose of cynicism and stripped off all the spandex




Pink Panther 2

This movie just does not do it for me. I know many of the readers of this blog are fans so here goes. yeah! I love you douche bags that much...



State Of Play

Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck on the movie version of an uber popular mini series... Nuff said




Trailers of 9 (Exec producers Tim Burton and Timur Something and All (of Wanted Fame), Thundercats, Streetfighter, and Crank 2 on the other side....

Top Nude Scenes of 2008

Another great link as a follow up to the Best Strippers by our good friends in Cinematical.... Announcing (drum roll) "The Top Nude Scenes of 2008"

Not sure what Mischa Barton is doing on the list though...

2008 - Movies That Defined The Year

Came across an uber delicious article on Empire online about the movies that defined 2008. Check it out here..

Indian Metal Scene is a Scheme of Fat and Ugly Pop Stars

DevoiD is;
Arun: Vocalist/ Rhythm Guitarist
Shubham: Drummer
Frank: Bassist
Keshav: Lead Guitarist (Me)

Link: www.myspace.com/devoidmetal

Event:
DevoiD playing at Livewire, Mood I.

Activities:
Slept at 5am. Woke up by 9:30 sharp.
Practiced hard for the competition (Livewire – Mood I – 2008)
Fought with boss over the sudden leave
Reached the venue half an hour before the allotted time
Played well
Lost the competition
Wanted to go to the judge and say "You Sir...are a FUCKTARD"

The Judge?
Ravi Iyer (The guitarist of a band called Vayu)
Not the el perfecto kind of musician I say.

The reason?
The judge does not believe in originals and hates Metal as a form of music!!!

Yes you heard it right!! The Mood I guys had a guy from this band which does not believe in Metal (AND Originals) to come and judge a competition, the participants of which are nearly 10 times better musicians than the judge himself. (20 times if exaggerated)

I say not that I belong in ‘The worlds best guitarists’ CD but I hold a right to question this choice!
Should I slap them hard enough or should I be mature and try again next year. I need the money!!!

But yet again, there were some good appreciations we received as a respect to our ‘kickass’ performance.
So all that I can understand from the series of events (loosing the competition continuously over the past 4 years) is that there has to be once place where Vayu (and the likes) can hit the music and people like them more.

The scene is over-flooded with people trying really hard to be a part of the head banging crowd and this sort of sickens me. Not for any other reason but plainly for the fact that Advertising is playing a HUGE role in this.

How?
I’ll tell you how!

Advertising is at its best when it can induce an action in an individual based on the communication that is generated from an individual or a group of individuals.

So then this makes it clear that music can be a huge form of communication through which commodities can be bought.
So does this also mean that music can be a solitary part of advertising?

FUCK NO!!! I’ll never let that happen!!!

But it IS true. I’m sure you remember the sound track for Mission Impossible 2 and terminator.
But do you remember the song played in the last Pepsi/ Coke/ Starbucks ad you saw??

80% of you will say NO.

It’s because you wanted to be Tom Cruise when you saw MI-2 and you wanted to be Arnold (or the other T1000 guy) for they have the right style. They attract the audience because they can induce a desire in you. A desire to be like them.

That’s the same that happens when you see a band play live. IF you like their music, you wish to be a part of that band on the stage. You want to be on the stage, feel the lights fall on you when you lay that crazy shredded solo. So then you go home and pick up your guitar and start practicing.

This very thing is the ‘Action’ that took place.

Buying the CD’s and downloading the bands music is nothing but just an extension of the ‘Interest’ part in the AIDA model.

I believe this because I believe that more than action; a product should inculcate a desire. The job of advertising ends at ‘Desire’ and not necessarily ‘Action’.
Thus, the AIDA model proves wrong because Interest and Desire are closely related incorporate the Action within them.

WHY THE FUCK am I talking about Advertising when I wanna talk about music.

That’s because I want you to know the actual process that goes behind advertising through music, the process of which follows as given-

Awareness: I hear about a band
Desire: I want to see that band live
Action: I go for one of their gig, pay 200/- for the ticket, sweat for an hour in the local train.
Interest: Irrespective of the fact that you found their music good or interesting even, you ended up in one of their gigs by paying 200/- bucks. But now you hate that band. You’re a sucker now!!!

VOILA!!! I present to you the new ADAI model.

So taking this model in consideration, people will buy music if they like the band AND want to be a part of that band. That AND being very important for the reason that it is only then that they will have a desire to be a part of the music played.

So the conclusion of the really meaningless piece of literature is that right now rock/ pop music is enjoying its prime spot and such bands are getting more fame and money. Its easier for them to imagine themselves as a ‘Gay Popper – Ravi Iyer’ but difficult to imagine themselves as a guy who is ‘screaming his head out on the microphone and is banging his head over and over again - Me/ Arun/ Frank/ Shuhbham’.

BUT soooon enough when people start understanding the sorts of Metal, all CD’s will have FUCK YOU written over them.

Have a gr8 new year,
Puke on your partner today \m/

Convert Youtube Videos to Mp3

This is a really neat Youtube to Mp3 converter.
http://www.avs4you.com/index.aspx?sct=aff&ct=regnow&cid=77225

Download this shit and check out some of these really neat tracks which I stumbled onto.

Japanese Funk, Hip Hop, Rock band Nobody Knows official video for their smash hit Hero's Come Back. Claim to fame being the title track for Naruto Shippuden title track for the first season. lemme know if anyone need the translation.. Cuz this song seriously makes u wanna beat up 20 ppl and then some..




Turkish Metal Band Pentagram with their monster hit Bir... Tabish caught Issa, Ussa, Muhaamed, Buddha in the lyrics... If u likes me translates... On request only though:



Finally some heavy duty trance.. Masters of the Universe by Juno Reactor.. My fave track on The Animatrix

Transformers First Look Posters

Courtesy Empire Magazine:

Movies to Watch Out For in 2009

No lit.... Just a list. My page is getting a little too heavy, so am just giving links to trailers and/or poster previews.

1. The Watchmen: Zack Snyder (300 fame), and the greatest graphic novel ever.. objectively speaking
2. Valkyrie: Tom Cruise, Bryan Singer and a World War II action, drama... U have to be a Scientology hater to miss this
3. Sequel to The Boondock Saints: If u havent watched the original.. U have to... No seriously... Wait lemme get the torrent link for u
   
4. Wolverine: X Men Origins: Snikkt.....
   
5. Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen: No change in cast, production or direction team
   
6. State of Play: Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck
7. Star Trek: Sylar plays Spock and J.J Abrams directs
   
8. New Moon: Sequel to Twilight
9. Angel & Demons: Prequel to the Da Vinci Code
10. The Brazilian Job: Sequel to The Italian Job
11. Sin City 2: Aaah... Paradise
12. Inglorious Basterds: Brad Pitt teams up with... hold your breath... Quentin Mother Fucking Tarantino
13. Terminator Salvation
14. Killing Pablo: Pablo Escobar biopic with Bale and Javier Bardem.. In your face Medellin
15. Avatar: James Cameron's epic 3D sci-fi!!!

Trailers pics and posters to come up as and how I get my hands on them..

Oscar Contenders (Contd.)

I have harbored a perpetual admiration for Brad Pitt. Not so much his looks and acting skills, the latter being significantly better than the former. What I truly am in awe of is his ability to choose the best roles and his knack of attracting the best directors. David Fincher's and Steven Soderbergh's affiliations are not something too many actors in Hollywood can boast of. Fight Club, The Ocean's Series and Seven are all cult classics and runaway hits (Fight Club making up with DVD sales what it couldn't recover at the BO).

'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' sees Pitt rejuvenating his association with David Fincher. Add to this combination, Cate Blanchett (who made Bale and Ledger look like wax dolls in I Am Not There btw), a plot by F. Scott Fitzgerald's story of a man ageing backwards (a stoner trip inspired this.. I am so sure) and you one hell of a heady concoction.

The reception of this movie by critics has been good, with one of my personal faves Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter calling the fim "superbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in his most impressive outing to date." He also says the "cinematography wonderfully marries a palette of subdued earthern colors with the necessary CGI and other visual effects that place one in a magical past." something which I think holds true for almost every single one of Fincher's films.





This one's a definite classic.

Arsenal Tables 8 Million Pounds for Newcastle's Shay Given

Article from Telegraph

Oscar Contenders.. Maybe???

In my most esteemed opinion (Modesty be damned), I really think that the Oscars ought to provide a better platform for movies. With the number of awesome movies being made across the world, it is morally, ethically and most importantly cinematically superfluous if some of the best movies of the year are not even nominated and some of the most ordinary ones win popular acclaim.

Cases in point; Rocky over Taxi Driver, Crash, Sideways even getting nominated, Crouching Tiger getting accolades whereas Hero scrapes in a nondescript nomination and the piec' de resistance - A Beautiful Mind winning (Seriously.. U have got to be kidding me!!) . And let me not even get into how hypocritical it is for the jury to not even consider movies like A Scanner Darkly, Fight Club and Memento for the top accolades while the Coen fuckers winning another Academy for No Country!!!

This year I have just etched out some of the movies that would be vying for the top spot across categories. Hopefully the Academy reads my blog of shame. Might I add I haven't seen any of these movies because good pirated copies havent yet surfaced... Axxo thy humble servant awaits thee. So dont be surprised if I diss them a couple of weeks later. Happy viewing:

Slumdog Millionaire:

Set in India, the story revolves around Jamal Mallik who participates in Kaun Bangega Crorepati with his love interest rather than the prize money in mind. Captures the energy, filth and intoxicating beauty of India like no movie before this. Rich in pure adrenaline pumping electricity the trailer is bloody inviting.
Danny Boyle of Trainspotting fame (another victim of the Academy's hypocrisy) directs. Music by A.R. Rahman, the movie sports an all star Indian star cast which inludes Anil Kapoor, Irrfan khan and Saurabh Shukla.
If this movie is half as good as its trailer betrays it to be my recommendation to Johnny Depp would be "Dump Mira Nair. Get Danny Boyle on board for Shantaram... Wassup with that movie anyways... was looking forward to Bachchan winning the Best Supporting Actor Academy.



Some insane trivia from IMDB

• Mercedes-Benz asked that its logos be removed in scenes taking place in the slums. The company, according to Danny Boyle, did not want to be associated with the poverty-stricken area, fearing that that might taint its image.
• The actor whose autograph young Jamal gets is Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan is a very real, and very famous Indian actor, the original host of the Indian version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire',

Also check out this awesome song from the movie:
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=ejKfQpzIdIY

FYI... The movie has won several awards including British Indie Film Awards (Best Film and director), and has 4 Golden Globe nominations including a nomination for A.R Rahman.

Keep watching this space for more

Villa for the Gunners?? Transfers (contd.)

A bitter sweet week for the Gunners... A draw with Villa and victory with Portsmouth. Where do we go from here??? Well no ideas at my end.. Meanwhile lemme keep churning up the transfer rumor-mill.....

David Villa

Who is he: No really dude... Do you even watch soccer. Apart from Cesc and Torres the true star for the Spanish Armada's Euro glory was the great Villa. Currently Valencia's star striker, Villa combines immense power, with skill and in Pro Evo terms, has probably gotten a 'Response of 98'. In the current La Liga he is the second highest Goal scorer(12) behind Samuel Eto of Barca(14). A mere 2 goal difference inspite of the former having the strongest bunch of midfieler and wingers backing him up.

Why do we need him: Cuz Adebayor's ball control sucks. Arsenal's current crop of strikers are not even close to Henry (all of them combined haven't scored as many as Henry scored during the Gunner's brilliant unbeaten run). Lets face it.. For all the 'beautiful soccer' we play, we really haven't found any penetration.

Why would he move: Valencia is in huge debts. They ill need to offload quite a few of their key players to get funds. Arsenal gives him a chance to combine with Cesc. Why this arrangement is a double whammy of sorts is because the deal would win Cesc's as well as Villa's loyalty to the club for many years to come.

What works against us: An over 50 million pounds tag associated with the striker. The day Arsene spends that much is the day he would sing songs of praise for Usmanov. If and till that day comes this piece of new I am sad to say will die as nothing but a rumour.

For more on El Guaje(The Kid) check out this video. Tantalizingly named 3 goals in 3 minutes... and hell yeah its true:



Here's wishing the Gunners a great second half.. Bring the Champions League home fellas.. My precious... We needssss it.. NEEDSSS It....!!

Best Big Screen Strippers

Came across this uber awesome list on Cinematic.. Its a compilation of the best strippers on the big screen... Tally Ho!!

http://www.cinematical.com/photos/best-big-screen-strippers/

The Dark Knight Before Christmas

This is the best made Fan flick Ive ever come across:

Temporary Hiatus

Not around for the next 4 days.... This is due to lack of internet... Final post coming right up!!

Surprise of the Year

Just got done with an insanely good Arcade game. And this was bought for me by my novice half brother who is the worst person when it comes to gifts. But this game totally blew me away.

Superb storytelling, with backgrounds straight out of Miyazaki's twisted sense of serenity and really interesting puzzles, this is by far one of the best games I have ever played... Good enuff to stimulate a debate between poets and cynics... If u r either U Have to play it.. If u r not.. U still have to play it!!

Updates On The Gunners

Fourth in the Premier League, second in their Champions League Group... Things haven't been going really well for the Gunners this season... Added to that Fabregas going out for 4 months, Rosiscky still recovering and Eduardo on the sidelines as well, we seem to be headed for troubled times.

The good news is that board members have allotted Wenger with a war chest of over 30 Million pounds along with probable transfers in the forms of Gallas (more or less certain - Juventus or AC Milan), Bendtner(Inter maybe) and Carlos Vela, the month of January might see quite a few transfers, even some big ones which would be very uncharacteristic of Wenger. Now lets have a look see at who possible transfers for this season maybe:


Yaya Toure (Barcelona):

• Who is he: Midfielder from Ivory Coast. Is only 24 yrs of age. Is capable of pushing forward to support the attack if required, as well as being adept at passing the ball at speed to keep moves flowing.
• Why do we need him: With Cesc missing from action and from the obious impact of Flamini and Hleb's departure, there is a dire need to strengthen the midfield. Additionally Yaya is 6'2 which should get him an advantage in set pieces and is also great at long range.
  
• Why would he move: Wants to unite with his broth Kolo. Is not getting first team status at Nou Camp.
• What works against us: Press releases from Yaya giving mixed signals. Barca. And Arsene's thrift.
  

Andrei Arshavin

• Who is he: Russian Midfielder. A creative genious. Combines immense pace, confidence and skill. Every big team is gunning to get him on the squad.
  
• Why do we need him: No goal scoring midfielder since the days of Robert Pires. His presence in my opinion would completely transform Arsenal's goal scoring fortunes. Now al we need would be a strong Central defence.
  
• Why would he move: What Arsene wants Arsene gets. His need for Arshavin is more dire than ever. Real Madrid and Tottenham are other contenders, however Tottenham would almost definitely be removed from the shortlist. Real Madris might be difficult to shake off though.
  
• What works against us: Arsene's thrift. Personality-wise Arshavin seems to be looking for the big names. His recent interactions with Zenit have borne testimonial to that. Real would therefore be a more obvious choice. Fingers really crossed on this one.

Xabi Alonso:

• Who is he: Liverpool midfield ace. Also plays in Spain's first team for which Cesc did not qualify for. 'Nuff said.
• Why do we need him: Cesc needs to have strong support to be able to orchestrate. Sadly Denilson is takin insane amounts of time to shape up and our midfield replacements are 15yr olds, talented no doubt, but kids. I personally think Nasri is awesome, but we have been suffering quite a bit due to lack of depth in the squad.
• Why would he move: His last few seasons under Rafa were shaping up quite ordinary. However Arsene wanted him and therefore Rafa gave the 'Pass Master' another shot and this season he has shaped up really well. If you haven't noticed yet... I dont really have a good reason.
• What Works Against Us: All of the above and Arsene's thrift.

In Part 2 of the summer transfer rumours:

• David Villa (Valencia)
  
• Silva (Valencia)
  
• Carlos Tevez (Man Utd.)
• Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
  

What Do i Read??

Am caught between Murakami's Kafka on The Shore, King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger and Maus... Feedback muchos appreciated..Screw the alignment.. Dont have time to fix that shit

Wolverine, Dragon Ball Z and Terminator Salvation

here in High Res.... Oh and BTW Christian bale is John Connor... is also the man starring with Johnny Depp in his next...'nuff said

X Men Origins: Wolverine



Snikt??? Aye Aye Captain!! Look like we are all set for the best or the worst flick next summer....Ooh ooh oooh... Did I mention we have Gambit too.... How geek-o-logically cool is that...

Dragon ball Evolution



Definitely a flop..... This inspite of the fact that I am a huge fan!! Why.. cuz Justin Chatwin is Goku.. thats why... no Vegeta (did I spell that right). Only saving grace.... Chow Yun Fat as Roshi... Hope I end up eating my words.. cuz the sequel will soooo kick ass with vegeta in it....

Terminator: Salvation




The only guaranteed blockbuster of next year... Hu - Y u ask??? Well 3 reasons - "Christian Uber-Awesome Bale" thats why!!! Reportedly he has said that Salvation will do for Terminaor what Begins did for the Batman franchise.

Didja know that:

Director McG asked his actors to read the novel 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, because he wanted them to absorb the bleakness of the world in the novel

For those who came in late (source: Wikipedia) The Road is a post-apocalyptic tale describing a journey taken by a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted years before by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and, apparently, most life on earth.

Who Watches The Watchmen... I for one do!!

Thought Id get to what I do best... Give ule the best in up and coming flicks evryone has... has to watch

Lets start with my personal fave trailer.. The Watchmen



Now lets see.. great trailer, great book (rated by Time as one of the greatest novels of the last century), great Director (300 fame).. whats the catch... Well The Watchmen has been a political thriller of great acclaim.. implying... Lots of talking.. gripping no doubt... but elementally not ur obvious contender for an action packed pop corn evening flick.. In fact the book has barely any fight sequences. Therin lies the problem... The trailer is highly deceptive... It betrays fight sequences that would make The Matrix seem like something from the Jurassic ages.... WB are setting themselves up for a problem child i what I fear... believe you me... Id love to be proven wrong....

Riders of the Storm

I have always been better off at second outings. The perennial comeback kid is how I would love to think of myself. However there haven't been many occasions in life where I have granted myself the liberty of turning around and starting from scratch. Resilience... no... Repetition for fear of redundancy is something I have never associated myself with.... Oh ya.. and FYI.. I AM talking about my blogging history here.

The fascination for everything and then some remains. However, the lack of structure, coherence and even purpose however, have suddenly inspired a sort of a dont give-a-damn-attitude to my writings. I really dont care much for being judged, being interesting anymore. Call it Epiphany or my encounters with the nine tailed fox... I really couldnt care less...

Now for some meat.... Am a Gunner for life, watch tons of movies, anime and TV shows, read books, listen to music, game on my PS... oh and also am an Online Marketing genious of sorts (so much for modesty). Soon to add to the list would be body builder, krav maga trainer, part time entrepreneur and a linguist (what with my fascination for Japanese and all that).

Thats enuff about me... On with the blog....