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  • Teens of the 90’s

    I watched all sorts of crap in the 90s, like… I could really be your teen comedy viewer. I’m still a sucker for a good love story… but, I think… I’m a little more picky now.

    So I’ve made yet another list in The Auteurs~~~

    Of course, no particular order~

    Specifically to Julz, since we’re nearly the same age. What movies did you watch? Anyone else who was a teen in the 90s… early or late 90s. What movies?

    I would watch teen comedies… like I’m pretty sure I could be ashamed of the things I’ve watched regarding teen comedies from Can’t Hardly Wait [listed] to things like Drive me Crazy [yes, with Melissa Joan Hart… and that Crazy Britney music video xD] to everything around and in-between teen romcoms.

    From all the romcoms I have seen during those years, the only one that comes to mind at the moment that I don’t feel guilty about liking… and own on DVD is 10 Things I Hate About You. You could say I have a huge Ledger, Levitt and Julia Stiles bias~~~

    There’s also the teenage “horror” flicks… from The Faculty [listed] to things like The Blair Witch Project [also listed] and those I Know What You Did movies also with Jennifer Love Hewitt… which I shamefully own. Those I own shamefully. LOL

    And… oh god~ Cruel Intentions. I obviously rented the film [I don’t even know if it opened in theaters in here], so I rented it. I couldn’t have been older than 14 years old, so I was with my dad doing some grocery shopping when I stopped by the video store~~~ Me being the biggest Buffy fan — hence Sarah Michelle Gellar fan — caught the cover of the film and wanted to get it for the weekend. I’m telling you, it’s not such a good idea to rent a film Spanish-titled Juegos Sexuales (sexual games) with your father paying the bill.

    I love Ryan Phillippe’s smugness on that role, and it’s not a shameful admission this one. I like Cruel Intentions, it’s just so satisfying to watch that last scene with The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony. Obviously, I was a girl with a crush on Phillippe… but THANK GOD it only lasted those years.

    And… thank god for quiver killers? LOL

  • Hammock – Breathturn

    Directed by David Altobelli
    Photography by Larkin Seiple
    Production Design by Ethan Feldbau

    This video is all about group work. I mean it looks GREAT, and has one of the best uses of origami ever. Meaning if you’ve got a small budget for your music video, the best way to spend it is by getting a kickass Director of Photography. Who else will have the talent to make ANTYHING from trash to cardboard boxes look good.

    Hammonck’s Chasing After Shadows… Living with the Ghosts comes out next month.

  • Vital – Airport

    Is this the new contender for this year’s Best Abstract Music Video? It seems like it, because I love me some shiny things. I can just look at shiny stuff all day… I love how pretty light looks… especially with Depth of Field.

    You can also download six tracks from the Vital EP.
    Directed by Takafumi Tsuchiya.

  • TV Coming Out Moments

    “Don’t cry. It makes you look like a girl”
    wise, Amanda, wise.

    In honor of little Justin’s coming out on Ugly Betty, which I haven’t seen in ages. AfterEllen has put a list of their favorite Coming Out on TV Moments~

    AWWWW~~~

    I may not be watching Ugly Betty, but even that short clip was sweet and tear-inducing. Also making their list is my favse Glee and Buffy… as well as some others.

    Check them out. What say you?

  • The Kids Are All Right Trailer

    I’m dying to watch this =D
    I love the cast! I mean, Moore + Bening + Ruffalo + Wasikowska?
    What more can I ask for?

    And well… look at Josh Hutcherson! He’s older now! Wish he’d grown more though…

  • S.H.E – SHERO

    Like I’ve said to Julz, this is by far SHE’s best song to date.

    I could have done without the puffs, but the song is pretty Girl Power.

    Who said that girls don’t have Rock N’ Roll
    I tell myself, when I’m the only one left
    “Who is my hero?”
    Can’t see, can’t find, can’t wait for your hero.
    Why not be your own sky-holder Shero.
    You can, I can be a Shero and face all obstacles
    like an Empress waving a proud cape

    [make sure the annotations are on so you get the English translation and the pinyin]

    That’s a first for me from SHE. There’s also that bit about changing History to Herstory. Totally Girl Power. Awww… I’m missing Girl Power, and I wasn’t even a Spice Girls gal. What’s wrong with me? xD

  • 2NE1 – Try to Follow Me

    Color me surprise. This song is so catchy, but I lost track of how many outfits they’ve used. Major points for the Stormtroopers though~~~ and the dancing with those heels.

    Also, am I the only one having a Lady Gaga vibe?

    I have the urge to get 2NE1 music all of a sudden… as well as Gaga. Must get.

  • Ask Your Questions to Yu Aoi

    Dude, there’s still time! One week!

    For more info, read this post.

  • NHK ni Youkoso!

    Based from the novel, and the manga series by the same same, Welcome to the NHK [which stands for most part of the series for Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai or The Japanese Hikikomori Association] tells the story of a Hikikomori himself called Satou Tatsuhiro, a 20-something-year-old University drop-out who’s been living like a Hikikomori for almost 4 years of his life until an 18-year-old (?) girl named Misaki decides to take him on as a project and make Satou better of his social condition… as well as helping herself.

    During the 24 episodes lasting 20 minutes [without opening and closing credits], we deal with a lot of what we’ve come to known as inherently Japanese odd behavior[though it’s really a global issue], including what we’ve learned to call the Japanese sub-culture of Otakus… Lolicon, video game culture, etc etc. However, we also deal with serious issues such as isolation, suicide and abuse – the last two often being such taboo topics in Asia or Latin America.

    This animated series is what makes Japanese animation so avant-garde, in my opinion. Televised animation has hardly anything in its favor. They can’t ever boast on how great their graphics are, because they need to restrict their resources so they fit the budget… ultimately, animation as a medium is seen by many in America and, to a lesser extent, in Europe as a kiddies hobby. If the people often putting animated films and series down just because of  being animated could give Welcome to the NHK a chance, they’ll understand it better.

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  • My Robot Friend Featuring Jay Kauffman – Waiting

    I feel like I’m having a HUGE music video animation bias, but this could be a good candidate for one of the highlights in Music Videos for 2010. Doesn’t compare to the Breakthrough of this though.

    made entirely of cut paper, pen and ink by Liam Stevens.

    I need you to link me to synchronized dancing or videos with loads of dancing~ xD