Category: Moving Media

  • Hmm… Maybe It’s a Good Thing~

    That I don’t longer really support Western music?
    After all, one might risk being sued even for sampling work before thinking of buying.

    I mean, you do get a drive before you get convinced of getting a new car.
    I can, after all, also ask for my cousin’s car for a drive…

    I admit it. I don’t buy as much stuff as I used to, but can you blame me?
    I was a 17-year-old with my parents’ credit card access…
    I bought a lot of crap. A lot of crap that I don’t use anymore, but keep
    because it’s money. So do you blame me for not wanting to buy more crap anymore?

    What did I just get? Three albums, and one DVD (two, if you count the one that comes as extra)
    All Asian products. These cost more than regular American stuff
    so I need to cut back even more on stuff I get. LOL
    so only top-rated or fan stuff make it~~~ xD

    From the things I just got, it’s two Faye Wong albums which I downloaded last year.
    DOWNLOAD. Now I’ve bought them as imports. Cost even more money. LOL
    However, they’re very awesome albums, and worth buying.
    I’m also looking for a copy of To Love, and almost lost money
    while trying to purchase from eBay.
    Then… the crap I’m not buying and people are suing for? Not so much.

    I also bought Bibi’s Time album that comes with mini PB and DVD~
    that’s loads of extras for the price of a regular album almost…
    also… I’m a fan of Bibi… after I DOWNLOADED her music.

    I also bought Don’t Laugh at my Romance on a HongKong Region DVD
    that comes with English subs… Japan version doesn’t…
    I saw the film as a DOWNLOAD.
    I’m also a fan of Yu Aoi after I DOWNLOADED her films.

    got the trend?

    Yes. Downloading music (or films etc) and profiting from it is wrong. I don’t buy piracy.
    Yes. Saying you’re a fan of something you’ve never physically supported is wrong,
    but not as wrong… sometimes, people just can’t. Though they should find a way…
    opening a fanclub… spreading the word it’s at least something…
    No, downloading music is not like stealing a car. Downloading music is like asking your
    cousin if you can use his car, just like he asks if he can take your bike out for a ride.
    I might end up buying a car, or not… just as he might get a bike, if he finds it useful.

    But this industry wants me to buy crap. I’m not buying.

  • New York, I Love You Poster – Where’s the Film?

    It feels like FOREVER.
    Just like Paris, Je t’Aime.
    When did I first blog the trailer??
    Nearly a year ago~~~

    New York I Love You Poster

    How do you feel about the poster? Better than the first image, I think. But Paris, Je t’Aime pawns.

    Just like before, the collection of shorts has loads of people. Natalie Portman has two shorts in it, one as an actress on Mira Nair’s short, and one directing (exciting!) – most exciting? Shunji Iwai’s short!! Though it’s with Orlando Bloom, Shunji Iwai makes movie magic oftentimes~ And I’ve been waiting new Shunji Iwai films since… since… since Hana & Alice which was released in 2004.

    Not like I waited since 2004, since I just discovered him. LOL

  • My Case Against Jane Zhang

    Who’s Jane Zhang?

    She’s 2nd runner-up to the Super Girl contest, back when Chris Lee (Li Yuchun) won, and Bibi (Zhou Bichang) placed 2nd. Meaning… Jane was just behind Bibi.

    I don’t wanna start anyone’s fire. Don’t want to attack the fans, but some of Jane’s fans online had been very vocal on Chris Lee even calling her “man-woman” – I can’t take that. While Li Yuchun fans are happy-go-lucky… after all, they did win. LOL’ – Some of Jane’s fans can’t keep their comments down.

    Yes, I get it. Chris Lee is not the best vocalist. I know that.
    But she doesn’t suck, you know who sucks at singing? I do. LOL

    First time I heard Jane Zhang was on the Lee Hom Wang album, and I thought her voice was very generic Chinese pop idol. My friend happened to ask if I had heard of her, which led me to find out she’s sung in different languages. I admit, it got me interested… she’s sung Contigo en la Distancia!

    [iframe width=”480″ height=”390″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/fzA5QrlDhec?rel=0″]

    Regardless of understanding her Spanish… tell me you did not just see Christina Aguilera’s gestures there? An interesting comment about her accent being and English Spanish accent, instead of a Chinese Spanish accent – because she obviously took the song from Aguilera, and not let’s say… Luis Miguel, or Caetano Veloso.

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  • Emmys: The Main Title Nominees

    Motionographer made a post on the nominees for
    Best Main Titles
    (yes, motion designers can win Emmys too)

    Of course, my favorite one (and crossing my fingers for its win) is
    The United States of Tara… because!
    I love pop-up books… the level of detail in it,
    the style… and I also loved the theme.
    it gives you the proper idea of what the show is,
    it evokes the show and the style.

    [iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ivFAuqpeaz4?rel=0″]

    Forget the Film (or show), Watch the Titles also had
    a special on the titles for United States of Tara~
    as well as True Blood, and Taking Chance

  • Emmys: Women of Comedy Interviews

    HAHAHA.
    Funny stuffs with Christina Applegate, Mary-Louise Parker
    Amy Poehler, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sarah Silverman and Jane Krakowski

    minus Toni Collette.

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  • Ooh La La – Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Teaser Trailer

    Teaser tease!
    This gave me the chills, and it’s only the teasing part before the trailer. LOL

    [iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/LjMkNrX60mA?rel=0″]

    Looks abso-bloody-lutely fantastic~
    We know the story… but it’s all about the vision,
    and the Cheshire Cat looks freaky O.o

    *EDIT*
    damn, will get back to you when they re-post this.

    *EDIT*
    Disney’s finally letting the teaser do its magic again. =D

  • Aruitemo, Aruitemo Subbed Trailer!

    Thank you, IFC Films =D
    Kore-eda’s Still Walking is a beautiful BEAUTIFUL! Film.
    Slow-paced, beautifully acted…
    and quite heart-breaking~~~

    Plus, Hiroshi Abe is hot. LOL

  • June and Mid-July Films~

    Am bored. Also remembered I haven’t done this in a while…

    Plus, it’s Twenty 2009 films!! Only 28 more LOL!

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  • So what’s up?

    xD

    I don’t normally go out on Sunday, but I went to the ballet performance of Sleeping Beauty. Meh, I don’t think I’m a ballet person… though it was kinda funny. xD – Many of the dancers had familiar faces xD

    Sleeping Beauty… I mean, Aurora was the tinier version of Elizabeth Berkley. then the main fairy was a taller version of Amy Adams xD Then the kitty cat (don’t ask) reminded me of Mena Suvari LOL – let’s see what else… the prince was a whiter version of Ichabod Crane (the Disney version, LOL), and one of the random dancers looked like a guy that works at the family’s restaurant… only skinnier and way younger. Ha!

    Then wanted to go for sandwiches, but place was closed so ended up at a restaurant/bistro and had sirloin (? Is that Lomo? Loin? Fillet steak?) with Fungi and Gnocchi~ – Iced tea was crap though. LOL’

    Then I’ve been checking my computer for virus (none!) – but I’m too lazy for backups. Ugh! Backups!! I should buy extra harddisk space instead… I asked a few weeks back about a terabyte storage system, but they said they were out. (?) – right. In the meantime, I’m filling it up even more with two Bibi (zhou bichang) films xD. Saw some clips of one of them, and almost died myself laughing. Will tell you how they were…

    I also saw Public Enemies. Watch it! Now! Marion and Johnny!?! *swoon!*

  • Yu Aoi Short Takes~

    I know, I know… I’m being lazy.

    By the way, by the time of posting this, I’m probably away taking photos at a concert. This is a scheduled post because I wanted Maggie Cheung as the first post for a little longer… xD

    I usually post one thing per post, but there’s too much Yu to post –
    all via aoinohoho’s Yu-dedicated JP blog.
    dozou~~~

    First!

    Rumors that NHK’s future 2011 (I know, I know… so far ahead) Taiga drama (a la Yoshitsune, Atsuhime) would be centered around three sisters… The Three Asai Sisters (?). They throw in some names like Masami Nagasawa and Aya Ueto, but seem positively (?) more thrilled to throw in Yu’s name xD – though you know, it IS a Google Translate.

    Me on the other hand… I loved Atsuhime… a strong female who moved the pieces in this game of life. That may have had to do with the high ratings the show got alongside the writing, and production values. So the prospect of Yu on a Taiga drama thrills me. For one thing, I will be able to watch her once a week on my TV for a year. LOL – but then, that will mean a decrease on films… *eek!*

    Second!

    Apparently (this is old old news), FRaU Magazine had a list Yu’s 10 Best Films~
    Some interesting choices there!

    3 films in English made it to her list…

    • White Oleander (2002)
    • 2:37 (2006) [starring fellow Teresa Palmer of December Boys, Daniel Radcliffe fame]
    • Almost Famous (2000)

    A very international one… actually, a two-part film project titled Ten Minutes Older, divided into The Trumpet and The Cello. (2002)

    And the rest are Asian… though I’ve only heard of Sway (with fellow Joe Odagiri), which I wanna watch.

    and third!

    aoinohoho uploaded this 9min video of… Yu talking about a book? Book reading?

    [iframe src=”https://www.tudou.com/v/GIK0Jvglz5w/v.swf” width=”480″ height=”400″]

    Oh yeah, and did I mention my mom loves Yu? She told me that tonight… again. LOL