Videos

  • M2M’s The Better Endings Comeback

    *Insert meme of “It’s been 84 years”*

    After much mysterious drama, Marit and Marion have decided to come back together to make M2M a thing once again. You have no idea about the adrenaline rush I got when I saw Marit’s post, after missing the original posting on- “September 22nd, Sunday, twenty-five after nine.“

    Dorks.

    I love them. I hope they saw A*Teens performing together for their reunion at Melodifestivalen back in February this year and were washed by a feeling of nostalgia that they couldn’t resist. In fact, M2M has already announced The Better Endings Tour (to change the ending of The Day You Went Away, dorks), visiting a number of places in South East Asia were much of their fandom was concentrated, especially in Manila where they are already selling tickets.

    My hope is that maybe, if they would like to increase touring chances in Latin America, they could get together with A*Teens and make it a Scandinavian thing. [Jokes on you! Who’s the dork now?] Thought I wouldn’t mind at all getting the chance to see Marit and Marion up close in more intimate venues, which are my preferred form of performances to witness live, anyway.

    In the meantime, M2M have set up a website where you can join their mailing list, and follow them on their main socials Facebook and Instagram, Tik Tok, and a kinda left over YouTube channel.

  • But she cries, cries, cries in her lonely heart

    I never really bothered with Halsey before (I’m old, this blog is old. This is a self-hosted blog.), but her sampling of Britney’s Lucky was really well done, and the music video directed by Gia Coppola took it home. It pains me to read whether Britney gave her consent for the sample, but then felt the music video somehow violated some unspoken deal, but then took it all back and called it fake news. The whole project made me nostalgic and blue.

    I often think (a lot lately) about how audiences (and now fervent fandoms) literally live off and suck the life out of our supposed favorite stars. Tear them to pieces while they’re up on the spotlight and kick them when they’re down, only to regret having forgotten them in time when they’re gone. Whichever the way— tragic death or slow and lonely. “I wonder what happened to them?“

    It’s sad that she seems to regret making a comeback due to mean comments from her own fans, because her whole vibe has really taken me back to the late 90s early 2000s, especially in this “stripped” version of the song where she wears baggie jeans and hot pink glasses. The colored glasses really really took me back in time.

    Thank you for this beautiful, yet sad, homage to pop stars.

  • Miss You, Zhao Wei

    You’re often on my mind.

    Thank you for giving us Two Tigers (兩隻老虎) and its theme song Ke Yi (可以) [1].

    And off-topic, this amazing commercial.

  • The Race Against Rotting DVD

    On December, I wrote about a couple of my concert music DVDs rotting away.

    And the YT algo just popped this on the feed, talking about a number of Warner Bros titles that are apparently being affected.

    Somebody on forums (!!! They still exist!) posted a list of probable affected titles, and to my dismay, the Greta Garbo and (both) Joan Crawford collections are affected. I just popped Mata Hari and Possessed on the player and seem to be playing fine.

    Another one of the fears with (new) media and products that developed in types of plastic is that they’re decaying faster than people expected. I’ve had older (retired) players that were kept on storage that have a general sticky texture after a while. However, this doesn’t seem to happen to players that are in general exposure, not directly with sunlight, but in a generally airy room that’s in use, unlike a display room. I also happen to live in the mildest of climates, though high in humidity, temperatures never go above 30C (above 90F) or lower than 14C (lower than 55F). So maybe these conditions are affecting the storage of physical media.

    I did the vast majority of my library collection before 2007, though. I did buy a number of things in between the mid-2000s to late-2000s, so if disc rot is affecting a general batch produced in between 2007-2009, it is a concern. I’m generally more worried with collections I keep in drawers instead of a regular shelf display.

  • It exists! It’s alive!

    The original latino dub of my Operación Dragón de Bruce Lee memories. After years searching, several copies acquired (The first thing I did when I bought my Special Edition DVD was check the dub). I even had to go through several copies of Spain’s Spanish, only to find out that the Latino version had a do-over, and that the original Latino dub of Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon was probably lost media.

    I even wrote to OG Hector Lee, who was the original Bruce Lee voice in the film.

    It has not been lost. These are my memories. I will cherish them.

  • Na Hosh Chale (Arijit Signh Version) Lyrics

    So I did this.

    Na hosh chale
    Na junoon chale
    Dil par kiska qanoon chale

    Tu jaan meri
    Meri jaan hai tu
    Chal jaise ragon mein khoon chale

    Tu kya hai
    Kya ehsas hai tu
    Ehsas ka koi wajood nahi

    Main kaise tujhe chhu leta hu
    Jab samne tu maujuud nahi

    Ae jaan meri
    Meri jaan hai tu
    Chal jaise ragon mein khoon chale

    Palko ki chhaon dhundta hu
    Main teri nazar ki dhoop tale
    Uss pyaase ka kya hoga bataa
    Jo sabnam ke paataal pai palin

    Ae jaan meri
    Meri jaan hai tu
    Chal jaise ragon mein khoon chale

    Full version of the audio is available here.

    Vishal’s version (labeled as “Film Version”) is slightly different after the first chorus, so might share in separate post.

    Translations to English would be appreciated.

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  • Yuki Tanada’s Yu Aoi Romance Doll Trailer

    I haven’t had much time or chance to watch Yuki Tanada’s movies, and I’m still trying to catch up with recent Yu Aoi movies… BUT! Issei Takahashi has really sneaked into my Jdrama catching up. Incredible rise to fame.

  • La Noria by Carlos Baena

    It’s a beautifully animated and textured short. Spooky enough, but I’m not crying, YOU ARE.

  • Fin.K.L for Camping Club

    I had no idea that Lee Hyori was doing a brand new variety reuniting with Fin.K.L after all these years! I’m almost offended no one in the timeline talked about it. UNbelievable.

    Now all I have to do is find the time to sit through several episodes, but I’ve already spoiled myself with all the clips posted on the JTBC channel. Of course, feelings were had.

    Also, Lee Hyori, Queen of the Innocent concept xD~

    Bless this concept.

  • His Dark Materials Returns~

    I’m one of the very few people that actually enjoyed The Golden Compass, and I must admit that I’m always the skeptic, but this latest trailer for HBO-BBC’s His Dark Materials adaptation has raised my expectations. I’m never a fan of season series, but I’ll allow three for this, of course.

    I’m a hyper-real animation skeptic, as well. But it certainly works best in mixed media than *coughliveactionremakescough*.

    I hope there’s blood in the bear fight. That always irked me.