Departure

No, not Jesse McCartney...


I mean, I am going to depart for KL tonight... Then, take another flight to Taiwan tomorrow morning...



So, gotta go... I might post when I'm at Taiwan

Avatar

Well, this movie took 15 years in the making and became one of the biggest movie of the year 2009. So, can this movie impress viewers? Yes, it already had.

James Cameron is a very good writer and director, he showed that in Avatar. The pacing of the story is a bit off the pace but as soon as the story progresses, the pace is back to normal. James Cameron done some great lengths to make the Na Vi's world, Pandora believable with scientific explanation and the motives of humans to have war against them there.

To cut the cost down, most of the actors and actresses in the movie, but those actors really played their part nicely. I really think the lead, Sam Worthington, could be a good actor after stealing the limelight from Christian Bale from Terminator Salvation and play lead role in this.

Well, we all wanted to see the movie because of the gorgeous graphics, especially with 3-D. Since the revival of 3-D, this is the most beautiful 3-D movie yet. The Pandora world is so realistic that I starting to believe the crew actually go there and shoot the movie. With coulourful objects and realistic CGI of Na Vi, the whole movie is purely CGI... And it is really gorgeous movie.

Besides the off pacing at the beginning of the movie, James Cameron has done it again to prove he is one of the best out there.

Verdict 4.8/5

Princess and the Frog

I've seen it, and my sis wanna kill me...

Anyway, I actually had no plans to watch this movie. Me and my friend was actually planning to go to Red Box for karaoke session, but we ended up watching this movie instead because Red Box was full.

I didn't like Disney's animations for past few years because I think some of them are pretty boring and doesn't have any good humour in it. But with Princess and the Frog, I like it!!! And I liked the decision Disney made to step back into traditional 2-D animations like The Lion King and Bambi.

The characters' are very lively and some of them are ridiculously funny, mixed with nice songs and musicals. The story also tells us about love and friends, not greed, the story also has a very good pace of development and you won't feel rushed or crawl like a turtle.

I want to review it more, but I might end up spoiling it. In the end, it's one of the best Disney's animations of the past few years.

Verdict: 4.5/5

One of my favourite Tom & Jerry episode

I love Tom & Jerry. In fact, is all my family members love Tom & Jerry... I could remember that I watch it regularly when I was younger...

This is one of my favourite episode I watched:

The Best Disaster Porn Yet

I watched this on premiere but I really don't have time posting the review because of the 9 subjects I've been studying all month long...

2012 is a disaster movie based on the myth that the world will come to an end in 2012 (Don't panic, it is really a myth, no science has yet to prove that), and loosely referred to the Mayan prophecy. The cast is basically made up of actors and actresses I never heard before, besides John Cusack, but in the end, the cast and their acting never got any big impact on these kind of movies anyway.

The plot is pretty much dumb, it's like the director have I-don't-what-you-think-of-the-story moment when he wrote it. So, the plot and story pretty much revealed at the trailers and the beginning of the movie, the world will end, many people die, most of the cast survive the freaking disaster... Anyone wants Academy Award winning potential movie? No, this is not for you...

What is the main recipe for a disaster movie? Hmmm... Oh, disasters!!! Well, the director, Roland Emmerich (disaster movies expert) has gone great length to make the disasters in 2012 so epic in sizes, the whole city came down, tsunamis all over the place blah, blah, blah... I am impressed with what I saw in the theathers, because I am a disaster movies fan. I like disaster movies because I like the whole city torn apart and the world is in chaos, those scenarios are never gonna happen in that size and disaster movies fueled my imagination. And the best part is, the size of the disasters in this movie might be the biggest yet in motion picture history. With good CGI touch, unbelievable...

So, in the end, nothing matter in disaster movies... Just disasters with enormous size is going to satisfy viewers. With disasters at it biggest size yet, the biggest disaster porn so far...

Verdict: 4/5

Orianthi Panagaris

Umm... Many people who watched Michael Jackson's This Is It will probably know her, she was the guitarist of MJ's planned 50 sold out concert in London.

Actually, she is a singer, which is not famous until the day the rehearsal videos leaked onto YouTube and she's getting more and more attentions these days...

This is one of her song from her new album (Believe):

Orianthi - According To You - Watch more amazing videos here

Now, getting back to study...

Idol Battle Season 9 V2: New Singles

Well, last time in many Internet poll, Kris Allen won the battle of No Boundaries, beating Adam Lambert.

Now, both singers have their new singles coming out at the same time. Kris Allen make his rendition of Live Like We're Dying, a song by The Script, then Adam release another song called Time For Miracles, which is used in the soundtrack of 2012...

Please login your IMEEM Account if you have to listen to full song

Please vote on your LEFT!!!

Kris Allen

Live Like Were Dying - Kris Allen

VS

Adam Lambert

Time for Miracles - Adam Lambert

This Is It

"Concert in Cinema?! Waste money leh...", this is mind of most Malaysians when we said about concert movies. I have doubt about This Is It because I didn't know whether it would be a hit, but since it is Michael Jackson, I said the movie will take off the concert movies genre in Malaysia... And I specially took out my study time to watch this movie.

There are two words I'm going to say "Absolutely Stunning!!!" I am amazed by those dancers, choreographers, musicians and MJ himself make those creative moves and those beats. Practice makes perfects, these words can describe them... Their dance moves and music, they just do it like saying ABC, vowing everyone...

Music videos like Smooth Criminal, Earth Song, They Don't Care About Us and Thriller are specially recreated for the concert. All those scenes and performance merged seamlessly and feels like it is coming from 1 stage... His rehearsal is even better than some of the live acts these days

I gotta say even though the movie is fun to watch, I feel sad too... Watching those scenes, we all knew at that time Michael was just hours away from his tragic death, and this is his last work. His ambition to create a magical concert for the audiences in the UK never happened. Those worked with him for the concerts must be shocked and sad, knowing their difficult auditions, practices and dreams to perform with him were shattered...

We have Elvis, The Beatles, but no one has ever match the magnitude the King of Pop created...
And we all won't know, when there will be another pop sensation like him. Probably 10 years? 20? 50? 100? We really won't know... The King of Pop's shoes is hard to fit in

Verdict: No Score (Incomparable)

Last Day of Ah Chow

Well, it's the last day we tuition at Ah Chow... Next month no more, as we all ready for SPM... We can no longer chat with him, listen to his nonsense and undoubtedly, his ridiculous jokes...

Ah Chow moments and quote (F4-F5):

• "BM is not for human to study one"
• "BM Literature, all stupid ending"
• "Chiak Chao ar!!!"
• "Put hen as your tattoo and those mob won't challenge you for a fight"
• His face when can't fight back words we said at him
• Keep praising his PS3 and Blu-Ray
• Use Akon's Right Now as his ringtone
• "BM A1 is impossible, aim A2 or B3 can liao" =.='''
• Learned the art of spamming at facebook
• A tech junkie, can't stop talking about tech at tuition

P.S. Mr. Chow, really don't want sell me PS3 meh?

1st ever Crasher Movie Awards

After weeks of delays, the show is finally here. The show is dedicated to movie makers for making nice and entertaining movies for the general public to enjoy for this summer (according to American seasons). Let's get it started shall we?

Best Actor:
Chris Pine (Star Trek)
Sharlto Copley (District 9)
Shia LaBeouf (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
Zachary Quinto (Star Trek)

Best Actress:
Sienna Miller (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
Zoe Saldana (Star Trek)
Lynn Collins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
Amy Adams (Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian)
Jordanna Brewster (Fast & Furious)

Best Supporting Actor:
Marlon Wayans (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
Owen Wilson (Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian)
Josh Duhamel (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation)
Simon Pegg (Star Trek)

Best Supporting Actress:
Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
Julie White (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation)
Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious)

Best New Actor/Actress:
Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation)
Ramon Rodriguez (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Chris Pine (Star Trek)
Sharlto Copley (District 9)

Best Director:
Neil Blomkamp (District 9)
Michael Bay (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
J.J. Abrams (Star Trek)
Pete Docter (Up)
Stephen Sommers (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)

Best Story:
District 9
Star Trek
Up

Best Effects:
Star Trek
District 9
Up
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Terminator Salvation

Best Voice Actor/Actress:
Reese Withespoon (Monsters vs. Aliens)
Peter Cullen (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Ed Asner (Up)
Seth Rogen (Monsters vs Aliens)
Ray Romano (Ice-Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs)

Best Animation:
Monsters vs Aliens
Up
Ice-Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
G- Force (plus live action)

Movie of the Year:
Star Trek
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Up
District 9

P.S. After all this summer, the contenders of Movie of the Year fight very closely. It is really hard to choose the winner. But the choice is made, District 9 is the movie of the year. When I stepped out of the screenings of Star Trek, I said this is my movie of the year. But in the end of the summer, District 9 surprised me. It is one of the most original movie of the year in the year dominated by sequels, prequels and spin-offs. District 9 offered us emotions, story, character developments and entertainment all together. Star Trek and Up is not far behind though, these two are tied in No. 2 because Star Trek is the most entertaining movie of the year and Up is the best animation of the year. I didn't like Star Trek series, but after watching the new movie, I got sucked into the world of Star Trek. As for G.I. Joe and Transformers: ROTF, they didn't offer a compelling package for movie of the year, but they did offer entertainment and fun into it. Transformers could be a disappointment for movie goers who want a good story, but for people who are in for graphics and robots and hot chicks, this is the movie...

Video Games Now and Then: How big are the Differences?

Since video game created more than 30 years ago, a lot have changed over the years. From the Bubble Bobble my sisters love to the latest Uncharted 2 that has 96% average score from worldwide critics, and the legendary Mario to LittleBigPlanet. Things just keep changing...

Another video game I wanna let people see is Racing Game from my sisters' childhood, Pole Position from Atari and Gran Turismo 5 from PS3. No words can describe the changes over the years.

Pole Position:

Gran Turismo 5 featuring Ferrari 458 Italia:

What I want from Transformers 3...

Well, I love Transformers motion picture, I really do, with amazing CGI and awesome action sequences. But even giving 4.5/5 for the sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, I think the movie is really a failure. Because I'm for the works of people at Industrial Light & Magic (kudos to them), without giving actual ratings on other stuffs.

With Transformers 3 announced to be released in July 4th, 2011, director Michael Bay can make even better with certain point I want Transformers to change as of below:

• Better story line - Come on, the story is really, I mean REALLY! Abysmal to look at. I never seen a mega blockbuster earning $800 million worldwide had such a horrible storyline. It features no developments and no emotional at all(I don't care at emotion but critics' review is can influence the mind of the audience). Even with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the pair behind the highly praised 2009 Star Trek can't make a story decent enough, the Revenge of the Fallen failed in storyline in a big way.

• Kill Megan Fox's ccharacter Mikaela early in the movie - She's sexy, I admit, but she just ruined the host lead actress thingy, she is boring, bad acting, unfunny, and rude. Come on, many actress can do that and beat her easily. When I said to my friends during a conversation about Transformers, I said I want her dead in the sequel, some agreed, some don't. For those who don't, are you so desperate for a sexy girl? You can watch some chick flicks or even sit at Borders Bookstore and read FHM or Galaxie and you can find even more sexy girls, or even sexier than Megan Fox.

• No more jokes with sexual suggestions - I mean it... For a movie to attract general audience, the jokes of the movie, especially Revenge of the Fallen, had stepped over the limit. Many parents and cinema goers, including me, will not take children to the cinema to watch it because of sexual suggested contents inside. If I'm the parents and plan to watch it with my children at the cinema, I would have scrapped the plans if the reviews of the movie has 8 complain about the sexual content out of 10. Even you put it on a male robot humping on female and show its testicles hanging around, Michael Bay in the end defended the film because the audiences are mostly 20s man. If a man crazy in this kind of stuff, he would rather watch pornography right? Who needs it in a blockbuster?

• Use common sense DUDE!!! - Ya, I know this might be controversial but this is error is too big to ignore it, it is minor problem but it is a bit stupid. After all those Autobots and Decepticons fighting at the city in the first one, how come everyone don't know their existences after all those damages? Another US government conspiracy? It is a bit too huge to hide from the public eyes... During the 2 years in the story time line , no one has ever capture a full video or a full photo of the robots. They have, but they only captured the feet of the robots after the whopping 2 years!!!

These suggestions above could be rejected by people, but I think that is what I think Transformers (especially Revenge of the Fallen) is lacking. I hope Michael Bay make at least some of the changes and make the movie more epic.

Gran Turismo PSP Review

It's been five years since the first announcement of the game was made. Along this years with no updates or anything whatsoever, many media already consist this game is a vaporware. In June 2009, a new announcement was made, Gran Turismo PSP has finally arrived. But, is the game worth the wait after all this year? Crasher Khoo here think yes, it is...

Graphics

Every time we say about this game, we always say the graphics. No racing games, or any other games can rival the photorealistic graphics of the series. In PSP, it is one of the best portable graphics out there. It may not rival PS3 with its superior graphic capability, it is certainly look a lot better in PSP's tiny widescreen. It certainly look gorgeous on Sony's portable platform. THUMBS UP!

The Corvette ZR-1 makes a very good impression here, and it is sexy!

Gameplay
With more than 800 cars and 35 tracks to choose from, Gran Turismo is not a game to get bored easily. It does feel a bit boring at the beginning, with only a slow and uninspired BMW 120d in your garage and 10k of credits available. Classic company marques like Ferrari, Bugatti, Lamborghini made debut here, the car list has ever more cars than the upcoming release like Forza Motorsport 3 for the XBOX 360, which only have a mere 400 cars available.

Lamborghini finally made its debut in the GT series

The car dealers format in Gran Turismo Mobile (unofficial name) has its advantage and disadvantage, with only 4 dealers available every time you play. The good things is the players will always play the game to wait for the car they want. The main problem is you might miss the car you want if you don't have enough credit for the car you really want and will always skip if you don't want the car. I played the game until I have 1,500,000 credit and I miss my chance for a 8 million credit Ferrari F2007 F1 car. Geez...

The game also lack a proper career mode. In old GT, you'll need to obtain licenses from driving school to get your racing career up and running. Now the driving school is just a mere bonus game for extra credits. According to its creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, the game new format is to suit the portable platform as people will only play for a short time, in contrast to the console version.

Sounds
Nothing to praise about here, the game features a lot of sounds effect for each and different cars. I am curious with the Toyota Prius, because it is a hybrid car, it doesn't make a lot of sound, so does the game only have tires sounds when the car is running? hehehez

No Money no Talk, 8 million or walk away

One of the bad points of the game is the soundtrack. How on earth the soundtrack is created, repetitive lyrics, bad groove and it doesn't help you into RACING MODE!!!

Lasting Appeal
I think the game will have an incredible lasting appeal, with more than 800 cars available, and a variety of tracks. This game will not get bored very easily, it will certainly call out to its owners, "COME BACK FOR MORE!"

This is just the virtual tracks, there's more

GT certainly makes a very good and competitive debut at the PlayStation Portable. And it is a very good Gran Turismo 5 PS3 appetizer.

Pros: Godzillion of cars available, classic virtual and real world track remains and lots of varieties to choose from, warm up to PS3 Gran Turismo 5, Ferrari, Bugatti, Lamborghini makes it into the game

Cons: Still no damage, car dealers might not suit some people, no proper career mode, license mode is now an bonus game, Porsche is still not here, repetitive soundtrack

Verdict: 4/5

Prototype Review

I finished the game last week and I have a lot of fun in the game's fallen New York City. The game offers tons of fun for you to enjoy in the city.

You play as Alex Mercer, a mutated human who can shapeshift and "consume" human. In the game, New York has been attack by a virus that turn everyone into zombie-like and Alex Mercer has no memory of himself. With his power and connection to the virus, he must find out the truth.

Playing the game is absolute fun for me. For starters, Alex has a lot of power than shapeshift and consuming, it also have claws like Wolverine, whip, giant blade, musclemass for you to transform into. In the game, using this power is fun, slashing the infected and Hunters, killing military personnel. Like any games set in New York, fighting is fun!

One of the major flaw of the game is combat sometimes feels too easy, especially military personnel and Hunters. Boss fight is a bit too hard consider the combat with other enemy is easy, making the game somewhat unbalanced.

Verdict: 4/5

Movie Awards delayed

Sorry, the movie awards that I promised weeks earlier will not be finish on time, due to schedule conflict...

Try my best possible to release it on next week

The new AE-86 finally previewed

Do you remember the original AE-86 from Toyota? Well, it is popular in manga culture because it is the main character's car in Initial D... Now, there's a new one on the horizon, and it looks aggressive, could be a Nissan GT-R beater!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2nd trailer

Well, this year most hyped first-person shooter game of the year is nearly here, and the 2nd trailer is released... Nice narrating.

2nd Crasher Music Awards

Behold, the 2nd version of Annual Crasher Music Awards is here. The award is dedicated to artists who entertained Crasher and his friends throughout the year. The winners are announced, they are:

*Winners are in orange, bold and Italic font

Best Rock Artist:
Green Day
Shinedown
Linkin Park
Paramore
The All-American Rejects

Best Rock Hits
Ignorance by Paramore
New Divide by Linkin Park
Second Chance by Shinedown
Know Your Enemy by Green Day
Come Back to Me by David Cook

Best Hip-Hop Artist:
Flo Rida
T.I.
Eminem
Kanye West
Pitbull

Best Hip-Hop Hits:
We Made You by Eminem
Right Round by Flo Rida
Dead and Gone by T.I.
Paranoid by Kanye West
You Know You Want Me by Pitbull

Best R&B Artist:
Ne-Yo
Beyonce
Jordin Sparks
Ciara
Kevin Rudolf

Best R&B Hits:
Part of The List by Ne-Yo
Battlefield by Jordin Sparks
Welcome to the World by Kevin Rudolf
Halo by Beyonce
F**k You by Lily Allen (censored for viewership friendly)

Best Pop Artists:
Miley Cyrus
Katy Perry
Colbie Caillat
Mariah Carey
Cobra Starship

Best Pop Hits:
Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry
Obsessed by Mariah Carey
Falling For You by Colbie Caillat
Good Girls Go Bad Cobra Starship
The Climb by Miley Cyrus

Best Country Artist:
Rascal Flatts
Kellie Pickler
Jessie James
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift

Best Country Hits:
Best Day of Your Life by Kellie Pickler
Wanted by Jessie James
Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts
You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift
She Wouldn't Be Gone by Blake Shelton

Best Dance/Electronic Artist:
3oh!3
Lady Gaga
Black Eyed Peas
Little Boots
Britney Spears

Best Dance/Electronic Hits:
Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas
If You Seek Amy by Britney Spears
Don't Trust Me by 3oh!3
Lovegame by Lady Gaga
Remedy by Little Boots

Best New Artist:
3Oh!3
Pixie Lott
Kevin Rudolf
Jessie James
Hey Monday

Best Comeback:
Kelly Clarkson
Black Eyed Peas
Green Day
Boys Like Girls
The All-American Rejects
Nickelback

Best collaboration:
Beautiful - Akon ft. Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall
Run This Town - Jay-Z ft Rihanna & Kanye West
Takin' Back My Love - Enrique Iglesias ft. Ciara
Two Is Better Than One - Boys Like Girls ft. Taylor Swift
Be On You - Flo Rida ft Ne-yo

Hate It but Love It Hits:
That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings
Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas
Fire Burnin' by Sean Kingston
Hotel Room Service by Pitbull

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Michael Jackson

Album of the Year:
The Fame by Lady Gaga
Fearless by Taylor Swift
R.O.O.T.S. by Flo Rida
21st Century Breakdown by Green Day
All I Ever Wanted by Kelly Clarkson

Song of the year:
Love Story by Taylor Swift
Know Your Enemy by Green Day
Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas
Good Girls Go Bad by Cobra Starship
We Made You by Eminem

Artist of the year:
Lady Gaga
Green Day
Taylor Swift
Black Eyed Peas
Ne-Yo

2nd Crasher Music Awards Pre-show

Well, the music award almost wanna start... The full awards and nominee will probably be announced on 1st of October night, or later, depends on the Internet speed I'm picking up. But let's kick off the show with the year's biggest hits, shall we?

The first show kicking off is I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas, but is lipdub by students from University of Quebec. I wish my school can do this kind of activity, it is really fun!!!

This is the reason I wanna get a PlayStation 3

Look at this, it's mind blowing. This PS3 video shows Gran Turismo 5 featuring the yet to be released Ferrari 458 Italia in HD at 2009 Tokyo Game Show... I want!!!

G-Force

Watched G-Force yesterday with Atles and Xin Chen at Gurney Plaza for a 3-D treat. G-Force is a story about a bunch of Guinea Pigs trying to be Special Agent in the FBI.

As you know, story like that always failed, because it is too predictable. But the story is very attractive to kids because got Guinea Pigs and FBI, which many kids love to see these stuff these days. Like most of the Disney movie, it features comedy with crazy characters. At here, they done it again, even though the story utterly failed, but you can laugh at the cinema.

If you like modern music, you are in for a treat too. This movie features song like Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Jump and much more...

If you want to watch this movie, I opt you to choose the 3-D version. The 3-D in this movie really outperformed other 3-D movie this year. Sadly my friend, Atles, can't see the difference. Maybe he needs to watch more 3-D to really settle down.

Verdict: 3/5

Movie and Music Award Teasers

Now, I will release the nominee for Movie of the Year and Artist of the year, to tease you for the upcoming event:

Artist of the year:

• Lady Gaga
• Green Day
• Taylor Swift
• Black Eyed Peas
• Ne-Yo

Movie of the Year:

• Star Trek
• District 9
• Up
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Whatever

Well, I drank Anything before, the random flavored carbonated drinks. Yesterday during Ah Chow, I picked up Whatever, non-carbonated version of Anything... It could be consist of:


I didn't picked up the first one or the last one... If you know me, I pretty much hate the rest, so my reaction was, why I'm so unlucky?!?!

Sunset

Sunset means to me is, get ready to for new life tomorrow...

Taken at Batu Ferringhi (WU YI's house)

Thank You USA readers!

I need to say a big thank you to people in the US of A, because you guys keep up with my blog frequently, but not as Malaysia lah... But you beat Singapore already, my neighboring country.


Your country makes up for 14.76% of all the readers, that's a big numbers... Thank you everyone for reading my blog, especially Malaysia, USA, Singapore...

Batman: Arkham Asylum

I had doubts when I saw this game, even after high praise from medias all over the world, because superhero adaptation based game never be good. So, I set myself getting this game and play it, and the result is the game unexpectedly awesome!

First, the story is just incredible. The story written is dark and able to get the gamers wanted more of the story. The story writing just feel like The Dark Knight in video game. And the voice acting is superb too, everyone is very realistic with their role....

Secondly, the gameplay is simple and nice. Batman fighting combo and melee attack is just 3 mouse click only, you don't need different buttons to form better attack.

You just have to try this game. Trust me... Full review might not coming, I will immersed to the world and might never came back...

Crasher 1st Movie Awards & 2nd Music Awards

Okay, announcement here, CrasherKhoo.Blogspot.com will host the first ever Crasher Movie Awards at here, this freaking blog... The award will be sometime around the 2nd week of October... Expected nominees will be:

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Up
• District 9
• Star Trek
• Terminator Salvation
• Some future releases
• Monsters vs Aliens

Now for the Crasher Music Awards. If you're following my blog for the past few months, you sure know I just released the first ever Music Awards earlier this year. But I changed this to early October to because the timing is near year end and most stuff will come out already. The releases after the awards will be considered into the next awards.

The expected nominees:

• Taylor Swift
• Lady Gaga
• Green Day
• Linkin Park
• Michael Jackson
• Black Eyed Peas
• Paramore

PLEASE SUPPORT BOTH AWARDS... If got any suggestion for the nominee or nominees, just leave comment below...

It's over!!!

It's finally over!!! The trials is finally gone!!! I just wondering I can do it like a Jedi trials... hahaha!!!

Actually I planned to watch this movie at Jusco punya:


But that ridiculously idiotic TGV refused to show it, even though it is a new movie released a week back... Don't they know what's new?!?! I don't wanna watch an unscary horror movie made from Singapore, the visuals and sound effects won't justify my 10 bucks!!!


Anyway, I am now relaxing in front of my PC, wondering got what new game for me to play... Need For Speed Shift, need download, but my PC said need 2 weeks for download. Are YOU KIDDING ME?!?! I need to go to Pacific now!!!


Tonight plan to watch a new movie downloaded from Internet, called "The Hurt Locker". This movie was highly acclaimed by critics, some even said one of the best movie ever made and Oscar potential... Interesting!!!

Jeff Dunham

If you reading this blog, you might not know about this guy, but now you know it. Jeff Dunham, a stand-up comedian from the US, he is currently one of the most popular people is YouTube. He is very, very talented comedian, he can do a puppet show, jokes and even talk to one or two puppets, INCREDIBLE!!!

I really don't know anything about him, but until my sister borrowed DVD from her boss. When we watched it, we laughed until tears started flowing down from our eyes... So hilarious that I can't drink for couple of moments because I keep spitting out!!!

Here's one of his popular videos on the internet, featuring one of his puppet, Achmed The Dead Terrorist:

THE LOVE THAT REALLY LAST TILL THE END

#I wrote this a long time ago, but didn't finish it. Today, I finally added finishing touch and voi'la!!!

I do not mean about a girl... Look below:



























It's STAR WARS!!! A series that being loved by millions of sci-fi fans worldwide, including me and my two elder sisters. Although the original trilogy is not from my generation, but my sisters are, they usually "organize" a 3-part marathon during school holidays. I was a young, small boy back then, so I have many time to watch with them. Since that first time, I fell in love with this series that is full of lightsaber, droids, space craft and many more that seems skeptical 30 years ago.

Original Trilogy:
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope


The first in the series. The first thing I really love about this movie is the opening, with the STAR WARS logo flashing in and out then a 3 paragraphs of prologue story coming out. After the word flashed out, it then shows a long, long movement of extremely huge Imperial Star Cruiser, making all the viewers shocked and awe. Then the camera show inside of the ship the Star Cruiser is chasing, where one tall, talkative C-3pO describe it's fear with R2-D2 around. Then the Star Cruiser moving in for the kill, killing all soldiers in the ships. The tall and powerful Darth Vader walked out of the door, and that villain is so COOL!!! Below the ships, on the planet Tatooine, Ben Kenobi shows Luke Skywalker the ways of the force and lightsabers, the civil war between Empire and Rebels.

I don't wanna talk too much here, don't wanna spoil too much for friends who haven't watch.

And here is the opening crawl I really love:

Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back


The best blockbuster ever made, this is how good I describe this movie! The movie is tense, full of drama, and most of all, full of actions. With the story progress so smoothly, then added the line "No, I am your father." That is shocking at first, but for me, not at all lah! Watch tons of times already... xD

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi


After you saw the previous two, this is the worst, still exceptionally awesome, because the two is just have the near perfect status. This is the last part of the story tells the end, where the Luke fights Lord Vader and the Emperor for the last time. On the ground, Rebel fights off the final battle of the civil war against the Empire troops.

Prequel Trilogy
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace


After those few years waiting for the new Star Wars, George Lucas gave me this mediocre new installment to the series. The young Anakin is too boring too watch. Who wants to watch the dumb the podrace, the Tatooine struggle???? And one thing, the stupid annoying Gungan, Jar Jar Binks talks so much that a buzzing of a fly is more worth it. But got one thing to love though, the lightsaber duel. The previous duel is just slow pace sword fighting, but this time around, Qui-Gon and the young Obi-Wan (Ben Kenobi) fights the Darth Maul.

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones


I rated this the worst Star Wars in history! Not even The Phantom Menace came close, so that's how bad. Think the podrace is awful? Think again, the teen Anakin Skywalker fell in love with the never seem to age Padme Amidala is just too awful to watch. Who wants love story in Star Wars? I don't think anyone wants to... One thing to love this though, Jar Jar Binks is talking about only ten lines, story of Stormtroopers is told...

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith


The best Star Wars since Empire Strikes Back. This should not considered to be in the prequel trilogy story though, because George Lucas wrote this story before A New Hope was written. That means George Lucas is too old for movie making. The story sums up what begins and what continue at A New Hope. Darth Vader is born, Republic has turned to Galactic Empire, and how Darth Vader got his suit and how Leia and Luke was born...

The 2 prequels might be bad, but I still love Star Wars like I did when I was a young boy. I will never forget this extraordinary sci-fi series. There is love and hate with the movie, but I know how to control my hate, like Luke with the Force... haha ;p

Summer's Top 10 Movies*

Well, summer's over... I mean in US lah, Malaysia always in Summer mode, is over... We have been invaded by tons of tons of summer blockbusters and we paid a lot for it. So, I watched the explosive movies more to justify the RM 10 I paid. So here's my list:

1. Star Trek
2. Up
3. District 9
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
5. Ice-Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
6. G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
7. Monsters vs Aliens
8. Fast & Furious
9. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
10. Night at the Museum 2:... (I don't know the subtitles)
    

Don't criticize my post. If you watch comedy and deserves in the lists, I didn't watch them cuz I wait for DVD. Harry Potter too, I wait... Sorry, Christian Bale, your most anticipated movie didn't make the cut, and James Cameron should feel sorry not to direct it.


*No study interruption occured during the process of this writing ( I finished studying before doing this)

Double Shot of Trailers

I bring two movie trailer today... One is 2012 and another one is Avatar.

I just love sci-fi movies and I like disaster movies a lot, 2012 is my type of movie. Talking about old civilisation (Maya), predict that the world will end in 2012, creating bunch of chaos. The movie is directed by the director of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow and stars John Cusack.

Another movie I wanna show you is Avatar. Maybe you guys never heard of this movie but I heard it since Terminator Salvation: The Making, where the lead Sam Worthington also play lead actor in this movie. I highly anticipated this movie because it is directed by James Cameron, who was behind the success of The Abyss, The Titanic (the highest grossing film of all time) and The Terminator... This is not a trailer but a mere teaser.

Happy 52nd Merdeka!!!

August 31st, 1957 is a special day in every Malaysians heart. On this day, British finally ended their "stay" in Malaysia and Tunku Abdul Rahman shout 'MERDEKA!' at Stadium Merdeka. We finally gained Independence on that day.

Now it August 31st, 2009, 52 years had passed and we're all still here enjoying freedom from other empires. Our country is peaceful, there is no war, no disasters, everyone having a normal life. But, I have to say our country is still not perfect, but with more unity with every community on this land, we can achieve it.

My Merdeka wish:

• No more political unrest, please fight for votes fairly and less arguments between parties
• Improve Proton's quality (they are showing signs of improvement), keep up!!!
• Make change in our education system and stick with it for decades please!!!
• Less corruption

But, anyway...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALAYSIA!

Pixar's Presto

I am so addicted to PIXAR now ever since I watched UP at the cinema. So, I looked up the internet, especially YouTube and I found this, "Presto"...

This is very funny, and the rabbit is very cute!!! WATCH!!!

200th post

It's my 200th post since this blog first established, there are rants, reviews, previews, opinions, games, sports, tributes, cars and many many more...

To celebrate this 2nd century of post, I compiled 200 things about me, to let visitors (mostly friends) know about me, some are lame and some are nice... Here it goes:

1. Real name is Khoo Jia En
2. Born in 1st of August, 1992
3. Lives with my parents and my sisters
4. Study in Jit Sin in both primary and secondary
5. Goes to school everyday in my mom's car
6. A very avid car enthusiast, try to look at every detail of a car
7. Favourite car marque is Ferrari
8. The car I hate the most is the Proton Juara
9. A follower to Formula 1
10. F1 Team that I supported is also Ferrari
11. Favourite F1 driver is Michael Schumacher
    
12. Xin Chen is like my bro to me
13. Then Kah Wai is my best pal
    
14. I watch movie only for entertainment, usually look at excitement before look at story (except Star Wars)
15. Super big fan of Star Wars series, follow the series since the first day I was born
16. and play quite a lot of Star Wars videogame
17. First machine to play video game in was PC
18. Next is the life changing Sony PlayStation
19. PlayStation 2
20. PlayStation Portable
21. Highest wish list is the Sony PlayStation 3
22. Into science fiction
23. As of August 27th 2009, I am 17 yrs old and 27 days
24. Still a virgin
25. Can say I never have a real date before
26. Currently have an 'L' license
27. Will try get 'P' in October
28. If I have the chance to buy a car with 40k budget, I'll get a new Proton Saga
29. Unlike many people, they always think Proton sucks, but I looked thoroughly before say their car sucks or not
30. Wish Streamyx market share will come down to deny its monopoly
31. Favourite normal car is Suzuki Swift
32. A big follower of American Idol since season 3
33. Only one contestant I supported win the American Idol, that is David Cook
    
34. Favourite Idol contestant ever is Chris Daughtry
35. Worst finalist is Sanjaya
36. If Simon leaves American Idol, I leave too
    
37. Big fan of CSI
38. CSI: NY
39. but not Miami though
40. Like Chuck very much (AXN CH701)
41. Love Heroes although it is getting more and more weird and bland
42. Always want to tune in to Nickelodeon to watch Spongebob Squarepants
43. Favourite Disney character is almost everyone
44. I consider Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back is the best blockbuster ever made
45. I place Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith behind Empire Strikes Back as the best Star Wars
46. Go crazy with Technology
47. When watching blockbuster, the first thing I always see is the CGI
48. then explosion and story
49. First phone I owned is a Motorola left by my sister, Ah Wei.
50. First Mp3 player is also from her
51. Currently use Nokia N, just love the S60 smartphone
52. Proud owner of iPod Nano
53. Big follower of Top Gear
54. and its magazine Top Gear Malaysia
55. Another car magazine I love is Autocar ASEAN
56. Feels that the messier the room, the easier for me to find my stuff
57. Listen to every music genres
58. Favourite band is Green Day and My Chemical Romance
59. Favourite female singer is Taylor Swift, Jojo and Kelly Clarkson
60. Favourite male singer is Justin Timberlake and legend Michael Jackson
61. Likes yogurt drinks
62. Prefer funny talk show
63. Fan of Red Devil (Manchester United)
64. Favourite footballer is Wayne Rooney
65. Can't understand why government force us to read Sejarah because I suck at it
66. and Biology too
67. Likes to participate in Penang Bridge Marathon
68. Running is the best sport to keep my weight balance
69. Like Grand Theft Auto games
70. First-Person Shooter for shooting fun
71. and Driving for have the thrill of driving sport cars
72. Like movie version of Transformers for the it's superior computer graphics
73. Fall in love with the new Star Trek
74. I'm not a pervert
75. Thinks Friendster is dead
76. and thinks Twitter has no point
77. Wish to have a dog
78. I usually watch Astro from channel 551 to channel 814 only
79. Have my teeth rearrange before
80. Like every single PIXAR movie
81. The first thing I do once I open up my PC is Facebook and Gmail
82. The last thing usually check Billboard, Hitz.FM and American Top 40 for any new song to download
83. Favourite video game character is Crash Bandicoot
84. Crash Team Racing is the only game I can play with my sisters only
85. Like everyone else, I hate Jar Jar Binks
86. OMG, forgot to tell you that I live in BM... xD
87. and I'm straight
88. Likes money A LOT!!!
89. Favourite movie hero is none, because every hero is so uncool
90. Favourite movie villain is.... Of course, Darth Vader
91. The original album I bought is American Idiot by Green Day
92. Think that it is pointless to drive a Hybrid car recklessly
93. Well, I can't think of no. 93
    
94. Wish every day is relaxing
95. My Form 2 class is the craziest
96. One of the best racing gamer in Jit Sin
97. I always ask "Why our country need tuitions?" Miserable
98. Favourite shopping mall is Gurney Plaza
99. Places to go before I die, Tokyo, California, Italy
100. My watches never change brands, only Casio
101. Recently addicted to The Simpsons
102. and favourite characters from the show is Homer Simpson
103. Really wants a greener environment for our Earth
104. Wish the car of today all have zero CO2 emission
105. Inactive Kadet Police member
106. ICT club member
107. Hate books
108. Need at least 2L of water during school time alone
109. Fan of movie version of Transformers, but not the cartoon
110. My nickname is Crasher
111. It is originated from Crash Team Racing, from my favourite character, Crash Bandicoot
112. Red Alert is my best game
113. Age gap between both my elder sister is huge
114. and parents too
115. Can't think of 115
116. Not a fan of Harry Potter
117. and seriously not a fan of High School Musical, what the deal of high school student singing decently but dumb and hideous acting
118. Usually my type of music is different from other people at school
119. Study = crap
120. Want to search encyclopedia, it is WIKIPEDIA
121. Use Facebook a lot
122. and its games
123. Follow Kenny Sia's blog
124. and Paul Tan
125. In desperate need of PS3 because I can't afford PC upgrade anymore
126. I never delete my music file
127. Listen to Hitz.FM
128. and also Fly FM
129. Want a HD cinema in Malaysia
130. or having a HD Astro for at least
131. Favourite colour is black
132. or at least blue
133. Think that Black and Red houses' interior got the most luxury feel
134. Favourite Talk Show is Jimmy Kimmel Live!
135. and Late Show with David Letterman
136. If want to eat ice-cream, I choose Haagen-Daaz
137. and DrumStick
138. There are 95% chance I order a Double Cheese Burger when I go to McDonald
139. Like to annoy my eldest sister with That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings
140. or Flo Rida's In The Ayer
141. Ask me most of the English songs, I can name them all!!!
142. Think Dimitar Berbatov is the worst Manchester United player ever
143. Most hated football club is Chelsea FC
     
144. Many people call me 甲虫
145. Currently valued $105,115,526 at Facebook's FriendForSale
146. Like to search my name at Google
147. Waiting for Windows 7
148. Like the quote "d'oh!"
149. Like Star Wars quote "May the Force be with you" haha
150. Want to go to watch an F1 race, at least once
151. Want to watch Manchester United live in action, which I missed last month T.T
152. Best fun I at school was at my form 2 class, 2B3... Miss the times
153. Favourite food is "White chicken"
154. Favourite soft drinks is Pepsi original
155. Love the Hitz.FM Morning Crew, JJ and Ean
156. Especially the show's segment, GOTCHA!!!
157. I choose the best Michael Jackson's song is Billie Jean
158. Dream car is the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
159. The car I want to throw into the dumpster is Proton Juara and Fiat Multipla (the old one, Lo Han car)
160. Watch movies in the cinema at least 11 times this year
161. Have a very very curly hair
162. Big fan of the Mythbusters
163. And like the funny guy on the show, Adam Savage
164. A member of Malaysian Battlefield Team (a video game clan)
165. Even though I like the new Star Trek, I still have no idea what made the old Star Trek so great
166. No one can take Star Wars from my list of best movie I ever watched
167. And I watch it millions of times
     
168. When I was younger, I wanted to be a cat when I grow up
169. I prefer Ocean Park than Hong Kong Disneyland
170. Hate going to Shen Zheng because of it's too crowded city and noisy
171. Prefer a Mac over Windows, but was forced to use Windows because more parties support it
172. Hate using Streamyx, but everyone seems to be on par with the lousy connection
173. I dislike watching cinema recorded DVD
174. My favourite video game in recent history is the high violence level Grand Theft Auto
175. I find the jokes in The Simpsons won't get boring
176. My favourite place in Malaysia so far is Genting Highland
177. If I have a choice, I want a red and black wall in my room
178. Favourite Chinese movie is Aces Go Places 2 (最佳拍档 II）
179. My first pet was two baby chickens
180. Then some useless fish
181. My final pet so far was two tortoises
182. I have memories on certain advertisement I saw
183. I hate sleeping until I reach High School, which I always sleep till late morning
184. Love hi-tech gadget
185. I have my first taste of school when I was 6, not 5, 4 or 3
186. First Top 100 song I first listen when I was entering teenager period is American Idiot by Green Day
187. I like Disney Classic cartoon, The Lion King
188. My favourite modern Disney Cartoon is The Emperor's New Groove
189. If I have nothing to do at the Internet, I surf the Uncyclopedia
190. Tom & Jerry is the cartoon I grow up watching
191. I still don't understand why I loved Ultraman when I was younger, it doesn't make sense
192. Predict every movie's (except Revenge of the Sith or Return of the Jedi) third installment will not be as good as the previous two. Trust me on this
193. My Music file is 10GB alone
194. Finished Red Alert 1, 2 and 3, making the only series I ever completed. Since others I didn't buy all
195. Wish Lightsaber is real in this world
196. Wish having an R2-D2 at home, or maybe WALL-E
197. Wish to have little puppy as a pet since I don't have one
198. Me and my Er Jie alone can "tear" the whole house down, because we are noisy
199. I hate Chewbacca. If you let me choose between Jar Jar Binks and Chewbacca, I choose the walking doormat
200. I will keep writing this blog!!!!
     

Review: Up (1 to 200)

I've been a Pixar fan ever since Toy Story came out, their story never never fails. If you look back all those animations: Cars, WALL-E, Monsters. INC, The Incredible etc... Every movie they make is a masterpiece, so the expectation is extremely high for me...

Like any other Pixar films, I wasn't disappointed. The story is extremely well written and the new 3-D feature make it even worth watching it. There are several scene that is funny and imaginative, it can really make you think back of your childhood imagination where you go for an adventure flying with your house.

Verdict: This review is ridiculously short, you know why? There is nothing to complain about, and I'm speechless to write all the details. Another big hit from PIXAR!!!!!!

Score: 5/5 (PIXAR never got a film that is less than 4.9)

Twitter (2 to 200, damn close!!!)

Twitter, a new Internet phenomenon, which it has cutting down Facebook and MySpace dominance in the social network (not Friendster though, it looks dead to me). So what so special about this site that makes every celebrity and company in the whole wide world so crazy about.

In case you don't know, Twitter is micro blogging site where everyone tweet their messages and post it there. It is just like Facebook, without apps or other web pages. I am very curious why this concept is so well-received site, so I created an account (username: crasher7) and started using. After months of using, I think it is crap!!!

First of all, there's nothing. In Facebook or even Friendster, we can chat with friends, applications, online gaming all under one roof. In twitter, you can only post, bloody boring!

Another one is popularity counts!!! If you are a celebrity or politician or some other sensation, Twitter is the kind of thing you should have. You can post your recent updates for your fans and followers to see. If you are not popular at all, they won't follow you or see your latest postings, except you are showing nudity or sexual images on your profile...

So, in the end, Facebook is by far a better and far more superior social networking site. I like Twitter, but I just think that it needs more features, or else it is plain boring.

Review: District 9 (3 to 200)

When I saw the poster, I wanna watch this because of two reasons:

1. I love sci-fi movie
2. This movie is produced by Peter Jackson (the man behind the mind blowing Lord of the Ring series)

Me and my sister had to watch at Pacific, because it is classified 18-SG and stupid TGV Seberang Perai won't show the movie, have to tahan those low quality seats and the almost 4:3 ratio screen...

The movie started in documentary style, and I have to say the move is bold because the documentary style makes us believe that the aliens really landed on our planet, interviewing people and life with aliens, after they were taking refuge on South Afrika... Then the story takes place on so called alien agency agent, Wikus, who was ordered to persuade aliens to move away from the city.

I have to say this movie takes a different view of aliens landing on Earth, every movie are usually invasion, enslave and war with the humans. This though, they put the aliens on the struggle to survive on Earth and their consequences... And the movie ended in a well written but cynical tone, very sad...

It is worth a watch for this well-written and sad sci-fi movie. For me, it place high above the chart...

Verdict: 5/5