This Siti Never Sleeps At Night

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Love It Or Hate It: Comic Con 2013 – The Avengers: Age of Ultron

“Hey, wait a minute! I just saw your other post a couple of hours ago today and there’s another one?”

Yes, your friendly neighbourhood blogger is doing a blog vomit. (What’s “blog vomit”? I have no idea. I just created it.)

Comic Con is the place where two juggernauts try to one-up each other and these two are DC and Marvel. I have blogged about DC’s announcement of the sequel to Man of Steel where Superman is going to go head-to-head with Batman. Is Marvel going to be left behind? No, of course not. Marvel announced that the sequel to one of the biggest superhero movies of all time, The Avengers, is going to be called… The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Wait, what?

ImageIf you read the comic books (I don’t), you will probably know that Age of Ultron is the latest comic book series by Marvel just released this year and I heard that the last issue was released a month back. So, how is this movie gonna go?

Well, Joss Whedon, the director of The Avengers, spilled during Marvel Live that they are going to stray away from the comic book. So, for those of you who read the comic book and know what happened to your favourite superheroes (clue for those who don’t read: Not good things and these not good things is just one thing: Meeting with The Reaper aka death), you can breathe easy – that’s not gonna happen in the sequel to The Avengers. He mentioned that they are doing their own version the origin of Ultron.

Now, because I’m your friendly neighbourhood blogger, even though I don’t read the comics, I did some research. In the comic books, Ultron was created by Ant Man to help mankind but Ultron realizes that the threat to men is men themselves and vouched to eliminate the species.

The sequel will not have Ant Man. Joss Whedon will use what he already has with The Avengers and make his own story there. During Comic Con 2013, Marvel released a very sneak peek of The Avengers: Age of Ultron where Iron Man’s mask melted and formed back into the mask of Ultron, to the excitement of those who saw that first-hand. That is already a clue-in to what I will expect to see in the sequel – Ultron will not be created by Ant Man but Mr. Tony Stark. And if I’m right (I’m sure I am), why do they torture Stark again? The guilt this man will feel. He was almost destroyed in the first Avengers and now this? Pepper will have some work cut out for her.

And for those who wonder the characters that will appear in this sequel, obviously all of them, with the exception of Agent Coulson (maybe) and Loki, since there’s a new villain in town. Joss Whedon did confess that he has some hell of a work cut out for him right now. He has to bring together our favourite superheroes and tie them all into this sequel and then add in Hawkeye, Black Widow and Nick Fury among many others as well. We also need to remember that he does have the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D to do on top of this sequel.

Ouch! I do not want to be in Joss Whedon’s shoe right now.

Love it or hate it? I have high hopes that this sequel will be top!

Edit: For those of you who wonder about what happened to Thanos, the villain that we were introduced to in the last The Avengers movie, and how that will all tie in with the sequel, well, he will not be in this sequel. He will appear in another Marvel superhero movie called Guardians of the Galaxy. Guardians of the Galaxy is made possible because of that three-second shot of Thanos.


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Love It Or Hate It: Comic Con 2013 – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Official Trailer

As promised, more exciting news that I care about from Comic Con 2013. This time, it’s another look at The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

If I was excited from the teaser trailer that was released months back, I have no words to describe how I feel about this trailer. They let us see so much more than in the previous – the mocking jay costume, the tension between Katniss and Peeta, the other tributes as well as the cornucopia.

My brain is all in a mush right now so I’m just going to focus on one thing – the cornucopia. It is so much better than I expected from what I can see in this trailer. It is bigger than what I imagined and it will be really exciting to see how this would go from that moment on. Also, the panic in Katniss’ eyes when she saw the surroundings truly showed that yes, that is no place for the girl on fire. Jennifer Lawrence did a perfect job just showing that thought through her expression.

But I hope this is all they would release. The more they release, the more people can’t wait. It’s not just that, I don’t think they should, personally. If they do, we might as well have seen the whole movie through the trailers, right? Also, if they do release more trailers, I hope they let us see a glimpse (just a glimpse) of the other tributes. If you read the book, you know that it’s not just Katniss and Peeta that are loved. The other tributes are too.

Love it or hate it? When is November 22 and why is it not here yet?


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The Conjuring

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Whaddup? This is another special post from me. As you can see from the title of this post, I am going to talk about The Conjuring. This is not to be mistaken as a review. I make it a point not to watch horror movies because I am a scaredy cat. I am so scared to even Google images of the poster for the movie. But I survived. No heart attack, thank God. Anyway, take this as a friendly post from your friendly neighbourhood blogger. (Maybe not “neighbourhood”, per se, since I probably live a thousand miles away from most of you who are reading my blog.)

So, some of you may know that I am on Tumblr and while I was happily scrolling and reblogging very early this morning, I came across this image:

ImageImage source from Tumblr user, come-apart

Apparently, this was put up in a movie theatre in some place in US. Obviously, not everything on Tumblr is true (actually, not everything on the Internet is true). So, I decided to do some Googling on anything unusual that might have happened while people watched the movie. I saw some posts in forums that someone fainted while watching it, tweets about that particular image I posted and how scary the movie is, as well as the “R” rating for the movie because it was too scary.

In the back of my mind was that it could be a marketing hype to get people to watch the movie but then if people who did actually watch it said that it is really scary and the fact that it is based on a true story, then I will take it really scares the heebies-jeebies out of the audience.

Like I said, this is a friendly post. I did came across some images from the movie that can cause nightmares. So, if you want to watch the movie, please be mindful. If you are faint-hearted, have high blood pressure, etc., please try to refrain from watching the movie. Once again, I heard there was someone fainting, a lot of screaming coming from people who are not easily frightened, and a post about people leaving the theatre because the movie is too scary. A movie is not worth your health, psychologically and physically.

That’s the end of this friendly post. I will come back again later with my review on the latest episode of Teen Wolf and some “Love It Or Hate It” posts on news coming from the San Diego Comic Con 2013.

P.S: If you are reading this post and you have watched The Conjuring, do feel free to leave a comment on what you think about the movie and if it’s really as scary as what some people say.

 

 


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Love It Or Hate It: Comic Con 2013 – Superman versus Batman

Yes, if you have not heard it yet, during San Diego’s Comic Con, Zack Snyder, director of Man of Steel, announced that in the sequel to the movie, the superhero will be facing off against The Dark Knight himself.

Say what?

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Image source: http://fansided.com/2013/06/13/superman-vs-batman-debate-who-is-the-best-superhero/

It sounds really exciting and based on the picture above, it’s not something that was an original idea. In the comics, Batman and Superman did go against each other. I have no idea what (I’m not a big DC fan, admittedly), but sources on the Internet (Internet is always right, right?) said that Batman tricked Superman and faked his death. Interesting…

But Zack Snyder mentioned that he will not follow the comics but the sequel will be inspired by it.

How does Siti feel about this news?

Let me begin by saying that if I were to choose a favourite DC superhero, it would be the caped crusader. I mean, if I were to choose between the two, of course. But truthfully, I personally feel that Catwoman is a badass. And if I can work the catsuit, honeybuns, I will cosplay as Catwoman but I have big thighs and ass so I shall not be an eyesore to everyone, including myself.

As exciting as it is, and I am intrigued to find out how this epic battle fares out, Man of Steel was really boring for me. And thinking about having to watch the sequel of it just made me sigh in front of my computer. I cannot imagine how it would be.

Also, even though Henry Cavill is perfect as the man of steel and he will be back in the role for this sequel, Christian Bale mentioned that he is not coming back to reprise the role as Batman and he was one of the most perfect Batman other than George Clooney, in my opinion. If Christian Bale comes back, I seriously would watch it because of one word: epic. He’s a great actor for the role.

I just feel so bummed out right now. Who else will take the Batman role? I can’t think, at the moment, someone new (or not) who would be perfect as Batman because Christian just killed it in The Dark Knight trilogy and whoever who’s going to take over that role is going to have that hanging over his head. Good luck, whoever you are.

Love it or hate it? I don’t know. I think I will reserve my judgement when the teaser trailer comes up. Until then…

Note: There are a number of exciting news coming out from Comic Con. As such, for the next few days, I will be blogging about my thoughts on the news from San Diego.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/20/showbiz/comic-con-superman-batman


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TV Review: Whose Line Is It Anyway

ImageOne of my favourite shows on earth is back! Whose Line Is It Anyway premiered earlier today (for me but last night for those of you in the USA) on the CW.

As I have reviewed in Love It Or Hate It when we first found out that it’s coming back, Drew Carey is not the host of the show anymore but Aisha Tyler. As per the post, I was a little bit doubtful of how it’s gonna be now with the new host.

But I shouldn’t have doubted it in the first place. She is absolutely brilliant. There is no awkwardness between her and the regulars – Wayne Brady, who trended on Twitter, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. There is already some form of camaraderie between the four. She’s not afraid to poke fun at the performers. I have no complaints at all.

There is a new segment this season called “Sideways Scenes” where three of the performers will go backstage and lie on the ground. The images will be projected out to the audience but it will seem like they are just normally standing. The performers were all just rolling around on the ground trying to act like they were walking and it’s so funny.

This season, there are also special guests. I’m not sure if it’s going to be a regular thing because past seasons weren’t so regular but this season has two in a row. The premiere of the show has Lauren Cohan from HBO’s The Walking Dead and Glee‘s very own Kevin McHale. I wasn’t really impressed with Lauren. She looked a bit awkward. I don’t think she can improvise really well but she tried. There was a funny moment from her. But you have to watch it to see it. I was in stitches! I am very impressed with Kevin though. He harmonized with Wayne Brady and was able to come up with a song somehow, he pretty much was perfect when it comes to acting out what Colin said and he did a British accent in another segment all on his own. It’s absolutely amazing to watch.

All in all, I love it, I love it, I love it! I can’t wait for more episodes! This time, please stay, Whose Line Is It Anyway. Don’t ever disappear from our TV screens!

 


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Love It Or Hate It: How To Train Your Dragon 2 Official Teaser Trailer

A couple of days ago, Dreamworks Animation released the official teaser trailer of How To Train Your Dragon 2. Yes, everyone, there is a sequel to this surprisingly popular animated movie of the very adorkable Hiccup and his adorable pet dragon, Toothless!

Watching the above trailer, I am absolutely thrilled to see the partners-in-crime, Hiccup and Toothless! Toothless is still very adorable. I still want a dragon as a pet if it’s as cute as Toothless.

But what surprises me most about the official teaser trailer is that Hiccup is hot. How did an animated character who was once nerdy become hot? When the trailer revealed Hiccup’s new look, my first thought was: “Puberty did him good.” Why didn’t my puberty do the same thing for me? Did I miss the “hot” part of my puberty? How? Also, the new Hiccup looked like a certain YouTuber who goes by the name of Gavin Free from Roosterteeth. See below to judge yourself…

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Hiccup                                                                    Gavin Free

Yes? No?

Anyway, does Siti love or hate the official teaser trailer? Absolutely love it and can’t wait for June 2014!


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Rest in peace, Cory Monteith

You might have heard the news about an hour ago that the world has lost a young talent by the name of Cory Monteith, one of the main cast members of Glee.

R.I.P Cory Monteith. My thoughts and prayers goes out to his family and friends. As much as this has affected me as well as other fans of Glee (or who were once fans of Glee), I cannot imagine the shock and sadness felt by his loved ones. He left the world broken-hearted but I hope wherever he is right now, that place treats him better than this world did. And I hope that he left the world knowing that he was an inspiration to many people out there, that he left a mark.

I would like to end this post with this…

During an interview with Inside The Actors Studio, James Lipton asked this question: “Finally, if heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?” And Cory’s answer was:

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I hope you get to hear that from God, Cory.


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Love It Or Hate It: Adam Lambert Joins Glee

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I don’t write about casting news before and this is going to be a first. But hey, there’s always a first to everything and since I did write Glee recaps last season, I decided this would be quite apt.

So, there are news floating around that my favourite American Idol alumni, Adam Lambert, is joining Glee next season. Ryan Murphy, the show’s creator, tweeted the news earlier and Adam did acknowledge it by re-tweeting the tweet with his own message: “I’m so excited!! ;)” But the character he will be playing or whether it will be for the whole season or just a brief role like another American Idol alumni, Jessica Sanchez, is currently unknown.

What do I think about it? Well, I do love Adam and I did want Glee to do a cover of his songs. But until I know what his character will be and how long he will be in the show, I am a little bit apprehensive about it. Years ago, I would readily admit I am a “Gleek”. But now, not so much. It is like watching a trainwreck of a show with so many guest stars and new characters that viewers generally do not care for. And honestly, unless he has nothing to do with Rachel Berry, I will be absolutely pissed. But for now, I have no idea what his role would be and can only hope that I won’t throw my precious laptop down from my fourth storey flat.

Love it or hate it? I am happy for Adam but let’s see.

Source:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1710365/adam-lambert-glee-cast.jhtml