Finally I hit 150 friends!(shinkaze@yahoo.com).
Althought I got that number last week about the time my com suffered damage from a misadventure.I remember I got 151 but after my com problems are solved,I got 148 Friends.
What happened????
I dunno but I noticed a person missing.I remembered the name was Motricia or something.I went to look but I cannot never find that profile again.She was one of those people I added during my out of fun blitz period.Maybe she felt offended that a strange guy added her and that guy hardly make a move to contact her (via message or MSN).
The other one?I got no idea.I just remember Motricia because she had a sweet smile on that photo of hers.Then again it might not be her in that photo.What gives.I am not really upset.Just more curious.
Fafner (fafner_azure@yahoo.com.sg) was an account I created for Dead Aggressor: Fafner in the Azure.It was quite good that there are several genuine people out there who like Fafner althought most of them aren't Singaporeans.There are quite a lot of philipinos on Fafner's list.Looks like People in the Philipines liked Anime as much as any other people in any other country does.Currently there's 46 heads and I got a new request every 2 or 3 days.
Friday, October 22, 2004
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
GSD Ep1
Gundam Seed Destiny is a continuation of Gundam Seed as per Zeta is to the Original Kidou Senshi Gundam.
Since it's a sequel series,the begining sequence is a flashback sequence to C.E 71.It's about the New protagonist, Shin.One which his family were all killed when a stray beam hits them.It's not really obvious if it was from Kira's Freedom Gundam but to some sense Kira is suppose to be 'that one'.
Ignited OP sequence is a standard teaser material and actually made to resemble the Invoke OP used in Gundam Seed.
Then we fast forward to the present C.E. 74 , where Cagalli and Athrun paid a secret visit to Gilbert Durandal at L4 PLANT.Cagalli wanted Gilbert to stop recruiting ORB refugees for their War Efforts.Knowing that talking isn't going to turn her round, he led them to the hangar bays, where the most of talents from ORB are at.
Meanwhile, Shin got a handful of Stellar when he bumped into when she spin out of control when she was pretending to be Four from Zeta Gundam.It's odd and to some sense I thought Stellar was suppose to be the sane one when all her two other buddies had extremely weird fashion sense.A car picked Stellar and gang up and of course we know what is going to happen.EA wants to get even with ZAFT for what happened the last time.Unlike the last time round, EA outdone them, stealing 3 Gundams with just 5 people.
All hell break lose as the hijacked Gundam begin to attack the weapon storage facilities around.Most of the MS there are helpless as everyone was preparing for the ceremonial launch of Minerva.Gilbert ordered one of his man to led his guests to safety.That poor chap was unlucky so Cagalli and Athrun had to find their own way out.Pilot instinct out weights common sense some how and instead of going for safety,Athrun and Cagalli ends up in the latest Cannon Fodder unit called Zaku Warrior.Either Athrun thinks this had the cloaking device Nicole had for Blitz or he was just itching for a fight and so it didn't take them a second before Gaia spots the Zaku.This is the 1st episode afterall and whenever you had an ACE pilot in a Cannon Fodder, you get a striking tough bitch to handle.It wasn't long before someone realised that Stellar is having a tough time with that Zaku and it became a 2 v 1.Just as Athrun got cornered, Shin appeared with Impulse Core Splendor and gave Chao a warning shot.Impulse was merged and it's up to him to run the show now!
The Episode ends with a close up on Gilbert looking at Impulse Gundam on the monitor.
"Why do you still want to fight?Why!!" as Shin charges into battle
It's quite the usual content for a pilot episode of Gundam.Nothing new or striking, just out to start the ball rolling.
The OP/ED is more controvesial as there are 2 Lacus featured.
Some people said that it's just Lacus in 2 costumes.I see something else actually.
I read from somewhere that Lacus B is an imposter.Oh that's sounds good actually because there are Lacus crazed fans who threatened to stop watching Gundam Seed Destiny because she got more womanly curves in it.Haha.Crazy fans.
Since it's a sequel series,the begining sequence is a flashback sequence to C.E 71.It's about the New protagonist, Shin.One which his family were all killed when a stray beam hits them.It's not really obvious if it was from Kira's Freedom Gundam but to some sense Kira is suppose to be 'that one'.
Ignited OP sequence is a standard teaser material and actually made to resemble the Invoke OP used in Gundam Seed.
Then we fast forward to the present C.E. 74 , where Cagalli and Athrun paid a secret visit to Gilbert Durandal at L4 PLANT.Cagalli wanted Gilbert to stop recruiting ORB refugees for their War Efforts.Knowing that talking isn't going to turn her round, he led them to the hangar bays, where the most of talents from ORB are at.
Meanwhile, Shin got a handful of Stellar when he bumped into when she spin out of control when she was pretending to be Four from Zeta Gundam.It's odd and to some sense I thought Stellar was suppose to be the sane one when all her two other buddies had extremely weird fashion sense.A car picked Stellar and gang up and of course we know what is going to happen.EA wants to get even with ZAFT for what happened the last time.Unlike the last time round, EA outdone them, stealing 3 Gundams with just 5 people.
All hell break lose as the hijacked Gundam begin to attack the weapon storage facilities around.Most of the MS there are helpless as everyone was preparing for the ceremonial launch of Minerva.Gilbert ordered one of his man to led his guests to safety.That poor chap was unlucky so Cagalli and Athrun had to find their own way out.Pilot instinct out weights common sense some how and instead of going for safety,Athrun and Cagalli ends up in the latest Cannon Fodder unit called Zaku Warrior.Either Athrun thinks this had the cloaking device Nicole had for Blitz or he was just itching for a fight and so it didn't take them a second before Gaia spots the Zaku.This is the 1st episode afterall and whenever you had an ACE pilot in a Cannon Fodder, you get a striking tough bitch to handle.It wasn't long before someone realised that Stellar is having a tough time with that Zaku and it became a 2 v 1.Just as Athrun got cornered, Shin appeared with Impulse Core Splendor and gave Chao a warning shot.Impulse was merged and it's up to him to run the show now!
The Episode ends with a close up on Gilbert looking at Impulse Gundam on the monitor.
"Why do you still want to fight?Why!!" as Shin charges into battle
It's quite the usual content for a pilot episode of Gundam.Nothing new or striking, just out to start the ball rolling.
The OP/ED is more controvesial as there are 2 Lacus featured.
Some people said that it's just Lacus in 2 costumes.I see something else actually.
I read from somewhere that Lacus B is an imposter.Oh that's sounds good actually because there are Lacus crazed fans who threatened to stop watching Gundam Seed Destiny because she got more womanly curves in it.Haha.Crazy fans.
Friday, October 08, 2004
The Human Spirit
The mythological factor this time round in Blade is that there was a fight which the world chooses it's dominating species.No prize guessing who won.
It's strange when most of the Undead in the show are clad in Big Leather/Latex that had a very strong Biker/S&M feel to it.All Human Undead had is a pair of Jeans and Slippers.I wonder what really took place.I think Spirit cheated all the Undeads, double cross them that's why the other Undeads were damn pissed and attacked humans.I wonder if it's the food that is making the show producers to come up with such ideas.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
If it's ain't broken why fix it?
That's the type of I attitude I had for my blog.
Other then being feedback that my blog is hard to read(Thanks Candyrose!) there are generally no complaints.So I changed the colour scheme a little.Since the old pic didn't fit in, I changed it to the SIC Kuuga pic I make for Retsu since it wasn't his Rider and as Maxblue no longers uses the skin I created for him.
Any comments?Complains?Paste on the tag board and I will see how to improve.
Other then being feedback that my blog is hard to read(Thanks Candyrose!) there are generally no complaints.So I changed the colour scheme a little.Since the old pic didn't fit in, I changed it to the SIC Kuuga pic I make for Retsu since it wasn't his Rider and as Maxblue no longers uses the skin I created for him.
Any comments?Complains?Paste on the tag board and I will see how to improve.
Sunday, October 03, 2004
Kamen Rider Blade the Movie: Missing Ace
Missing Ace........
On a stormy night,some undisclosed location in th world,Tachibana found an mysterious ancient stone slab in a cave.
At the same time in Japan,Kenzaki fought Hajime and eventually sealed Joker.Putting the fight to perhaps an eventual fullstop.
Kenzaki re-united with another old Friend (or many old Friends) when the Undeads hits the streets.He nearly becoming beetle feed for Change Beetle had it not for the New Riders.Looks like they are really as friendly as they looks.They snobs Kenzaki and sneer at him later on at the cafe to get back the sealed Beat Lion which Kenzaki picked up.The boss of the New Riders requested them to bring Kenzaki and Koutaro back.He turned out to be Tachibana (Surprise!As if.).
A reunion of somekind with Tachibana is interrupted as Amane created a scene in a departmental store and get arrested.The absense of her beloved Hajime-san had made Amane an angry and pissed Teen.(Wow.Isn't that original)
Find out in Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace.
On a stormy night,some undisclosed location in th world,Tachibana found an mysterious ancient stone slab in a cave.
At the same time in Japan,Kenzaki fought Hajime and eventually sealed Joker.Putting the fight to perhaps an eventual fullstop.
4 years had past since then.
Once again the Undeads runs free and terrorised the innocent.A new generation of Riders appears,protecting Mankind from the Undeads.
What happened?Where's Kenzaki and Mutsuki?Was that really Kenzaki we saw on the last Next Rider preview in Blade TV???
Koutaro finally wrote the book about the Kamen Riders.It became a bestseller and Koutaro is having a good time in a Night Club right now.His sister called him it's going to be Amane's birthday soon and wanted to hold a birthday party.Thus his quest begins in finding his old friends.His first stop?Kenzaki.
Kenzaki saved the world alright but fast forward 4 years, he is dumping trash,for a garbage disposal company.Tough work but he seems to enjoy it.Richie Boy Koutaro drove in style to greet his old friend.Life suck after all even in the Tokusetsu world.
Anyway the scene moves on to Mutsuki.Looks like he isn't doing well either.A jobhunter that didn't got himself a job.Life really sucks in the Tokusetsu World.
Once again the Undeads runs free and terrorised the innocent.A new generation of Riders appears,protecting Mankind from the Undeads.
What happened?Where's Kenzaki and Mutsuki?Was that really Kenzaki we saw on the last Next Rider preview in Blade TV???
Koutaro finally wrote the book about the Kamen Riders.It became a bestseller and Koutaro is having a good time in a Night Club right now.His sister called him it's going to be Amane's birthday soon and wanted to hold a birthday party.Thus his quest begins in finding his old friends.His first stop?Kenzaki.
Kenzaki saved the world alright but fast forward 4 years, he is dumping trash,for a garbage disposal company.Tough work but he seems to enjoy it.Richie Boy Koutaro drove in style to greet his old friend.Life suck after all even in the Tokusetsu world.
Anyway the scene moves on to Mutsuki.Looks like he isn't doing well either.A jobhunter that didn't got himself a job.Life really sucks in the Tokusetsu World.
Kenzaki re-united with another old Friend (or many old Friends) when the Undeads hits the streets.He nearly becoming beetle feed for Change Beetle had it not for the New Riders.Looks like they are really as friendly as they looks.They snobs Kenzaki and sneer at him later on at the cafe to get back the sealed Beat Lion which Kenzaki picked up.The boss of the New Riders requested them to bring Kenzaki and Koutaro back.He turned out to be Tachibana (Surprise!As if.).
A reunion of somekind with Tachibana is interrupted as Amane created a scene in a departmental store and get arrested.The absense of her beloved Hajime-san had made Amane an angry and pissed Teen.(Wow.Isn't that original)
Find out in Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace.
Thoughts on Missing Ace.
Every movie had a formulae.
Missing Ace is no better.So they are just offering exactly a repackage deal from last year's movie with this year's Heroes.
New Designs or Yet to be Seen Designs.
Like the previous efforts, one of Missing Ace's Trump Card is New Designs.This year's offering is on par with last year's with 3 New riders,1 canon fodder monster design similar to Paradise Lost's 2 Rider + Canoon Fodder Rider design.Paradise Lost have the New Wolf Orphenoch Design and 555 Blaster mode.Missing Ace have Blade King Form and Joker Undead Form.(The other White Joker could be a movie exclusive.).Also included in Missing Ace are yet to seem Undead (Evolution Stag) or Movie Exclusives (Slash Lizard,Change Beetle and Smog Squid in which I applauded on Toei for skipping him in the TV and used him for the movie instead).
Intense Action
The action in the movie is more intense in the movie as the fighting the TV series is too slow.Movie didn't opt to make the Fight scenes overly exaggerated with Matrix style Fighting Style which Hollywood over used and I like it that way.However in order to stay on pace,Movie skipped on the logic of the Rouse Cards,so many of the Finishers are short cut to give maximum impact.TV series also didn't had much of a mass melee scene but the Movie having 'More to War' checklisted,we got many more costumed people fighting and chasing each other.
CGI/CGI eternities.
Last year's Paradise Lost goes big on CGI and the Movie was pretty much brought down by perhaps some I personally find, useless CGI scenes.This year's CGI scenes look more natural and more to the movie's pace.Thumbs Up.
Cameo
Tradition is to have actors from previous series to appear.This time round we got the Snake,Horse,Rose orphenoch.Riderchips, the people behind the Theme,appears for a moment.
OVERALL
Overall I find that Missing Ace to be the most complete movie for the Rider Series.It may not be the most Original or the most Entertaining but I can see Toei is getting it closer for the Perfect Movie Formulae.The movie also didn't try to reveal it's Trump Card for the series,the new forms for the rest of the other Riders save Blade.They intergrate it into the plot of the movie cleverly so making us wondering if we should to continue watching the TV series.I rate it 8/10 for being slipshod on some minor details but I like it better than Paradise Lost which is actually most of the fanboy's favourite.
Missing Ace is no better.So they are just offering exactly a repackage deal from last year's movie with this year's Heroes.
New Designs or Yet to be Seen Designs.
Like the previous efforts, one of Missing Ace's Trump Card is New Designs.This year's offering is on par with last year's with 3 New riders,1 canon fodder monster design similar to Paradise Lost's 2 Rider + Canoon Fodder Rider design.Paradise Lost have the New Wolf Orphenoch Design and 555 Blaster mode.Missing Ace have Blade King Form and Joker Undead Form.(The other White Joker could be a movie exclusive.).Also included in Missing Ace are yet to seem Undead (Evolution Stag) or Movie Exclusives (Slash Lizard,Change Beetle and Smog Squid in which I applauded on Toei for skipping him in the TV and used him for the movie instead).
Intense Action
The action in the movie is more intense in the movie as the fighting the TV series is too slow.Movie didn't opt to make the Fight scenes overly exaggerated with Matrix style Fighting Style which Hollywood over used and I like it that way.However in order to stay on pace,Movie skipped on the logic of the Rouse Cards,so many of the Finishers are short cut to give maximum impact.TV series also didn't had much of a mass melee scene but the Movie having 'More to War' checklisted,we got many more costumed people fighting and chasing each other.
CGI/CGI eternities.
Last year's Paradise Lost goes big on CGI and the Movie was pretty much brought down by perhaps some I personally find, useless CGI scenes.This year's CGI scenes look more natural and more to the movie's pace.Thumbs Up.
Cameo
Tradition is to have actors from previous series to appear.This time round we got the Snake,Horse,Rose orphenoch.Riderchips, the people behind the Theme,appears for a moment.
OVERALL
Overall I find that Missing Ace to be the most complete movie for the Rider Series.It may not be the most Original or the most Entertaining but I can see Toei is getting it closer for the Perfect Movie Formulae.The movie also didn't try to reveal it's Trump Card for the series,the new forms for the rest of the other Riders save Blade.They intergrate it into the plot of the movie cleverly so making us wondering if we should to continue watching the TV series.I rate it 8/10 for being slipshod on some minor details but I like it better than Paradise Lost which is actually most of the fanboy's favourite.
Saturday, October 02, 2004
One of my favourite sequence in Blade: Missing Ace
It happens after freshly unsealed Hajime(Joker/Chalice) rescued his favourite human being Amane (You friggin Undead paedo!!!!).For some odd reason, Hajime brought Amane to some lakeside/riverside area and lay her on the ground.Just before we can catch the blantant paedo red handed, White Joker appears.
As usual in every story when a person ruin your mode for romance or perhaps your own guilty pleasure, you tend to want to kick his can.Hajime did.Boy did he get his can kicked...
White Joker didn't took it too nicely.Strangely this scenario is kind of like what happened in last year's Kamen Rider 555 the Movie : Paradise Lost, in which Mari and Takumi are seperated in a fight which Takumi (555/Faiz) had to fight 100 shock troopers.
Hajime was helpless.White Joker Pwnz him like he was a complete N00b.He looks on as White Joker claim his prize.
The secret to 4 King Cards is that it will become a Seal Card.That Bastard is gonna seal Amane!!! (Hostages,Victims!!!!Don't write a Kamen Rider Movie without it!!!It's on the checklist for every Kamen Rider since Agito!!!)
"Haha!!!The World is MIne NOW!!!!!" (As if.We all know that all we need is the Hero to power up to that new action figure design to save this World.)
As usual in every story when a person ruin your mode for romance or perhaps your own guilty pleasure, you tend to want to kick his can.Hajime did.Boy did he get his can kicked...
White Joker didn't took it too nicely.Strangely this scenario is kind of like what happened in last year's Kamen Rider 555 the Movie : Paradise Lost, in which Mari and Takumi are seperated in a fight which Takumi (555/Faiz) had to fight 100 shock troopers.
Hajime was helpless.White Joker Pwnz him like he was a complete N00b.He looks on as White Joker claim his prize.
The secret to 4 King Cards is that it will become a Seal Card.That Bastard is gonna seal Amane!!! (Hostages,Victims!!!!Don't write a Kamen Rider Movie without it!!!It's on the checklist for every Kamen Rider since Agito!!!)
"Haha!!!The World is MIne NOW!!!!!" (As if.We all know that all we need is the Hero to power up to that new action figure design to save this World.)
Kamen Rider Blade the movie Missing Ace :Big Friggin Ugly
Missing Ace incoporated many elements present in last year's Faiz: Lost Paradise.One unique feature between them is the CGI Big Friggin Ugly in the finale.
This time round because of the mythical background in Blade, BFU is given a nicer touch meaning better rendered and used in a way that the BFU is looks more realistic than just CGI-ed.
This time round BFU is consider a 'ja-shin' or an Evil God.Hence a grandeur look.If Blade is consider a deck of cards then BFU should be the card holder.Reminds me of the boss to fight in FF series.
The 'White Joker' (I dunno how to call him...I forgot the proper terms to him) is the one who awakened the Ja-shin hence he controls that BFU.
BFU from a nicer angle.
A way to refrain from look clumsily CGI-ed monsters from becoming to expensive and less life-like is to have less interaction with actual actors.Hence this BFU is given the ability to toast Garren and Leangle's ass. (Yes he did attempt swipe them with his sword on hands but he was so big!!!!The two riders just need to run!!)
Fireballs are scary but over usage can be boring.Let's give him lightning and livid things up.
and let Blade finish you with a Royal Flush Attack in King Style!!!
This time round because of the mythical background in Blade, BFU is given a nicer touch meaning better rendered and used in a way that the BFU is looks more realistic than just CGI-ed.
This time round BFU is consider a 'ja-shin' or an Evil God.Hence a grandeur look.If Blade is consider a deck of cards then BFU should be the card holder.Reminds me of the boss to fight in FF series.
The 'White Joker' (I dunno how to call him...I forgot the proper terms to him) is the one who awakened the Ja-shin hence he controls that BFU.
BFU from a nicer angle.
A way to refrain from look clumsily CGI-ed monsters from becoming to expensive and less life-like is to have less interaction with actual actors.Hence this BFU is given the ability to toast Garren and Leangle's ass. (Yes he did attempt swipe them with his sword on hands but he was so big!!!!The two riders just need to run!!)
Fireballs are scary but over usage can be boring.Let's give him lightning and livid things up.
and let Blade finish you with a Royal Flush Attack in King Style!!!
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