I just got this from Pharyngula and I must say, what a refreshingly hilarious show this is. It is original (or is it?), quirky to just the right level, and just damned funny. Kind of old seeing how the first season was 2 years back. I suppose Mr. Diety forgot to enlighten me on this whole thing!

Anyway, watch all the episodes of Mr. Diety.

Start here:

Or go directly to the channel page or Mr. Diety’s website.

12 Rounds of Stupidity

In: Video

13 Jun 2009

I consider myself pretty good at selecting good movies but after last night’s movie I realized I was taking it for granted and being foolish.

See, last night I went to purchase a movie from one of the hundreds of pirated DVD outfits in town and asked the guys there for suggestions as I didn’t see any instantly recognisable movies on the shelf. So the guy there, who I admit is pretty good at marketing his product, handed over a movie he said was just too good to be missed.

It starred a man who the shop dude really liked very much. I never heard of this actor before. Apparently John Cena is very famous and this movie titled “12 rounds” was the action flick of the year. Now that I think about it, the marketing guy’s next suggestion was a dead giveaway to his taste in movies. I should have known better. Tell you later what I mean.

Anyway, this “12 Rounds”, is by far the worst movie I’ve ever seen. John Cena’s pectorals do more acting than he himself ever could. In fact, his supporting cast did a far better job, doing so almost to the point that it felt like Mr. Cena was constantly stumbling into the set of another, far better movie starring the supporting cast. I think in a couple of scenes the supporting cast were even surprised to see Mr. Cena there at all. Mind you, when I say the supporting cast I do not include the most forgettable villain in all of movie-making historys. I’m serious!

The storyline is thinner than the air at the top of mount Everest and completely and utterly pointless. Everything about this storyline is pointless. So much so that I think it might have put a fair bit of my braincells into a state of permanent narcosis. You know how in good action movies involving the beat cop and the psychopathic criminal at least try to establish a relationship between the main characters and then it makes it possible for you to empathize with the cop (or the villain) and therefore the movie becomes a little less painful to watch? Well, this is the total opposite of that.

Throughout the movie you will keep asking a question repeatedly. And it has nothing to do with the plot. You’ll be asking, “Why am I watching this movie?”.

Well, good news is that I don’t know how the movie ended because the sheer stupidity of it all simply paralysed my nervous system and I fell asleep half-way through.

So, what was the dead giveaway from the guy at the shop? The next movie he recommended was something starring Dolf Lundgren. Go figure!

I didn’t realize this until very recently but some of most heinous supervillains from my childhood actually wore burkas. Or more precisely: hijab. So let me present to you…

The all powerful Dr. Doom

The all powerful Dr. Doom...'nuf said!

 

Mumm-Ra the Everliving

Mumm-Ra the Everliving...grrwwwl!

 

Skeletor from He-Man

Skeletor from He-Man posing a menacingly effeminate gesture

Then and Now

In: Music

3 Jun 2009

The song is Painted in Black by The Final Revelations performing live on stage at the Olympus theater way back in 1994 in a concert called Painted Sound Illusion. The bassist, on a beautiful Fender Jazz Bass, looks familiar, ahem. Oh the headbanging! Good grief!

The song was composed and written by Fasy while the bass runs were created by the bassist in collaboration with Fasy. On the drums is “Bays” Ahmed.

This is the same song played by Fasy Live on their video release. The song has changed little in melody in the 15 years since it was first performed in the above video. A slight change in tempo, solo and arrangement is noticeable in addition to a missing bass riff right before chorus.

Here’s a new video of surfers at Raalhugandu. Enjoy the view. And don’t forget to turn up the volume a little.

You might want to check out the same video on Vimeo. The quality seem a little better somehow.

Blueberry Girl

In: Inspiration| Video

17 May 2009

A beautiful poem written and read by Neil Gaiman – the wordsmith and conjuror of magical lands, who showed me that there’s a wonderful world undiscovered and untouched and it is called Imagination.

A video experiment

In: Video

5 May 2009

My first video made using Adobe Premier with video footage I shot of surfers at the Raalhugandu.

Sexy Panda

In: Funny

27 Apr 2009

A little old but damn funny.

Dark interpretive video by fan for a beautiful and curious song by a band called Cloud Cult discovered by my daughter while surfing Youtube.

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