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Monday, May 28, 2007
  One Film, A Book and Lots of Star Wars Covers!
30 years old, this film is.

Sempena ulangtahun filem Star Wars yang ke 30, majalah filem kegemaran aku Empire, telah mengeluarkan 30 cover Star Wars yang berbeza! Holy Sith! 28 drpnya ada dalam gambar ni, dan dua lagi ialah cover versi emas dengan gambar Jar Jar Binks (wth, man?) dan cover ekslusif dengan Han, Luke, Leia dan Chewie.

 I think I just shit in my pants. Click here to view all the covers.


Ok, time for some Q&A.

How have the Star Wars films inspired you?

By opening a whole new world of great films and sci-fi in general. And so began my infatuation with Han Solo (Harrison Ford~ walaupun dia sebaya ngan ayah aku – tapi sejak dia kapel ngan Calista Flockhart aku tak minat sangat dah) and all things Star Wars related. I love looking for SW references in films, esp. those directed by Kevin Smith, who is a big fan of the film. And as much as I hate to admit it, I fall in love with my last bf just because he’s a SW fan, and because I loved his Storm Trooper t-shirt. The relationship was platonic, but it lasted for 2 years. Sekarang dia dah ada 3 anak dan cakap aku tak pandai main. Celaka.

Do you own many Star Wars products?

Not really. I’ve got a couple of the books and the movies on DVD, plus some toys I got from Pizza Hut during the re-release of Star Wars way back in what? 1998 ? Amongst them is a carbon-freeze Han puzzle, A Death Star puzzle, R2D2 and C3PO magnetic puzzle and a Millenium Falcon game yang aku tak tau kat mana dah. A set of 20 trading cards from KFC, during the release of The Phantom Menace. And my Star Wars Panini sticker book (not completed, though). Also, my Special Edition of Star Wars: A Celebration (25th Anniversary) and The Unofficial Star Wars DVD Viewing Companion, both came free with Empire Magazine.

One thing you hated about the SW saga?

I don’t know about you guys, tapi aku lebih sukakan filem2 sci-fi yang takde/ kalau ada pun sikit, watak2 bukan manusia. I mean, I don’t have anything against alien life forms macam dalam BSG, Star Trek, Star Gate dan uhm, ALF?, tapi aku lebih suka kalau sesuatu filem/ siri tu, berkisar tentang manusia atau kalau alien pun, yang lebih kurang macam manusia (eg. Deanna Troy dalam ST:TNG, Mr Spock dalam ST atau golongan Reavers dalam Firefly). Jar Jar Binks, kick your ass, I will.

Ok, who shoots first?

Mos Eisley Bookends dari crate.com, US$115. Siapa nak blanja aku?

Greedo, me thinks. :)


I’m currently reading…

This is not your father’s film guide! Image from Amazon dot com.

Girls On Film
By: Clare Bundy, Lise Carrigg, Sibyl Goldman & Andrea Pyros.
Publisher : HarperCollins (1999)
Price : RM12.90 di Pay Less Books.

Hah, siapa kata orang perempuan cuma suka nonton chick flicks aje? Well, not me !*. And at least not these 4 friends who had known each other since college, and all shared the passion for good films. Aku suka buku ni sebab gaya penulisannya lebih kurang macam yang aku selalu buat di blog. Disusun mengikut genre, setiap penulis ada pendapat dan genre kegemaran tersendiri. Tak lupa juga soalan2 ala meme seperti An Absurd Plotline, The movie I want to live in, The Creepiest Villain is… dan Scary Hair Situations (Lise: Don Cheadle in Boogie Nights; Sibyl: Sam L Jackson’s braided goatee in Jackie Brown; Andrea: The stylist on The Lost Boys has got some explaining to do dan Clare: Christopher Walken’s hair in The Prophecy.) LOL!

Setiap chapter juga diakhiri dengan recomendation filem2 yang patut di tonton. Yang tak bestnya ialah, buku ni ditulis pada tahun 1999, di mana mereka ni semua adalah pengasas website Girls On Film (dan aku kira, masa ni, zaman internet baru nak naik). Aku cuba klik ke websitenya,
www.girlson.com, tapi ntah ngape yang kuar benda lain pulak :( Dan obviously la, filem2 pilihan diorang semuanya pra-2000. I just hoped that these ladies will come up with a new book or a new website!

*Well, aku tipu :P
Chick flicks kekadang boleh jadi my guilty pleasure atau filem2 yang aku akan tonton kalau dah takde filem2 lain nak tengok. Give me Reese + Gwyneth + Mark Ruffalo anytime! And a box of Kleenex too, please. :P


James McAvoy + Timur Bekmambetov = Oxygen! I need oxygen!!!!

James McAvoy Ahoy! Gambar dari Wikipedia

Slated to be released somewhere in April 2008, filem adaptasi komik Wanted hasil karya Mark Millar ni sedang dalam proses penggambaran. Diarahkan oleh godfather filem trilogy Night Watch/ Day Watch/ Dusk Watch, Timur Bekmambetov, filem ni akan menampilkan James McAvoy sebagai Wesley Gibson, si pengurus akaun yang agak ke-loser-an, sebelum mendapat tahu yang bapanya merupakan seorang penjahat tahap dewa yang baru saja mati dibunuh, tanpa mengetahui yang beliau mewarisi skillz bapanya iaitu kepakaran dalam menggunakan apa saja jenis senjata and also the ability to shoot straight (well, one thing we know, THAT is one crucial skill for a guy, hehe).

Hmm.. walaupun watak Wesley ni dimodelkan sempena Eminem, tapi aku rasa macam tak sesuai jek kalau Em yang memegang watak ni. Maybe because he’s a bit too old? Or tak cukup fit untuk babak2 aksi dalam flem ni yang khabarnya akan ada babak kejar mengejar ala parkour? I think I’ll just wait and see.

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Comments:
i got a question (chewah! macam selebriti, kan?): given a choice from all the 30 covers - ok, fine 29 since the one with all the original main cast is for subscribers - which one would you get and why?
 
"tapi sejak dia kapel ngan Calista Flockhart aku tak minat sangat dah..."

Thanks, do keep saying stuff like this. Benda² ginilah kekadang mengingatkan aku balik yang kau ni sebenarnya perempuan.

"...aku lebih sukakan filem2 sci-fi yang takde/ kalau ada pun sikit, watak2 bukan manusia."

Then you should check out Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, man. Cerita tu LANGSUNG takde alien except for Spock & Lt. Saavik (tu pun dua² Vulcan). That film can single-handedly campak that Star Wars prequel trilogy masuk dalam lubang najis anytime.
 
GK:
Hmm.. I was aiming for that subscriber’s cover actually, because for me, when you mention SW, the first thing that came to mind is Han + Luke + Leia, and not Anakin or Padme, but if I have to choose (which I hate, hate, hate), I’d go for the Han Solo one. Just because. :) And yes, I think this is not the first time we readers have to choose because they had this Anakin (red)/ Obi Wan (blue) cover during the release of ROTS (and I chose Anakin, obv.)

Other choices:
Classic heroes : Leia Organa in a brass bikini.
Droids: R2D2. C3PO freaks me out.
Creatures: Wicket the Ewok.
Sith: Vader all the way.
Jedi: Mace Windu looks like a bad-a$$ mo-fo.
Troopers: There’s no trooper like a storm trooper.
Prequel Heroes: Annie
Bounty hunter : Boba Fett

And you know the one thing that I love about Galaxie and Empire? There’s always a gorgeous guy on the cover. :)

NM:

Thanks, do keep saying stuff like this. Benda² ginilah kekadang mengingatkan aku balik yang kau ni sebenarnya perempuan.

Ah dude, aku memang shallow like that. Shallow and lame sometimes. FYI, I was *this* close to tears masa Gabriela berbaik semula dengan Troy Bolton dalam High School Musical *sniffs*

Then you should check out Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, man. Cerita tu LANGSUNG takde alien except for Spock & Lt. Saavik (tu pun dua² Vulcan). That film can single-handedly campak that Star Wars prequel trilogy masuk dalam lubang najis anytime.

You know what? Things like these la yang give us Trekkie/ SW lovers a bad name. Why can’t we geeks just get along and have a cuppa coffee sometimes? Hehe, kau tau tak, sometimes aku bayangkan yang kau ni macam Hooper X, man. Serious. :P

Oh, btw, aku tengah kumpul titles nak bagi my BIL nak mintak tolong dia burnkan dalam DVD. Maybe I’ll include that film too. Any more suggestions, Orson?
 
zack,
u want gorgeous guys on the covers, then u gotta check out june 1 and july 1 issues of gx. so up your alley, i tell ya!
 
"Why can’t we geeks just get along and have a cuppa coffee sometimes?"

Believe me, they can. Kau campak je sorang Trekkie dan sorang Star Wars fan kat satu tempat, then kau tengoklah macam mana reaksi diorang – sebijik macam iklan Harian Metro "Awak dari Kelantan ke?" yang endingnya diorang nyanyi lagu Peter Pan sama-sama tu. Feck, man! Banyak kali aku tengok benda tu jadi.

"...sometimes aku bayangkan yang kau ni macam Hooper X, man."

Yeah, terutamanya bab sexual preference aku.
 
Geek = yes.
Trekkies/ SW fan = no.

..I don't know, I watched all of the films, just for the sake of watching it. But that's it... Am I still a geek (..based solely on my looks?)

..dah tgk Day Watch? Awesome..better than NW, in my opinion. If only I could find the time (and energy) to write a review..
 
entahlah, bagi aku love SW rather than ST, aku suka ST masa zaman william shatner ngan mr spock tu jek lah. ST next generation masa zaman patrick stewart jadik komander enteprise dgn number 1 dia yang berjambang tu, apa nama dia ek?.

nazim, kira oklah tu.dari dia tanya awak dari kelantan ek?, lepas terus dia debik minah tu,lagi payah,tapi aku pelik,kenapa dia mesti nyanyi lagu indon?. ha ha ha

p/s: zack, minggu lepas aku balik kluang, pergghhh, rasa macam it's good to be back on ur root homeland. sempat pusing ayerhitam seround ngan JB seround.

aku ckp ngan anak aku.
"dlm ic ayah,number 14 tapi jiwa ayah 01!". anak aku buat muka pelik. ha ha ha

ayobK malas nak login sbb streamyx kek opis org bengkel belakang tutup,kedekut tak nak share ngan kawan-kawan, ada-ada sapa leh ajar aku nak hack router?. geram aku!.
 
Oh, sorry y’all. I was on leave today for my first check-up and registering Ikmal for his Standard One for the 2009 session (gasp!), and my neighbour (who owns the server) balik kampung pulak. I had to wait for them to come back and on teh interwebz.

GK:
Will do, as always. For a price cheaper than a plate of nasi ho por lui cha, who wouldn’t ? Hmm… the Winchester brothers eh? And, oh, thank u sooo much for the lovely features on Jamie Oliver, Shia LaBeouf, P33n Wentz, the oh so nerdy Christopher Gorham and his gorgeous boss at Meade Publications, plus LP, GC and Maroon 5. Woot!

NM:
Maksud aku kau macam Hooper tu ialah ke’nerd’ian dia, bukan sexual preference/ orientation. (Bab tu, aku no komen la, hehe…) And as always, ada aje idea kalau nak bercakap pasal geeky things (or do you prefer to be Banky Edwards? Man, Jason Lee rulez!!!)

PS: Send my birthday wishes to Enche’ Lefty ye!

Edd:
Based on your look, I wouldn’t say you’re a geek. Just someone who spends too much time in front of the PC, hehe… Oh, aku baru jek nak dl Day Watch. Dah lama gila tak dl movies, sebab PC aku takde DVD burner, so it kinda sucks not being able to keep my downloaded films sebab takut RAM tak cukup. Aku baru je delete Pan’s Labyrinth :( tapi nak mintak my BIL tolong burnkan later, kot.

If only I could find the time (and energy) to write a review..

Man, you should really lay off that porn collection for a while… :P

Don:
Nama dia Commander William Riker. Eh, ko asal mana sebenornya? Bukan Perak ke? Sigh… aku rindu betul le nak balik kampung…


PS: FYI, aku tak suka iklan tu, sebab kenapa lak guna lagu Indon? And the Kelantanese slang macam out skit la.
 
"...or do you prefer to be Banky Edwards?"

Nope, Hooper all the way.* Tapi aku memang ada tendency nak mengamuk macam Banky bila ada member aku handles his/her relationship dengan penuh kebangangan.**

"Am I still a geek (based solely on my looks?)"

Kalau dah occasionally datang sini tu, memang konfem la geek.


*Macam Hooper dan ke-nigger-annya, aku suka guna sensitiviti mamak untuk manipulate orang dan situasi.

**Terutamanya lelakilah sebab dioranglah biasanya yang akan build reputasi diorang kaw-kaw, and then bila ada problem datang, they would go for the easiest self-defense imaginable, "What do you expect, I'm just a human being." Well, fuck you!
 
zack..

"..takut RAM tak cukup."
- I believe u mean hard disk space? Don't talk computers with an I.T. guy who spends way, way too much time in front of the PC. :)

"..you should really lay off that porn collection for a while"
- No time and energy even for THAT.

nazim..
Kalau dah occasionally datang sini tu, memang konfem la geek.
- Well said.
 
NM:
** these species of men should be prosecuted and their balls removed temporarily for further investigation.

Man, kalaulah Banky Edwards tu wujud di dunia nyata, harus aku jadi long suffering gf dia. Oh, wait, maybe aku terpaksa fight dengan Holden utk dapatkan dia, I dunno. Man, I missed that film.

Kalau dah occasionally datang sini tu, memang konfem la geek.

What do you mean Edd? Have you been seeing NM behind my back?

Edd:
Ok, ok, hard dick, no, disk space tak cukup, hehe… Aku memang ada cadangan nak install DVD burner, tapi ntah bila aku pun tatau.
 
Holy crap! Guyz, have you read this?

http://trekweb.com/articles/2007/05/29/Zachary-Quinto-Wants-to-Play-Young.shtml

Actually, aku tengah bayangkan dia dengan ear extension....
 
hi, sori dah lama tak menjenguk sini. disconnected dgn internet sekejap. anyway, check out my updates!
 
Nadia: Nanti aku check it out.



Holy crap. What's wrong with blogger? aku nak update pun takleh?
 
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