Blending real-life fiction into fiction. That is the way of a social satirist. Here he comes! (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘propaganda’
Jun 19, 2013
The Psychology of Evil – A TED talk by Philip Zimbardo
You mindless sheeple are EVIL! And this guy sums it up nicely why. It’s not your fault you don’t know any better. You can always blame someone else for your own actions. Tough nuts. (more…)
Jun 14, 2013
Man of Steel Review
Ha! Just got back from Midnight Premiere screening of Man of Steel. This time, this is the real review. No joke. (more…)
Jun 6, 2013
Man of Steel Audition Tape Cut From Movie
Tsk, tsk, tsk, Nolan and Snyder don’t know talent when they see it. For shame! For shaaaaame! (more…)
May 13, 2012
Batman in U.S. Film is Unstoppable Propaganda
Holy, Batman! You’ve become a godless god! (more…)
Feb 15, 2011
83rd Academy Awards Nominees + My Picks for Winners
Before the advent of CMS like WordPress, one had to manually organize and update single webpages if he didn’t have PHP or other dynamic methods available. Well, now I can post things much easier and so here is my first post of Oscar picks. It seems Roger Ebert wants you believing he doesn’t already know who the winners are and you can win big money if you can guess the winners in a contest hosted by Mubi.com. Anyway, here are some of the nominees and my picks: (more…)
Jun 6, 2010
Agent S vs. Agent Blue: The Battle of the Future
Originally posted on May 16, 2010
The story I’ve been working on, but will never see the light of day… Because no one wants to see a mighty Asian-American superhero. Especially one that wears red and is the good guy. The bad guy wears blue. That would be a first in American story telling (as far as I know).
So some would ask: why not just make your hero wear blue? Well, it would lose a lot of the meaning behind the design of the character and story, wouldn’t it? Of course, the deeper meaning is only one aspect. There’s also action, drama, romance, time-travel, betrayal, explosions, all the makings of a blockbuster. All the while erasing Asian-American stereotypes with stylized stereotypes.