In light of the recent McDonald's mishap, I'd like to lighten the mood and share one thing fast food is good for. That is, making raps about fast food. Here's a nice little youtube video I found showcasing an actual teen ordering from a fast food chain via rap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLn45-7Pn2Y
If you didn't catch that, the rhymes go like this:
I need a double cheeseburger and hold the lettuce
Don't be frontin' son no seeds on a bun
We be up in this drive thru
Order for two
I gots a craving for a number nine like my shoe
We need some chicken up in here
In this dizzle
For rizzle my mizzle
Extra salt on the frizzle
Dr. Pepper my brother
Another for your mother
Double double super size
And don't forget the FRIES...
If you ever feel the compulsion to piss off a fast food attendant, just for the thrill of it, this rap's sure to do the trick.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The Invincible Iron Man
One of the movies coming this summer which everyone should really be looking forward to is the the iconic Marvel hero's film debut, Iron Man. As for those who are unaware of the story, here it is. Industrialist, weapons designer, and billionaire playboy Tony Stark is wounded in the heart by a piece of shrapnel whilst kidnapped by terrorists, who demand that he make them a super-powerful weapon. Instead, Stark creates a suit of impenetrable powered armor, escapes his captors and returns to America. There, he refines this armor in order to protect the people he had inadvertently put in harm's way, due to his weapons, and becomes the Invincible Iron Man!
The trailer can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx6TEqrzHU
Now I know recent Marvel films have had a track record of sucking horribly, like Spider-Man 3 and X-Men: The Last Stand not living up to expectations, Ghost Rider being a pure box office trash heap, and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer being just a little bit better than the original, but I surely hope to God Iron Man won't be as bad.
First off, it's directed by Jon Favreau, the man who brought us "Elf", so we know the movie itself is going to be a really fun ride. Second, the supporting cast is highly star-studded, with Jeff Bridges as villain Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow as assistant and love interest Virginia Potts, and Oscar-nominee Terrence Howard as the trusted Lt. Colonel James Rhodes/War Machine. And finally, the (Iron) Man himself, Tony Stark is played by Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. who not only handled the suit well, but held the lighter moments of the film as well, with superb improvised comedy skills.
While it may seem like a bad choice to have someone of Downey's age to play Tony Stark, Downey seems to make up for it with his own brand of humor, as well as his past experiences with substance abuse. Such experiences would of course help him continue to play Stark in the already planned sequels to the film, as Stark is a known alcoholic.
Hopefully the film comes together as planned. I'm really banking on this film to bring life back into Marvel Films, which since lost its light ever since Spider-Man 2, X2: X-Men United, The Hulk, and Fantastic Four were forgotten.
Knowing them, the film is going to be targeted where it counts most, at the kids who'd like a fun and enjoyable ride.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Tankmen
Before the return to the daily school grind, I just had to share this absolute golden flash cartoon series.
Now, Newgrounds is a famous flash website that hosts a variety of independently produced flash videos, games, and everything else you can make flash with. Their absolute notoriety aside (the mastermind of the Red Lake High School Shooting was a prominent poster on Newgrounds) they were recognized by their logo of a black-and-white man on a tank sitting against a yellow background.
Well, a few years back, someone decided to make a flash series based entirely on the premise of this iconic logo. The tankmen (in the series) are essentially black and white soldiers (ineptly) fighting for God knows what sort of cause. The series deals with the mishaps these soldiers get themselves into, and of course the very humorous exchange of penis-jokes.
I don't know how to post a video, so I'll put the youtube link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wluwslGu8hE
Enjoy.
Now, Newgrounds is a famous flash website that hosts a variety of independently produced flash videos, games, and everything else you can make flash with. Their absolute notoriety aside (the mastermind of the Red Lake High School Shooting was a prominent poster on Newgrounds) they were recognized by their logo of a black-and-white man on a tank sitting against a yellow background.
Well, a few years back, someone decided to make a flash series based entirely on the premise of this iconic logo. The tankmen (in the series) are essentially black and white soldiers (ineptly) fighting for God knows what sort of cause. The series deals with the mishaps these soldiers get themselves into, and of course the very humorous exchange of penis-jokes.
I don't know how to post a video, so I'll put the youtube link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wluwslGu8hE
Enjoy.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Duality
Ever since the publishing of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, fiction has always been fascinated with heroes and villains that have a certain nature of duality. It has been a common recurring element that heroes and villains in modern fiction are two sides of the same coin, with matching personalities, and similar goals.
Such examples include the Batman and the Joker. Both have undergone extremely bad days. Both have lost people they love. Both suffer from a sense of behavior and compulsion that one could describe as psychotic.
It is only in the manner which they treat such things are they different. The Batman is regaled as the hero, using whatever occurred in his past as motivation to aid the citizens of Gotham. The Joker, is reviled by the populace, using whatever occurred in his past as excuses to spread ironic suffering to the people of Gotham.
Another example would be Optimus Prime and Megatron. It was on the old Japanese editions of the Transformers that when the Autobot logo revolved, it would reveal the Decepticon logo. Furthermore, on their former lives on Cybertron, both Prime and Megatron were very respected leaders. Both Prime and Megatron only wanted the best for their fellow transformers.
However, it is how they try to approach their goals that makes them different. Prime wanted his Autobots to coexist peacefully with other races and to share a home alien to them with new, unique friends. Megatron wanted to destroy all life on a new planet in order to build a world all to him and his Decepticons. It would be fitting that both Prime and Megatron (in the old Japanese series) would be destroyed in the final, climactic episode, in a cancelling-out equation of sorts.
These things, are however, never seen in real life. There are always huge differences that set apart people. No matter how similar you say two people are, even twins, for that matter, the sense of duality is almost never present in real life.
That is because in real life, there's always a gray area. Life can never be seen as a two sided coin. Duality can only be conveniently found in the hands of an artist. And that, I guess, is to our blessing and convenience, because if there were any duality in life, well I'd guess we'd have long since destroyed each other.
I'll say that in order for people to coexist peacefully, we just have to accept that other people live too differently from ourselves for us to meddle in their lives. So much for duality then.
Such examples include the Batman and the Joker. Both have undergone extremely bad days. Both have lost people they love. Both suffer from a sense of behavior and compulsion that one could describe as psychotic.
It is only in the manner which they treat such things are they different. The Batman is regaled as the hero, using whatever occurred in his past as motivation to aid the citizens of Gotham. The Joker, is reviled by the populace, using whatever occurred in his past as excuses to spread ironic suffering to the people of Gotham.
Another example would be Optimus Prime and Megatron. It was on the old Japanese editions of the Transformers that when the Autobot logo revolved, it would reveal the Decepticon logo. Furthermore, on their former lives on Cybertron, both Prime and Megatron were very respected leaders. Both Prime and Megatron only wanted the best for their fellow transformers.
However, it is how they try to approach their goals that makes them different. Prime wanted his Autobots to coexist peacefully with other races and to share a home alien to them with new, unique friends. Megatron wanted to destroy all life on a new planet in order to build a world all to him and his Decepticons. It would be fitting that both Prime and Megatron (in the old Japanese series) would be destroyed in the final, climactic episode, in a cancelling-out equation of sorts.
These things, are however, never seen in real life. There are always huge differences that set apart people. No matter how similar you say two people are, even twins, for that matter, the sense of duality is almost never present in real life.
That is because in real life, there's always a gray area. Life can never be seen as a two sided coin. Duality can only be conveniently found in the hands of an artist. And that, I guess, is to our blessing and convenience, because if there were any duality in life, well I'd guess we'd have long since destroyed each other.
I'll say that in order for people to coexist peacefully, we just have to accept that other people live too differently from ourselves for us to meddle in their lives. So much for duality then.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
I Don't Wanna Come Home to Manila
My mother was in a car accident this morning while she was working in Manila (she goes to Manila every two weeks to work as an insurance agent). Other than the fact that her only two year old Nissan Orvu minivan (I bet the mileage only recently ran out on it) was completely wrecked, she only had a few bruises on her thigh and upper lip. It's safe to say that'll get us some money off of our car insurance (ironic, isn't it?).
The thing is, it happened in Manila, the place where I was born. That sorta thing, I know, is supposed to be common in Manila, but still, it's just wrong nonetheless. I'll go ahead and say, that in the next few months that I have left in high school, I'll dread every bit of going to Manila. Why, exactly? Well,
1. Check the shanty towns. They look like they came out of a dog's ass. Quite a few (thousand) of the buildings contain stuff that literally did.
2. The city air is a giant fart. My father, returning from an overnight visit to Manila was bedridden for about half a week because he spent a few hours on the street.
3. The only nice places to visit are the malls. Every other place is either a seedy nightclub, a high-rise or a place of historical value about to be turned into a mall (take a look at Fort Bonifacio, now known as the high end shopping center, The Fort).
4. The prices are outrageous. Some restaurants sell bottled water for about 45 pesos. That's just about the same amount a grande bottle of beer costs here, and anything that kills brain cells is supposed to be more expensive than anything that doesn't.
5. The traffic is mind-numbing. I live in Lanang, and it takes me at most 35 minutes to get to school. In Manila, it took that much time to cross about 3 city blocks at 7 in the evening.
6. Bombs hit harder. In Davao, the streets are more or less vacant, so if a bomb were to blow, only few would be affected. In a crowded place like Manila, putting a bomb on the street would be like mixing vodka in with water. The device would blend in to the point of transparency, but the effect on the crowd would be devastating.
So I'll just go ahead and say, thanks for all the cool stuff, I could buy, Manila, but in the end, you ain't nothin' but a bitch of a city.
The thing is, it happened in Manila, the place where I was born. That sorta thing, I know, is supposed to be common in Manila, but still, it's just wrong nonetheless. I'll go ahead and say, that in the next few months that I have left in high school, I'll dread every bit of going to Manila. Why, exactly? Well,
1. Check the shanty towns. They look like they came out of a dog's ass. Quite a few (thousand) of the buildings contain stuff that literally did.
2. The city air is a giant fart. My father, returning from an overnight visit to Manila was bedridden for about half a week because he spent a few hours on the street.
3. The only nice places to visit are the malls. Every other place is either a seedy nightclub, a high-rise or a place of historical value about to be turned into a mall (take a look at Fort Bonifacio, now known as the high end shopping center, The Fort).
4. The prices are outrageous. Some restaurants sell bottled water for about 45 pesos. That's just about the same amount a grande bottle of beer costs here, and anything that kills brain cells is supposed to be more expensive than anything that doesn't.
5. The traffic is mind-numbing. I live in Lanang, and it takes me at most 35 minutes to get to school. In Manila, it took that much time to cross about 3 city blocks at 7 in the evening.
6. Bombs hit harder. In Davao, the streets are more or less vacant, so if a bomb were to blow, only few would be affected. In a crowded place like Manila, putting a bomb on the street would be like mixing vodka in with water. The device would blend in to the point of transparency, but the effect on the crowd would be devastating.
So I'll just go ahead and say, thanks for all the cool stuff, I could buy, Manila, but in the end, you ain't nothin' but a bitch of a city.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Pissed.
Alrighty, if you're reading this, this means I'm no longer using my first blog, which I made this morning. You can find the link to it and the oh-so-well made post on it in the link below (I'm pretty sure someone like you can find it easily).
It turns out that something got screwed with my login and it won't recognize my password. So I got to thinking, and I hatched a plan to make a gmail account (dtv456@gmail.com if you're curious), use that as my email address, then make a wholly new blog. It's worked so far. Let's just see if those now-billionaires at Google (who sponsor this very blogging network by the way) are really that much dependable.
As for other things, I'm pissed as well, but those are other stories for other times.
It turns out that something got screwed with my login and it won't recognize my password. So I got to thinking, and I hatched a plan to make a gmail account (dtv456@gmail.com if you're curious), use that as my email address, then make a wholly new blog. It's worked so far. Let's just see if those now-billionaires at Google (who sponsor this very blogging network by the way) are really that much dependable.
As for other things, I'm pissed as well, but those are other stories for other times.
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