Behold...The Coblah Commander!

And yes, it is ugly. As usual, many thanks to toy industries' seemingly magical top hat where they legitimately spoil all conceivable spoilers (in terms of character's design, Que The Dark Knight's Joker, etc)...The Cobra Commander, from the upcoming “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.”, courtesy of MTV Movies Blog.

三国第一武将竟然是“他”

A ludicrous piece which is, obviously for those understanding Mandarin and particularly those with a reasonably sound knowledge of my favorite historical era, The Three Kingdoms period in Ancient China. "吕布说：“我是当仁不让的三国武将第一，却还有那么多人来闲言闲语，真不爽！” 张飞不服：“老子跟你吕布单挑从来没落过下风，你看到老子醉酒都还不敢来碰老子，老子才是天下第一！” 马超不服：“哼，你张飞和我锦马超单挑时不是你大耳哥鸣金鸣得快，我早挑你于马下了，你还是轻装上阵，明显我要强于你，我是三国第一！” 许褚不服：“马超算个球，上次看到我家主公后面站了个我，就不敢来碰我主公了，还老是说要报什么杀父之仇，明显就是怕我，我才是三国第一！” 徐晃不服：“若说你许褚敢称三国第一，我徐晃和你挑了两次，又哪里输了你来？我不服！” 颜良不服：“哈哈，你徐晃也敢在这里插一脚？手下败将！” 文丑不服：“颜良，你挑过徐晃，我还挑过徐晃和张辽两人呢，我明显比你强，敢称三国第一的舍我其谁？” 关羽不服：“你们两个无头之鬼，你看到我站在这里了吗？，鬼叫什么？” 庞德不服：“老关，我庞德可是射中你一箭的啊，打架也不在你之下，我才是三国第一。” 黄忠不服：“射中关羽有什么稀奇，他出了名的靶子王，老子可是做到想射他那里就射他哪里。” 赵云不服：“你要真的厉害在汉水上就不要我来救了撒。被困了自己跑出来撒，我在长坂坡可是一个人跑出来的哦。这种程度谁能做到？” 姜维不服：“你还不是怕我？嚣张什么？” 邓艾不服：“你打我儿子都打不过，呵呵，我儿子只有我七成战斗力。” 邓忠不服：“老爸放屁，我二十一岁时就超过你了。 ...................................................... Check out the original post from 三国志online中文网论坛 for the startling ending where one will be crowned the titular "Number One Warriors of The Three Kingdoms".

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

Tatsunoko? Like myself, I'm pretty sure many a regular gamer will find themselves stumped by the name but however, if you happened to also be a longtime hardcore Anime freak (and when I mean "longtime hardcore", I meant being one ever since the 80s), then you probably stands a good chance knowing what it is. Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. (株式会社竜の子プロダクション or 株式会社タツノコプロダクション ,Kabushiki gaisha Tatsunoko Purodakushon?), often shortened to Tatsunoko Pro. (竜の子プロ or タツノコプロ ,Tatsunoko Puro?), is a Japanese animation company founded in 1962 by acclaimed anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida along with his brothers Kenji and Toyoharu (Toyoharu adopted the pen name Ippei Kuri to distinguish himself from his brothers). Enough rambling. A look at its portfolio of Anime series speaks best. Okay, Gatchaman anyone? Problem connecting that name? How about Battle of the Planets? For those not so nostalgic, you might be aware of the recent Anime series, "Casshern Sins", a remake of 1973's Neo-Human Casshern (新造人間キャシャーン ,Shinzō Ningen Kyashān?), which incidentally was adapted into a movie in 2004. But either way, you must have heard of Karas, a brilliant groundbreaking sixth part animation produced to commemorate the company's 40th anniversary of anime production. (The titular character's dark origin kicks the collective asses of all the billionaire orphan's clones out there) Well, it seems that Capcom are indeed getting a little carried away with their "Versus" series of crossover games as the latest title in their long-running crossover series, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes, turned out to be a genuine genre crossover. Available at Arcades and Wii exclusive, platform-wise, this can be quite a monster to market given its source material's longstanding (albeit diverse)credentials. Apparently, Capcom USA is working to resolve Tatsunoko's licensing issues outside of Japan in order for an international release.

小流氓 & Sigmund Freud

In the very same weird fuck absurd vein as my earlier post featuring excerpts containing the hidden connections between Doraemon and Socialism, North Korean style, apparently, now we have theories about the connection between Freud and...小流氓, better known to all as the 龙虎门 (or even better known in the West as the failed movie adaptation Dragon Tiger Gate.). Do check out the full article. Here's an excerpt... 政治動盪與社會不安的七十年代，香港正在繼承著根深蒂固的傳統文化的同時，並在享受著西方文化帶來的衝擊與快感。那時候，西方文化對性和思想的解放猶如脫韁野馬，令香港掀起一陣春潮泛濫的電影文化，激流洶湧下，色情電影紛紛湧現。 當時社會充斥著這種不良風氣，令風化案上升。色魔橫行，單身女子不敢夜歸的社會現實，被黃玉郎借題發揮，改篇作飛天豹一段（即『小流氓』第六期『大戰飛天豹』）。在黃玉郎的設定下，飛天豹所用的武器是一柄削鐵如泥的寶劍。淫賊……寶劍……筆者似乎看見黃玉郎向佛洛依德微笑。對了，廣東人喜以劍比喻男性性器官，男性間以陽具互作比較俗稱「格劍」，所以黃玉郎在這種俗文化下潛移默化，就將劍設定為善於以性征服女性的飛天豹的武器。也許，當時黃玉郎並未看過佛洛伊德的著作，但這一段正好切合了佛洛伊德的「夢之解析」(Interpretation of Dreams)。 有說漫畫工業是漫畫家的夢工場，並盛載著每位作者的願望。佛洛依德：「夢是一種在現實中實現不了和受壓抑的願望的滿足。」他更大膽地認為這些實現不了和受壓抑的願望多半是和性有關的。比方說，他認為夢裏出現呈棒狀或凸出的東西都象徵男性性器官，凹陷的地方則象徵女性性器官，騎馬、攀山、開門等象徵性行為。所以，劍，對飛天豹來說，是一種性徵﹔削鐵如泥的寶劍，更是一種無堅不摧的性崇拜。這是飛天豹的慾望，亦是作者自我意識反射的彰顯。 自飛天豹陣亡後，寶劍落入王小虎手中。到了「龍虎門」時代，王小虎與金詩詩相戀，在一次決戰前夕，王小虎出征前將寶劍交給金詩詩傍身，可惜不幸地，金詩詩被玄難所擒，並將她污辱﹔事後，金詩詩悄悄地取出寶劍，向胸口自刺而亡。這一段，作者顯然是想帶出女性貞潔不二的聖願，同樣亦是作者渴望伴侶對感情忠貞的嚮往。引用佛洛依德的說法，劍是象徵男性性器官，凹陷的胸膛傷口是象徵女性性器官，自盡則代表性行為，這是反映她對被性侵犯後內心充滿懊悔及自責，亦暗喻她有盼望將初夜獻給最愛男人的遺願。 作者對女性有忠貞的要求，同樣認為她們應該崇拜男性性器官。王小虎母親媚娘，徐娘半老，風韻猶存。她在舊著「龍虎門」中有不少男伴，早有王伏虎，後有東方無懼、大羅仙，自她與王小虎重逢後，開始加入「龍虎門」與黑幫對抗，雖多次被歹角非禮、冒犯，但她終覓真愛，先後與劍痴及劍魔共墮愛河。為何媚娘總是喜歡用劍的男人？在黃玉郎的漫畫世界裡，劍和男性性器官是有間接掛勾。根據佛洛依德的說法，潛意識的活動中的主要內容被壓抑的願望並非是直接表達於夢中，而是通過扭曲變作為象徵的形式出現。劍是性器象徵物，讓媚娘先後戀上劍痴和劍魔，完全是作者壓抑渴望女性對男性性器官有一種莫名崇拜的心理反射。

Happy Learn From Lei Feng Day

Today, 5th of March, is... "Learn from Lei Feng Day"(学雷锋日), since 1963." Interested in the intrigue art of propaganda? Meet the grandfather of political propaganda mascot, Lei Feng (雷鋒). While Captain America will always be remembered as the outright propaganda mascot(they called it "Patriot") who don't just literally wear his ideals to his sleeves but his whole freaking costume, Lei Feng is the Out-And-Out real freaking deal, a living, kicking personification of Maoism and Communist Socialism. Or is he? Talks of Lei Feng being an utter creation to promote Mao's Cult of Personality had been around since way back. Born in Wangcheng, Hunan (near the Town of Leifeng, Changsha, Hunan, named in his honour), Lei was orphaned at an early age and raised under the wings of the Communist Party. He became a member in the Communist youth corps when he was young and joined a transportation unit of the People's Liberation Army at the age of twenty. Lei died in 1962 at the age of 21, when a telephone pole, struck by an army truck, hit him while he was directing the truck in backing up. After Lei's death, his diary was published, and Lei was built up as a good example to the Chinese people to be cheerfully selfless and noble in thought. That is, on the basis on the strength of this particular propanganda, which in short, equals to most probably make-believes. Even if this figure did existed, the background must had been heavily edited. While fanfare had most definitely diminished in this time and age, there are still many serious following, judging from my earlier entry where an online game was actually created. By the by, check the man out in his favourite past-time activity. Damn this is a Wacko who seemingly gets a kick out of wiping a car bonnets.

High Kick Girl

You seriously just can't get more literal than this. Presenting to you what Warren Ellis called, THE GREATEST FILM TRAILER EVER.

Apocalypse. Wow.

The first premonition of the ever-impending Apocalypse? You decide. "SINGAPORE'S iconic Merlion statue, a popular tourist attraction, was damaged by lightning on Saturday afternoon during a thunderstorm, according to reports. No one was hurt. The Merlion was struck by lightning between 4 and 5 pm local time, causing parts of the statue to fall near a group of startled visitors."

Who Wants to Be Filthy F#&%ing Rich

In light of the real life's all-consuming "Final Crisis" and the heavily acclaimed film, "Slumdog Millionaire" that is all the rage these days, one can't help but brings to mind Rage Against The Machine's iconic music video in 2000, Sleep Now In The Fire. Directed by then relatively-unknown (pre-Bowling For Columbine) Michael Moore, the video interweaves scenes from a caricature of the then-popular TV game show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", aptly named, "Who Wants to Be Filthy F#&%ing Rich", with footage taken when the band played right in front of the New Year Stock Exchange with Michael Moore and cinematographer Welles Hackett in helm. The infamous performance resulted in the detainment of Moore (for an hour and slapped with threat for arrest) and the unprecedented impromptu lockdown of the NYSC's Doors for fear of crowd gathering. Oh, and there's a real cute quote by Gary Bauer (a Republican Politician doing their routine shit-stirring) at the end of the video, "a band called 'The Machine Rages On' - er - 'Rage Against the Machine', that band is anti-family and it's pro-terrorist"