Rio: Overcoming the Fear of Flight! - A Movie Review

Indeed, it has been refreshing to see a movie so unpretentious, especially in today's world where movies are all about special effects and violence. Rio has been like a blast of cold and fresh air.

The movie is about Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, who, being the last of its kind, travels with Linda, his owner, to mate with his only living female counterpart. However, things go wrong the moment the two blue macaws gets abducted.

It has been a very long time that I laughed so hard during the screening in which I attended. The funny moments are intelligent, yet they are realistic in nature that anyone, kids and adults alike, really find them hilarious. This may be owing to the fact that, despite the exaggeration of speaking animals, the characters are someone we can relate to, with special mention to the main character, Blu. Throughout the movie, we share his experiences together in a very comprehensive manner. The audience feel the fear of flight just as Blu does, we fall in love with Jewel just as he does, etc. And this is what I like in a movie, the connection the main charaters to its audience.

Being a tech junkie, the animation of Rio is also commendable. The crisp and the variety of colors really fit with its characters and the setting, which is in Rio de Janeiro. How'd I love to go in there! There has been a great improvement with animation as we progress with technology. Being said, it is of great recommendation that one experience it in 3D cinemas. A little expensive, but totally worth it.

If I'd get the chance, I'll go see it again. 4 stars out of 5!

New Hobby: Reviewing Movies!

Hello!

There has been no updates and posts has been quite slow these past few days. I've been busy and I'm trying my best to make posts.

Anyways, I've develop a new hobby these past few days. As you've known, I love watching movies and I enjoy blogging, and I've been busy to do both, watch movies and think of ideas to blog!

Yesterday, I thought of something. What if, what if I decide to blog about movies! Now that'll keep be great right! So, for the past few days, I've been making reviews about the movies I caught in the cinemas. So far, I've made only three. Ready?!

• Race to Witch Mountain - the family film I loved and had a great time. Read more in My Information Technology - Race to Witch Mountain Movie Review
  
• Knowing - the movie that squeezed the creeps out of me! A must see in the cinemas! Read more in My Information Technology - Knowing Movie Review
  
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - even though you already know what will happen, you'll still loot at this movie! Read more in My Information Technology - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Movie Review

These are just the first three movies I've made a review. Catch more in the next few days. You may be able to catch them at the My Reviews Category from My Information Technology! Yadda!

Autobots... Decepticons... Transform!

Well well well. Everybody had experienced being a geek, right. Well, I would say that the peek of my "geekness" age would be by the time I got hooked on the animated series of the Transformers! As a kid, I was addicted to it! They were just plain awesome! So yeah, I decided to post about the group of robots we all love. Transformers!

Originally, I was planning to post a complete list of all the Transformers! Well, it was later that I realized, there is just too many to mention. Well, I then decided to create a list of the ones that were shown on the recent 2007 movie and a small description given by Wikipedia.org. And here it goes!

Autobots

• Optimus Prime. The Autobot leader who comes to Earth to destroy the All Spark in order to end the war.

• Bumblebee. Known as the guardian robot and due to a battle injury, he is rendered effectively mute, and communicates through use of selected playback of radio and television signals.

• Jazz. The lieutenant and is described as having a love of style, with a hip-hop personality.

• Ratchet. The team's medical officer.

• Ironhide. The cantankerous weapons specialist.

Decepticons

• Megatron. The Decepticon leader who crash-landed in the Arctic thousands of years ago in his quest to obtain the All Spark. When he is defrosted, he keeps his original alien jet form out of vanity.

• Starscream. Megatron's second-in-command.

• Brawl. Described as "a very pissed off Decepticon" and always looking for a fight.

• Bonecrusher. His feet are wheels, "skating" as opposed to running. His only weapon is a claw-like scoop at the end of a large telescopic arm.

• Barricade. He is a hunter/scout of the Decepticons, choosing his vehicle mode to easily hide among the humans as a symbol of authority.

• Scorpinok. His machine form is a mechanized scorpion. Scorponok is the only Decepticon in the movie that did not transform, but he is able to dive under sand or other soft landforms.

• Frenzy. A small and vicious spy who transforms into a boombox, and later into a mobile phone.

• Blackout. The first active Decepticon to be seen and is fiercely loyal to Megatron.

I wanted to include all of their pictures, but I guess I'm so limited, as to the fact that I cannot lengthen this post. But well, I'm a geek when it comes to Transformers, and that fact alone makes it possible for me to make another post.

No worries, I'll make sure to update this post if ever I do post another. For the meantime, see ya around!

Alien Technology and etc.

Ever wondered if life outside earth exists? If they do, what would they look like? Would they look like humans?

Last saturday, I watched the movie The Day The Earth Stood Still. Yes, the remake of the most rated sci-fi movie of all time. It recieved bad reviews from the critics and most of the fans of the original movie, but I actually thouht it was decent (for someone who did not see the 1951 movie). My movie experience was a pleasant one. But hey, we are not making a review of the movie. Rather this post aims to talk about (or ask about), well, you guessed it right, about alien technology and more.

In the movie, it was not discussed which part of the universe the alien came from, but it is greatly implied that indeed, it was "foreign" from earth. And he brought with him a technology very unknown and much more advanced than ours. If alien do exist, would they have the technology like these?

Maybe you're right, this is something we shouldn't talk about. But I'm sure everyone is curious. I mean, will they be a friend (E.T.) or an enemy to us (Mars' Attacks)? Will they invade us in the near future (Independence Day and War of the Worlds)? Are they civilized than us (most of the alien movies) or are they in awe of the brilliance of man (A.I.)? Well, we can never tell.

The reason why I am making this post is that I may be just so overwhelmed by the reel world. But one of the main reasons why I am writing about this is because I would like to stress that in most of these films, the one that makes us stand out is because of our humanity. The reason why we win, why we end up saving the day or we befriends our alien visitors is that we stay human and true to our very nature. That we love and we care.

So if aliens visit our planet, one thing I can only advice, stay human. Only by our humanity, that we can be saved. So stay human. (And run, I guess, lol!)

Rod of the Future. .(@_O)"

My Top Five Robot Movies

These days where one can make wonders on the big screen with realistic special effects, it seems easier to make sci-fi movies and robot films. My topic today, my top five favorite robot movies. But I sure want to make some twists and I wanted it to be more related to our theme. So yeah, I chose my top five robot movies wherein the robots developed humanity. Here it goes.

5. Wall-E
What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, Wall-E, short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, discovers a new purpose in life, besides collecting knick-knacks, when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve. Eve comes to realize that Wall-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans, who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home. Meanwhile, Wall-E chases Eve across the galaxy and sets an adventure into motion.

4. A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting raise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve him. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically. A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, with David being the "fake" boy who desperately wants to become "real". (by Chris Makrozahopoulos: makzax@hotmail.com)

3. Robocop Series
After Omni Consumer Products (OCP) announced that it bought out the Detroit police department, the department decides to go on strike. Alex Murphy, gets transferred from Metro South to the West. He and his partner, Anne Lewis, track down a group of criminals led by Clarence Boddicker. Unfortunately, Murphy was killed by Clarence's gang. Bob Morton, one of OCP's employees, transforms Murphy's corpse into Robocop, to compete with another employee Dick Jones' ED-209. Robocop's tests are successful. Unfortunately, Robocop rediscovers his memories (when he was Alex Murphy), and now knows he has to find and arrest Clarence Boddicker. He realizes that Clarence is working for Bob Morton's competition Dick Jones. Now, Robocop must stop both Clarence and Dick Jones. (by John Wiggins)

2. Blade Runner
In 2019, humans have genetically engineered Replicants, which are essentially humans who are designed for labor and entertainment purposes. They are illegal on earth, and if they make it to our planet they are to be hunted down and killed. Rick Deckard is a blade runner, or a hunter of replicants. A group of replicants make it to Los Angeles to seek out a way to extend their life span. Replicants have a built in 4 year life span, and this group is at the end. Although he hunts them to the end, the replicants end up teaching the detached Deckard what it really means to be human.

1. The Terminator Series
In the future, Skynet, a computer system fights a losing war against the humans who built it and who it nearly exterminated. Just before being destroyed, Skynet sends a Terminator back in time to kill Sarah, the mother to be of John Connor, the Leader of the human resistance. The terminator can pass for human, is nearly indestructible, and has only one mission, killing Sarah Connor. One soldier is sent back to protect her from the killing machine. He must find Sarah before the Terminator can carry out it's mission. (by John Vogel:jlvogel@comcast.net)

There you have it. Well, can robots really develop feelings? Can they become humans? We can never tell.

Astro Boy Teaser Released!

Remember my post about Astro Boy - The Human Side of Technology?

Well just passing by to make an update that IMAGI has released the official teaser trailer of the movie. Check it out!



Great trailer. And from the looks of it, it seems that they are keeping into great consideration it's previous anime structure. Definitely worth the watch!!