Did Wall-E come from Walmart? When we watch the movie and see the portrayal of Buy n Large, the retail chain super store that covered Earth, it’s pretty easy to make an association with Walmart: gigantic stores, feel-good commercials, cheap goods, and fat people. Is this connection subtle or obvious? How about the robot hero’s
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Chess Victory
This is the most extreme chess victory I’ve ever come across: winning with two rooks, two knights, two bishops, two queens, and the majority of the pawns, after slashing just about everything from the opponent:
Ape Peter
My perfect life. On stage in Beijing (but it’s over by now). Tim found this ad in a cab.
Jay Chou – Capricorn
Jay released his new album – Capricorn (???). As usual, he’s awesome (and still very daring with his outfits…). The first hit is ??. It’s another inspirational song from Jay to bring positive thinking to the society. ?????? ??????? Fail to chase down your dream? Why not simply find another?
風雲決 Storm Riders 2008
Storm Riders, my favorite comic series from Hong Kong, has officially set foot across the entire spectrum of the entertainment industry by having released an animated movie – ??? (Storm Riders 2008). I wouldn’t call it a great movie. The plot is sloppy (which is the norm for movies), and the voice actors don’t quite
Beijing Olympics 2008-08-08
Just watched the Olympics opening ceremony at Hong’s neighbor’s house, and got two words to describe it. Freaking awesome. The compliment goes to the performances, the spirit, and the neighbor’s gigantic HDTV. It was truly fantastic. Not sure whether the powerful choreography, the flashy technology, or the enormous budget was more impressive, but I was
Medieval Kings Chess II
During the past month, I spent most of my subway rides playing the Medieval Kings Chess II on my Blackberry. There are five difficulty levels: King Author (Beginner) Frederick II (Easy) Charlemagne (Medium) S. Mehmed II (Hard) Will the Conq. (Very Hard) Gengis Khan (Master) Since I never really touched chess after high school, the “easy”
PS3 & Dynasty Warriors 6
A few weeks ago, I got a Playstaion 3. This is my first current-generation video game console in 12 years. Compared to my PS2 Slim, it’s a monsterous beast. After buying my PS2 last summer and Dreamcast near the end of college, I had no patience to wait for a second-hand PS3 in the PS4 era. It’s
Wall-E
Wall-E is yet another cute & hilarious Disney-Pixar masterpiece, and its storyline is one of the very best so far – on par with Finding Nemo and the two Toy Story classics. I saw this with Phil and Julia over the opening weekend. Coming out of the theater, I was speechless. So I dragged Hong to see