Game Review: Minion Rush

7/21/2013 10:44:19 AM 

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I myself had not get much involved into the modern stuff the world offers right now, only except for blogging and social networking sites, until this year came along with a bunch of applications that showed premise and promises of excitement. Apparently, one of them is what they called as “Minion Rush.”

Gameloft developed the mobile game, with the characters conceptualized off from that Despicable Me movie series produced by Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures.

So far, with the Minion fever sweeping the pop culture from almost all over the places of this world, fans of that DM movie enjoyed the miniature-sized, wacky-by-both-heart-and-mind creatures even more. Thanks to that mobile game. Nah, and even yours truly seems to get indulged into this game even more.

The Review: Despicable Me 2

7/21/2013 11:10:31 AM Sunday

The minions have gone crazy again, eh? The only good problem though is that they’re more and they’re even despicable unlike Gru.

Months prior to the showing of this movie, the Philippines became one of the nations who seemed to get struck under the influence and cravings for minion. They’re all over the places – toy stores, every single McDonald’s chain, and even funny photos circulating the social media – be it an user’s profile photo or just a timeline post of a look-alike-slash-twin-brother-separated-at-birth to the nation’s president or even to one of the society’s premier talk show host (does BA-BA-BA-BUZZ ring a bell?).

I saw the first installment of the Despicable Me motion picture franchise a few weeks ago, and ended up with symptoms of a mentally retarded child running all over me. Heck, kidding aside, I envied Pharell William’s genes for scoring and making music for these films. Good job for that then 37-year old fella, who appeared to lost his oars on the mainstream shores when the pop music went “bubblegum” for too much.

Okay, fast forward track to 2013, please?

Just my opinion: Sex-for-fly Scheme

7/19/2013 6:54:27 PM Friday

Nakalulungkot nga lang isipin na sa kabila ng paghihikaos ng ilang mga mamamayan na maiahon sa kahirapan ang mga pamilya nila sa Pilipinas, meron namang mga mapagsamantalang nilalang na kababayan pa natin mismo.

Bianca and The “Squatting” Reactions

7/19/2013 8:31:35 AM Saturday

Mainit-init na balita sa social media ang patutsada ng batikang TV host na si Bianca Gonzalez sa Twitter kamakailanlang.

 

Ang dami nating nagtatrabaho para makaipon para sa prime lot at bahay plus buwis pa. Bakit nga ba bine-baby ang mga informal settlers?

— Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca) July 1, 2013

Oo nga naman kasi, bakit nga ba kasi bine-baby ng gobyerno ang mga iskwater? Maraming dahilan, maliban pa sa mapulitkang motibo ng ilan sa mga taong nakaupo.

Ang dami kayang nagkukumahog na maghanap-buhay para lang magkaroon ng sariling bahay. Nakakalungkot nga naman isipin kasi. Lalo na’t karamihan sa mga nagtatrabahong nilalang sa gitnang antas at pati na rin sa lower class (na may sariling bahay at pamumuhay) ang lubos-lubos na nahihirapan. Nagbabayad sila ng buwis, tapos hindi naman sila ang nakikinabang. Parang ang datingan tuloy sa kanila ay “Ano ‘to? Charitable institution ang pinopondohan namin? Asan yung sa amin dapat?”

Alam ba ito ng madla? O dahil saydang walang boses ang nasa gitna? Walang bayag para magsalita ng kanilang hinaing? Buti nga nay mag-voice out na tulad ni Bianca e.

Minion Mania

7/19/2013 7:55:43 AM Saturday

It seems like we’re always been fascinated on what we saw at the movies, eh? Look, motion pictures nowadays played a big factor on controlling the pop culture, especially for the generation of yuppies just like yours truly. Not bad though, considering that the other popular things are just for total commercial sellout purpose alone (even if it’s quite a no-brainer’s choice for some).

These past few months, cinema-goers indulged their pleasure more on the foreign films which are totally different from what the local counterpart is showcasing about. Last April and early-May, we saw people who seemed to had a bit of braveness and same style of arrogance (?) as if he is Tony Starks on Iron Man 3 (like yours truly). Late May to early June, a more action-packed Vin Diesel droved movie-goers crazy after the sixth film of The Fast and The Furious series aired on that wide screen. And just a few weeks ago, it seemed everyone wanted to be Superman just like Henry Cavill, nor a grown-up character from the Monster’s University.

But July 2013 had a different story though. Aside from what Monster’s U’s impact had brought to the avid cinema fans, we have drifted from being a super-humane character into a much, kiddo one. And I am talking about the minions of the second Despicable Movie.

Everyone seemed to get involved into the so-called “minion mania,” eh?

Batas Versus Human Rights?

7/19/2013 | 8:00:00 PM | Friday

Minsan, natatanong ko na nga lang ito sa sarili ko: “Talaga bang magkakontrapelo ang batas at karapantang pantao sa ating lipunan?”

Playback: Joey Ayala – "Papel"

7/19/2013 4:45:35 PM 

Maiba naman tayo. Kung panay underground ang madalas nating tinatampok na musika (bagamat may mainstream na rin lately), ito naman ay isang entry sa isang OPM contest ngayong taon.

Isa sa mga kantang kalahok sa Philpop festival ang kantang ito. Madaalas kong marinig ang ilan sa mga entry sa patimpalak na ito sa Radyo5 92.3 News FM. Pero sa isang kanta lang ang nagustuhan ko ng lubos.

Ang kantang ito ay tumatalakay sa “papel.” As in parehong literal at piguratiba na ibig sabihin. Sa parehong mababaw at malalimang pag-unawa, oo nga, ito ay tumatalakay sa Papel. Sinulat at nilapatan ito ng awit ng isang baitkang mang-aawit na si Joey Ayala. Parehong tipikal na istilo ang klanyang pagkanta na hinaluan na lamang ng modernong tunog. Naalala ko tuloy ang mga cassette tape ng erpat ko sa pakikinig ng kantang ito.

Kasama ni Joey sa pag-interpret ng kantang ito ang rapper na si Gloc-9, ang kanyang protégé na si Denise Barbacena at Silverfilter. Ang music video na ito ay dinirek ni J. Pacena. At kabilang sa album-compilation ng mga kanta na naging finalist sa 2013 Philippine Pop Music Festival sa pamumuno ni Maestro Ryan Cayabyab.

Playback: Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky

7/17/2013 10:13:00 P

Here’s something that caught my ear’s attention. Maybe this song gave me a bit of nostalgic feeling, something that I (personally speaking) have been sorely missing to hear.

At least I still have a lot of reasons why I would still tuned in to my radio. Thanks to Daft Punk’s latest single, I might Get Lucky on my future endeavors.

Who would have thought that this single named “Get Lucky” was now considered as one of the best dance tunes at present time?  The song that was written by Daft Punk and Nile Rodgers (one of the “Chic” or should I say... err, Chics?!), with Pharell Williams joining the collaboration, turned out to be quite a massive hit for some time, a few months ago after it was released. To say at least, the period of putting up everything on work (18 months in total) did really work out for good.

Playback: Sir Rex Kantatero – Pare

7/16/2013 | 7:55:35 PM | Tuesday

Isa sa mga tanyag na parodista sa kasalukuyang panahon si Byron Racamara, o mas kilala bilang si Sir Rex Kantatero ng istasyon ng radyo na iFM. Ang kahati ni Pakito Jones sa parody duo ng Kamote Club sa naturang istasyon. Pero hindi parody ang usapan natin sa puntong ito.

Playback: Sir Rex and Pakito Jones - Manyak Ka Na Gentleman

7/16/2013 | 8:04:46 PM | Tuesday

Sa pangalawang pagkakataon ay ipi-feature ko sa blog na ito ang isang bagay na tahasang naglalarawan ng katatwanan sa pamamagitan ng pagkanta kahit na hindi orihinal ang tugtog. Ito ang tinatwag na “parody.”

Sa halos kalahating dekada ay nagiging isa sa mga paborito na rin ng mga tagapagpakinig ng istasyon na iFM ang Kamote Club, particular na ang tandem nila Sir Rex Kantatero at Pakito Jones.

May mga mangilan-ngilan din akong paborito sa kanilang  mga parody, pero sa pagkakataong ito, ay itatampok ko naman ang isa sa mga recent favorites ko sa kanila – ang pagparody sa pangalawang worldwide hit ng Korean raper na si Psy – ang Gentleman.