Fandom

Fandom-ho!

Posted on July 24, 2008 at 10:14 pm

When this fandom comes a-calling, apparently, I am still answering.

And my friends continue a-mocking. Sorryla, I know my Crazy Fandom is not smart enough to create (successful) spinoffs, or stay dead.

For starters, I was expecting The X-Files: I Want To Believe to be bad. REALLY bad. To be of EPIC FAIL proportions. I fully expected to leave the cinema halfway in disgust.

Perhaps it was my exceedingly low expectations, but it didn’t turn out to be as bad as I thought it would be, Mulder/Scully romance (ON THE BIG SCREEN OKAY, VERY TRAUMATIZING OKAY) notwithstanding.

Chris Carter & Co lovingly included a whole bunch of homages. From the sunflower seeds to the camera direction and sequence of character introduction, any die-hard fan would be delighted. And I think they’d smile. To everyone else, it would make absolutely no sense at all. Steph, I’m still looking at you ten years after Fight The Future.

Plot? Definitely dragged on after a bit. Or I’d go, uh, WHAT? Some bits made absolutely no sense at all. One could see they had a really great idea, it just didn’t pan out quite so once it hit production. It is interesting to note that while Chris Carter’s writing forte lay in the mythology of the series, the masters of standalone plots were Glen Morgan and James Wong. Guess who were missing?

I don’t really want to mention the Ship, but it’s like the invisible white elephant that won’t go away. Unfortunately, the Ship plays a huge part.

Congratulations, Shippers. The MSR is so strong, it’ll blow The Force away. Surprisingly, after all these years of reading fanfic, I still cringe at MSR. Wow, it’s like part of my 12 year old self never went away. Especially with this line:

“This is why I fell in love with you.”

Excuse me, WAT?! Who hired a scriptwriter from The Bold & The Beautiful?! Oh my god, putting Mulder and Scully in the same bed doesn’t seem so traumatizing now.

Then they break up. No, I am totally not kidding. They totally emo-ed it out and broke up. I could not stop laughing. XD XD XD

Then they get back together and have the biggest snogfest in the history of MSR, my 12 and 26 year old self barfed into the empty popcorn bag.

Hey guys, since you were so obviously going ahead with the Ship, you could have rated the movie NC-17 and given the rest of us some gratification. I ain’t complaining. I’m totally legal now. XD

The repartee between Mulder and Scully wasn’t it’s best, which is one of the stand-out things from the series. It’s lost some of it’s edge, seems a little, I don’t know, slow at times? I suppose with the exploration of their romance, some of the edginess to their dialogue was lost.

Most Cheerworthy Moment? AD SKINNER!!! Joy? We has it now!! IT’S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SKINNER, OKAY, WHO IS SO MANY KINDS OF AWESOME.

Skinner is brought in half an hour before the damn movie ends!! THAT’S NOT FAIR. You can’t dangle his awesomeness at us for HALF AN HOUR!! SKINNER BEAT UP KRYCEK, OKAY!! HE HELD THE DAMN SHOW TOGETHER WHEN IT WAS DYING, OKAY!! GIVE THE MAN HIS DUES, OKAY!!

Oh yes, it was definitely upsetting how late they left reintroducing Skinner. Maybe it might have saved the movie, because Xzibit’s character totally wasn’t cutting it. It’s like looking at AD Kersh’s son – they had the same thing stuck up where the sun don’t shine.

Having said that, Mulder/Skinner shippers, start your engines. Totally not kidding again – they cuddle. FOR SERIOUS. XD

Verdict – Sorry guys, but this movie is definitely for the fans. Everyone else can skip it, because Mr Carter? Please stop flogging the dead horse.

Make what you will of the scene after the credits – perhaps it’s a farewell. Or a thank you for all the fish. Or both.

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WWRY Singapore: The Sequel

Posted on April 27, 2008 at 5:36 pm

x-posted to LJ.

Or, How To Play It Cool

I arrived in abnormally hot and humid Singapore Friday evening, checking into my hotel and prepping for my London 2007 compadres’ arrival the next day. My solo night in Singapore was spent wandering the malls and having a Mos Burger, before finally ending up at The Raffles Hotel, where, like so many unsuspecting tourists, paid SGD$25 for a Singapore Sling.

Papa insisted that it was one of the things I just had to do while in Singapore. And I couldn’t have a Singapore Sling at the hotel I was staying, no, it had to be at its birthplace, the Raffles Hotel.

The next morning was perfect timing. I had obtained breakfast and, most importantly, Starbucks coffee (I LOVE YOU) just as Haz and Lil arrived. Snuck them up to the hotel room and made them shower. They smelled really bad after the overnight train ride. :P

We got ready and headed back down to Starbucks for more coffee, lunch, and checking out the stage door at the Esplanade Theatre.

We Will Rock You is, and always will be, the most awesome musical I have ever watched. The energy it gives out is electrifying, and when the audience responds, it’s better than a high.

This audience was amazing. Once again, our official We Will Rock You scarf (from London, was not sold in Singapore) ensured we were noticed. By the cast, and at one of the shops, when the salesgirl exclaimed, “You’re the guys with the scarf!! I was at the show just now, you guys were so cool!!”

We won points for awesome, and we haven’t even gotten to the stage door yet.

Continue reading WWRY Singapore: The Sequel…

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Vacation over

Posted on April 5, 2008 at 9:18 pm

Seeing friends is always awesome. Especially those who drove me around, and who are crazy enough to drive from Gombak to Kinrara. In peak hour traffic. Or Putrajaya to Kinrara. Or you know, willingly accept directions without questioning my ability to give directions. XD

Naturally, on my first day back, the ever useless Steph calls.

“What are you doing?”
“Driving to 1 Utama.”
“Heh, do you know the way?!”

I was very insulted. Of course I know the way. My scent for a bargain is as sharp as ever, please refer to 70% off BCBGMaxAzria top. HA.

Food glorious food!!

Weddings are fun when you get to bully the groom and his party. And make money from it muahahaha!! Much love to Madam Chooi for inviting me to her special day!!

Being in a country where football is like a religion. Only to discover your godmother cut off the sports channel because no one else watches it, forcing you to commandeer someone else’s TV.

Taunting Liverpool fans.

Got conned into a Thai reflexology foot massage. Note to self, never listen to Marie. EVER AGAIN. :P

Achieving Ramly Burger. Am no longer a sesat Malaysian, yay!!

Singapore roadtrip!! Though I could have done without the whole adakah anda pasti? or adakan jawapan anda muktamad? while reading maps in a foreign country. See if I ever volunteer to be co-driver again. :P

Meeting long lost friends in Singapore.

MIG AYESA IS LOVELOVELOVE. He is the complete Galileo. I would totally cheat on Ruud with him.

Did I mention my Awesome Purchase? Tiffany’s charm bracelet. I let Hani and TJ pick the first charm. :)

Best thing? Friends and the warm hospitality. Home is where you feel the love.

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Harry Potter And We Can All Finally Get A Life

Posted on July 21, 2007 at 5:01 pm

Nina put it so well – this is the kiasu fandom, possibly the scariest one I’ve encountered. But, it did make me a little sad not to be with friends who are so inclined to dress up. However, it was totally made up by the fact that while these young adults had their long-suffering mothers by their sides to get coffee and McMuffins the moment McDonald’s opened, I had runners who did my every bidding. Bwahahaha. It pays to know someone who only wants the Cliff’s Notes version.

Lining up was scary – at 4am in the bloody cold rain. With people in elaborate costumes wtf. Now the singing is one thing, but when a whole bunch of women chant, “Snarry for-evah!!” at the top of their lungs, and then hearing some little kid go, “Mummy, what’s a snarry?” You are bound to go all kinds of o_O. Dude, keep it PG.

Being evil, I opened up to the last chapter, much to the horror of people passed by, and proceeded to mutter all sorts of extremities upon discovery every last damn guess I made was wrong. Then I figured, why not call Nina, TJ and Lil just to be extra evil? TJ hung up on me. Psh.

Upon getting home I enforced radio silence until I’ve finished, and now can finally get online again. Although the urge to spit out every spoiler imaginable lingers, doing so would do most good on Wikipedia.

So, epilogue = fanfic? Yes.

Finally – does the UK children’s cover look a bit funny to you? Maybe it should be called Stargate: The Deathly Hallows.


Does it look like a Stargate or what?

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Distracting pictures and music books

Posted on August 15, 2006 at 7:01 pm

In a completely dorky moment at the music store, I encountered in the recesses of the movie scores sheet music section, Selections from The X-Files: The Album, at 90% discount. Ninety per cent!! With distracting pictures in colour!! I squeed like the ultimate dork of a fangirl that I am, and bounced all the way to the cashier.

(You know I’m delirious when I start using lots and lots of italics.)

When I got home, I almost tripped over a package propped up against my bedroom door. We Will Rock You: The Official Book arrived from the UK!! EEEEEEEE~!! More distracting pictures!! In colour!!

Tis a day to kick back with music. :D

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High School Musical (review)

Posted on July 23, 2006 at 5:27 pm

For reasons that are still beyond my comprehension, I rented out High School Musical. Okay, not really beyond comprehension – Zac Efron played young Simon Tam on Firefly, and then Haz mentioned watching the movie on the Disney Channel. Now generally I don’t trust her judgement (you know I love you, yes?) but fandom can be very persuasive. Especially when you subscribe to 1001 mail listings dedicated to said fandom.

The opening sequence, with the goddamn cheesy music had me cringing slightly. The big cringer has to be the b-ball dance sequence Get Your Head In The Game, totally channeling Nike’s Freestyle ad. FAIL. People, please, only another Nike ad can pwn a Nike ad. Get with the programme.

Very cheesy, very vanilla – from plot to characterisation to music. Try feeding this to a teenager and they will laugh at, um, everything. Hell, I’m laughing my guts out and I’m long out of high school.

6/10 – better than your average made-for-tv movie, and definitely 200% better than the crap straight-to-DVD sequels Disney have been churning out. I’d have given extra points if they at least tried to be obvious about the subplot that was so obviously happening – the two lead characters doing the naked pretzel. Come on, the dude climbs into the girl’s bedroom. There is a damned queen-sized bed. Don’t tell me nothing happened.

Naturally, expect more cheese and vanilla in the sequel, supposedly scheduled for release in the northern summer of 2007.

Is it just me or does the guy who plays Coach Bolton look like Nate Fillion? Seeing way too many Firefly connections…

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