I know I should engage your attention if I wanted my page to rake up an obscene amount of hits. I suppose, in doing that, I ought to say something highfalutinly profound to give the impression that I am "interesting."
However, as I mainly concern myself of trivial stuff (i.e. taming my ugly mop of hair; hunting for the Lint Monster that eats up my socks during washer spin cycle), I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to pull off having an intrinsic character despite peppering this space with lotsa German words like "zeitgeist", "weltanschauung", and "volkswagen".
I am shallow, people of the universe. So shallow that I tidy up complexity by putting people into neat boxes of stereotypes using the question, "What's your sign?".
But when I tire of being shallow, I try to critique movies and books. And sometimes, when my insecurity-level spikes so low, I try to make myself sound so interesting by talking about philosophy. "Try" is the operative word here.
Please excuse me if I talk about me a lot. It's my favorite topic. Next to talking about nothing.
And when one talks about nothing, nothing becomes something. And it's called "crap".
Seeing Double
May 19, 2008My brain probably got fried by the bright colors of the Speed Racer movie (in SM MOA IMAX, no less), that it resulted to my seeing resemblances for the characters of the the movie. For example, how many of you think that Emile Hirsch’s character Speed Racer looks so much like Ewan McGregor’s Christian (of Moulin Rouge)?
Emile Hirsch Ewan McGregor
Schroo: Hmmm… Speed Racer does look like the younger Ewan McGregor. But, I don’t understand how you can connect Kick Gurry and Enrique Iglesias together. For one thing, Kick Gurry’s Aussie and Enrique’s Latino.
Me: Look at these pictures then:
Schroo: Nope. I don’t see the resemblance.
Me: Ok. Look at the next set of pictures then.
Schroo: Nicely done. Enrique now looks like a sore thumb.
Me (sticking out tongue at Schroo): So I don’t photoshopped well, sue me.
Schroo: You know who looks like Susan Sarandon, though?
Me: Who?
Schroo: Susan Sarandon of the 80s.
Schroo: Exhibit A. That’s a picture of her from the set of King of Gypsies. Wikipedia reported that she was born in 1946 which, calculating the given specifics, makes her 32 during that movie.
Me: Gee. She looks the same as today. It seems like time stopped for her st 30.
Schroo: I know. But hey, that’s beside the point. Reinforced by Exhibit B.
Schroo: ...even at age 41 in the Witches of Eastwick and 62 in Speed Racer, Susan Sarandon still manages to keep her sex appeal. Her Mrs. Robinson Appeal.
Me (gives hanky to Schroo): Easy boy, you’re drooling.
Schroo (drily): Ruh- hyt. (Then wiped the side of his mouth surreptitiously).
Previous Comments
@ Ade - Maybe you’ll love the entry more if I hadn’t remove the postscript that said,
“I’ve never met Ade in person, but I’ve seen his Friendster pictures. For a moment, after the end credits rolled, and the lights was back on, I thought the guy on my left looks terribly like Ade (of his friendster pic). Goes to show my fried my brain become, huh?”
lol.
Posted by notanotherblog at May 20, 2008, 4:08 amooohhh. i wanna watch speed racer in imax too. but im scared to go alone. huhu. apparently, none of my friends wanna spend that much. they’ll rather wait for the pirate’s copy.
was it good? i read the bad reviews but who gives a damn? i think i’ll enjoy this more than ironman. and this is coming from a Marvel boy. hehe
Posted by toxic boi at May 20, 2008, 4:59 am@ Toxic Boi - It has a very 60s feel in it what with the psychedelic background, costumes, and the very dated hubba-hubba” slang (well, actually, that one originated since the 1940s…lol) that, I think, made most critics feel that the movie is on the cheesy side. It is, actually. But it is intentional. I hate the Spritle and Chim chim parts, but hey, they’re part of the old cartoon.
But overall, I’d say Speed Racer is enjoyable. And if you’re a Wachowski Brothers’ fan, you’d want to take a look at the risk they took in this film.
Posted by notanotherblog at May 20, 2008, 10:59 amthat’s some wicked photoshop skillz on enrique
Posted by manly stuff in general at May 20, 2008, 3:35 pmEnvy you. Definitely more fun watching it in iMax. I was LMHO in Enrique’s picture. Talk about resemblance huh? LOL
Posted by Cecile Maris at May 26, 2008, 3:00 am@jaywalker - you flatter me so much.
@cecile maris - I know i know. Everytime I see sparky, Enrique-dancing-bailamos always enters my mind. hahahaha.
Posted by notanotherblog at May 26, 2008, 11:21 amhow come susan sarandon doesn’t look like she gets old? hmm… i thinks there’s zomething going on there… like mebbe blood of bebes…
btw, you’re wriitng again. yey!
Posted by cigarette-girl at May 26, 2008, 5:13 pmaside from Susan… and since you posted her picture…
Michelle Pfeiffer!!! She looks hotter now more than ever!!!
And they say only men age gracefully…
Posted by gilbert at May 26, 2008, 10:38 pm@cigarette-girl - yes, thank goodness I’m still able to write.
@gilbert - well, it doesn’t hurt that they have the money for the maintenance of their looks 
Ewan is man candy. But I want my Jonny Lee Miller (btw, he’s more known as Angelina Jolie’s ex hubby).
Posted by Layla at June 19, 2008, 1:06 pm
I love this entry. High five!
Posted by Ade at May 19, 2008, 7:52 pm