Bugs. A movie which didn’t contain what I expected. While I was expecting a movie about some kind of superbug infesting human kind, I was getting a movie about paranoia and how it is conveyed in the real life. Like this, stolen from IMDB as usual:

Having escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss, recently released from state prison, Agnes, a lonely waitress with a tragic past moves into a sleazy, rundown motel. Her lesbian co-worker R.C. introduces her to Peter, a peculiar, paranoiac drifter and they begin a tentative romance. However, things aren’t always as they appear and Agnes is about to experience a claustrophobic nightmare reality as the bugs begin to arrive…

So, this is really a low budget, not-so-horryfying movie as you would think it would be. Thus, I was pretty disappointed. Of course, the end is somewhat intriuging and you don’t actually know what really happened in the movie. Almost like a movie made by that fucked up maniac Davic Lynch. Except it wasn’t made by him. But if you didn’t know better you’d guess that.

So Claudio, you will probably like this a bit, but that is just because you’re fucked up in the brain like I am .

I wouldn’t use too many hours of my life to see this movie, but it wasn’t a total dissapointment. It gave me some excitement through the acting of that crazy dude Peter (great acting!) and the blood and gore – but not much else than that I must admit.

See this if you want to and are bored, but if you value your hours of life then you can safely skip this one.

Brooklyn Rules. A gangster movie where we get to follow some “regular dudes” growing up in Brooklyn close to the mafia. Starring Freddie Prinze Jr, Scott Caan, Mena Suvari, Jerry Ferrara and Alec Baldwin (Alec not playing the lead role this time), we are served a tight story filled with the issues a Brooklyn dude can have. Urrmm. Something like that.

Anyway. It’s kind of strange for me to see a drama/crime movie. Not my regular cup of tea I must admit. But I did actually appreciate this one. Why? Maybe because the characters where portrayed so nicely that you could easily sympathise with them. Don’t expect this to stand out more than your regular Soprano episode or ghetto-boys-trying-to-get-by-and-get-a-decent-life-and-not-get-involved-in-the-criminal-life-but-gets-involved-anyways movie. It doesn’t. But it sure is worth watching if you got the time.

Magical Forest -a 3 ays party in Drömgruvan, Kolmården just outside Norrköping. Kickass lineup with kickass sound and kickass decorations. I spent friday night + morning (sorry for worrying you Carina when your calls didn’t reach me) and saturday night there in the woods. The pictures can be found here:

• Flickr Slideshow (Part 1)
• Flickr Slideshow (Part 2)
• Facebook Album (Day 1)
• Facebook Album (Day 2)

The chillout area were really great, and I think I spent a little bit too much time there compared to the dancefloor. Anywho, just wanted to say thanks to the drivers (Marcus and Ilon) who took their time driving us out there and back home. Hope you had a great time too!

Fortunately, the party wasn’t crashed by the police or any other gangs and we could enjoy the music as much as we wanted to. Videos will be online at YouTube in a short while. I’ll keep you posted.

A real picture accompanies the regular report this time. Haven’t had much time to work on this, but here’s what has been done so far.

As always (well, almost always) when Jason Statham is starring in a movie you know you’re in for some kickass action with groovy one-liners delivered in each and every scene. So is also the case of Death Race.

The story: Jensen Ames (Statham) is a working dude who had a previous career in racing. At a certain prisen they let the inmates race against each other with armed vehicles. The prisoner who can win a total of five races is released from prison (or at least that is what’s told by that bitch prison boss Hennessey). Jensen is framed for the murder of his wife and put in this prison, just so he can race to gain some popularity of the race among the TV viewers (of course they’re making money of seeing prisoners killing themselves in the prison).

So, as you can see this movie is about cars, destruction, kickass revenge, hot babes and explosions + gore. Absolutely lovely! The races themselves are quite interesting. You have some kind of Mario Kart inspired power-ups on the ground where they race, where the vehicles get weapons and armor activated by driving over these things. I’ll bet you see a video game of this soon if there isn’t already one.

I think all actors made a great effort. As for the pit team Statham has assigned to him they make a cool bunch of originals. His co-driver Natalie Martinez is also one hot piece of ass you can’t resist resting your eyes upon. She brings some beauty to the picture. Just see for yourself below.

Is she hot or is she hot?

Death Race doesn’t pretend to have a deep story. Death Race is not pretentious. Death Race is just some fucking pure raw power in fist fights, car races, hot chicks, explosions, blood and revenge. Just as I know you want it. I really don’t know what to say more about Death Race. What can you say about almost utter perfection?

Jason Statham will fuck yo’ up if you don’t watch Death Race. Go see it now.

Click on this link and then “Stort party i 3 dagar”. My own pics and vids are coming later.

I’ve been out in the woods in Kolmården for two days in a row now at a kickass psytrance party with like… the best ever music equipment and decorations, and like the lineup from Awesomeness! Will update with movies and pictures soon. Too bad for you who missed it, it was really really one of the best forest parties I’ve been to.

Black Snake Moan is a strange movie. First of all let me say that Samuel L. Jackson plays the leading character Lazarus. No movie can go wrong when Sam is doing his thing. This one was no exception. You also have Christina Ricci doing the other main character – the town slut Rae.

In short, we have our man Lazarus living on a farm down south in the states. He’s kind of miserable since his wife was a total ego-centric motherfucking bitch and left him. Then we have the slut of the town (or the state) – Rae. She is dating this dude Ronnie (played by Justin Timberlake). Everything is going quite well though despite she’s a slut. Until Ronnie decides to go into the army. Then things get fucked up. She starts drinking and cheating on Ronnie and everything. Doing that only gets you into trouble. Like getting punched in the face and dropped on a deserterd road somewhere in the inbreed south.

Lazarus finds her and does not only help her to get well, he chains her in his house and tries to ‘cure her from her wickedness’. In a somewhat good way though, not totally like that maniac psycho style.

So, was the movie good? Well… If it hadn’t been Jackson playing the main part I think I would’ve thought it sucked big time. You don’t get much action or twists and turns in the storyline. You only get some kickass dialogue with Jackson and his counterparts. And music. The movie focuses a lot on Lazarus’ former career as a former blues musician. Maybe a bit too much one could think (making the movie lose some momentum).

If you’re a fan of Sam J. then you should see this. If not, well, you can skip it without having a bad conscience. (The fact that Christina Ricci is a hot babe also could go as an argument to watch the movie).

Two papers are done, starting my third one now. So far it has been rather easy (just straight gray lines), but now I will start with the colours for the buildings and shit like that.

Number of stitches done: Approximately 1200.

Time spent on project since last report: Approximately 5 hours

The green colour in the picture shows the finished parts.

I can’t say why I decided to see Breach at all. Maybe it was because I heard it contained a lot of nerdy tech-stuff (it didn’t. Not too much anyway). Maybe it was because it was based on a true story (not likely. They are often boring and not my type of movies). Or perhaps it was because I thought it was a horror movie considering the title (like… aliens breaching human territory or sum’thin’).

Anywhoooooo….. Breach is actually based on a true story. The story of the traitor Robert Hanssen and his downfall. In short: A FBI-agent sells american secrets to Russian intelligence. FBI tries to find evidence and stop him. Read on the real life story if you want to know.

As for the acting, Chris Cooper is excellent as our main villain – Robert Hanssen. Laura Linney also does a good part as the FBI agent Kate Burroughs. You may recognize her from The Exorcism Of Emily Rose.

I found the movie quite intense at some times, not having read upon the original story before watching it. I think this helped me a lot in finding it a bit more exciting than I else would have if I knew how it would end.

If you’re bound to see a movie with your girlfriend and she whines about not wanting to see any zombies, gore, blood, or supernatural things (which by the way are the awesomeness itself and is kind of crazy that she doesn’t want to see) – then this one is one good candidate to go for.

(I’m sorry Mr Flack, but Hugh Grant is not in this movie).

If you liked Ghost In The Shell then you like this one. Appleseed takes place in the future. You have one part of mankind who wants to eradicate these bioroids since they are not truly human. And then you have the other part of mankind who wants to coexist with the bioroids. You can guess that it will be some kind of clash here…

So, growing out of the chaos of a global war, the city of Utopia (where our story is played) is populated by humans and bioroids. On the surface, everything is harmonious, but tensions lurk. Into this seemingly perfect society comes a survivor of the wars, Deunan Knute, who carries a legacy that will turn out to be of critical importance to the future of humanity.

In short, Appleseed is 1 hour and 45 minutes of exquisite CGI cell-shaded animations, mecha-porn and motherfucking kickass action scenes with a lot of bullet-time effects. This is pure love. It can’t get much better than this. Be sure to see it with the original japanese voice actors though, since english speech probably won’t satisfy you as much as you hope for. The movie even starts with one of the best action scenes ever in a movie. Ever. EVER!

There is also an OVA for the Appleseed manga, and a sequel too (Appleseed: Ex Machina) which I will watch and review later on.

The computer generated environment is truly beautiful. The animations are so well-done and good-looking you sit there in awe of their awesomeness.

Until then, please do enjoy Appleseed as one of the best japanese animated movies in fucking history. Except for those Final Fantasy movies. They are still better. Except for the first one. That one sucked.

For those mecha-fetischists out there you can’t miss this one.

What a piece of crap. I knew it would suck even before I watched the movie, but since it was Street Fighter I had to watch it. This time we get to follow Chun-Li (surprisingly enough considering the title) and her search for revenge for her father’s disapperance.

The only surprising things to note is that Michael Clarke Duncan (you know, that bigass black dude from The Green Mile) plays the role of Balrog (good actor in bad movie…), and you have Neal McDonough (you ladies out there probably recognize him from Desperate Housewifes and you dudes probably recognize him from Flags Of Our Fathers or The Hitcher) as Bison. Another famous dude in the movie is Taboo from Black Eyed Peas, playing the role of Vega. Oh, and yes, Robin Shou plays the role of Gen – you recognize him as Liu Kang from those oldschool Mortal Kombat movies. As for Chun-Li, she is played by Kristen Kreunk (Lana Lane in Smallville). She’s quite hot though, so no complaints there. Like you probably already realize it is a lot of the newest characters in the game series that are displayed. You don’t have any Guile, Dhalsim, Blanka (!) or E. Honda. Ryu is only mentioned in the end in a bypassed sentence.

Character listings

In spite of having these good-to-decent actors in the movie it is not good. The story is awkwardly bad, the fighting scenes may have some substance in some of them, but most of them does not since it involves too much firearms and too little martial arts.

I can’t say that I am dissappointed though, since my expectations was at record-low. And The Legend Of Chun-Li met my expectations. It sucked. How much more are you guys going to rape the Street Fighter series before you realize that everything you do actually suck?

Anyways, to let my male and lesbian (or bi-curious) readers in on some fun I’ll just post some photos of the best thing in the movie:

(n.b: not screens from the actual motion picture).

Yesterday I and Carina were invited over to Emma and Dennis for some food and trip-advise for their upcoming tour to Ibiza. Later that night we decided to rent a movie. The decision fell upon Balls Out, a comedy with Sean W. Scott (a.k.a ‘Stifler’ from American Pie).

Gary has a hard time as a youngster as he’s born into a tennis-crazed family, and his father favours his brother as the new tennis star – not Gary, as he sees him as a hopeless piece of shit.

So he runs away from home, takes a detour to Mexico, and then ends up on a high school where he starts to work as a janitor. Soon enough the tennis comes back in his life, as he starts to coach the school team after the real tennis coach collapses. Then you have the regular bit – struggling as underdogs to take home the tournament and honor the dead tennis coach. You know.

I did enjoy the movie. While it was a bit slow in the beginning, it got better and better as I watched. There are a lot of subtle jokes á la “Dude, Where’s My Car?” along with some straight slapstick comedy. Of course you got your originals there as well; the kickass new tennis coach, the midget wife, the nerdy teacher assistant, the retarded foreigner who can’t speak which joins the team (the BEST character in the movie, no doubt!), the upcoming tennis pro, the “evil” opposing team, and so on. Leonor Varela, playing the volleyball coach and spanish teacher is quite hot too. The director did his job and knew he had to bring at least one good-looking babe into the picture.

They also have a stripper in one part. Unfortunately she’s not as tight as I had hoped her to be. You get to see her tits though. And the whole scene is quite funny.

I almost died laughing in the end when I saw what could have been the funniest owl in history of mankind. If you liked Dude, Where’s My Car, and if you liked Napoleon Dynamite – you will absolutely with no doubt like this one too. A no-brainer giving you some joy. Please do go and see it.

The comedy elite is participating in this movie: Will Ferrell (not so funny), Christina Applegate (the non-funny type that everybody else builds his humour on), Paul Rudd (funny!), Steve Carell (the funniest dude in the whole fucking movie!), David Koechner (mostly annoying), Fred Willard (anonymous), Chris Pernell, Seth Rogen (unfortunately not so much camera time), Jack Black (same goes for Mr. Blacky) – and yeah, the list goes on.

We’re set in the seventies, where the anchorman for the TV news was the shit and knew like everything. The man with the power and all that. Everything is going fine for this team of anchormen until a foxy lady arrives at the station to stir things up. She has an ambition to climb the ladder and become a news anchor no matter what – something that is not really appreciated in the days where there only were men who did those kind of jobs.

So you are probably seeing where this is heading. The team of halfly retarded men trying to block her way to the top, and thus inviting to a lot of funny situations.

I must say that I think the movie would’ve been better without Will Ferrell. I don’t dislike him, I don’t. But I think he gets too much camera time when there are a lot of other characters that are way more funny than his own. Although I must agree that much of the dialogue as well as the monologue is truly hilarious. Even if I don’t crack up in a straight out laughter, I catched myself with a big smile most of the time.

Give it a try. Not the best comedy you’ve seen so far, but not the worst either. Better than Semi-Pro.

The News Team. Steve Carell (on the further right) was the best part of the movie. A retarded weather man, that is fucking brilliant!

First of all; FUCK YOU HATERS OUT THERE. Like this dude, claiming to be a film critic (or something) and ranting all over the place that the movie was boring. Your blog is boring, y’hear?

Knowing kicks ass. Not because the story is intruiging (it is), not because it is tense and a bit spooky bitewise á la M. Night Shyamalamalamalamalamalamalamalamalamalamalan. It is not because Nicolas Cage is great as a drunken teacher nor ’cause his son (Caleb) is intelligent beyond the regular.

It is purely because of the ending. The ending. It fucking rules! Maybe anticipated, but the effort they’ve put down for the special effects and for the storyline is simply amazing. I loved it.

So anyway. What is the movie about? We start in 1959. Some psychotic chick in a class writes down a series of numbers on a note which is later revealed 50 years later. 50 years later this dude Caleb gets the note. His dad (Cage) gets hold of the note and starts investigating what the numbers mean. It seems like they are predicaments of what will happen in the future. They finally discover the true meaning of the numbers, and a big disaster is imminent. Something like that anyways.

Rose Byrne, playing a chick in the movie which is connected to this mystery, is also kinda hot. That is entered in the books for Knowing as something positive. Good-looking bitches = better movie. Simple rule that every director should follow. Always.

Rose Byrne. She’s hot!

So do yourself a favor and go see Knowing. If you like the movies of M. Night Shyamamalamalama….lamaman you will like this one too. Sucker.

So Michael Bay came around for round number 2 with another blockbuster based on the popular Hasbro toys. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen takes off where the first one ended. Our main character Sam is going to attend college, and his hot piece of ass Mikaela (Megan Fox, what a babe she is!) is doing her best to support him (you know, like girls always do – giving you a really bad conscience just because you are pursuing your dreams. Ladies; you know I am speaking the truth!).

Of course Sam manages to fuck up and wakes some Decepticon dude, and then a new chase is on. Optimus Prime kicks ass again, Starscream is a weakling (but cool!), Megatron is resurrected, and then we are introduced to Devastator (!). That is probably the best shit ever in the movie (except Megan Fox’s ass).

Otherwise, you get the same stuff as in the first one (my review – in Swedish though) – but more. More explosions, more action, more robots, more lame-ass one-liners, and so on. The problem with the camera being to close to the robots so you don’t actually see what’s going on on the screen is still present. Although, since Mr. Bay has managed to cram in a whole 2 hours and 30 minutes of Transformers action, you get some shots where you actually can see what’s going on and which robot is getting its ass kicked.

All in all, a good movie which performs as expected, but please Michael – when you decide to make a sequel to this one, please make it shorter! My ass hurt really bad for sitting so long in the movie theater and eating popcorn.

Ice Age 3 should be your family comedy of choice this summer. I went to the cinema with my girl the other day to see this one. She wanted to see it with swedish language. I didn’t. So we went to see it with english speech. And thank God that we did! A lot of the jokes would’ve been lost in the translation if we didn’t.

So, this time around Manny (the mammoth) is having a baby together wis his she-mammoth. Sid, the sloth, is having difficulties with not having any kids – so he finds three dinosaur eggs that he adopts as his own. Funny thing is he calls himself “mommy” instead of “daddy”. Anyways, of course these three eggs are hatched and then an angry dinosaur mom comes after her kids.

So after a lot of crazy-ass events the dinosaur mom gets hold of her childre (and Sid) and takes them back to Dinosaur-land. Yep, Dinosaur-land. The tropics living underneath the ice… (yeah…).

Then, the rest of the regular bunch from the earlier movies sets on a quest to rescue Sid from the vicious dinosaurs. And then you have your movie. A lot of really funny scenes and dialogues will proceed and you will really enjoy the movie. Scrat, the sabre-toothed squirrel, is presented once again in his chase for his precious acorn. This time he gets some competition from his female counterpart called Scratte.

Another new character to the Ice Age universe is Buck, a maniac weasel living with the dinosaurs. I think he was the best part of the whole movie. He had such hilarious monologues you couldn’t do anything other than laugh and smile.

Ice Age 3 is a really happy-joy-joy movie I think everyone will enjoy, irrespective of age.

25 x 15 = 330 cross stitches made. The picture below shows the proress (green stuff == done):

It’s getting somewhere but I’m getting there slowly… that is like 3 hours of work or something.

This is my new project. True dedication to the oldschool art. I created a set and an album for the progress, see links below. So far the project consists of three missions.

Mission 1 – Megaman II Cross Stitch Intro Screen

I will cross stitch the megaman II intro screen. The aida I use are 7,2 squares per centimeter, and the picture is 555×256 pixels large. That makes 142 080 cross stitches, and the size of the final result will be approximately 90×42 centimeters. Although I won’t stitch the black parts (I’m using black aida), it will spare me some stitching.

The original picture:

The pages for the stitch pattern printed out:

18 DCM coloured threads are used for the pattern:

This is the aida used to stitch on:

The weapons of choice; needle and thread

Mission 2 – Drink Coasters

The drink coasters are actually already done, and they were made of Hama beads. I think I will expand with some more, though:

Mission 3 – Megaman Pixel Painting

The idea is to get all bosses from the Megaman series (part I, II and III) – plus Megaman himself and his allies – and then do some kind of montage with them all. So far I’ve completed the Megaman II bosses on pixelated paper (created in Excel, really easy).

The progress of painting a Megaman boss:

All bosses collected (They are all gonna be cut out in the end, but I haven’t got that far – yet):

The Albums

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Keep watching the blog and that album/set for updates .

The other day my grandmother’s brother and his wife and dog came to visit us. Here are som pictures from that night.

• Flickr Slideshow
• Facebook Album

Uploaded some random pictures from this summer. I will fill the album with more when I’ve uploaded them.

• Flickr Slideshow
• Facebook Album

(…and Flack: Yes, I think this was a Fish Monday ;D )

This may sound like a paradox, but I do hate blogs. I hate regular people who think their lives are so interesting they feel like they should have the blog as some kind of diary. I’m tired of reading the same bullshit nonsense regarding some unknown fuckers life and what she (yes, she – dudes don’t do this as often as girls) ate for breakfast this morning.

Newsflash: NOBODY GIVES A FLYING FUCK WHAT YOU ATE FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. Why the hell do people keep posting uninteresting stuff like this? What the hell are your problems? In contrast to my blog where there are kickass posts regarding movies, parties, bitches and stuff like that these people tend to open a can of boredom on your ass with their uninspiring lives and not really anything substantial to convey to the reader.

I’m amazed that some of these blogs have visitor statistics going off the roof. But that is probably most because the authors post half-naked pornographic pictures of themselves, those sleasy sluts.

If I were the God of the Internets, then I would kill these blogs and send them to 404 hell. And as for the ego-centric blog authors, I would send them to labor camp of Interwebs where they will have to work their asses of.

That would rule.

The video clips are online at YouTube:

• The complete playlist (4 clips)

The videos:

Enjoy!

Lineup:

• Doter (House) [SWE]
  
• DJ Anneli (Psytrance) [SWE]
  
• Stenis vs. Nosram (Hardstyle) [SWE]

I want to thank everybody for a kickass party. The day started at work, and it was my last day there before my vacation (woho!).

Around four o’clock I met up with Kalle and went to the liquor store to get some beer. It’s a shame that there is a swedish government monopoly regarding alcohol sale. It fucking sucks! I wish the government (or parliament) wouldn’t be such fucking control freaks and stop with this big brother mentality.

Anyways. After grabbing our beer we went to his girl’s apartment where we had our little preparty. Lucas hooked up later on, and we played some ice hockey (I kicked Kalle’s ass) and some tennis (I ruled that too. But we were on the same team). Around a couple of minutes past eleven we went down to Sliver to the real party. I was by then pretty much…. shitfaced.

Arriving at Sliver my first impression of the place is – classy. White decorations all over the place in combination with stylish fluorescent lights makes this place look like a real high-life club. Meeting up with some of the DJs and friends who were at the place I grabbed some more beer and started to dance.

DJ Anneli was great. And I was drunk.

The only bad thing about the place actually is that they have placed the DJ booth behind the bar, taking the DJs further away from the audience. I didn’t really like that setup compared to the old one, where you literally could touch the DJ. Either way I had a kickass time.

I didn’t catch much of Doter, but I do remember that he played some prodigy track and I was going mental. DJ Anneli sure played like a goddess (as usual), and it is always a pleasure to get some psytrance when going to the club (doesn’t happen too often…).

Anders showed up at the party. And then som random attention whore in the background

And then there was Stenis vs. Nosram. Hardstyle pleasure for my ears, and I think they even played some hardcore at the end. I was a bit too drunk to remember the setlist, but  I do recall that I had a really good time at the party. The videos I recorded serve as a reminder of some tracks though (will put the videos online later on).

I missed several on my friends at the place, but I was glad that many of them could come. The day after was horrible. I woke up around twelve o’clock with the hangover of the fucking century. I didn’t think I drank that much, but supposedly I did.

Anyways, thanks to everyone for a damn good party! See you all next time .

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The three clowns xD

Afro Samurai: Resurrection is a continuation on the well-known anime series Afro Samurai. Well-known since it was a high-budget production with hollywood voice actors. I.e. not your regular japanese cast and style. Samuel L. Jackson is one of the main voice actors in the first series. So also in this movie.

One thing that makes Afro Samurai stand out from other animes (except the english voice-acting) is its stylistic scenery. There’s a lot of cool fighting-scenes with a lot of gore. There is this japanese samurai culture intermixed with rap culture, fat beats and modern technology. You get all this in one piece.

For the story, well… this afro samurai (which is exactly what it sounds like he is) is on the hunt for a bandana. There are the number one bandana and the number two bandana. The one holding the number two bandana may challenge the one holding the number one bandana. Of course our main main Afro Samurai holds the number one bandana since he kicks so much ass.

Then there comes this bitch with a hot ass and big tits and steals the bandana from him. So now he’s gotta go and fetch the number two bandana so he can challenge her and win the number one bandana back. (Don’t ask me why he wants it. Something about avenging his father, but to me it just looks like a good excuse to bring a fistfull of carnage for our viewing pleasure. I do not complain).

You got first class action, great voice acting with really good dialogue, kickass music, beautiful scenery and viewtastic fighting scenes (in 1080p nevertheless!).

You can’t call yourself a real man unless you see Afro Samurai. And love it. Cause I know you will.

Check this out. Kickass, in an MJ way!

I’ve watched almost every Gundam series, and then this thing pops up in Tokyo (where else if not Japan? ).

Totally kickass! 18 meters tall, 1/1 scale.