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• First "Watchmen" Trailer

  Friday, Jul 18, 2008 4:55PM / Standard Entry / Members only

  I'm guessing that it's going to play in front of "The Dark Knight"?
  
  
  Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vX9cVZFfyec
  

  
  In case the video doesn't play, you can watch a beautiful hi-res version here. Man, this looks to be really good. I just hope that they don't include too many characters and mess up on the story elements. It has a very talented director (Zack Snyder of the surprisingly well-reviewed Dawn of the Dead and 300). Also, props to selecting one of my favorite Smashing Pumpkins songs -- The End is the Beginning is the End was actually written for the third horrible Batman movie so I'm glad it's getting a rebirth under a different property... I really like this version of the song...
  
  
  

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• Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

  Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 4:04PM / Standard Entry / Members only

  

  Hey there! Are there any other BTVS (geek-speak for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") fans out there?!?

  Buffy-creator Joss Whedon (Firefly) just produced a new three-act musical, superhero movie starring Neil Patrick-Harris and Nathan Fillion (also from Firefly) and is releasing it for free online UNTIL July 20 when it's taken offline (well, at least from legal online venues) and will be released as a DVD. Interesting new way to promote their work, but probably will only work on something so geeky and viral.

  In any case, be sure to check it out... Act 3 gets released on the 19th.

  Incidentally, it's really coincidental: Just last night Rottendoubt and I were talking about the idea of a superhero movie seen through the eyes of the villain instead of the hero... and the very next day, here's a movie that is exactly that PLUS it has singing...
  

  
  

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• Drunk artist collaborations are AWESOME...

  Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 4:50PM / Standard Entry / Members only

  
  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDaDrtD7W1Y
  

  
  Jin and Gold Mountain @ Racks -- thanks to the Dukester for the link...
  
  
  

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• Summertime lovin'

  Monday, Jul 7, 2008 6:19PM / Standard Entry / Members only

  
  Yesterday, the Alivenotdead.com team and some friends and AnD artists climbed aboard the S.S. Minnow and sailed out on the Ocean Blue (well, more like a deep green because of the pollution). Hong Kong is insufferable during the summertime EXCEPT for boattrips and beaches which are a godsend in the heat, humidity, and stench of downtown Hong Kong (which is pretty much ALL of Hong Kong since it's so crowded).
  
  As per Alivenotdead tradition, we encountered stormy weather as soon as we set out leading to some exciting moments like rolling seas, a flash storm that I got completely engulfed in, and slipping off the boat at the end and nearly getting crushed between the boat the the dock. Fun times!
  
  In celebration of the CRAPPY Hong Kong weather (bring me back to California Summer!), I've created a smooth-groove video playlist of my favorite summertime lovin' music. Summer music has to be smooth-groove -- like rolling down the Pacific Coast Highway near Big Sur (which is unfortunately engulfed in a firestorm right now) with your windows rolled down and wind blowing in your hair...
  
  

  

  
  Or music to kick back to with a cold beer and good friends at the beach over a BBQ grill...
  
  

  

  
  *sigh* I miss perfect California weather...
  
  In the playlist:
  

  
  

  1. "Summertime Lovin'", M-Flo Loves Ryohei and Emi Hinouchi: My new favorite summer time groove music...
  
  2. "Summertime", The Sundays: An oldie but goodie from high-school and still makes me want to do cartwheels in the park. Anyone else remember this song?
  
  3. "Doin' Time", Sublime: Best and smoothest backing track... Sublime can be hard, profane, but this time they're just smooth...
  
  4. "Summertime", DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince: Yeah, this is an obvious one, but this is still their best work...
  
  5. "Wouldn't It Be Nice", The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds rocks and this is the best track on it...
  
  6. "D'yer Mak'er", Led Zepplin: The sweetest of all of Zepplin's songs and another smooth track...
  
  7. "Could You Be Loved", Bob Marley & the Wailers: It's really REALLY hard to pick just one Bob Marley song, but this one is the smoothest one ... And it wouldn't be summer w/o some really REALLY good reggae.
  

  
  What's your favorite summer groovin' music?
  
  
  

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• The long awaited day...

  Friday, Jul 4, 2008 12:38PM / Standard Entry / Members only

  I'm not a Taiwanese citizen, but I claim myself to be a son of China, Taiwan, and the U.S., and I've said (as have most of my Taiwanese friends) said that they don't care about politics, they just care about who can set up regular direct commercial flights between the mainland and Taiwan. The long awaited day (LOOOONG) has finally arrived. A toast this July 4th (yeah, China decided to stick it to the U.S. with launching it on this date) to President Ma Ying-jeou, although I'm sure that we'll all be complaining about him a couple of years from now after this hopefullness and excitement has worn off.
  
  Yay! Direct flights from Taipei-Xiamen! Direct flights from Taipei to Shanghai!
  
  I think the general feeling (just like in the U.S.) on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is that we're plain tired of scheming idealogues and just want common sense to reign and let business and people be able to roam freely.
  
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/07/03/taiwan.china.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest
  
  

  Historic China-Taiwan flights begin

  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- More than 200 mainland Chinese tourists arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flight in nearly six decades, a historic move aimed at further easing tensions between the old foes.
  
  

  The China Southern Airlines flight carrying 230 passengers touched down at Taoyuan International Airport in northern Taiwan, and fire trucks on the ground shot water at the plane as a welcome gesture.

  "From today onward, regular commercial flights will replace the rumbling warplanes over the skies of the Taiwan Strait. And relations between the two sides will become better and better," Chinese pilot Liu Shaoyun said after the 90-minute flight from Guangzhou in southern China.

  The Chinese passengers passed through an arch made of colorful balloons amid traditional dragon dances and greetings from giddy Taiwanese officials.

  Taiwan's China Airlines also flew more than 300 Taiwanese on a charter flight to Shanghai earlier in the day.

  The historic step -- the result of diplomatic efforts by new Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou -- is aimed at warming relations between the self-ruled island of 23 million people and its powerful neighbor, which claims the island as its territory.

  An initial 36 weekend flights will connect major cities on mainland China with Taiwan's airports in the first direct service since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949. More than 600 Chinese guests are due to arrive Friday in weeklong package tours.
  
  

  "The mainlanders will be our guests," Taiwanese Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said Thursday. "I hope we can work together to impress them with the Taiwanese people's good-nature, politeness, passion and hospitality."

  Taiwan had barred direct travel to and from China for decades as a security measure, but it has allowed limited charter flights in recent years, during Chinese holidays, that stopped over in Hong Kong or other transit points.

  While the Chinese tourism push in Taiwan is in its infancy, traffic in the other direction is well established with about 4 million Taiwanese visiting the mainland annually.

  Taiwan hopes the commercial service will be extended to weekdays in coming months, with the aim of attracting 1 million Chinese tourists annually, up from just 80,000 last year, officials say.

  To cash in on the expected tourism boom, local authorities spruced up sightseeing spots such as Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan and Mt. Ali in the south. Another likely draw will be an elaborate mausoleum in the memory of late Taiwanese leader Chiang Kai-shek, located in the rugged mountains of northern Taiwan.

  To avoid any embarrassing scenes, Taiwanese officials have said they will intervene to stop anti-communist activists from targeting visitors with their protests.

  "If the mainlanders have any grievances or are involved in any disputes, we will have an emergency task force to deal with them," said Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin.

  Taiwan and China already share language and cuisine, but to satisfy visitors, restaurants will offer a wide variety of Chinese specialties such as steamed buns, beef noodles and spicy dishes, said Yao Ta-kuang, chairman of the Taiwan Travel Agent Association.

  In addition to mainland carriers, five Taiwanese carriers will fly tourists and business people to Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen and Guangzhou on the historic flights Friday.

  Despite its spectacular outdoors, Taiwan has never become a popular spot for foreign travelers because of decades of emphasis on industrial -- not tourism -- development. Now officials are counting on the mainlanders to help stimulate the sluggish economy.
  
  
  

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