Music in my head: Balmorhea - Settler
Today's weather: Barsaat.
This post is to set the record straight with the entire world (its not another 1 Night in Paris, as the title may suggest to some of you pervs). It is to claim the recognition that we truly deserve. You talk about the awesomeness of Inception, and I agree with that. But when you heap praises on Chris Nolan for the concept, you automatically incur the collective wrath of the makers of revolutionary (short) movie 'Voyage35'.
The brains behind the film, a couple of my friends and me, had a series of discussions- ranging from spiritual to gastronomic - on all matters related to dreams, especially exploring lucid dreaming and astral projection. And we actually downloaded this pdf, which gives you pointers on how to induce lucid dreaming. We worked on those pointers for a while, and one fateful day, locked ourselves in a room, ate a modified Haldiram's Bhel Puri (our sedative. Eat your hat, Yusuf), and fell asleep to Riceboy Sleeps by Jonsi and Alex, the most sleep-inducing album we could find. And then, we shared a dream, the likes of which would've turned Martin Luther King pink. Our kick was the 2 pm power-cut. No elaborate 'kick'ing mechanism involved (that's the difference between the movies and real life, isn't it?).
Although we don't remember what the dream was (except that it involved induction motors, Tricia Helfer and Bovonto), what's important here, is that we shared a dream before even before Cobb was in his frigging limbo, claiming to have built the city (who's he trying to fool, by the way? You're stuck in a dream for eternity with your wife, who is called 'Mal' for God's sake, and you expect us to believe that you're building a city with her). I could point out a hundred other loopholes in the plot, but who has the time?
I realise, at this point, most of you will have, in your heart of hearts, developed such a feeling of ill-will towards Nolan, that if Facebook pages had 'dislike' buttons, you would've clicked the hell out of it through your own account and ten other proxy accounts. But we are classy people. We urge you to desist. Come on, give the man credit for directing the movie. He's carried the idea satisfactorily enough. We admit that although we came up with the concept, if you watch our movie and then watch Inception, you'll notice that Inception has better camera angles at certain times, and better sets. That's the big bucks doing their work.
Now, a plea to Mr. Nolan. We won't go all Chetan Bhagat on you and demand that you give us all your money and put our names on the credits. We want only some of your money, a million each for the three of us would be nice. A small mention somewhere in the credits wouldn't hurt either, but you could replace the honourable mention with half a mil. No one reads the credits anyway. We know that you, like us, are a classy guy, and will do the right thing. Just comment on this post and we'll tell you how to send us the money. You should know that the money would go into paying for my Masters' Degree, and buying books. After all, education is the most important thing in the world (next to 'building cities', that is).
P.S: Inception was brilliant beyond words. I'm watching it again today.
P.P.S: The next post will deal with how the Wachowski brothers stole our idea for the original Matrix movie, and then wrote the sequels themselves.
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Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
March 23, 2010
Voyage 35
Music in my head: Bear McCreary- A Good Lighter
Today's weather: Meltdown.
When your eyes close and your mind dreams, you are taken to wonderland and your every desire is played out. But sometimes, reality can become more than just an illusion. It can fool you into trusting it, and when it calls, you just might not be ready for it.
Voyage35 is the story of a dreamer, who can do amazing things in his fantastic visions. Call it what you will- Lucid dreaming, Astral Projection, these dreams become his solace from mundane, sometimes unpleasant reality, so much that he starts believing in them. The dreams turn into his reality and reality becomes a fickle illusion, until he is pulled back down to earth by a harsh reality check.
The movie revolves around the protagonist Laxman Sivaramadasan, your archetypal nerd, who in his dreams turns into LSD, a comic superhero. His purpose is to bring down his arch nemesis Baldix, who is a persistent bully in reality. Does he succeed? Watch the movie to find out.
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Today's weather: Meltdown.
When your eyes close and your mind dreams, you are taken to wonderland and your every desire is played out. But sometimes, reality can become more than just an illusion. It can fool you into trusting it, and when it calls, you just might not be ready for it.
Voyage35 is the story of a dreamer, who can do amazing things in his fantastic visions. Call it what you will- Lucid dreaming, Astral Projection, these dreams become his solace from mundane, sometimes unpleasant reality, so much that he starts believing in them. The dreams turn into his reality and reality becomes a fickle illusion, until he is pulled back down to earth by a harsh reality check.
The movie revolves around the protagonist Laxman Sivaramadasan, your archetypal nerd, who in his dreams turns into LSD, a comic superhero. His purpose is to bring down his arch nemesis Baldix, who is a persistent bully in reality. Does he succeed? Watch the movie to find out.
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October 16, 2009
G-Man is coming to get you raa!
Music in my head: Mono - Pure as Snow(Trails of the Winter Storm)
Today's weather: Morose
He can see you.
Guzzling gunpowder, glowing amidst the gory remains of gall-less gladiators, in all the glory of his gigantic yet glamourous, geisha-esque glutes, gay as springtime, he gauges your every move.
He can see you. The question is, can you see him?
G-Man.
In all major cinemas this November with subtitles in 14 major languages, including klingon, elvish and calculus.
Check out the Promo Videos with the G-Man OST, both the happy version and the sad version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP9IrU6qvDA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6y3d7Wn9mI
Lyrics:
G-Man OST - Performed by Why Saar?
Is there a crisis?
Here's G-Man.
Filled up with faeces?
Here's G-Man.
Endangered Species?
Here's G-Man.
Destraay yuar Englees?
Here's G-Man.
G-G-G-G-G-Man!
Fighting Crime Like only he can!
Geeeeeee-Man, Man, Man....
Today's weather: Morose
He can see you.
Guzzling gunpowder, glowing amidst the gory remains of gall-less gladiators, in all the glory of his gigantic yet glamourous, geisha-esque glutes, gay as springtime, he gauges your every move.
He can see you. The question is, can you see him?
G-Man.
In all major cinemas this November with subtitles in 14 major languages, including klingon, elvish and calculus.
Check out the Promo Videos with the G-Man OST, both the happy version and the sad version.
http://www.yout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6y3d7Wn9mI
Lyrics:
G-Man OST - Performed by Why Saar?
Is there a crisis?
Here's G-Man.
Filled up with faeces?
Here's G-Man.
Endangered Species?
Here's G-Man.
Destraay yuar Englees?
Here's G-Man.
G-G-G-G-G-Man!
Fighting Crime Like only he can!
Geeeeeee-Man, Man, Man....
June 08, 2009
Comic Relief
Music in my head: Anathema- Transacoustic
Today's weather: Gloomy
I've been going through all time classic comedies the last few days like a hot knife through butter. It all started after I watched 'Angels and Demons', or rather 'Langdonji ke arbit funde'. I knew that I needed some comic relief, and I googled for half an hour, made a list of classic comedies and started downloading them one by one and watching them.
It started with 'Airplane!' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/). It's a brilliant comedy, sarcastic at times, slapstick at times, but classic all the way through. For all you kinky bastards out there, there are a couple of seconds of nudity, so have fun while you're laughing.
I went on to 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/). Again, exceptionally humourous and way ahead of its time. It's a satire on how King Arthur his knights try to scour England on a shoestring, looking for the holy grail. The credits at the start of the movie are worth reading, so don't skip them.
Next came 'National Lampoon's Animal House' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/). Some people may argue that it shouldn't be included in a list of classics, but you have to agree that it was a pioneer in its category, inspiring hundreds and hundreds of teenage comic flicks in the future, including movies like American Pie and Van Wilder, which, despite what the so called 'cultured' people would find, perhaps, disgusting, are extremely good ways to kill time. There's quite a bit for the kinky bastards too, so have fun.
Moving on now to 'Some like it Hot' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/). The original gender-bender, on which so much of our modern day bollywood crap with Govinda and the like is probably based. The classic movie is on one hand typical of its time, and at the same time is light years ahead of it. With references to homosexuality, and of course cross-dressing, the movie is probably what put the wheels in motion for some of the brilliant movies of today which may not have been received so well in a more narrow minded world.
The last one, and probably the best one I saw was 'Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/). Surely one of the best movies I have ever seen. I watched some scenes up to three times and got three different meanings each time. It is packed with euphemisms and double entendres, and halfway through tongue in cheek quite well becomes tongue through cheek. Peter Sellers plays three roles in the movie, which is about a group of politicians trying to stop a mad general from enveloping the world in a nuclear holocaust. What I loved most about the movie, was the names of the characters. The mad general was named John D Ripper. The Russian premier is called Dimitry Kissoff (not sure about the spelling). But the award for the best name goes to one of the generals who is in the discussion with the politicians. General Buck Turgidson. Take out the 's' and you have a hard on, which is aptly illustrated by the fact that he is sleeping with his luscious secretary.
If you want to watch any of these movies and can't find links, tell me and I'll mail them to you. I don't want to post the links on the blog and make this and arbit links blog.
Today's weather: Gloomy
I've been going through all time classic comedies the last few days like a hot knife through butter. It all started after I watched 'Angels and Demons', or rather 'Langdonji ke arbit funde'. I knew that I needed some comic relief, and I googled for half an hour, made a list of classic comedies and started downloading them one by one and watching them.
It started with 'Airplane!' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/). It's a brilliant comedy, sarcastic at times, slapstick at times, but classic all the way through. For all you kinky bastards out there, there are a couple of seconds of nudity, so have fun while you're laughing.
I went on to 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/). Again, exceptionally humourous and way ahead of its time. It's a satire on how King Arthur his knights try to scour England on a shoestring, looking for the holy grail. The credits at the start of the movie are worth reading, so don't skip them.
Next came 'National Lampoon's Animal House' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/). Some people may argue that it shouldn't be included in a list of classics, but you have to agree that it was a pioneer in its category, inspiring hundreds and hundreds of teenage comic flicks in the future, including movies like American Pie and Van Wilder, which, despite what the so called 'cultured' people would find, perhaps, disgusting, are extremely good ways to kill time. There's quite a bit for the kinky bastards too, so have fun.
Moving on now to 'Some like it Hot' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/). The original gender-bender, on which so much of our modern day bollywood crap with Govinda and the like is probably based. The classic movie is on one hand typical of its time, and at the same time is light years ahead of it. With references to homosexuality, and of course cross-dressing, the movie is probably what put the wheels in motion for some of the brilliant movies of today which may not have been received so well in a more narrow minded world.
The last one, and probably the best one I saw was 'Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/). Surely one of the best movies I have ever seen. I watched some scenes up to three times and got three different meanings each time. It is packed with euphemisms and double entendres, and halfway through tongue in cheek quite well becomes tongue through cheek. Peter Sellers plays three roles in the movie, which is about a group of politicians trying to stop a mad general from enveloping the world in a nuclear holocaust. What I loved most about the movie, was the names of the characters. The mad general was named John D Ripper. The Russian premier is called Dimitry Kissoff (not sure about the spelling). But the award for the best name goes to one of the generals who is in the discussion with the politicians. General Buck Turgidson. Take out the 's' and you have a hard on, which is aptly illustrated by the fact that he is sleeping with his luscious secretary.
If you want to watch any of these movies and can't find links, tell me and I'll mail them to you. I don't want to post the links on the blog and make this and arbit links blog.
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